Replay Slide Widget for Adobe Captivate 4 and Adobe Captivate 5

by on September 15, 2010 with 24 Comments in Captivate , Widgets

Note: Widget updated to new version and can be found here: http://www.cpguru.com/replay-slide-widget-for-adobe-captivate/

 

A user on the Adobe Captivate forum was looking for a Reply Slide Widget for Adobe Captivate so I figured I would create such a widget.

Replay Slide Widget for Adobe Captivate 4 and Adobe Captivate 5

What will it do?

The widget will replay the current slide when clicked. The widget is transparent so you can place the widget on top of your own button graphics within Adobe Captivate.

Requirements:

An Adobe Captivate 4 AS3 or Adobe Captivate 5 project.

Download Widget:

Note: Widget updated to new version and can be found here: http://www.cpguru.com/replay-slide-widget-for-adobe-captivate/

If you found this widget useful feel free to make a donation ;o) If you would like to see which other Widgets for Adobe Captivate 4 and Adobe Captivate 5 I offer then click here.

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  • D Gambal

    Do you have one for AS3?

  • http://www.cpguru.com Michael

    It is AS3 ;o)

  • http://www.uplaypiano.com Chuck

    Is it supposed to run the “enter slide” action during replay.

    • http://www.cpguru.com Michael

      @chuck,

      The widget restarts the slide from frame 1 on the slide so I would think that the enter slide action would be executed.

      /Michael

  • http://www.elearndev.com Jonathan

    This widget worked perfectly for me. I previously tried just jumping back to slide 1 to “replay” my project but some of my text animations were not replaying correctly. This widget fixed that issue. Thanks!

  • Michael

    I have imported some animation from PowerPoint that do not replay with the widget. Is there a way for the widget to restart these animations?

    • http://www.cpguru.com Michael

      Sorry no – the widget is only able to restart the Main Adobe Captivate slide / movie – not any added assets such as animations or video sequences.

      /Michael

  • Valentino Dal Cero

    Hello,

    Do you know if the widget works on Captivate 5.5 for Mac?
    We’re having problems with an error message: “This is not a valid widget”.
    Any suggestion?

    Thank you very much!

    Valentino

    • http://www.cpguru.com Michael

      It should work just fine – I don’t see why not.

      Have you tried restarting Captivate and inserting the widget again?

      /Michael

      • Valentino Dal Cero

        @Michael,

        yes, we have tried to restart, but we have the same message; one strange thing is that if we copy the widget from another project (done with Captivate 5) and paste it on the new one (Captivate 5.5) it works… by now we are copying and pasting…

        Thanks,

        Valentino

  • Jorgen Bjerke

    Feature request: Show Hand Cursor :)

    • http://www.cpguru.com Michael

      Good idea. Will add that in the next update.

      /Michael

  • Ed

    Awesome! Does exactly what it says it will.

    One word of caution. . . . . Becuase I was very excited to find this little guy, I just droped it on my slide and hit the good old F4 key. It didn’t work. Crap! Oops. . . Forget to set it up properly in my timeline and set the timing. Fixed it up and it worked like a champ.

    GREAT little tool!

  • http://WebsiteNA NameJohn Velbeck

    I am trying to use this in Captivaye 5.5. It shows up as an animation (not a widget), and acts as a NEXT BUTTON INStead of a REPEAT button. Any thoughts?

    • http://www.cpguru.com Michael

      You should insert this as a widget – not an animation. All widgets can be inserted as animations, but that doesn’t mean that they will work.

      /Michael

      • http://WebsiteNA NameJohn Velbeck

        It WAS listed as an animation in the timeline. Deleted and replaced as a Widget, but still getting the same result. I am not using the Captivate control bar–I have deleted it, and am using my own buttons. Would this have an effect?

        John

        • http://www.cpguru.com Michael

          John,

          I can’t say why you are experiencing that behavior. I just tested it with Captivate 5 and Captivate 5.5 and it works as a replay button on my system.

          Try making a new basic project and test the widget in that.

          /Michael

  • http://Website edlearner

    This is a great widget!! Although I want to use this widget in my courses, I cannot because it disables my fullscreen feature.

    Basically, my course has a button to go fullscreen and enlarges the course to fit the full screen. Adding this widget still enables the full screen feature, however, this widget prevents the course to fit the full screen. Basically, while the fullscreen is activated, the course is wedged on the far left corner at its original size instead of being centered and enlarged.

    Is there a possible way to enable this feature?

    Thanks again!!
    edlearner

    • http://www.cpguru.com Michael

      @Ed,

      Sure thing – I’ll update the widget so it will allow the scaling. I’ll see if I can get it done this weekend.

      /Michael

      • http://Website edlearner

        Thats awesome! Thanks Michael!

        edlearner

        • http://www.cpguru.com Michael

          Widget is updated now so download the new version, which should allow scaling of your project.

          /Michael

          • http://Website edlearner

            Thanks Michael, works wonderfully!!

  • http://Website edlearner

    By the way, is the source file available? I ask because placing the widget over my button graphic prevents any hover action. Also, the cursor arrow does not change when hovering over this widget. Thanks again.

    edlearner