Trigger actionscript from end of captivate movie

Hi Guys,
I'm going insane trying to work out how to trigger an
actionscript event from the last slide of my Captivate movie.
Basically I'm doing a product walk through which I am exporting as
a swf an then dynamically loading into my flash file.
I need to be able to detect when the externally loaded
Captivate swf has completed playback so that I can then continue on
with the rest of my flash movie.
I have tried adding a swf in Captivate with actionscript to
trigger the event at the end of the slide but it doesn't work?
I have also tried exporting the whole thing as an fla and
then re exporting it from Flash MX 2004 and the animation seems to
get ruined and out of synch.
Any ideas on how I can detect and trigger and AS event when
the loaded Captivate swf has completed would be much appreciated.
Thanks heaps for reading.
Chris

hi Chris
i created a similar workaround. i ran into a number of issues
when trying to call an actionscript function at the end of a
Captivate swf. i determined that captivate is VERY picky about
imported swfs. for instance, i had a single imported swf that
contained an animated background and one line of actionscript, and
it never worked. however, when i split it into two separate swfs
(one just for graphics, one just for actionscript), it worked! go
figure.
i also noticed you have to be careful where you place it on
the captivate timeline, depending on what you're trying to do. if
you're calling an end-of-movie function, be sure the swf is only on
the last few frames of the last slide. sometimes when i placed the
actionscript swf on the first frame of my last slide it wouldn't
work, but after moving it down a bit, it worked fine.
lastly, i had to use "_root" to get mine working. i know many
people consider it bad form, but if it works, it works. i did the
following:
1. created a function in my Flash interface named "endDemo()"
2. created an empty Flash file with one line of actionscript:
_root.endDemo();
3. imported the swf into my captivate movie and placed it on
the last few frames of the last slide.
4. set my captivate movie prefs to stop at the end of the
movie, and not to fade out.
worked for me... good luck!
- philip

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