AS2 support in Captivate 7

I was wondering if Captivate 7 supports both AS2 and AS3? The reason I ask is with Captivate 6 I could not use any AS2 script and when I published they would not work. But in Captivate 7, I insert the AS2 script (get a message saying it may not work) and when I publish and review on my desktop for testing it works. Will this function show it working on my desktop, but when viewed on Web Server with LMS it will not work?
Thank you!

No and AS2 is so old, that I'm pretty sure it will never again be supported by Captivate. Maybe it is just lucky that one works for you.

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I'm developing a new course in Captivate 7 using SWF animations from an old course, these animations were developed using Actionscript 2.
When I insert the SWF animations, Captivate gives me a warning about Actionscript 2 support, but so far the animations I used seem to be working fine.
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They can work together, but there are restictions as to what the AS2 swf can do as far as references and levels (see below). If it works now, I'm fairly certain it will continue to work.
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hi mjpettitt, i don't know enough about the particulars of your question to give a definite answer. however firefox is a webbrowser that aims to be standards compliant - it renders html an not any proprietary formats. so the long term "solution" of this problem would probably be for Captivate to generate output that complies with web standards...

ActionScript 2 support in Captivate 5?

After importing a CP4 project into CP5 for Mac, I noticed that the project was converted to an AS3 project and there doesn't seem to be the option to revert back to AS2 (in the Publish Preferences as it was in CP4). Is there a way to get around this quickly, as our widgets and animations created with AS2 are not working properly, but would like to take advantage of many of CP5's new features.

Duncan,
Here's the gyst, and I can elaborate if needed.
In your Flash AS2 swf file, create a LocalConnection object. This is essentially an object that can communicate with AS3 swf files. In my Flash files, I have an activity with a continue button, which tells the containing Captivate swf to go to the next slide. Here is the continue button code from my AS2 swf:
// ------------------------- Continue button
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continueBtn.onRelease = function() {
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Then, I have a Flash AS3 file (which I call a "proxy") on slide 1 of my Captivate project and it is set to display for the entire project. Here is the complete code that sits in frame 1 of the AS3 project:
var myLC:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
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The function you created in AS3 can be any of the readymade Captivate commands. I typically use Phillip Hutchison's list of Captivate variables published here: http://pipwerks.com/2008/05/19/unpublished-captivate-variables/
Let me know if that makes sense.
One little quirk with this method... you can only have one LocalConnection object running at one time per machine. Let's say you use this method on 2 different Captivate projects and you're viewing one project in IE8 and another in Firefox 3 at the same time, the AS3 proxy file will break in the second instance that's running, which means your AS2 swf will work except that it won't be able to communicate to the Captivate swf via the AS3 proxy file. As long as you run only one Captivate swf at a time, you should be golden.
Best,
Danny

Can the Adobe Photoshop Layer Support with Captivate 4 be use to show a Zoom & Pan Effect?

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Hi there
LOL, good luck with that!
NOTHING in Captivate will achieve what you are seeing in Camtasia. Sorry, there simply is no comparison. Sure, Captivate has panning while recording, but what you end up with are several herky jerky snapshots of suddenly being in a different screen area. Sort of reminds me of walking through a room while slowly closing and opening your eyes. In other words, you are seeing version 1 of the panning feature. We hope it improves, but it's not there yet.
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currently not supported".
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I guess the smart-alec answer is not what you are looking for
here. Go ahead and actually purchase Flash?
Seriously, I suppose the following questions/possible
suggestions come to my mind on it:
Question:
What is it that Captivate isn't doing or you feel cannot do
where you see a need to use Flash in conjunction?
Suggestion:
You may want to investigate a different tool such as Swish.
Particularly if the Flash entry fee is an issue. Swish is less
expensive.
Click here to visit the
Swish site
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options as Flash WRT the different player versions. I believe
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http://www.raisingaimee.co.uk)
uses it to create his way cool widgets, so it might work to do what
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Flash definitely has at least has some quasi-multithreading
going on...maybe it's not true multithreading (as in it capitalizes
on a quad-core cpu) but it does exhibit some semblance of
multithreading behavior.
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Open URL from a Captivate generated MP4

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I'd appreciate any input on this.

Hi there
Unless something has changed recently, it is my understanding that MP4 is strictly a video format and does not support hyperlinking or other types of interactivity.
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AS2 Adapter in XI

Hi,
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Regards,
Venkat

Hi venkat vanga ,
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AS2 Adapter for SAP NetWeaver
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AEDAPTIVes AS2 adapter for SAP NetWeaver® builds on years of experience in the Application Integration space. The solution was designed in cooperation with one of the leading SAP integration consulting firms.
Powered by NetWeaver
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Go to SAP Solution Catalog here .
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Competitive license structure. AEDAPTIVes AS2 Adapter for SAP NetWeaver® comes with an unlimited per production seat license. Meaning no limitations to business partners, message volume or size or connected systems.
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