Jump to next slide in Powerpoint when embedded Captivate SWF
Hi all,
first of all, I am pretty new to the captivate forum, and searched a while without success, too many powerpoint to captivate issues but not the otherway around.
I have included a Captivated Version 5 compiled SWF into Powerpoint and made it Full Screen. Is there anyway to create a button in captivate5 to send a command (maybe through javascript/ fscommand etc.) to exit the captivate movie and go to next slide in Powerpoint?
As of now, all keys and mouseclicks are focussed on the swf and don't reach powerpoint.
Any ideas?
Best regards,
Darius
This is a detailed tutorial for controlling PowerPOinbt from any flash app. all the code for both flash as2 and powerpoint vba is shown. lket me know if you need more info:
http://www.slidedynamic.com/support/forum/4-flash-in-powerpoint/38-control-powerpoint-from -flash-as2#38
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