Is Articulate Presenter affected by the IE6 ActiveX security update?

The following item was Addressed in Articulate Presenter 5.10, which was released October 3, 2006:

You can update to this version by going to Start -> All Programs -> Articulate -> Articulate Presenter 5.0 -> Check for updates (exact path may vary) and following the instructions you'll see.

Users who have installed the Security updates for April 2006, which include the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 (912812), may be required to click an additional time before being able to use some of the navigational elements or additional features of the Articulate Player. Note that playback will be unaffected and content will still load, but in order to interact with the Articulate Player, users must authorize the download of the ActiveX content.

To update your Articulate Presenter output to account for this security update, you can do the following:

1. Download this updated flashcommands.js file and replace your existing file of the same name in your Articulate Presenter output folder (look in \player).
   
2. In player.html, you should find a line similar to the following toward the bottom of the page:
   

   document.write("<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE='player/playershell.swf?rqPresentationID=CZT8ltfIDzCTgqE&rqStartSlide=" +slidenum+ "&link="+ thislink +"'> ");

   
   
3. Copy the PresentationID. In this example, it is "CZT8ltfIDzCTgqE."
   
4. In your player.html file, look for this block of code and replace it with this one.
   
5. In the new code, replace the PresentationID listed in the first line with the one you copied from the earlier step.

More information:

• Microsoft Support: Internet Explorer ActiveX update
  
• MSDN: Activating ActiveX Controls
  
• MSDN: Loading Interactive Controls Externally