Displaying a long formated text in captivate 8

[Mied_Clt]

Hi everyone,

please is there a way to display a long formated text (5 pages) in captivate 8 ?

I have some slides with alot of formated text that i will like to have display.

Thanks in advance for your reply.

[Lilybiri]

I hope you don't want to insert such a document in a slide? Why not offer a link to a pdf with the formatted text?

[Mied_Clt]

I did that but it keeps opening on a browser. I want the document to open inside the flash player that is use to view the swf generated file.

[Lilybiri]

Did you try 'Current' in the dropdown list under the small triangle to the right of the field where you enter the path to the pdf?

[Mied_Clt]

Yes i did and when i click to open the Pdf file nothing happens.

[Lilybiri]

? Is the path in the link correct? I'm a bit confused by your terminology, Flash Player is always within a browser. I thought you were talking about opening browser window.

[Mied_Clt]

Yes the path is correct, "flash player" as in when you double click on a .swf file.

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

I sincerely hope you are not using a CP published project that way? You need to use the companion htm file to start a course, which will invoke the JS and CSS file to launch the SWF. That is the reason why I was bit puzzled. And that may explain your problem of course, since you are not in a browser window, it cannot launch another document in that same window. Moreover the raw Flash Player can only display Flash files, just like Adobe Reader displays pdf-documents.

[Mied_Clt]

Thank you for your reply. I will have to find another way to do it !