Action : On Exit

I am having a problem in Captivate 6. I have a widget that uses cpCmndGotoSlide to go to a slide based on input from a text file. I want some actions to occur when the user exits the slide and navigates to the slide number from the text file. The widget is a button widget. I want to reuse the widget and not have to change the widget every time I have a new project. Putting the actions in an advanced action would be nice, but it won't fire "on Exit" when the user pushes the widget button. I didn't know why until now. I read on another question, that the "On Exit" action only happens when the slide reaches the last frame of the slide. If you use a button to navigate away from that slide, the "On Exit" action may not occur.
Is there a way to make the slide go to the last frame of the slide, by setting a variable, or advancing the timeline?

Lilybiri answered this on another question discussion
"Slide on exit action conflicts with button action in Captivate 5.5"

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Captivate 8.0
Responsive Project
Status: Solution to problem works but makes no sense
Problem: Slide actions on exit designated in the Properties Inspector do not function. Although the "jump to slide" action was selected, the transition at the end of the slide moves to the next slide. I encountered this problem as I was developing a series of slides that would supplement a single beginning slide. Using click boxes I wanted the learner to be able to click on an item, go to a slide with more detail, then return to the original list on the starting slide. I set the supplemental slides up in the Property Inspector--Actions to "Jump to slide" and selected the beginning slide number. When I ran the project, the click boxes moved to the correct slides but the supplemental slides did not return to the beginning slide. They only transitioned to the next slide.
Solution: This makes no sense to me and is the source of my question. I'm using text-to-speech as a temporary method of making a rough cut at timing while I am waiting on narration files. The audio files created by text-to-speech usually run to the end of the slide and are exactly the same length as the slide. Grabbing at straws to fix the problem, I added 0.2 secs to the slide length so the slide timing was slightly more than the audio file. Voila! The selected action (jump to slide X) functions as expected. I made the same change on the balance of seven slides and the entire routine works as designed. I have not tested slides using imported narration or narration recorded within Captivate to see if the same problem presents.
Why would this be? Why would the length of an audio file prevent an exit action from functioning?

Lilybiri answered this on another question discussion
"Slide on exit action conflicts with button action in Captivate 5.5"

Seting action on exit of page

Is there any way to set an action on exit of the page?
I mean, in one window i'm uploading files to temp directory and if user presses 'correct' button it targets custom tag which deletes these files.
My concern is that if user will leave page without either pressing that 'correct' button or 'upload' button (Both deletes files) these files will be left in the server.
So is there any way to target my custom tag on exit of the page?
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This sounds like something you'll want JavaScript for. Check out the window.onload() method. It fires whenever a user tries to 'leave' your page (i.e., when a 'page' is unloaded from the browser).
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This is only meant as a skeleton to get you started!
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I have a GUI built using netbeans GUI editor and I would like to execute some code just before the program exits. Does anyone know of a decent way to do this?
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Please help me in when to use table T588z and user exit to write code for dynamic actions.
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Find the difference between Dynamic action and user exits.
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2. Less time consuming to write.                             2. Require programming approch so more
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3. Table T588Z                                                       3. PBAS0001
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Workflow step (Approve Action) calling custom Java Service and "passing params"

Good Afternoon, Fellow Coders!
Normally I research and do proof of concepts until I find a solution but given super tight deadlines, I just don't have time - so I need your help.
I am trying to have an Workflow Approve Action (Workflow Exit Event idocScript call) call a Custom Component (Java Service) AND "pass" some kind of parameters (bare minimum dDocName)
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Also, Bex's book warns about Service Classes "not easily being able to call other UCM Services".... My Custom Service needs to do exactly that (as well as JDBC and other stuff). Is this really an issue??
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Any and all quality advice is appreciated! And please, try to give me a detailed answer as opposed to something vague like "try a Service Handler", I need something I can quickly digest.
Thanks in advance!

You can set parameters for the service call by setting Idoc Script variables before you call executeService.
<$dDocName="TEST12345"$>
<$param1="09876"$>
<$param2="ABCDEFG"$>
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http://www.redstonecontentsolutions.com/5/post/2012/05/executing-a-service-from-aservicehandler.html
http://jonathanhult.com/blog/2012/06/execute-a-service-from-a-java-filter/
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Some Questions on Advanced Actions window

HI
I have a couple of questions on Advanced Actions (using the CP7 trail version)
1. What's the function of the "Continue" action? Exit's the advanced action and advances the Playhead?
2. What does this comment mean "Nested calls of advanced action is a nice enhancement."? Is the decision tabs at the top of an advanced action page?
3. What's the function of the "custom" option in the IF statement - "preform action if - custom", it doesn't seem to do anything for me?
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Thanks for your reply and the link to your blog.
Continue: Can you just explain yor statement "Continue can also be a choice in a conditional action, when one of the branching commands has nothing to do special but to advance.". When you say "branching command" i'm assuming you mean "IF ELSE statements" and "to advance" is that to the next decision if there is one? and if you didn't include "Continue" would it still advance?
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http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2013/07/shared-actions.html
On Demand: Is there an up to date link. I found this one but the latest recordings are May (advanced action - part 8), and there isn't much training after May so it may be while before your Shared Actions are uploaded.
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/etrainings-adobe-captivate-adobe-elearning-suite-and-adob e-presenter
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Exit from Webdynpro abap application in portal environment

Hi,
I created one custom service in Webdynpro ABAP in ESS and also integrated in the portal environment
I need to put Exit button in every page ( OVERVIEW, EDIT, REVIEW). When user click on 'EXIT' button from any one of page , it should return back to PERSONAL INFORMATION in ESS Homepage.
I have used Exit plug in window , but i read in SAP Library Exit plugs will not work in portal environment.
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HI,
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DATA:
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    elem_settings                       TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_element,
    stru_settings                       TYPE if_componentcontroller=>element_settings .
navigate from <CONTEXT> to <SETTINGS> via lead selection
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get element via lead selection
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      endda = sy-datum
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      areakey              = stru_settings-area_service
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On Exit Pause doesn't work

Hi,
I have set a slide to pause on exit but it just won't work, it continues to the next slide and pauses. I know I must be missing something obvious but can't think what! Any help would be really apprectiated. Using Cap 7.
Thanks,

Hi Ryan,
Welcome to Adobe Forums!
You are not missing anything, you have applied the action in correct way.
But pause on exit works in this way, it will execute the pause action after exiting the slide.
You can also use an interactive object like click box or button on the last part of slide in timeline and set a pause on it.
Please check this discussion on Forum: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5496225
One of the users has suggested an advanced action to make the slide pause on last frame.
Thanks.

Start/Stop Buttons and infinite loop exit

I am trying to make a GUI with a Start/Stop and an Exit button. Initially the button will have the label "Start". When i push it, its label should become "Stop" and an infinite loop function will begin. I want the loop to run until i press the Stop or Exit button.
The problem is that when the loop starts i can't press neither of the buttons. The "Start" button changes its label into "Stop" only if i make the loop finite and it ends.
Here is the source:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class StartStopButtons extends JFrame{
    Component visualComponent = null;
    JPanel panel = null;
    JLabel statusBar = null;
     public StartStopButtons() {
          setSize(160, 70);
          getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        panel = new JPanel();
        panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        final JPanel panel_1 = new JPanel();
        panel.add(panel_1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
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                     System.out.println("Start Loop");
                     startButton.setText("Stop");
                     myLoop ();
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                     System.out.println("Stop Loop");
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        panel_1.add(startButton);
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        exitButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
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                if (action.equals("Exit")) {
                    System.exit(0);
        panel_1.add(exitButton);
        exitButton.setText("Exit");
     public void myLoop() {
          for (int i = 0; ; i++)
               System.out.println(i);
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          StartStopButtons ssB = new StartStopButtons();
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}

I works just fine. Here is the source and thanks for the help.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class StartStopButtons extends JFrame implements ActionListener, Runnable{
    Component visualComponent = null;
    JPanel panel = null;
    JLabel statusBar = null;
    Thread thread;
    JButton startButton;
     public StartStopButtons() {
        try {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
                UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
        } catch(Exception e) {}
          setSize(160, 70);
          getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        panel = new JPanel();
        panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        final JPanel panel_1 = new JPanel();
        panel.add(panel_1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        startButton = new JButton();
        startButton.addActionListener(this);
        startButton.setText("Start");
        panel_1.add(startButton);
        final JButton exitButton = new JButton();
        exitButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
                String action = e.getActionCommand();
                if (action.equals("Exit")) {
                    System.exit(0);
        panel_1.add(exitButton);
        exitButton.setText("Exit");
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
          String action = e.getActionCommand();
          if (action.equals("Start")) {
               startButton.setText("Stop");
               thread = new Thread( this );
               thread.start();
          if (action.equals("Stop")) {
            System.exit(0);
     public void run() {
          myLoop();
     public void myLoop() {
          for (int i = 0; ; i++)
               System.out.println(i);
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          StartStopButtons ssB = new StartStopButtons();
          ssB.setVisible(true);
}

Stopping a slide till user action?

I apologize if this is self-obvious, but is there a graceful solution for stopping slides so users make use of the playbar buttons? Setting slides' action to "No Action" on exit doesn't seem to affect the slides -they still advance.
Thanks!

Hello again
You need to adjust the end point of the Click Box so it ends sooner than the other objects on the slide.
Typically objects fade in and out. If you pause at the same time the objects do, they are faded out. So you adjust the Click box so it ends (and pauses) about a second and a half before the other objects do.
Cheers... Rick
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