Widget creation: html5 & swf

I'm trying to figure out how to create custom Captivate 6 widgets that will publish to html5 and swf. I figured I'd start by pulling apart the A3C widget that's in the Captivate 6 gallery. I rename the file to A3C.zip. Unzip it using my Mac's archive utility then zip it back up again. Rename the file back to A3C.wdgt and try to import it to Captivate. I then get the error "The description.xml file is missing from the widget". When I check the folder that was zipped up, the file is definitely there. This seems to have something to do with the format for the zip file. What zip utility should we be using to create these widgets?
If anyone can provide a pointer to documentation for creating custom widgets in html5 & swf beyond that provided in Captivate Help, I'd appreciate it!
Paul

I've been successful so far with two approaches. Where an Adobe-supplied widget almost works (everyone I've tried has bugs and/or missing critical functionality for html5 output), I just edit it as needed. The tricky part is that Captivate tries very hard to overwrite any changes you make in the Gallery with versions that it may be pulling off the web. In fact, I've caught it replacing its own widgets with buggy old versions whenever you load your project.
What I do is give my updated widget a new name and then use Insert Widget, rather than loading it from the Interactions window. The only annoying problem left is that I can't figure out how to get Captivate to update my widget in place. When I make changes, I'm forced to delete all uses of the old version and freshly insert the new version, restoring by hand all variables changed from the defaults.
My other approach, where I'm creating something entirely new, is to insert it as a web object. Then I've used variables and events for communication between Captivate and my widget, which can lead to timing problems if you're not careful. Also, I the assets for this "widget" don't get automatically moved to the right places when you publish the project as they do for real widgets, but there are workarounds.
By the way, if your code is going to be html5-only, you can shortcut the Common Javascript calls and just access your Captivate variable directly (in the Captivate top window).

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This is a good tech note about this on the Forte website.
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Middleton [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, 25 June 1999 11:11
To: [email protected]
Subject: dynamic widget creation
I have done a few windows with dynamic widget creation. Sometimes it
seems I have to have done self.Open before, to get things to appear
properly, and sometimes not.
What I would like is a summation of the issues involved here so I can
write such code without resorting to trial and error.
with advance appreciation,
Matthew
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Tech Note 5156, which I have attached for your information.
-----Original Message-----
From: Foster, Todd [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, 26 June 1999 1:27
To: 'Jason de Cean'
Subject: RE: dynamic widget creation
? What technote ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason de Cean [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 9:19 PM
To: 'Matthew Middleton'
Cc: 'Forte Users'
Subject: RE: dynamic widget creation
This is a good tech note about this on the Forte website.
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Middleton [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, 25 June 1999 11:11
To: [email protected]
Subject: dynamic widget creation
I have done a few windows with dynamic widget creation. Sometimes
it
seems I have to have done self.Open before, to get things toappear
properly, and sometimes not.
What I would like is a summation of the issues involved here so Ican
write such code without resorting to trial and error.
with advance appreciation,
Matthew
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