Comments on: Setting the rdcmndGotoFrameAndResume variable on a Captivate SWF

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:26:19 +0000

There’s an error in my code snippet above. You actually need to take out the rdcmndResume command (the third of the three in the script above). Why I put that in there I don’t know…must have been tired.

mark

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:41:39 +0000

hello,
I have Captivate 3 and the rdcmndGotoSlide works (do not have a quiz slide in my test Captivate swf.). But… I have tried (and failed) the rdcmndGotoFrame(myframenumber); with out success. Has any one got this to work?
I am using Captivate 3.0 with code swfs (for some info on a slide),
and the basic rdxxx variables for #slides, currentslide, etc.

I did try Marks – “pause, gotoandresume = frame number, resume”

I would like to be able to even hide the playbar (no good), and go to a specific frame and pause.

I am using an actionscript 2.0 document, and an mx.controls.loader component to load the Captivate swf. I refer to the Captivate swf like this:

myRoot_mc.myLoader_ldr.content.cpSkinLoader_mc.rdcmndPause = 1;
myRoot_mc.myLoader_ldr.content.cpSkinLoader_mc.rdcmndGotoSlide = 0; myRoot_mc is equiv to “this” in my fla loader file (cleverly named CaptivateLoader.fla)
Tips? and thank for the pause, gotoandresume, resume tip – it led me to the GotoSlide!

eric

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:15:29 +0000

Clayton,

Here we are months later and I want to apologize – you were correct! rdcmndGotoSlide does work. I tried it twice before and never could get it to work. I believe it is a Captivate 3 thing, but I may be wrong. But, in Captivate 3, it works, I know that! I just wrote a blog post about it as there are some quirks but it works great.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:37:08 +0000

This is another one of those bugs that just drives me up a wall. Almost as much as the fuzzy text with transparent captions bug.

I don’t recall coming up with a workaround for it. In case you’re wondering, all versions of Adobe Connect (I haven’t tested it with the new version 7 yet) have this same problem. It’s really frustrating.

By: Paul W

Paul W — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:40:32 +0000

I am experimenting with embedded code swfs, but captivate 3 seems to keep the previous inserted swf of the same name, even if I delete and re-insert. I seem to have to keep renaming the swf to somthing new, and embed that. Is there a way around this?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:38:34 +0000

Marco -

So are you saying that rdcmndGotoSlide *does* work so long as you don’t have a question slide? I haven’t been able to get it to work no matter what, even for plain presentation content in captivate.

By: Marco Gaspar

Marco Gaspar — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:49:08 +0000

Hello everyone!
Anyone has the answer to Mark’s question?
I’m having the same problem, when I use the “rdcmndGotoSlide” function in a Captivate work that has one question slide, the Captivate can’t jump to a next slide (after the quiz)

Thank you!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:44:48 +0000

Clayton,

I and others have tried getting this infamous ‘rdcmndGotoSlide’ variable that you mention as existing to work, but to date I have never been able to get it to work and others have emailed me saying it doesn’t work. If you did get it to work please zip up a working example and send to me. I would love to see it and will post it (with credit to you of course) so others can see how it works.

mark

By: Omid

Omid — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:25:08 +0000

Thanks , Very Very useful

By: Clayton

Clayton — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:30:46 +0000

Mark,

There is such a variable by that exact name – and it does work. I found it while effectively decompiling Captivate swf files, as we have discussed. Try it in your programs:

contentContainer_ms.rdcmndGotoSlide = 5 (e.g.)

The problem I am having, is that it does not work when my custom player is speaking to a Captivate swf parked on a question slide – nor does RewindAndStop (or play), nor does Previous. I have been working hard to find an answer – Adobe forums are not much help for this level of technical question.

There is some variable that “locks” captivate swf commands from exectuting when the question is up, and, once played, the questions cannot be played again without unloading and reloading the swf.

Do you have any ideas? I will post if I find something.