LMS Window Close (exit button...again)

Question

Yes, I know this is a freq. encountered issue. I thought I had fixed this but apparently that was just wishful thinking.
If I publish my project with the full screen option, the lesson is opened as a child window and the playbar exit button works as advertised; the window closes.
If I enable LMS reporting and perform the same steps, the playbar exit button does not work.
What's up with that? What is it about the published SCORM version that disables the exit button?

Answer 1

Here is what I did to get the exit button in the playback bar to close the content window in our LMS. I did not want to have a seperate button object.
Your mileage may vary. I may be violating some SCORM rules but too bad. The trace shows the terminate is clean, as the code runs upon the unload of the content window. I do not have a quiz in my SCO/SWF.
File locations are as they appear on my laptop. I am using ActionScript 3 in Captivate 5 on Windows XP.
Backup app source files if you are skeered of breaking them.
1. Edit the playback FLA for the skin you are using. Mine is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\Templates\PlaybackFLA\AS3\SpaceBlue.fla.
Edit the action code for pbcBtnExit. Add two lines in red:
var btnTipsId = 8;
function onClicked()
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
ExternalInterface.call("closeWindow");
parent.onPBCBtnClick("exit");
2. Save and publish the playback FLA to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\en_US\Gallery\Playbars\AS3.
3. To include tweaked code every time you publish for SCORM, edit the HTML source code. The folder is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\Templates\Publish\SCORM\2004, as I choose SCORM 2004 in the Captivate reporting preferences.
The file can be Custom.htm,Default.htm or SendTrackingDataAtEnd.htm, depending on what you select as the Template in the reporting preferences of Captivate.
Add this script in the header:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" TYPE="TEXT/JAVASCRIPT">
  function closeWindow (message){
  window.top.close(self);}
</SCRIPT>
You may have to play around with the javascript to find the right opion that works in your situation.
Save.
4. Publish the Captivate project. Exit button now works for me.
There may be an easier way to get the Exit button to do this but I did not see it. I submitted an enhancement request to Adobe suggesting that the Exit button should be programmable to some extent.