Presenter ' 13 -> Error during Publishing -> Unable to cast object of type....
Dec 05, 2014
Can someone help me understand what does following error mean?
I get this error during Publishing my project.
<Message>Unable to cast object of type 'Articulate.Presenter.Model.PowerPoint.ObjectModel.DuplicateSmartArtChild' to type 'Articulate.Presenter.Model.PowerPoint.ObjectModel.Group'.</Message>
<Source>Articulate.Presenter.Model</Source>
<StackTrace>System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'Articulate.Presenter.Model.PowerPoint.ObjectModel.DuplicateSmartArtChild' to type 'Articulate.Presenter.Model.PowerPoint.ObjectModel.Group'.
at a.aa.a.c.a.s..ctor(IPowerPointContext A_0, SmartArt A_1, Slide A_2)
at Articulate.Presenter.Model.PowerPoint.ObjectModel.SmartArt.fc()
at Articulate.Presenter.Model.PowerPoint.ObjectModel.SmartArt.ff()
at Articulate.Presenter.Model.PowerPoint.ObjectModel.SmartArt.fh()
at Articulate.Presenter.Model.PowerPoint.ObjectModel.SmartArt.fi()
at Articulate.Presenter.Model.PowerPoint.ObjectModel.SmartArt.get_ShapeCount()
at a.aa.e.b.d.an.cx()
at a.aa.e.b.d.ay.a(IPlayerService A_0, IPublishContext A_1, ba A_2, ac A_3, ab A_4, Shape A_5, Int32& A_6)
at a.aa.e.b.d.ac.co(IPlayerService A_0)
at a.aa.e.b.h.b7(IPlayerService A_0)
at a.aa.e.b.h.db(IPlayerService A_0)
at Player.PlayerWriter.c4()
at Player.PlayerWriter.Write(IPlayerContentProvider contentProvider)
at Articulate.Design.Publish.TargetContext.PublishBackgroundWorker.OnDoWork(DoWorkEventArgs e)
at Articulate.ComponentModel.STABackgroundWorker.a(Object A_0)</StackTrace>
7 Replies
Hi Sam!
I'm not familiar with this error. You can check out this article to see if it will help you in diagnosing the issue.
If you need us to take a look, please share your Articulate Package.
I encountered the same problem and notice that it happens whenever I include a Smart Art diagram and tried to perform animation of these objects one level at a time. When I remove the animation, I could publish successfully. It seemed like Articulate is having problem processing these objects.
Thanks for sharing Paul! Did you try any of the solutions shared in the article shared above to resolve your issue?
Thank you Leslie. I decided to publish it on another PC installed with Articulate Presenter. Somehow it was able to publish even when the SmartArt are there. Does that mean I need to reinstall my current Articulate Studio that is having problem in my PC?
Hi Paul! Thanks for the update. I would advise a repair your installation of Articulate Studio '13.
Thank you Leslie!
No problem Paul, just let us know if you need anything further.
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