One from the archives....

[brianh7821180]

As Captivate was the successor to authorware I think this is the only forum I can ask this in.

I have a client who has a number of CBT disks created using authorware 4 from 1998 and he has asked if there is any way I can get the content off of them or event just use the CDs. They were created as an EXE to be run from the CD and I assume that I would need the version 4 runtime environment to play them. (I have tried authorware 7 which is the only one I could find to download)

My questions are these:

1. Would anyone be able to help me find the version 4 runtime environement to download? (I have tried for the past few days and have got no-where)

2. Would I be able to convert them without the post publishing files? (Authorware 7 says they are too old)

I know I may have already answered my questions but any help would be greatly appreciated

[Lilybiri]

Just want to disagree that Authorware would be the predecessor of Captivate, it was totally different (some even claim Director is the predecessor, which is also not the case).

I suppose you have already googled, and this question is a last attempt to get an answer. Although I have played a little bit with Authorware in the previous century, I cannot help you myself. If no one pops in, you can send me a private message, I could find some previous Authorware users.

[brianh7821180]

Googled, googled and then some.

Thanks for your reply, hopefully someone will be able to help