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j-wa
j-wa
Inspiring
January 9, 2009
Question

pause imported swf when Captivate movie is paused

  • January 9, 2009
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Hello,

I have created several small swf-animations (e.g. textboxes flying in) which I use in a captivate movie. This works fine, however, when the movie is paused and then continuied, the swf-animations on the slide start over again. I have noticed that the swf-animations that come with Captivate don't show this behaviour. What's the (actionscript?) trick?

Thanks for your suggestions.
Jan
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CP4_DevD
Participating Frequently
February 19, 2009
Have a look at the blog
http://blogs.adobe.com/preran/
_root issue in Adobe Captivate
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Anonymous
February 2, 2009
i just tried the 'synchronize with project' and it didn't help me. :-( i'm trying to insert a raptivity file as .swf...can you help?
many thanks,
mimi
j-wa
j-waAuthor
Inspiring
February 10, 2009
Hi mimibanks,

unfortunately I have no experience with raptivity-generated swfs. I suspect that they incorporate more complex actionscript code which might not fit in with the Captivate actionscript framework. This is only a guess, though. The swfs I am using contain only a minimal amount of actionscript.

Best regards
Jan
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Anonymous
February 10, 2009
This problem stumped everyone...I was on the phone with Raptivity for DAYS!! here is the solution they proposed which seems to work......
Step 1: Open a Blank project and click on ‘Insert-Animation’. Browse for the swf file of Raptivity and click OK.



Step 2: Save this project.(Create a new folder for this project on some location on your machine.)

Step 3: Select Edit > Preferences.


a. In the Publish Settings option of the Project menu, select Animations in the Externalize Resources list.

b. In the General Settings option of the Global menu, browse for the saved folder (under Default locations) of Captivate’s project and click on OK.



Step 4: Now click on ‘Insert-Animation’ and browse for the fix.swf file (attached along with this mail) and click on OK.



Step 5: Select Edit > Preferences.


a. In the Publish Settings option of the Project menu, select Animations in the Externalize Resources list.

b. In the General Settings option of the Global menu, browse for the saved folder (under Default locations) of Captivate’s project and click on OK.





Step 6: Publish the file. To do so, click on the menu File-Publish and ensure you publish this in the same folder of Captivate’s project.



Finished !!! you have successfully integrated Raptivity into Captivate directly.

j-wa
j-waAuthor
Inspiring
January 12, 2009
"Synchronize with project" seems to do the trick! Thank you!

Best Regards
Jan
Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
January 9, 2009
Welcome to our community, Jan

If you double-click one of the imported SWF files and examine the properties, look at the Options tab. On this tab is an option labeled "Synchronize with project". Have you tried enabling this option to see if it changes the behavior?

Cheers... Rick
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