Export project w/ skin to embed in PowerPoint

Question

Hello,

I have captured a demonstration video with full motion video
in Captivate 2. I have published the project with one of the
default skins to control the video playback (
play/pause, rewind, etc). When I publish the file as SWF I
am left with two files... 
project.swf and 
project_skin.swf.

It appears to me that 
project.swf is the actual full motion video demonstration I
created. The 
project_skin.swf is a sort of "wrapper" or flash file that
calls the flash file, 
project.swf. This all works when I just launch the 
project_skin.swf file from within windows explorer. The
problem I am running into is when I try to embed the swf into
PowerPoint.

I need to embed the 
project_skin.swf file because that is the one that makes use
of the play controls. So I embed that in the PPT following the
direction from within the Captivate Help File (
control box > more control > shockwave flash object >
etc. > etc.).

Is there some way to combine the two swf files so I am left
with one single swf file that contains both the full motion video I
captured as well as the skin with the playback controls? Or, is
there an alternative way I should be doing this to get this setup
to work in PPT?

The end result I would like to have is a slide in a
PowerPoint presentation that has the full motion video embedded in
it with a play/pause/rewind button so the presenter could control
the swf playback from within PowerPoint.

I don't think it matters, but just incase it does, ultimately
this PowerPoint will be used with Adobe Connect meeting software.

Thanks in advance,

Joe

Anonymous · Answer

Ok, I got it all working... here are the steps I took so they are documented for others who may encounter the same problem...

Capture the demo in captivate
Setup the skin the way you like it
turn borders off so your end product is one file.
Publish the captivate project to SWF
Open PowerPoint, follow the steps outlined in the captivate help file for embedding flash in PPT
when that is all done, save your PPT file and close PowerPoint.
Open PowerPoint back up, open your PPT file, and it will work (ir did for me!)

The step I was missing (which makes no sense to me) was the part about closing PowerPoint and then reopening it. I don't know if this act is what "embeds" the swf file or what, but without that step, it will not work for me. YMMV.

Good luck!

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