Pausing Captivate 6 with a swf created in Flash Pro

Question

Not sure why my code isn't working but I've tried a few different things based on what's worked for other people. The code is placed on the frame where I need the interaction to pause. None of them appear to be working. I have a custom Flash interaction that the student needs to complete before continuing with the course.
Here are the things I've tried:
MovieClip(root).rdcmndPause = 1;
var mainmov:MovieClip = MovieClip(root);
mainmov.rdcmndPause = 1;
var myRoot:MovieClip = MovieClip(root);
var mainmov:MovieClip = MovieClip(myRoot.parent.root);
mainmov.rdcmdPause = 1;
FYI, I've tried both rdcmndPause and cpCmndPause for each of the above. Anyone have any ideas? Also, I'm getting ready to upgrade to Captivate 8. Have they made it any easier in that version to do this sort of thing?
Thanks,
Jeff

Answer 1

in frame 1 of my fla source code, i used this var and event to interact with the captivate variables:
var captivateVariables:*;
addEventListener(Event.FRAME_CONSTRUCTED, isAdded);
and then this function:
function isAdded(e:Event){
  //txt.appendText("isAdded\n");
  removeEventListener(Event.FRAME_CONSTRUCTED, isAdded);
  try{
  captivateVariables = Object(parent.parent).getMovieProps().variablesHandle;
  //txt.appendText("captivateVariables: " + captivateVariables.cpCmndPause + "\n");
  catch(e:Error){
and then i inserted it onto a captivate slide in frame 1.
note: txt is a dynamic text area i put on the flash stage so i can see what was happening, since there is no trace statements coming from a running captivate file.