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funtrainer
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March 28, 2008
Question

Publishing in Captivate 3.0 creates multiple SWF files....want only 1

  • March 28, 2008
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I upgrade to Captivate 3.0. When I publish to SWF, it's forcing me to create a directory and creates multiple SWF files. How do I change that? I can's insert the sWF into Presenter. Anyone run into this? How did you fix it?
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Anonymous
August 19, 2009

Hi funtrainer. I'm having the same issue, only we publish our flash files as portal crawlers. Have you tried using the "standalone" option, which creates an executable (*.exe) file? This option will give you one file but the downside is that portability is limited...i.e. most email productivity systems will strip it as a potentially unsafe attachment.

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leclairepm
Participant
May 23, 2008
Captiv8r,

I was able to successfully use the workaround you suggested, demo + training and assessment sims, so we're all breathing easier while we wait for CP4 release.

Thanks much.

Patricia LeClaire

Instructional Designer
University of Central Florida, USA
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Anonymous
April 8, 2008
Hi Rick,

Firstly that feature should be set for version 4 dev of Captivate.
To either publish as a single file or multiple files/folders etc....

This forum here was the kicker towards our decision to buy Captivate 3 - was running a trial version.

Thanks mate...keep up the great work

Clinton Garbutt

DATA#3
Technical Author / Editor
clinton_garbutt@data3.com.au

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
April 8, 2008
Hi Clinton

Trust me, the development team has been made aware of the critical need for a single .SWF output. If for no other reason, it needs to be there for more seamless integration with the Technical Communication Suite (TCS). The TCS contains FrameMaker 8, RoboHelp 7, Captivate 3 and Acrobat with a 3D add in. We are able to insert Captivate content inside Acrobat and create a PDF containing a Captivate output. But here's the kicker. The Captivate output needs to be a single .SWF. As you should be able to clearly see, this poses a huge issue when it comes time to insert Captivate content!

Cheers... Rick
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funtrainerAuthor
Participant
April 8, 2008
Hi Rick.

FYI.....another reason it should be changed.....I put my output into Adobe Presenter and run it using Adobe Connect. You can only load a single SWF file in Powerpoint slides using Adobe Presenter.

Thanks for your help!

Deb
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jessicaliu
Participant
March 28, 2008
I'm having a hard time with the same issue!! Why is it so hard to produce single swf file after the upgrade???? There are lot of features that drives me nuts in version 3!
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funtrainerAuthor
Participant
March 28, 2008
It's driving me crazy too.....I ended up removing all of the full motion from my file and the skin from it when I published it....It's alot of munking around that I shouldn't have to do.....

I had been using version 1.0 and that was working well. I encountered a problem last week that I couldn't resolve so I thought I should upgrade.....
Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
March 28, 2008
Hi funtrainer and welcome to our community

Assuming there are no slides in your project containing full motion clips, the easy way out is to click Project > Skin... > Borders tab and DE-select the "Show borders" check box.

Cheers... Rick
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funtrainerAuthor
Participant
March 28, 2008
I do have some full motion video in it....I used to be able to do that....is there anyway around that?
Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
March 28, 2008
Hi again funtrainer

For the full motion clips, there is a workaround that was pioneered by fellow Adobe Community Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor John Daigle.

Here are the basic steps:

* Publish the project to a temporary folder noting both the location as well as ensuring you publish targeting Flash 7
* Back in the project, insert a blank slide either just before or just after each full motion clip. These will be slides showing the camcorder icon.
* Configure the blank slides for the same play time as the full motion slides.
* On the blank slides, click Insert > Animation... and pull in the corresponding full motion .SWF from that temporary folder.
* Delete the original full motion slides
* Publish again and once again, ensure Flash 7 is your target output

Once you do this, you should have what you need.

Cheers... Rick
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