Button to open new project doesn't work

[robt27218547]

I've seen several responses to this problem related to earlier Captivate versions and browsers but none seem applicable. I'm using Captivate 2017 and IE 11. I created a button to open a new project but it does nothing. Shockwave Flash Object/ActiveX is enabled for all sites. I thought that setting On Success to Open Another Project and then selecting the project would make the button functional, but I must be missing something.  Can anyone help?

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This website could not be found.

Error Code: INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND

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[petern33480613]

Did the problem occur when viewing in Captivate or after the project was published to a server?

One reason may be that the address your are using for the other project is 'absolute', such as C:\projects\example.xxx whereas it may need to be 'relative', such as ..\projects\example.xxx

Peter

[Lilybiri]

Do not use 'Open Other Project' anymore. It worked great when publishing to SWF but will not be functional when publishing to HTML5. You had to create a link to the cptx-file, keep the hierarchy and publish to SWF for all cptx, CP would have found the published SWF. Obsolete for HTML5.

You need to use 'Open URL or File'.

[elkeh30374775]

I guess I have a similar problem.

I am in the process of upgrading my online learning course which was created in Captivate 5 using Captivate 2017.  I want to publish to HTML5 ( it does not necessarily have to be responsive) to avoid SWF.  I had previously used the “Open another project” link extensively to link between different modules such as learning modules, quizzes, practice cases etc).  I understand that the “Open another project” feature is no longer recommended, so in what format does the 'Open URL or File'. have to be.

Thanks, Elke

[Lilybiri]

It depends how you publish the course. If you deploy it on a webserver, use Open URL and enter the URL of the course you want to point to. If it is a LMS, maybe the better way would be to use the functionality of the LMS, but that may mean more work.

[elkeh30374775]

It will need to be URL as there is no LMS

[Lilybiri]

OK, test it out, should work.

[elkeh30374775]

I am not a developer or web designer, so I need a bit more clarification in regards to linking several projects together. So as each project has been published into it's own file with different components, to which file/component do i have to link? Do I have to link the specific folder (ie.: quiz1, quiz2,...), a sub folder (ie.: ar, assets, callees,...) or the index.html in the folder? Do I have to include the entire link or only the name?

[Lilybiri]

You cannot link the projects as was possible for SWF output. You publish all projects to a webserver (since you don't have a LMS). Each project will have its unique URL. If you want to link within a Captivate project to such a published project you can use Open URL and indicate the full URL. Another approach would be to use the Webobject. You can open such a project in the same window or in another window (probably better), by clicking on the small triangular button next to the Open URL field.

[elkeh30374775]

Thank you, this is very helpful.

I have another question: as I have multiple projects, ie.: main module,  quizzes and  practice cases, I have navigation slides, ie: main menu, select practice case. Should I have these slides embedded into each project or have a main menu project and a practice case selection project to link all of the projects together?

In my previous project (SWF) I had them embedded in each project and it worked great, but now I am not so sure.

Thanks

[Lilybiri]

Difficult to answer. Best advice I can give: try to look at it from the learner's side, what will the most efficient, the most engaging? How do they take the course, is that within a short time or do they take the modules with large time gaps in between? How long is each module, is that acceptable. It is not really a Captivate question, hope you understand?

[elkeh30374775]

Thank you!