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ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3
User Guide
3 Using Windows Explorer, place the bitmap images in the Adobe Captivate playback controls folder located in
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3\Gallery\PlaybackControls\BmpBars.
4 Open your project in Adobe Captivate and add the BMP playback control to your project.
Note:
Playback control buttons should all have the same width and height. If the images are not the same size, they
might not be displayed properly in the finished project.
Creating custom Flash playback controls
You can create custom Flash playback controls. You can use either Flash 8 or Flash CS3 to open the Flash file and
modify buttons, add colors, and so on. You can locate the Flash file that contains the SWF playbars in C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3\Templates\PlaybackFLA. The SWF images are stored in the C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3\Gallery\PlaybackControls\SwfBars folder.
When creating custom SWF playback controls, you must follow these guidelines:
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The source FLA file of the skin is stored in the following path:
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C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3\Templates\PlaybackFLA
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The control names and symbols must not change.
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The playbar must be present on the Stage with the instance name, pbcBar_mc.
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The playbar must have the cpPlaybar identifier in the library.
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The Export for action script option must be selected for cpPlaybar in the Library.
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The actions at the action layer must not be changed.
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All buttons must be stored at the library root.