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danrowson-so-media
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August 17, 2015
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Edit 'Rewind' button functionality in Playbar

  • August 17, 2015
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Hi everyone,

I'm new to the forums and fairly new to Captivate so any advice would be appreciated.

I've been scouring on here for a little while looking for an answer but apologies in advance if I am duplicating an existing discussion.

I am developing my first Captivate project in Captivate 8.0. So far, so good. I have some nice graphics (I am a bit of a Photoshop whizz, hence why I have been asked, from our team, to work on this) but my first issue has just cropped up.

I am trying to tweak the standard Playbar controls. I have managed to duplicate an existing fla for cpPlaybar and export a new swf file from this and import said swf into Captivate so I can select it as my projects Playbar. What I am now trying to do is amend the 'rewind' button to not re-start the entire project but re-start the current slide. I cant for the life of me work out how to do this.

I have managed to create a new button that jumps to frame 1 within Captivate but it obviously sits in a different place to the Playbar menu and doesn't fit with my OCD.

Does anyone have any advice on what I would need to do within Flash to amend the actions on the rewind button to jump back to frame 1 of the current slide?

Thanks in advance.

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    August 17, 2015

    Personally I would add a custom shape button which is possible on the

    master slide. The advanced (or shared).action to be triggered is:

    Expression cpCmndGotoSlide = cpInfoCurrentSlide -1

    I have to tell that I almost never use a default playbar, but create my

    proper navigation and control buttons. Default playbar is confusing in a

    non-linear project, can cause problems in quizzes and user can scrub

    quickly ti finish project.

    On Aug 17, 2015 8:46 AM, "danrowson-so-media" <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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    danrowson-so-mediaAuthor
    Participant
    August 17, 2015

    Thanks Lilybiri,

    I'm starting to think that building a bespoke Playbar within Captivate might work better; but I couldn't seem to get a single button that would toggle the TOC to open AND close. Although I did find a widget I have downloaded but yet to test.

    Am I right in thinking the line of code you offer is to be used within Captivate when creating a Smartshape button or will this work in Flash Action script?

    ALSO, one other error I am struggling with is getting my tooltip to work on a rollover image. It seems I can either have a roll over image or a roll over caption. Not both.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    August 17, 2015

    Open/Close TOC is only possible for TOC in overlay, with this simple action:

    Toggle cpCmndShowTOC.

    I suggest you go to my blog and search for my table with system variables.

    Sorry, I am on the road, cannot offer you the specific link.

    Http://blog.lilybiri.com

    On Aug 17, 2015 9:03 AM, "danrowson-so-media" <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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