Help linking click boxes to "on Success" launch file

Hello, all,
I need assistance linking my click box to a file that I need to launch in the project. I am putting together some work samples and need to load the Captivate project up onto Dropbox for others to view. The files I am having issues with are a PDF and output from Articulate Engage and Quizmaker. When I publish, Captivate searches for the files locally, and does not open anything, even when I ahave moved the files to Dropbox and set the On Success directory to browse to the drop box location. I got the message that I need to save the files for the output, including HTML files into the output folder, but when publishing to an .exe, there isn't an output folder. Can someone please help me?

or use this http://captivatedev.com/2012/08/07/adobe-captivate-6-x-widget-web-page-widget/ to display whatever you want created in Articulate, and/or else where.
If you really need to embed pdfs into your .exes, there's no way to accomplish it directly. However, you can convert your pdf to swf and insert it as an animation.
Silly ain't it?. Google for swftools, it's free.

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and it will jump out a ERROR:F sign! (actually what is the
"F" means? FXXK? haha~)
After several times try and error
I've slightly make some changes at NO.8 procedure:
8. Type only your document file name into the Link field.
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name,
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Leaflet(C).pdf
and then now I can check the "save file with project"
checkbox)
after output to a swf and insert animation in captivate
although captivate also show the "Adobe Captivate - Captivate
link test.cp
The Adobe Flash file contains action script that reference
"root". This might cause the adobe captivate project to work
incorrectly or to stop working. do u want to continue to add this
file?" message
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publish file)
in any other computer!
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// Action script...
on (release)
var szArg = "D herbal tea Leaflet(C).pdf";
var szWindow = "_blank";
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getURL("FSCommand:execfile", szArg);
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it shows the file name only!
Now it's no problem!
PS: U cannot open the link file under preview mode
it won't open
but after publish into .exe
u can open the link file!
Sorry my english is very poor
anyone don't understand can download my testing project from
here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/71506514/Captivate_testing.zip
Thanks Captiv8r again for helping us!
Lulu
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

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