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flipstyle
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January 15, 2015
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Can Captivate 7's playback controls control Flash swf files?

  • January 15, 2015
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Hi folks,

I have created a swf file using Adobe Flash and I have imported it as an animation slide in Captivate 7. I have turned on the playback controls to just have the play button and the progress bar. When I export the presentation, the playback controls do not work. The scrubber moves as the presentation is playing, but I can't pause the presentation. When I stop the scrubber or even move it left or right, it does not affect the presentation and it just keeps playing. Am I doing something wrong? I don't want to have to create a custom nav bar in Flash as it would just be easier to use Captivate's playback bar.

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TLCMediaDesign
TLCMediaDesign
Inspiring
January 15, 2015

The controls do not operate an inserted animation. It's basically just a movieclip. You could get the animation to listen to Captivate if you made it a widget. The widget could then listen for Captivate pauses and currentFrames and react to the playbar.

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flipstyleAuthor
Participant
January 15, 2015

I am not familiar with Widgets. Would you happen to have a quick explanation on how to do this?

TLCMediaDesign
TLCMediaDesign
Inspiring
January 15, 2015

I don't think it can be expained quickly as it can be very complicated. But...

Select New Project/Widget in Flash and choose static widget. You need to be very adept in AS3 to actually get them to work.

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