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Sreekanth_S
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July 5, 2024
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Change default hint and failure captions in software simulation

  • July 5, 2024
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Hi 

 

I am capturing software demos in Demo, training and assessment modes. I am using smartshapes for captions.

 

In training mode, I want all my hint captions to be "Click here." and all my failure captions to be "Incorrect. Please try again." The failure caption for assessment should be "Incorrect. Please try again." However, by default, these are "Type hint text here" and Type failure text here."

 

Can I change these default texts? I found these texts in the strings.xml file of en_US folder and changed it. But that didn't help even after I restarted Captivate. Is there any other way?

 

Please advise.

 

Sreekanth

 

 

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    July 5, 2024

    Not sure if this option is still available, need to check it out.

    Years ago we had a file with extension 'rdl' for each of the languages you could choose in the Preferences. That choice affected which of those files were used for capturing software simulations. They had all the texts used in those sims. Since I retired from the university college, I created only in English, and didn't check out those files anymore. They used to be in the installation folder, not in the en_US which is linked to the language of the Captivate app.

    I mentioned this in a blog post, which has also a screenshot of those files in Explorer:

    Software simulations: Preparation phase (back to basics) - Captivate blog (lilybiri.com)

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    Sreekanth_SAuthor
    Legend
    July 8, 2024

    Changing RDL files is not working, Lieve. I even tried using text captions instead of smartshapes, hoping that it will work. But no. 

     

    Will continue to explore other files.

    RodWard
    Community Expert
    RodWardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 8, 2024

    I think you find that changes to the RDL files only take effect on new CPTX project files, not ones that you have already started under previous versions of the files.  This is because certain data is cached inside the structure of the project file when it is created and cannot be edited or changed after that point.

     

    So, now that you have changed the RDL files, try creating a new fresh project file and see if your changes then appear.

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