Help! How can I show my boss my captivate project (NOW)?

[IcedTea42]

If I want to show my boss a PowerPoint presentation, I save it as a PDF and send the PDF.

I don't really have to store the whole Captivate folder on a server somewhere and provide a link to the index.html file on the server, do I?

Please tell me there's a way that this can be a simple file I can send my boss.

[Lilybiri]

It is in reality a website, and a website is never 'one file'.

The only one-file options are publishing to exe, but that means Flash output, or publishing to interactive pdf, but that requires the Flash plug-in for Adobe Reader. Thanks to Apple who banished Flash, all has become very complicated with HTML5 output (which is supported in different ways by different browsers as well).

[IcedTea42]

Thanks for your reply. I downloaded the whole folder onto a shared server, then tested by double-clicking the index.html file. An HTML window opened, no video, and the audio played several times simultaneously, as if three people in an echo-y room were simultaneously dictating to a blank screen.

Is there a better way to share a Captivate project?

[Lilybiri]

You have to upload to a webserver (wampp, xampp) which you can install on your own system, then send the URL to the index.html file.

First test extensively, it is not normal to have 3 audio clips playing at the same time, something must go awry in the cptx-file.

[IcedTea42]

The answer is - create a .exe file and email it using .zip so it doesn't freak out the security sniffers.

Really, nobody could help a newbie figure that out? Hint: the problem is not "how do I post this project."

[Lilybiri]

Sorry, but this is what I wrote in my first answer:

The only one-file options are publishing to exe....

[IcedTea42]

The addition of "but that requires the Flash plug-in for Adobe Reader. Thanks to Apple who banished Flash..." led me to believe .exe was no longer a valid choice.

[Lilybiri]

I didn't write that at all, but you have to be sure that the user has installed that plugin (for a interactive pdf) and/or has Flash player installed and activated (for exe). Moreover the output to SWF no longer is identical to the output for HTML5, if your goal is to publish to HTML5 it is not a good idea to show an exe file for reviewing.