Previewing slides with external SWF's

Hello.
I recently have been having problems with Captivate 4 and importing AS3 animations, in which once published the film will auto play and start all animations, regardless of where they are in my timeline. I did a bit of reading, and found out the way to get around this huge error is to use a custom flash loader.
So I developed a custom widget that allows me to specify the URL/filename of the animation and the size of the animation. When that widget is reached in the timeline, it loads and plays the animation automatically.
This works great, however since i'm referencing the URL locally (i.e. the url is simply 'animation.swf') this will only work when animation.swf is in the same directory as the Published Captivate file. I can't just preview the slide, I have to publish out the whole file.
So! my question is, does anyone know where Captivate stores its previewed published files? I'm hoping I can just throw my SWF's in there to have them play when I hit preview. Otherwise, any thoughts on a better way?

Hi Isometric,
I stumbled on this solution while searching. Read this post on my blog. Since you have a widget, the key is to use a linked widget. FYI ... the publish folder changes from project to project so it's not a reliable way to do this.
Whyves
www.flash-factor.com

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Fade in/out with external SWFs

Hi All.. I"m very new to AS in general..
I'm trying to have a simple slideshow with external SWFs that outomatic and onClick..I achieved it except the abrupt white space after the unloaded clip goes away... I have this code and I'm not getting any errors - but I mut not have it connected somehow because the fade out is still not there... Can someone please please help me with this... I really appreciate any help ahead of thime...
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import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
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var Ypos:Number = 0;
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    loader.y = Ypos;
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I am creating a relatively simple 10-12 minute animation. I've broken the animation into 34 different movie clips that I control on the timeline by using a timer delay.
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use:
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I'm working on a slide show with external SWFs. I got everything to work (almost evrything ) ...
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import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
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TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
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TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
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    at flash.utils::Timer/tick()
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
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    at flash.utils::Timer/_timerDispatch()
    at flash.utils::Timer/tick()
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
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    at flash.utils::Timer/tick()

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into..

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I'm currently a TA for a Flash course at my school. We're using AS 2.0 and working with external SWFs.
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In the external swf "importer.swf", i am trying to import the symbol "testSymbol" from another swf file say "exporter.swf", which exports through runtime sharing option for the symbols.
I am having some buttons in loader.swf file and on each button click i am loading different swf files into the loader.swf after unloading the previous one.
I am able to load and unload different swf files but unable to load the importer.swf file which is sharing symbols from external swf and that too for the second time i.e., when i click the button twice.
When trying to debug with flash debugger, all the other swf files are being unloaded before loading of another swf but the swf which is sharing symbols/classes with another swf is not getting unloaded.
Output when i am trying to load two files example and importer files into loader.swf file on two different button clicks. On first button click example.swf is loaded. On second button click , example.swf is unloaded and importer.swf is loaded which is successful. On first button click again importer.swf is unloaded and example.swf is loaded. On second button click again, example.swf is unloaded and importer.swf is loaded, here i am getting issues shown above.
Attemping to launch and connect to Player using URL D:\runtime issue\loader.swf
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\ loader.swf - 8181 bytes after decompression
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\example.swf - 441708 bytes after decompression
[UnloadSWF] D:\runtime issue\example.swf
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\importer.swf - 1920 bytes after decompression
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\importer.swf - 441708 bytes after decompression
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\ example.swf - 441708 bytes after decompression
[UnloadSWF] D:\runtime issue\ example.swf
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\importer.swf - 1920 bytes after decompression
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable xxxxxx is not defined.
Debug session terminated.
Code i am using
b1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, b1Clicked);
b2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, b2Clicked);
var ldr:Loader;
function b2Clicked(e:MouseEvent)
    if(ldr != null)
        ldr.unloadAndStop(true);
    ldr = new Loader();
    ldr.load(new URLRequest("importer.swf"));
    addChild(ldr);
function b1Clicked(e:MouseEvent)
    if(ldr != null)
        ldr.unloadAndStop(true);
    ldr = new Loader();
    ldr.load(new URLRequest("example.swf"));
    addChild(ldr);
If i try to open the swf using IE, i am not getting any issues at all. But i need to open this loader.swf in a air application. Also when i use loaderContext for the loader instance i am able to get rid of this issue but i cant use it in my application.
So, please help me in resolving this issue.
Thanks

I got my answer. I had to append the photo url to the 'movie' value of the javascript embed method. Like this:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
   AC_FL_RunContent(
      'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0',
      'width', '550',
      'height', '400',
      'src', 'lesson2',
      'quality', 'high',
      'pluginspage', 'http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer',
      'align', 'middle',
      'play', 'true',
      'loop', 'true',
      'scale', 'showall',
      'wmode', 'window',
      'devicefont', 'false',
      'id', 'lesson2',
      'bgcolor', '#ffffff',
      'name', 'lesson2',
      'menu', 'true',
      'allowFullScreen', 'false',
      'allowScriptAccess','always',
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srb.

Problem with volume handle and external SWF

Hello I'm having 2 problems.
The first is that when loading an external swf in my main SWF I get this in the output window:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at audio_fla::list_1/frame1()
at flash.display::Sprite/constructChildren()
at flash.display::Sprite()
at flash.display::MovieClip()
at audio_fla::MainTimeline()
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at audio_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()
But it still works. Its an mp3 player.
The other problem is that the loaded SWF has a volume controller. When I test the external SWF by itself it works fine. When I load it on my main SWF when I start to drag the handle on my volume slider and MOUSE_UP outside the handle it still keep dragging the handle.
The code of my main SWF is:
import caurina.transitions.*;
var _currentCategory:String = "";
var percent:String = "";
var loader = new Loader();
loader.name="videoLoader";
loadermc.visible=false;
cat.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onOverCat);
cat.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onOutCat);
cat.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickCat);
btnback.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onOverCat);
btnback.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onOutCat);
btnback.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickBack);
cat.buttonMode = true;
btnback.buttonMode = false;
btnback.visible = false;
function onOverCat(e:MouseEvent):void{
     Tweener.addTween(e.target, {alpha:.5 , time:.5});
function onOutCat(e:MouseEvent):void{
     Tweener.addTween(e.target, {alpha:.25 , time:.5});
function onClickBack(e:MouseEvent):void{
     loader.unloadAndStop();
     loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);
     lcontent.visible = false;
     cat.visible = true;
     Tweener.addTween(cat, {alpha:1, time:1});
     btnback.buttonMode = false;
     btnback.visible = false;
     cat.buttonMode = true;
     toptxt.text = "SELECCIONE UNA CATEGORIA"
function onClickCat(e:MouseEvent):void{
     lcontent.visible=true;
     cat.buttonMode = false;
     Tweener.addTween(cat, {alpha:0, time:1, onComplete:function(){
                              cat.visible = false;
                              btnback.buttonMode = true;
                              btnback.visible = true;
                                   loaderTweenIn(e.target.name);
function loaderTweenIn (c:String):void{
     var category:String = c+".swf";
     trace(category);
     loader.load(new URLRequest(category));
     loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, movieLoaded);
        loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, movieProgress);
function ioErrorHandler(e:IOErrorEvent):void{
     trace("ioErrorHanlder: "+e);
function movieLoaded(e:Event):void{
     trace("The movie has loaded");
     lcontent.addChild(loader);
     loadermc.visible=false;
function movieProgress(e:ProgressEvent):void{
     loadermc.visible = true;
//     percent=String(Math.floor(e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal * 100)) + "%";
     trace("The movie is loading "+Math.floor(e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal * 100));
The code on my external SWF is:
import caurina.transitions.*;
volume_mc.slider_mc.buttonMode = true;
var myXML:XML;
var thb:Thbs;
var myThumbs:XMLList;
var totalThumbs:Number;
var thumbHeight:Number=50;
var i:uint = 0;
var preloader:LoaderAnim;
var yCounter:Number = 0;
var container:MovieClip;
var musicReq:URLRequest;
var music:Sound = new Sound();
var sc:SoundChannel;
var currentSound:Sound = music;
var pos:Number;
var songPlaying:Boolean = false;
var songlist:XMLList;
var currentIndex:Number = 0;
mc_sound.mute.visible=false;
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
///////////////////////////PLAYLIST//////////////////
function initMediaPlayer(e:Event):void{
     myXML = new XML(xmlLoader.data);
     myThumbs = myXML.*;
     totalThumbs = myThumbs.length();
     trace("The total thumbs are "+totalThumbs);
     createContainer();
     callThumbs();
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("audio.xml"));
function createContainer():void{
     container = new MovieClip();
     list.ch.addChild(container);
     container.y = 0;
     container.x = 0;
     container.buttonMode = true;
function onOver(e:MouseEvent):void{
     var t:Loader = Loader(e.target);
     Tweener.addTween(t, {alpha:.5, time:1});
function onOut(e:MouseEvent):void{
     var t:Loader = Loader(e.target);
     Tweener.addTween(t, {alpha:1, time:1});
function callThumbs():void{
          var thumbURL = myThumbs[i].@thumb;
          var thumbTitle:String = myThumbs[i].@title;
          var thumbDesc:String = myThumbs[i];
          trace("Loading "+thumbURL);
          trace("Title "+thumbTitle);
          trace("Desc "+thumbDesc);
          var thumbLoader = new Loader();
          thumbLoader.load(new URLRequest(thumbURL));
          thumbLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, thumbLoaded);
          thumbLoader.name=i;
          thumbLoader.x=5;
          thumbLoader.y=5;
          thb = new Thbs();
          container.addChild(thb);
          thb.thb_title.htmlText = thumbTitle;
          thb.thb_desc.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
          thb.thb_desc.htmlText = thumbDesc;
          thb.y = (thumbHeight+2)*yCounter;
          preloader = new LoaderAnim();
          preloader.x = thb.x + 20;
          preloader.y = thb.y+ 20;
          container.addChild(preloader);
          yCounter++;
function thumbLoaded(e:Event):void{
     var thbx:Loader = Loader(e.target.loader);
     thb.addChild(thbx);
     thbx.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onOver);
     thbx.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onOut);
     container.removeChild(preloader);
     i++;
     if (i<totalThumbs){
          callThumbs();
     if (i==totalThumbs){
          startAudio();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, initMediaPlayer);
///////////////////////////////////////AUDIO//////////////////////////
function startAudio():void{
     songlist = myXML.*;;//this is the same as myXML.*;
     trace("This is the first song "+songlist[0].@song);
     musicReq = new URLRequest(songlist[0].@song);
     music.load(musicReq);
     sc = music.play();
     sc.addEventListener(Event.SOUND_COMPLETE, nextSong);
next_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextSong);
prev_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, prevSong);
pause_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,pauseSong);
stop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,stopSong);
function nextSong(e:Event):void
     if (currentIndex < (songlist.length() - 1))
          currentIndex++;
     else
          currentIndex = 0;
     var nextReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(songlist[currentIndex].@song);
     var nextTitle:Sound = new Sound(nextReq);
     sc.stop();
     sc = nextTitle.play();
     songPlaying = true;
     currentSound = nextTitle;
     sc.addEventListener(Event.SOUND_COMPLETE, nextSong);
function prevSong(e:Event):void
     if (currentIndex > 0)
          currentIndex--;
     else
          currentIndex = songlist.length() - 1;
     var nextReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(songlist[currentIndex].@song);
     var prevTitle:Sound = new Sound(nextReq);
     sc.stop();
     sc = prevTitle.play();
     songPlaying = true;
     currentSound = prevTitle;
     sc.addEventListener(Event.SOUND_COMPLETE, nextSong);
function pauseSong(e:Event):void
     pos = sc.position;
     sc.stop();
     songPlaying = false;
     play_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playSong);
function playSong(e:Event):void
     if(songPlaying == false)
          sc = currentSound.play(pos);
          sc.addEventListener(Event.SOUND_COMPLETE, nextSong);
          songPlaying = true;
          play_btn.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playSong);
function stopSong(e:Event):void
     sc.stop();
     pos = 0;
     songPlaying = false;
     play_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playSong);
///////////////////////////////VOLUME/////////////////////////////
var xOffset:Number;
var xMin:Number = 0;
var xMax:Number = volume_mc.track.width;
volume_mc.slider_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, sliderDown);
volume_mc.slider_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, sliderUp);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, sliderUp);
function sliderDown(e:MouseEvent):void{
     stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, sliderMove);
     xOffset = mouseX - volume_mc.slider_mc.x;
function sliderUp(e:MouseEvent):void{
     stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, sliderMove);
function sliderMove(e:MouseEvent):void{
     volume_mc.slider_mc.x = mouseX - xOffset;
     if(volume_mc.slider_mc.x<=xMin){
          volume_mc.slider_mc.x = xMin;
     if(volume_mc.slider_mc.x>=xMax){
          volume_mc.slider_mc.x = xMax;
     var vol:Number = volume_mc.slider_mc.x*.01;
     var st:SoundTransform = new SoundTransform(vol,0);
     sc.soundTransform = st;
     trace("The volume is "+vol);
     if(vol==0){
          mc_sound.mute.visible=true;
     }else{
          mc_sound.mute.visible=false;
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I found the solution.

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