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November 30, 2007
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Attempting to run audio playback bar within Captivate

  • November 30, 2007
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I am attempting to place a swf audio playback bar within a Captivate slide. It would allow users to play an audio file over and over within the same slide. The Captivate slide will not have a playback bar at the bottom of it.

I've attempted to make a swf file with an embedded audio file and a playback bar using Flash MX. The swf file works just fine when it is played on its own. The playback controls (play, pause, rewind) in the bar work just fine, too. However, whenever I attempt to insert it within the Captivate 3 slide (as a swf animation), I get an error message that states:

The Adobe Flash file has unresolved dependencies. This might cause Adobe Captivate to run incorrectly or stop working. Do you want to continue to add this file?

When I do insert the file, I only get the audio portion of the file and not the playback bar. Can anyone help me with this?


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    Correct answer Newsgroup_User
    Looks like that's using loadMovie to bring in the audio file itself.
    That works fine? It's just the controls that don't appear? Paths get all
    whacked out when brought into Captivate as there are now more layers on
    top of the SWF you imported. So if the controls are referenced by
    anything that relies on an external path, it could be that the path is
    now wrong. It may be helpful to search the forum for posts with
    something like "_root._root" for examples of how others have handled this...
    ...if that's even part of the problem!
    Erik

    Skipthomp wrote:
    > Actually, I created the swf file in Flash MX using the following instructions:
    >
    >
    > http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/167/1/Flash-MX-Audio-Player/Page1
    > .html
    >
    > Other than attempting to create a playback bar in Flash, is there another way
    > to do this?
    >

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    Newsgroup_User
    Inspiring
    November 30, 2007
    Sounds like the audio controller was created using a Component in Flash.
    No?
    If so, you have to include the component in a place the SWF you created
    can find it. Usually placing it in the same folder as the other SWFs
    works, but depends on how the component is being referenced in the SWF
    you made...
    Erik

    Skipthomp wrote:
    > I am attempting to place a swf audio playback bar within a Captivate slide....
    >

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    Erik Lord
    http://www.capemedia.net
    Adobe Community Expert - Authorware
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    Anonymous
    December 1, 2007
    Actually, I created the swf file in Flash MX using the following instructions:

    http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/167/1/Flash-MX-Audio-Player/Page1.html

    Other than attempting to create a playback bar in Flash, is there another way to do this?
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