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Edit and "cleanup" CPM.js at HTMl export

Forum|Forum|11 years ago
October 27, 2014
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Is there a way, or a Guideline on how to "clean" the CPM.js file?

If I understand correctly, when you export a project as an HTML5 file the CPM.js always the same. So even if TOC is deactivated, if you don't have a playbar and no audio. All code needed for these features is still there!

Is there a "slim" version of the file or a guideline to help me clean this up?

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kevinc13836104

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I know this is old but I wanted to revisit with a concrete example. I've been thinking a lot about optimizing size & performance in my current HTML5 project and decided to edit CPM.js as one small part of this effort. I stripped out all MediaPlayer and Dash code at the end of CPM.js, resulting in a file that's 4,292 lines of code instead of 15,691. This shaved something like 600 KB off the file—which may sound tiny, but it's a large project that needs every bit of optimization I can do.

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petern33480613

Inspiring

Kevin,

Well done!

I too have always thought that so much of the published project is a waste, such as the java code and the icon files for the things I don't use. (I never use Playbar, Skins, TOC and Gestures, but they all have assets in the published project).

I know these are only small items, but they all add to the size and the complexity of projects.

I have over 100 projects on a server and all of them have icons and images in the assets/htmlimages folder (approx 50 items using 700Kb) for features that I have switched off.

Even if I wanted these items, it would be great if I Adobe could have given an option for a 'global' folder to hold these assets in one place and all 100 projects look to that folder.

Good luck with your work to slim down the files, keep us informed of any other progress.

Peter

mfensel

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I'm still on Captivate 9 (9.0.2.437 to be precise). Have there been any improvements in the file structure of the HTML5 output in newer versions of Captivate? Or an option to publish a global asset folder as Peter suggested a year ago?

The SharePoint server where I currently upload my courses has a limit of uploading 100 files at a time. I want to convert all my SWF courses to HTML5 but it's very annoying to upload each Captivate module in batches.

windscorpion

Inspiring

Its typical machine generated code, you could edit it but it wouldn't be an easy task, plus as already mentioned you would have to do it every time you published (though you could have a script to do it for you). I know its a fairly hefty file but is it worth the effort?

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Russ_E

Inspiring

Hi,

The CPM.js file is recreated every time you publish and may be very different depending on changes you have made in your course.

I would advise against making any broad changes to it or replacing it with a custom version.

Hope that helps,

Russ

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Document_captivateAuthor

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Thank you very much. The only problem i have is that the file features a lot of things that are deactivated in the project ( for example audio). Is there a way to tell Captivate not to feature these elements in the published file?

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Russ_E

Inspiring

Do you mean exclude functions that aren't used in your project?

If so, I don't know of any easy way to do that.

Maybe you could submit it as a feature request, but who knows if they will ever get to it.

Sorry.

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