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cptv8qs
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March 1, 2013
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Size the window of SCORM/AICC content

  • March 1, 2013
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Hello, we are using Adobe Connect (9.0.2) as an LMS to host our eLearning content. Basically what I am looking to do is to define the size of the browser window that opens when someone launches the content, both initially and in review mode.

Some background in case someone has another solution. Our main development tool for the content is Adobe Captivate. Although Captivate exports a swf it rasterizes all text, which is fine if I can control the size of the swf via the HTML. Unfortunantely from what I have been able to determine, Connect ignores all other content associated with a Captivate project and simply uploads the swf (which itself was a large problem because we relied on a course package with external images/xml that we could not use). So what was happening was the swf was scaling and making all the text blurry which our customers/users did not like.

I then had the idea to add a swf into Captivate which was able to set the main Captivate swf to not scale via ActionScript and thought the problem was solved. However, now when launched (particularly in review mode) the window is initally too small and cuts portions of the content off. The user can simply maximize the window themselves however many users don't seem to realize this and think the content is cut off or broken. So back to my question, if anyone can tell my how to launch the content in a maximized browser window or define the size (all other LMSes I have used have allowed this to be set) it would be a great help.

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    Correct answer cptv8qs

    In case anyone else comes across this problem, I have since learned it is not possible to define the size of the window. Unfortunately you are stuck with whatever the default is. One possible workaround is to use another development tool for your content so that Connect will respect all the files you upload, or at the very least one that will not rasterize all the content.

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    Jorma_at_Knox
    Jorma_at_Knox
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    March 1, 2013

    Have you tried publishing the content locally (to a zip file) and then uploading the zip? When you publish directly to Connect, it disregards the HTML file that is output from Captivate, as you mentioned, and places it's own in behind the scenes, which dictates the size of the window that the content is launched in. So uploading the zip from your computer should work around that.

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    cptv8qsAuthor
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    March 1, 2013

    Hi, thanks for the reply. I had the same idea but Connect must be able to detect that the content is generated from Captivate and even if I try to upload a zip package, it still ignores everything but the swf. This is how I came to realize we could not use external xml or images. If I could set the window to launch maximized it would be fine but this setting doesn't seem to be in the Connect interface. I understand you can do some things via API calls, maybe this is one?

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    cptv8qsAuthorCorrect answer
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    March 5, 2013

    In case anyone else comes across this problem, I have since learned it is not possible to define the size of the window. Unfortunately you are stuck with whatever the default is. One possible workaround is to use another development tool for your content so that Connect will respect all the files you upload, or at the very least one that will not rasterize all the content.

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