Linking captivate projects?

Due to our network architecture I can only link Captivate
projects via a shared drive. All of my projects are standalone EXE.
I have a course that links 4 modules together. But when you click
the button to open the next module in the course it opens a new
full screen captivate window. thus when the user gets to the end of
the project they must close 4 module windows. Is there any way to
make the previous module close either automatically or when
clicking the button to proceed to the next module?
Thanks!

Welcome to our community, James
I'm thinking you could accomplish it like this. On or very
near the last slide, have the button. The button opens the next
movie via "Open other project". In this case, you would actually
want the "continue playing project" option left turned on.
Configure the end action of the project to be to "Close Project".
(Edit > Preferences > Project node > Start and End node)
The end result should be that the user clicks the button and
the new project loads up and begins to play. And behind that
project is the original ever so briefly before it self terminates
and closes.
Give that a try and see if it works for you.
Cheers... Rick

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