Adobe Captivate
The title says it all. The pipwerks CaptivateController now includes a set method that enables developers to set a Captivate variable’s value using JavaScript. var myMovie = CaptivateController("Captivate"); myMovie.set("myCustomCaptivateVariable", "Hello!"); Give the new set method a spin! Read about the CaptivateController
ActionScript
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;
ActionScript
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. As you may have heard, Adobe
Adobe Captivate
Bug fixes! The CaptivateController has been updated to fix the gotoSlideAndPlay and gotoSlideAndStop bugs. Also, gotoSlideAndPlay and gotoSlideAndStop have been edited to use standard numbering in place of zero-based numbering. This means when you want to jump to slide 4, you use mycontroller.gotoSlideAndPlay(4) instead of mycontroller.gotoSlideAndPlay(3)
Adobe Captivate
This post has been updated to reflect changes to the CaptivateController since its initial release It took me much much longer than I anticipated, but I am happy to announce the new CaptivateController utility. The CaptivateController is a JavaScript utility that helps you control Captivate SWFs as well as get/