Use swf to add to captivate score variable
Hi,
Challenge: I'm trying to add to / update the quiz score in captivate from a swf. My swf is added on a blank slide in a captivate quiz using Insert>Animation.
What I've Tried: In my flash/swf file I have a button with the AS2 code (I could change to AS3 if the solution needed it):
on (press) {
_root.cpQuizInfoPointsscored = 100;}
The swf also contains a text field set to the variable _root.cpQuizInfoPointsscored
My results so far: When I publish the captivate project, the button in my swf file works, and the variable text field is updated to read '100'. However when I get to the captivate score page the score from my swf is not included.
I would really appreciate any help or advice on this problem. Thanks in advance.
Experience: I'm a captivate newbie and have had a bit of experience with Flash.
Hello,
I'm not at all a Flash-expert but played a lot with variables and advanced actions in Captivate. As far as I know (and I had some confirmation from the Adobe people) you cannot change the cpQuizInfoPointsScored variable that can be transferred using SCORM (and that is also the one displayed in the score slide). You can of course change a user variable, but not this system variable. And this is valid for CP4 and CP5 (you did not mention the version you are using - but since you are talking about AS2 I presume CP4). What could be possible is to create a Question widget instead of an animation, because widgets can communicate with Captivate and the score attached to a Question widget will be taken into account for the total score.
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