AW/Flash Movie not playing with Skin

Question

We inserted flash movie files (developed in Captivate-saved
as flash 6 with a skin) using the insert flash movie menu option in
AW7.02. We inserted the skin and it also pulls the captivate movie.
We published using 1 button publishing. Our self-executables work
fine. However on the web the skin appears but the movie does not
play. If we imsert the movie alone, it plays but doesn't have the
play/pause/stop/slide bar controls that the skin provides. Any
suggestions?

Answer 1

> We inserted flash movie files (developed in
Captivate-saved as flash 6
> with a
> skin) using the insert flash movie menu option in
AW7.02. We inserted the
> skin
> and it also pulls the captivate movie. We published
using 1 button
> publishing.
> Our self-executables work fine. However on the web the
skin appears but
> the
> movie does not play. If we imsert the movie alone, it
plays but doesn't
> have
> the play/pause/stop/slide bar controls that the skin
provides. Any
> suggestions?
>
I had a similar problem a few months ago. I asked one of the
Captivate
engineers. Here's his response.
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Open the skin Editor (Project -> Skin...) From the
'Borders' Tab, Deselect
'Show Borders'.
Doing the above two steps will result in only one output file
which will
include the playbar. However, it will overlap some part of
the content.
To use old (Captivate 1 style) playback controls, do the
following:
Open the Skin Editor and from the 'Skin' Drop down combo box,
select 'BMP
Playbars'.
If you wish that your playback control should not overlap the
content and
still output is one file, then do the following.
Turn off the borders (as explained above).
From Project menu, open 'Resize Project'
In the 'Resize project' dialog, Increase only the height by
20 pixels.
In the group below (left hand side, 'if new size is lager'),
select 'Keep
project the same size and fill bg with color' and selct a
color.
Select the position of project as top center.
Do not rescale any objects
In the above way, your output will only be one file and still
will include
the playback controls and the playback controls will not
overlap the
content.
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Steve
EuroTAAC eLearning 2007
http://www.eurotaac.com
Adobe Community Expert: Authorware, Flash Mobile and Devices
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http://stevehoward.blogspot.com/