Create a simulated software environment

Question

Captivate captures the screens, interactions you click on. How can you create a simulation that mirrors as close as possible to the real software environment? Menus, text fields, checkboxes are all selectable and it evaluates you if you clicks at the right thing or enter the right text.
Is it possible?
Thanks,

Answer 1

You need to capture the drop-down menus separately (probably using something like SnagIT) then place them on your Captivate slides to be activated by mouseover.  There are a couple of ways to pull this off.
One way is to have the menu capture images set up as rollover image objects.  But they're not clickable objects.  So that way doesn't really work too well
The other way is far more complex but at least it works.  You need to use Event Handler widgets on the slide that detect rollover events on hidden highlight boxes placed as hit areas where the drop-down menus are activated.  The Event Handler will then jump the user to another slide that shows the dropdown menu in its open position.  On that slide you have rollover image objects placed on top of the drop down menu so that rolling over the drop down menu options triggers images to appear that look like the rollover states of each menu item.  Then you have these images attached to more Event Handler widgets that are set to listen for mouse click events on these rollover images.  When clicked, each separate menu item will then jump the user to still other slides that reflect what they would see in the app if they had chosen those options.
Are you getting the idea?