HTTP External Web Page Link Question

Question

I found the following info when searching this group:
To open an URL from within a Designer generated form you will need to use the gotoURL method of the xfa.host object.
i.e. xfa.host.gotoURL("http://www.cnn.com");
You will need to create a object such as a button that when clicked will execute the above script.
My question is how do I do this? For example if I drag a button on to my form please tell me EXACTLY what I need to do after that. I'm sorry but I do not know what is the xfa.host object. I tried right clicking on the button but every option I tried did not work.
Thank you
Dennis

Answer 1

The Current option will launch the new web page in the same window as the Captivate course is playing.  This will effectively mean that you leave the Captivate lesson and would need to relaunch the lesson again from the beginning.  New - launches the URL in a new browser window.  Parent and Top are not likely to be useful to you because they are only used when your course HTM page is playing in some kind of frameset with multiple levels.  Parent refers to the frame in which your current window is playing.  Top refers to the frame at the very top of the window hierarchy.
In your case you need to use the New option so that your user does not leave the Captivate lesson.  Your new window will open on top of the Captivate lesson and when they are finished with that window they can just close it to get back to the Captivate lesson underneath.
Since you are launching your other URL via a button in Captivate, you need to remember this has only one pause point.  As soon as you click that button the pause is released and Captivate will continue play.  If you want this button to be permanently paused, you can do this using Advanced Actions.
Create an Advanced Action with two clauses. In the example below, I've called the AA LaunchURLandStayPaused. The first clause launches your URL, and the second clause will reset the value of the system variable that tracks the movies current frame.  This effectively negates the pausing behaviour.
Set the On Success action of the button to Execute Advanced Action and then select the new Advance Action you just created from the drop-down menu.
You'll need to set up another button or click box for the user to click when they DO want to advance to the next slide.