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webby7097
Inspiring
July 15, 2008
Question

Flash Drag and Drop interaction

  • July 15, 2008
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I have created a Flash SWF with a drag and drop interacation. Previewed in Flash, it works perfectly; the mc object can be picked up, and locks on the target when released, and dynamic text displays to tell the user that the match is right.

When imported into Captivate, the swf appears to be a static file. Nothing can be moved.

I redid it using older actionscript allowing it to be exported as a Flash v6 file; in this version, the mc object can be moved, but does not lock on the target when dropped, and the dynamic text box is blank.

Both Flash and Captivate are CS3.

Is this simply not compatible in Captivate? Searching for help on drag and drop isn't helpful because it brings up info relative to the drag and drop quiz, which is not what I need; this file is dragging and dropping images.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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webby7097Author
Inspiring
July 28, 2008
I wasn't able to get the full functionality in Captivate, unfortunately, and have instead converted that piece of my learning module over to full Flash.
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webby7097Author
Inspiring
July 16, 2008
That does provide some help. I imported both of his demos into captivate, and noted that only one of them actually works for me; the easing of the object back to its original location may be the culprit, as both his and my swf with that action exhibit the same behaviour, while the one that does not move the object back to its original location works. I'll be doing some additional testing and will post back here with results.

Thanks for your input!
CatBandit
CatBandit
Inspiring
July 16, 2008
I don't know how much help it will be but you should check out this link to a page at Paul Dewhurst's web-site "RaisingAimee". You may not be able to get to that page until you register as a user on Paul's site. If you run into that, register, then try the link again.

If this is any help to you, drop a few pieces-of-eight in Paul's PayPal account, and maybe send him a personal "thank you" on his Shout Box. If it doesn't work, it might be because those particular FLAs were created for version 1, as I remember, and may be to some extent version-specific. In any case, it might be worth a try.

~best wishes for your success,
Larry
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