Inserting a .swf file into quizmaker.

Hi Louise,

Is this what you're looking for?:

http://daveperso.mediaenglishonline.com/2011/03/23/adding-question-hints-in-quizmaker-09/

Good luck!

Hey Louise,

Sometimes, depending on the browser being used, comments won't visibly post. Can you try again with a different browser? Thanks!

Thanks Peter - that was the link I was looking for!

Also I still have the issue with inserting a .swf file into quizmaker. I have created a basic animation and published the slide as a swf but quizmaker keeps crashing when I browse and insert the file.

I am not using presenter to create the swf but another add in convertor I have in powerpoint - is this the reason it crashes?

Thanks!

Have you been able to publish other .swf files successfully, and only this particular one is giving you trouble? If that's the case, this article may help you find a solution by reviewing the best practices for Flash:

http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=76

Good luck, and please let me know if Quizmaker continues to crash. Thanks!

Thanks i'll have a look at that.

I only seem to have problems when using ispring to publish the .swf  from powerpoint.

When using presenter to publish the .swf file it works fine for the same .swf file.

I did find a "bodge job" by publishing the quiz and then swapping and renaming the .swf file as if I was inserting an engage imteraction and that worked fine.

Thanks for your help.

Okay.....I'm so frustrated.  I inserted an engage interaction (.swf) into a quiz and it worked and was publishing/running successfully.  I had to make a change to some part of it and now when I republish the files the interaction is no longer being picked up.  I do all the tricky little behind the scenes stuff (moving the engage_content folder into the correct quiz content, etc).  But still no.

I'm wondering if it has something to do with the fact that the "video.....swf" file in the actual quiz is now coming out labelled

video_~1 instead of "video....long stream of numbers......swf"???

(it does not pay to go on vacation)

Hey Louise, 

iSpring uses Actionscript 3.0 which is not supported by Articulate. Articulate software generates Flash 6 output. For this reason, Articulate software only supports Flash movies created using ActionScript 2.0 or earlier. 

And Tracy, 

It sounds like you may be experiencing a file-in-use issue. Whenever a ~1 is shown, this would indicate the file is in use. Can you try restarting your system and inserting the same Engage file into a different quiz; this will help determine if the other quiz has somehow locked the file. Let me know what happens. Thanks!

Hi Peter:

Odd.  I tried what you suggested and republished and now I notice many components within the course contents now have file names with ~. 

Not sure why this is happening.

Hey Tracy,

Just wanted to acknowledge your update and let you know that I've shared your findings with other staff. Thanks for your patience while I work on finding a resolution...

Tracy,

It sounds as if your system may have been compromised in one way or another. The tilde (~) naming convention is used in DOS environments and will typically add the ~1 after the sixth character of a long filename (greater then 8 characters). With that said, are you noticing other system folders or file names unrelated to Articulate that are displaying this similar naming convention?

Tracy,

If my comments above do not apply, make sure you are not attempting to publish to a folder path that is greater than 256 characters. Try publishing to a folder directly on the C drive, like C:\My Temp.

David:

Brilliant!!!!  As soon as I read your last comment I knew immediately that was my downfall.  That is exactly what I had done.  Thank you so much.

Tracy

Tracy,

I'm glad we could help!