How do I launch a software demo from within a Captivate 6 presentation?

Question

I'm trying to figure out the best way to weave together a presentation which leads into a full screen software demo - back to the presentation and into a full screen training session.  I have all of the separate peices completed but I can't see a simple way to do it. 
I'm imagining there must be a way to insert a button which launches the (SWF, html, exe file) sofware demo and another button I can insert into the demo which will take me back to the correct page in the presentation.  I just can't see how to apply that as a command.
Any help would be gratefully received.

Answer 1

Rod,
A couple of suggestions from a fellow Rod:
Don't set your publish folder to be the same location as your project CPTX files.  Your folder will get very messy and make it much harder to find what you want.  Keep your project source files in one folder and point your published files at another folder reserved for that purpose.
Make sure your publish folder location has been set up as a trusted location in your Flash Global Security settings.  Google for info about it if you are a newbie. Lots of info on the web.  Bottom line is that without Flash Security set up properly, lots of stuff (especially links) won't work.
Never have spaces in your publish file names.  You can set the output filename in the publish dialog.  You need to remember that your content is quite likely to end up on a web server, and web filenames should never have spaces because it can break links.
Always use all lowercase for all filenames.  Windows servers won't mind mixed case filenames, but if your content happens to land on a different type of web server one day, then the mixed case can cause broken links.
Publish your project (without the spaces and with lowercase name) at least once to the output folder if you are creating a new folder there. And then copy any video files, SWFs, PDFs or other stuff that will need to be called by your published content into the publish folder location so that it will be available for linking.
I know Adobe says you can point the links at the CPTX file and Captivate is supposed to work out that you are actually wanting to link to the output file it will publish, but quite frankly I find it more reliable to just link to the HTM file.  If that HTM file and the SWF/JS etc that it needs to call are in a different folder from the file you are linking from, then you need to set up a RELATIVE LINK, not an ABSOLUTE LINK.  If you don't know what these are and how to create them properly, Google for info again.  The web is full of good tutorials about linking.