Hi Markus, <DISCLAIMER>I have not used Apollo yet, so I'm only working off of theories based on what I have read and seen thus far.</DISCLAIMER>
I think apollo might be worth looking at, I'm not sure if it will satisfy your basic need for not having to install onto a CD. From what I can gather there is a framework install, much like .NET but it is shared amongst all the applications that get installed on the client. Hopefully adobe will have a way to make it work from CD without having to install the framework, it's possible with Acrobat. Whenever I've had an opportunity to track down an Adobe person giving an Apollo presentation I've told them there needs to be extensibility built in so we can develop outside the box. Something akin to Xtras in Director, if Director doesn't do somehting you need you can write an Xtra in C++. I've been preaching this since Central. Speaking of Director I'd suggest also looking at Director for your courseware. Back in my eLearning days we had similar requirements of launching executables from inside a browser so we developed an xtra to do this. We developed quite a bit of functionality in Xtras thus why I get on my soap box when it comes to apollo and my feelings for what it needs. Good luck, Mike Weiland Original Message ----------------------- Hello! I wanted to ask if there is a place for a wish list for Apollo. It is christmas anyway! First of all, our company creates Computer Based Training Modules - which are available online (for use in an LMS) but are also available offline on CD. These CBTs are made with Authorware, Flash or DHTML, or a combination thereof. Currently we need an own browser (based on Mozillla) to make these things launchable from CD (we need access to the file system because of tracking user scores between sessions and to integrate into the desktop, etc.; also classroom teaching (ad-hoc peer-to-peer without the need to setup) is a thing we will address sooner or later). When I heard about Apollo I was excited (and I still am). It would mean that we can offer part of our CBTs for download (because the current system takes more than 20mb just for framework, plus 300kb actual content). The number #1 wish for me is this: create flash applications that run from CD (like a Flash Projector) WITHOUT the need to install anything (like Flash Projector, but with more rights and more access to the system). It may sound stupid for the rest of us, but customers demand that they do not want to install anything - they want to insert the CD, and it should run, without EULAs, installing and without accessing the internet or whatever, just run. The number #2 wish for me is: be able to extend it with C++ code - even if it means to loose platform compatibility. And Number #3: That it is accessible to screen readers (i have had hard times with the flash projector - i just could not get the screen reader to recognize the settings). I am sorry that this might be the wrong group for that. If there is any chance that there is an official wish list please tell me. Markus
