Pause imported swf when Captivate movie is paused
Hello,
I have created several small swf-animations (e.g. textboxes
flying in) which I use in a captivate movie. This works fine,
however, when the movie is paused and then continuied, the
swf-animations on the slide start over again. I have noticed that
the swf-animations that come with Captivate don't show this
behaviour. What's the (actionscript?) trick?
Thanks for your suggestions.
Jan
This problem stumped everyone...I was on the phone with
Raptivity for DAYS!! here is the solution they proposed which seems
to work......
Step 1: Open a Blank project and click on
‘Insert-Animation’. Browse for the swf file of
Raptivity and click OK.
Step 2: Save this project.(Create a new folder for this
project on some location on your machine.)
Step 3: Select Edit > Preferences.
a. In the Publish Settings option of the Project menu, select
Animations in the Externalize Resources list.
b. In the General Settings option of the Global menu, browse
for the saved folder (under Default locations) of Captivate’s
project and click on OK.
Step 4: Now click on ‘Insert-Animation’ and
browse for the fix.swf file (attached along with this mail) and
click on OK.
Step 5: Select Edit > Preferences.
a. In the Publish Settings option of the Project menu, select
Animations in the Externalize Resources list.
b. In the General Settings option of the Global menu, browse
for the saved folder (under Default locations) of Captivate’s
project and click on OK.
Step 6: Publish the file. To do so, click on the menu
File-Publish and ensure you publish this in the same folder of
Captivate’s project.
Finished !!! you have successfully integrated Raptivity into
Captivate directly.
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