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May 22, 2008
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Corrupted File

  • May 22, 2008
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Addendum to previous posting --- since posting my earlier message I searched through the forum and found a few posts about the same issue of file size. From what I can tell that appears to be the problem. And, I forgot to inform you earlier that my 166MB file size is the .cp file, not the published .swf file. Also you should know I doulbe checked that my images are set to STANDARD quality, the lowest setting. However, there are many slides, perhapse 25 or 30 percent of the total with audio which may be the problem. In any case I'm concerned that perhaps for my e-learning projects Captivate may not be the solution if file size should be limited to around 50MB being the upper limits. Although I really love Captivate and really want to use it. I'm at a point where I'm not sure where to turn. My superiors want a product that we can use for distance learning and the application I'm must demonstrate and simulate is SAP where some transactions are quite complex, labor intensive and require detailed tutorials. What can you tell me that will make me decide to continue using Captivate?
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    Correct answer jojolina
    Hi Ken

    Having read your other posting as well, I can offer the following:
    From personal experience, working in Captivate on a machine that is directly connected to a network can lead to file corruption issues, specially if you are saving to a network drive as well. Thus rather work offline and save locally, then copy your files across to the network as a backup when finished.
    Your file size is a bit of a monster, so this probably had impact as well on the corruption issue. Captivate also has an "infinite" number of undo's stored, so you will probably notice a speed up in your session if you reboot occasionally to clear this "undo" clipboard.
    You mention that you only have Outlook open when working, but Outlook is a memory hog, so try to keep the desktop clean of everything other than what you need in that Captivate session.
    You did mention that you tried to break your file up into modules, but now have a problem of having numerous windows. What you can look for is in the dialogue box where you have your target file assigned, next to the name of the target file there is a drop down menu. Select to play in current window and you will not have additional windows opening.
    Further, you might want to run a search for "daisychain" or "daisychaining" and follow the advice of Captiv8r in this regard.
    Lastly, building for intensive applications almost always requires a modular approach, but this is actually a good thing, because as client software changes, it becomes easier to keep the training environment up to date using plug in/Plug out modules instead of having to rebuild or edit one monster file

    hope this helps.

    Andrew

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    jojolinaCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 26, 2008
    Hi Ken

    Having read your other posting as well, I can offer the following:
    From personal experience, working in Captivate on a machine that is directly connected to a network can lead to file corruption issues, specially if you are saving to a network drive as well. Thus rather work offline and save locally, then copy your files across to the network as a backup when finished.
    Your file size is a bit of a monster, so this probably had impact as well on the corruption issue. Captivate also has an "infinite" number of undo's stored, so you will probably notice a speed up in your session if you reboot occasionally to clear this "undo" clipboard.
    You mention that you only have Outlook open when working, but Outlook is a memory hog, so try to keep the desktop clean of everything other than what you need in that Captivate session.
    You did mention that you tried to break your file up into modules, but now have a problem of having numerous windows. What you can look for is in the dialogue box where you have your target file assigned, next to the name of the target file there is a drop down menu. Select to play in current window and you will not have additional windows opening.
    Further, you might want to run a search for "daisychain" or "daisychaining" and follow the advice of Captiv8r in this regard.
    Lastly, building for intensive applications almost always requires a modular approach, but this is actually a good thing, because as client software changes, it becomes easier to keep the training environment up to date using plug in/Plug out modules instead of having to rebuild or edit one monster file

    hope this helps.

    Andrew
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    Anonymous
    May 27, 2008
    Andrew:

    The information you provided, your experience and your advice is very much appreciated. You have substantiated my suspician with my network connection and Outlook. I found information on "daisy-chaining" which will undoubtedly be very helpful, as well. Thank you so much for your assistance.

    All the best,

    Ken.
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