After you finish designing your quiz or survey and save it, you will generate a .vie file which is the source file. You will then need to compile it and “publish” the compiled file to a location. The compiled (published) files are independent of the source (.vie) file, so each time you make any edits to your Viewlet source file, you must recompile to update your published Viewlet files. This allows the viewer to see the updated version.  For more information on this topic, please visit the ViewletACE tutorials page.

Just click on the ‘’Publish Viewlet” icon in the Main Toolbar. Before you do this however, you should take a look at the various options you have in compiling your Viewlet. The options include sound quality, image quality, packaging, general timing of slides, the language used, whether or not you want to have your viewers “log-in” to the quiz or survey and more. Depending on which options you choose, the compilation will produce different outputs. Start by selecting the “Project Properties” icon in the Main Toolbar.

Under “Project Properties – ViewletSkin”, the drop-down menu will reveal the list of ViewletSkins available for your compiled Viewlet.  The skin defines the "look" (colors, style, etc.) of your Viewlet. It applies to the player bars and the area around the compiled Viewlet.  If you are a Pro user, you can select the "Refresh list" button to download additional ViewletSkins (if available) to use with your compiled Viewlet.

When the Viewlet is played, the viewer will see a side panel with the Table of Contents. It is displayed continuously until the end of the Viewlet. The Table of Contents shows the list of questions and the corresponding number of “points” for each question. As the respondent moves through the quiz, the Table of Contents will “highlight” the question he is currently on. To enable the Table of Contents in your Viewlet, go to “Project Properties” then select “Viewletskin”. Place a check mark next to “Display Table of Contents”.

In the Project Properties screen, select the "Author" view.  You will see two tabs "Personal" and "Company" where you can input additional authoring information.  Name, email, comments and Web site addresses will be visible in the "Author Profile Panel" of your compiled Viewlet.

Yes, you can choose the language option to compile in one of the available languages for localization purposes.  However, compiling in a different language will NOT change (translate) the text contained in the project (for balloons, notes, slide text) into the language chosen for compilation.  You must manually edit the text for translation purposes. You can start by exporting the text you need to translate and saving it into a file. To do this, select “File – Export Text for Translation” from the drop-down menu.

Your compiled Viewlets are saved in the folder named after your source (.vie) file under the target location you have specified when you published them.

If you choose to create an executable Viewlet file when compiling, ViewletBuilder will combine the Flash stand alone player with your Viewlet .swf file into one single executable (.exe) file.  When double clicked, the .exe file will play the Viewlet on computers without the need for a browser or Flash stand alone player.

To create an executable Viewlet file, go to the Project Properties screen and select the "Packaging" option. You will see an option to "Create an executable file".  After selecting this option, compile your Viewlet.  ViewletACE will create an .exe file and place it in the folder named after the Viewlet’s source file. This folder is found in the publishing location you specified when you compiled (published) your Viewlet.