Tutorial On Scripting - Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual

Last updated 4/22/2010
Edit statements
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When editing a script, use the appropriate icons to add, remove, copy, cut, paste, insert, or move a statement (a line
of code).
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Use the drop-down menu to change the type from Variable to Literal, or the other way round.
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To remove a decision, select the decision and then click the delete icon.
Edit/delete/duplicate advanced action
1 Select Project > Advanced Actions.
2 In the Existing Actions, select the action that you want to modify or delete.
3 Do one of the following:
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Use the appropriate icon at the top-right corner to delete or duplicate the action
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To update the advanced action, use the appropriate menu icons to update the statements and then click Update.
Apply advanced actions to slides
In the Properties Inspector (Window > Properties), go to Action.
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Select Execute Advanced Actions.
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In Script, select the script that you want to run from the Action menu.
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Apply advanced actions to interactive objects
In the Properties Inspector (Window > Properties), go to Action.
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In the action menu, select Execute Advanced Actions. Examples of actions are On Success, On Failure, and Lose
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Focus.
In Script, select the script that you want to run from the Action menu.
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More Help topics
"Text captions" on page 63
"Widgets" on page 116
"Variables" on page 145

Tutorial on scripting

The following tutorial helps you get started with using scripting in Adobe Captivate.
You have been asked to create a login slide with fields to enter the user name and password.
When the user enters the correct values, the following actions take place:
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The project moves to the next slide.
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A text caption in the next slide displays the message, "Welcome <user name>".
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The default e-mail editor opens with the e-mail ID of the person that must be informed of the login.
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