Boomark display in Captivate 6 swf

Hi,
I'm using Adobe Captivate 6. When I published the slides in AICC in SWF version and launhed it Learning Management System. The bookmark dialog box is not getting displayed while relaunching the course.
Can you help me to get the bookmark on relaunching the course?
Thanks,
Priya

Hi Priya!
If you are talking about the Bookmark-- Which appears on Launching your Course from Machine-- stating if you like to resume the course from where you left off, may not work there (Enabled via Selft Placed Learning).
Though if you have the "Never Send Resume Data" Under Quiz -- Quiz preferences -- LMS Customization Settings, this should enable users to resume the course from the point where they left off , though they would not see this prompt.
Try to check if the resume cabaility is working?
Thanks!
Anjaneai

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