Linking Captivate to Access DB, No LMS

I have been trying to find a solution to linking a captivate
test and scores to an access database since our company does not
have an LMS nor the budget for one. Any suggestions?

When you publish a Captivate with tracking, note the
accompanying HTML
has code to communicate with the LMS.
If you can change that code to, say, post to a database
instead, that
may work best, as Captivate is already trying to use those js
functions
anyway.
Erik
JenAleven wrote:
> I have been trying to find a solution to linking a
captivate test and scores to an access database since our company
does not have an LMS nor the budget for one. Any suggestions?
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