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TamMeh
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September 14, 2010
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Page Counter Variable & Captivate 4

  • September 14, 2010
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Hello - I can't get a simple page counter variable to work that I snagged from Captain Captivate. When I click to preview, the project will not show. I’ve tried F4 and F12, it will not preview the project. When I click F3, it shows the variable text. I’ve downloaded his sample file, this will not preview either. When I delete the variable the previews work. Any ideas on how to solve this problem or is there another option for creating a simple page counter?

Thanks!!

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    MPizanti
    Known Participant
    November 4, 2010

    I have the same issue as TamMeh and have tried everything suggested in the replies to this post - to no avail.

    I tried creating a new project based on one of the supplied templates and only added the captivate version variable - as soon as I do this the project will not compile.

    I am working on a PC which is connected to a network but everything I do is stored locally. I am using Captivate4 and Windows XP and my user is the Administrator.

    Any help much appreciated

    Thanks

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    September 14, 2010

    Hello,

    You are talking about a slide number? There is a system variable cpInfoCurrentSlide that gives you that number. To have it on all the slides:

    • insert a Text Caption on the first slide, in which you insert this system variable, you can add other text as well
    • change the timing of this Text caption to 'for rest of project'
    • preview: you will have the slide number on each slide.

    If you want to know more about variables, I posted something for starters. The link is in this blog post:

    Curious about variables in Captivate (4 & 5)?

    And if you want to know more, can recommend a Goober guide by the moderator of this CP-forum, Captiv8r:

    Variables and advanced actions

    Lilybiri

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    TamMehAuthor
    Known Participant
    September 14, 2010

    Thanks for responding so quickly! I'm actually looking for troubleshooting. I've tried these steps and it's not working correctly. I've tried to preview but Captivate seems to freeze. I've tried to publish, same results, Captivate freezes. When I remove the variables, the project/Captivate unfreezes and works fine. Any ideas on why variables don't seem to work in my Captivate? Since I initially posted, I tried a few other simple variables and they don't seem to be working either.

    Thanks again

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    September 15, 2010

    Hello,

    Is this happening in every project or just in one project? If it happens all the time, I would try to delete the preferences file captivate_v40.dat.  It will destroy all your preferences, you should be aware of that but solved quite a lot of strange issues like you seem to have. Do this with CP closed, after restarting CP will recreate the file. Think it is worth trying. You can find the file in your profile, under Application Data\Adobe\Captivate 4

    Lilybiri

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