Widget creation in Captivate 4 (combobox)

Just download the trial version in hope of augmenting our screen designs prior to build the application. Currently I am using the ComboBox widget to simulate dropdown menus, but for longer menus the widget gets distorted. My thought was to create a new widget in Flash by using using the ComboBox component in flash. I used the documentation and google searches online to create the widget to import, but I get a not a valid widget response. Any clear documentation to build a widget or point me to a combobox widget that does not distort will increasing the width would be appreciated.

Hi,
I am not sure if you could increase the width of the combobox as such in AS 2.0 but if you want to increase the width of the dropdown width you could do so using this code:
CB.dropdownWidth= 150;
Thanks

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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 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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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).

How to integrate adobe flash widgets from Adobe captivate with Adobe Presenter?

Hi all,
We are a group of students who are creating a number of flash widgets that allows them to create e-learning activities. We are creating specific widgets in Flash for use in Captivate and then the results of the widgets in Adobe Presenter. The client noticed that widgets that work in Adobe Captivate don't always work in Adobe Presenter. Is there a way to make this function correctly?
Secondly, if it isn't possible to make that work correctly through the first method, is it possible to utilise Adobe Air to do the same or similar process. The client would prefer if we could integrate anything we use with an LMS and SCORM. But we believe it may not be possible to do this with Adobe Air.
Would someone be able to help us out with this?
Thanx

Some of the functionalities of CP4 (I assume that you use this version?) only work in a CP-published SWF, p.e. using the right mouse click as a trigger. I have inserted several CP-SWF's into Adobe Presenter, while using some of the widgets provided with CP4 and did not have any problems with these (p.e. Flash button). But I do not know what kind of widgets you created. Do they function all right in CP4 itself?
Lilybiri

IPad iBook - Frame flicker playing widget created from captivate 8 export

Hey all
I've used custom widgets in iBooks author with a high level of success.
However, I've run into a specific problem that only seems to affect iPad 3s and 4s running iOS version 7.1 and 8.1.2.
I've published html5 only in Captivate 8.0 on a PC. This produces a bunch of HTML, CSS, JS files and folders. I turned this into a widget like all the others that have worked in the past. Then I imported into iBooks Author but when opening on the iPad 4 (iOS 7.1 and 8.1.2), each change in frames produces a momentary flicker.
The problem does not happen when testing on the iPad 3 on any of the above iOSs so far.
Any ideas?

Hey all
I've used custom widgets in iBooks author with a high level of success.
However, I've run into a specific problem that only seems to affect iPad 3s and 4s running iOS version 7.1 and 8.1.2.
I've published html5 only in Captivate 8.0 on a PC. This produces a bunch of HTML, CSS, JS files and folders. I turned this into a widget like all the others that have worked in the past. Then I imported into iBooks Author but when opening on the iPad 4 (iOS 7.1 and 8.1.2), each change in frames produces a momentary flicker.
The problem does not happen when testing on the iPad 3 on any of the above iOSs so far.
Any ideas?

Are there desciptions of the widgets available in Captivate 7?

Hello,
I see there are a lot of widgets in Captivate 7, but I am just seeing small pictures for each. Are the descriptions of each widget listed anywhere?
Thank you!
Ryan

Hi There,
Welcome To Adobe Forum.
Please use the following link to get the description about the interactions and widgets:
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/adobe-captivate-tutorials
Please let me know in case you need more information about the same.
Thanks
Loveesh

Adding a timer widget to a captivate quiz slide

I am trying to let the users know how much time they have per slide.
I found this blog, http://lilybiri.posterous.com/timer-widget-to-stress-your-learners and it is exactly what I need, the time left display, but I am very new to captivate.. only on my 3rd on my trial and do not know how to actually go about creating variables and the widget. Is there a training video anywhere or can someone take me through step by step to create a time left display please?

Did you hear me sighing? I'm always astonished why newbies want to plunge immediately into complicated use cases?
OK, here are a couple of blog posts with links to basic articles about variables, no video tutorial there:
http://lilybiri.posterous.com/curious-about-variables-in-captivate-4-5
http://lilybiri.posterous.com/curious-about-variables-in-captivate-4-5
You do not have to create the Timer widget, it is available with Captivate.
Some other blog posts about Time display:
http://lilybiri.posterous.com/quiz-showing-elapsed-time
http://lilybiri.posterous.com/display-time-information
Lilybiri

Widget API make a widget change when captivate is paused/resumed

Hi, having an issue with Captivate 5. I'm trying to have an AS3 widget with a listener for when Captivate is paused or resumed. I found some documentation for the widget API, but I can't figure out how, or find an example of how to implement a lister like this in Flash.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Not sure if the Widget API you're referring to is WidgetFactory or the older Adobe API, but you should be able to find plenty of information about what to do here:
http://www.infosemantics.com.au/widgetfactory/info
Tristan's blog has heaps of information about building widgets for Captivate.

Working out a Widget length in Captivates Timeline?

I've been thinking about making some easy to use User
Widgets, the kind that users could just throw on the timeline,
tweak a few options and forget about. Many of these I'd like to
have them 'finish' just before the end of the animation in the
captivate timeline. That is, if they are an animation that has
something drag out onto the stage for example, i'd like to make it
automatically drag back offstage when the widget ends on the
timeline.
Since captivate doesn't seem to have the option to tell me
something on the playbars length programatically, (I assume) The
only way I can think of doing this is to use Flash to grab the
"currentFrame" variables from captivate, times it by 30
(framecount) and have the user input the length of the animation in
a text box. Unfortunately this isn't the most ideal way of doing
it.
Anyone else got any ideas how we could accomplish this? Is
there anyway to access a widgets length on the captivate
timeline?

Ah yes, I knew there had to be an easy answer for that one. Thanks!
Problem Solved
Message was edited by: Jake Abramson

Widget creation on Flex builder and related problems - need some help

Hi all.
I am trying to create a widget like application and it seems
I have made a mistake. As you know, desktop widgets are like small
stickers, they do not appear on taskbar and can be hidden or
docked.
The problem is that I created an AIR application using Flex
Builder 3 Beta and now I cannot find how to make that application
behave like custom-shaped window. My app appears on Windows taskbar
and I don't want it. When I drag the window (which is a custom
shape) it shows that nasty dragging rectangle around it.
As far as I found out (and tried it) I need to use cod like:
var initOptions:NativeWindowInitOptions = new
NativeWindowInitOptions();
initOptions.systemChrome = NativeWindowSystemChrome.NONE;
initOptions.type = NativeWindowType.UTILITY;
to hide my window from the taskbar. But it seems I cannot use
such a code for class mx:Application. Or can I (would be grateful
for some idea)?
The main question is:
if I want to migrate my app to that NativeWindow based
solution - then NativeWindow is not an mx class and I cannot find
how I will use Flex Builder Design mode to arrange my GUI elements.
Is it somehow possible to wrap my mx:Application inside
NativeWindow and do not have to migrate the design from mxml files
to pure ActionScript?
The second issue - if I want to use some kind of subforms -
like widget settings window - when I move that window with the
mouse, it is being clipped to the region of my Application. Does
that again mean that I need to use NativeWindow for creating such a
"Widget settings" dialog window?
Thanks for any ideas (and especially for useful links and
examples :-) )

Hi all.
I am trying to create a widget like application and it seems
I have made a mistake. As you know, desktop widgets are like small
stickers, they do not appear on taskbar and can be hidden or
docked.
The problem is that I created an AIR application using Flex
Builder 3 Beta and now I cannot find how to make that application
behave like custom-shaped window. My app appears on Windows taskbar
and I don't want it. When I drag the window (which is a custom
shape) it shows that nasty dragging rectangle around it.
As far as I found out (and tried it) I need to use cod like:
var initOptions:NativeWindowInitOptions = new
NativeWindowInitOptions();
initOptions.systemChrome = NativeWindowSystemChrome.NONE;
initOptions.type = NativeWindowType.UTILITY;
to hide my window from the taskbar. But it seems I cannot use
such a code for class mx:Application. Or can I (would be grateful
for some idea)?
The main question is:
if I want to migrate my app to that NativeWindow based
solution - then NativeWindow is not an mx class and I cannot find
how I will use Flex Builder Design mode to arrange my GUI elements.
Is it somehow possible to wrap my mx:Application inside
NativeWindow and do not have to migrate the design from mxml files
to pure ActionScript?
The second issue - if I want to use some kind of subforms -
like widget settings window - when I move that window with the
mouse, it is being clipped to the region of my Application. Does
that again mean that I need to use NativeWindow for creating such a
"Widget settings" dialog window?
Thanks for any ideas (and especially for useful links and
examples :-) )

Widget creation in Web Dynpro ABAP

Hi All,
I have one doubt that is there any way to create simple widgets in WD4A just to display some data on the SAP screen.
For eg. There will be invoices which will either be posted or blocked. Based on the status i want to display the counts of the posted invoices and blocked invoices on the SAP screen.
Please let me know if it is possible in Web Dynpro for ABAP ??? if yes then how??
Thanks in Advance,,
Abhijeet

Hi Abhijit,
There is a tool wigdet gallery is there for this it only in beta version, once it is ready you can use it,
Best regards,
Rohit

IBooks Widget creation failures

Hi,
I am experiencing errors and failures when exporting to iBooks WDGT files from Edge Animate 2014.1.1
Sometimes the exported Widget is just OK, some other times, with no apparent reason, the .wdgt file lacks of the needed Info.plist document inside. It's just not there.
As a consequence iBooks Author rejects to insert the Widget as it shows an error of "A main HTML is not defined". I tried to created artificially this Info.plist from a working existing one and include into the Widget file with correct parameters, with no luck.
Someone else experimenting this erratic behavior when creating WDGT files from Animate?
Thanks,

Hi,
Thank you for sharing the result for others.
Regards,
Devendra

Enhanced workflow creation in Captivate 7

What is the process for creating a workflow in Captivate 7? Thank you for your help.

Thank you Lilybiri wrote:
Work flow is not an object or a panel that is added to Captivate, it is just telling you that there are improvements in work flows and usability, compared with previous versions. Captivate 7 offers for the first time the possiblity to create shared actions, to copy/paste advanced actions, objects keep the actions attached to them when copying etc... It has a brandnew swatches palette that makes branding easier, there are new system variables that were asked for since a while, etc
I talked a bit about some of those improvements:
http://blog.lilybiri.com/new-features-in-captivate-7-dot-01
Lilybiri

Widget Creation Software

Does anyone know of a software that easily lets you create widgets? I know Mac OS X Leopard will have this built in, but is there anything similar to that for now.

Hello Stephen, welcome to Apple Discussions.
Yes, there are two shareware products available for creating widgets for Tiger:
1) Widgetarium is a sophisticated development environment that is patterned after XCode. It has a bit of a learning curve, but it can be used to create just about any type of widget.
2) Widget Code is a far simpler product, that helps you manage the files necessary to create widget and includes a very nice set of widget templates that you can modify.
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Widget Creation

Hey,
Sorry i put this here but i didn't know where else to put it.
In the older version of Xcode there was an option to create a Widget now there isn't where did that go?
(I'm running 3.1 (beta))

I'll try it when I get home (on iPhone) but that sounds right thanks!!!!!

Widget creation in Captivate 4 (combobox)

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