How
do you use Exceed 2020?
Exceed2020 works by hosting
the NPAPI module and emulating the
functions of the browser.
For more information on NPAPI
go
to
the NPAPI page here
Part
1 Basic Use
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Sections: 1:Locating 2:Loading 3:External Servers 4:Uploading 5:User Account Control 6:External programs
Section 1
locate the URL of the file you want to view,
Some content will have additional parameters
after the file extension such as
"../File.swf?=Example"
this is often
essential to load the content remember to
retain these parameters when archiving
content.
Section 2
Ensure settings are correct and inspect
configuration files for any abnormalities,
This is in Beta so it is advisable to
inspect troubleshoot before each use.
You load a URL by placing it into Exceed
2020 as you would on any browser and click
"Load"
Files may be loaded Live from the internet,
From Cache or from a User specified location
using the "Junctions" manager.
Example used can be found here
Section 3
In this example we have loaded an
interactive Flash application that utilities
server side processing of content,
to distinguish between permanent files used
by Flash and new files created ad hoc via
the server we will define terms.
Static Content:
These can all be downloaded, stored and run
live online or archived to be run offline.
Active Content
Content generated based on user input,
A server client response must be detected by
Flash within the NPAPI container for this to
complete
For example with text to speech text will be
sent to the server and the client will wait
until either a response or timeout.
The response will include the location of
the file requested or an error message.
It is recommended you collect samples of
these when archiving to use as reference
material when attempting to emulate this
externally.
Section 4
In some flash websites it is possible to
upload files to the server
Files will be proceed externally and a URL
will be returned once this has been
completed.
Once files have been processed they will be
loaded into the application
Section 5
At first glance Exceed 2020 may appear to
need administrative rights on Windows
versions with User account control,
This is not true however Exceed 2020 must
have assess to its own configuration files
to operate correctly.
Sometimes configuration files are designated
as belonging to the Administrator or System
thus UAC will make these files read only
thus denying write permissions.
This is not a bug with Exceed 2020 but may
be a bug with the installation wizard other
programs such as Notepad will have the same
problem unless run as administrator.
To correct this configure the files
properties to ensure all users are permitted
to Read/Write and modify the configuration
files of Exceed 2020.
Section 6
Exceed 2020 stores its settings in INI and
TXT files for debugging and to enable these
to be populated with parameters,
This is useful for prototyping and enables
browser extensions to transfer data from
means of embedding plugins such as
Object/Applet tags and launch the content in
Exceed 2020 whilst retaining the
instructions used in the HTML from as size
and scale to external parameters.
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