Captivate 7 cmi.exit value to "suspend"

How do I get Captivate to send the cmi.exit value as "suspend" instead of "normal" to the LMS? I have the "Set exit to normal after completion" option unchecked in the LMS Advanced Settings dialogue box but that does not seem to work. Basically after a user has taken the course I need them to be able to review the quiz via the LMS but I do not want them to be able to review the quiz using the review feature in Captivate and have turned off the "review quiz" button as it shows the correct answers.
Thanks

1. Create a button in Captivate and assign a javascript call to "MyExit()"
2. Create a .js file called CourseExit.js.
3. Place the following code into that file.
function MyExit()
var SD = window.parent;
if (blnReachedEnd == false && confirm("Would you like to save your progress to resume later?")){
SCORM2004_CallSetValue("cmi.exit", "suspend");
SCORM2004_CallSetValue("adl.nav.request", "suspendAll");
else{
SCORM2004_CallSetValue("cmi.exit", "");
SCORM2004_CallSetValue("adl.nav.request", "exitAll");
Unload(true);
4. Place the CourseExit.js into the "assets/js/" in the published folder
5. Add "<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="assets/js/CourseExit.js"></script>" to the html file that was output on the publish.
I was able to set this up on the set up files on the local hard disk but so all I had to do was create a button and add the "MyExit()" code to the button, but when the next update came out it reset the hard disk files. So, I have just resorted to updating the output file as seen above.
Hope this helps.
Garrett

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