Captivate progress bar controlled by Flash Actionscript

Hi,
I am currently working on a project where I need to load multiple captivate files (topics) into a Flash interface to create an e-Learning module. I have greated a progress indicator within the Flash interface which indicates how far through the module you are. This is working correctly, however I would like to display more information.
Currently it only moves the progress indicator when a particular topic (captivate swf) has been viewed (if I have viewed 4 topics out of 10 it would show 40%). What I would like to do is also make the progress indicator move when the user moves to a new slide within the captivate movie (if I have viewed 4 out of 10 topics, and viewed 5 out of 10 slides of the current captivate movie it would show 45%).
As I mentioned the multiple captivate movies are being loaded into Flash, and that is where the progress indicator is currently sitting (controlled by Actionscript). Is there any way of Flash finding out when the user has navigated to a new slide within Captivate? I have noticed in the output that every time a new slide is viewed the following code is displayed to the output:
Branching::script:;;
deepak branching : scripteval:[object Object];
Does anyone know what this action/function that Captivate is calling is? Can I call a listener function testing for this action/function?
Kind regards,
Duncan

Hi Duncan,
The "deepack" output is a trace function the developer put inside of Captivate 4 for testing purposes I believe and doesn't serve any other purpose. There is a Captivate 4 system variable available from the Project>Actions>Variables menu that will track the current frame(slide) within Captivate. If you load the published captivate .swf file into Flash, you can access this variable by targeting the instance of the loaded .swf movie and then the name of the variable.
Dan

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        bkg: [232,232,232],
        tmpFile: function FN(/*?str*/s)
                FN.file && FN.file.remove();
                FN.file = null;
                if( !s ) return null;
                return FN.file = (function(fx)
                    fx = new File(''+fx);
                    if( !fx.open("w") ) return null;
                    fx.encoding = 'BINARY';
                    fx.write(s);
                    fx.close();
                    return fx;
                })(Folder.temp+'/_'+(+new Date)+'.swf');
    // Creates the UI
    var    rc = SB.rc,
        w = new Window( 'dialog', '', undefined, {borderless:true} ),
        p = w.add( 'panel' ),
        fl = p.add( 'flashplayer', undefined, rc.tmpFile(rc.swf) ),
        t = p.add( 'statictext', undefined, msg),
        r;
    rc.tmpFile(); // kills the tmp swf file
    // UI Skin/Style
    with( w.graphics )
        backgroundColor = newBrush(
            BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,
            [rc.bkg[0]/255, rc.bkg[1]/255, rc.bkg[2]/255, 1 ]
    p.orientation ='row';
    p.alignChildren = ['left','center'];
    fl.preferredSize = [50,50];
    // Fire!
    SB.win = w;
    w.onActivate = function(){ process(); w.close(-1); };
    r = -1==w.show();
    // Cleanup and return
    SB.win = null;
    w.onActivate = null;
    rc = w = p = fl = t = null;
    return r; // true=>OK, false=>broken
// SAMPLE CODE
var myHugeLoop = function()
    var i = 500000;
    while( i-- )
        // you have to periodically call SpinProgressBar.win.update()
        // but not necessary at each iteration
        SpinProgressBar.win.update();
        Math.cos(i)*
        Math.cos(i)*
        Math.cos(i)*
        Math.cos(i)*
        Math.cos(i)*
        Math.cos(i)*
        Math.cos(i)*
        Math.cos(i)*
        Math.cos(i)*
        Math.cos(i);
if( SpinProgressBar("Currently processing a huge loop...", myHugeLoop) )
    alert( "All is fine." );
else
    alert( "The process has been broken by the user!" );
@+
Marc

Progress Bar doesn't look correct in Windows 7

I use a progress bar control and set ATTR_USE_PROGESS_BAR_VISUAL_STYLES attribute. It works perfect in Windows XP. The progress bar looks identical to Windows ones. Though now check how it looks in Windows 7. No matter either aero windows style is on or off, the progress bar looks very strange. It does not fill smoothly and fill not the whole control - the edges are left unfilled.
I have attached the screenshot.
Any ideas what do I do wrong?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I use VAL_PROGRESSBAR_MANUAL_MODE and call ProgressBar_Start (for any case).
I call the updating routine manually and call ProgressBar_SetPercentage function.
After calling it I call ProcessSystemEvents and ProcessDrawEvents (for any case).
It does not matter either another control is shown over it ot it's own label is being placed over the progress bar. In both cases it is drawn incorrect.
I noticed that it try to draw progress bar not a Windows 7 style (one filled green bar) but Windows XP (separated green bars) sometime. So perhaps there is a problem with progress bar drawing routine (just a speculation).
I use CVI 2009 without SP1 (and I did not find a note about fixing something similar in SP1).
As for the outline around the green portion of the progress bar. I do not mind, I just wanted to know if I do something wrong.
Thanks for reply.

Trying to add audio player progress bar

Hi
I'd like to add a progress bar to my flash audio player.
Right now you press a button, a certain sound loads and then plays.
Here's part of the code:
function playSong(e:Event):void{
    if (my_channel) {
        my_channel.stop();
    var myURL = ("mysong.mp3");
    my_sound = new Sound();
    my_sound.load(new URLRequest(myURL));
    my_channel = my_sound.play();
In order to build a progress bar I wanted to find out the length or duration of the sound but I keep getting error messages or 0s in return
trace (my_sound.duration);
tells me that duration is an undefined property
trace (my_sound.length);
trace (my_sound.position);
trace (my_sound.bytesTotal);
trace (my_sound.bytesLoaded);
all give me a 0 in return
Any idea why? Why can't I access the properties of my Sound?
I'd also be very thankful for any other suggestions on how to add a progress bar. I searched a number of websites, but most samples are AS2 code...
Thanks
Julie

Duh! Once again I thought my comuter is faster than it actually is ;-)
Thanks :-)

Lock the progress bar in the playbar (Captivate 8)

I'm looking for a way to lock the progress bar in the playbar in Captivate 8. This has come up a few times in regards to older versions of Captivate, but I haven't seen anything for 7 or 8 yet.
I've tried this: Captivate 6 Help me Lock the Progress Bar in the Playbar, which relates to ver 6, but seemed to kinda do what I'm looking for, but not exactly.
However, the Playbar Lock Widget seems to do exactly what I'm looking for (Flash-Factor » Playbar Lock Widget (Cp5, Cp5.5)) but is for 5 and 5.5 only. According to this threadCaptivate 6 playbar lock, the widget doesn't work on 6, so I assume it doesn't work on 7 or 8, either. I've emailed the developer (Whyves) the other day, but considering the last activity on that site was a couple of years ago, I'm not really expecting a response.
Does anyone know if there is an easy-ish way to do this or if there is an updated version of this widget available?
Thanks,
Marc

Lilybiri,
Thank you very much for your response. I realize it was very unlikely that particular widget would be updated, but was hoping someone has since been able to make something like that work in Captivate 8 (or even Cp7).
I am actually working on a project that must be completed in a linear fashion the first time through. It consists of three parts, with each part consisting of a short video presentation followed by a couple of knowledge check/quiz questions. Learners must correctly answer the questions before they can proceed to the next part, and should be able to review the video they just watched (or any previous video) at any time, but they must not be able to skip ahead to the next video until they've correctly answered the KC questions for each part, or to skip the video the first time through.
Enabling remediation helps in that it allows learners to re-watch the video before and even during the knowledge checks without getting 'stuck' on a question they've answered correctly already. However, it seems that forcing a linear flow while still giving learners an idea of their progress through the course via a progress bar without allowing them to use it to skip ahead has proven very difficult to do.
The widget seemed to perfectly fit the bill in that it would disable 'scrubbing' with the progress bar until learners completed the activity. Then, once they've completed it, they could now use the progress bar to review the material again if they wished.
Oh, well... we'll keep digging and hoping that maybe someone out there with more knowledge and skill in this than us figures out a way to make it work.
Thanks again!
-Marc

Any alternative to Flash progress bar?

I was wondering if anyone knows of an alternative to the
Flash Player progress bar (javascript would be acceptable)? Or
would I have to import a project into Flash to have this feature.
What I envision would be text to the effect of "slide x of
xx" or something like that. A method of telling the student that
they are a specific number of slides into a lesson that has a total
number of slides in the lesson.
I seem to remember that quiz slides have something like this.
This is probably something for my wish list.
TPK

Go to:
http://www.raisingaimee.co.uk/
Fellow
AdobeCommunityExpert (isn't that stupid looking as a single
camel-backed word?) Paul Dewhurst owns "Raising Aimee" and has a
variety of neat tools and toys available to help us out.
Use the link to find Captivate topics on the site, and be
patient because some idiot hacked Paul's site recently and he is
still rebuilding.
Paul has some SWFs available that will do what you are
suggesting - listing the current slide number as you progress
through the movie. Paul is constantly helping out, so if you'd like
to help him, look for a link to PayPal and drop a few bucks in the
"keep us going" pot - not mandatory but it's there and Paul
constantly offers free stuff that saves the rest of us time.
Have a nice day!

Problem using a Flash MX 2004 Progress Bar Component within a Movieclip

I'm try to setup a progress bar to show the percentage loaded
of a mp3 audio file using the Flash MX 2004 Progress bar component.
I can get the progress bar to the work normally by the having the
component on the stage (not in a movie clip) with the component set
to:
mode: polled
source loader
with the following actionscript on the layer above:
pBar.setStyle("themeColor", 0xFF0000);
var loader:Object = new Sound();
loader.loadSound("http:/www.mywebsite.co.uk/mymp3.mp3",
true);
But I won't to put the preloader inside a Movie Clip (the
movie clip is called 'content_MC') as the website has alot of
content. When I do this the mp3 file still streams but the Progress
Bar doesn't work.
I think I just need to change the action script so that it
links with the component telling it to calculate the progress of
the audio streaming file.
Am I right? Where am I going wrong?

I found the problem!!
While exploring the Fireworks MX 2004 folder located under
"C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Application Data\Macromedia\"
folder I discovered that this folder was empty. So, I connected the
old hard drive and investigated the contents of the corresponding
folder on that drive. Discovering the wide assortment of files and
folders in that folder, I simply copied the contents of that folder
to the Fireworks MX 2004 folder and retried running the application
and IT WORKED!
Thanks for all your communications and in depth
troubleshooting steps, I will keep them in may Application
troubleshooting Tool Tips for future reference. I have included the
actions used here which brought about the successful resolution of
this issue so that if you'd like you might include them in any Help
Desk Methods you may have. It was truly a collaborative effort
because I would not have thought to explore the Application Data
folder to resolve this issue without you pointing me in that
direction.
Thanks again!

Captivate 2: Get rid of Progress bar, Play button, etc..

Hello everyone,
This is my first post. I am using Captivate 2 and this is my
first project i'm working on. I am trying to find a way to leave
off the progress bar after i've published the project in SWF
format. I started the project as an "Image Project" and then
inserted my image and built my project on top and when i go to
publish the progress bar (with the play, pause, rewind, forward,
closed captioning) is showing. I do not want that.
In Captivate 1 it does give you the option to not display
that when you're using the "Image Project". Has this option been
removed in Captivate 2? Any help would be greatly apprciated.
Dre

Hi Dre and welcome to our community
Try clicking Project > Skin... and DE-selecting the "Show
playback control" check box. While you are there, you may as well
click the Borders tab and DE-select the "Show borders" check box.
This will force the movie into a single .SWF. Otherwise, you will
end up with two .SWFs.
Cheers... Rick

Controlling Captivate movies from a parent Flash movie

Hello, i am in the works of onverting my old AS2 code, for controlling Captivate movies lodaded into a Flash container, over to AS3 becasue of the transition to Captivate 5. There were some weird issues in AS2 and Captivate 3 which i fortunately vere able to solve when i first made this container. Now i am getting weird and unpredictable results when trying to set the appropriate variables in the Captivate move. The main culprit is: rdcmndRewindAndStop, it does indeed rewind the movie, but... it starts playing again... Could anyone be so kind to give me the reason why or better even provide me with a solution to this unneeded change, its quite annoying, and no rdcmndPause does not help, not before rdcmndRewindAndStop or after, the movie is happily trottling along...
sincerely
Frustrated developer with a bloody short deadline

Hello and thanks for replying, yes it worked! But... we have to manually edit 40+ files to make this stupid thing to work... Do you know if there is any way i can put those scripts in a flash object, or better even modify the movie from the parent container? This is making our production process way longer than is affordable tbh, a single project consists usually of over 100 captivate movies, and we simply can't manually edit each and every one of them.
I wish i could get my hands on a Captivate developer ;p

Unable to install flash player. After downloading the Adobe FLash Player Installer and running it, a grey pop up window opens up but nothing is displayed in it. There is no progress bar or anything.

Unable to install flash player. After downloading the Adobe FLash Player Installer and running it, a grey pop up window opens up but nothing is displayed in it. There is no progress bar or anything and even after keeping it running for a long time there is no progress. Please help with this issue.

Hi Prat,
We are aware of this issue and are working on a fix. In the mean time, please use the offline installer, posted at the bottom of the help page corresponding with your OS and browser:
Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows
Installation problems | Flash Player | Mac
The installers are at the bottom of the page, in the 'Still having problems' section.
Maria

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