Returning to LAST slide of PREVIOUSLY loaded movie

Hello all!
I am truly stumped. I have a lengthy project that needed to
be broken apart into about 15 different Captivate movies that will
load seamlessly to the user. My problem occurs when users click the
back button. If they are on the first screen of the 3rd movie,
clicking back only replays the first screen again and again. I need
them to be able to click the back button and load the LAST slide of
the 2nd movie. Make sense?
I have tried using the Captivate Player - a great tool, by
the way! Has anyone found a way to tweak the player to accommodate
this problem, or does anyone have any other tools or suggestions?
Thank you so much for any help! I've spent weeks trying to
figure this out, and I'm pulling my hair out!
Tracy

Hi TracyAbney
This isn't currently possible, nor am I aware of any existing
workaround. But I certainly don't know everything. Those Flash
developer types are pretty darn creative!
If you think it would be a worthwhile featue, you could
certainly request it by
clicking
here.
Cheers... Rick

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