Widget properties

Hi.
After dowloading the SPRY 1.5 and replaces the SPRY 1.4 that
comes with DWCS3, the SPRY inspector properties fail to show. When
I used the 1.4, everything is working fine. Since I update to 1.5,
it doesn't even show the properties of the widget. I tried to
replace the backup files, it still doesn't work. All the SPRY
widget property doesn't work.
What is the problem?
Thanks,

Looks like some files got deleted or misplaced.
A couple things:
Here is a copy of the Spry folder that is within
Dreamweaver/configuration/Shared/
You can replace the whole Spry folder and that should get you
back to a state of grace.
www.dbooth.net/spry/DWConfigSpry.zip
Now you have an option: Use the extension I made to update
your Spry files:
http://www.dbooth.net/spry/spry_1.5.mxp
Or wait a couple weeks until we release the cool Spry Updater
we made.
Hope this helps.
Don

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I have researched the forums and I have found that everyone is advising to create your own certificate instead of manipulate the certwidget provided. For me, that is a lot harder to do.
I want to insert a company logo and in the widget properties there is a place to do that. However, when I do that, it does not print. It just prints the standard yellow medallion.
I am using Windows 7, captivate 6 with the1.024 update or whatever that latest one is.
Is there something I am overlooking.
I found this on the internet.
I am creating an aggregator file of 15 courses and all will use this logo. Therefore, I presume I will need to copy and paste it 15 times in each folder.
Vish (Champion) 7 months ago
Hello Peter, You need to publish the project to see the logo. Also, make sure to have the logo file next to SWF in the same folder. Thanks,
Vish
I am creating an aggregator file of 15 course and all will use this logo. Therefore, I presume I will need to copy and paste it 15 times into each folder.
Message was edited by: RankinImagery

Do you know of any tutorial or other helpful hints in creating this custom certificate? Thanks.
Also, when printing a slide with a certificate on it that is NOT a widget, it will print the entire slide. (960 x 720px). The certificate widget will print only the certificate. That's why I would like to use the certificate widget and just be able to replace the medallion logo.
Bottom line: Is there a way to print the custom certificate only, OR is that only available for certificate widgets?
OR is there a way to replace the medallion logo (in Flash Pro CS5) so that the certificate widget can be used?
Message was edited by: RankinImagery

Properties lost when widget is updated

I have created a simple widget using the Widget Factory. I've entered some Properties in Captivate and it works fine. However, after updating the widget in Flash and then clicking Update widget in Captivate, my Properties are gone (although the change was purely cosmetic and all objects stayed the same).
Can a widget be written in a way that it would preserve its Properties between updates?
One way that comes to mind is that it could use User Variables to store its Properties and then intelligently read them as default values after update (similar to http://www.infosemantics.com.au/widgetking/2010/11/widget-properties-how-theyre-used/). But it would burden the course designer to create a variable for each widget instance times the number of its properties and naming them somehow specifically. (unless widget can create User Variables itself, but can it?)

This is the default behaviour that Adobe has designed for updating widget versions. It wipes out properties settings in the Widget Properties dialog. And at this time Captivate does not allow widgets to create user variables in the main project.
However, there's actually an easy way to get around this. Just add the same (old version) widget to another slide in your project and hide that slide. Make sure you insert the widget from the same folder location as other widgets in the project of the same name. When you want to update to a newer version of the widget, copy the new version widget to the original folder location so that it overwrites the old version of the widget, then go to the hidden slide in your project and right-click Update the widget.
This will update all widgets of the same name that were inserted from the same original folder (Captivate remembers the source location) but only the widget on your hidden slide would lose it's properties settings. All of the others in the project will retain them.

Using Radio Buttons in widget to store Data

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If you're using WidgetFactory then here's a post that might give you the information that you need.
http://www.infosemantics.com.au/widgetking/2010/11/widget-properties-how-theyre-used/
As far as the code you'd write in your circumstance, a radio button's selected property tells you if it's... well... selected. So you can write that to a widget property like so:
properties.MyPropertyName = myRadioButton.selected;
That line would be inside the saveProperties template method as mentioned in the article above.
override protected function saveProperties():void
    properties.MyPropertyName = myRadioButton.selected;
Then you can read that property back when the widget is in the published Captivate movie.
override protected function enterRuntime():void
   if (properties.MyPropertyName == true) {
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Widgets in Captivate 5

A Captivate 5 module that has any type of widget in the module will not scale with the browser window when viewed from Connect.
A Captivate 5 module that does not contain a widget will scale with the browser window when view from Connect while in a coarse or curriculum.
It appears that is a Captivate issue. I have the same thing happening when I view the project from my web server. I just had a widget made for me and the person who made it was able to explain why with happens.
"In most widgets there are some lines of code added to restrict the “stage scale mode” in Flash. This is used because if this is not used then Captivate will not place the Widget Properties panel at the correct location and therefore you wouldn’t be able to fill in the properties. Apparently (but I don’t see why) this is also causing the Captivate SWF to restrict the scale mode and therefore Connect Pro cannot scale your Captivate SWF."
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stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
This however is passed along to the published Captivate swf thus preventing scaleing with the browser window.
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stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_BORDER;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
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Ex.
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Could you please check if you are using Event as On click or on rollover in the widget properties?
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Hi everyone!
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HERE IS THE FULLSCREEN CODE THAT I USE
button_name.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fullScreen_action);
function fullScreen_action(event:MouseEvent):void {
stage.displayState=StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;
stop();
HERE IS THE BASIC CODE FOR THE BUTTON WIDGET IN CAPTIVATE 5
//..........................Template for Static Widget(AS3)....................
//flash construct to use external interface : This is needed to use flash functionality for communication between two swfs
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
import fl.controls.ComboBox;
var widgetMode:String = '';
var widgetParam:String = '';
var varHand:Object = null;
var movieHandle:Object = null;
XML.prettyIndent = 0;
XML.prettyPrinting = false;
XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
var checkUpdatedXML = false;
var playedByButton = false;
var pauseFrame = 0;
var addednoskipframe = false
var myXML:XML;
var myData:String = '<element1><textProperties><font face="Trebuchet MS" style="" size="12"/><textDecoration bold="true" underline="false" italic="false"/><color textColor="0x000000" highlightRequired="false" highlightColor="0xffffff"/></textProperties><captions style="BUTTON_1" themeLabel="0" backColor="0xffffcc" eventAssign="" eventParam="" txtXPos="9" txtYPos="4" imgXPos="190" imgYPos="40" a="1" b="0" c="0" d="1" tx="0" ty="0" bgSelected="false" borderColor="0xff9933" borderSelected="false" containerXPos="" containerYPos=""><text visible="true" width="42" height="20" a="1" b="0" c="0" d="1" tx="18" ty="4">Button</text><image visible="false" width="22" height="18" a="1" b="0" c="0" d="1" tx="NaN" ty="NaN"></image></captions></element1>';
var xmlConfig:String = '<configs><styles label="Ivory" movieclip="BUTTON_1" backColor=""/><styles label="Frosted" movieclip="BUTTON_8" backColor=""/><styles label="Grey Space" movieclip="BUTTON_9" backColor=""/><styles label="Honey Comb" movieclip="BUTTON_10" backColor=""/><styles label="Mountain Blue" movieclip="BUTTON_11" backColor=""/><styles label="Aero" movieclip="BUTTON_12" backColor=""/><styles label="Gradient" movieclip="BUTTON_13" backColor=""/><styles label="Vivid 1" movieclip="BUTTON_14" backColor=""/><styles label="Vivid 2" movieclip="BUTTON_15" backColor=""/><styles label="Aqua" movieclip="BUTTON_16" backColor=""/><styles label="Glitter" movieclip="BUTTON_17" backColor=""/></configs>';
//var xmlConfig:String = '<configs><styles label="Button 1" movieclip="BUTTON_1" backColor=""/><styles label="Button 2" movieclip="BUTTON_2" backColor=""/><styles label="Button 1" movieclip="BUTTON_1" backColor=""/><styles label="Button 2" movieclip="BUTTON_2" backColor=""/><styles label="Button 3" movieclip="BUTTON_3" backColor=""/><styles label="Button 4" movieclip="BUTTON_4" backColor=""/></configs>';
var myConfig:XML = new XML(xmlConfig);
var myWM = "";
var mc:MovieClip;
CaptionMc.visible = false;
textFormatterMc.visible = false;
//update ();
var objName;
function fnHandleButtonEvent (evt:MouseEvent)
    if (varHand != null)
        switch (Number(myXML.captions.@eventAssign))
            case 1 :
                varHand.rdcmndResume = 1;
                break;
            case 2 :
                varHand.rdcmndPrevious = 1;
                break;
            case 3 :
                varHand.rdcmndNextSlide = 1;
                break;
            case 4 :
                varHand.cpCmndGotoSlide = varHand.cpInfoLastVisitedSlide;
                varHand.rdcmndResume = 1;
                break;
            case 5 :
                if(varHand.rdinfoCurrentSlide != (Number(myXML.captions.@eventParam) - 1)){
                    varHand.cpCmndGotoSlide = Number(myXML.captions.@eventParam) - 1;
                    varHand.rdcmndResume = 1;
                break;
            case 6 :
                navigateToURL (new URLRequest(myXML.captions.@eventParam), "_blank");
                break;
            case 7 :
                navigateToURL (new URLRequest("mailto:"+myXML.captions.@eventParam), "_blank");
                break;
        playedByButton = true;
function update ()
    myXML = new XML(myData);
    if (myWM == "Edit")
        textFormatterMc.setData (myXML.textProperties);//strCaptivateXML:String
        textFormatterMc.init ();
        CaptionMc.setData (myXML.captions, textFormatterMc);
        CaptionMc.setConfig (myConfig.styles);
        CaptionMc.init ();
        CaptionMc.visible = true;
        textFormatterMc.visible = true;
        var arr = [textFormatterMc.sizeSelectorMc];
        initCursor(arr);
    else
        CaptionMc.visible = false;
        textFormatterMc.visible = false;
        if(mc != null){
            removeAllChildren(mc);
        }else{
            mc = new MovieClip();
            addChild (mc);
        var xmlRef = myXML.captions;
        var textMatrix:Matrix = new Matrix(xmlRef.text.@a, xmlRef.text.@b, xmlRef.text.@c, xmlRef.text.@d, xmlRef.text.@tx, xmlRef.text.@ty)
        var txt:TextField = new TextField();
        objName = txt;
        txt.name = "txt";
        txt.mouseEnabled = false;
        txt.selectable = false;
        txt.multiline = true;
        txt.wordWrap = true;
        mc.addChild (txt);
        txt.text = xmlRef.text;
        txt.mouseEnabled = false;
        txt.width = Number(xmlRef.text.@width);
        txt.height = Number(xmlRef.text.@height);
        //txt.x = Number(xmlRef.text.@tx);
        //txt.y = Number(xmlRef.text.@ty);
        txt.transform.matrix = textMatrix;
        var txtProp = myXML.textProperties;
        var tf = new TextFormat(txtProp.font. @ face,txtProp.font. @ size,txtProp.color. @ textColor,getBool(txtProp.textDecoration. @ bold),getBool(txtProp.textDecoration. @ italic),getBool(txtProp.textDecoration. @ underline));
        txt.setTextFormat (tf);
        if (txtProp.color. @ highlightRequired == "true")
            txt.background = true;
            txt.backgroundColor = uint(txtProp.color. @ highlightColor);
        txt.visible = getBool(xmlRef.text. @visible)
        var mcCaption = new MovieClip();
        var mcCaptionMatrix = new Matrix(xmlRef.@a, xmlRef.@b, xmlRef.@c, xmlRef.@d, xmlRef.@tx, xmlRef.@ty);
        var ClassName:Class = getDefinitionByName(xmlRef.@style) as Class;
        var objHolder = new ClassName();
        objHolder.buttonMode = true;
        objHolder.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, fnHandleButtonEvent);
        mcCaption.addChild (objHolder);
        objHolder.transform.matrix = mcCaptionMatrix;
        if (SimpleButton(objHolder.getChildByName("btn")) != null && xmlRef.@bgSelected == "true")
            var tempColorStr = [email protected]();
            if (tempColorStr.length > 0)
                var objColorTransform = new ColorTransform();
                objColorTransform.color = uint(tempColorStr);
                SimpleButton(objHolder.getChildByName("btn")).transform.colorTransform = objColorTransform;
        if (MovieClip(objHolder.getChildByName("mcBorder")) != null && xmlRef.@borderSelected == "true")
            var borderColorStr = [email protected]();
            if (borderColorStr.length > 0)
                var borderColorTransform = new ColorTransform();
                borderColorTransform.color = uint(borderColorStr);
                MovieClip(objHolder.getChildByName("mcBorder")).transform.colorTransform = borderColorTransform;
        mcCaption.addChild (objHolder);
        mc.addChildAt (mcCaption, 0);
        var mcIconMatrix = new Matrix(xmlRef.image.@a, xmlRef.image.@b, xmlRef.image.@c, xmlRef.image.@d, xmlRef.image.@tx, xmlRef.image.@ty)
        var mcIcon = new Loader();//IconMovie();
        mcIcon.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, imageLoaded);
        if (xmlRef.image != ""){
            mcIcon.load (new URLRequest(String(xmlRef.image)));
        mcIcon.name = "mcIcon";
        mcIcon.transform.matrix = mcIconMatrix;
        mcIcon.visible = getBool(xmlRef.image. @visible)
        mc.addChild (mcIcon);
var cursor;
var otherCursor;
var downState = false;
function initCursor(arr:Array){
    cursor = new Cursor();
    cursor.mouseEnabled = false
    cursor.visible = false;
    addChild(cursor);
    otherCursor = new StretchCursor();
    otherCursor.mouseEnabled = false
    otherCursor.visible = false;
    addChild(otherCursor);
    for(var i=0 ; i< arr.length; i++){
        arr[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, showCursor)
        arr[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, hideCursor)
        arr[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, showOtherCursor)
        arr[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, hideOtherCursor)
    this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, hideOtherCursor);
    this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, hideOtherCursor);
function showCursor(e:MouseEvent){
    var txt = MovieClip(e.target).sizeTxt;
    if(!downState && txt.type == "dynamic"){
        cursor.visible = true;
        cursor.startDrag(true)
        Mouse.hide();
function hideCursor(e:MouseEvent){
    if(!downState){
        cursor.stopDrag()
        cursor.visible = false;
        Mouse.show();
function showOtherCursor(e:MouseEvent){
    var txt = MovieClip(e.currentTarget).sizeTxt;
    if(txt.type == "dynamic"){
        hideCursor(e);
        downState = true
        otherCursor.startDrag(true)
        otherCursor.visible = true;
        Mouse.hide();
function hideOtherCursor(e:MouseEvent){
    downState = false;
    otherCursor.stopDrag()
    otherCursor.visible = false;
    Mouse.show();
function removeAllChildren(mcRef:MovieClip){
    for(var i=(mcRef.numChildren-1); i>=0; i--){
        mcRef.removeChildAt(i);
function imageLoaded (e:Event)
    var mc = e.target.content;
    mc.width = Number(myXML.captions.image. @ width);
    mc.height = Number(myXML.captions.image. @ height);
function getBool (str:String):Boolean
    var ret:Boolean;
    if (str == "true")
        ret = true;
    else
        ret = false;
    return ret;
function getModifiedXML ():String
    return myXML.toString();
//to register enter frame function
this.addEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterEveryFrame);
//Captivate App will not recognize a Static Widget unless this function is implemented and returns true
function isStatic ():Boolean
    return true;//denotes that this is indeed a Captivate Interactive Learning Object
//a object needs to be created and values filled in . This is taken by captivate and stored as //xml string. This is the mean to pass values between captivate and widget swf.
function getInspectorParameters ():Object
    //dev//Apply
    //set the data in _parameters fields. This is called by captivate to get the values of widget swf
    var _parameters: Object = new Object();
    _parameters.dataXML = getModifiedXML();
    return _parameters;
// whenever widget is inserted the widget swf is passed on the parameters stored inside captivate so that it is drawn in updated stage.
function setInspectorParameters (inParam:Object):void
    //Dev//on Double click //edit window
    myData = inParam.dataXML;
    myWM = widgetMode;
    update ();
//is called whenever widget needs to be drawn as per the changed
//parameters like OK to widget dialog and stage swf is updated with the current values.
function setParameters (inParam:Object):void
    if (inParam.dataXML != null)
        //redraw the widget as parameters has changed
        //dev//OK button
        myData = inParam.dataXML;
        myWM = widgetMode;
        update ();
//this function is called to set the variable on player
function cpSetValue (variable:String, val):void
    if (variable == 'movieHandle')
        movieHandle = val;
        varHand = movieHandle.getMovieProps().variablesHandle;
        //using varHand the variables can be accessed for eg. varHand.rdcmndPause = 1;
    if (variable == 'widgetMode')
        widgetMode = val;
        //dev//set mode
function getEditModeWidth ( ):int
    return 411;// return required width of widget properties dialog here
function getEditModeHeight ( ):int
    return 480;// return required height of widget properties dialog here
//Register all the functions with ExternalInterface
if (ExternalInterface.available == true)
    ExternalInterface.addCallback ("isStatic",isStatic);
    ExternalInterface.addCallback ("getInspectorParameters",getInspectorParameters);
    ExternalInterface.addCallback ("setInspectorParameters",setInspectorParameters);
    ExternalInterface.addCallback ("setParameters",setParameters);
    ExternalInterface.addCallback ("cpSetValue", cpSetValue);
    ExternalInterface.addCallback ( "getEditModeWidth", getEditModeWidth);
    ExternalInterface.addCallback ( "getEditModeHeight", getEditModeHeight);
//take care of optimised drawing inside this function. Check the widgetMode , widgetParams and draw accordingly
function onEnterEveryFrame (aevent:Event):void
    var wm:String = widgetMode;//this variable will be provided by Captivate App or Captivate Movie
    if (wm == null)
        wm = widgetMode;
    if (wm == null)
        wm = 'Stage';
        this.removeEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterEveryFrame);
    else if (wm == 'Edit')
        //Property inspection inside Captivate app
        myWM = wm;
        update ();
        this.removeEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterEveryFrame);
    else if (wm == 'Preview')
        //The code here is used for previewing the widget in the preview window of widget panel
        myWM = wm;
        update ();
        this.removeEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterEveryFrame);
    else
        //On stage scrubbing/live preview inside Captivate app (OR) at runtime inside Captivate movie.
        if(!checkUpdatedXML){
            if (movieHandle != null)
                widgetParam = movieHandle.widgetParams();
            if (widgetParam != "")
                var myXml:XML = new XML(widgetParam);
                myData = myXml.property.(@id == "dataXML").string;
                wm = "Runtime";
                myWM = wm;
                update ();
                checkUpdatedXML = true
        if (movieHandle != null)
            if (movieHandle.isWidgetEnabled() == true)
                if(addednoskipframe == false)
                    var slidestart = movieHandle.getSlideProps().startFrame;
                    var slideend = movieHandle.getSlideProps().endFrame;
                    pauseFrame = Math.ceil((slidestart + slideend)/2);
                    var SlidePauseFrame = pauseFrame - slidestart + 1;
                    movieHandle.getSlideProps().slideHandle.AddNoSkipFrame(SlidePauseFrame);
                    addednoskipframe = true;
                if(movieHandle.isWidgetEnabled() && varHand.rdinfoCurrentFrame == pauseFrame && playedByButton == false)
                    varHand.rdcmndPause = 1;
                    this.removeEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterEveryFrame);
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;

Hi again,
I just added a virtual keyboard widget, so that you can enter text even in Fullscreen Mode
http://www.m-gd.com/virtual-keyboard-captivate-widget-en/

Web Widget issue -- small but would like to fix it

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However it seems that when the widget hits a certain size a weird behavior happens. Let me give you an example. I have a project that will reference a website using the web widget -- the web widget is almost the entire screen on an 800x600 (the issue happens whether I use the web page or local file option). It works great EXCEPT, the web widget properties window briefly flashes (what you see in captivate on the slide).
So the user sees this nannosecond weird flash (web widget properties but its so fast you cant tell) and then the website. Now if the user goes back to the slide the website is already cached so you don't see the "flash". I tried starting the widget further into the slide but that doesn't help. Also I know that nothing can be placed over an iFrame so I didn't try to hide the first half second... Any thoughts or remedies?
thanks
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Jim
The widget is great. You have willing paying customers for any future web widget.
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Button widget pauses audio

Using Captivate 5, I inserted the Button.SWF widget. The button has the action "Open URL or file." The slide has audio on it. If I play the slide within Captivate, using the play button on the timeline, the audio plays perfectly. However, when previewing the slide, the audio comes to an abrupt stop soon after the button appears.
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Hi Lieve,
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Cannot see spry menu properties

I am using this for the first time along with a few other
widgets.
At first if you hover over the menu bar a 'menu title' would
let you address it and give you the properties box for that widget.
Although I can get the other types of spry widgets properties to
display I can no longer display the properties box for the menu
bar.
Any suggestion welcome.

Hi Kin, thanks for your help.
Yes, neither the <statement> nor <img ...
@thumbpath... /> are showing in FF.
I did collapse the insignificant whitespace
*<statement>
<![CDATA[ ... ]]>
</statement>
as you’ve suggested- but to my eye, there is no change
when viewed in FF. I removed whitespace directly from the xml doc (
www.cabeau.com/ly_cabeau/galleries/perforated/perforated.xml
) rather than stripping the whitespace via an xsl:stylesheet or,
using ... xsl:strip-space... which I little understand.
I have uploaded all relevant files, cleared all cashes and
temporary data locally;
there must be something I am missing....
www.cabeau.com/ly_cabeau/newwork.htm

Certificate Widget, logo and signature options

Hi there,
I am using CP7 and inserted a certificate widget. From the options, I selected a logo and a signature file. Once published and played, the logo was incredibly small and the signature was hugely displayed across the top. (see pic)
I played around with resizing both logo and signature files but this didn't resolve the issue.
Here are the widget properties.
Any thoughts?

Where'd you get the certificate widget from? The provider would likely be the best to answer...
Otherwise, my only thought is the 'resolution' of the image. What's the DPI for both? '72' is a good general number. If the signature is, say, 300dpi that may be why its so large...

Informatics Slider Widget

Hi I have used informatics slider widget may I add this is cool. My only problem is it does not do fractions. I have set the slider max count to 6. I've added another a variable to show the slide counter in movement. I've also added another variable which I used in a conditional action which should change to the fractions I want to use but this does not work. I'm not sure if this logic is correct or not? Any advice much appreciated. Thanks

Take a look at this tutorial by Tristan that explains how Variable Binding works with a Component widget like the Slider or Rotator widgets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDijYxd3WyQ&src
You can control how much one object slides in comparison to the other via the length of their respective tracks. So for example if the slide being used as the Handle has a track that is 100 pixels in length and it is linked to drive another slider that has a track of 300 pixels in length, but they are both bound to the same user variable, then moving one the main slider handle 100 pixels will move the other object 300 pixels.
You can use this same principle to get your fractional differences.
Another alternate method that is a bit trickier and more advanced is to use the Component widget's ability to be an Interactive widget that can evaluate Success or Failure on every frame. You just need to turn on Evaluation in the widget properties dialog and set it to evaluate Continually. Then you need to use its On Success event to execute an Advanced Action that manipulates the value of one user variable in relation to another. For example, if you have one slider bound to VariableA and the other bound to VariableB, you could have the slider evaluating continually and executing an action that used an Expression to multiply VariableA's value by some amount and then Assign that value to VariableB.
Like I said...it's a bit advanced. So you might struggle to pull that off. But it's all possible with Captivate and the Component widgets.

Error When Adding Audio to Accordion Widget

I am trying to utilize the accordion widget that comes with Adobe Captivate 7. In the Widget Properties, you can add audio to the description under each tab. When I go to select a narrated audio file (that was recorded using Adobe Captivate) from the library, I get this error message stating I have "selected the wrong file type...". Has anyone encountered this? What other audio file types can be added?

I have similar bizarre behvior with the accordion widget.
I record my audio in Adobe Audition and then import to Captivate. However, when I did this with the widget the audio did not work. I discovered that if I edit the audio in the library, after I import it, it no longer works in the widget. Editing audio works fine everywhere else in Captivate.
Even more bizarre, I edited an MP3 in Audition, that had been working in the widget. I deleted the current, working, audio from the widget option, then imported the new one, but got the error This is the Wrong File Type. This happened on multiple edited MP3 files.
So, I went back to Audition, and rather than saving the edited MP3, I re-exported it to another MP3 file, and this one imports into the widget.

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