tutor_launch.html is a JavaScript application. Operation is similar to CGI scripts. Simply append parameters to the end of the tutor_launch.html URL as you would with CGI scripts.
Valid parameters are:
- kbarticle
- This defines the URL of the article which should be displayed in the main browser window while the tutorial is displayed in a child window. Any special characters should be escaped using the URL encoding mechanism. Some common escapes are:
{space} %20 & %26 + %2b - tutorial
- This parameter defines the URL of the tutorial that should be displayed in a child window. If the tutorial is a ShockWave tutorial (i.e. the "animated" parameter is not set) and tutor_launch.html is able to determine ShockWave is not installed, the child window will instead display MacroMedia's ShockWave install page. The URL should be escaped as described by the "kbarticle" parameter.
- animated
- If set to "yes", the tutorial is an animated GIF, in which case the ShockWave test will not be performed. If the "animated" parameter is not set, or is set to anything other than "yes", the ShockWave test will be performed.
- delay
- Specifies the number of seconds tutor_launch.html should wait before redirecting the main browser window to the KB article. This variable is only effective for the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser version 3.0 or below. Netscape browsers and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and above support history replacement. Because MSIE 3.0 does not support history replacement, the delay gives the user time to hit the "Back" button a second time when moving back through the history.
Example:
<a href="/techsupp/js/tutor_launch.html?kbarticle=/techsupp/knowbase/1.html&tutorial=/techsupp/tutorials/1.html">