API for reading the SCORM package locally.

[Durgesh Sahu]

Hi all,
I have recently started working on the SCORM and have a requirement where i have to launch SCORM package saved on the local file system. I know we can open the SCORM package in the players like reload etc but for that first we have to launch the player and then manually locate the package in order to open it. I need some program which i can associated with scorm package(e.g when we open .doc file it get opened in the MS-Word), but i am not sure whether its possible cause the extension of the scorm package is .zip. But are there any standard API by using which i can develop my own tool to read and display the scorm package content. I don't want to develop a full fledged player but only something using which i can show the index or outline of the package.
I have also came across the following link which says that by using singleSCOminiRTE.htm file i can open the SCO specified by the URL. But it didn't work for the file, may be i was giving the path something like :////file/desktop/imdex.html.

http://www.ostyn.com/standards/scorm/samples/singleSCOminiRTEwrap.htm#howto

I have searched the internet and couldn't find any useful resource. Does anyone can help me out on this, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Durgesh Sahu

[Philip Hutchison]

If you're trying to open and parse the manifest (which contains the info about the package), there are very few options available. 

Personally, I would find an open-source LMS that supports SCORM 2004 and use their code. It will likely be PHP based, but you can see how it works.  If you run the PHP code on your system (localhost), you can grant it access to your local filesystem, which would let it behave like a native app. 

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