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Margaret_Becker
Inspiring
July 11, 2006
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Can more than one CHM use the same resources?

  • July 11, 2006
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OK, here's the challenge:
I have a large RoboHTML project with 433 small video clips (swf flash files). This project is translated into 10 other languages. What I would like to be able to do is to have the translated .chm files share the video clips instead of distributing 11 copies (433 x 11 = 4763 files). Is there any way that anyone knows that all of the files can access one set of video clips, and display, and play them?
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Margaret_BeckerAuthor
Inspiring
August 28, 2007
By the way. I have solved this problem. If anyone is interested in the method, let me know and I will explain in detail. Basically, I have a JavaScript that sets up the paths for both the RoboHTML preview and the installed product. The video files are installed in a specific folder with the product and all .chm files get the videos from there.

~Margaret Becker
RoboWizard
RoboWizard
Inspiring
July 11, 2006
Hi Margaret

Where will the video clips ultimately reside? I would think you could place them all on a server somewhere, then simply create links from the help to the clip. However, I'm guessing it may not be that simple. (I am a simpleton at heart)

Cheers... Rick
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Margaret_BeckerAuthor
Inspiring
July 11, 2006
I wish it were that simple. However, the clips will be installed on the individual's PC along with the Help file. We don't really want people to have to be connected to the internet to view the clips. A lot of people using them will be students on lab computers. I addition, I really like having the image of the first frame displayed, so there is something to attract the user to watch.

Since our application is a 3-D modeling program, each of these video clips is worth about 10,000 words and a lot of hand waving.
RoboWizard
RoboWizard
Inspiring
July 12, 2006
Hi again Margaret

Hmmm, I'm still a bit confused about it all, but I can't help but wonder if redirect pages could come to your aid here? If you always knew that the files would be installed in the same location on each PC and in each flavor of language, why couldn't you just link that way? Or create redirect pages that do?

When you say "I really like having the image of the first frame displayed, so there is something to attract the user to watch. ", are you saing the .SWF is embedded as content on the page itself, but is presented in a paused state until the user decides to watch the video?

Cheers... Rick :)
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