Archive for September, 2008

Control a Captivate SWF using JavaScript: The basics

Monday, September 8th, 2008

JavaScript can control the playback of Captivate-generated SWFs. I posted some examples about a year ago (example one, example two), but someone recently reminded me I haven’t posted any instructions or explanations for my examples. Here’s a quickie explanation of how you can control a Captivate-generated SWF using JavaScript.

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Send Captivate Quiz Data to JavaScript

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Adobe Captivate 3 doesn’t have a built-in mechanism for sending quiz results to JavaScript. Here’s a workaround you may find useful.

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