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Problem with HTML5 preview in Captivate 2017?

  • June 20, 2017
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All other preview modes work in Captivate 2017 except for html 5 preview.  Even the in Browser mode works.

I'm using Chrome Version 59.0.3071.104 (Official Build) (64-bit)

I do have adBlock installed, but have it paused for preview.

HTML5 preview works in Cp 9.

I have both Cp9 and Cp2017 installed.

Any help is appreciated.

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    Gracie_Li
    Gracie_Li
    Known Participant
    November 29, 2017

    Hi, I think I can answer this for you... I was having the same problem with previewing a 2017 Captivate project in the browser (Chrome). I had to go into the advanced settings in Chrome and add 'Localhost'.

    Here are the details:

    1. Open Chrome, then click the three-dot icon at the top-right.
    2. From the menu, click Settings > Advanced.
    3. From Privacy and security options, scroll down and click on Content settings.
    4. Click on the Flash option.
    5. In the Allow section, click Add.
    6. In the Site field, type http://localhost, then click Add.
    7. Return to Captivate, click Preview > In Browser. It should work now.

    Unfortunately, this might need to be done every time new updates are installed on the computer.

    Hope this helps!

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    November 29, 2017

    Thanks for posting this workflow, which is due ot Flash security settings. If you publish to the default paths set by Captivate it isn't even necessary. What is necessary is to check the Browser to see if the Flash Player is enabled.

    Hopefully you'll not be insulted when I tell that for a HTML5 project, this is not important however. There is a problem of misunderstanding with normal, non-responsive projects. The only Preview method for those projects, using HTML5 output is 'Preview HTML5 in Browser' 'F11). All other Preview methods use the Flash output, and are not really useful. This is not the case for responsive projects where all Preview mehtods use HTML5 output since there is no possibility to publish those projects to SWF.

    I sincerely hope that next versions will allow to use HTML5 output for all Preview methods, will log another feature request.

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