Captivate v3/Flash
We are having an issue with adding flash demonstration and
simulation activities created using Captivate v3. When inserting
these flash files, we are setting them to run in a separate browser
window. After the module is published, and I am given the option to
view the published presentation, everything works fine. If I launch
the module later from my local drive, everything again works fine.
The problem however is that when I try and copy the published
directory over to a network directory for review, or post to the
LMS, the captivate files do not load. I have also tried to publish
directly to the shared directory, and while the files will play
immediately after being published, going back and launching them
from the same location leads to them not playing.
Hi there
Probably depends on where you are testing.
Click here for a tutorial that may help.
Cheers... Rick
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Retrieving the score value from the captivate into flash
Hi,
We have used Captive 2 to built course & publishing it as
a non e-learning output
and loading the published swf file in custom built flash
movie (wrapper).
We have accessed some of the captivate variables to control
the captivate swf.
Does anyone know how to retrieve the score value from the
captivate into flash ?
Thanks
Regards
ChetanHello,
Use the Object Browser in .NET and search on "Summaryinfo" and you'll find the API to use.
Thank you
Don -
Variables from Adobe Captivate to flash
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
message
The following elements in your project have not been
converted. They are not supported by this importer.
Question slide
508 compliance
A swf animation slide has been imported. The following files
must be made available at publish time:
DefaultPreloader.swf
Please make sure you publish the project to "D:\MyQuizzes\".
Saving the project to this directory will ensure that test
project will work with the swf animation slide.
Thanks for answer...Hi tikiri,
You can access variables directly using the movie instance.
Please check the code below, where we are printing the varCount
variable.
on(release){
_root.play();
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("movie", 999);
_root.movie._x=146;
_root.movie._y=12;
loadMovie("test/test.swf", _root.movie);
trace (_root.movie.varCount);
This code is specific for AS2 captivate swfs. You can try
accessing any of captivate system variables also in this way:
_root.movie.rdcmndNextSlide = 1; // jumps to next slide
_root.movie.cpCmndMute = 1; // mute the audio
trace(_root.movie.cpInfoCurrentDate); // print the current
date
_root.movie.rdInfoCurrentSlide =
_root.movie.cpInfoLastVisitedSlide // jumps to last visited slide
Please go through the list of available variables in
captivate documentation. All the variables starting from "rdcmnd"
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.
For accessing variables in AS3 captivate movies:-
var movieLdr:Loader = new Loader();
var movieURL:String = "CA3_Demo.swf"
var movieURLReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(movieURL);
var cpMovie;
movieLdr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loadComplete);
function loadComplete(ae:Event)
cpMovie = movieLdr.content;
//Pause the movie
cpMovie.rdcmndPause = 1;
//Resume the movie
cpMovie.rdcmndResume = 1;
//Jump to next slide
cpMovie.rdcmndNextSlide = 1;
also try,
// print current date
trace(cpMovie.movie.cpInfoCurrentDate);
addChild(movieLdr);
movieLdr.load(movieURLReq); -
Captivate to Flash CS3? Just a dream?
Based on the results in this forum, I take it there is now
way to import Captivate 3 files into Flash CS3 even though it is a
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
here to read the thread
Cheers... Rick -
Yet another Captivate-to-Flash problem
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
recognise it.
If I try to import into a Flash movie I get a message that it
doesn't recognise the file format.
This is, as you can imagine, not only frustrating but
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
Converting
Captivate to Flash Content - Technote? This might offer you
some assistance.
With regard to importing SWF's into Captivate - You will need
to set the frame rate at
30 fps and publish your SWFs as Flash Player version 6.
HTH
Regards,
Mark
Adobe Community Expert -
Captivate without Flash?
Hi all,
I understand that Captivate generates Flash output (.fla / .swf); however, for users who don't have Flash on their computers at all, is there any way to view Captivate content? If I insert a SWF into a PDF, can that be viewed without Flash?
I know the simplest answer is "download Flash player," but that is not always an option in the environment I'm working in.
Thank you!Hello,
You can insert a CP-created SWF into a PDF. The Adobe Reader has to be present and since version 9 it has Flash Player incorporated, so your SWF will play all right provided the user do have at least Reader 9.
Another possibilitiy is to produce an EXE-file with Captivate, no need for Flash Player nor Reader in that case.
Lilybiri -
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!
NatNo 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!
www.cpguru.com - Adobe Captivate Widgets, Tutorials, Tips and Tricks and much more.. -
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.
Rob
http://www.robrode.com/yabb/ -
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?,
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,> 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,
See if this helps:-
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/articles/mobile_captivate.html
There are several things in Captivate 2 that are not viewable
in Flash Lite.
The above article should help you create a project file that
can be viewed
on your mobile devices.
Steve
Adobe Community Expert: Authorware, Flash Mobile and Devices
http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com
You need to go to MAX -
http://adobemax2007.com/na/ -
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) -
How to pull URL parameters into my Captivate 6 flash
I want to be able to parse a parameter being passed in the URL to my Captivate video and then use it after the file is over. e.g. a username that is picked up by another web page. Is there an easy way to do this.
Looking through old posts, is see using the m_MovieHandle as the area to place my flash code, but everything so far I've tried doesn't bring in the variable. I'm kinda new to flash.
ThanksPut this JavaScript code in a separate .js file. I called mine utilities.js:
/* Utility to get a URL Parameters as queryString object */
var queryString = (function(a) {
if (a == "") return {};
var b = {};
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; ++i)
var p=a[i].split('=');
if (p.length != 2) continue;
b[p[0]] = decodeURIComponent(p[1].replace(/\ /g, " "));
return b;
})(window.location.search.substr(1).split('&'));
/* Utility function to Set a Captivate Variable with a URL Parameter */
var setCpVariableWithURLParameter = function(cpUserVariableName, urlParameterName){
/* Get the requested URL Parameter from the URLParams Object */
var variableValue = queryString[urlParameterName];
/* Check for HTML5 vs. SWF output */
if (typeof window.cp==='undefined') {
/* We have SWF output, so Get the Captivate Object */
var objCp=document.getElementById('Captivate');
if(objCp && objCp.cpEISetValue){
/* Set the Captivate User variable with the JavaScript variabe, variableValue */
objCp.cpEISetValue('m_VarHandle.' + cpUserVariableName, variableValue);
} else {
/* We have HTML5 output */
if(cp.vm && cp.vm.setVariableValue){
cp.vm.setVariableValue(cpUserVariableName, variableValue);
Include this .js file in the header of the <ProjectName>.htm file of the swf published output by using a script tag:
<script src="utilities.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Where utilities.js is at the root of the published project (where the published .swf file lives).
Also add this script tag to the header of the HTML5 output index.html file.
To use the setCpVariableWithURLParameter() function, you would make this call inside of a JavaScript action in Captivate:
setCpVariableWithURLParameter('v_Name', 'userName');
Where 'v_Name' is the Captivate user Variable you want to set and 'userName' is the name of the URL parameter.
Give that a try and let us know how it goes.
Best,
Jim Leichliter -
Captivate 4 - have installed the newest Flash player 11.4.402.265 and now have an error message when trying to start Captivate. Error message is "The Flash Player for Microsoft Internet Explorer, is not installed or its an older version".
Can someone please help me to resolve this issue?You need to patch Captivate 4.
Details here: http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2012/04/adobe-captivate-4-and-flash-player-11-issue.html -
Adobe Captivate 4 - Flash Not Installed Error
We are using Adobe Captivate 4 on Windows 7. Since the Microsoft Windows Updates around January 8, we are unable to open Adobe Captivate 4. We get the message that the Flash Player is to be installed and the application shuts down after the message that an Internet connection is required. I have followed the steps on the Adobe Help page: Error: "Adobe Flash Player is not currently installed" when you start Adobe Captivate with no success. I have even uninstalled Adobe Captivate 4, reinstalled it and followed the instructions on the aforementioned Help page. No luck. I am running Firefox and Internet Explorer and IE is the default browser. Adobe Captivate 4 acts as though it cannot connect to the Adobe Flash website, but I already have the most current Flash Player installed. We use Adobe Captivate 4 primarily for Quizzes since we can effectively e-mail the results to trainers. We do have Adobe Captivate 7 and the Quiz Results e-mail feature does not send the results; only a blank e-mail shell. Is there any solution to this Captivate 4 problem?
Unfortunately, that is not an option. I work for a state government and the computers are locked down for security reasons. Updates are handled by an IT group and pushed out to all state computers. We were running Flash Player 10 and everything worked fine until the Flash Player Update was pushed out as a Microsoft Update on January 8th. There have been subsequent "Security Updates" to the Flash Player pushed out via Microsoft and none have corrected the problem. Even if I could uninstall the current Flash Player and install an older version, it would just be updated to the current Flash Player tonight.
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Captivate controlling FLASH time line
Please forgive if this question has been asked before.
Does anyone know if I can put Actionscipt or javascript into
my Captivate project so when my movie ends it controls the timeline
in FLASH? I'm importing my Captivate file into a flash file using
the Loader Component in FLASH.
Thoughts anyone?
Thanks to all who respond!
ChrisHI Chris
As far as I'm aware, Captivate currently does not allow any
form of ActionScript to be added. However, I believe that I have
heard that ActionScript and JavaScript are very similar. So I'm
assuming that if you can use JavaScript to control a Flash
timeline, you can probably make it happen. However, I'm certainly
not the person to tell you anything about how to go about making it
happen. What I currently know about Flash would struggle to fill a
small thimble. (but I'm working on it)
Cheers... Rick -
Captivate without Flash Knowledge
Is it possible to create screen movement training demos with
Captivate without having experience with Flash? I know it exports
to Flash...but does one need to know Flash to create basic
demos?Hi Outrider1957
This is one of the things I dearly LOVE about Captivate! It
goes far to equalize the playing field between Flash developers and
those of us that are Flash illiterate.
Yes, you can be quite successful with Captivate while being
blissfully unaware of how to do anything Flash related. Granted,
the more you know about the two, the better you will be equipped to
tweak things to suit you better. But the bottom line is that you
need not have any Flash skills whatsoever to be successful using
Captivate.
Sincerely... Rick -
Problems Exporting Captivate to Flash
When exporting a Captivate 3 file to Flash CS3, the area I
recorded appears very small. However the mouse movements seem to be
clicking on a much larger image, around the small one. I have the
stage size and framerate matching the Captivate settings, so I am
not sure what's up.
Also, I noticed the skin I selected doesn't seem to transfer
to Flash, so no playback controls. Is that too much to ask for, or
is there a way to get those Captivate skins into my Flash
file?- The slide backgrounds are all held on one layer in Flash.
Looks to
consistently be layer 2, named Slide Backgrounds :-)
- This layer is locked. So click on the little padlock and
unlock the layer.
- Select "Onion Skin" and "Edit Multiple Frames"
- Two little 'start onion skin" and "end onion skin"
indicators appear at
the top of the timeline - move them to the start and end of
the timeline, so
they encompass the whole project.
- Select the Slide Backgrounds layer so that all of the Slide
Background
images are selected at once. You may need to also click on
the background.
- If you get it right. You'll see size and location values
for the
background in the Properties panel.
- Type in the correct slide background size, and position
0,0.
Steve
Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices
European eLearning Summit - EeLS
Adobe-sponsored eLearning conference.
http://www.elearningsummit.eu
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