Pdf links in standalone output

pdf and html links in standalone output should stop course
from playing as a user clicks the button to access the pdf in a new
window. I have deselecetd the continue playing project and the
project still plays while the user has the window open. I have
another link to a movie file that stops the course and plays the
video fine. How can I get the other links to work?

Standalone is actually displaying your movie in Flash Player,
and if your target is another movie, it simply closes Flash Player
and reopens it with the next movie.
This is not the case with links to PDFs or web pages. They
won't play in the Flash Player ... they want to display in the
user's browser window. So you are actually "mixing" the display
vehicles with what you are trying to do.
I guess my advice is to use the default Captivate output, the
browser, by publishing your output as SWF / HTM files. That's not
the answer you wanted, Lynn, but it is my best advice, because I
know of no way to get Flash Player to produce pop-ups in Flash
Player ... those pop-ups will aways be browser popups, to the best
of my knowledge, so you can't really do what you are trying to do.
I am copying this as the Reply to your email asking this same
question, to save myself the time required to retype it.

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