We work with ForceTen through a company with an enterprise license. I don’t know of any “trials” that exist. We also develop elearning in many other tools, including Flash, Articulate, Captivate, and Lectora. I would be happy to have an off-line conversation with you regarding our experience the tools if you’re interested.

Thanks!
Kristen

You’re right – OutStart does offer a Trainer download for evaluation, but Trainer is a standalone product and not the same as ForceTen. ForceTen is a server-based product, so there is no trial download available off our website.

If you would like to discuss your requirements or if you have more questions regarding OutStart, feel free to contact me directly (ntse [at] outstart dot com) and I’ll be sure to get your request to the person here who can best help.

Hope this helps.

1) ForceTen itself does not impose a limit on the file upload size. The maximum file upload size is controlled by a setting in the php.ini file, and is typically defined at system setup time.

2) You could try embedding the video in an HTML object (instead of a Video object) and set autostart=”false”. This will work if you’re using online/dynamic delivery for your content.

Question for you: I’d like to explore developing training within Outstart’s ForceTen authoring environment.

However, I can only find a trial download for the Outstart Trainer authoring tool:
http://www.outstart.com/outstart_trainer.htm

That tool seems like a standalone– it is not the same thing as the OutStart ForceTen authoring system, is it?

I’m afraid that in order to actually explore developing training with Outstart ForceTen, I’d have to be within a company with an enterprise-wide license. Do you happen to know if this is the case?
Any suggestions are appreciated.