I think this may be the correct step to take, but I am at a loss at how to use the Baggage area or where it is located.  In the project manager, there isn't a Baggage area.  If I right click in the Project Manager and select new Baggage File, the file I select just winds up in the "Project Files" folder.  I don't quite get the INs and OUTs of the Baggage Area, where it's located, how it works, or how to get a captivate swf to access "flv"s stored inside.

     Do you have any pointers, reference material, or tutorials that might be useful in explaining the Baggage area.

thanks

I really need some elementary information.  I now understand that the Baggage area contains baggage files which are accessed by the final project.

What I lack is the fundamental knowledge of where the Baggage area is.  I have the vague notion that it should be in the project manager, but there is not a folder labeled "Baggage Area."  Does a Baggage file just simply have a baggage icon?

If that is the case, I have pulled in all the FLVs that the SWF file plays in my project.  They are all located in my project Files folder, and they all have baggage icons.  Unfortunately, the FLVs are missing from the exported AIR project.

So,

1) Where is the Baggage Area?

2) Once a FLV is in the Baggage Area, how can I make sure that my SWF file from Captivate will link to the FLVs?

Thanks,

David

Hello,

     I am still struggling with trying to get the videos to play in a swf file after it is exported to Air.  I've tried a few more tests to get to the bottom of this, unfortunately I don't know how to evaluate the results.  Here are some things I've noticed.

     Within robohelp, If I click the "View selected Item" button while on the topic containing the swf, the preview pops up and plays all of the embedded videos properly.  However, after closing the preview I get an chain of Internet Explorer Script Errors. It reads:

"An error has occured in the script on this page

Line:53

Char:3

Error:Object required

Code:0

URL: file:///C:/Users/dp/Documents/My%20RoboHelp%20Projects/quadrispaceTes t/BaggageFolder/PK101_2.htm

Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?"

When using the output modules,  the AIR module creates an Air document, but when the SWF is clicked through, the pages with embedded video appear to be missing from the file.

     The WebHelp Pro and FlashHelp Pro Modules both output properly.  The videos inside the SWF play completely and properly.

     The Microsoft HTM: help output, acts similarly to the Air output.  It generates the help project, but when the topic with the SWF is viewed, the videos laced throughout the SWF fail to appear.

     I hope this provides some more insight into my problem, since I am anxious to get beyond this issue.

-David

To check that the SWF is generated an deployed with the help files, I navigated to the location that the AIR project is generated to and navigated to this folder: C:\Users\dp\Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\quadrispaceTest\!SSL!\Adobe_AIR\AdobeAIRApplication\files\Da ta

Inside that folder, I found the SWF that I am trying to get to work as well as all of the FLVs videos that are played inside of the SWF.

Unless I checked the wrong location, it seems that the baggage files are properly included with the help files. Right?

-David

     Does anyone have any further insight into my problem?

     It seems so odd that I can preview a page and see all of the desired FLVs that are embeded inside of SWF, but when I export to AIR the SWF plays except it loses all the FLVs inside.  Is this a program error?  Or is Robohelp's AIR export not powerful enough to do this type of media rich project?

     Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

David

I haven't reported this as a bug, yet. I'll give that a try and see what happens.

-David

I am no less confused now.  I deleted all of the FLVs from the baggage folder.  I've re-imported the SWF, and it's now located in the multimedia folder.  Now I need to re-import the FLVs so that they go into a multimedia folder(or are labeled as multimedia files).   HOW?  I cannot use the file/import function because the files types do not include SWFs.  What is the process for importing the files and having them be recognized as multimedia files.

Thanks,

David

Hylandwriter1,

     I think you and I are having different issues.  I am able to import solo FLVs.  That's not my problem.

     What I am struggling with is a more complex problem.  I am trying to insert a  SWF that has FLVs embedded in it.  It's kind of a russian doll of multimedia.  And while I can open the multipage SWF and navigate through it, the embedded FLVs are absent from the page.  I don't know how I could direct Robohelp to direct the SWF to find the FLVs that should play inside.

-David