Incorporating a Captivate movie

How do I put a captivate movie into the help files?
thanks

Hi Aus_Steph
There are two ways to approach it.
1. When you publish a Captivate movie as .SWF format, you
have the ability to Export HTML. This results in two files. The
Captivate .SWF and a .HTM page that is used to display the .SWF. So
in RoboHelp (RoboHelp HTML assumed here) you would right click the
folder where you want the Captivate movie and choose import. Then
you would navigate to and select the .HTM file that was produced by
Captivate.
OR
2. From RoboHelp while editing a topic, you can click Insert
> RoboDemo Movie... (or Insert > Multimedia) and navigate to
the raw .SWF file Captivate produced.
I think the big deciding factor here is whether you want the
entire page to contain the Captivate movie, or if it will appear
perhaps tucked away inside a DHTML drop down or something where
other items are on the page too. I'd go with option 1 for the whole
page or option 2 if I were including the .SWF along with other page
content.
Hopefully this helps... Rick :)

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Hello all:
I'm inserting SWFs (built in Captivate 5) into Robohelp topics (using RoboHelp 9, publishing to WebHelp Pro output). These topics hold only the SWFs, so I've published the SWFs to autoplay when opened.
The problem is this: when I publish my RoboHelp project, my Captivate movies display as image icons (see screenshot). There is no loading animnation or screenshot to indicate that the Captivate movie works. If I wait a few seconds (variable, depending on file size of the SWF), the movie will appear and start to play. I'm concerned that my user will think the file is broken and leave the page.
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You can see a list of the various system variables here: http://www.cpguru.com/2009/04/28/system-variables-in-captivate-4-%e2%80%93-a-complete-list /
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Closing swfs in captivate movie

I am frantically trying to figure out how not to get a
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how to I close the swf adn still elt the user navigate to the next
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Hi francie
I have no clue as to how what terrence wood is suggesting
will help here. From what I surmise based off what you posted, you
have inserted an animation or possibly even another Captivate movie
on a slide in an existing movie? And somehow you want to know how
to close the .SWF that is sitting on the slide? If I'm correct in
what I understand you are trying to do, my guess is that it isn't
possible. Why? Well, if you were able to close the .SWF on the
slide, you would probably also close the whole movie. My guess is
that this is why you are seeing JavaScript errors.
I'm thinking that you should probably configure the end
option to simply stop. For the movies that are on the slides, that
is. This also assumes you are placing other Captivate movies on the
slides. If you are instead placing other animation, I haven't a
clue what to advise, other than to possibly adjust timing.
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Active Content when RH topic contains Captivate movies

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FLASH).....since the Active Content issue in the latest IE update,
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interactive.....I've managed to fix the topics in RH that don't
have a movie inserted on them....but if there's a movie, my fix
doesn't work unless I modify EACH htm file (each topic's code).
This works great except that EVERY time I re-compile the RH
project, the fix is overwritten.....
My fix involves a javascript include file......
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Hi again Pam
Hmmm, well I'll see if I can help any. I'm not sure what you
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What are you fixing? Why is a fix needed if a movie isn't there?
But on to the actual issue at hand. You are saying that
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process as I envision it.
1. You have a topic containing a Captivate movie that is
interactive, meaning the user must click or type somewhere to
interact with it.
2. Before the fix is applied, the user must click or press
the spacebar in order to "activate" the control. This is equivalent
to patting Internet Explorer on the head and saying "It's okay.
Really. The world will, in fact, NOT end if you just show me the
content and allow me to click it."
3. You apply the fix, which means to use an external
JavaScript file (.JS file) to perform a "write in" of the code
needed to present the movie.
4. You generate WebHelp (assuming WebHelp here, as I do not
believe this issue manifests from inside a compiled .CHM file) and
something gets overwritten?
And here is the quandry. I'm assuming you are intent on
asking either how to prevent the overwriting from occurring, or
possibly WHY it's being overwritten. Perhaps both?
I think the first step is to determine if the WebHelp
generation process is actually overwriting files. I'd compare the
HTML code of a topic that works fine prior to genning WebHelp, with
the same topic code after the generation process has occurred. What
has changed with respect to the code you inserted? Is the code just
gone? Or is it possibly an issue whereby the .JS file simply hasn't
survived the WebHelp generation process? I'm guessing the latter.
You may simply need to add the .JS file to baggage.
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Hi,
I am trying to use Flash methods to control a captivate movie
using procedures documented in the support center article:
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I am using the following code in a JavaScript:
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Hello
I'm trying to integrate a Captivate (swf) into my Director
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Any help much appreciated.
regards
Andy

Hi Aus_Steph
There are two ways to approach it.
1. When you publish a Captivate movie as .SWF format, you
have the ability to Export HTML. This results in two files. The
Captivate .SWF and a .HTM page that is used to display the .SWF. So
in RoboHelp (RoboHelp HTML assumed here) you would right click the
folder where you want the Captivate movie and choose import. Then
you would navigate to and select the .HTM file that was produced by
Captivate.
OR
2. From RoboHelp while editing a topic, you can click Insert
> RoboDemo Movie... (or Insert > Multimedia) and navigate to
the raw .SWF file Captivate produced.
I think the big deciding factor here is whether you want the
entire page to contain the Captivate movie, or if it will appear
perhaps tucked away inside a DHTML drop down or something where
other items are on the page too. I'd go with option 1 for the whole
page or option 2 if I were including the .SWF along with other page
content.
Hopefully this helps... Rick :)

Rewind Captivate movie in PowerPoint

I've managed to get a Captivate movie into PowerPoint
following instructions found at
http://www.flashgeek.com/tutorials/
However, although I've followed the instructions, I can't get
the movie to start at the beginning each time the slide with the
movie displays.
Can anyone help with precise instructions on how to rewind
the movie?

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(sorry it is partly in german because of my program skin)
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Toolbox“ or open it with (View / Symbolleisten / …).
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Flash“ .The mouse changes to a cross with which you can open
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If you start your presentation the video starts (even if it
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The VBA editor opens in a new window. There click on Insert/modul
in the toolbar.
The modul is a editor-window where you now place your code.
Copy&Paste the following (example from me for three movies just
edit it depending on your needs):
Sub OnSlideShowPageChange()
Dim film1 As ShockwaveFlash
Dim film2 As ShockwaveFlash
Dim film3 As ShockwaveFlash
Set film1 =
ActivePresentation.Slides(2).Shapes("ShockwaveFlash1").OLEFormat.Object
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film2.Playing = False
film3.Playing = False
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film2.Play
film3.Play
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Each time you enter a slide with a flash-video the video is
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module)
In this example the movie „Shockwaveflash1“ is on
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but I keep getting the "message" I can only export if I had Flash
MX 2004 installed. Is there a way around this????

Hi mindtube and welcome to our community
I am inferring from your question that you may think Adobe
employees are monitoring this forum. While we might see one or two
pop in here and there, by and large this is a total "user-to-user"
community. I'm a Captivate user same as you. So you might want to
post your question to support using the link at the bottom of this
page. Either that, or via the WishForm linked below:
Click
here to visit the WishForm
Cheers... Rick :)

Captivate movie in FrameMaker

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Viewing a Captivate movie in streaming

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Would appreciate receiving help in how to publish my Captivate movie so that viewers can view it while it's streaming and not downloaded before viewing begins.
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DGR2

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I may be mistaken here, but I think what you are looking for is a preload. So to set this (assuming you are using Captivate 5) click Edit > Preferences > Project > Start and End. There you should find the ability to configure a Preloader.
Cheers... Rick
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Trigger actionscript from end of captivate movie

Hi Guys,
I'm going insane trying to work out how to trigger an
actionscript event from the last slide of my Captivate movie.
Basically I'm doing a product walk through which I am exporting as
a swf an then dynamically loading into my flash file.
I need to be able to detect when the externally loaded
Captivate swf has completed playback so that I can then continue on
with the rest of my flash movie.
I have tried adding a swf in Captivate with actionscript to
trigger the event at the end of the slide but it doesn't work?
I have also tried exporting the whole thing as an fla and
then re exporting it from Flash MX 2004 and the animation seems to
get ruined and out of synch.
Any ideas on how I can detect and trigger and AS event when
the loaded Captivate swf has completed would be much appreciated.
Thanks heaps for reading.
Chris

hi Chris
i created a similar workaround. i ran into a number of issues
when trying to call an actionscript function at the end of a
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imported swfs. for instance, i had a single imported swf that
contained an animated background and one line of actionscript, and
it never worked. however, when i split it into two separate swfs
(one just for graphics, one just for actionscript), it worked! go
figure.
i also noticed you have to be careful where you place it on
the captivate timeline, depending on what you're trying to do. if
you're calling an end-of-movie function, be sure the swf is only on
the last few frames of the last slide. sometimes when i placed the
actionscript swf on the first frame of my last slide it wouldn't
work, but after moving it down a bit, it worked fine.
lastly, i had to use "_root" to get mine working. i know many
people consider it bad form, but if it works, it works. i did the
following:
1. created a function in my Flash interface named "endDemo()"
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Is it possible to access an object inside a Captivate movie from Javascript?

For example, my JavaScript performs some processing, based on which a particular button inside the movie needs to be hidden. Can I access a particular button from JavaScript to be able to do this? If not, then is it possible to be notified inside the Captivate movie, when a variable has been set by JavaScript? I notice that the JavaScript interface in Captivate 8 provides an event (CPAPI_VARIABLEVALUECHANGED) which fires when the value of a variable inside the Captivate movie changes. If there was a similar event which would fire inside the Captivate movie, when a variable changes then I could have set a variable using JavaScript and hidden a particular button using an advanced action, when the event for that variable changing fires inside the Captivate movie.
Articulate Storyline has an event which gets triggered when the value of a variable changes (either because of JavaScript executing or otherwise). If something similar was possible in Captivate, it would open up many possibilities.
I am evaluating Captivate 8.
Thanks in advance for any help.

hi
Yes. its possible but its not recom
you can set in production system to allow changes to obj rsa1->transport connection->click 'object changeability', and look for object type , and set to changeable.
pls refer these below posts
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