How do I hide or show player bar on certain slides only (not the entire Project)

As RodWard noted, captivate in captivate will cause you no end of pain and suffering (well, irritation).

As Rick pointed out, you CAN communicate from a Flash created .swf to Captivate. You need to use actionscrip 3 (AS3).

Disclaimer: I am NOT an actionscripter...I only learn what I need to get my task at hand done and this resolved my problems.

Again you need to be in FLASH, not captivate.

stop();

function openMenu2(event:MouseEvent):void {

    MovieClip(root).rdcmndNextSlide = 1;

}

btn_selection.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,openMenu2);

MovieClip(root) communicates from your FLASH created swf with the Cpt .swf.

rdcmndNextSlide = 1 is the action to go to the next slide.

Caution: Using Movie clips inside your FLASH swf adds a layer of complexity that I've not been able to comprehend, so your button and AS needs be on the main timeline of the FLASH created swf.

Cheers,

Michael

You can set up Advanced Actions that either SHOW or HIDE the playbar by manipulating the system variable as shown below:

You can trigger these actions On Slide Enter as needed to hide or show the playbar on particular slides.