Click Box Option Problems

I need help!
I am stuck trying to find a work around for an apparent
Captivate bug related to Click Box properties. Captivate is not
registering the changes I am trying to make to my click box
feedback. Specifically, I want to give my users 2 attempts and show
them Failre captions (and have marked the appropriate fields in the
Properties dialog box). However, they get infinite attempts and no
feedback. This is consistent over several slides.
Does anyone have any advice or work arounds?
Thanks

Hi Libby! You said . . .
quote:
I have 1 -2 click-boxes on the problematic slides. I also have 2
invisible buttons for Back and Next buttons that I am using instead
of the Captivate control bar.
Okay, so we have 3 or 4 interactive objects on a
slide. I'm wondering if the "Continue" setting might be a problem;
when "Continue" is selected, the movie will begin playing from the
point it is currently frozen - meaning it will "continue" on its
way along the timeline for that slide until it gets to the end ...
at which time it will transition to the next slide. If the next of
those 3-4 interactive objects is located
after this one, it will
pause again, for that
next object - right?
There is nothing out of the ordinary about the number of
slides in your projects, nor the number of interactive objects per
slide (or per movie) ... it really doesn't sound like you've
created a monster, just a misbehaving child.
I am nearly convinced that the problem is
(1) the position on the timeline, and
(2) the stacking order (top to bottom) of the interactive
objects you mentioned. The problem is that I can't "see" those
elements or their positions relative to each other - which brings
us to:
With my comments (above) in mind, check to be sure that one
object is not interfering with the operation of the next. If it
still baffles you, let me know if you can get permission to share
one of the problematic files with me.
Thanks, LibbyLee, and have a nice Monday!
.

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