Captivate 4 Variables and AS3

Hello,
I need to pause a Captivate 4 movie externally with AS3. The
reason for this is because I have a drag and drop interaction,
therefore I need to pause the movie so the interaction can take
place. This worked perfectly with AS2, but due to issues were
having with flash player 10 and Captivate, we have to use AS3
throughout.
In AS2, all I had to do was put
this._parent._parent._parent.rdcmndPause = 1;
That was it. Bring that into the Captivate file and bang it
paused like a gem.
How do I do that with AS3? Any help would be greatly
appreciated
Thanks
Doug
Update:
I used the attached code to correct the issue, in case anyone
runs into an issue where the need to pause the CP SWF externally...
I know the whole purpose of Captivate is to eliminate the need of
external Flash resources, and even though Captivate is a great
program, it cannot process a drag and drop interaction without
using Flash.

> I need to pause a Captivate 4 movie externally with AS3.
The reason for
> this
> is because I have a drag and drop interaction, therefore
I need to pause
> the
> movie so the interaction can take place. This worked
perfectly with AS2,
> but
> due to issues were having with flash player 10 and
Captivate, we have to
> use
> AS3 throughout.
>
> In AS2, all I had to do was put
>
> this._parent._parent._parent.rdcmndPause = 1;
>
> That was it. Bring that into the Captivate file and bang
it paused like a
> gem.
>
> How do I do that with AS3? Any help would be greatly
appreciated
>
I'd expect the same to work. Are you saying it does not?
Steve
http://twitter.com/Stevehoward999
Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices

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