If you read this webpage you don’t know about the Flash Security problems that can arise, and the possible solution of installing server2go on the CD-ROM. Please make a link on this page to the server2go page.

Good idea, Elka. Thanks!

I find your article overly simplistic and wrong. I have never struggled so much with a simple idea.

First, the autorun does not work. When I manually ruin launcher.html I get a error. I can only run player.html

I have attahcedments with natural do not work on local computer or cd. So I edit the player.html file as instructructed by the forum article. The attachment now work but auto run quit working.

I think Articulate is good for developing courses but has completely missed the boat for doing anything other than web based deployments. Publishing to cd should be be like building the Titantic. I have to read forum articles, try all kinds of things until something , hopefully, works. And then I need to get 3rd party software, learn how to use it just to get your software to work.

This is a ridiculous product.

I’m sorry you’re having problems with this Ramon, but we’re happy to help you out via a support case, which I submitted for you based on your email to me earlier this week. I see that we sent you a number of suggestions. Have you tried them? Are you still having issues?

I received a published presentation from one of our instructors, along with the powerpoint. The presentation plays fine, however, how do I upload it onto our company’s LMS? Would the instructor need to re-publish the presentation and create a zip file?

Hi Michelle- Yes, your instructor needs to publish to LMS. You can also learn more about some basic LMS pointers.

HELP!!! I have published my presentation to CD, zipped it for e-mail, to the web, used server to go, etc. No matter how I publish the flash files they only work on my own computer. When I load the disk on other computers outside of my office it appears that the flash files are loading, but they just don’t play? The quizzes work fine everywhere. Any insight?

Has anyone had an issue where if you select the zipped files AND the create CD autorun files, it does not produce the necessary autorun files? That has happened to me several times.

Hi Kim-

There is a known issue where if you publish your presentation for CD and check the Output Option Zip, then the autorun files will not be included in the zip file.

To workaround this issue, uncheck the option to Zip, publish for CD, open the folder that contains your published output, and manually zip the contents of the folder (using Windows or a 3rd-party zip application).

Does the CD need to be a CD-R? I am trying with a CD-RW and am having problems.

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We upgraded to the entire 09 Suite. We have a class that consists of many individual lessons, each in its own folder with corresponding player.html, data folder, etc. I read that CD publishing with Articulate can only handle a flat directory with all the files at the same level.

Do publish a multi-lesson presentation to CD, is Server2Go required in order for the links to work properly, etc?

Related question: We will publish a finished program to the web. In the meantime, my client wants to distribute limited numbers of the program on thumb drives. So that people don’t have to navigate all the way down to the player.html file, can I use the Publish to CD feature and set it up to auto-run off the thumb drive?

After hearing of some difficulties, I’m thinking a better alternative might be to create a shortcut at the root level of the program files, and just do it that way. Any thoughts on this? Thank you…

Hi Django- What version of Presenter are you using? Note that Presenter ’09 includes a revamped Publish to CD feature, which creates an EXE version of the course for your users.

Hi Gabe,
That sounds like a good, new feature. I’m only on Presenter 5.2, however. Since the thumb-drive thing is just an interim solution anyway, I’ve decided to just go with putting a shortcut to the player.html file at the root level of the thumb drive and simply renaming it to something like “Click here to launch tutorial.”

i am having difficulty publishig an auto run on a cd. i read the comments but i am still having problems can you please help?

Hi Dori- I’d encourage you to submit a support case with complete details of the issue you’re having.

Could someone explain how i get my cds to autorun (simply) – from what i have seen on the blogs it sounds complicated by making sure i save files onto a “root” directory (how do i save on a “root” directory ? / when do i do this – after I publish or another time ?) Sorry to sound simple about this. I have built my courses on articulate but cannot to publish to cd and get this to autorun – therefore my customers are not going to navigate the folders to get to the launch file. If anyone could spell this out in simple steps it will be much appreciated ! Thankyou,

I want to use software protection for my courses on CD that I intend to retail. “multimedia protector” or something similar is what I am thinking of – is this easy for me to do and linked to my question above on publishing to CD, when do I add the protection software – during publishing or do I have to modify any files ? – Your help is greatly appreciated.

Hi Gopal,

The “root level” refers to default location of your files. For example, if you burn a CD and then open it up in the Windows Explorer, the root level is the first location that will open up.

If you have additional questions, please refer to the links below:

http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=155

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330135/en-us

In regards to protecting your output, I used to use a program called ProtectionPlus whenever I worked in the field. Essentially, the software “wraps” its own code around the EXE file. When someone try to run the EXE file, they will see a screen that requires the user to enter a License ID and a Password. Once they have entered that information, they will be able to use the software. For more information, please see the link below:

http://www.softwarekey.com/

(Articulate does not support the above link)

Thankyou Brian, so what “files” do you move to the root menu and how is it done ? Have you got any screenshots ? Gopal

I need to add several modules to one cd with a landing page and a completion certificate at the end…any advice?

Hi Ellen- you could create an HTML launch page on your CD that launches each module separately. There are a number of ways to incorporate certificates, including as a Web Object in your final course, or by leveraging Quizmaker.

Anything based on Autorun is bound to run into difficulties with any new version of Windows where Autorun in no longer enabled by default due to it’s obvious danger when it comes to malware.

It would really be nice if Articulate would have a tool that can deal with a package that has multiple modules that have been created. Something that can help build a nice Menu interface.

Take care

Clement