AS3 + Captivate 3

Hi,
I'm working on a project which is composed with a core made in AS3 and animations made in captivate 3.
The application seems to correctly load and display the swf files made with captivate 3 (export settings : flash player 9), but only the first SWF file made with captivate is playing correctly, the others just play a part of the animation then stop without explanation...
I tried to load the SWF files in different domain applications but it doesn't resolve my problem...
Do you have any solutions ???
Regards,
Loïc Charpentier
Production manager

Hi Loïc,
The problem is that Adobe Captivate 3 does not support AS3 only AS2. My best recommendation would be to either download a trial copy of Adobe Captivate 4 where AS3 is fully supported or convert your animations to AS2.
Please note that if you do decide to go with my suggestion of using Adobe Captivate 4 then please remember to select AS3 and Externalize your animations.
To do this:.
1. Choose Edit > Preferences
2. Select Project > Publish Settings
3. Select the AS3 radio button
4. From Externalize Resources select Animations
Click OK and publish each of your projects.
Best - Mark
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> I need to pause a Captivate 4 movie externally with AS3.
The reason for
> this
> is because I have a drag and drop interaction, therefore
I need to pause
> the
> movie so the interaction can take place. This worked
perfectly with AS2,
> but
> due to issues were having with flash player 10 and
Captivate, we have to
> use
> AS3 throughout.
>
> In AS2, all I had to do was put
>
> this._parent._parent._parent.rdcmndPause = 1;
>
> That was it. Bring that into the Captivate file and bang
it paused like a
> gem.
>
> How do I do that with AS3? Any help would be greatly
appreciated
>
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