Captivate 5.5 Clickbox

Hello All,
I have observed that a clickbox inserted from Captivate 5.5 with the following settings would result into a paused project.
Action
          On Success: <URL>
               URL: <url> New (window)
                     (unselected)Continue Playing Project              
Options
       (Selected) Show Hand Cursor Over Hit Area
       (Selected) Pause project until user clicks
Options
       Rest of slide
Whereas in Captivate 4 above settings would result into a project playing then will only pause when the end of slide is reached.
Is this part of the changes made in Captivate 5.5?Are there workaround (in Cp5.5) to make it behave the way it does in Cp4?
-Miguel

Hi there
I'm not sure I fully understand what you are asking here. You seem to be describing a difference between Captivate 4 and 5.5. You listed what your settings are but didn't explain the behavior you see. So you seem to be comparing half of one equation to the results of a different equation.
The thing is, if a Click Box is configured to pause the project, it does just that. And I belive in Captivate 4 as well as 5 Click Boxes pause at the end of their play time.
Both versions support opening URLs. Both versions support opening the URLs in new windows. I'm not sure if the "Continue playing project" is enabled or not by default in 5.5. I recall that in 4 you had to specifically configure it. (I really do need to break down and install 5.5 - LOL)
The net result with either version is that depending on the options (which you get to configure) the behavior is to pause the project when the Click Box is encountered and the playhead reaches the pause point. Then open the URL when clicked.
Cheers... Rick
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