Question: How Can I Stop the Skin Menu From Grabbing the TAB Key?
We are using Adobe Captivate 3 for a simulation that requires a user to press the Tab key to continue to the next slide. We are also using the Menu feature of the Cap 3 skin. With this combination, when the user presses the Tab key on the keyboard as instructed, the slide is advanced, however, the Menu is activated and expands to it’s drop down state! Any ideas to get around this problem?
Answer
As you’ve probably seen, the menu feature found in the Skin is a bit limited. Without adding a JavaScript to the HTML code that would alter they way the TAB key works in your SWF, I don’t know of a direct way to change the TAB sequence so that the menu wouldn’t be activated. I’m hopeful that an improved Skin menu will be part of Captivate 4.
Question: How Can I Email Published EXEs That Won’t Get Fired by My Firewall?
We’re planning to email a published Captivate project to a colleague for review. If we publish a SWF, we’ll have to worry about the client sifting through all of the published files in the attachment to start the correct file. We cannot send a published EXE because it will be blocked by the Firewall. And we don’t have an FTP server. Any ideas on how to get this to my client short of burning a CD and sending it overnight?
Answer
You can publish a standalone project and send it via a free FTP service like YouSendIt.com. Since the user will essentially be downloading the files from YouSendIt instead of as an email attachment, the EXE won’t be blocked by the email server as a virus.