Ever wondered why, when inserting a CD or DVD into your computer, an application sometimes appears on its own? More likely than not, a tiny file called an INF (a Setup Information File) is working behind the scenes to automate the startup process of a specific program or file. If there is an INF file working behinds the scenes, it's a good bet that the INF is located on the same CD as the program that automatically opened.
You can harness the power of an INF file from within Captivate. The result: your published Captivate lesson will automatically open after your customer inserts the lesson disk into their computer. And believe it or not, creating the INF file is very, very simple.
- Open or create a Captivate project.
- Choose File > Publish.
- Select either SWF or Media from the Publish options at the left of the dialog box.
- Select Generate autorun for CD from the list of Output Options at the bottom of the dialog box. (Once selected, this option will create the INF file.)
- Click the Publish button.
Once the publish process is complete, and you open the folder where you published the lesson, you will see the INF file.
- And that's that! All you would need to do at this point is copy all of the files in the publish folder to a CD. (I suggest testing the CD on a different computer than the one you use for Captivate development–just to be sure all of the dependent files needed to run the lesson are on the CD and working together.)
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