Sending emails from Captivate 5

[___Jodie___]

Hi

I am hoping someone can help me.  I want to sent emails from Captivate 5.  The user will need to complete the module and then click on a button which says 'completed', I then would like an email to be automatically generated and sent to a contact.  I don't want the user to have to click on Send once the email has been generated I want it to be automatically sent as soon as the user clicks on the button in Captivate.  Is this possible??

Thanks in advance

Jodie

[RodWard]

It is possible using this widget:  http://www.cpguru.com/2010/09/01/email-reporting-widget-as3-for-adobe-captivate-4-and-adobe-captivat...

You'll also need:

• your Captivate movie served up from a web server
• the web server supports a scripting language such as PHP
• you may also need access to someone with programming skills if you need to modify the PHP page

[___Jodie___]

Thanks, I'll give that a go.

J

[___Jodie___]

Is there any way this can be done without involving a server?

Thanks

J

[RodWard]

Not as far as I am aware.  The email that is being sent has to access an email gateway. Webservers have these.  If content is not served from a webserver with a scripted interface to the email gateway, it will have to fall back on the old mailto: link method that just opens an email in whatever default email client the user happens to have on their system.  But you said you didn't want that.

[___Jodie___]

Ahh alright, thanks.

[Guest]

Hi There,

If you believe that this facility should be present just out of the box in Captivate then please send us an enhancement request.

-Manish

blogs.adobe.com/captivate