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Is Captivate fully-functional if Flash is not installed on the computer at all?

Participant ,
Jan 21, 2016 Jan 21, 2016

Flash is on its way out the door in many organizations due to security and performance issues. I know Captivate will output HTML5-based content, but will the application itself function in its entirety if there are no traces of Flash installed on the developer's machine?  I know the Articulate tools still rely on Flash on the application side, which could pose a serious problem down the road if/when Flash becomes banned from the organization's systems.  What about Captivate?

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LEGEND ,
Jan 21, 2016 Jan 21, 2016

There will be no issues with responsive projects, because all Preview techniques use always HTML.

For a Blank project several Preview techniques do use a temporary created SWF to show that preview (CTRL-Enter preview is one of them). I never did develop on a machine without FP, so I'm not sure how it will work. However the Preview HTML in Browser (F11) will always be functional.

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Jan 21, 2016 Jan 21, 2016
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When installed, Captivate installs any components it needs to run itself.  Some of these are indeed Flash-based.

However, I think most organisations that 'ban' Flash are likely to be more focused on the Flash Player and any Flash-based browser plugins.  It doubt that they will go trawling through the Program Files directory deleting anything there.

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