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michaelm19617145
michaelm19617145
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June 22, 2020
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Published Adobe Captivate and Flash

  • June 22, 2020
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We are in the process of re-publishing any content that contains Flash so that it will work when Flash goes away later this year. Basically what we've done is disable Flash in Google Chrome, and then attempt to access each training "Type" in Connect. Based on what we've observed, it looks like the following "Types" of content will still work when Flash goes away:

  • Captivate published with the "HTML5" option selected.
  • Presenter published with the "HTML5" option selected.
  • Presenter published with the "Both" option selected.

 

And it looks like these "Types" of content will not work:

  • Captivate published with the "SWF" option selected.
  • Captivate published with both the "SWF" and HTML5" options selected.
  • Presenter published with only the "SWF" option selected.

 

So here is my question: Shouldn't Captivates published with both the "SWF" and "HTML5" options selected still work? Capaitvates published this way show up in Connect as a "Adobe Captivate Hybrid." From how it was explained to me sometime ago, if the browser is unable to play the Flash version, then it would instead just play the HTML5 version. This does not seem to be working, so we're wondering if we need to also republish these ones. Thanks!

 

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Jorma_at_CoSo
Jorma_at_CoSo
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June 24, 2020

Well, it could be something in that version of Captivate. 9 is pretty old, as 11.5 is current. I'd still reach out to the captivate team and see if they have any configuration guidance. 

 

Alternatively, you can download the 30 day trial of the current version of Captivate to test and see if it behaves more as you would expect.

Jorma_at_CoSo
Jorma_at_CoSo
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June 23, 2020

Interesting find. I'll have to test and see if I experience anything different. I suppose it's worth asking what version of Captivate you are using, just so we are looking at the same thing. 

 

Being a Captivate related issue, I'd also recommend you reach out to the Captivate Support team (they are pretty responsive), captivatehelp@adobe.com, and see if they have any inisght about what is happening. 

michaelm19617145
michaelm19617145Author
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June 24, 2020

Thanks. We are using Captivate 9.0.0.223.

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