I just watched a great demo by Brian Batt about how to insert a Captivate 5 SWF file into Articulate as a web object. Unfortunately... it didn't work for me. When I publish the Articulate, I just get a white slide rather than the simulation. The SWF file runs because at the end of it, the Next button flashes but there's nothing there to see. I am using Captivate 5.5, not Captivate 5. I have Windows 7 64-bit, PPT 2010, Articulate Studio 9 and IE9. Does any of that matter or am I just doing something wrong in the index file?
Sometimes, the web object won't play when viewed locally due to security conflicts in your browser. Can you upload the content online & then test it? Alternatively, try opening the published content in a different browser.
I gave it another try and this time when I opened the published file in Mozilla, the simulation ran. Thank you for the tip about not using IE and not viewing locally.
I have two follow up questions:
1. I need to send the published file to a client to review locally. Will they not be able to view it locally in IE? What if I upload it to a website and have them view it from there? Will that work via IE?
2. The client will be loading the course onto their LMS and then the users will view it in IE 7 or 8. Is this going to be an issue? I don't know if they download it from the LMS... I am going to ask them to test as well.
if you upload your project to the web there should be no problem with IE. Instead of sending your client the files you should send him the link to the website.
What do you do, if you want to import more than one Captivate index.html into Articulate? I found that Articulate will not allow me to create sub-folder to 'My Adobe Captivate Files" for individual access. This is a problem, since you can not have more than one index.html file in the same folder.
You can only import one web object per slide. So, to import another Captivate file, you would need to create a new slide & import the new web object using the same method. In the published output, each web object is put into its own unique folder. Thus, allowing multiple web objects per presentation.
I do want to import more than one Captivate file per presentation and not slide. For example, slide 5 has Captivate index.html residing in "My Adobe Captivate Projects,' But what do I do if I want to add another Captivate file to the same presentation or event a different presentation?
Just add the new Captivate file the same way. When you add a web object, we add all of the appropriate files to the PPTA file. We're not making an absolute reference to your My Adobe Captivate Projects folder.
I think I got it! Since the PPTA incorporates the Captivate index.html, I can delete the first index.html from 'My Adobe Captivate Projects' and create a new one in the same folder to add to the Articulate file.
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Hi Michele,
Sometimes, the web object won't play when viewed locally due to security conflicts in your browser. Can you upload the content online & then test it? Alternatively, try opening the published content in a different browser.
Hi Brian, thanks for the reply.
I gave it another try and this time when I opened the published file in Mozilla, the simulation ran. Thank you for the tip about not using IE and not viewing locally.
I have two follow up questions:
1. I need to send the published file to a client to review locally. Will they not be able to view it locally in IE? What if I upload it to a website and have them view it from there? Will that work via IE?
2. The client will be loading the course onto their LMS and then the users will view it in IE 7 or 8. Is this going to be an issue? I don't know if they download it from the LMS... I am going to ask them to test as well.
Thank you for your help!
Michele
Hi Michele,
if you upload your project to the web there should be no problem with IE. Instead of sending your client the files you should send him the link to the website.
What do you do, if you want to import more than one Captivate index.html into Articulate? I found that Articulate will not allow me to create sub-folder to 'My Adobe Captivate Files" for individual access. This is a problem, since you can not have more than one index.html file in the same folder.
Thanks
Hi Scott & welcome to Heroes,
You can only import one web object per slide. So, to import another Captivate file, you would need to create a new slide & import the new web object using the same method. In the published output, each web object is put into its own unique folder. Thus, allowing multiple web objects per presentation.
Thanks Brian,
I do want to import more than one Captivate file per presentation and not slide. For example, slide 5 has Captivate index.html residing in "My Adobe Captivate Projects,' But what do I do if I want to add another Captivate file to the same presentation or event a different presentation?
Thanks again
Hi Scott,
Just add the new Captivate file the same way. When you add a web object, we add all of the appropriate files to the PPTA file. We're not making an absolute reference to your My Adobe Captivate Projects folder.
Brian,
I think I got it! Since the PPTA incorporates the Captivate index.html, I can delete the first index.html from 'My Adobe Captivate Projects' and create a new one in the same folder to add to the Articulate file.
That's cool!
Thanks
Glad to hear that you were able to resolve the issue!
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