Linking one captivate to another

Using Captivate 3, I am trying to link 2 Captivate
presentations. The theory is that the user should click on a
transparent button in one presentation and be taken to another very
short presentation. I can link .doc and .pdf documents with no
problems, but I can't get .exe, .html or .swf to work. The two
presentations are in the same folder.
Is there something critical that I am missing? Input would be
appreciated.
Regards
Gettingitright

Hi again
I'm thinking Project Preview will be a bad choice here and
will not work. Actually, the fact that your documents and PDFs are
opening with no issue seems to point to a problem you will likely
see when you burn things to a DVD.
Here's the deal. What we are talking about here is a
difference between paths. There are two types. Relative and
Absolute. I'm guessing the links to your documents and PDFs are
using Absolute paths. An absolute path says "open the file in the
exact location each time". This means that if your document is
stored in a folder named Buffy off the root of your C drive, when
you burn to DVD and your user clicks the link, it will fail because
your user likely doesn't have a folder named "Buffy".
When you preview Captivate files, you compile them to a
temporary location. As the linked document and PDF files aren't in
this location, the fact your links are working tells me that there
will probably be issues once you burn to DVD.
Relative paths simply specify a path relative to the current
location of where you are. For example, maybe you create a folder
named "Videos" that should always be found one level below your
current location. So as long as you re-create the expected folder
structure on other computers, the link will work just fine as long
as everything is where it is expected to be found. This is probably
why your link is failing for opening the other project.
Hopefully what I've provided here will be of some value to
you.
Cheers... Rick

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dandelionx wrote:
> Hi,
> Iv been making video's for awhile but what still
confuses me is whats the best
> way to link one scene to another? on adobe premiere
elements its got alot of
> different ways to link media files but most i don't tend
to use because i don't
> want the transactions to distract me when making, i tend
to either use a cross
> dissolve of dip in black effect or fade in/fade out
video effect. Without some
> sort of linking transaction the overall video looks
undone and messy, however
> to many effects makes the video look more about the
effects than the video
> itself and id rather keep the transactions basic, having
a dissolve link to
> long makes the clips to short and when making a dissolve
to short it looks out
> of place and like a blinking effect! Does anyone get me?
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> x
>

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