Using Actionscript or Javascript to unload movie using Captivate 5.5

I have an application an agency built that houses my training videos (created with Captivate 5.5). Now users can click to start a video and then immediately close it and the application shows that they viewed/completed the entire movie. I need to find a way for Captivate to send a call (or something) to the application telling it that the movie has finished.
I do not know much Actionscript or Javascript but I am a fast learner. I read in past posts where this was accomplished in Captivate 2.0 and 3.0 by
1) coping the captivate movie into Flash and adding two lines of code (Actionscript)
import flash.external.Externalinterface;
External Interface.addCallback("unload", this, unloanSQF);
2) the following would be added to the HTML page
//Detect Flash container movie
function getFlashMovie(movieName) {
   if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1) {
      return window[movieName];
   else {
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//Function to be called by Captivate
function captivateUnload() {
   //Calls "unload" method established in ExternalInterface Actionscript code
   getFlashMovie("simpleSwfLoader").unload();
3) Add the Javascript call captivateUnload() to the Captivate button.
I am hoping that the procedure has gotten better with 5.5; plus I do not want to use a button. I want the unload event to occur automatically when the movie ends. Plus, I can't see how to produce a fla version to be imported and edited in flash.
Any help or direction would greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Jim

It sounds like you will need to change some functionality in the application that launces your Captivate SWF's. Currently they will be set to "completed" once they have been opened. The correct approach would be to have your application set them to "Incomplete" or "In Progress" and then have Captivate execute a JavaScript on the last slide calling a function in your application that sets the module as completed.
/Michael
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