Publish a Project

Question

I am fairly new to using Captivate and have a question
regarding the Skin. When I publish my project I get mulitple files
in a folder including the actual demo/training, full motion files
and the skin file. I am setting up an e-learning site and when I
import the actual demo file, it will play without issue, but the
problem is the controls to pause, rewind, go back, etc are not
displayed.
My question is, do I need to merge the skin file with the
demo, upload both, or something completely different? Any help on
this subject would be appreciated.
Thanks - Joel

Answer 1

Hello again
Captivate output is a bit like a house of cards. I'm not sure
we know which version you are using so I'll use Captivate 3 to
illustrate.
With Captivate 3 you normally end up with multiple files if
you are Publishing to SWF format. I'll assume you named the project
MainMovie. In this case, you may end up with the following files in
the folder.
* MainMovie.SWF
* MainMovie_skin.SWF
* MainMovie.HTM
* standard.js
You may also see a couple of other files.
* breeze-manifest.xml
* MainMovie_BDMetadata.xml
The two files above would be created if you had the option
for publishing Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Metadata enabled.
You may also see some full motion files and possibly other
SWF files if you used a few animations.
Essentially, you want to take ALL the output files and place
them on your server. You then point at the HTM file.
HTM file loads and seeks the standard.js file. If it's not
there, things just stop dead in their tracks. Assuming the
standard.js is found, the MainMovie_skin.SWF loads up. The skin
file then loads the MainMovie.SWF file. As the movie plays, any
other SWF files are loaded when they are needed.
Hopefully that helps better explain it.
Cheers... Rick