I’ve had a few folks ask me if it is possible to load Captivate-generated SWFs into a Flash SWF using a loader component.
The answer is yes, and it’s what I typically do.
To take it one step further, you can use all of the Captivate rdcmnd variables referenced in my previous blog entry to control it, [...]
Category Archives: Flash
Controlling Captivate SWFs from Flash…this time using the Loader Component
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Video: Colin Moock Discussing His New Book on ActionScript 3.0
Anyone who has learned or attempted to learn ActionScript in the past has either purchased, read, or at least heard of Colin Moock and his awesome books, particularly ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide which is, in my opinion, THE book for learning to code for Flash.
Well, although WAY late (AS 3 is already [...]
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A Simple, Reusable, XML/Flash based Course Architecture
This could be used for pretty much anything (photos, slides, etc) besides the original intent of a simple and easily modifiable elearning course architecture that leveraged XML to load in the content dynamically. I was recently asked about how best to develop elearning in Flash, from an architectural standpoint. Clearly XML is the way to [...]
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Online Course: Hands-On ActionScript for Non-Programmers
I AM NO LONGER OFFERING THIS COURSE. Thank you to everyone who attended previous sessions – it was a great success and it seems everyone enjoyed the courses. However, with the release of ActionScript 3.0 with the latest versions of Flash (and Flex, Air, whatever else they come up), it would be irresponsible of me [...]
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How to Include an FLV Video in WordPress Blog
Example “Embedded” FLV:
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document.getElementById(”player2″).style.display = “”;
var s2 = new SWFObject(”http://elearninglive.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf”,”player2″,”320″,”260″,”7″);
s2.addParam(”wmode”,”transparent”);
s2.addParam(”allowscriptaccess”,”always”);
s2.addParam(”allowfullscreen”,”true”);
s2.addVariable(”height”,”260″);
s2.addVariable(”width”,”320″);
s2.addVariable(”file”,”http://elearninglive.com/wordpress/videos/video.flv”);
s2.addVariable(”link”,”http://elearninglive.com/wordpress/videos/video.flv”);
s2.write(”player2″);
I recently was asked to help with adding embedded flash video to a WordPress blog. There are a few different WordPress plugins available for this [...]
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Free Storyboarding Template
UPDATE Nov. 30, 2009: Amazingly (to me, anyways) this post was written in 2007. It feels like it has been 5+ years since I wrote it! In fact, many folks have emailed me over the past 6 months or so asking me how to get this template to work with Word 2007, to which I [...]
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Captivate to Flash (and vice-versa) Communication
When I first started using Captivate I quickly learned the cold, hard truth about its limitations (bloated file sizes, etc). All in all it’s a good product. I just have a love/hate relationship with it : ) Although this problem is no longer an issue to me now with the release of Captivate 2.0 and [...]
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