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RapidBuilder^® v3.1 Deluxe Features and Benefits (At a Glance ...)

• Continuous Desktop Capturing - RapidBuilder uses a continuous “pixel-based” desktop capturing technique. Rather than taking a snapshot of each screen within the software application, RapidBuilder captures pixel changes from screen to screen during the live recording (similar to a video camcorder). This enables RapidBuilder to record and completely capture all live Windows desktop activity and live interactions with Windows-based desktop or web software applications (including screen changes, mouse movements, mouse clicks, keyboard entries, dialog box interactivity, etc.). RapidBuilder’s unique capturing capability enables developers to create interactive software simulations easily (i.e., with reduced time and effort).

  Prior to recording, RapidBuilder enables developers to specify various capture settings, which control how much of the desktop area will be captured (i.e., the entire desktop, a selected screen area, or only active windows) and define what aspects of the recording will actually be captured. Of course, due to the flexibility and power available during the authoring stage, the developer has the capability to alter these settings in any way or form when authoring the captured simulation.

  XStream Software also offers a special version of RapidBuilder that fully captures all interactivity in text/DOS-based applications (in addition to Windows-based applications). This type of simulation capturing functionality is very difficult to find in other simulation products/technologies.

• Interactive & Non-Interactive - RapidBuilder automatically creates simulations that are interactive (where the end user directly interacts with the simulation by clicking the mouse and pressing keys), non-interactive (where the simulation plays back as a “movie” that the end user simply watches without participating), or a combination of both interactive and non-interactive elements. Recorded simulations are ready for playback immediately; no further editing is required.
   
• Non-Recorded Content Screens - In addition to automatically capturing desktop activity (to create interactive software simulations), developers may also manually append/insert non-recorded content screens (including blank frames, pre-defined screen templates, imported images, and imported movie frames) into a RapidBuilder file. This capability is ideal for creating presentations, tutorials, CBT/WBT courses, and more. Developers have the flexibility to create RapidBuilder files containing only captured desktop screens, files containing only inserted/appended content screens, and files containing a combination of captured screens and content screens.
   
• 80-97% File Compression – Using powerful proprietary compression algorithms, RapidBuilder generates efficiently small files. This allows for richly authored simulations without the worry of greatly increased file size.
   
• 100% Programming-Free Drag-and-Drop Editing - RapidBuilder makes it easy to record and edit interactive simulations. There is absolutely no programming or scripts involved. Developers may modify and/or enhance the simulation using RapidBuilder’s extensive multimedia edit suite, which includes drag-and-drop object palettes (including edit objects, button objects, and draw objects), a large variety of multimedia elements/options, and a large variety of properties, options, and effects available for each object/element.
   
• User-Friendly WYSIWYG Environment - In RapidBuilder, developers truly have a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment. The layout of each screen is completely under the control of the developer. At runtime, each screen will appear exactly the way the developer designed it and laid it out.
   
• Tremendous Flexibility During the Authoring Stage - RapidBuilder developers may perform a variety of edit actions to easily customize a simulation, including the following:
   
  • Changing the order of recorded screens/frames.
     
  • Appending/Inserting content frames at any point in the simulation.
     
  • Temporarily or permanently deleting certain frames.
     
  • Importing frames from other RapidBuilder files and video files.
     
  • Cutting/Copying and Pasting frames (to reuse frames multiple times).
     
  • Recording another simulation from within an existing simulation (which prevents having to rerecord the simulation if steps were missed or errors were made during recording). If the developer made some errors during recording, or there were some steps the developer forgot to record, the developer has the capability to correct any mistakes made or to record any missing steps (from within the existing recording) during the authoring stage. This prevents the developer from having to rerecord anything from scratch.
     
  • Converting an interactive simulation to a non-interactive simulation, or converting a non-interactive simulation to an interactive simulation.
     
  • Making certain parts of a simulation non-interactive and other parts interactive.
     
  • Disabling captured mouse clicks, mouse movements, and keystrokes.
     
  • Specifying a frame delay (from 1 to 60 seconds) on any frame. This represents the amount of time the frame is displayed on the screen during playback.
     
  • Designating any frame as the point at which playback will end.
     
  • And more…
     

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