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DIY_Lobotomy
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November 28, 2007
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Do imported SWFs retain their ActionScript in Captivate?...

  • November 28, 2007
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If I do an "Import--->Animation" to add a SWF to a slide of my Captivate3 project, will that SWF's actionscript still function properly? Like, if I load the published captivate SWF into a different main Flash SWF (using "loadMovie", for example), will any SWFs that were imported into the Captivate project be able to reference the main Flash SWF using "_root"?...

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    Correct answer Newsgroup_User
    Yeap, pretty sure they do, but your '_root' references likely won't work
    as you're putting a SWF inside a SWF (that's also likely compiled inside
    a SWF). Note an earlier post where the fix was to preface the functions
    with something like four ._root prefixes...
    I have no idea if loadMovie will still work, but can't hurt to try.
    Erik

    DIY_Lobotomy wrote:
    > If I do an "Import--->Animation" to add a SWF to a slide of my Captivate3
    > project, will that SWF's actionscript still function properly? Like, if I load
    > the published captivate SWF into a different main Flash SWF (using "loadMovie",
    > for example), will any SWFs that were imported into the Captivate project be
    > able to reference the main Flash SWF using "_root"?...
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    >
    >

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    Newsgroup_UserCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    November 29, 2007
    Yeap, pretty sure they do, but your '_root' references likely won't work
    as you're putting a SWF inside a SWF (that's also likely compiled inside
    a SWF). Note an earlier post where the fix was to preface the functions
    with something like four ._root prefixes...
    I have no idea if loadMovie will still work, but can't hurt to try.
    Erik

    DIY_Lobotomy wrote:
    > If I do an "Import--->Animation" to add a SWF to a slide of my Captivate3
    > project, will that SWF's actionscript still function properly? Like, if I load
    > the published captivate SWF into a different main Flash SWF (using "loadMovie",
    > for example), will any SWFs that were imported into the Captivate project be
    > able to reference the main Flash SWF using "_root"?...
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    >
    >

    --
    Erik Lord
    http://www.capemedia.net
    Adobe Community Expert - Authorware
    http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/
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    http://www.awaretips.net - samples, tips, products, faqs, and links!
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    DIY_LobotomyAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 29, 2007
    That worked - thanks!!!
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