Can't group objects in Captivate?

Why no option to "group" objects in Captivate? -- not only is this standard in vector graphics programs (Freehand, Illustrator, Flash, even in Word), it's necessary for efficient editing.

Hi there
You may group, but the grouping is temporary.
Note that Captivate is not a vector application. Instead it is a raster based applicaton. Perhaps that explains it?
If you really would like to see it emerge as a future option, please submit a Wish Form to ask for it.
Click here to visit the Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
Cheers... Rick
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ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_REPCAT_SNA_UTL", line 2840
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Please check the documentation at the link below
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14227/rarrcatpac.htm#i109228
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10 /
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3         sname => 'SCOTT',
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5         type => 'TABLE',
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7    END;
8 /
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STATUS
NORMAL                                                                          Now let's create updateable materialized view at DB1. Before that I want to let you know that I created one sample in DB1 user named MYUSER. MVIEWADMIN is Materialized View administrator.
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2       DBMS_REFRESH.MAKE(
3         name => 'MVIEWADMIN.MV_REFRESH_GROUPA',
4         list => '',
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7         push_deferred_rpc => TRUE,
8         refresh_after_errors => TRUE,
9         parallelism => 1);
10    END;
11 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>   BEGIN
3       DBMS_REPCAT.CREATE_SNAPSHOT_REPGROUP(
5         gname => 'GROUPA',
7         master => 'DB2.wolrd',
9         propagation_mode => 'ASYNCHRONOUS');
11    END;
12 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>conn myuser/*****@DB1.world
Connected.
SQL>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW MYUSER.EMP_MV
2    REFRESH FAST
3    FOR UPDATE
4    AS SELECT EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, MGR, SAL, COMM, DEPTNO, HIREDATE
5*      FROM   [email protected];
Materialized view created.
SQL>conn mviewadmin/******@DB1.world
Connected.
SQL> BEGIN
2       DBMS_REFRESH.ADD(
3         name => 'MVIEWADMIN.MV_REFRESH_GROUPA',
4         list => 'MYUSER.EMP_MV',
5         lax => TRUE);
6    END;
7 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.And now lets run CREATE_MVIEW_REPOBJECT.
SQL>   BEGIN
2       DBMS_REPCAT.CREATE_MVIEW_REPOBJECT(
3         gname => 'GROUPA',
4         sname => 'MYUSER',
5         oname => 'EMP_MV',
6         type => 'SNAPSHOT',
7         min_communication => TRUE);
8    END;
9 /
BEGIN
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-23306: schema MYUSER does not exist
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 86
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_REPCAT_SNA_UTL", line 2840
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_REPCAT_SNA_UTL", line 773
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_REPCAT_SNA_UTL", line 5570
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_REPCAT_SNA", line 82
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_REPCAT", line 1332
ORA-06512: at line 3 I reproduced exactly the same error message.
So the problem is clearly in the schema name that owns the materialized view.
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SQL>conn scott/****@DB1.world
Connected.
SQL>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW SCOTT.EMP_MV
2    REFRESH FAST
3    FOR UPDATE
4    AS SELECT EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, MGR, SAL, COMM, DEPTNO, HIREDATE
5*      FROM   [email protected];
Materialized view created.
SQL>conn mviewadmin/******@DB1.world
Connected.
SQL> BEGIN
2       DBMS_REFRESH.ADD(
3         name => 'MVIEWADMIN.MV_REFRESH_GROUPA',
4         list => 'SCOTT.EMP_MV',
5         lax => TRUE);
6    END;
7 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.And now lets run CREATE_MVIEW_REPOBJECT.
SQL>   BEGIN
2       DBMS_REPCAT.CREATE_MVIEW_REPOBJECT(
3         gname => 'GROUPA',
4         sname => 'SCOTT',
5         oname => 'EMP_MV',
6         type => 'SNAPSHOT',
7         min_communication => TRUE);
8    END;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.As you can see everything works fine when the name of the schema owner of the MV at DB1.world is the same as the schema owner of the master table at DB2.world .
-- Mihajlo
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