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Gravenstein
Gravenstein
Inspiring
June 13, 2008
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RH7 integration with Captivate

  • June 13, 2008
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In another thread, Colum mentioned that "RH7 has a lot more integration with Captivate." We are running RH6, and seem to be up against a limitation on where we can place the Captivate files in the RH project. Because there is a set of several files (.js, .htm., .swf, and skn.swf) for each animation, it appears that we have to carry some of the files as baggage. In turn, that means that the whole set has to live at the root level of the project.

I'd really rather carry these in a subfolder. Will RH7 help me here?

Thx,
G.

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    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    June 13, 2008
    Hi G

    You could certainly place the content in a subfolder, but the issues you would create by doing so might make it not worth the trip. These files are referenced inside the Captivate files as expecting to find one another in the same folder the Captivate movie is in. So this would require tweaking all the Captivate code.

    Perhaps just expect to dump all your Captivate content in a single folder inside RoboHelp and reference it from where you placed it?

    Cheers... Rick
    Gravenstein
    GravensteinAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 13, 2008
    I don't mind the files all wanting to cohabit. In fact, what I wanted to accomplish was an updated version of what we used to do back when all we had to worry about were .swf files (without all their little js, htm, and skn.swf friends). We had a single project subfolder where I kept all the swf-related files for that project.

    Is that something I could do under the new regime?

    G
    johndaigle
    johndaigle
    Legend
    June 14, 2008
    OK, I have no idea what I've been doing wrong all this time, but I just went in and had no trouble at all adding my swf fileset exactly where I wanted it: in its subfolder. (Well, I did have to manually edit the baggage folder for one file, but we know about that, right?) It's showing up just like it should. Just like you said.

    I SWEAR, I've tried this several times in the past and ended up either without the baggage file or with the baggage file getting copied to the root! Ah well, my chagrin is definitely outweighed by my pleasure at being able to organize the folders as I want.

    Thanks once again for your help.

    (Long week...I think it's time for these.)

    G
    Hi, G
    Looks like Rick has covered the main points. I would only add that the improvement in RH 7 which Colum mentioned has mostly to do with *correctly* importing all the extra support files that Captivate 2 and 3 create. These include those (.js, .htm., .swf, and skn.swf) you mentioned. Because of the release dates, RH 6 did not know how to handle the newer Captivate files. So, it took some tweaking to make it work.

    If it works for you now, then terrific. If you are still having problems, I wrote an article for the Adobe Developer Center which discusses this very issue.

    Tutorial #4 in particular might be relevant as far as workarounds when using RoboHelp 6
    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/articles/cp_rh_integration_print.html

    So, it works in RH 6, but MUCH better in RH 7
    Hope you can upgrade soon. There are many more fine features.

    Thanx
    John
    John DaigleAdobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate InstructorNewport, Oregon
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