Is it possible to link a specific slide in a project from another project?

[SarahCINSW]

Is it possible to link a specific slide in a project from another project? Rather than the begining of the project, which I know is possible.

[Jim_Leichliter]

Hi Sarah,

Yes, this is possible with a bit of JavaScript.  Do an Execute JavaScript action on entry of slide 1 with the below code:

window.getQueryParamValue = function (name){
          var q=document.location.search||document.location.hash;
          if(name==null){return q;}
          if(q){var aryParams=q.substring(1).split("&");
                    for(var i=0;i<aryParams.length;i++){
                              if(aryParams.substring(0,aryParams.indexOf("="))==name){
                                        return aryParams.substring((aryParams.indexOf("=")+1));
                              }
                    }
          }
          return "";
}
if(typeof window.cp === 'undefined'){
          var gotoSlideNumber = getQueryParamValue('cpCmndGotoSlideAndResume');
          if(gotoSlideNumber != '') {
                    document.Captivate.cpEISetValue('m_VarHandle.cpCmndGotoSlideAndResume', gotoSlideNumber -1);
          }
}else{
          window.gotoSlideNumber = window.getQueryParamValue('cpCmndGotoSlideAndResume');
          if(window.gotoSlideNumber != '') {
                    window.cpCmndGotoSlideAndResume = window.gotoSlideNumber -1;
          }
}

Then you can access your course using URL parameters like so:

For SWF output:

http://captivatedev.com/demo/Cp7/JumpToSlide/slide.htm?cpCmndGotoSlideAndResume=9

For HTML5 output:

http://captivatedev.com/demo/Cp7/JumpToSlide/index.html?cpCmndGotoSlideAndResume=7

For Multiscreen:

http://captivatedev.com/demo/Cp7/JumpToSlide/multiscreen.html?cpCmndGotoSlideAndResume=5

The cpCmndGotoSlideAndResume = ? will make the course jump to that slide regardless of SWF or HTML5 output.

[Jim_Leichliter]

You can download that example file from here:

http://captivatedev.com/demo/Cp7/JumpToSlide/Cp7_JumpToSlideRegardlessOfOutput.zip

[Jim_Leichliter]

You can read more about this with specific use cases here:

http://captivatedev.com/2013/11/21/jump-specific-slide-course-using-captivate-7/