I have created a story in Stroyline 2. It contains a a video clip (WMV) which has been inserted into the project. Published to CD. Tested the content by launching the Launch Story link (Lauch_story.exe). Everything worked fine, video played.
I then inserted the same hyperlink to the into my final Powerpoint. When I launch from the embedded link, the story played perfectly until it gets to the video portion and then it stops.
I'm not clear on how you've inserted it into a Powerpoint? I can't say I've seen someone describe this set up - but what link did you use in your Powerpoint - the Launch_story.exe file? Are you hosting the Powerpoint locally?
I'm with Ashley here in your set up is different. I'm guessing the issue is more PPT than .exe as PPT's nothing of the current working directory doesn't play well with SL's embedded relative path references. Outside of cracking the .exe there's fix I can imagine.
As with what Brian said - is there a reason you're inserting this into a Powerpoint? If you have content inside your Powerpoint, you could look at importing that into your Storyline file to make one larger course?
The Storyline content is a subset of a larger training that is eLearning based. The subset we are embedding into the PowerPoint is for an audience that the training is delivered in a stand-up mode only.
If launching the executable normally from the same PC fully functions but it doesn't when launching from a link in a PPT presentation, the disconnect is being caused by PPT.
You may be able to work around it by linking to the story.html file that is published with your CD published content, although it is likely you'll run into some Flash Player security issues with that approach.
Your best bet would be to have the Storyline content published to a web server that you're linking to from your PPT presentation, then you can be sure that all of the course functionality will work. The downside there is that your presenter would have to have internet access for the online content to play.
We solved the problem. We published it as HTML and linked to the HTML.exe. It launched and the embedded video played. All we lost was some animations in the story.
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Hi Edward,
I'm not clear on how you've inserted it into a Powerpoint? I can't say I've seen someone describe this set up - but what link did you use in your Powerpoint - the Launch_story.exe file? Are you hosting the Powerpoint locally?
Ashley,
I inserted the Launch_story.exe file as a hyperlink in the PowerPoint. The Storyline folder and the PowerPoint is hosted locally.
I'm with Ashley here in your set up is different. I'm guessing the issue is more PPT than .exe as PPT's nothing of the current working directory doesn't play well with SL's embedded relative path references. Outside of cracking the .exe there's fix I can imagine.
Hi Ed,
As with what Brian said - is there a reason you're inserting this into a Powerpoint? If you have content inside your Powerpoint, you could look at importing that into your Storyline file to make one larger course?
The Storyline content is a subset of a larger training that is eLearning based. The subset we are embedding into the PowerPoint is for an audience that the training is delivered in a stand-up mode only.
If launching the executable normally from the same PC fully functions but it doesn't when launching from a link in a PPT presentation, the disconnect is being caused by PPT.
You may be able to work around it by linking to the story.html file that is published with your CD published content, although it is likely you'll run into some Flash Player security issues with that approach.
Your best bet would be to have the Storyline content published to a web server that you're linking to from your PPT presentation, then you can be sure that all of the course functionality will work. The downside there is that your presenter would have to have internet access for the online content to play.
We solved the problem. We published it as HTML and linked to the HTML.exe. It launched and the embedded video played. All we lost was some animations in the story.
Ed, excellent news. Thanks for sharing the solution
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