Web object interaction disappears (SWF output, Internet Explorer 10)

[ElaKat]

Hi folks,

I've encountered a problem with web objects disappearing in SWF output in Internet Explorer 10 (Windows 7 machine). It doesn't happen in Chrome, but unfortunately that doesn't help me since I'm stuck with a corporate environment that only uses IE.

The issue is if I click inside the web object (pdf, web page, whatever) and then click outside it, the whole interaction disappears. I've been using Jim's JavaScript code for a dynamic web object, but the same thing happens if I make a new project and simply put an web address into the widget. It happens in preview, in a web browser, on SCORMCloud, our LMS, and in Jim's example SWF in his dynamic web object tutorial.

I've tried workarounds, such as putting a transparent image/smart shape on top, but of course the web object/iframe is always on top. (Which I knew, but still hoped...)

I'm not sure if anyone can help, but it would be nice to know if it happens for other people in the same web browser.

I suppose I will contact Adobe directly soon, because it would be really disappointing to have to give up on my project idea-- a randomized quiz with customized questions that pulls html files with the proper image, meant to duplicate an old test (made in Authorware, I think). It might be reproducible with Advanced Actions, but not very simply, and not in a way that could easily be reused for multiple tests with different pictures or number of questions. Plus I had another project in the works that could involve using the widget to embed a PDF, and that won't work either.

Thanks for reading,

ElaKat

[Jim Leichliter · Accepted solution]

Check the wmode (window mode) of the SWF.  I think it should be set to "opaque".  You'll need to make that change in either the html file or one of the js files (depending how you published).

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash/kb/flash-object-embed-tag-attributes.html#main_Using_Window_Mode__wmode...

[ElaKat]

Thank you! I found the right bit of code at the top of SCORM_utilities.js. It seems to be working perfectly now in SCORMCloud; I've clicked and clicked and it won't disappear, and all my randomization is working still.

Thanks so much, again. I was envisioning having to scrap the whole idea, and yet that was so simple to change. (It would be even simpler if we had admin rights and I could edit the file Captivate uses to publish, but... I'll stop complaining about corporate policies )