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Complete List of Variables for Adobe Captivate 5

While updating my CaptivateController script I noticed there have been some changes to the Captivate variables available to Captivate developers. I figured I should document them for future reference.
Note that some variables available in CP3 and CP4 are no longer available. The following list should be exhaustive for CP5; variables for previous versions of Captivate [...]

CaptivateController Updated to Support Adobe Captivate 5

By popular demand, I’ve updated my CaptivateController to work with Adobe Captivate 5 (CP5). Since this is an open-source project, there’s no upgrade fee. (What? “Adobe” and “no upgrade fee” in the same paragraph?!) I kid, I kid… I’m a kidder.

Adobe Captivate: What the heck is g_intAPIType?

If you do spend any time using Captivate to create SCORM-conformant courses, you’re bound to have run into an issue or two that caused you to read some Captivate forum posts. Almost without fail, someone will mention that the solution to their problem was changing the value of the magical g_intAPIType JavaScript variable from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1.

So what the heck is g_intAPIType, and why does changing it make a difference?

Customizing SCORM Manifests in Captivate and Articulate Presenter

Someone recently asked me if it was possible to customize Captivate’s SCORM template to reduce the need for manual editing after publishing. In her case, the manifest needed to be edited to include SumTotal TotalLMS’s custom SCORM extensions. The answer is yes. Here’s how.

What feature is missing from your e-learning development tool?

I have some simple questions I’d love to get feedback on.
I’m curious about what people are looking for in their e-learning authoring tools, specifically:

What feature is your current tool missing that you would love to see implemented? Support for team collaboration? Support for themes or custom CSS styling? Support for language localization? A [...]

Captivate 4 Variables in PDF Format

Kurt Melander was kind enough to clean up my Captivate 4 variable list and convert it to PDF format for those who’d like to print it out. Get it here. Thanks, Kurt!

CaptivateController updated

The CaptivateController has been updated to fix the gotoSlideAndPlay and gotoSlideAndStop bugs.

Introducing the CaptivateController

It took me much much longer than I anticipated, but I am happy to announce the new CaptivateController utility.

This controller is not a simple rehash of the original pipwerks.captivate.control utility; it is a complete re-write that adds a number of extra features.

Captivate 4 variables gone wild

The folks at Adobe recently published a list of Captivate 4 variables. While it’s a solid list, it’s not really a complete list.

LegacyCaptivateLoader example updated

Just a note to point out that I updated the LegacyCaptivateLoader example to use SWFObject 2.1 (dynamic publishing).