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vanithab70121609
vanithab70121609
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June 18, 2015
Question

play pause Custom buttons in Captivate for Multiple Slides

  • June 18, 2015
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Actually my requirement is i need play/pause toggle button for each slide and i can control it for one side but when it goes to the next slide, the name of the play pause button changes and i have to write individual codes for individual slides which is impossible as it results in play pause for indivdual slides and individual codes..

How can i have play/pause buttons for multiple slides..

Iam not using captivate play back controls. Iam using my own User Interface with Customized  next., previous, play/pause, etc...

Can anyone pls guide me out..

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vanithab70121609
vanithab70121609Author
Known Participant
June 18, 2015

‌i have next, previous buttons also and im not using captivate default player bar. On clicking the next button, the pause state should be resumed even if i clicked the pause button in the first slide Which will show the play state..

this is not possible with show for rest of the slide..

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Brainiac
June 18, 2015

I suspect you totally missed the importance of shape buttons that appeared with Captivate 6 (look at the blog posts why they are so important). Moreover in Captivate 8 those shape buttons can have 3 states: Up, Down and Rollover.

As for Next and Back and other buttons I always use shape buttons. All the examples you'll find for recent versions on my blog have shape buttons. I almost never use normal buttons anymore except the embedded buttons on Question/Score slide that cannot be changed into shape buttons.

Your last question can also perfectly be done with an advanced or shared action. You only have to check the state of cpCmndPause/cpCmndResume within the action triggered by the Next button and make sure the Play state is reset.

BTW I never talked about 'rest of slide' but 'rest of project'.

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Brainiac
June 18, 2015

‌thanks a ton lilybri..

i Have buttons designed in photoshop as the client needs some glossy effect for the normal and roll over state.. This can also be done by converting images into button right..?


You can fill each state with another image, yes. I mostly import the PSD in the Library, with each image being a layer. Captivate will convert the layers to PNG's that you can use to fill the three states of a shape button.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Brainiac
    June 18, 2015

    Maybe you could find this blog post useful:

    Toggle Shape buttons - Captivate 6 - Captivate blog

    It depends on the way you create your toggle button, the examples here were not for play/pause but you could easily transfer what I explained in an older post to it:

    Custom Play/Pause button in Captivate - Captivate blog

    I certainly would choose for shape buttons. Either you create them on the master slide, but then you don't have an ID for the button (see one of my scenarios). Or you can put the shape button on the first slide and time it for the rest of the project, always on top.

    vanithab70121609
    vanithab70121609Author
    Known Participant
    June 18, 2015

    ‌Thanks lilybiri..

    but i have two images designed from photoshop as play and pause buttons which have to toggle.. In this case to hide and show particular image i need to have ID for images..which is not possible for multiple slides..

    whats the solution for this..

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Brainiac
    June 18, 2015

    Put the image in a shape button, sorry for another link:

    Turn an Image into a Button - Captivate blog

    So you can use my suggestion. When you time the shape buttons for the rest of the project (one of my scenarios in the first link), always on top, they will have a unique ID that you can use in the advanced action. You could also time the images the same way, but I find inserting them into a shape is reducing the number of objects on the slide.

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