Code:
/* add to stage text field to show lesson number
- capture lesson number from Captivate Tutorial
*/

var strLesson:String;
var myRoot_mc:MovieClip = this;

//load the cp swf into the loader component
myRoot_mc.createClassObject(mx.controls.Loader, “myLoader_ldr”,this.getNextHighestDepth());
myRoot_mc.myLoader_ldr.scaleContent = false;
myRoot_mc.myLoader_ldr._xscale = 80;
myRoot_mc.myLoader_ldr._yscale = 80;

myRoot_mc.myLoader_ldr.contentPath = “LessonOne_skin.swf”;//”EditingDocumentsFinal.swf”;

//if(_root.container.myLoader_ldr.content.cpSkinLoader_mc.rdinfoCurrentSlide == 0)
//{
// strLesson = “Lesson 1″;
//}

//if(_root.container.myLoader_ldr.content.cpSkinLoader_mc.rdinfoCurrentSlide == 5)
//{
// strLesson = “Lesson 2″;
//}
// }

strLesson = “Tutorial Introduction”;
//strLesson = myRoot.container.myLoader_ldr.content.cpSkinLoader_mc.rdinfoCurrentSlide + ” Number of slides: ” +
// myRoot.container.myLoader_ldr.content.cpSkinLoader_mc.rdinfoFrameCount;
myRoot_mc.txtSlide.text = strLesson;
myRoot_mc.sample_text.text = “Slide Count”;

btn_pause.onRelease = function(){
sample_text.text = myRoot_mc.myLoader_ldr.cpSkinLoader_mc.rdinfoFrameCount;
myRoot_mc.myLoader_ldr.cpSkinLoader_mc.rdcmndPause = 1;

}

// dynamic text component on stage
txtSlide.text = strLesson;

I did a quick test and it’s working fine for me. Check out my example here:

http://elearninglive.com/temp/twoTextFieldCPTemp/Untitled-1.swf

If you go to this directory you can get my .fla (sorry, I forgot to save the .cp files but I did nothing unusual to them other than add a text field):

http://elearninglive.com/temp/twoTextFieldCPTemp/

mark

Email me some more details and I’ll try to help. I’ve not run into the problem you describe before so my guess is it is something environmental. Can you zip up and email me (or better yet if its large then put on a server and let me download it) so I can take a look.

mark

the captivate files have a skin file. so far following the instructions I can get the captivate file to pause, as long as I use a button in the flash wrapper.
however, as we already have a controller in the captivate skin, which we want to keep so that we can rewind, there isn’t really any point having a button in the flash wrapper.

however, can’t just set the wrapper to pause the capitavte swf unless the pause is in something e.g. a button. I presume this is beacuse without a button you may be trying to pause before the loader has actually finished loading.

so…is there a way to get the flash piece to pause the captivate piece as soon as it loads without a button. I notice the loader has a .complete parameter but I suppose what i’m looking for is something more like onLoad()

otherwise I suppose we may ahve to move all the control into flash but would prefer not to do this.

cheers
joss

One more question in terms of communicating from a flash wrapper to a captivate swf (3.0). I have got the “code swf” concept working. but not without some confusion. It seems that I am only able to refer to the captivate swf (cpSkinLoader_mc. ect) from within an on(press) or on(release) etc function. the code swf passes my variable to the main timeline ok. In my case I have buttons in the Captivate swf, that can take one back to the beginning, and rerun the tutorial. No I guess when the button in Captivate is clicked, and the tutorial does in fact, restart, it bypasses the code swf that is on that slide, so whatever my data was for the previous code swf, stays the same. I guess I am looking for that button click to pass a value back to the flash wrapper. I guess I need to do something else here. I am not explaining this very well, sorry for that.
I will take a look at the example on the blog where some one has placed a code swf that allows returning to the start.

I appologize for this confusing post, I am confused my self!

eholz1