North Texas Captivate User Group

When my Captivate 2 files are launched from the LMS/CMS, they are presented with minimal browser chrome - no browser toolbars, no buttons, no address bar, etc. However, when you preview in Captivate, it presents with full browser chrome. I have been searching for a way to preview my projects directly from Captivate so that they appear the same way our CMS presents, with minimal browser chrome, and finally came up with a solution, using a little bit of embedded JavaScript in a special slide at the beginning of my project.  Solution and explanation below the fold…

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Philip Hutchison (pipwerks.com) has written a great tutorial showing how to use Actionscript within Captivate SWFs to communicate with a Flash container. The tutorial includes diagrams, samples, and source files. Read about it here.