Hello, I'd like to know how to host or let users at work access captivate demonstrations without hosting on an LMS?

[ashk67549939]

i've created a number of captivate videos and published these, they are in Zip files - is there anyway to just send a link or place one file on the shared drive to allow people to access and use captivate?

Thanks,

Ash

[RodWard · Accepted solution]

Using a shared LAN drive as a server location for Captivate output will often end up with issues. If your content is SWF-based, all of the end users would need to configure that LAN drive as a Trusted Location in their Flash Global Security settings, otherwise links might not work etc etc.

Your better option is to upload your content to a web server, either company intranet or general internet, and deliver it that way.

[ashk67549939]

Thanks RodWall. this is what i'm going to do... they guys inthe department have never uploaded a Captivate file before - I'm thinking the klink will go tot he flash or HTML5 file that has been output. Is this correct?

[inna88sf]

If you just want them to view the file, without tracking what they do, you can simply email the .swf file (if not too big) or put it on a shared drive. It would open in their default web browser and they'd probably have to "Allow Blocked Content" for it to work...

[Lilybiri]

Hmmm, I certainly wouldn't just send the SWF, you need the companion files as well: HTML (to launch), JS (for interactivity) and CSS (for styling).

[inna88sf]

Thank you for your response! I have been doing that for months...does that mean it's not opening as intended? Oops!

[Lilybiri]

It will work, but you'll not have all the functionality. It depends on the project.