Published Captivate 2 Files in WebCT

I recently started using
Captivate 2 and it does not seem to Publish to Flash and
work in WebCT as well as the previous version that I used. I choose
"Export HTML" on the Publishing screen and click on the Flash icon
and it creates the following
4 files (my project name is FN):
1. FN.html
2. FN.swf
3. FN
Shockwave Flash Object
4. Standard
JScript Script File
In the older version of Captivate when you published you were
only presented with the first two files: 1. FN.html & 2. FN.swf
. You then had to upload both into WebCT and use the html version
on your organizer page. Now it doesn't work even if I upload all 4
files into WebCT. I have tried the "Standalone" version, but it
causes error messages for users.
Does anyone know how to make it work in WebCT?

Captivate 2 creates a "borders" file that is new to that
version. There are several ways to solve your problem, I think. The
simplest might be to construct your movie so the playback control
has its own "blank space" for display, then go to "Project >
Skins > Borders > (and) de-select Show Borders option.
If you do this, the playback control will use the bottom 35
pixels of your project for a display area, and the borders file
("_skin.swf") will not be generated during publishing. You would
then point to (link to) the "project.HTM" file to start your
Captivate movie, just like you did in earlier versions.
Hope this helps you get it sorted, ValerieGailRay. In any
case, welcome to the Captivate User2User community!!
.

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