Track "state" in Captivate 2.0

Hello Captivate Forum Members,
First - thanks for the help and good information that this
forum provides!
My question of the day is: Can I track state in captivate?
I am using Captivate 2.0.
What I mean is: I have a slide setup with 5 buttons. Each
button click takes the user to a particular slide in the
presentation. If the user clicks a button on a given slide
that "returns to the main menu" slide, is there a way to
gray-out the first button, the user has clicked? The idea
here is so the use can see which part of the tutorial
has been viewed.
Scenario - the user clicks a button, watches a presentation,
returns to main slide, click a different button, watches a
different presentation, returns to main slide, and now two buttons
are grayed out, showing which subject has been viewed so far.
thanks for any tips. I was thinking that some sort of
Javascript could be used to do this???
Thanks Again for a helpful forum,
eholz1

It's been awhile since I looked at it, but Jesse Warden's
Captivate Player might offer what you're looking for. If you're OK
with using a menu instead of buttons and breaking your sections out
into individual movies, then give it a look.
Links to a Captivate Developer Center article, documentation
and the latest version can be found at
Jesse's
website.
If you decide to use the player, be sure to grab the
documentation separately as I don't think it is included with the
latest build.

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