Controlling a video in captivate

hi
im woking on a huge project in cappy, which featues a lot of streaming video
a request has come back to me that we need our learners to not be able to continue untill the video
has finished playing. i cant see anyway this can be done I hope im wrong
its rapidly turning into a show stopper any help would be great
KBN

Hi there
Perhaps there would be a widget that could do it. Other than that, the only thing I can fathom would be to time the slide to match the duration of the video. Configure the video to play automatically with no playback control to allow pausing. Then ensure the playback controls were turned off for the slide. This would trap the user into being forced to present the slide and the video with no way out until you cause a Button object to appear at the end of the slide. At that point the Button would allow them to navigate to the next slide.
Cheers... Rick
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