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Anonymous
June 8, 2013
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How can I create a new skin (other than the default skins) for my Captivate Project?

  • June 8, 2013
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Hi everyone,

I am working on a project where my client wants me to create a player skin which is completely different from the default themes that captivate has already. The design which client has shared with me contains in this way:

1. TOC - should be truncated and can be expanded by pressing "+" button against the Navigation Text. Its like opening and closing the menu bar using + and - buttons

2. Playback controls required by him are also not in the default skins.

I dont know, if there is any way to customize the skins to this level inside captivate.

Please help me out.

Thanks & Regards

Vikas Sharma

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RodWard
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RodWardCommunity Expert
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June 9, 2013

What your client wants is not possible from "inside Captivate".  The app has some ability to customise the playbar but not to the extent your client wants. 

Their requirement would ONLY possible via the services of someone very experienced in AS3 programming, and (if your client is like most clients nowadays) they'll likely expect an HTML5 version of the same playbar as well, which would be even harder to achieve.  Adobe doesn't leave the source files for playbars in the Captivate install folder anymore.  So the only way to find out how one of the current playbars is coded would be to decompile one, and technically that is breaking your license agreement.

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    Anonymous
    June 9, 2013

    Yes Rodward, I tried to go to some extent inside the source files of playbars. But didn't achieved anything. Because the file is somehow connecting to number of as3 files which is really very problematic to get the stuff out.

    Is there any other way to create the SCORM compliant package where i can customize the playback controls and TOC styling??

    Regards

    Vikas Sharma

    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 9, 2013

    Unlikely, I'm afraid.

    The LMS has no control over the playbar that pauses or plays the Captivate content.

    In a Multi SCORM package, the LMS also may be showing a TOC in the SCORM player with links to launch the lesson modules.  This TOC is in addition to the TOC inside the Captivate project file which gives access to sections of the module by jumping to slides that begin those sections.  But the LMS doesn't usually give you any control over the look and feel or functionality of that TOC either. 

    If your client is adamant that they want complete control over these areas, then your best option may be NOT to build this course with Captivate but build it from the ground up with another tool.  E.g. Flash, or Dreamweaver.  Either way, that will add a lot more time and expense to the project.  But if the client has the budget and is unwilling to budge on their requirement, then that's what I would be telling them to do.

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