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From: digduggler on 13 Jun 2007 10:34 It appears Adobe does not currently have a commitment to further development of Authorware (or at least not an encouraging one). I have a client who has a number of products developed with Authorware and it has become apparent that the compatibility with Vista/IE7 may not exist in an easy to use fashion (or at all). Is there a new product or standard that would support a conversion of existing Authorware code in order to minimize development issues and time? I've searched around a bit and nothing hit me on the head, so please be kind if I missed something glaring. Any input or insight appreciated. Thanks.
From: Erik **AdobeCommunityExpert** on 13 Jun 2007 10:41 Pretty much, nope, though it sure would be an interesting product! As is, best you could do is export the course to XML And see what other product might be able to work with it. More likely you could export the assets, at least, but would have to rebuild much of the code/navigation/structure, etc. Don't give up on Authorware yet. Other Adobe Community Experts (Steve, Amy, and Mike) are having a sit-down with the Authorware group leader this week. Hopefully some definitive answers will result. Additionally, what specific Vista/IE7 issues are you having? Perhaps some workarounds can be done for now...at least til we have some official word from Adobe. Cheers, Erik digduggler wrote: > It appears Adobe does not currently have a commitment to further development > of Authorware (or at least not an encouraging one). I have a client who has a > number of products developed with Authorware and it has become apparent that > the compatibility with Vista/IE7 may not exist in an easy to use fashion (or at > all). > > Is there a new product or standard that would support a conversion of existing > Authorware code in order to minimize development issues and time? I've > searched around a bit and nothing hit me on the head, so please be kind if I > missed something glaring. > > Any input or insight appreciated. Thanks. > -- Erik Lord http://www.capemedia.net Adobe Community Expert - Authorware http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.awaretips.net - samples, tips, products, faqs, and links! *Search the A'ware newsgroup archives* http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.authorware
From: digduggler on 13 Jun 2007 12:00 Specifically speaking, I know that their program didn't work on IE7 but am not aware of the exact error. The feedback was it wouldn't run. Their customers seem to be okay using IE6 for now but looking towards the future they have concerns about current support and future development. If it looks gloomy I'm not sure if they are wanting to tweak existing code, attempt to develop in a more secure product (thus the port question), etc. I look forward to reading what the meeting reveals. Thanks Eric.
From: Steve Howard on 13 Jun 2007 12:10 > Specifically speaking, I know that their program didn't work on IE7 but > am not > aware of the exact error. The feedback was it wouldn't run. Well "it don't work" is worthless feedback for any developer ... You should be able to find information on the two IE7 issues, and workarounds, by doing a quick search on this newsgroup. > > I look forward to reading what the meeting reveals. There's a possibility you may never know. We are under NDA for the things we are learning here at Adobe this week. There are things we are not allowed to talk about. I have no idea what the outcome of today's discussion will be, and I certainly don't know what, if anything, we will be allowed to share publicly. Steve
From: digduggler on 13 Jun 2007 13:10
Ah, workaround. The word every developer loves to hear :) So there might not be any new information on this until Adobe decides to let people know what their plans are (which they haven't been very active about lately)? That's... not so encouraging. In any case, thanks for the insight and pointers (for existing issues). Regards. |