Captivate 4 variables gone wild

Update (August 2010): I have published a new list of Captivate variables that are specific to Adobe Captivate 5. Check it out.

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.

Here is a list of variables I dug up while combing through Captivate 4’s source AS files. I tried to add descriptions where I could, and will continue to revise this list as I get more information. Kudos to Michael at www.cpguru.com for posting his helpful list, too.

Notes:

I’ve tested each of these variables in JavaScript to ensure they exist and are accessible, and have weeded out variables that return errors.
I’ve also included Captivate 3 variables at the bottom of this page.

Update: Kurt Melander was kind enough to clean up this list and convert it to PDF format for those who’d like to print it out. Download PDF version.

Captivate 4 Variables

Functional variables (perform an action)

Variable	Returns	Default values	Description (if available)
cpAutoPlay	boolean	true	Toggles auto-play on (true) or off (false). Movie auto-plays by default.
cpCmndCC	number	0	Toggles closed captioning on (1) or off (0). Replaces rdcmndCC.
cpCmndFastForward	number	0	Setting to 1 increases speed of playback.
cpCmndGotoFrameAndResume	number	-1	Jumps to the specified frame number (NOT slide number) and resumes playback. Replaces rdcmndGotoFrameAndResume.
cpCmndMute	boolean	false	Toggles audio. Setting to true mutes the audio, setting to false unmutes the audio. Replaces rdcmndMute.
cpCmndNext	number	0	Setting value to 1 will jump to the next slide in project. Replaces rdcmndNext
cpCmndShowPlaybar	number	1	Toggles playbar visibility. Setting to 0 will hide the playbar, setting to 1 will restore it. Replaces rdcmndHidePlaybar.
cpCmndVolume	number	100	Sets audio volume (if applicable). Range is 0-100, where 0 is off and 100 is full volume. Querying cpCmndVolume will return the current volume level.
rdcmndGotoSlide	number	-1	Jumps to the specified slide number. Takes slide number (0-based index) as argument.
rdcmndCC	number	0	Deprecated. Replaced by cpCmndCC (see above)
rdcmndMute	boolean	false	Deprecated. Replaced by cpCmndMute (see above)
rdcmndNext	boolean	false	Deprecated. Replaced by cpCmndNext (see above)
rdcmndPlaybarMoved	boolean	false

Informational variables (retrieve or set data)

Variable	Returns	Sample values	Description (if available)
CaptivateVersion	string	4.0.0	Returns version of Captivate that published the SWF.
cpCmndPlaybarMoved	boolean	false	Replaces rdcmndPlaybarMoved.
cpHasSkinSWF	boolean	false	Returns boolean indicating whether the movie is using a SWF-based skin.
cpInfoAuthor	string	Philip Hutchison	Returns the project author’s name, if available.
cpInfoCompany	string	pipwerks	Returns the project company’s name, if available.
cpInfoCopyright	number	2009	Returns the project’s copyright notice, if available.
cpInfoCurrentDate	string	11	Returns the day of the month using the client’s system clock. String(now.getDate())
cpInfoCurrentDateString	string	5/11/2009	Returns the calendar date in mm/dd/yyyy format using the client’s system clock. Returns (now.getMonth() + 1 + “/” + now.getDate() + “/” + now.getFullYear());
cpInfoCurrentDay	string	2	Returns the numerical day of the week using the client’s system clock (Sunday is day 1). Returns String(now.getDay()+ 1);
cpInfoCurrentHour	string	19	Returns the current hour using the client’s system clock. Returns String(now.getHours());
cpInfoCurrentMinutes	string	59	Returns the current minute using the client’s system clock. Returns String(now.getMinutes());
cpInfoCurrentMonth	string	5	Returns the numerical month using the client’s system clock (January is 1). Returns String(now.getMonth() + 1);
cpInfoCurrentSlide	number	1	Returns the current slide number. Unlike rdinfoCurrentSlide, cpInfoCurrentSlide uses 1-based indexing, so slide 1 of the project will return 1. Returns (rdinfoCurrentSlide + 1);
cpInfoCurrentSlideLabel	string	SlideLabel:0	Returns the label of the slide, if available.
cpInfoCurrentSlideType	string	NormalSlide	Returns a string indicating the current slide’s type. There are currently three possible results: “NormalSlide”, “QuestionSlide”, and “RandomQuestionSlide”
cpInfoCurrentTime	string	19:59:27	Returns the current time in HH:MM:SS format using the client’s system clock. Note: uses 24-hour clock. Returns (now.getHours() + “:” + now.getMinutes() + “:” + now.getSeconds());
cpInfoCurrentYear	string	2009	Returns the current year in YYYY format using the client’s system clock. Returns String(now.getFullYear());
cpInfoDescription	string	This demonstration will teach you the…	Returns the project description, if available.
cpInfoElapsedTimeMS	number	1537	Returns the amount of time (in milliseconds) that has elapsed since the movie began playing. Returns (cpInfoEpochMS – movie.m_StartTime)
cpInfoEmail	string	hello@world.org	Returns the project author’s email address, if available.
cpInfoEpochMS	number	1242097167686	Per Adobe [link no longer available]: “returns the number of milliseconds since midnight January 1, 1970, universal time, for the specified Date object. Use this method to represent a specific instant in time when comparing two or more Date objects.” Returns now.getTime();
cpInfoHasPlaybar	number	1	Returns a boolean (in number format) indicating whether the Captivate file was published with playback controls (a playbar).
cpInfoIsStandalone	number	0
cpInfoLastVisitedSlide	number	0	Returns the index number of the last visited slide. Uses zero-based numbering (0 = slide 1, 1 = slide 2).
cpInfoPercentage	number	0
cpInfoPrevSlide	number	-1	Returns the index number of the slide that comes before the current slide. Uses zero-based numbering (0 = slide 1, 1 = slide 2).
cpInfoProjectName	string	CaptivateController	Returns the project name, if available.
cpInfoWebsite	string	www.pipwerks.com	Returns the website listed in the project properties, if available.
cpMovieHeight	number	432	Returns the movie’s original height, regardless of how it has been sized via HTML or CSS.
CPMovieType	number	1
cpMovieWidth	number	551	Returns the movie’s original width, regardless of how it has been sized via HTML or CSS.
cpQuizInfoAnswerChoice	string	”
cpQuizInfoAttempts	number	1
cpQuizInfoLastSlidePointScored	number	0
cpQuizInfoMaxAttemptsOnCurrentQuestion	number	0
cpQuizInfoNoQuestionsPerQuiz	number	0
cpQuizInfoPointsPerQuestionSlide	number	0
cpQuizInfoPointsscored	number	0
cpQuizInfoQuestionSlideTiming	number	0
cpQuizInfoQuestionSlideType	string	choice
cpQuizInfoQuizPassPercent	number	0
cpQuizInfoQuizPassPoints	number	0
cpQuizInfoTotalCorrectAnswers	number	0
cpQuizInfoTotalProjectPoints	number	0
cpQuizInfoTotalQuestionsPerProject	number	0
cpQuizInfoTotalQuizPoints	number	0
cpQuizInfoTotalUnansweredQuestions	number	0
inAutoPlayState	boolean	false
isCPMovie	boolean	true	Returns a boolean indicating whether this movie was published using Adobe Captivate.
isPreview	number	0	Returns a boolean (in number format) indicating whether this is a preview. Primarily used internally by Captivate when previewing a project. Replaces rdIsPreview.
isPreviewSkin	number	0	Returns a boolean (in number format) indicating whether this is a skin for a preview. Primarily used internally by Captivate when previewing a project.
loadedFromAggregator	boolean	false	Returns a boolean indicating whether the SWF has been loaded by Captivate’s aggregator.
LocalConnectionInUse	boolean	false	Returns a boolean indicating whether the movie is using LocalConnection. This is primarily used internally by Captivate.
NoOfTOCEntries	number	-1	Returns a count of entries in the Table of Contents, if available.
pbcBtnTips	object [array]	Rewind, Back, Play, Pause, Forward, Closed Captioning, Audio On, Audio Off, Exit, Information, Dummy for slider, Table Of Contents, 2x Fast Forward Speed, 4x Fast Forward Speed, Normal Speed, Print	Returns the label values used in the playback controller’s tool tips.
playbarHeight	number	31	Returns the height of the playbar in pixels, if applicable.
playbarPosition	number	3	Returns the position of the playbar in pixels, if applicable.
rdIsPreview	boolean	false	Deprecated. Replaced by isPreview.
rdinfoCurrentFrame	number	41	Returns the number of the current frame (NOT slide), counting from the beginning of the movie’s timeline.
rdinfoCurrentSlide	number	0	Deprecated. Replaced by cpInfoCurrentSlide.
rdinfoCurrentSlideInProject	number	0
rdinfoFPS	number	30	Returns the SWF’s frames per second rate.
rdinfoFrameCount	number	90	Returns the number of frames in the entire SWF.
rdinfoSlideCount	number	1
rdinfoSlidesInProject	number	1	Returns the number of slides in the project.
rdinfocurrFrame	number	2
swfCmtAutoPlay	boolean	false	Returns boolean indicating whether SWF commenting auto-play is enabled. This is only used by the SWF Commenting AIR application.
swfCommenting	boolean	false	Returns boolean indicating whether SWF commenting auto-play is enabled. This is only used by the SWF Commenting AIR application.
tocInitDone	boolean	true	Returns boolean indicating whether the Table of Contents has finished initializing.

Captivate 3 Variables

Functional variables (perform an action)

Variable	Returns	Default values	Description (if available)
rdcmndCC	string	0	Toggles closed captioning on (1) or off (0).
rdcmndGotoSlide	string	-1	Jumps to the specified slide number. Takes slide number (0-based index) as argument.
rdcmndMute	string	0	Toggles audio. Setting to 1 mutes the audio, setting to 0 unmutes the audio.
rdcmndNext	string	0	Setting value to 1 will jump to the next slide in project.
rdcmndHidePlaybar	string	0	Toggles playbar’s visibility

Informational variables (retrieve or set data)

Variable	Returns	Sample values	Description (if available)
CaptivateVersion	string	2.0.0	Returns version of Captivate that published the SWF.
rdIsPreview	string	0	Returns a boolean (in number format) indicating whether this is a preview. Primarily used internally by Captivate when previewing a project.
rdinfoCurrentFrame	string	1	Returns the number of the current frame (NOT slide), counting from the beginning of the movie’s timeline.
rdinfoCurrentSlide	string	1	Returns the current slide number using zero-based indexing (slide 1 of the project will return 0).
rdinfoCurrentSlideInProject	string	1
rdinfoFPS	string	24	Returns the SWF’s frames per second rate.
rdinfoFrameCount	string	2889	Returns the number of frames in the entire SWF.
rdinfoHasPlaybar	string	1	Returns a boolean (in number format) indicating whether the Captivate file was published with playback controls (a playbar).
rdinfoSlideCount	string	13
rdinfoSlidesInProject	string	13	Returns the number of slides in the project.
rdinfocurrFrame	string	0
rdcmndPlaybarMoved	string	0

Comments

Mark wrote on May 16, 2009 at 7:48 pm:

Nicely done!

KCWebPlaza wrote on May 26, 2009 at 12:24 pm:

Do you know of a command/variable to open/close the TOC (table of contents)? Captivate 4 now has this button within the playbar, but I'm not discovering any command available to trigger it. Thx, Todd.

Philip Hutchison wrote on May 26, 2009 at 1:01 pm:

I've been working on the variables list (I'll be adding more shortly), but have yet to find a cmnd for toggling the TOC. Sorry. Seems like a no-brainer, huh?

KCWebPlaza wrote on May 27, 2009 at 10:14 am:

Philip, I did some experimenting, and came up with a solution to toggle the TOC using your Captivate JS utility. I added these to your .js file. Couple of issues to clean up: it's specific to the position of the TOC (left, right). Also, there is no open/close transition effect like using the TOC button in the default Captivate playbar. If I had more time I'd look into triggering the function:TocOverlayBtnInitialize() in the Captivate AS with arguments.

break;case"showtocpanel":d="TOCContainer_mc._visible";e=1;/*display main toc panel */
break;case"showtocclosebtn":d="ShowHideTocLeft_mc._visible";e=1; /*display close button for toc panel */
break;case"showtocopenbtn":d="ShowHideTocRight_mc._visible";e=1; /*hide open button for toc panel */
break;case"hidetocpanel":d="TOCContainer_mc._visible";e=0;/*display main toc panel */
break;case"hidetocclosebtn":d="ShowHideTocLeft_mc._visible";e=0; /*display close button for toc panel */
break;case"hidetocopenbtn":d="ShowHideTocRight_mc._visible";e=0; /*hide open button for toc panel */

Philip Hutchison wrote on May 27, 2009 at 11:51 am:

cool, thanks for the tip.

i'm in the middle of a major overhaul of the JS controller and will look into adding show/hide TOC functionality.

the new controller is much more robust and can handle CP2, CP3 and CP4 (as2 and as3). i just haven't released it because of a bazillion bugs i'm finding with Captivate's variable handling. i'll write it up in a blog when i'm done.

KCWebPlaza wrote on May 29, 2009 at 9:36 am:

Philip, I just noticed that using these commands I've listed to open the table of contents has 1 problem: the Captivate buttons to open/close the table of contents do not recognize the status of the toc as being open/closed when they are opened/closed using the JS controller. Therefore, we'll also need to somehow pass the status of the toc as open/closed using a js command too.

I cannot get the gotoandplay slide# command to work from the js controller version 1.0 in a Cap4 movie published as AS2 or AS3. Do you know of any issue that could prevent the communication? Your example seems to work perfectly for that command.

McQ wrote on June 29, 2009 at 7:16 am:

Finding information on something as simple as displaying the TOC from with in captivate is hard enough. Currently looking at the possibility of utilizing Javascript from within captivate to perform the TOCContainer_mc._visible that is hinted at above but with no luck. Any tips or sample that could get me on the right path to toggle it on and off with from with in captivate? Perhaps through SWF inserted into the captivate that runs action script on the parent that exposes the object through parent ?? I dont know the correlation between the javascript variables and the actual swf objects.

Thanks for the closest thing yet..

McQ

Dennis wrote on September 11, 2009 at 1:34 am:

Hey

Is it not possible to acces the TOCEntries label name.
I can get the TOCEntries and acces them like TOCEntries[1] – but i can't get the name or label.

Does anyone know a way of doing this ??

I am tring to use AS2 and as KCWebPlaza says above it's possible to turn on/off the TOCContainer_mc.

But i can't find that moveclip – i assume it would possible to acces som varibles inside that movieclip.

It would be great if someone could help

Dennis wrote on September 11, 2009 at 2:08 am:

Hello Again

If you decompile a movie you get all the classes and all variables.
The TOC Objects consist of the following.

TOCEntry1 = new Object();
TOCEntry1.caption = "testTOC";
TOCEntry1.duration = 3;
TOCEntry1.targetSlide = 0;
TOCEntry1.level = 0;
TOCEntry1.expanded = true;
TOCEntry1.isFolder = false;

so to acces the label name you can do TOCEntries[0].caption

Hope somebody can use this info
/Dennis

jay fresno wrote on September 19, 2009 at 10:22 pm:

The table you created is very useful. However, there are some nebulous areas. If you would add lines to divide the cells, it would be much clearer for me to read.

philip wrote on September 26, 2009 at 1:24 am:

@jay the table formatting was hosed due to my WP theme not having any defined table styling. it has been fixed.

Alex wrote on October 1, 2009 at 12:55 pm:

in Captivate 4 the command <b>rdcmndGotoSlide</b> did not work for me. it worked as <b>cpCmndGotoSlide</b>.
Great work Philip, your information has helped me so much, thanks.

fade wrote on October 30, 2009 at 2:57 am:

hi,

how to set a timer in the adobe captivate 4 projects/slide?can we use variables?

thanks

Thomas Peterson wrote on December 20, 2009 at 3:04 pm:

If you want to control the TOC (toggle it back and forth) from another location other then the playbar controls, I was able to do it from an externally loaded swf file in the captivate environment with this call:

_root.cpPbcBar_mc.pbcBar_mc.onPBCBtnClick("TOC");

The TOC button in the stock controls references this function call:

onPBCBtnClick("TOC");

I just did some pathing analysis with the good old targetPath() call to find the scope of the function.

Alex Mutnick wrote on January 5, 2010 at 3:19 pm:

Does anyone know how to enable and disable the forward button within the same slide ie forced interaction where I would like my student to have to watch the video before being able to progress forward.

Please help!!

Thanks,
Alex

James Jordan wrote on January 11, 2010 at 1:11 pm:

Does anyone know how to change to position or size of the closed caption window? I'm not using a skin, but have made a button in Flash that uses the cpCmndCC variable to show the window. The problem I'm having is that the CC window pops up over my custom navigation bar. It seems like there should be a property for position, width, height, etc for the CC popup window.

Have a great day!

James

philip wrote on January 11, 2010 at 9:12 pm:

I don't know of any way to do this. Sorry.

philip wrote on January 11, 2010 at 9:13 pm:

You can use system variables in Captivate 4 to show/hide the entire playbar, but I don't think you can disable the play button by itself.

Alberto wrote on February 3, 2010 at 6:45 am:

Do you know how i can show a course duration time? I mean:
I have two timers,, one that shows what time are compared to the total and one that shows the total time period. I don't have the TOC (i don't want to use it). Do I have to use the system variables?

Cna you help me?

philip wrote on February 9, 2010 at 9:03 pm:

@alberto
i suggest posting this question on the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/elearning-technology-and-development" rel="nofollow ugc">E-Learning Technology and Development Google Group</a>

Ron wrote on July 2, 2010 at 11:22 am:

I'm using random question slides from a quesionpool and need to capture anddisplay the question and correct answer to display in a summary slide. There is a great example on how to create the summary with "You answered Question 1 with …" but I don't see how to displaythe question or the correct answer. Does anyone know how to capture the question and correct answer (choice) in a variable?

Thanks!!

Abao wrote on July 29, 2010 at 10:01 pm:

What are the variables for the last slide of a captivate document?

For example the PERCENT. It's not cpInfoPercentage because I tried this variable several times it only records the score for the quiz slide but not for the objects that you add to a slide like a CLICK box.

Paul Schneider wrote on August 4, 2010 at 6:16 pm:

Looking for suggestions: I have created a content reviewer tool (similar to the one with Captivate 4) and am trying to connect it up with Captivate. To do this I need to create a Captivate wrapper that will poll the Captivate project and dump the current slide (and potential other info) into a javascript variable. I have no need to to control the project, but do need to be able to determine the current slide/location in the captivate project and know the current location in the project when a user advances to the next slide (so I can display notes associated with that page). Ideas???

philip wrote on August 4, 2010 at 7:30 pm:

Use the <a href="https://pipwerks.com/2009/06/07/introducing-the-captivatecontroller/" rel="nofollow ugc">CaptivateController</a>.

Christina wrote on September 3, 2010 at 8:37 am:

When I add a textbox using variables, I preview the slide and it is faded out. Have you experienced this before? If so, do you know what needs to be done to fix it?

25 Comments

Mark says:

May 16, 2009 at 7:48 pm

Nicely done!
KCWebPlaza says:

May 26, 2009 at 12:24 pm

Do you know of a command/variable to open/close the TOC (table of contents)? Captivate 4 now has this button within the playbar, but I’m not discovering any command available to trigger it. Thx, Todd.
Philip Hutchison says:

May 26, 2009 at 1:01 pm

I’ve been working on the variables list (I’ll be adding more shortly), but have yet to find a cmnd for toggling the TOC. Sorry. Seems like a no-brainer, huh?
KCWebPlaza says:

May 27, 2009 at 10:14 am

Philip, I did some experimenting, and came up with a solution to toggle the TOC using your Captivate JS utility. I added these to your .js file. Couple of issues to clean up: it’s specific to the position of the TOC (left, right). Also, there is no open/close transition effect like using the TOC button in the default Captivate playbar. If I had more time I’d look into triggering the function:TocOverlayBtnInitialize() in the Captivate AS with arguments.

break;case”showtocpanel”:d=”TOCContainer_mc._visible”;e=1;/*display main toc panel */
break;case”showtocclosebtn”:d=”ShowHideTocLeft_mc._visible”;e=1; /*display close button for toc panel */
break;case”showtocopenbtn”:d=”ShowHideTocRight_mc._visible”;e=1; /*hide open button for toc panel */
break;case”hidetocpanel”:d=”TOCContainer_mc._visible”;e=0;/*display main toc panel */
break;case”hidetocclosebtn”:d=”ShowHideTocLeft_mc._visible”;e=0; /*display close button for toc panel */
break;case”hidetocopenbtn”:d=”ShowHideTocRight_mc._visible”;e=0; /*hide open button for toc panel */
Philip Hutchison says:

May 27, 2009 at 11:51 am

cool, thanks for the tip.

i’m in the middle of a major overhaul of the JS controller and will look into adding show/hide TOC functionality.

the new controller is much more robust and can handle CP2, CP3 and CP4 (as2 and as3). i just haven’t released it because of a bazillion bugs i’m finding with Captivate’s variable handling. i’ll write it up in a blog when i’m done.
KCWebPlaza says:

May 29, 2009 at 9:36 am

Philip, I just noticed that using these commands I’ve listed to open the table of contents has 1 problem: the Captivate buttons to open/close the table of contents do not recognize the status of the toc as being open/closed when they are opened/closed using the JS controller. Therefore, we’ll also need to somehow pass the status of the toc as open/closed using a js command too.

I cannot get the gotoandplay slide# command to work from the js controller version 1.0 in a Cap4 movie published as AS2 or AS3. Do you know of any issue that could prevent the communication? Your example seems to work perfectly for that command.
McQ says:

June 29, 2009 at 7:16 am

Finding information on something as simple as displaying the TOC from with in captivate is hard enough. Currently looking at the possibility of utilizing Javascript from within captivate to perform the TOCContainer_mc._visible that is hinted at above but with no luck. Any tips or sample that could get me on the right path to toggle it on and off with from with in captivate? Perhaps through SWF inserted into the captivate that runs action script on the parent that exposes the object through parent ?? I dont know the correlation between the javascript variables and the actual swf objects.

Thanks for the closest thing yet..

McQ
Dennis says:

September 11, 2009 at 1:34 am

Hey

Is it not possible to acces the TOCEntries label name.
I can get the TOCEntries and acces them like TOCEntries[1] – but i can’t get the name or label.

Does anyone know a way of doing this ??

I am tring to use AS2 and as KCWebPlaza says above it’s possible to turn on/off the TOCContainer_mc.

But i can’t find that moveclip – i assume it would possible to acces som varibles inside that movieclip.

It would be great if someone could help
Dennis says:

September 11, 2009 at 2:08 am

Hello Again

If you decompile a movie you get all the classes and all variables.
The TOC Objects consist of the following.

TOCEntry1 = new Object();
TOCEntry1.caption = “testTOC”;
TOCEntry1.duration = 3;
TOCEntry1.targetSlide = 0;
TOCEntry1.level = 0;
TOCEntry1.expanded = true;
TOCEntry1.isFolder = false;

so to acces the label name you can do TOCEntries[0].caption

Hope somebody can use this info
/Dennis
jay fresno says:

September 19, 2009 at 10:22 pm

The table you created is very useful. However, there are some nebulous areas. If you would add lines to divide the cells, it would be much clearer for me to read.
philip says:

September 26, 2009 at 1:24 am

@jay the table formatting was hosed due to my WP theme not having any defined table styling. it has been fixed.
Alex says:

October 1, 2009 at 12:55 pm

in Captivate 4 the command rdcmndGotoSlide did not work for me. it worked as cpCmndGotoSlide.
Great work Philip, your information has helped me so much, thanks.
fade says:

October 30, 2009 at 2:57 am

hi,

how to set a timer in the adobe captivate 4 projects/slide?can we use variables?

thanks
Thomas Peterson says:

December 20, 2009 at 3:04 pm

If you want to control the TOC (toggle it back and forth) from another location other then the playbar controls, I was able to do it from an externally loaded swf file in the captivate environment with this call:

_root.cpPbcBar_mc.pbcBar_mc.onPBCBtnClick(“TOC”);

The TOC button in the stock controls references this function call:

onPBCBtnClick(“TOC”);

I just did some pathing analysis with the good old targetPath() call to find the scope of the function.
Alex Mutnick says:

January 5, 2010 at 3:19 pm

Does anyone know how to enable and disable the forward button within the same slide ie forced interaction where I would like my student to have to watch the video before being able to progress forward.

Please help!!

Thanks,
Alex
1. philip says:
  
  January 11, 2010 at 9:13 pm
  
  You can use system variables in Captivate 4 to show/hide the entire playbar, but I don’t think you can disable the play button by itself.
James Jordan says:

January 11, 2010 at 1:11 pm

Does anyone know how to change to position or size of the closed caption window? I’m not using a skin, but have made a button in Flash that uses the cpCmndCC variable to show the window. The problem I’m having is that the CC window pops up over my custom navigation bar. It seems like there should be a property for position, width, height, etc for the CC popup window.

Have a great day!

James
1. philip says:
  
  January 11, 2010 at 9:12 pm
  
  I don’t know of any way to do this. Sorry.
Alberto says:

February 3, 2010 at 6:45 am

Do you know how i can show a course duration time? I mean:
I have two timers,, one that shows what time are compared to the total and one that shows the total time period. I don’t have the TOC (i don’t want to use it). Do I have to use the system variables?

Cna you help me?
philip says:

February 9, 2010 at 9:03 pm

@alberto
i suggest posting this question on the E-Learning Technology and Development Google Group
Ron says:

July 2, 2010 at 11:22 am

I’m using random question slides from a quesionpool and need to capture anddisplay the question and correct answer to display in a summary slide. There is a great example on how to create the summary with “You answered Question 1 with …” but I don’t see how to displaythe question or the correct answer. Does anyone know how to capture the question and correct answer (choice) in a variable?

Thanks!!
Abao says:

July 29, 2010 at 10:01 pm

What are the variables for the last slide of a captivate document?

For example the PERCENT. It’s not cpInfoPercentage because I tried this variable several times it only records the score for the quiz slide but not for the objects that you add to a slide like a CLICK box.
Paul Schneider says:

August 4, 2010 at 6:16 pm

Looking for suggestions: I have created a content reviewer tool (similar to the one with Captivate 4) and am trying to connect it up with Captivate. To do this I need to create a Captivate wrapper that will poll the Captivate project and dump the current slide (and potential other info) into a javascript variable. I have no need to to control the project, but do need to be able to determine the current slide/location in the captivate project and know the current location in the project when a user advances to the next slide (so I can display notes associated with that page). Ideas???
philip says:

August 4, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Use the CaptivateController.
Christina says:

September 3, 2010 at 8:37 am

When I add a textbox using variables, I preview the slide and it is faded out. Have you experienced this before? If so, do you know what needs to be done to fix it?