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Captivate 4 - Advanced Actions - Pause/Play buttons

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August 19, 2009
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Hi - So I have created a 2 buttons - a pause and play - so my users can pause/play my captivate video (audio and actual slide). I have created my 2 variables for the buttons and I have created my advanced action. I'm assigning my pause to 'rdcmndPause', hide pause, show play. And I'm assigning play to 'rdcmndResume', hide play, show pause. It's not working. The pause/play buttons appear and disappear like they should - but my project isn't pausing or playing. Any thoughts?

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Correct answer Paul_D

I'm not very good with AS3 but try this, removed some of your code and added a bit ;-) worked OK for me

PauseButton.visible = true;

PlayButton.visible = false;

PlayButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,hidePlay);

PauseButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,hidePause);

function hidePlay (event:MouseEvent):void {

PauseButton.visible = true;

PlayButton.visible = false;

MovieClip(this.parent.parent).rdcmndResume = 1;

}

function hidePause (event:MouseEvent):void {

PauseButton.visible = false;

PlayButton.visible = true;

MovieClip(this.parent.parent).rdcmndPause = 1;

}

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Has anyone difinitively figured out how to make a pause/play button? I'm using Captivate 4. Obviously the rdcmdpause function does not work. I really need someone to go step by step. I have wasted so much time on this, I'm thinking that captivate may not be the way to go.

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Welcome to our community

I'm assuming that since you are replying to a thread that is more than a year old that you have read the thread entirely. Assuming that you have, you will know that the only way to achieve this (in ANY version of Captivate to date - Including the latest version) is to create either a Flash object you insert or an official Captivate Widget (versions 4 and 5 only) to accomplish this goal.

If you would like to see the functionality eventually appear in Captivate you (and others that want to see this) need to submit a Wish Form to alert the development team to the need. (Link to the Wish Form is in my sig.)

Cheers... Rick

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I created in Flash (AS2) the attached Pause/Play button, using the rdcmndResume and rdcmndPause' parameters. The buttons work great. As an added bonus, the Flash buttons can fade in and out unlike Captivate buttons.

One caution - I intended the button to "Display for: the rest of the slide". If you want the button to "Display for: the rest of the project", use "_parent._parent.rdcmndPause = 1;" instead of "_parent._parent._parent.rdcmndPause = 1;" and "_parent._parent.rdcmndResume = 1;" instead of "_parent._parent._parent.rdcmndResume = 1;"

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Ok - so new problem. I have a project that already has some AS3 in it, so I need a Pause/Play button in AS3. I got it to switch in my Flash file but I can't get it to stop the captivate file. I know my variables are rdcmndPause, and rdcmndPlay and I know that somewhere I need to have parent/root. But I don't know where to put it or if I should really even be adding it. this is what I have for my code so far...pointers anyone?

PauseButton.visible = true;
PlayButton.visible = false;
var rdcmndPause = 0;
var rdcmndResume = 0;

PlayButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,hidePlay);
PauseButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,hidePause);

function hidePlay (event:MouseEvent):void {
PauseButton.visible = true;
PlayButton.visible = false;
rdcmndPause = 1;
rdcmndResume = 0;
}

function hidePause (event:MouseEvent):void {
PauseButton.visible = false;
PlayButton.visible = true;
rdcmndResume = 1;
rdcmndPause = 0;
}

Paul_DCorrect answer

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I'm not very good with AS3 but try this, removed some of your code and added a bit ;-) worked OK for me

PauseButton.visible = true;

PlayButton.visible = false;

PlayButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,hidePlay);

PauseButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,hidePause);

function hidePlay (event:MouseEvent):void {

PauseButton.visible = true;

PlayButton.visible = false;

MovieClip(this.parent.parent).rdcmndResume = 1;

}

function hidePause (event:MouseEvent):void {

PauseButton.visible = false;

PlayButton.visible = true;

MovieClip(this.parent.parent).rdcmndPause = 1;

}

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Inspiring

I just tried to do this in CP4 and I can easily get the rdcmndResume to work, but the rdcmndPause wil not work no matter what I try.

According to the information about using the variables you should be able to set rdcmndPause to 1 and then the movie should pause. I tried to make a Flash file that sets the rdcmndPause = 1 when it's imported into Captivate. That works just fine and the project is paused as it should be.

I think that this is a bug in Captivate 4 with the rdcmndPause variable when setting it through Advanced Actions.

/Michael

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Hi all

I thought the fact pause didn't work was a bug myself and a few months back submitted as same to Adobe. According to the Captivate dev team it is *NOT* a bug and it works just fine. I don't remember the specifics, but it had something to do with the fact that it was an action and actions always continue (or something like that).

I disagree and feel it should work as one would expect, so it looks as though I'm not alone.

Perhaps it will help if others report it as a bug too!

Cheers... Rick

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Hi again

I forgot to add that you *can* make this work if you want to delve into the misty and mysterious world of JavaScript. That's how I made mine work. I don't have the script handy at the moment. If I did I'd post here. I'm about to leave for a bit. If I remember, I'll look it up when I return and post.

Cheers... Rick

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