What format does the .quiz file use?
Jul 08, 2011
By
Dave Dixson
I need the ablity to import hundreds or maybe thousands of questions from an external source and the copy and paste option may not end up being pratical.
I know that there is currently no import feature, other than import for another quizmaker file, but was wondering if there is anyway I could edit the .quiz file manually or in code in order to inject the questions before opening in quizmaker. I have tried openeing a .quiz file in notepad but the format is not readable. Does anyone know if it is possible to create or edit a .quiz file outside quizmaker in order to import my questions and remove the need for a manual copy and paste task?
Kind Regards,
Dave.
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After a bit of fiddling I have found that the .quiz file is actually a .7z file which can (after renaming the extension) be openened in winrar. Alas, the handy little "quiestions.txt" type file I was looking for is not present. I wonder if the questions are stored in one of the many swf file (quiz.swf perhaps).
I am hoping that when I find out where the questions are stored I will be able to inject my own questions, recompress the 7z file, rename it back to .quiz and open it in quizmaker...
Anyone got any ideas???
...ooops...
looking back it seems that all I did was renamed one of the .zip files to .7z - I must have copied the packaged zip file rather than the source .quiz file. The quiz files are not stored in 7z format at all :(
Still open to any ideas of how to open a .quiz file for editing...
Hi Dave. It's not currently possible to bulk import 3rd party quizzes into Quizmaker. I would encourage you to submit a feature request for that:
http://www.articulate.com/support/contact/feature/
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