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1. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
cp_user Feb 26, 2009 2:41 AM (in response to webmaster.cinephyx)Hi,
LMS Initializing message is shown to inform the user that the content is still loading. In Cp3 there were instances when jumping to the the slide to resume from was causing inconsistent behavior as loading and executing the content is not synced to jumping to the slide to resume from. As these are now synced, the message Initializing LMS is displayed.
As you correctly pointed there is no option to suppress that message.
thanks
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2. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
webmaster.cinephyx Feb 26, 2009 3:11 AM (in response to cp_user)Thank you very much for your answer.
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3. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
BillxMills Mar 18, 2009 6:35 AM (in response to webmaster.cinephyx)Are there any ways to customize this message or fine tune my course to minimize the time it is on the screen. The course is large, containing a lot of audio. The preload animation is onscreen for .5 sec and the LMS Loading message is on for 30 - 60 sec.... looks like the load has crashed.
I want to give the learning a clearer message that the load has not crashed, LMS Initializing is a bit vague, they may not have any idea what an LMS is or why “Initializing” is taking so long.
An animation would be great, clearer message would be OK.
“Content loading, Please Wait.”
“Course Loading, Please Wait”
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4. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
Lena_Dionex Mar 18, 2009 3:06 PM (in response to BillxMills)I am also anxious for a response to this question. I spent some time customizing a loading screen, only to have the "Initializing LMS" message appear for several minutes. Some users are indicating that the presentation hangs on this screen and eventually boots them out.
I verified this by checking the status in Connect Pro. Even though the time shown in the report was over 8 minutes, their status was still "Not Taken" rather than "In Progress". This would indicate that the presentation spent 8 minutes attempting to load (all the while displaying the "Initializing LMS"), but never successfully started.
Trust me: no learners know what is meant by "Initializing LMS." I am going to have to field countless emails for this one. -
5. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
Lena_Dionex Mar 20, 2009 9:17 AM (in response to Lena_Dionex)I am now experiencing another issue: when attempting to view the CP4 files hosted on the Connect Pro server while behind my company's VPN, the presentation gets stuck at the "Initializing LMS" and will not move past that.
I guess I'll open a ticket with Adobe, but frankly I've never been happy with their response time.
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6. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
BillxMills Mar 20, 2009 2:49 PM (in response to Lena_Dionex)Let me know what you find out ----please.
BillxMills@gmail.com
I seem to have had some success with adjusting the % load time, but would still love to remove or at least be able to edit the message. -
7. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
etutor Apr 17, 2009 6:40 AM (in response to BillxMills)Anyone come up with a solution to this "Initializing LMS..." issue with the Preloaders?
If I could figure out what file contains that text maybe I could modify or remove it.
Thanks,
Dave
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8. LMS Initializaton message in Captivate 4
shanahyvat May 13, 2009 11:40 AM (in response to etutor)I would like very much to know how to use preloader instead of this message. Someone please find a way to go around it! Its making all my captivate project unusuable because users think the modules have crashed.
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9. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
TiaRocks Jun 3, 2009 12:26 PM (in response to BillxMills)Is there anything in particular you did to adjust the load time? My group has bandwidth issues and my user population cannot understand “Initializing LMS” for the eternity it seems to take to load a module.
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10. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
etutor Jun 4, 2009 6:46 AM (in response to TiaRocks)I just installed the Captivate 4 patch released this weekend, but it didn't seem to fix the "InitializingLMS" issue......
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11. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
etutor Jun 4, 2009 11:16 AM (in response to TiaRocks)Yes, this is an annoying issue. I've not been able to find a way to delete or change the "InitializingLMS" message.
Note: I see where last weekend Adobe released a patch for Captivate 4. I haven't had a chance to try it yet. Maybe it fixes this issue....
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TiaRocks <forums@adobe.com> wrote:
Is there anything in particular you did to adjust the load time? My group has bandwidth issues and my user population cannot understand “Initializing LMS” for the eternity it seems to take to load a module.
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12. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
TiaRocks Jun 6, 2009 12:43 PM (in response to etutor)Thanks for getting back to me. The patch does nothing about the Initializing
LMS issue.
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13. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
BillxMills Jun 6, 2009 12:52 PM (in response to TiaRocks)I have nothing to add, have not applied the patch, am still living with the
problem.
I did find that if I set the Preloader % down from 100% to 60 it reduced the
amount of time the message was on the screen.
That setting is in Preferences/start and end/ preloader
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14. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
TiaRocks Jun 6, 2009 1:03 PM (in response to BillxMills)Thanks for the tip! I'll give that a try.
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15. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
mvlele Jun 6, 2009 1:20 PM (in response to TiaRocks)Hi All,
Just to let you know that patch does not carry any changes for 'Initialize LMS' text. Also you can view all the changes which have gone into patch here -
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/
Regards,
mukul
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16. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
Ravi Kishore Jun 9, 2009 5:10 AM (in response to webmaster.cinephyx)Hi All,
If you are publishing in AS3, you have a chance to change the text of "Initialize LMS..." or dont show it at all.
1. Go to <Captivate installed folder>\ActionScript 3.0
2. Keep a backup copy of CaptivateMaintimeline.as, just in case.
3. Open CaptivateMaintimeline.as and find the function showLMSInitMovie()
4. If you dont want to show the message at all, add this line after addChild(LmsInit_mc);
LmsInit_mc.visible = false;
5. If you want to change the text, change this line accordingly.
LmsInit_txt.text = lmsString;
to
LmsInit_txt.text = "Loading Slides, Pleas Wait";
Hope this helps,
Ravi Kishore.
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17. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
SarahTrainer Jun 10, 2009 12:32 PM (in response to Ravi Kishore)Thank you so much Ravi!
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18. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
BillxMills Jun 12, 2009 8:58 PM (in response to Ravi Kishore)Big Help
Thanks a ton.
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19. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
TiaRocks Jul 10, 2009 7:39 AM (in response to Ravi Kishore)This fix takes care of the LMS Initializing problem. Unfortunately, it causes a whole other SCORM issue. I’ll try to break it down easily. Any help anyone can provide will be appreciated.
Existing Course:
AS2
SCORM 1.2
Pass/Fail Reporting
Mastery Score of 80
- Above mastery score moves into courses completed
- Below mastery score – appears as a course in progressExisting Course: Same exact course – only thing changed is the switch to AS3.
AS3
SCORM 1.2
Pass/Fail Reporting
Mastery Score of 80
- Above mastery score moves into course completed
- Below mastery score – moves into course completed without having to reach the mastery score – does not ever appear as a course in progress.The AS3 version will work again properly if I switch from Pass/Fail to Complete/Incomplete. Unfortunately that is not an option we can use with our LMS and learning community.
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20. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
jeffreybalhadeff Aug 4, 2009 5:39 PM (in response to webmaster.cinephyx)Can someone from Adobe please let us know when this will be fixed? I use the green pre-loader circle, and I'd much prefer to let that run the whole time.
Thanks.
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21. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
Captiv8r Aug 4, 2009 5:42 PM (in response to jeffreybalhadeff)Hi there
While Adobe engineers sometimes visit these forums, it's not something you should count on.
If you would like to ensure they see the issue, please submit a Bug Report. (Link is in my sig)
Cheers... Rick
Helpful and Handy Links
Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
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22. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
jeffreybalhadeff Aug 4, 2009 9:29 PM (in response to Captiv8r)Thanks Rick.
I can't imagine anyone there actually thought that it would be an acceptable change. It is also really nice that once you update to Captivate 4, you can't go back to 3- on the other hand I do like to be able to delete extra objects.....
Take care,
Jeff
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23. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
BriarPatch1 Nov 8, 2009 2:04 PM (in response to Ravi Kishore)Thanks for this info! I tried the fix to get rid of the message and it worked, but now I get a strange playbar that pops up in the corner of my project when it first loads. I've attached an image of it. Once I click OK on the alert message (which has always popped up) the playbar goes away and my course runs normal. Any ideas where this extra playbar came from? I have always published AS2 until now, so I don't know if it a product of using AS3 or if it's connected to the fix.
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24. Re: "LMS Initializaton" message in Captivate 4
BillxMills Feb 11, 2010 3:02 PM (in response to webmaster.cinephyx)I have been able to replace the default message with a slightly customized one, see code sample below.
I still have a gap to close.
We are experiencing a gray screen lag, 15 seconds on a fast connection, three minutes on a slower (offshore broadband) connection while a large course (lots of demo’s) loads from our LMS. I have the preload set to 30%. I can live with the 15 sec, even three min for off shore, but I have a problem with the blank gray screen the user stares at until the new loading message shows up. It is only on the screen for two seconds before the course starts so does not serve much of a purpose.
If I turn off the load message all together I get only the gray screen.
I have selected a canned AS3 preloader, cylinder.swf, it never shows up (as others have noted here)
I have also selected to externalize everything in the publish settings.
Any ideas how I can get some kind of meaningful messaged in front of the users instead of a blank gray screen?
I am fine with them waiting if we can tell them it is intentional, not broken.
Has anyone found a way to work around this, or at least minimize the gray screen lag.
Here is a code sample if anyone is interested.
var LmsInit_txt:TextField = new TextField();
// LmsInit_txt.text = lmsString;
LmsInit_txt.text = "..................... Loading course files and setting up communications with Ameriprise University.";
LmsInit_txt.width = LmsInit_txt.text.length * 9;
var myTF:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTF.bold = true;
myTF.size = 16;
myTF.font = "Verdana";
LmsInit_txt.setTextFormat(myTF,0,LmsInit_txt.text.length);
LmsInit_txt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
LmsInit_txt.selectable = false;




