Web object widget (cp7) and TOC

I am using a web object widget to launch MP4 videos (hosted on a progressive streaming server) within my captivate course. I am wondering if there is a way to accurately track the duration (in the TOC) for these videos. The duration displayed on the TOC is only for the captivate slide duration and does not include the video. Any suggestions?

Hi BubbaRB and welcome to the forums. I love it when people have great questions regarding integration.. and this is an area that Adobe Captivate needs to be better at! It would be nice if the stock web page widget in Cp 7 had the ability to substitute Cp user variables in the URL to make for dynamic rendering of the web page, but unfortunately that's a limitation of the stock widget.
The web page widget on CaptivateDev.com is capable of variable substitution in the URL. You just need to enclose the variable with double dollar signs $$cpQuizInfoStudentID$$.
http://captivatedev.com/2012/08/07/adobe-captivate-6-x-widget-web-page-widget/
This widget works for SWF and HTML5 output for Cp 6 and 7 and there's a free trial available.

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Web Object Widget and replacing Variables in the URL

I am using the new Web Object Widget in Captivate 7 and need some help with setting up the URL for the widget correctly. If I hard-code a static web page address, the widget works fine. The problems comes up when I need to slightly change the tail-end of the web address depending on who is taking the course.
I need to dynamically append some variable information onto the web address that we will be calling such as:
http://www.someplace.com/customizeforstudent.htm?Student_Name=$$studentName$$&Student_ID=$$studentId$$
Is there any way to dynamically load the variable information into this widget when the student takes the course?
I know that I was able to use the samples on captivatedev.com to do this web page variable replacement when I used JavaScript on a button so I know it can be done that way.
(see: http://captivatedev.com/2013/08/08/javascript-solution-launch-a-url-with-captivate-variabl es-as-parameters/ )
The down-side of the captivatedev.com example is that it forces the web page to show up "outside" the course (either in a new window or it takes over the browser window the course is playing in. I want to use the web object widget so I can stay "within" the normal flow of the course we are developing.
I have been able to get the student name and student id from our LMS using JavaScript (thanks again to http://captivatedev.com).
Whatever process we come up with needs to work not only with Flash, but also HTML5.
Thank you for your time.
Randy

Hi BubbaRB and welcome to the forums. I love it when people have great questions regarding integration.. and this is an area that Adobe Captivate needs to be better at! It would be nice if the stock web page widget in Cp 7 had the ability to substitute Cp user variables in the URL to make for dynamic rendering of the web page, but unfortunately that's a limitation of the stock widget.
The web page widget on CaptivateDev.com is capable of variable substitution in the URL. You just need to enclose the variable with double dollar signs $$cpQuizInfoStudentID$$.
http://captivatedev.com/2012/08/07/adobe-captivate-6-x-widget-web-page-widget/
This widget works for SWF and HTML5 output for Cp 6 and 7 and there's a free trial available.

Web Object Widget non-functional?

Hello again!
So I'm trying to use the web object widget to pull up a surveygizmo survey (which provides handy web links, HTML embeds, java embeds etc.), but it's not loading up. It works only when in previews within Captivate. Once published, it does not work. I have tested it both in our LMS (Cornerstone), and on SCORM Cloud. I've gone even further to change it to the default Bing.com to see if I can even bring anything up with the web object and again tested it on SCORM cloud and even Bing.com wouldn't come up.
Am I doing something wrong, missing something necessary to make the web object widget to work? I've published in both HTML5, SWF, and a SWF/HTML5 combo. Any help would be great! Thanks!

This seems like a similar question - http://forums.adobe.com/message/6142119#6142119
I haven't run into the problem you have, but it sounds like it won't show any Web site once you've published, right?
Is there perhaps some issue with the LMS? Or are you saying it also does not work when you upload it to SCORM Cloud?
I recall I ran into a problem with a Web Object when I had checked off the "Scalable HTML content" during publishing. I don't remember the specific issue, but there was a problem with that.
Best of luck!

Web object widget

I have a web object widget which I have linked to the following webpage http://permissions.cla.co.uk/titlesearch.html When I go to view my project the web object does not appear?

Thank you! Only been using Captivate a couple of months.
So, just to confirm. I am unable to view the webpage in normal project view mode - I have to go to view in web browser mode to see the web object?

Web object widget within a lightbox

Hi there,
I am creating a lightbox interaction in Captivate 7 that contains the Web object interaction widget.
When I preview it by pressing F12, the widget does not appear.
I have added all the proper advanced action scripting and everything else is working but not the widget.
Any thoughts on what might be the issue?
Thanks in advance

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How do I make a dashboard web clip widget inactive and then delete it?

How do I delete a widget if I cannot access my dashboard because of that widget? Each time I open the dashboard it jumps automatically to a web page that wants to be the page I tried to web clip, but is just a blank page. I cannot use any functions of the dashboard.

Thanks dominic23, but the problem was that I couldn't reach that delete button in the dashboard (or anything from the dashboard, couldn't even see it for more than 3 seconds) as the dashboard would automatically redirect me to a blank web page as soon as I opened the dashboard.
I deleted the "plists" from the library affiliated to the dashboard (thus restoring my dashboard) and after I restarted the computer it worked.
Thank you for the reply anyway.

Web-object interaction/widget does not appear in published slideshow

I added the web-object interaction/widget using my notes from the instructions in the relevant Lynda.com video (as the Captivate 7 User Guide makes no mention of the web page widget, web-object widget, web object widget, web-object interaction, web-page interaction, web page interaction, or webpage interaction).
The web-object interaction, or web-object widget (or whatever you choose to call the thingie that should provide the user of the published project slideshow with direct interaction with a web page from within one of the slides), it sometimes works in preview; may have worked once when published; but otherwise does not appear on the slide.
On its not appearing in either the published HTML document or the SWF file:
--I had a Continue button on the slide, and tried removing that.
This did not help.
--Because the web-object interaction/widget automatically sets the slide's action on entrance to "Pause," I tried setting it to "No action" (thinking that the slide, being pause on entrance, might never get to the web-object widget/interaction).
This did not help.
--I thought that perhaps navigating in the slide show with various "Jump to slide" settings, I would watch it without navigation.
This did not help.
Any help will be appreciated.
Jeff

In the published folder, I noticed a SWF called stagewebview. I guess this file has got something to do with Web Object interaction. When we link to published HTML file, this SWF is getting called automatically. But in your case since you are linking to published SWF file, the web object interaction SWF is not getting called. So, is it not possible for you to link it to HTM file?
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If I am seeing it correctly, the message in the video box
is reporting that the player has crashed. Reloading the
page should fix it. If your player still does not work
after reloading the page, you can go to the web page
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I need to show a window with text on the same page as a Web Object. The text window appears with a button click. However, the Web Object is always on top. Is there a way to hide the Web Object temporarily, or, make it so it is not always on top?

Just checked it out and it was perfectly possible to have a text container (made it transparent, only text) on top of a web object, and have a (shape) button that makes it appear. Can you check the Timeline: is the text on this slide and is it on top of the Web ojbect widget?
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Web objects always on top.

Videos from Vimeo brought into Captivate in a web object always displays on top of everything else. Does anyone know how to get around this problem (if you've got an info box, for example, that needs to display in front of everything else)? Thanks

My company is currently looking at purchasing a number of licenses for captivate and that was one of the 6 or 7 questions I asked, the above was their reply. It worked perfectly for me, after you change that file you can move the layer the web object is on and put text or anything else you need to on top of it.
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Web Object Interaction in CP7

I've been experimenting with the Web object Interaction in CP7. The Techworld link I'm using is fine when it's entered directly in the browser - it shows the article, and also login/register links to sign in. However, when I launch it from the interaction, it just brings up the login/register links without the article.
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Just a follow-up to this. I think what it's doing is showing the page without any formatting - the secure view. I'll link directly to the page instead of using the widget, I guess.
Edit: Linking directly to the page didn't help, but when I published it onto our web server and tested it from there, it behaved correctly. I think it's one of my security programs, probably ThreatFire, that's catching the link and forcing it to display only the secure view.
In any case, all is well...

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hmmmm, wondering if I understood you correctly:
first try the file association - right click on one of the movie files (you should tell as well with extension) then 'open with' menu then go to 'choose program' and then choose one of them and coach the box "always use the selected program to open this kind of file" in your example 'window media player'.
the other point I understood is that in download directly into your browser, well there is a settin for this in the option, don't know where exactly, but you can avoid this by right clicking on the movie/file link and choose 'save target as ...' this forces it to download it on your disk and then you can open it.
hope this kinda helps
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It looks like I can get the deployment software with X Code but how about the development software? If I am just confused and have neglected to download the correct Web Objects files then please enlighten me,
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How do I publish projects with Web Objects and YouTube interactions to ensure they appear in my published project?
I am trying to publish my project, which contains Web objects and YouTube interactions, and they will not appear if I publish them either as swf or html (sometimes the Web object will appear, but not the YouTube interactions). Both objects work if I preview them on the stage.

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You need to copy your published output to any web server to make Web Objects and Yout Tube interaction work.
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