Comments on: Adobe Captivate 4 Review, Part I http://wheatblog.com/2009/03/adobe-captivate-4-review-part-i/ personal weblog of James "Wheatbread" Martin Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:00:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://wheatblog.com/2009/03/adobe-captivate-4-review-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-729 admin Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:11:59 +0000 http://wheatblog.com/?p=1109#comment-729 Ah, I see that you have: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/608198?tstart=0 Ah, I see that you have: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/608198?tstart=0

]]> By: admin http://wheatblog.com/2009/03/adobe-captivate-4-review-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-728 admin Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:09:49 +0000 http://wheatblog.com/?p=1109#comment-728 It sounds like one project is sharing an externalized resource of the other. I"m assuming you have a Topic1.cp and a Topic2.cp, right? When you publish, do you publish both of those to separate folders? And, when you upload them to whatever you're using to deliver them, is that separation maintained? I've experimented a bit with loading Cp-generated SWFs in to custom TOC containers built in Flash. And my results so far are mixed. You could circumvent the problem by linking rather than trying to load them into your master SWF, and using a button or some other action at the end of Topic1.swf and Topic2.swf to return to the page from which you launched them. Have you posted this one over at the Adobe Captivate Forum? Someone there might have a better idea: http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_captivate It sounds like one project is sharing an externalized resource of the other. I”m assuming you have a Topic1.cp and a Topic2.cp, right? When you publish, do you publish both of those to separate folders? And, when you upload them to whatever you’re using to deliver them, is that separation maintained?

I’ve experimented a bit with loading Cp-generated SWFs in to custom TOC containers built in Flash. And my results so far are mixed. You could circumvent the problem by linking rather than trying to load them into your master SWF, and using a button or some other action at the end of Topic1.swf and Topic2.swf to return to the page from which you launched them.

Have you posted this one over at the Adobe Captivate Forum? Someone there might have a better idea: http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_captivate

]]> By: Ali Ahamed http://wheatblog.com/2009/03/adobe-captivate-4-review-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Ali Ahamed Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:48:01 +0000 http://wheatblog.com/?p=1109#comment-727 Hi, I've a weird problem while using Captivate 4’s TOC feature. I've few standalone CP generated SWF files (they have separate TOCs) which are called in a flash course. This flash course has several pages; in turn these pages have a dedicated button on each page (these buttons are not linked to each other and they’re separate) to call these CP generated SWFs (separately) and will load them in a common movie clip (one at a time). The button has an AS (Action Script) code that goes multiple levels to call this CP generated SWF. Now, my problem is, when I click a particular button to open a particular CP generated SWF, I see the TOC is corrupt; the other CP generated SWF’s TOC items appear in this along with few of this file’s TOC items. Example: I have 2 CP generated SWF files: Topic1.swf (this file has a TOC – Slide 1, Slide 2, and Slide 3) and Topic2.swf (this file has a TOC – Page 1, Page 2, and Page 3). As I said before, I’ve two different buttons in my flash-based course that calls these 2 CP generated files (Topic1.swf and Topic2.swf) When I click a button, it loads the correct CP generated SWF, but the TOC has few items from the second CP generated SWF’s TOC  TOC for first CP generated SWF (in runtime – while launching from the course) – The TOC is wrong as it has few TOC items from other CP generated SWFs: Page 1 Page 2 Slide 1 TOC for first CP generated SWF (while opening the SWF in a standalone mode) – This is the correct TOC: Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 I would really appreciate any input. Thanks in advance. Ali Ahamed Hi,

I’ve a weird problem while using Captivate 4’s TOC feature. I’ve few standalone CP generated SWF files (they have separate TOCs) which are called in a flash course. This flash course has several pages; in turn these pages have a dedicated button on each page (these buttons are not linked to each other and they’re separate) to call these CP generated SWFs (separately) and will load them in a common movie clip (one at a time). The button has an AS (Action Script) code that goes multiple levels to call this CP generated SWF.

Now, my problem is, when I click a particular button to open a particular CP generated SWF, I see the TOC is corrupt; the other CP generated SWF’s TOC items appear in this along with few of this file’s TOC items.

Example:
I have 2 CP generated SWF files: Topic1.swf (this file has a TOC – Slide 1, Slide 2, and Slide 3) and Topic2.swf (this file has a TOC – Page 1, Page 2, and Page 3). As I said before, I’ve two different buttons in my flash-based course that calls these 2 CP generated files (Topic1.swf and Topic2.swf) When I click a button, it loads the correct CP generated SWF, but the TOC has few items from the second CP generated SWF’s TOC 

TOC for first CP generated SWF (in runtime – while launching from the course) – The TOC is wrong as it has few TOC items from other CP generated SWFs:
Page 1
Page 2
Slide 1

TOC for first CP generated SWF (while opening the SWF in a standalone mode) – This is the correct TOC:
Slide 1
Slide 2
Slide 3

I would really appreciate any input.
Thanks in advance.
Ali Ahamed

]]> By: admin http://wheatblog.com/2009/03/adobe-captivate-4-review-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-142 admin Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:14:52 +0000 http://wheatblog.com/?p=1109#comment-142 Follow-up to Point #3 in the cons section: you can, indeed, use UNC paths, but you have to type them manually. If you use the Browse button, it will always use the drive letters. Follow-up to Point #3 in the cons section: you can, indeed, use UNC paths, but you have to type them manually. If you use the Browse button, it will always use the drive letters.

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