Adding Flash to Inspire

[vincent byrne]

I have created a flash for the web in Articulate Engage and want to load it into one of may pages in Inspire. When it loads it is just a white image and when I preview it doesnt work. What am I doing wrong.

[EDT]

I am not familar with Articulate Engage and the content it produces, but does it create a single FLV or SWF file or does it produce numerous files including an HTML file in order to be viewed?

[vincent byrne]

I am not familar with Articulate Engage and the content it produces, but does it create a single FLV or SWF file or does it produce numerous files including an HTML file in order to be viewed?

Hi EDT
Articulate has a number of publishing options, Publish for WEB, Publist for CD , Publish for LMS.
I chose the web.
This creates an swf file and a html file plus a folder called content. The content folder contains more html,xml,shockwace,jpeg,Jscript and afsounds folder.

Does this explain it clearly?
Vincent

[EDT]

In that case you will need to keep the same directory structure for all the files that are required to play that Flash file. Also, you may need to use external HTML objects in Lectora for some of the code in the HTML file of your Flash publish, if that is required for the Flash item to play. In Lectora, if you have a SWF file that plays as a standalone file and doesn't rely on any other files to function correctly, you can simply bring that into Lectora as an animation. When you use another tool that creates numerous files and directories in order for that file to play, then you will need to use all those files and keep the directory structure intact. In Lectora, everything you add as an additional file will get placed in the root directory you publish out to. If Articulate includes folders and subfolders in that Flash publish, you will have to manually move those files into your Lectora published content folder in order for them to function correctly.

[vincent byrne]

In that case you will need to keep the same directory structure for all the files that are required to play that Flash file. Also, you may need to use external HTML objects in Lectora for some of the code in the HTML file of your Flash publish, if that is required for the Flash item to play. In Lectora, if you have a SWF file that plays as a standalone file and doesn't rely on any other files to function correctly, you can simply bring that into Lectora as an animation. When you use another tool that creates numerous files and directories in order for that file to play, then you will need to use all those files and keep the directory structure intact. In Lectora, everything you add as an additional file will get placed in the root directory you publish out to. If Articulate includes folders and subfolders in that Flash publish, you will have to manually move those files into your Lectora published content folder in order for them to function correctly.

Hi EDT
Thanks for your help but still having a problem. I have posted the files and folders into the correct directory and the swf works in the preview window but just gives the revolving circle when previewed. I am working with a trial version at the moment. Would that have anything to do with it.

Vincent

[EDT]

Vincent,
Using the trial version shouldn't cause any issues. If you could zip you all your files and upload them to http://cds.trivantis.com, I can take a look at the files and see if I can get them working for you. If I can, I can tell you how I was able to or send you the working files if the file size is not too large. Let me know once you have posted it and I will take a look.