Scorm and Full Screen Launch

I created a eLearning program in Captivate and exported via
zip to my LMS (GEO Learning) and the course will not lauch in a
browser frame that is full screen or can be enlarged to full screen
by the user. I read in the help that " If you select AICC or SCORM
options for the project, the full screen publishing option cannot
be applied."
Does anyone know a fix for this issue or how I can get my
project to launch full screen as a Scorm course?

Without resorting to a custom ActiveX control or something
similar, you only get to specify the browser window features when a
window is initially opened. The best you can do after the fact is
resize the window using the JavaScript window.resizeTo() method in
the Captivate-generated HTML page.
This means that it's basically up to the LMS to launch the
course in a new window with only the features you want. If your LMS
won't let you customize the new window, you're pretty much out of
luck.
You *might* be able to use JavaScript in the HTML page to
redirect the course into a new window that has only the features
you need, but doing so would very likely break the SCORM connection
between the course and the LMS. I haven't worked with Captivate's
SCORM implementation enough to know for sure.
If you want to give it a shot, you can learn more about the
JavaScript window.open() method here:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536651.aspx

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The notion of SPACES was that it's a neat way to keep like minded open apps together. I totally bought into this, back in the day. So much so that I was iMiffed when it was gone in Lion. But let's look at this closer.
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So why OH why did Apple add Spaces? Simple: because too many apps were visible at once in one 'desktop' window. So if you can build many new desktops, there might only be one or two in each. Great solution. Right?
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for (int i = BIG_STARS; i < MAX_STARS; i++) {
g.drawLine((stars[i][0] - starX) % STAR_AREA, (stars[i][1] - starY) % STAR_AREA,
(stars[i][0] - starX) % STAR_AREA, (stars[i][1] - starY) % STAR_AREA);
* Includes the player as an active entity
* @param player
* @return
private Entity[] getActiveEntities(Ship player) {
Entity[] activeEntities = (Entity[]) entities.toArray(new Entity[entities.size() + 1]);
activeEntities[activeEntities.length - 1] = player;
return activeEntities;
private void pollEntities(Ship player) {
this.purgeDestroyedObjects();
Entity[] activeEntities = this.getActiveEntities(player);
for (int i = 0; i < activeEntities.length; i++) {
activeEntities[i].resolveAction();
// todo - Handle gravitational pull
//if (activeEntities[i].hasGravitationalPull()) {
// Handle collisions
for (int i = activeEntities.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (activeEntities[i] != null && !activeEntities[i].isTransparent() && !activeEntities[i].isDestroyed()) {
for (int j = i - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
if (activeEntities[i] != null && activeEntities[j] != null &&
!activeEntities[j].isTransparent() && Tools.entitiesCollide(activeEntities[i], activeEntities[j])) {
handleCollision(activeEntities[i], activeEntities[j]);
// todo - seems redundant - remove by avoiding player ?
if (activeEntities[i].isDestroyed()) {
// System.out.println("Removing " + activeEntities[i]);
activeEntities[i] = null;
if (activeEntities[j].isDestroyed()) {
// System.out.println("Removing " + activeEntities[j]);
activeEntities[j] = null;
private void purgeDestroyedObjects() {
for (int i = entities.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (((Entity) entities.get(i)).isDestroyed()) {
entities.remove(i);
private void handleCollision(Entity one, Entity two) {
// Base damage is a factor of total speed & angle.
double collisionFactor = Math.abs(Math.sin((one.getAccelerationAngle() - two.getAccelerationAngle()) / 2));
double explosiveDamage = 0;
if (one.explodesOnImpact()) {
one.onDestroy();
explosiveDamage += one.getExplosiveDamage();
if (two.explodesOnImpact()) {
two.onDestroy();
explosiveDamage += two.getExplosiveDamage();
one.applyDamage(explosiveDamage + (collisionFactor * two.getMass() / one.getMass()));
two.applyDamage(explosiveDamage + (collisionFactor * one.getMass() / two.getMass()));
// Introducing the FACTOR-variable also causes stickiness (two objects glued together after collision)
// FACTOR determines how much of the energy is transfered from entity 1 to 2, and how much remains
double FACTOR = 0.9;
// Don't delete v1 and a1!
double v1 = one.getSpeed();
double a1 = one.getAccelerationAngle();
double spinFactor = Math.cos(one.getAccelerationAngle() - two.getAccelerationAngle());
if (!one.isDestroyed()) {
one.setSpeed(two.getSpeed() * FACTOR + one.getSpeed() * (1 - FACTOR));
one.setAccelerationAngle(two.getAccelerationAngle());
one.applySpin(spinFactor);
if (!two.isDestroyed()) {
two.setSpeed(v1 * FACTOR + two.getSpeed() * (1 - FACTOR));
two.setAccelerationAngle(a1);
two.applySpin(-spinFactor);
public Entity[] getVisibleEntities(Entity center) {
return (Entity[]) entities.toArray(new Entity[entities.size()]);
private void initializeStarField() {
stars = new int[MAX_STARS][2];
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_STARS; i++) {
setStar(i);
private void setStar(int index) {
stars[index][0] = Tools.getRandom(STAR_AREA) + STAR_AREA;
stars[index][1] = Tools.getRandom(STAR_AREA) + STAR_AREA;
Finally, the Entity class. All in-game objects extend Entity. Rendering is done in the drawEntity-method. Each Entity has an EntityType which contains parameters like the weight, maximum acceleration and turn rate etc... Images are also stored in EntityType.
public class Entity {
    public static final double TWOPI = Math.PI * 2;
    protected double speed;
    protected double turnRate;
    protected double x, y;
    protected double heading;
    protected double accelerationAngle;
    protected boolean destroyed = false;
    protected double energy;
    protected EntityType type;
    private Equipment activeEquipment;
    private SolarSystem solar;
    public Entity(int xPos, int yPos, EntityType type, SolarSystem solar) {
        this.x = xPos;
        this.y = yPos;
        this.type = type;
        this.energy = this.getEntityType().getEnergy();
        this.solar = solar;
     * Basic entity drawing function doesn't taken rotation into account
    public void drawEntity(int xLocation, int yLocation, Graphics g) {
        if (this.getActiveEquipment() != null && this.getActiveEquipment().isActive()) {
            this.getActiveEquipment().applyEffect(this, g);
//        Level.getHandle().getConsole().addConsoleMessage(xLocation + "x" + yLocation);
        g.drawImage(getIcon(), xLocation, yLocation, null);
    public Shape getBoundingShape() {
        return new Rectangle((int) getX(), (int) getY(), getWidth(), getHeight());

Photoshop CS4 Zoom and Full Screen problems

At certain zoom percentages, my art looks fuzzy. What could be causing this? It looks like I need to Threshold the art, but if I tap the Zoom Tool on the page it clears up and looks like it's supposed to. It usually looks fuzzy after I've zoomed using the Zoom Tool to select an area, not just tapped it on the screen. Also, after going to Full Screen mode, and after taking a snapshot (using Snapz Pro X) when I hit command F again, resize the snapshot and close it, my windows are out of order. The document I took a pic of is in the background. It's still "hight lighted" by which I mean if I hit command W (Close) it closes it, even though it might be behind three other open windows. It would be like if you have three Safari windows open and when you hit close, it closed the very back window, not the one you were looking at and meant to close. Any help? I attached an example of the behind files. It's just like that after I get out of the zoom. The one that is actually in "front" is the darker gray bar one that's actually behind two other files. Says (Layer 14, Alpha 1 copy 2/8)

My video card is NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT. I tried turning off the OpenGL and that does seem to help. Is my video card not good enough for the new Photoshop? Also, any suggestions on why when I go to full screen, take a snapshot (Snapz Pro X), go out of full screen and save the snapshot and close it, the next file that is "in front" is behind two or three other files? I've hit close several times and accidentally closed the wrong file because I didn't realize it was the front file, since sometimes I can't even see it. It hasn't been a major problem, since it will ask me to Save if I haven't saved, just an annoyance. I have to reopen the file and am not longer able to use my history if I want to go back and make changes. Plus if it is a large file, I have to wait for it to open. And it makes it a hassle for me because they are all out of order then, there is no rhyme or reason to what will actually be the front file, so I close more than one I don't mean to. I watch now, but it's a hassle I shouldn't have to deal with. And since Expose no longer brings all the files of a program to the front, it is even more frustrating, since they can even be behind Finder windows. It may be a Snow Leopard issue, but I don't know. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

Folder display and full screen horribly slow?

I'm currently running on Windows 7, 64 bit.
I just upgraded from PSE 8 to 10 and had the first run automatically convert my catalog in the organizer. I've turned off all auto-analysis options. Other than being extremely annoyed that I no longer have the option to look at multiple folders at once in folder view -- which is something that almost makes me want to return the software, but it was a gift -- it takes over 30 seconds to switch to or start in folder view, and about the same amount of time to bring up the full screen preview.   Within folder view, switching from "3 stars and higher" back to "show all" takes 35 seconds, and even longer to restrict the view.
I know it's not my machine; limiting the view to 3 stars in thumbnail view takes less than a second, the same with selecting tags, show all, etc. It's very snappy.
In a previous version, Elements 6 I think, I had a strange problem where having the printer set to our regular printer caused an issue like this, and the solution was to set the default to CutePDF printer or something like that. I tried that though and it didn't help. (I'll reboot and try again just in case).
In PSE 8, it's slow...but not this slow. Plus, I can use it for my main view, since I can see many folders at a time. I won't be able to do that anymore so I have to be able to go back and forth easily.
Has anyone else experienced this problem?? Any thoughts on what could be causing it?
Thanks,
Lisa

Inexcusable ? You should perhaps rather wonder how it is possible to select a dozen of photos on multiple criteria within seconds. There is no magic there, only the combination of a powerful tool : a relational database, sqlite, and the recording of data from the exif or from your tags. A complex structure and many indexes make this wonder possible. If the data is outside the database and can change... the wonder is no longer there. You are right in your hope of better structure, better indexes, better use of the organizer of the data included in the database.
Remember I stated earlier that I don't know of a way to do this in my favourite thumbnail view. I think such a feature would be useful when I am using external drives to transfer catalogs and files via backup and restore. Knowing if all pictures are on given disk or if a part of them is in another one is useful and may lead to different restore strategies. With the folder view, it is akward : you have to create a keyword and to show all subfolders including images and apply the keyword to all. Believe me, it would be very easy to include a selection of the drive in the find menu, thumbnail view. That's why I cannot blame those who prefer the folder view, the thumbnail view and the find menu are neither satisfying for beginners nor for those accustomed to complex database queries including all operators such as XOR...
Perhaps inexcusable is a bit of a harsh word. But I wrote enterprise-level software for 10 years and I know there is a lot going on underneath the hood, and "we should be grateful for what does work" doesn't hold water for me. I still maintain that releasing software when one of the core features became significantly less functional, to the point where it makes that feature unusable, is a very poor choice as far as the existing user base is concerned. (But yes, I also know the pressures that are put on the engineers that are creating the product, and that they are often not the ones that make the decisions about release dates and other things).
My knowledge of SQL is limited to about 4 sentences, but I do know software. If you have a user task that can happen in less than a second in one view of 30,000 photos and is taking 35 seconds in another view with 30 photos (because no matter what is underneath, what is important is what the user sees, and they took away my ability to see all of them, so "we have to do all this work on the whole tree is a weak excuse at best), that is a major defect, not a design trade-off.
You wrote, " If the data is outside the database and can change..." but I still don't see how PSE is reacting to changing data underneath. I changed the data, and it doesn't react at all. Are you saying that every time I restrict the file view, it checks the entire tree for changes and then doesn't actually act upon them? Also, this doesn't make sense to me, because if I hide many of my files the performance improves significantly -- that tells me it's not about the file structure of things not in my database, but about those in my database. And if it is the icons that can change, well, the icons are worthless if the view isn't functional.
Just to be clear for whoever reads this later, I'm not concerned about a one-time cost per session of switching to folder view, though, it would be a lot cleaner if it gave me a progress bar instead of making my OS pop-up "Photoshop Organizer is not responding" boxes. I withdraw my comment about "view full screen" because I can see that there is a workaround, and that was in part user error (though partially also a design choice, since most of the effort of processing my files could be postponed until I was sitting and staring at the first 30, which is how most photo preview software handles it).
What I am most concerned about is the unusability of folder view for any sort of search or other operations (even stacking three photos in folder view takes *forever*). How can that not be a defect? Not only that, folder view is buggy -- several times it shows me the wrong photos for a folder (says the folder is A but the pictures are from folder X) and right now, it's telling me I have no zero star photos in any of my directories, when I know I do. Then when I clicked Show All, it's not showing any of my pictures at all.   ("Show all" doesn't seem to work at all in folder view at all).
If it were a one-time-per-session delay (to account for scanning the file system for changes), but then I could reasonably go back and forth between 2-stars and no-stars and all, stack my photos, rename them, move them from one folder to another, re-arrange all my folders, then that would even be good enough. Take the hit of switching to folder view, and then stay in it for a while. Learn not to go back and forth.   But it doesn't make sense to have a view from which the user cannot perform any tasks on their photos.
I think I will reclaim the word, "inexcusable" here, sorry     I'll find ways to work around it, though.
Regarding the feature of selecting all files on a drive...I thought you had said there was a way from folder view to select all the files on a particular drive (i.e, something that it can do that thumbnail view cannot). Did I misunderstand? If that is true, how does one do it?
I'll end with my previous statement, that I'm available for free beta testing if any of the product engineers would like to work on this issue . I really am a huge fan of the software, which is why I'm so passionate about this topic.
Lisa

How do i reposition desktops and full screen apps in the top of mission control?

Full screen apps have there own space and so do desktops, how do i re-order them?

Hi Anthony, hi ya guys!
Actually you can do a bit of a trick to re-arrange a fullscreen apps but there is one thing which you should know - the first screen can't be a fullscreen app screen.
So, here is what you can do.
Example: you have 3 fullscreen apps running on your OS: Pages, iPhoto, Mail.
So you go to Mission Control and you see on the top the first screen which is an empty screen or a screen with any opened apps (not a fullscreen apps) and also you see your fullscreen apps in a row of 3 screens.
So talking about these 3 screens (windows). Your Pages screen is the first fullscreen app window, iPhoto is the 2nd and Mail is the 3rd but you want to make it the 1st. So to do this you need to go to your second window (iPhoto), and press twice the Mail icon in your dock (one click and then another click).
It will make your 3rd screen with Mail to take a place of 1st screen and iPhoto will be moved to the end.
It all should be done while you are in a MC.
Good luck!

Spaces and Full Screen

Hello
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to switch between spaces while using a full screen program?
For instance in Space 1 I have Safari, in Space 2 I have Microsoft Messenger and in Space 3 I'm playing Unreal Tournament.
While playing, is there a way to pause the game and go to Space 2 or 1?

I wouldn't know of any way, if there are any, to utilize spaces with a 3rd party program that uses fullscreen mode.
There is, however, an application called LiteSwitchX for Mac that functions the same way the PC Ctrl+tab function works. You can maintain the same function of what you want with this application, just not necessarily using spaces.
Here is the link: http://www.proteron.com/liteswitchx/download.php

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