SmartAss™ File Types

Here is a summary of SmartAss™ file types

.OMC

Original Media Container. A compressed archive containing original media files for a step when stored on a SmartAss™ server.

.RPC

Rich Media Player Compiled. This is a complied version of a step if you have published it to the Rich Media format, rather than Flash. It is the Rich-Media equivalent of the SWF file. The RPC file contains the RPX for the step and all resources needed to display it in a compressed format.

.RPX

Rich Media Player Xml. This XML contains a description of how the media is used in a step. It basically tells when to do what to a specific image, arrow, movie or sound. You find the RPX files for every step of the guide if you show data files for the current guide and look in the StepXX.res folders.

.SAM

SmartAss Movie. The actual movie file recorded from the screen including screendumps, mouse cursor and clicks. The SAM does not include highlighting elements or audio, only the screen. In GE go to “show data files” on the tools menu and then open one of the StepXX.res folders to find the sam file for each and every step.

.SAG

SmartAss Guide. Contains all the steps and related information for a guide. You can import/export SAG files using the import/export items on the File menu of the Guide Editor or you can find SAG file sfor currently open projects under %user%\My SmartAss Guides\...

SCORM.ZIP

This file is created by the Guide Mover for import into a SCORM 1.2-compliant LMS system.

.SQR

SmartAss Quick Recording. This file contains a step of a guide, or a standalone recording of the screen made using e.g. Incident Recorder or QuickRecorder. It contains all media used by the step including audio. If you hold down SHIFT and CTRL and drag a step from GE onto the desktop you get a SQR file with only that step in it. You may copy steps across between guides this way. SQR files can be imported as steps into the GE and played back using Quick Recorder.