Rev Player

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In a message dated 9/23/03 4:58:05 PM, preid at reidit.co.uk writes:


> >I have one for my own needs, but I think a player for general use should
> >come from the mother ship to maximize standardization and distribution.
> >
> >Just curious:  What would you like to do with a player than couldn't be 
> done
> >as a standalone?
> >
> >Richard Gaskin
> 
> I have produced a small number of CBTs for a UK government
> organisation who need to validate all executables for security
> reasons.  Supplying a single player with add-on stacks makes life
> easier in this respect. It is easier to persuade public sector
> customers that they are only running a single program with
> downloadable modules than it is to say they need to allow an
> increasing number of new executables.  They get twitchy about the
> security implications of new EXE files!
> 
> Also, it minimises network traffic if each client workstation has a
> single player installed which is set up as the helper-app within the
> browser so the user can download any of a number of CBT stacks
> without having to download the player engine each time or have to
> decide what to do with an executable (with attendant "security
> warnings" from their browser!).
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Peter
> 

Peter-have you got a sample player we could look at?

Jack
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