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robt27218547
robt27218547
Participant
July 6, 2017
Question

Button to open new project doesn't work

  • July 6, 2017
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I've seen several responses to this problem related to earlier Captivate versions and browsers but none seem applicable. I'm using Captivate 2017 and IE 11. I created a button to open a new project but it does nothing. Shockwave Flash Object/ActiveX is enabled for all sites. I thought that setting On Success to Open Another Project and then selecting the project would make the button functional, but I must be missing something.  Can anyone help?

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Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
July 6, 2017

Do not use 'Open Other Project' anymore. It worked great when publishing to SWF but will not be functional when publishing to HTML5. You had to create a link to the cptx-file, keep the hierarchy and publish to SWF for all cptx, CP would have found the published SWF. Obsolete for HTML5.

You need to use 'Open URL or File'.

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elkeh30374775
Participating Frequently
May 9, 2018

I guess I have a similar problem.

I am in the process of upgrading my online learning course which was created in Captivate 5 using Captivate 2017.  I want to publish to HTML5 ( it does not necessarily have to be responsive) to avoid SWF.  I had previously used the “Open another project” link extensively to link between different modules such as learning modules, quizzes, practice cases etc).  I understand that the “Open another project” feature is no longer recommended, so in what format does the 'Open URL or File'. have to be.

Thanks, Elke

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
May 9, 2018

It depends how you publish the course. If you deploy it on a webserver, use Open URL and enter the URL of the course you want to point to. If it is a LMS, maybe the better way would be to use the functionality of the LMS, but that may mean more work.

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petern33480613
Inspiring
July 6, 2017

Did the problem occur when viewing in Captivate or after the project was published to a server?

One reason may be that the address your are using for the other project is 'absolute', such as C:\projects\example.xxx whereas it may need to be 'relative', such as ..\projects\example.xxx

Peter

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