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Anonymous
February 12, 2009
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Linking swf files in Robohelp

  • February 12, 2009
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I have a Captivate slide with buttons, each button needs to run a captivate project (swf) within Robohelp. I have tried the ' Run other project' in Captivate and added the swf in RH as baggage but everytime I click the button is says the location of the file is incorrect. I think I am missing a link somewhere? Anyone been through this headache?
Captivate 4 and RH8 used
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    Correct answer Captiv8r
    Hi again

    Okay, so you have a basic Captivate linking issue to resolve.

    How are you linking from the buttons in Captivate?

    * Open other project
    * Open URL or file

    Cheers... Rick

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    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
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    February 12, 2009
    Hi there

    So many potential wrinkles here!

    Problem could be on the Captivate side or the RoboHelp side.

    I'd begin by ensuring that the links work with the simple Captivate output. Once you are certain that's the case, then deal with RoboHelp.

    So the question here is: If you test the Captivate output prior to importing into RoboHelp, does it work there? If not, you have a Captivate linking issue to resolve before you begin thinking you need to resolve something in RoboHelp.

    Cheers... Rick
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    Anonymous
    February 12, 2009
    Thanks for the reply.
    It doesnt work in Captivate no. I thought I would try it in Robohelp as I thought it might handle it differently as that is where it is ultimately ending up.
    I get the 'cannot find file.cp.htm and file.cp.swf', which is strange because I dont have a .cp.swf or .cp.htm file, only .swf and .htm and .cp
    Do I need to export the 'external' linked swf file in a certain way?
    Captiv8r
    Captiv8rCorrect answer
    Legend
    February 12, 2009
    Hi again

    Okay, so you have a basic Captivate linking issue to resolve.

    How are you linking from the buttons in Captivate?

    * Open other project
    * Open URL or file

    Cheers... Rick
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