.SWF files in Adobe Connect Training

Question

Hello,
I’ve successfully created a Captivate project but when
I add it to Adobe Connect Training I can only get the .swf to play
if I don’t include the skin options (playbar). With the
playbar all the loads in Adobe Connect is the playbar and no movie.
Am I doing something wrong when publishing the original Captivate
Project?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hey Awk76
Interesting one. Captivate is supposed to work with Connect
really seamlessly. The problem comes from there now being 2 files
(the skin...) instead of one.
Good news is you can fix it. First of all, go into your
Captivate and from the project menu, select skin (bottom one). In
there, select the Borders (2nd tab) and untick Show Borders. Take a
note of the Width field here. We'll use it later. But Andy I hear
you cry - the playbar is now inside my movie covering up content.
Don't panic. Press OK to the Skins dialog and go back to the
Project Menu, and this time click Resize Project. What you're going
to do is add a few pixels to the bottom of the project for the
playbar to sit in. Make sure you
untick Maintain aspect ratio (and save your project first)
and then amend the height by the whatever was in the Width field in
the Borders tab (see earlier)
Ok - so now you've got the new height. In the "If new size it
larger" section of the Resize project screen (which it should be)
click the "Keep project the same size and fill background with
colour" radio. You set the background colour to one of your choice
and set the Project Postion to Top Center. Press Finish and
Captivate will grind about a bit before returning you to the main
screen.
You'll notice that each slide now has a little bit more added
to the bottom. The playbar will sit in this but Captivate will only
produce 1 file, rather than 2. Perfect for Connect.
P.S. it's a good idea to make sure you've done all your
recording before you do this - this should be the last phase before
publishing.
P.P.S Apologies that this is a bit long...