Link to RH topics from embedded Captivate slide?

RH10, WebHelp, Captivate 6
Hi,
I've been using RH for years, but I'm new at Captivate.
I want to have a rollover effect in a WebHelp topic, whereby the user can hover the mouse pointer over a graphic and a window will pop up. Inside the pop-up window will be hyperlinks to topics within the same WebHelp project.
My understanding so far is that I can insert a Captivate slide in WebHelp topic to achieve this. The Captivate slide would contain the background graphic, and a "rollover slidelet".
My question is, at what point do I create the hyperlinks to WebHelp topics in the slidelet? Must I do this in Captivate, and if so how do I specify the target path of the link?
Or can I do this linking after I embed the Captivate slide and slidelet into the WebHelp project?

Hmmm, for some reason I keep forgetting they added that capability to Captivate 6.
Okay then, what you have to do is consider where the Captivate movie will be (as in what folder) at the time it is presented within the WebHelp. So if you are linking to topic XXX.htm and inside RoboHelp, that topic is inside a folder named FolderOne, it's going to depend on the folder the Captivate movie is in. Often, they are inserted at the project root. So if this turns out to be the case, you would insert the following into the field:
FolderOne/XXX.htm
I'll give my theory a try and see if it works for me.
Keep in mind that the links will likely fail when you test locally unless you add the project location to the list of trusted locations for the Flash Player.
Cheers... Rick

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