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Rakshi_707
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April 16, 2008
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What is a DS Store File?

  • April 16, 2008
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I posted a couple Captivate projects on my website. One runs fine. The other one runs fine except for the full-motion sequence it contains. There, I just get a gray screen for a moment, then the program continues.

Looking in the folder, I see there are 5 files associated with this Captivate program. One of them has not uploaded to the web host, and will not. Perhaps the missing file is creating the problem, since there is no problem when I launch the program from my own desktop. The file is called .DS_Store, and is defined as a DS Store File.

Does anyone know what a DS Store File is, and whether that file is involved in the full motion sequence? Technical support at my web hosting service tells me that no file that starts with a (.) will ever upload. Any suggestions?

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    Rakshi_707Author
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    April 16, 2008
    Thank you, Erik, that was very helpful. The full-motion sequence still does not run when the program is launched from my website (www.learnercentric.net) but at least I don't have to waste any more time going down that particular rabbit hole to find the problem. The DS Store File seems to be irrelevant.
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    Newsgroup_User
    Inspiring
    April 16, 2008
    These are generated, at least in my experience, by Macs talking to
    non-Macs. Whenever I copy files from my Mac to a shared network drive
    (on a PC machine), every folder I open from the Mac gets this .DS STORE
    file added. No biggie and shouldn't cause any problems. There's no
    Captivate association/requirement - delete/ignore as needed.
    Erik

    Leah Gold wrote:

    > Does anyone know what a DS Store File is, and whether that file is involved in
    > the full motion sequence?

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    Erik Lord
    http://www.capemedia.net
    Adobe Community Expert - eLearning
    http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/
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