Tag Archives: Flash

How-to: Non-Linear Navigation in Captivate Using rdcmndGotoSlide

Yes, it does work now. As many of you who have read my other posts on the subject of Captivate know, I often use a Flash ‘wrapper’ that contains custom navigation controls for controlling loaded Captivate movies. This was an absolute necessity prior to Captivate 2.0, as the navigation bars in Captivate 1.0 and RoboDemo [...]

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Setting the rdcmndGotoFrameAndResume variable on a Captivate SWF

I just completed a project in which a custom flash wrapper was used for navigation, where the captivate swf’s are loaded in dynamically via an xml-based navigation setup and into an empty movieclip.
Because the client needed their navigation menu links to target specific frames in particularly long Captivate swf’s, I had to use the rdcmndGotoFrameAndResume [...]

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Reader Contribution: How to Have a “Replay” Screen Appear At End of Captivate Movie

Ever needed to have a “Replay?” or some other dialog box appear when a Captivate movie ends?

A reader of my blog, Sean Bezdicek, emailed me a while back with the following:
Hello Mark
Your blog saved my sanity. A few months back you blogged about inherent variables inside a Captivate .swf.My goal was to have a [...]

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