Captivate not bookmarking with my LMS

From what I've read, Captivate with an LMS should support
bookmarking, and resume at the slide where a user closed the
window. However, with our LMS (GeoMetrix TrainingPartner), this
does not seem to be the case. I've uploaded some test SCORM2004
movies with 12 slides, and no matter which slide I quit on, if I
come back in it starts right back at the beginning. Is there a
setting within Captivate I'm missing to turn on bookmarking? After
searching the forums and the web, it seems like most people have a
problem with Captivate bookmarking when they
don't want it to, which is the opposite of my problem.
PS - Yes, I've made sure that "Never send Resume Data" is
unchecked. :)

Only thought is I'm pretty sure you can make the
modifications to the
HTML javascript without worrying about the Actionscript.
Sure, the CP
file has Actionscript, but that largely calls and passes
values to the
SCORM JS functions in the parent HTML document. I'm pretty
confident
that Actionscript does not make calls to the SCORM API
directly.
I know that JS code is there as I've waded through it a
couple times.
It's a bit confusing but I am pretty certain that's where the
direct
SCORM API calls are generated, and thus is where you should
be able to
add the cmi.exit function.
I defer on the resume/ab initio stuff as I'm not clear on it
but,
regardless, you're right - if CP is not setting the exit
value to
suspend (as I trust you're saying it should), then whether it
sets 'ab
initio' or 'resume' when it starts again seems irrelevant.
HTH!
Erik
totvos wrote:
> And unfortunately, it does not seem to be as easy as
editing the HTML file
> because the SCORM support is not in there. It is
compiled into the SWF file
> (again, you can decompile it to see, and match it up
with the ActionScript
> files above).
>
> As to the validity of the variables, according to the
specs, both 1.2 and 2004
> support the "suspend" value for "exit", and the "entry"
value should be
> "ab-initio" or "resume" based on whether the exit was
suspended or not. So I am
> pretty sure that Captivate is offside on this issue, and
is probably why others
> are reporting bookmarking as not working in their
SCORM-compliant LMSs.
>
> That all said, I have another topic in the General
Discussion area asking how
> to modify these core ActionScript files as simply
editing them and republishing
> a project to not seem to have any effect. It would be
ideal to hack in the
> "cmi.exit" support there so that all projects inherit
the compliant behaviour.
>
> Any thoughts on that?
>
Erik Lord
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weeks, and as Captivate is generally used for business/training use
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clicking
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