[Xerte] Re: XOT exported to DVD - web links no longer working?

Thu Mar 8 13:08:10 GMT 2012

>
produce XOT  
or any other drive based Flash piece.

> From: Nicki.Keating at nottingham.ac.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 13:03:44 +0000
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: XOT exported to DVD - web links no longer working?
> 
> OK ... I have now edited the Adobe Flash Player global settings and adding the D: drive to the trusted location settings, and this seems to have fixed it all in IE, FF and Chrome.  HTM works fine, and the links are clickable.
> 
> But ... I just kind of wanted the LO to open without anyone having to fiddle with their browser settings _too_ much (people are pretty used to allowing popups now, but maybe not so au fait with flash player settings).  But I guess I might have to live with this if I want to produce XOT on a DVD in a prison.
> 
> Thanks for getting me this far at least, Pat :-)
> 
> Nicki
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 08 March 2012 12:20
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> Subject: [Xerte] Re: XOT exported to DVD - web links no longer working?
> 
> hta is a IE thing for IE security
> 
> Does the HTM cause a problem in chrome and FF
> 
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Nicki Keating
> <Nicki.Keating at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> > No luck at all on Firefox or Chrome (only IE 8+ seems to like the HTA extension) so perhaps not the right fix after all (it's for running in a prison, hence restricted internet access, plus I don't know how up to date their browsers are).
> >
> > There's no option to select 'local export' btw, I just went to Export in the Project Properties and clicked Zip Export, and it spits out a zip file.
> >
> > Nicki
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> > Sent: 08 March 2012 12:03
> > To: Xerte discussion list
> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: XOT exported to DVD - web links no longer working?
> >
> > try it on a different browser just to be sure it's not cached and stuff
> >
> > Did you select "local export" in XOT when you exported - I can make
> > the export produce a HTA if better? / Alternative?
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Nicki Keating
> > <Nicki.Keating at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> >> Thanks Pat, that certainly seems to have done the trick (at least, on the one PC I've just tried it on!).  I renamed the index.htm file that _was_ produced automatically when you export the ZIP file, to index.hta and all is well again.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Nicki
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> >> Sent: 08 March 2012 11:51
> >> To: Xerte discussion list
> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: XOT exported to DVD - web links no longer working?
> >>
> >> i think it needs to be within a .hta on a DVD doesn't it? (which
> >> translates as a security setting)
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> First thing I would suspect is a security setting.
> >>>
> >>> ________________________________
> >>> From: Nicki.Keating at nottingham.ac.uk
> >>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >>> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:24:09 +0000
> >>> Subject: [Xerte] XOT exported to DVD - web links no longer working?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi there
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone else tried to export an XOT LO (for distribution on a DVD), and
> >>> then found that the weblinks in a page no longer work?
> >>>
> >>> The HTML code is fine (it works when I run XOT via the web), and when you
> >>> right-click on a link, on the DVD version, you can even copy the URL and
> >>> paste it into a new tab, BUT nothing happens when you click a link directly.
> >>>
> >>> Or does this work OK for others that have exported it?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for any advice.
> >>>
> >>> Nicki
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