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Why does the timelines counter disappear?

Community Beginner ,
Jan 25, 2014 Jan 25, 2014

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I'm working on a project and more and more frequently my timeline counter disappears. I'm not able to move the curser and edit. I have to save, close Captivate, and re-open. Even at this point, it only reappears sometimes.

I've had this problem in the past but its happening more and more and causing production to slow!

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Please help, what can I do? Has anyone else had this issue?

Windows 8

Captivate 8

I've had this problem working on other PCs as well fyi

Thanks in advance Captivate experts!!!

Sabrina

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Mentor ,
Jan 26, 2014 Jan 26, 2014

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Captivate 8???? I guess you meant Captivate 7.

Seems like a RAM issue. Please close any other open application and try.

Sreekanth

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Community Expert ,
Jan 26, 2014 Jan 26, 2014

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No Sreekanth, this happened a lot in version 6 (and sometimes in 5 as well). And I have 32GB of RAM on my system + NVidia GTX680 with 2GB. It was a bug...

@Sabrina please mention the exact version number if you are indeed on 6, you should have 240 or more as last numbers, if you are still on the one that ends with 199, upgrade ASAP

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Contributor ,
Jan 27, 2014 Jan 27, 2014

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I just had this happen on my brand spanking new MacBook and only had Captivate (one project), Fireworks, and Bridge open on the screen. I wasn't exactly putting the machine through its paces. Once I did turn off/on Captivate though - the timeline came back.

See my screen below.

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New Here ,
Feb 13, 2014 Feb 13, 2014

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Hello -

Yes, this is happening to me as well - and it seems to be happening with greaer frequency. I am inclined to call it a bug. Is there an ETA on a fix?

Erin

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Community Expert ,
Feb 13, 2014 Feb 13, 2014

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It even happened sometimes in 6, and seems not to be totally solved. But just moving to another slide and coming back mostly repairs the timeline, so I don't bother so much about it.

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Explorer ,
Feb 13, 2014 Feb 13, 2014

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Lilybiri wrote:

But just moving to another slide and coming back mostly repairs the timeline.

Maybe the "bug fix" since 6 has changed the characteristics of the problem.

I regularly loose the "ruller" at the top of the timeline (7.0.1 + Win7) and changing slides never fixes it.

I end up moving the two sliders at the bottom of the timeline till eventually I am able to see both the ruller AND the section of the timeline I want to edit.

Phebe - I agree - definately a BUG!

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Community Expert ,
Feb 14, 2014 Feb 14, 2014

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Sorry, maybe I'm just lucky. What about resetting or changing a workspace?

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Explorer ,
Apr 07, 2014 Apr 07, 2014

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I never had this happen in Captivate 6, but upgraded to 7 just last week. This has happened several times, and makes it very difficult to work.

RAM was recently upgraded, so I have lots of it.

Closing and reopening seems to bring it back, but I can't be doing that every 10 minutes.

Has anyone found a resolution yet?

Thank you,

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Community Expert ,
Apr 07, 2014 Apr 07, 2014

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Try refreshing your workspace.  You might also need to clear out your project cache.

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New Here ,
Jun 02, 2014 Jun 02, 2014

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This bug is alive and well in Captivate 8, on both the Mac and Windows versions.

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Participant ,
Sep 15, 2015 Sep 15, 2015

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It's happening to me right now, and I'm using Captivate 8, the only other window opened is PowerPoint.  Yet ANOTHER bug in this worthless program of agony. Never, ever ever again will I purchase Adobe garbage.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 15, 2015 Sep 15, 2015

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Will you make that a promise?

I'm sorta growing tired of the rants.

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Participant ,
Jun 02, 2014 Jun 02, 2014

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I've experienced this in both CP6 and CP7.

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Explorer ,
Dec 11, 2015 Dec 11, 2015

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I'm having the same issue in Captivate 9, and just started using it.  😞

Windows 7 Professional

Intel Core i7 @ 2.6 GHz

16G RAM

64 Bit OS

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Community Expert ,
Dec 12, 2015 Dec 12, 2015

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This is a known issue.

Try resetting your Workspace, moving the timeline slider back and forth a bit, relaunching Captivate, or resetting the Preferences folder.

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Explorer ,
Dec 14, 2015 Dec 14, 2015

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How does one either reset the Workspace, or reset the Preferences folder?

My current project is pretty much freezing every time I click the video bar. The cursor turns to a fist for about 5 minutes, and then eventually, the screen comes back, with no timeline. I'm not able to do anything with the file, as clicking the video bar is about the 3rd action I complete after opening the file.

I have cleared cache, and made sure that everything is local. Is there anything system-wise I can do to improve the capability?  It's only a 7 minute video with graphics, audio, highlighting boxes, etc.

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Community Expert ,
Dec 14, 2015 Dec 14, 2015

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The Workspace can be reset via the dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the Captivate UI.

Resetting the Preferences folder is done by executing the relevant CleanPreferences utility found in the Utils folder of the Captivate installation directory.

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New Here ,
Apr 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016

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I have Captivate 9, and the same problem appears to be happening from several previous versions. I reset the Workspace, then used the ClearnPreferences for Win. I had to restart Captivate to retrieve my timeline counter AND my ability to move the timeline slider I cannot grab and move it). Here is how the timeline looks w/o the counters

Time will tell if your solution was a permanent fix to Captivate or the restart was the temporary fix like it has been for the last couple weeks.

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Community Expert ,
Apr 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016

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It has been quite a while now since I did see that issue appearing (as was the case in previous versions). Are you on 9.0.1.320?

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New Here ,
Apr 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016

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Yes. That is the version I'm using.

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Community Expert ,
Apr 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016

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I really wonder what is causing this. The issue that the timeline doesn't refresh immediately when change stacking order by dragging timelines, is still present for me. However it has been several months since I last did see the time counter disappear. Are you working in the newbie or expert UI?

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New Here ,
Apr 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016

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Just disappeared again. Not sure what you mean by the "newbie" UI. I'm using the "Classic" view.

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Community Expert ,
Apr 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016

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Do you have the Big buttons Library and Properties? In that case you use

the newbie UI.

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Apr 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016

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I see nothing that says "Big Buttons." Does this help?

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