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Marcus Brady
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when importing a flash animation into captivate flash will not call external files

  • August 20, 2009
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Is there a way to import flash into captivate and it still be able to call external files (ie. sound, video xml)? When I import flash into captivate it will not call any external file.

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    Correct answer www_cpguru_com

    Tried it on my work PC here this morning, but still no joy. If I download your original zip file (2.3 mb) I get a message stating that it doesn't contain any files. If I download the last version you uploaded (235 kb) I get a message saying that the zip archive is corrupted. I think perhaps the forum here is messing up the zip files.

    Try and mail me the attachments to admin (at) captivate4.com instead and I'll take a look at it.

    /Michael

    Click here to visit the www.captivate4.com blog


    Just to follow up on this. I recieved the files from Marcus on email and the problem was that the Flash file was using ActionScript 3 (AS3) and Captivate 3 does not support AS3 Flash files.

    That is why it wouldn't work as intended.

    /Michael

    Click here to visit the www.captivate4.com blog

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    W
    www_cpguru_com
    Inspiring
    August 20, 2009

    Thats no problem at all. Captivate doesn't care if your Flash files uses external resources so you are (for the most part) free to do what you want in Flash.

    The error that 95.6% of the people do when they import these things into Flash is that they don't move the external files to the directory where your Captivate movie gets published to. Once you publish your project from Captivate it only deals with the files that it knows exists - therefore any external files like xml, mp3, flv, wav whatever will not be moved there automatically. Move them manually and it should work.

    If it still doesn't work then the problem most likely is in your ActionScript linkage to the dependant files. Make sure your paths are correct.

    Lastly, if the above two doesn't help you then try and set the publish settings in Captivate to "Externalize animations" provided that you have Captivate 4. This can sometime sort out some weird errors.

    /Michael

    Click here to visit the www.captivate4.com blog

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Brainiac
    August 20, 2009

    www.captivate4.com wrote:

    ..The error that 95.6% of the people do..

    Indeed... I've heard that 83.5% of ALL statistics are totally made up on the spot!

    Cheers... Rick

    W
    www_cpguru_com
    Inspiring
    August 21, 2009

    That's very true Rick

    However, according to recent surveys, 76.5% of.....

    I just know it's the absolute biggest problem when it comes to Flash files and external files. I know that I myself have forgotten to move the required files the published directory quite a few times.

    /Michael

    Click here to visit the www.captivate4.com blog

    S
    Scout's Mom
    Inspiring
    August 20, 2009

    Marcus, I don't believe that Captivate can do a two-level file call.  You'd either have to package your external files into the Flash file before importing or fake it by synching the audio in Captivate to the Flash movie.

    Leslie Bivens

    E-Learning Developer/Captivate Coach

    leslie@lesliebivens.com

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Brainiac
    August 20, 2009

    Hi all

    Wow, I was so hoping fellow Adobe Community Expert Paul Dewhurst would pop in on this thread.

    Why? Well, Paul sent me a way cool gizmo a while back that hacked the Info button. It used an external file for some of the information! So somehow Paul managed to sort what it took to insert a Flash object into Captivate and have that object extract data from an externally located file.

    Cheers... Rick

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