I had a similar need to embed Articulate Studio (Engage interactions in particular) several years ago. It can't be done (without some heavy duty and very fragile scripting). As you correctly identified, Storyline, Like Studio, does not output to a single SWF file. I remember that the Engage interactions exported to a number of files and folders - and that in fact some of those files and folders were not explicit - that were all needed to be bound for the swf output to work.
Some of these files were well hidden too: I don't think Articulate wanted to encourage this. I did ask many times whether this could be addressed and got nowhere.
I couldn't find a decent workaround. Not only do you have to embed both SWFs but you also need to access the javascript that pasees data between the two.
It might be worth asking Articulate to coment: some things may have changed, but if the output still compiles in multiple files/folders, including some hidden ones, it's not looking food.
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oooh that's a good question, I'm very interested in the answer too
Hi Jerson.
I had a similar need to embed Articulate Studio (Engage interactions in particular) several years ago. It can't be done (without some heavy duty and very fragile scripting). As you correctly identified, Storyline, Like Studio, does not output to a single SWF file. I remember that the Engage interactions exported to a number of files and folders - and that in fact some of those files and folders were not explicit - that were all needed to be bound for the swf output to work.
Some of these files were well hidden too: I don't think Articulate wanted to encourage this. I did ask many times whether this could be addressed and got nowhere.
Rem
I was figuring as much. Looks like I'll have to figure ways around it. I wanted to make a interactive pdf portfolio to show what I can do.
I couldn't find a decent workaround. Not only do you have to embed both SWFs but you also need to access the javascript that pasees data between the two.
It might be worth asking Articulate to coment: some things may have changed, but if the output still compiles in multiple files/folders, including some hidden ones, it's not looking food.
Thanks Remi,
I'm just going to put up some screenshots of the sample and then add a link to it online. Not my first option, but it should have a similar effect.
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