A

Anonymous

Answered

Burning a Captivate .swf to cd/dvd

Forum|Forum|15 years ago
September 28, 2010
3 replies
5166 views

I've developed a project with Cp5 and need the entire interactive vid to be distributed via cd/dvd. I have no problem getting the vid to work on the ftp but when I burn the .swf to a cd/dvd, it doesn't play. This may be a dumb question for Captivate gurus, but I can't find an answer anywhere. Any and all help is very much appreciated!

Thanks!

This topic has been closed for replies.

Correct answer vishhere

Hello There,

In this case I feel publishing to EXE would help a lot because it doesn't require you to be connected to the internet.

Thanks,

Vish

A

Anonymous

Thanks everyone for your replies but I'm still having issues...I guess what I am looking for is a delivery system other than the internet. We work with a lot of contractors and when on job sites, they have access to computers but not sufficient broadband access.

Again, thanks!

V

vishhereCorrect answer

Participating Frequently

Hello There,

In this case I feel publishing to EXE would help a lot because it doesn't require you to be connected to the internet.

Thanks,

Vish

A

Anonymous

Hey Vish. How can I publish to an exe? I wish I was more fluent in programming so this may be a dumb question.

V

vishhere

Participating Frequently

Hello There,

Did you try publishing to .EXE and burning it? Of course you need to have autorun file for autorun but you can have an EXE file and most of the times that would run without any issues.

Thanks,

Vish

Captiv8r

Legend

Welcome to our community

So what exactly did you burn to the media?

Just the SWF?
SWF/JS/HTM files
HTM file only?

It will help to know what exactly is on the media. Also, how are you attempting to play it? Via the autorun.inf? If so, there are some things to consider with that file. Additionally, I'm not sure autorun is supported on a Mac. I'm not sure if you are testing on Mac or PC.

Cheers... Rick

Helpful and Handy Links

Begin learning Captivate 5 moments from now! $29.95

Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form

Adobe Certified Captivate Training

SorcererStone Blog

Captivate eBooks

A

Anonymous

Thanks for the quick reply Rick!

I was doing "trial and error" and burned the .swf; .swf/js/htm; and .swf/htm. Nothing worked. Everytime I tried running the cd/dvd in the PC, it was trying to find the right program to open it. I would like it to autorun if possible and even though I work on a mac, I'm not concerned about mac compatibility.

Here's a link to a page where you can see segments of the end product.

Thanks again Rick!

Jeff

N

niamhsile

Inspiring

Hi Jeff,

I use Captivate 4 but I have created autorun files whcih I use all the time. Use tge instructions below to recreate

Autorun.inf

Open a text editor and enter the following text where CDLabel is the name you will give the CD when you burn it:

[autorun]
icon=Logoname.ico
label=CDLabel

open=run.bat
action= Open CDLabel

shell\run= Open CDLabel

shell\run\command=run.bat

Save this file as autorun.inf

run.bat

Open a text editor and enter the following text, where filename is the name of the html file you want to autorun

@ECHO OFF
START filename.html

Save this files as run.bat

Creating the CD

You will need these two files, and the html file created by captivate in the root level of the CD you are burning.

You will also need to burn the js file and the swf file on the CD. These may be in a folder if you prefer (provided both are in the same folder), and the html file points correctly to the location of the swf file.

To test this save all the files into a folder of your machine, as though they were on a cd and double-click the .bat file. The training should autorun. (Can't guarantee this for MAC)

I hope this answers your question

Cheers

Niamh

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded