Variable in Text Caption in Html5

I am trying to display the contents of a variable on a slide so I am using a text caption. It works fine on my PC, but on the iPad, where it is using Html5, only the initial value of the variable is being displayed. I've tried delaying when the caption shows up to give it time to pick up the variable but to no avail.
Failing this, is there some other way I can get the information in the variable out of Captivate 8, e.g. to email it or some such?
Thanks.

Could you try this: insert the variable in a text container on the first slide where it will be updated, and time this container for the rest of the project. Just to check if it never shows up on iPad?
You say that you see a difference between Preview in Browser as SWF and as HTML5? Did you try the HTML5 version on anything else than the iPad?

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If you go to the "Format" section of the text box properties and insert your variable by using the "x" icon then right below where you select the variable name there is a field called "Maximum length". The default is 15 chars so you can change it to 50 or 100 if you like and then it will all be displayed in your text caption.
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@Sreekanth, that is not the correct approach, because a user could click 5 times on the same click box and see the final text caption. Only when you disable an already clicked interactive object this can be used. Jay was right by choosing five different variables.
@Jay How do you trigger that last conditional action? Which event do you use? You explain that the first described action is triggered by the click box, but not what is triggering the conditional action.
I suspect you'll have to combine both actions, and assign them to each click box. That means a conditional action with two decisions:
First decision 'Always' needs the condition 'IF 1 is equal to 1' to create a mimicked standard action, and has to show the text caption, to assign 1 to the variable and to play the audio. I don't know why you added 'Continue'? If the click boxes pause all at the same moment, don't add Continue, let the playhead remain at the same location.
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You can set the length of the variable when you insert it.
15 characters is just the default setting.
What I meant by COULD is that the kind of thing you are asking about here (using JavaScript to hide objects inside a Captivate movie at runtime) is not as simple as you'd like it to be.
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Tried this out, seems to work:
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Applicable to: Captivate 5
OS: Windows XP, SP3
I seem to be experiencing an issue that I cannot locate an answer too, there are various discussions within the forums related to custom text caption issues but nothing specifc to mine. I hope someone can help.
I am creating custom text captions for a project I am working on and have read & followed the help documentation related to customising text captions though I seem to be presented with issues displaying the border I have created.
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Hi there
I happened across a weird issue just last night that was resolved by choosing a different ActionScript version. I'm wondering if you can try this to see if there is a change in behavior.
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Hello Lilybiri,
As always you are awesome! :-)
>I don't believe an automatic switch will be possible, because smart shapes are totally different objects.
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Hi Rick,
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Welcome to our community
Is this a standard Text Caption and you are inserting it on a
Question Slide? If so, perhaps the buttons or overall construction
of the Question Slide are pausing it so the caption is simply
appearing to remain on the slide the entire time.
If you are unable to futz with the timing to get the result
you want, you might try creating a small Captivate project that
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Kind regards
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