[Xerte] Incorporating Captivate movies in Xerte 1.8

[Tenney Julian]

When you call fscommand, the flash movie passes the parameters to the
hosting container, in this case the browser, and executes a javascript
function defined in the web page.
 
What you want to try and do is execute some actionscript when the movie
ends. If you try typing '_level0.engine.debug("the movie has ended");
instead of fscommand(command, params); does the Xerte debug window
display the message?
 
If so, then you can call functions in the flash movie using that script.
If not, we need to think differently...
 
Also, wtach your case sensitivity when you type fscommand (all
lowercase) - not fsCommand,
 
Julian


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	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
	Sent: 04 October 2007 21:42
	To: Xerte discussion list
	Subject: RE: [Xerte] Incorporating Captivate movies in Xerte 1.8
	
	
	After further investigation, Captivate does allow you to use
fscommand (and getURL). So I entered the following in the Javascript box
to execute when the movie ends: 
	 
	fsCommand("movieEnd","1");
	 
	I presume I need an event handler to capture it in Xerte, but I
don't know what event handler to use. I'm also not sure if I entered the
fscommand correctly (using Xerte is my first foray into ActionScript).
The Captivate help seems to indicate that's all you need to do.
	 
	Mark Siegrist's list of Captivate variables was nice (I had
found that list already), and I'll probably use them to build my own
controls, but I still need to figure out how to read the fscommand from
my Captivate movie in Xerte. 
	 
	TIA,
	 
	Paul


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		From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
		Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 8:34 AM
		To: Xerte discussion list
		Subject: RE: [Xerte] Incorporating Captivate movies in
Xerte 1.7
		
		
		Yes, onMovieComplete is being triggered correctly in
1.8. But as you mentioned, the Captivate movie has multiple timelines,
and it seems to be firing the event off when the first timeline
completes, which is at the end of the first frame. So I still have that
to work out. I'm just trying out the various features of Xerte, so this
is nothing urgent. We have been using Authorware for eLearning, and I
think Xerte will be the replacement. We don't have Flash here, but we
will be getting Captivate. I'm using the trial version at the moment.
		 
		I'm not sure how Captivate calls javascript. The
interface hides all that from you. You just have an option to set what
happens at the end of the movie clip, and one of those is to execute
some JS. This opens a window where you type the JS in. I haven't used
this yet, but I think I could use it to send an HTTP request to
communicate with a PHP script. I figured that if I do a quiz in
Captivate, I could use this to store the results in a database, but it
would be nice if Captivate could communicate directly with Xerte. I
think it is a matter of what Captivate allows you to do. If only there
was a script icon in Captivate like there is in Xerte ...
		 
		Cheers,
		 
		Paul


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			From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tenney Julian
			Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 1:16 AM
			To: Xerte discussion list
			Subject: RE: [Xerte] Incorporating Captivate
movies in Xerte 1.7
			
			
			Funny that should come up this week - I hit the
same problem myself earlier in the week, and fixed it. Can you download
the latest Xerte and try it again? There was a bug that prevented event
broadcasters getting set up if autoPlay was set. 
			 
			There's always a 'it depends' caveat with
external swfs, because Xerte doesn't know which timeline in the swf to
listen for completion of. It could have multiple timelines, and the one
you see playing might be nested several levels in. The top level
timeline may have only one frame. Let me know how you get on.
			 
			How does Captivate call javascript funtions? If
it's fscommand it should just work. I reckon externalInterface would
also work. getURL should work too. When you think about it, the Xerte
engine is a flash movie. It loads the captivate flash movie into the
player, which should then just behave as usual. Have you tried it? If
you want the javascript to return values to the Xerte piece, that's more
troublesome, but if that's something useful, I can look into it. Right
now I don't think there is a way of calling a js function from Xerte and
getting a return value.
			 
			cheers,
			 
			Julian

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