Problems Exporting Captivate to Flash

When exporting a Captivate 3 file to Flash CS3, the area I
recorded appears very small. However the mouse movements seem to be
clicking on a much larger image, around the small one. I have the
stage size and framerate matching the Captivate settings, so I am
not sure what's up.
Also, I noticed the skin I selected doesn't seem to transfer
to Flash, so no playback controls. Is that too much to ask for, or
is there a way to get those Captivate skins into my Flash
file?

- The slide backgrounds are all held on one layer in Flash.
Looks to
consistently be layer 2, named Slide Backgrounds :-)
- This layer is locked. So click on the little padlock and
unlock the layer.
- Select "Onion Skin" and "Edit Multiple Frames"
- Two little 'start onion skin" and "end onion skin"
indicators appear at
the top of the timeline - move them to the start and end of
the timeline, so
they encompass the whole project.
- Select the Slide Backgrounds layer so that all of the Slide
Background
images are selected at once. You may need to also click on
the background.
- If you get it right. You'll see size and location values
for the
background in the Properties panel.
- Type in the correct slide background size, and position
0,0.
Steve
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Exporting Captivate into Flash

Hi,
When I export my Captivate file to Flash MX 2004, the file
has nothing in it.
What am I doing wrong?
Judy

Hi mindtube and welcome to our community
I am inferring from your question that you may think Adobe
employees are monitoring this forum. While we might see one or two
pop in here and there, by and large this is a total "user-to-user"
community. I'm a Captivate user same as you. So you might want to
post your question to support using the link at the bottom of this
page. Either that, or via the WishForm linked below:
Click
here to visit the WishForm
Cheers... Rick :)

UrlParam problem with Captivate 7 Flash output

Has anyone else had trouble with urlParam in Flash output for Captivate 7? I can't grab the first variable. It works fine with HTML5 output. Here is the script:
var objCP
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var objCp=document.getElementById('Captivate');
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} else {
window[id] =URLparams[id];
} else {
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Exporting Captivate 3 to Flash CS3 (Vista Ultimate 32)

I saw the other topics describing issues involving exporting
Captivate to Flash, but I can't get the export to work at all. The
first couple times I tried I got the "unknown error," and now the
.cp files don't even show up in the list of importable files.
I've applied all the latest Adobe updates. I really need to
be able to work on these Captivate 3 files in Flash. Any help would
be appreciated.

Thanks for your help, Rick.
Yes, I've reviewed it and followed its instructions. I've
found that I need Flash to be closed before I start an export from
Captivate or nothing happens. (I can't import from Flash at all.)
Even when the export works, I'm only getting the first slide.
So it looks like I have some poking around to do. I was hoping this
was going to be a "press a button and go" operation (yeah, right).
-Tom

Yet another Captivate-to-Flash problem

I'm trying to get some Captivate files into Flash MX 2004.
When I try exporting from Captivate, I get a message that I
need to Flash MX2004 installed. I do, but it doesn't seem to
recognise it.
If I try to import into a Flash movie I get a message that it
doesn't recognise the file format.
This is, as you can imagine, not only frustrating but
disappointing. There are way too many problems with this software -
let's hope Version 2 is a big improvement..

Hello tone47b,
I am sorry to hear that you have been experiencing problems
getting Captivate files into Flash. Have you read the
Converting
Captivate to Flash Content - Technote? This might offer you
some assistance.
With regard to importing SWF's into Captivate - You will need
to set the frame rate at
30 fps and publish your SWFs as Flash Player version 6.
HTH
Regards,
Mark
Adobe Community Expert

Export Captivate 3 to Flash CS4

Hello All,
I am using Captivate 3 and when I try to export project to Falsh, only Flash 8 and Flash CS3 are listed but they are grayed out because I am using Flash CS4. My question is how do I export project to Flash CS4 if it is not an option? Is there another way to create a FLV file?
Thanks,
Chad

Hi there
I posted a reply and possible workaround in the thread below where you also asked this question.
Click here to view
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Problems with Captivate Redirects, possibly Flash Security and XML

Hello fellow Captivarians,
First a little backstory, earlier in the year we developed a course that heavily used external image files, which were gathered and organised through an XML file, then placed into Captivate 4 through a widget. This was all developed in Actionscript 3 and was designed to be accessed locally, on the user's computer from a CD Drive.
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Now many months later, we have discovered our previous solution still works, but it now outright denies any redirects from HTML page to HTML page, regardless if the content is on the CD or if it's on the harddrive. Buttons that link to external sources will not work, (even if it's just a local page in the same directory).Flash player simply refuses to redirect between HTML pages. We tried some older projects that were developed in AS2 - and this wasn't an issue.
The odd thing is however, on my computer it still works fine. However, on everyone elses in our office, it will not redirect at all. We are all running the same version of Flash Player, and the same version of Firefox...
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Cheers.

Hi there
Have you tried configuring the Flash Security Settings? That's my guess.
Click here for a tutorial on how to configure
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Audio problems preloaded Captivate swfs in custom player

I have a slideshow-like custom Flash player that uses
standard preloader code - it loads external swf movieclips into a
holder clip, and stores references to them in an array. Once all
external swfs are loaded, the first clip starts playing and
navigation buttons allow the user to go through the "slides" at
will.
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swf is copied (so to speak) from the array to a clip on the stage,
loadedClip_mc, to be played and controlled. The player's pause
button, which works as follows:
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Hi. I've experienced the same problem with audio and preload.
Sorry for my english, but - I dont know if I've understood the
matter- I think you are talking about to fix this problem using
actionscript code. Please, would you answer me one question? If I
can't change the code of the base clip generated by Captivate, is
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embedded in them when they are preloading? What would this code
be?.
I hope you understand me!
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CS4 Problems exporting swf

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I have an urgent project which I need to burn to DVD. I have used the share feature in FC Pro Studio loads of times and it does the job but now the export button just flashes and nothing happens when I click on it.
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? on exporting Captivate 3 files

Hello,
I'm fairly new to Captivate 3 but have done a few projects. A
colleague would like to use it, but her organization is having
troubles with security and Flash.
Do you know if there is a way to export Captivate files
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Thanks!

> There was a heavily-publicised Flash security issue that
came to light in
> the last few weeks. Lots of noise about the issue, very
little noise about
> the fact that the *latest* Flash player - that was
published before the
> security issue was widely blogged-about - already fixes
the issue.
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-11.html
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/
How to check and alert visitors who don't have the security
fix:-
http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?p=412
Steve
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Variables from Adobe Captivate to flash

Hi,
can anybody explain me, how to acces variables in captivate
from flash?
I can't export my CP file to Flash CS3, there is an alert
message
The following elements in your project have not been
converted. They are not supported by this importer.
Question slide
508 compliance
A swf animation slide has been imported. The following files
must be made available at publish time:
DefaultPreloader.swf
Please make sure you publish the project to "D:\MyQuizzes\".
Saving the project to this directory will ensure that test
project will work with the swf animation slide.
Thanks for answer...

Hi tikiri,
You can access variables directly using the movie instance.
Please check the code below, where we are printing the varCount
variable.
on(release){
_root.play();
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("movie", 999);
_root.movie._x=146;
_root.movie._y=12;
loadMovie("test/test.swf", _root.movie);
trace (_root.movie.varCount);
This code is specific for AS2 captivate swfs. You can try
accessing any of captivate system variables also in this way:
_root.movie.rdcmndNextSlide = 1; // jumps to next slide
_root.movie.cpCmndMute = 1; // mute the audio
trace(_root.movie.cpInfoCurrentDate); // print the current
date
_root.movie.rdInfoCurrentSlide =
_root.movie.cpInfoLastVisitedSlide // jumps to last visited slide
Please go through the list of available variables in
captivate documentation. All the variables starting from "rdcmnd"
are legacy variables and exist in captivate 3 projects as well.
Ones starting with "cp" are new and are not available prior to
captivate 4. Accessing method remains the same for both cp3 and cp4
generated swfs.
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var movieLdr:Loader = new Loader();
var movieURL:String = "CA3_Demo.swf"
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cpMovie = movieLdr.content;
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cpMovie.rdcmndPause = 1;
//Resume the movie
cpMovie.rdcmndResume = 1;
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also try,
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trace(cpMovie.movie.cpInfoCurrentDate);
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Captivate to Flash CS3? Just a dream?

Based on the results in this forum, I take it there is now
way to import Captivate 3 files into Flash CS3 even though it is a
clear menu option on both Captivate and Flash CS3...... How can a
company make the claim, and then totally refuse to fix it?

Hi there FacilityDude
Captivate 3 does export to Flash 8 or Flash CS3.
Have you tried what fellow Adobe Community Expert Mark
Fletcher outlined in the thread linked below?
Click
here to read the thread
Cheers... Rick

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I'm new to using Flash (I'm using Flash Professional CS5) and am having problems exporting my files.
While the files will export as .mov files, when I try to play the files they're simply a blank white or black screen.
Any help or ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

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Sync and frame rate problems importing video to Flash CS3

Just like the subject states, I am indeed having frame rate problems importing video to Flash CS3.
When I export a video from Premiere with the settings:
1280x720
frame rate of 23.976
using H264 or Animation (basically every codec produces the same results),
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I've done this literally hundreds of times in the past and suddenly it does not work and I can not figure out why. I'm not even really using video, but actually artwork that I am putting together as an animatic for an animated piece so the video could not have been imported incorrectly or digitized wrong either. Can someone out there please tell me how to make this work? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
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Thanks for you quick response however it really doesn't apply to what I am doing in any way. I will not be uploading the video to a server. I am using the imbed function so I can use it as a layer and then animate over it. It is just reference and will ultimately be deleted. The Fla file does indeed carry the same specs as I stated in my first post. I have done it this way dozens of times and I am trying to figure out why it suddenly will not work.
~Mike

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