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Introducing the pipwerks Captivate Controller JavaScript utility

As alluded to in a previous post, I’ve whipped up a simple JavaScript utility to help you control your Captivate SWFs using JavaScript. Give it a spin. The biggest selling point for this utility is that it not only contains all of the built-in Captivate ‘variable’ functionality, but it

Control a Captivate SWF using JavaScript: The basics

Note: This post covers Captivate 2 & 3; Captivate 4 introduced new problems for JavaScript interaction. You can avoid the headache of writing your own code by using the free CaptivateController utility, which works with all versions of Captivate. JavaScript can control the playback of Captivate-generated SWFs. I posted some

Send Captivate Quiz Data to JavaScript

Adobe Captivate 3 doesn’t have a built-in mechanism for sending quiz results to JavaScript. Here’s a workaround you may find useful. The plan The basic premise of this workaround is to hijack Captivate’s ’email report’ functionality, replacing the original email-centered JavaScript with new JavaScript. This approach was

Choosing a specific technology for your e-learning courseware

This question came in via email. I figured I would post it (keeping the author anonymous) because these are very common questions, and maybe this post can help other people out. I also want to give others the opportunity to throw in their 2 cents! The question(s): I am

Link: Web Accessibility Checklist

The talented Cameron Moll has posted a link to a Web Accessibility Checklist prepared by Aaron Cannon, a (blind) member of his web development team. Aaron’s checklist is an easy-to-understand list of accessibility _do_s and _don’t_s. Most of these are so simple and easy to implement

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