Integrating Flash With Captivate 4

I wonder if anyone can help me. I have searched the net and these forums but I can't seem to find any answers to my problems. I am attempting to create a quiz in Flash and put it into Captivate, (using the course builder section, I have the e-learning package). I can do this but the quiz just seems to play through and not stop. Does anyone know how to do this correctly? Is there anything I should add into the scripting? And should this be done in Flash or Captivate? Would greatly appreciate any help.
Also is Flash the best way to try to modify or enhance Captivate? The person I'm creating this for wants something like a Raptivity Quiz in a Captivate program. So far I seem unable to create anything in Flash that will work correctly in Captivate. Again I'd be greatful if anyone could shed any light.

Hi there
Sure, lots of folks here create Flash Widgets and Gizmos and use them with Captivate. So it does actually work. Likely you just need to figure out the relationship. (I'm not a Flash savvy person, so I don't mix the two)
Question here though. Captivate has its own quizzing built into the product. Why Flash? Does it do quizzing better? Or was this just someone's requirement without having any knowledge Captivate does quizzing?
Cheers... Rick
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