Using one-button publishing to package a piece

You can streamline the publishing and packaging process by using the Publish command in the File menu. It provides a way for you to find most of the Xtra extensions, libraries, and DLLs you have used, and package and publish several versions of a single Authorware piece in one step.

For example, for a single Authorware piece, you can publish Authorware packages without runtime (A7R file), for the Authorware Web Player (AAM file), and for a web page (HTM file) by simply choosing one command.

The first time you use one-button publishing for a piece, you should look at the publishing settings to be sure you have set it up to publish your piece in the way you want to. After you have published the piece the first time, the settings you have selected remain, and you can republish it by simply using the command File > Publish > Publish. In most cases, you can produce exactly the published files you want using one-button publishing; however, you can also publish pieces without changing the default settings. You can also review each of the settings and customize them as needed. You can then save your customized publishing settings, so you do not have to reenter them if you need to package and publish your files again.

Comments

Stephie_T said on May 2, 2005 at 5:30 PM :

What is the different between Runa7w32.exe and the A7R file. The manual that comes with Authorware 7 says that you can publish to CD and have a student accessible product without the runtime file? What is used instead of the runtime to make the packaged product work for students via CD?

Thanks

S

Erik in MD said on Sep 27, 2005 at 6:39 PM :

An .a7r file is a file packaged without the runtime engine (Runa7w32.exe).
Any Authorware package needs at least one instance of the runtime engine to work. The manual reference noted probably means an Authorware file can be accessed as an .a7r file IF it is jumped-to (JFR) from another Authorware file that was packaged with the runtime.
One instance of the runtime engine can be used for multiple .a6r's, as long as it's package with at least one Authorware file as an .exe.
Erik