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Impatica Products & Windows Vista
Workaround for Impatica for PowerPoint and Windows Mobile ShowMate Users
Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows Vista, presents a whole new computing experience. We do not yet officially support Windows Vista. Given that, should you encounter problems installing Impatica for PowerPoint through traditional means, we have created a workaround that others have successfully used to install our software on Vista.
Since Impatica software does not write essential information to the Windows registry during an installation, you can download a zipped version of the Impatica for PowerPoint installation directory: http://www.impatica.com/download/364b/imp4ppt364.zip.
Once that file is downloaded, unzip it to your Program Files directory. This should create an "Impatica for PowerPoint 3.6.4" directory under "Program Files".
Navigate to the "C:\Program Files\Impatica for PowerPoint 3.6.4\bin" directory and locate the "ImpaticaForPowerPoint.exe" file. Make a shortcut to this file and place it on your desktop. Now you should be able to double-click this shortcut to launch the software.
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Many Impatica ShowMate users who own Windows Mobile devices have requested the ability to load the Impatica Viewer onto their handhelds using Windows Vista. In response, we have developed a solution.
Before installing the Impatica Viewer from Windows Vista systems please ensure that you have the Windows Mobile Device Center software (replacement for ActiveSync) installed and running. This software is required to interact with mobile devices from computers running Windows Vista. It can be downloaded from the Microsoft web site.
On your PC, download the ImpaticaViewerWM.zip file. Unzip the contents to a folder on your computer. Connect your Windows Mobile handheld to your PC using the USB cable provided with your device and double-click the setup.exe file to install the viewer on your handheld. Follow any instructions that appear in order to complete the installation.
Alternatively, on your Windows Mobile handheld, get the ImpaticaViewer.cab file and download it directly to the handheld. Select the cab file to start the installation.
Creating an Autorun CD for an Impatica OnCue Presentation
...in Five Easy Steps!
Every autorun CD requires a *.inf file that contains autorun instructions. We have provided an autorun.zip file that contains two files: "autorun.inf" and "autorun.bat". The autorun.inf file automatically launches the autorun.bat file which in turn launches the HTML page that contains the OnCue content.
Note: Autorun CD-ROMs will only work if the user has not disabled this feature on their computer. In addition, Macintosh computers do not support autorun CD-ROMs. Given this, instructions outlining how to launch the presentation manually should also be provided.
Here are the steps:
- Place these two files at the root of your CD project. Then copy your OnCue project folder to the root of the CD project (please do not include the assets in this folder). A typical OnCue project folder will contain the following files (and folders):
- "video" folder
- ImPlayer-OnCueVideo.jar
- ProjectName.imp
- ProjectName.html
- ProjectName.ipj
- ProjectName.txt
- ProjectName-template.imp
These files cannot be placed at the root of the CD. Leave them in the OnCue project folder. In short, simply copy the OnCue project folder to the root of the CD project. - Following this, move the ProjectName.html file from within the OnCue project folder to the root of the CD project. The root of the CD project will now contain the autorun.inf, autorun.bat and the ProjectName.html files. In addition, you will see the OnCue project folder at this level.
- You must then edit the applet tag within the Impatica-generated HTML file (ProjectName.html file) by inserting "CODEBASE= "OnCueProjectfoldername/" within the applet tag. This codebase line will tell the Impatica applet where to find the player *.jar file(s) and the OnCue content on the CD.
Here is an example of what the final applet tags will look like:
<APPLET CODE = "com.impatica.v333.ImpVideoPpt.class"
CODEBASE = "OnCueProjectfoldername/"
ARCHIVE = "ImPlayer333-OnCueVideo.jar" WIDTH = 778 HEIGHT = 525>
<PARAM NAME = "ARCHIVE" VALUE = "ImPlayer333-OnCueVideo.jar">
<PARAM NAME = "UI" VALUE = "YourOnCueProjectName-template">
<PARAM NAME = "SPEED" VALUE = "256,still">
<PARAM NAME = "DEFSPEED" VALUE = "still">
<PARAM NAME = "VOLUME" VALUE = "200">
<PARAM NAME = "LOOP" VALUE = "TRUE">
<PARAM NAME = "FILE" VALUE = "YourOnCueProjectName">
</APPLET>
Once you have entered the CODEBASE into the applet tag, save the HTML file. - The final step is to rename the "ProjectName.html" file to "index.html". This is required because the autorun.bat file is looking for an HTML file named index.html.
- With all of the elements in place, burn your CD project and then test your CD.
Please see Volume 1-05 of the Impatica Tips for instructions on making an autorun CD-ROM for impaticized presentations created with Impatica for PowerPoint.
Business clients can save 30% by purchasing a single license of Impatica for PowerPoint for only $349. That's a saving of $150! In addition, one year of customer support and product upgrades will be included, free of charge.
Higher Education customers can take advantage of our 5 license and 10 license pack price reductions. The 5 license pack can be purchased for only $495; 10 license pack for only $795! One year of customer support and product upgrades will be included, free of charge.
A new release of Impatica for PowerPoint is scheduled to be released this summer. Highlights of this upgrade include:
- supporting presentations created in PowerPoint 2007;
- resizable and full-screen version playback options.
Act now!
This product upgrade will be made available to you free of charge if you take advantage of these Summer Special offers. Remember, this offer is valid only until the end of June.
To purchase the single license special, go to Impatica's online store.
Higher Education customers can contact their Impatica sales representative or e-mail sales@impatica.com. You can reach us by phone at (613) 736-9982 or toll free at 1-800-548-3475.