Button Widget - Need it to jump to next slide, not simply continue

I'm new to Cp 5.5. I was an expert in Cp4 and prior versions, but due to work changes I've not worked with Captivate in a few years and am just getting back into it. Definitely things have changed!
I setup a master slide and at the top-right I placed one of the static SWF button widgets that comes with Captivate. In the options for it I set it to go to the next slide when clicked, however upon preview it is continuing on the same slide and not jumping to the next one. I tried it with a few of the swf buttons and they all work the same. Am I doing something wrong? Or is the code broken on these buttons?
If the latter, then I guess my option, if I really want to keep the look of the button (I do), then is to just use it as an image button?

Hello and welcome back,
The static button coming with Captivate 5.5 has no pausing point but it should work OK, does for me anywat. How did you test? Can you insert a text caption with the system variable rdinfoCurrentFrame to see if there is indeed no jump to next slide?
If you want the static button with a pausing point, at half its duration, you can download it from my blog:
What I (dis)like in Captivate 5.5
I do not understand your last question? You want only the image, not the functionalities of that button? You should be aware that only static objects can be inserted on a master slide, not interactive objects.
Lilybiri

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Hi,
Only one variable is sufficient to acheive this.I tried the following steps and it worked.
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begin
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end
Or Else
begin
end
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begin
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begin
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thanks
ravi

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I want to use Captivate 5's 'button' widget, but wanted to change the design of the buttons. The source file I found was located at: Adobe Captivate 5/Gallery/Widgets/Source/ButtonsWidget/Button.fla
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Thanks.
Best regards,
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I'm running CP5. I want to have a button that exists on ALL slides, so I used the button widget. I want it to open a file when clicked. I keep getttnig "file does not exist errors". Now I know the file exists because to test, I also put a regular button on slide 1 and had it open the same file, so the file is there and can be opened. All other aspects of the button widget seem to work (open URL, go to next, etc), but I can't get the file open to work. What am I missing here?
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