Found a bug? Or just a limitation? Either way, if you try loading Captivate-generated movies into a Loader instance, like this:
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
myLoader.load(new URLRequest(”myCaptivate.swf”);
myLoader.width = 400;
myLoader.height = 300;
addChild(myLoader);
The result will be that the Captivate gets loaded but you won’t see it. You can hear it so long as you have sound in it. [...]
Category Archives: Flash
Don’t use width or height properties of Loader with AVM Captivate SWFs
unloadAndStop in Flash Player 10 – Necessary for Captivate and AVM1 Content
I spent a good part of yesterday trying to figure out a solution to this problem:
- I had coded a course ‘gui’ with navigation controls such as previous/next buttons, and a List component for the non-linear navigation.
- The list component is populated via an XML file that contains the path to the individual swf, and [...]
Adobe Releases Captivate 4 and the Elearning Suite
Today, Adobe released Captivate 4 and the ‘Elearning Suite’. As I stated in a previous post, Captivate 4 is a must-have, monster upgrade for any Captivate user. It is the first Captivate release that can reasonably produce a complete elearning content package. Prior versions either forced users to live with the inadequate and ugly ‘menu [...]
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How to enable Fullscreen Mode for a SWF and Does ExternalInterface Work In It?
At my day job I’ve been working recently on a project in which I needed to design and code a brand new elearning user interface/content player. It’s turned out great from a design standpoint and now I’m slowly adding features to it as I have time. Today, I got the idea to add a fullscreen [...]
Also posted in Elearning General, JavaScript Tagged elearning, fullscreen flash, fullscreen swf 9 Comments
Elearning Development Video Tutorials Now Available
I’ve been wanting to create some online video tutorials for quite a while now and, finally, I have some spare time to devote to it. I’ve created a new page on my site to list the tutorials along with brief descriptions. You can access them (currently only one, but more to follow asap) here:
http://elearninglive.com/wordpress/tutorials/
Hopefully, they [...]
Also posted in Elearning General Tagged actionscript, e-learning, elearning, elearning developer, Flash, free video tutorials, instructional design, tutorials 2 Comments
A Nice Article/Series on the AVM1/AVM2 Communication Problem
http://www.learningactionscript3.com/2007/12/14/sending-data-from-avm2-to-avm1/#more-29
It will be quite interesting to see how Captivate 4 addresses this issue. I heard from a very reliable source (as reliable as it gets…but that’s all I can say) that Captivate 4 (if that’s what the next version is going to be called) will have the ability to publish swf’s to AVM2/ActionScript 3 format. [...]
Review: Adobe ActionScript 3.0: From the Ground Up Tour, NYC Nov. 12, 2007
Got back last night from this free event sponsored by Adobe. I’m located in the Philly suburbs, so a 3.5 hour drive to NYC on Sunday night (NJ Turnpike was backed up….) and a 2.5 hour drive back, but it was well worth it.
There were about 300 attendees, with plenty of room left (well, not [...]
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Excellent Article on Creating FLV Files
No bloat….nice! A nice article for those who just need to create FLV’s of good quality and small (as possible) filesize.
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Yet Another Note on Controlling Captivate – via the Generated Skin Swf
Just a quick tip as this comes up from time to time via emails to me – How do I control Captivate swf’s that are loaded into the Captivate-generated “skin.swf”?
Adobe has overhauled their documentation for Captivate (I’m guessing with the release of version 3, which was announced today) and in the livedocs for Captivate is [...]
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