Preloading a published captivate recording to flash AS2

Question

Hi,
I have a video recording made in adobe captivate 4 and disabled the preloader on the publish preferences. The reason why I disabled this is because other people cannot see the preloader while the captivate movie is loading but the preloader displays when I view it online usign my computer (Do you have any idea on how I can fix this?). As an alternative/workaround I created a movieclip loader class and load the external captivate movie in flash. The preloader that I created works. However, the captivate movie plays at once even if the movieclip loader hasn't reached 100%. How can I prevent the captivate movie to play while the preloader isn't 100%? I also get an error on flash while simulating download in flash. The error says:
Branching::script:;;
deepak branching : scripteval:[object Object];
When I get that error, that is the time that the captivate movie plays. Below is my code in flash it is in AS2.
var linking:MovieClip = _root;
var level2 = linking.attachMovie("captivateHolder", "captivateHolder", this.getNextHighestDepth());
var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
loader.loadClip("captivate/prequalified_contractors.swf", level2.captivateMovie);
var preload:Object = new Object();
loader.addListener(preload);
preload.onLoadStart = function(target){
  trace("Started Loading");
preload.onLoadProgress = function (target, loadedBytes, totalBytes){
  level2.captivatePreloader.text = Math.floor((loadedBytes/totalBytes)*100)+"%";
  level2.captivateMovie.rdcmndNextSlide = 0;
preload.onLoadComplete = function(target){
  level2.captivatePreloader.text = " ";
  level2.captivateMovie.rdcmndNextSlide = 1;
I tried to restrict the captivate movie from playing by putting rdcmndNextSlide = 0;
My question is, how can I restrict the captivate movie from playing while the event is still on the onLoadProgress and make it play once the preloader reaches 100%.
This is the first time that I used adobe captivate 4.
Thank you.
Regards,
Harry

Answer 1

You could pause the Captivate project when you start to preload it by using the Captivate system variables. Then when your file has been loaded 100% you could resume it again by using a different system variable.
You can see a list of the various system variables here: http://www.cpguru.com/2009/04/28/system-variables-in-captivate-4-%e2%80%93-a-complete-list /
The relevant variables for you would be:
rdcmndPause = 1; (to pause the project)
rdcmndResume = 1; (to resume playback)
Naturally you need the instancename (where you load your Captivate movie into) infront of the variable name.
myLoaderContainer.rdcmndPause = 1;
/Michael