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Pause on Key pressed

Mar 26, 2012 12:10 PM

Hello everyone,

i need a functionality to start and stop the captivate presentation with keystrokes. The pause-key on the keyboard should have the same result as clicking the pause-button in the playbar. I already tried to modify the playbar in flash but i am an absolute beginner in actionscript. The pausebutton has the script:

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var btnTipsId = 3;

function onClicked()
{
_parent.onPBCBtnClick("pause");
}

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Is it possible to start _parent.onPBCBtnClick("pause"); with a keystroke?

If not - maybe it is possible to build a widget with this functionality.

 

Thanks a lot for ideas and help

 

Patrick

385 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: paja999, Apr 6, 2012 3:51 AM
 
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  • LMS_90
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    1. LMS_90,
    Mar 26, 2012 3:58 PM   in reply to paja999
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    use a clickbox with a keyboard shortcut tied to an advanced action:

    if rdcmdPaused == 1

    rdcmdResume = 1

    else

    rdcmdPaused = 1

     
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    2. paja999,
    Mar 27, 2012 12:02 AM   in reply to LMS_90
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    Thank you for your suggestion. This solves the functionality, but it will be hard work to implement this in lots of Captivate files. As I know, it is not possible to show the clickbox from the first to the last slide. Therefore I would have to copy the clickbox to each slide.

    I would like to use the pause-functionality in all my projects.

     
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    3. Lilybiri,
    Mar 27, 2012 12:11 AM   in reply to paja999
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    Indeed, you cannot use an interactive object on a master slide, you cannot time it for the rest of the project. The only way to have this on each slide is to copy/paste. You are probably aware that you can paste to all slides at once (just select them in the Filmstrip). The issue is that each interactive object needs it proper ID. The advanced action however will be always the same. Standard instead of conditional would also be possible, using Expression rdcmndPaused = 1 - rdcmndPaused and similar for rdcmndResume

     

    Lilybiri

     
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    4. paja999,
    Apr 6, 2012 3:51 AM   in reply to Lilybiri
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    Many thanks for your advise. The idea with die expression would be a timesaver but i decided to build a widget with the needed functionality.

    I took an existing widget of Captivate and changed the coding. This was easier to implement.

     

    Patrick

     
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