Jumping into a selected slide of another project

Hello all,
Is it possible to define a button action which will (a) open another project and (b) jump into a certain slide?
The first part is quite simple, but I am not sure how the 2nd part can be done.
Pls advise.
Thanks

Hi Julie. I believe the 2 Captivate projects would both have to be published as SWF/html, and both accessed via the browser. So one Captivate project playing in the browser can jump to a second Captivate project playing in the browser, and then move to the desired slide.
Hope this helps.
Bob

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http://forums.adobe.com/message/4029197
I am using Captivate 6 and the code supplied for CP4 does not work for me. Does anyone have any updates on how you can do this CP6?

(Hello again )
There's a post on this by the wonderful Jim Leichliter: http://captivatedev.com/2011/05/01/how-to-jump-to-a-specific-slide-in-a-separate-course/
But you might want to take a look at an exchange in the comments:
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(my project to jump to).htm?slide=2
In the end, it didn't work and just jumped to slide 1 on the other project no matter what I tried to do or how I altered the script and the project button and slide properties... Please Help... Just thought maybe you guys would know some more about scripting, that's why I'm asking you guys this regardless of it being a Captivate question because the Captivate Specialists couldn't answer my question being clueless about the scripting part of it.

Tframe01 wrote:
... Just thought maybe you guys would know some more about scripting, that's why I'm asking you guys this regardless of it being a Captivate question because the Captivate Specialists couldn't answer my question being clueless about the scripting part of it.
So the InDesign Scripting Forum is the place to ask about Javascript -- for any other program? Well, paint me red and call me Admiral Ackbar, I didn't see that one coming.
Are you (and with you those "Captivate Specialists") aware of the fact that
var slideNumber = URL.substring(startIndex);
will return a text string, not a number? And so this next operation will (silently) fail, and return some default number instead (most likely, 0)?
(stuff --) requestedSlide - 1
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Hello guys!
I´ve got a little problem with captivate 4:
I would like to put a button in my project that is linked to a specific slide in another project. Is this possible?
I´m looking forward to hearing from you!
Best regards
Smoky Mc Pot 3555

Hi there
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Click here to discover how!
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