Flash Menu in Captivate

We are currently tasked with updating SAP training that was
created with OnDemand software. The current simulations have a
Javascript menu on each screen which provides various functions
including moving from current slide to next or previous slides.
When the existing movie is played and captured, we lose the
javascript menu functionality.
I have created a Flash Menu and have imported it to the newly
captured Captivate movie. All links on the menu work except Next
Slide and Previous slide.
The script I use for the button for the Next slide is as
follows:
this.next_btn.onRelease =function(){
this._parent._parent..nextFrame();
Also I have tried substituting for nextFrame "play" and for
the target path "_root" for the first "_parent."
The variables "rdcmndNextFrame" and "rdcmndPrevious" do not
work unless you are using a playback bar, which detracts from the
simulation.
Has anyone ever created this type of functionality? It seems
that it would be straight forward. It is most likely a target path
issue. The captivate movie is the container for the flash menu. To
access the captivate movie timeline and move to the next or
previous slide is what I really need.
Help!

I found that I needed to first enable the playback bar for
these commands to work. I didn't want the playback bar so in Flash
I was able to hide it.

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Flash menu not appearing in Captivate 4

Gentlefolk;
I am evaluating the Captivate 4 trial version and ran into a problem.
I cobbled together a quickie menu in Flash which works fine in C4.
However, seeking a more elegent solution, I created another menu using a Flash menu generator (Antssoft) which works fine in a browswer and in a Flash player, but does NOT appear in C4. I see a Flash bounding box on the page, but when viewed in browser mode or by a standard preview, there is just a blank page.
I have tried variations on my theme with the menu: changing the filename to .flv so it could be imported as a Flash object, I have used the original .swf extenstion and imported as an animation, but all with the same results.
Suggestions? Is Captivate a beast in which one needs to build any type of menu within a Captivate project itself,and it really doesn't like external menus?
Seems odd..but possible....
Thx!
Don

What do you mean cobbled together a quickie flash menu?
Was it something you actually built in flash to control the captivate swf, such as an animation you placed on the stage or a widget object you built?
Yes...Captivate is a beast, well at first. There are only so many variables/functions you are allowed to play around with, although with some more digging you may be able to find some more in the class files for captivate.
I am not sure if you are stil in need of help with this or not, let me know.
Zcarr

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I have .swf files with closed captioning that are
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You said...
quote:
The much bigger obstacle is that when I export a Captivate
project that incorporates full-motion recordings with static slides
displaying a text caption to Flash and then to .mov, I lose the
full-motion recordings: they are replaced with a blank white or
black screen (whatever the background color is set to be). The
audio is gone too. I don't know what is causing this, but I would
really appreciate any help you could lend me concerning this.
I don't have a solution -
maybe someone else here does - but would offer an
observation ...
Keeping in mind that I avoid monkeying with my own Captivate
projects in Flash because of the various inconsistencie, some of
which you have seen ... I am hopeful that the Captivate team does
something to address the handling of full-motion slides. We all
know that they are created as AVI clips which are then converted to
SWF as separate slides, so it seems logical to me that there must
be a way to offer the source, that is, the AVI or a FLA either of
which would then be handled separately inside Flash (for those who
like to do their tinkering in that environment).
In the meantime, you might try to change the timing of the
(errant) full-motion slide a bit. Like, perhaps add or subtract a
tenth of a second to it or otherwise change its properties so that
the import doesn't end up as a blank. Just thinking out loud in
trouble-shooting mode... come to think of it, when the project is
published to SWF/HTM, each full-motion slide is published as a
separate SWF file. Would it be possible to publish the project,
then try to bring that SWF back into Captivate as an animation?
It's late here and I'm getting into fuzzy-thinking time, so if that
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We are currently tasked with updating SAP training that was
created with OnDemand software. The current simulations have a
Javascript menu on each screen which provides various functions
including moving from current slide to next or previous slides.
When the existing movie is played and captured, we lose the
javascript menu functionality.
I have created a Flash Menu and have imported it to the newly
captured Captivate movie. All links on the menu work except Next
Slide and Previous slide.
The script I use for the button for the Next slide is as
follows:
this.next_btn.onRelease =function(){
this._parent._parent..nextFrame();
Also I have tried substituting for nextFrame "play" and for
the target path "_root" for the first "_parent."
The variables "rdcmndNextFrame" and "rdcmndPrevious" do not
work unless you are using a playback bar, which detracts from the
simulation.
Has anyone ever created this type of functionality? It seems
that it would be straight forward. It is most likely a target path
issue. The captivate movie is the container for the flash menu. To
access the captivate movie timeline and move to the next or
previous slide is what I really need.
Help!

I resolved the issue by selecting to use a playback bar and
then in the Flash file setting the visibility of the playback bar
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Can I export to Flash CS5 from Captivate 4? The File > Export > Project To menu only provides options for Flash CS3 and Flash CS4 and they are greyed out. I have only CS5 Master collection installed.

Hello there,
Unfortunatley, you cannot export to Flash CS5 from Adobe Captivate 4. You would need to upgrade/purchase Adobe Captivate 5 to do this.
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Mark

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Thanks for commiting your time on this and I would be happy to help anyone in return who tackles this requirement I am after now.
Please download the file attached and you can own it as well.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Respectfully yours,
Beko

Ok, here we go:
ACTION SCRIPT CODE:
_parent._visible = false;
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            if (this.the_url != undefined and this.the_url != "") {
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding= "UTF-8" ?>

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http://www.platinumsportspicks.com/Index/Home/Home.html
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Message was edited by: kwgrooms

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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Tricks/MouseOver.html
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1. What is the purpose of building a website and putting it online?
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1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
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do?
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and the
subsequent changes in DW, links to Flash elements WILL NOT BE
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links ROOT
RELATIVE, not document relative.
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(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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>I can?t get my flash menu I created to show up in the
.dwt Template. It
>shows
> up in the editable region fine. When I preview just the
template it shows
> up
> fine. But it won?t show up on pages based on the
template. Hope that
> makes
> sense. Any ideas?
>

Flash menu in DW, how do I link the buttons?

Hi there!
I have a problem, i'm creating a site in dreamweaver with a
lot of flash objects. For examlpe I'm making a flash menu, wich is
the hole problem! I'm importing the flash file to the left frame in
dreamweaver and i'm trying to link the buttons (on the menu) to ex.
"home" or "about me", though it doesn't work! I can't link the
buttons because they're in this flash object. I know i'm doing it
wrong with trying to link the buttons on the flash object but I
don't know what else to do. And the thing is that i don't wanna use
the buttons already existing in DW, i've made my own ones. The
buttons are moving so there is one more problem, they're coming in
from the right side (in the left frame) and bounces once, and then
they stop. And that's when I wan't them clickable. So how do I make
the buttons linking to the pages??
Would really appreciate an awnser!
Thanks !

Flash links are made in Flash, not DW.
I trust these links are not important, as search engines
can't see them
"Sabyonei" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:f1ktus$ct9$[email protected]..
> Hi there!
> I have a problem, i'm creating a site in dreamweaver
with a lot of flash
> objects. For examlpe I'm making a flash menu, wich is
the hole problem!
> I'm
> importing the flash file to the left frame in
dreamweaver and i'm trying
> to
> link the buttons (on the menu) to ex. "home" or "about
me", though it
> doesn't
> work! I can't link the buttons because they're in this
flash object. I
> know i'm
> doing it wrong with trying to link the buttons on the
flash object but I
> don't
> know what else to do. And the thing is that i don't
wanna use the buttons
> already existing in DW, i've made my own ones. The
buttons are moving so
> there
> is one more problem, they're coming in from the right
side (in the left
> frame)
> and bounces once, and then they stop. And that's when I
wan't them
> clickable.
> So how do I make the buttons linking to the pages??
> Would really appreciate an awnser!
>
> Thanks !
>

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Hi all
Wow, I was so hoping fellow Adobe Community Expert Paul Dewhurst would pop in on this thread.
Why? Well, Paul sent me a way cool gizmo a while back that hacked the Info button. It used an external file for some of the information! So somehow Paul managed to sort what it took to insert a Flash object into Captivate and have that object extract data from an externally located file.
Cheers... Rick
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Flash menus (Flash navigation, period) is a terrible thing from a functional standpoint. It looks really nice, but the honeymoon ends there. As far as SEO goes, your entire site, beyond the landing page, is invisible. A search robot will only see an embeded Flash object.
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