Captivate and Flash

Hi,
I have set up a navigation bar in flash rather than using the
in built captivate navigation bar, and then I load my captivate
into the flash movie. For the next button I am using
rdcmndNextSlide = 1; and for pause rdcmndPause = 1; etc.
I want to have a button that will open the menu in captivate,
does anyone know if there is a command I can use in Flash to
achieve this? The only menu related command in captivate I can see
is cpLockTOC which locks the menu into position, but not one to
open or close it.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Unfortunately there is no command / variable to open or close
the TOC menu. You are stuck with the way it was programmed by
Adobe.
I recommend that you suggest the feature to Adobe using this
form:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=5
The TOC and lack of customization possibilities have been
discussed alot amongst Captivate users so the more people that
report these issues to Adobe - the better the chance of getting a
fix ;o)

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My animated gif keeps pausing in captivate and flash

Hi guys, thanks for your help.
I made an animated gif in Photoshop CS4 and inserted it as an animation into captivate 6. The animation works (I played it several times by opening it with internet explorer and safari). But when I open it in Captivate the animation goes black for a split second-several times, before it reappears-several times. It gives it almost a "reloading" or pause look when I play it. The same in flash, but in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional the timeline shows black dots once in a while, as you can see in the screen shot below.
See those black dots? I will insert a picture of what happens, when the player lands on one of those black dots:
It's the same animation, but only shows a little. Like I said, it plays fine when I open it with an internet browser, it plays fine when I play it in photoshop, but it just won't work with flash or captivate.
Any thoughts? Thanks so much!! I really appreciate your help guys!
Nat

No problem. Building a simple animation in Flash isn't that bad. You could save each "frame" as an image from PhotoShop and then import these into Flash and place one frame at the time on a keyframe in the flash timeline (press F6 to insert a keyframe).
If you want your animation to loop then you don't have to do anything as this is the default behavior. If you want it to stop at the last frame you insert a command in ActionScript to stop it. Select the last keyframe and hit F9 and type stop() in the ActionScript window.
Good luck!
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Swfs don't work (Captivate and Flash AS2)

I inserted a .swf from a published Captivate 5 file into my PowerPoint. When I preview the ppt, it plays fine, but when I publish it to Presenter it no longer works. It's just a blank white screen. Any suggestions?
Additionally, I created a very simple Flash file with basic button functionality and brought it into PowerPoint. It shows up but none of the buttons work, and I have no _global or _root code in it. Any help would be great.

Unfortunately guys, I wish I had better news, but there's a reason why Captivate 5 content will not run in Adobe Presenter.
By default, Cp 5 now publishes using Actionscript 3 and that's the culprit!
Presenter is still using Actionscript 2.0 so the problem here is that the governing codebase in P7 doesn't recognize, and therefore cannot run/execute/understand the codebase coming from Captivate 5.
There is, however, a workaround: rather than inserting the Cp swf into PPT (for Presenter output), you can link to the Captivate content as externally accessible content. An obvious drawback here is that you'll have another browser window to contend with, but there are a few upsides to this approach as well; namely, if your Captivate content ever needs to be updated, you can do that without ever having to republish your Presenter course. I've utilized this approach a number of times, and although there's some upfront homework to deal with, it's been a time-saver in the long term.
Now, as for the Flash file/buttons you mentioned....I have a quick question for you: are you coding your Flash piece using Actionscript 3? Again, as weith Captivate 5, anything with AS 3.0 in it will be completely ignored in Presenter 7. Also be sure that when you set up a Flash file (and definitely before you publish/export your flash content) you'll need to set the Publish Settings for Actionscript 2.0.
Until Adobe updates Presenter, this is going to be something we all will need to deal with.
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Captivate and Flash lite 2.1 for Mobile

Hi, I need to visualize a SWF file in my Intermec CN3 HH, but
when I try to do that, visualization isn't good, i've installed
Adobe flash lite 2.1 and MFlashPlayer 7 to visualize my SWF, but
doesn't work, do I still need another program?, or what can I do?,
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> Hi, I need to visualize a SWF file in my Intermec CN3
HH, but when I try
> to do
> that, visualization isn't good, i've installed Adobe
flash lite 2.1 and
> MFlashPlayer 7 to visualize my SWF, but doesn't work, do
I still need
> another
> program?, or what can I do?, I exported from Captivate 3
that SWF file
> compatible with Flash 7, do i need to make it compatible
with flash lite
> 2.1,
> do i need to export to Flash CS3, and then export from
there to flash lite
> 2.1?, thanks,
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http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com
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I'm trying to load a Capitivate file into Flash. If I import
the .cp, I lose the mouse animations, ect. If I import the .swf, I
can't get it to play at all! Does anyone know why this is, or how
to fix it?

Hi nitsirk857
Perhaps the following TechNote will help. I know it
references Flash MX 2004, but I can't imagine things are that
different between the two. I would think the same issues apply with
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New development in Flash Captivate and Content Management

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considering developing in Captivate and Flash. We are mandated that
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Flash 508 compliant is this correct?
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I am not familiar with Collage or its requirements, but Flash
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Captivate to Flash CS3? Just a dream?

Based on the results in this forum, I take it there is now
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clear menu option on both Captivate and Flash CS3...... How can a
company make the claim, and then totally refuse to fix it?

Hi there FacilityDude
Captivate 3 does export to Flash 8 or Flash CS3.
Have you tried what fellow Adobe Community Expert Mark
Fletcher outlined in the thread linked below?
Click
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You need to patch Captivate 4.
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Retrieving the score value from the captivate into flash

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Hi,
can anybody explain me, how to acces variables in captivate
from flash?
I can't export my CP file to Flash CS3, there is an alert
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Hi tikiri,
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Please check the code below, where we are printing the varCount
variable.
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accessing any of captivate system variables also in this way:
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date
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are legacy variables and exist in captivate 3 projects as well.
Ones starting with "cp" are new and are not available prior to
captivate 4. Accessing method remains the same for both cp3 and cp4
generated swfs.
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Captivate 2 - Flash 8

When I preview, everything looks good. But when I play
through a browser (Notes, IE, Foxfire) the animated portions
(embedded swf files created in Flash 8) of the project do not show
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color) for what should be the duration of the animation and then
just goes on it's merry way.
Just to confuse things more.... this isn't always true. Some
of the animation works. I created all the files in Flash 8. I've
tried republishing all the animations and refreshing the files in
Captivate and republishing. No Go.
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notice that great big 72 sec blank screen.
I also want to thank the people who take the time to read
through these problems and help loser newbies like me. I don't know
what I would do if it wasn't for this forum. NO WAY can I afford
the tech. support programs.

Hi LeelandS,
When you publish the Captivate SWF, just notice if there is
an extra SWF also (The imported SWF, which was of version 8, before
you changed that to version 6 and 7). For SWF files of version 8,
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are moving your captivate SWF to some pther location make sure that
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Problems with quizzes and flash 10

I have verified that a course I produced in Captivate 3 interacts incorrectly when played on Flash Player 10. When you have question slides the correct behavior is "click anywhere to continue" after entering an answer and receiving feedback. However when played on Flash Player 10 you must click inside the feedback box. I tried converting to Captivate 4 and this did not fix the issue. I have about 6 of 13 modules that this defect appears on. Can anyone provide any guidance as to how to find a solution to this issue? Thank you.

Hi there
Here are some links that may help:
Click here to read a thread where I believe one of the Adobe Captivate team (Shameer) sheds a bit of light on the issue.
Click here for an Article and link for uninstalling Flash Player/Plug In:
Click here for an Article and link for installing and older version of the Flash Player/Plug In:
Version 9 should allow things to work okay with Captivate 3.
Cheers... Rick
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Click here for the SorcerStone Blog
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We are using a touch screen to navigate a web site for a
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Hi there
Are you certain it is related to Flash Player?
If you are seeing White/Blank screens in playback of published files, I might think something else is at play here. For example, it could be that you have lots of external files that you neglected to upload to the server. If Captivate can't find the files it will probably present a White/blank screen.
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I'm trying to get some Captivate files into Flash MX 2004.
When I try exporting from Captivate, I get a message that I
need to Flash MX2004 installed. I do, but it doesn't seem to
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If I try to import into a Flash movie I get a message that it
doesn't recognise the file format.
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disappointing. There are way too many problems with this software -
let's hope Version 2 is a big improvement..

Hello tone47b,
I am sorry to hear that you have been experiencing problems
getting Captivate files into Flash. Have you read the
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some assistance.
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HTH
Regards,
Mark
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