Captivate 4 - Automaticaly stop recording ?!

Hello
When I produce a demonstration everything is fine except when I have to fill in a text box. When I click in it software automatically stops recording. Why? What should I do?

Hi there,
Make sure that Captivate complete version is 4.0.1 build 1658. (Help > About Adobe Captivate)
If it is Windows 7, then run Adobe Captivate as Administrator. (Right click on Captivate icon, then run as admin)
You can also try recreating the preferences and then try to record once again. (http://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/kb/troubleshoot-unexpected-behavior-captivate-4.html)
Thanks.

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I am using Captivate 4. I am trying to record a training simulation of our web based application. When I reach the point in our application where you have to browse to a file to upload it, Captivate 4 stops recording and prompts me to save the project,which would be okay if I was done, but I'm not. Is there some type of setting I need to change. I've seen other Captivate projects that contain this same type of action, so I can't understand why mine won't record this action.
Thank you.

Hi there
Sure sounds like Captivate doesn't like something about what is happening, eh?
So here's a thought. You have captured all you need up to that point, no? I suppose I might then try adjusting Captivate so it's in Manual recording mode. This is similar to driving a stick shift. Try launching the recording process and at that point Captivate should produce the first screen capture but that's it. Assuming it doesn't close on you, proceed very slowly. It will be up to you to press the Print Screen key to force a screen capture for each screen change. Hopefully that will allow you to continue and grab the remaining screens.
If for some reason that doesn't work, the only other option to try would be a Full Motion Recording (FMR) and record that specific segment using FMR.
Cheers... Rick
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Few questions:
What version of Captivate?
When you are referring to an application drop down icon, is Captivate recording up until that point and then it doesn't record you clicking on the drop down icon?
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Before you go and buy Cp 5.5 you might as well try the different compatibility settings to see if one of them will work for you.
Another thing to be aware of is that Captivate doesn't always capture every single screen event for some programs. So with the project you found resulted in a single slide, were you hearing the camera shutter sound at regular intervals? If not, it may be simply that Captivate wasn't "seeing" the events on screen and you might have needed to do more manual captures to get everything.

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Hello twindsor,
Many users have experienced problems when attempting to
capture in full screen recording mode. Personally, I would
recommend that you consider choosing the
Custom Size option instead. If this isn't something you are
prepared to do, then try the following:
1. Reduce monitor color depth from Highest 32 bit to Medium
16 bit
2. Reduce the screen resolution to 800 x 600
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a) Right-click on your Desktop,
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I see multiple issues here. You are stating you have 8 gigs of RAM. This would seem to indicate you are running a 64 bit version of XP, no?
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Sure, you can create a Full Motion recording using Captivate, but really, Captivate just isn't up to the task if what you want is a Full Motion recording start to finish.
We may as well face it, how often does any company really go out of their way to highlight the weak points of their product?
At least they do give you 30 days in which to try it to see if it is up to the task of what you wish to do with it. Did you download and evaluate the trial?
Unfortunately I've seen other reports of the AVI output failing. I'm not sure I've ever seen a conclusive "this fixes it" response offered.
Assuming that running in a 32 bit virtual environment doesn't seem to help (it may) you might wish to try turning off compression. You do this via Edit > Preferences > Project > SWF Size and Quality.
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