Import Captivate .exe files

By accident someone deleted my original captivate files. I
only have my captivate .exe files. I need to update them. Is there
any way to open the .exe files in captivate.
Judy

Hi all
I would heartily encourage anyone that feels it would be
worthwhile to PLEASE consider submitting a Wish Form asking for a
decompiler to be created by the Captivate development team. I've
campaigned for this for years (albeit so far fruitlessly). But
something like this would be a welcome addition, no?
Click
here to view the WishForm/Bug Reporting Form
Cheers... Rick

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Importing Captivate 3 files into 4

Has anyone reported problems with mouse paths not converting when importing Captivate 3 projects to Captivate 4? Sometimes the mouse path completely disappears, other times, it's there but is ignored. The mouse pointer is there, but it does not move - it shows at the final location.

Hi there
I've seen folks reporting lots of issues with Captivate 4 since its release. However, I'm not sure I've seen anyone specifically report what you just have.
As the mouse is an individual object in Captivate, I'm wondering if perhaps you have other objects that are possibly moving in the stacking order so they cover the Mouse?
Perhaps try right-clicking the Mouse object on the problem slides and choosing Order > Bring to Front?
Cheers... Rick
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Can I hyperlink to an EXE file?

Cp7, Windows 7(64)
I want to create a CD-ROM for customers.
I want to link to several projects.
One of the projects has its own loader and directory structure.
I want to link to this non-Captivate EXE file,
I have published all "my" projects as EXE files (the other project was created by someone else).
Aggregator only allows SWF (makes sense).
I am trying to develop a Captivate project that will have hyperlinks to EXEs published by Captivate and to a non-Captivate EXE (which is in its own subdirectory).
When I link to the EXE I get file not found or website not found.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Michael

Sent a private message to you about the EXE not created by me.
However, I have a general question that I hope to find an answer for:
A) I develop a Cp7 project
B) I publish that project as an EXE file
C) I create another project
D) In this new project, I want to have a hyperlink associated with a word or two in a SmartShape.
E) How do I get the hyperlink to open the EXE I created and published first?
I can't seem to find how to manage the file locatons. When I do a similar thing but publish to SWF/HTML, I can link to the other projects with no difficulty. When the other projects are EXEs, I can't seem to get it to work.
I am disappointed that I cannot find a help page or other documentation that will guide me through the process.
Thank you again for any help you can offer.
Michael

Have Tips On reducing .EXE File Size?

Hello,
Captivate exe file sizes are huge compared to comparable exe files produced by competitor software. I set my slide quality to Low, set swf conversion to 16 bit instead of 32 bit, set swf Size And Quality to 50%, and the .exe files are still huge. In fact, changing these settings made no difference to the file size.
Anyone have any tips on reducing the file size of the Captivate Exes, or do you know of any utility that can make .exe files smaller?
Thanks,
Mike

OK somewhere I got mixed up here.
So far as I know, this blig post from the Adobe Captivate Blog explains what is meant to work
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2009/01/adding_rightclick_in_captivate.html
Check the list at the bottom of the page:-
1. Security Setting:   Ensure that the SWF you
published is in Flash Player's trusted path. If you are publishing to
default folder (%My Document%\My Adobe Captivate Project) then you do
not need worry about security settings as captivate automatically adds
that path into trusted path of flash player.
                               2. Disable accessibility: In order to make Right-click work you will need to disable Accessibility from
                               Adobe Captivate 4-> Preferences->Project->Publish settings->Enable Accessibility
                               3. Right-Click will not work in stand-alone SWF file.
                               4. PDF and AVI publish: Right-Click doesn’t work in PDF and AVI publish.
                               5. EXE publish: Right-Click work for AS2 EXE publish but not for AS3 EXE publish
                               6. Preview (F4/F8/F10): Right-Click work for AS2 movies but not for AS3 movies
                               7. Preview (F12, in Web Browser): Right-Click works for both AS2 & AS3.
                               8. SWF Publish (the standard one) : Works for both AS2 and AS3.
                               9. Flash Player Version: Right Click Doesn’t work for movie published Flash Player versions
                           earlier than 8.0
If you are complying with the suggestions here (AS 2 EXE?) then right-click is supposed to work. But I have a feeling I've missed something in what you've said ... or you said it in another post which I've not read.
Steve

How to import .exe files into Captivate

I have some Flash .exe files that I want to import into
Captivate so I can combine the files....and also so I can choose
the properties for the files (for example, either to run on a loop
or also to take to a website upon completion).
So, how do I import .exe files into Captivate?

Hi Steve
Unless you can find some sort of a converter out on the web,
I think you are out of luck. I am aware of the SoThink SWF
decompiler (
http://www.sothink.com/product/flashdecompiler
) but I'm somewhat doubtful it will work on .EXE files. Perhaps it
will.
Cheers... Rick

Captivate 5 not rendering large exe files properly

Have imported large swf files into Captivate % (with seperate .wav files for audio). They all synch on the timeline at 24fps. for each slide. They look great in preview and when published to .exe they look fine on some computers. But we have encountered on at least 1 computer that the audio is out of synch with the video, and the video lags behind.
Would have not thought that this would be a problem with Captivate 5 exes.... Does anyone know a solution?
For preferences, I used Flash Player 9.

Sounds like the issue is something to do with either the specs or the codecs of the machine having problems.
The larger the SWF file and the more video you have, the more some machines will struggle to keep up with the decompression cycles.
Is the problem box of a lower spec (CPU speed etc) than the machines playing the content OK?
What version of Flash player is on each of the machines? (FP 10 handles video better)
Are the codecs up to date on that machine?
Find out what the differences are and you'll have your solution.

Error while running 'ldifde.exe' to import the schema file

Hello,
I'm doing a practical in exchange server. I have two servers, First one is the domain controller it's a Server 2012 R2 and the Second one is the server planing to install exchange 2010. it has server 2008 R2. My issue is when i'm trying to setup Exchange
Server 2010 it comes error while installing "error while running 'ldifde.exe' to import the schema file" I tried to fix but i couldn't. Please if anyone know about this error give me a solution.
Regards.
Ashane Deshapriya ( MCP )

Can you run these commands from an elevated powershell and try to install exchange.
Import-Module ServerManager
Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart
If that also fails please post the error.
Thanks, MAS
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Cannot overcome Exchange Server 2013 Install Error - "There was an error while running 'ldifde.exe' to import the schema file

Hello,
I am attempting to install Exchange 2013 on to a 2008R2 Server on a domain running 2008R2 DC's. I have worked every error resolution I can find, but I can't get past this error.
Error:
The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
install-ExchangeSchema -LdapFileName ($roleInstallPath + "Setup\Data\"+$RoleSchemaPrefix + "schema27.ldf")
" was run: "There was an error while running 'ldifde.exe' to import the schema file 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup\Setup\Data\schema27.ldf'. The error code is: 8224.
Any assistance is appreciated.

Are you running the installation from an ISO-file?
If so, then copy the files (preferably
Exchange 2013 w. SP1) to the local disk
and run the install with elevated privileges.
Martina Miskovic

Captivate 2.0 Very Buggy After Import of SWF File (Flash 8)??

Where should I begin...
Issue 1
I just updated to Cap 2 and started using it. I have come
across a few very weird issues. Everyting works fine until I import
a swf file to the stage. After I import a swf file to the stage I
realize I made a mistake in the swf file. So I updated the swf in
Flash 8 and publish it. I then went into Cap 2 and tried to update
the file (which I noticed that the update button has been removed.)
When I go to import and import the updated file, it does not update
it. I had to close the program and reboot before it would recognize
the new file??? Sounds like a caching issue of some sorts, but very
buggy in my eyes.
Issue 2
So now I have the new file in... great! But when I try to use
one of the drop down menus from the top tool bar, the menu
disappears immeditly after I have clicked on it??? The only way to
get my menu's back is to close the program and reopen it.
Issue 3
I just recently found another problem... I was trying to work
with Cap 2 in its crazy state, and I pulled one of the bars on the
timeline torwards the end of the screen and the timeline
disappeard??? So I went to view and clicked timeline... no change.
Now I do not have a timeline??? I have tried running a reapir and I
even tried several different new projects with different swf files
to see if it was just that file and I have the same results.
Sorry so lengthly on my issues but this just sucks and I need
help!! Anybody got any ideas!??
Thank you!!

Hi SaSQuaCh69247,
Issue 1 :- Select the SWF file in library, right click, and
select update.
Issue 2 :- Actually it could be valid for Issue 1 also. It
seems like SWF file you are trying to import, does some action
like, importing another swf or connecting to server on the first
frame itself. Captivate will try to play the first frame of SWF
when you import them. Try creating a keyframe with the stop action
as the first frame in your SWF, and see if you still have the
issue.
Issue 3 :- The approach I am mentioning over here is
generally the last approach which I will take in such scenerios,
but since you have already experimented a little, so try this.
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application
Data\Adobe\Adobe Captivate
Rename captivate_v20.dat as captivate_v20_org.dat.
Restart Captivate Application.
thanks

Mac opening exe. files with Captivate 5

I am a Mac user and need to open exe. files from my lecturer. I have got Captivate 5 and have updated it with the patch BUT nothing I seem to do enables me to open the files. Can anyone please help?

Hello,
MAC will not open .exe files as .app is the extension for MAC Executable files, or if you want to install an application on MAC, you can use .dmg format
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Published EXE file Error-Adobe captivate 4

Hi,
I'm having problems with publishing an EXE file in Adobe captivate 4. I know it has something to do with our internet browser settings, we are a Court location and we have strict settings, but I'm wondering if there are work arounds through adobe captivate. See error below:
-allowing active content such as script and ActiveX controls can be useful, but active content might also harm your computer. Are you sure you want to let this file run active content? Y/N
-Help protect security, internet explore has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer, click here for options.
If you just select yes and proceed the captivate file runs fine and you can complete the training. Our goal is to be able to publish in this format because it's more stable than the PDF or HTML option but we don't want users to experience this error from the start.
Thanks for helping with my questions!
Libby

Hi, I've been trying to attach an image for the error message we get but not matter what I do it gives me an error and won't let me attach the image. Any suggestions or do you have an email I can send them too. The error message may be a little different than what I sent previously, it seems to give a different error message on different computers. But we are currently trying to create a new release of our training program so this should be the most current error message and the error message people will see when they open it on their PC's. Anyway this is what it says:
First Error Message:
File Download-Security Warning
Do you want to run or save this file?
Name: BasicCORIS_AttachAnAttorney.exe (name of our file)
Type: Application, 9.27MB
From: C:/CourtsOnlineTraining\Program Files\Dist....
Run Save Cancel (we select run, than you get next error message)
While files from the Internet can be useful, this file type can potentially harm your computer. If you do not trust the source, do not run or save this software. What's the risk?
Second Error Message:
Internet Explorer- Security Warning
The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?
Name: BasicCORIS_AttachAnAttorney.exe
Publisher: Unknown Publisher
Run Don't Run
This file does not have a valid digital signature that verifies its publisher. You should only run software from publishers you trust. How can I decide what software to run?
I hope this makes sense. Let me tell you a little more about how our training is set up. We load the training on to a USB stick that includes a menu, the training modules, and a shortcut. Once the USB is downloaded on to the users PC they can select a shortcut icon for the training. Once they select the training shortcut it opens a menu that they can select training from. When they select on the desired training this is when they would receive these error messages. Our current release is in a HTML format, but because of this format the training interacts with the web browser and causes us problems so we were hoping to publish in exe and the training wouldn't open in a web browser.
Let me know if you have further questions or if I've just confused the situation more. Again thanks for your help!
Libby

Importing .exe files to dreamweaver

OK im going to make this as clear as i possibly can to stop
confusing. i am making a site that will have a games section and i
want people that come onto that site to be able to play those games
on MY site. i do not know at all how to even get it onto
dreamweaver or how to import it so it is on there. i no how to do
it with swfs which is insert > flash. Is it possible to to do
something that you can do to do this with .exe files. if so how
step by step. and if not why. Thankyou

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people that come
> onto
> that site to be able to play those games on MY site. i
do not know at all
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it is on there. i
> no how
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possible to to do
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step by step. and if
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Captivate 4 link between 2 .exe files

I work with adobe captivate 4 and i developped a lot of presentations that i want to link i published each of them in the .exe format but the thing is that when i passes from one .exe file to another one, there is a delay and we can see the first .exe file closing and the second one opening. I wish to have a continious presentation.

Hi there
Sorry, but there isn't a way past that to my knowledge. The reason is because the exe has to close and the new one has to load up and open. You are wanting a behavior similar to what you have with SWF playing in the browser. In the browser setup, it appears pretty seamless because the next SWF simply loads into the browser client area and plays.
Perhaps consider submitting a Wish Form to Adobe and who knows, maybe they will come up with some clever workaround in a future release.
Cheers... Rick
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Published .exe file - Captivate 5

We recently upgraded from Captivate 3to Captivate 5, with Captivate 3 we published all of our projects as .exe files and never experienced a problem. However, I just created a project in Captivate 5, published it as a .exe file (tried with both Flash Player 9 and Flash Player 10) and users cannot access the file. Those of us that have the Captivate 5 application installed on our PCs can open the .exe file without a problem. However, the users that do not have the Captivate 5 application cannot open it. All of us have Flash Player 10 installed, therefore, I don't believe it's a problem with the Flash Player. The error message that they are getting states, "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."
My project information is as follows:
Resolution: 800x600
Slides: 13
Slides with audio: 0
Audio quality: MP3, 96 kbps, 44.100 KHz
eLearning output: Acrobat.com
Display score: Yes
Enable Accessibility: Yes
Skin: City Night
Flash(SWF) size and quality: Custom
ActionScript Version: AS3
I also published it as an .swf file (with html) and they cannot open the .swf (I believe because they don't have a swiff point player), but could open the .html. However, the .html doesn't work properly with posting quiz results to acrobat.com.
Your help is greatly appreciated, at this point, it's preventing us from using Captivate 5 for anything.
Nikki

Hi David,
I don't understand why Adobe Technical support is still working on a solution .... when one has already been developed and WORKED !!! Unless other people are having a slightly different problem with publisheding as .exe file ??
Here is the details of the bug I reported on 16th August 2010:
Feature Request/Bug Report : Bug Report
Product                    : Captivate
Product Version            : version 5
Browser                    : Microsoft Internet Explorer
Web Server                 :
Application Server         :
Database                   :
Operating System           : Windows XP
OS version                 : 5.1 SP3
HTTPREFERRER               : https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=5
Feedback Report            : ******BUG******
Captivate 5 Projects published as .exe will not run on Learners computers where Captivate 5 has NOT been installed. When they try to run the .exe file the following message is received: "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem". Learners computers are running on Windows XP
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Start Captivate 5
2. Create project from project template. Note project template was created in Captivate 5
3. Project created contains 5 slides, 4 slides are recording slides
4. Save project
5. publish project as Windows .exe 6. .exe files runs on computer with Captivate installed
7. send file to learner (with no Captivate installed) and when the try to run it, the error message appears
Results: error message received: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem"
Expected results: .exe file should run eLearning program created with Captivate 5
Here is the solution (minus the attached file since I can't add files to this forum) I received on 16th August:
We really appreciate you reporting this issue. The issue has been addressed and I am attaching the fix with this email.
Please follow the below steps -
1. Rename the attached 'FakeFlash.txt' file to 'FakeFlash.Exe'.
2. Go to "<Adobe Captivate 5 Installation Folder>/ExecutablePublish"
3. Take a backup of 'FakeFlash.Exe' file.
4. Replace the 'FakeFlash.Exe' with the one renamed in step 1
5. Launch Captivate, Open the Project, and publish it to Exe
Let us know if it solved your problem.
Thanks
Ravi
I suggest Adobe Technical Support talk to their colleague, Ravi, for the solution instead of re-developing it. And post it on the Adobe site so everyone has access to it.
As much as I enjoy particatpating & helping the Captivate community ... I'm sorry I just can not act as you distributor of bug fixes because Adobe can't get their act straight on this MAJOR problem.
Best Regards, Carol

Captivate 5.5 keeps importing same audio file to additional screens instead of newly chosen file

I split an MP3 file between three screens at the beginning of the training and all went well. Now I am trying to add another file to another set of two screens further in the training - once I choose "Distribute the audio file over several slides" it reimports the first MP3 file from the beginning of the training (when I first chose that option to distribute). I've tried over and over again to import the new file to these new slides, it simply will not import the new file, it keeps adding the first file that I split up. Has anyone seen this before?
Much thanks in advance!
Biggi

Hi MagicBBB,
A patch to address this issue is available. Check for updates from the application through Help >> Updates.
Also have a look at the release notes here. http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/881/cpsid_88142.html
Please try out the patch and let me know.
Thanks,
Ashwin Bharghav B
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