Using the Execute JavaScript Window

You have a few choices:

1.  In the .htm wrapper containing the .swf using script tags

2.  In a .js file (like the standard.js file)

I typically put my JavaScript functions in the standard.js file.  I alter the standard.js template in the Captivate install directory.  That way, all of my JS functions are available every time I publish.  Then inside of Cp, I can call my functions like:    GoToSlide(5);

Captivate doesn't care whether the JavaScript is in the .htm wrapper, in a .js file, or in the Captivate JavaScript panel.  It all gets pumped to the browser's DOM anyway.  (DOM = Document Object Model).  What DOES matter is the order of operations when getting a reference to the Captivate object.  There's a chance you could reference the Captivate object before it's actually created.  You want to make sure the .htm and .swf are done loading before you perform any action on the Captivate object.  I usually get a reference to the Captivate object on the slide entry action of the first slide of the Cp project:

var objCp = document.Captivate;

That way I know for sure that the Captivate object is loaded and ready.

HTH,

Jim Leichliter