In need of a volume controller

Hey Sarah,

Have a look at these two links for more info on Articulate SDK capabilities:

http://www.articulate.com/products/presenter-sdk.php

http://www.articulate.com/blog/articulate-sdk/

Good luck!

Thanks Peter! I have now downloaded the SDK and have found what I need in the flash file "ast_remote". However, when I place it in my slides, the volume is hidden somehow when I publish to the web so it cannot be used. How can I get this to work?

Sarah,

Please refer to the Modifying Assets section of the SDK documentation. There are a couple of things you need to complete to meet your design request.

1. Make sure you add the tags shown below and in the documentation, inside the published data/playerproperties.xml
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true
10000
10000
100
100

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NOTE: There is an example playerproperties.xml file provided with the SDK and is found in the Sample Presentation\data\ folder. This can help you locate where the tags above should go.

2. You need to modify the ast_remote.swf to check for slides 1 and 2. If slide 1 or 2 is playing, then show the remote, if not, hide the remote. A sample of how this can be done is below.

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// first assign the SDK global reference var
var ArtAPI = _level0.ArtAPI;

// get the current slide index using the SDK call and store it in the slideIndex variable
var slideIndex = ArtAPI.GetCurrentSlide();

// do the check
if (slideIndex == 1 || slideIndex == 2) {
// show the ast_remote by making it visible
this._visible = true;
} else {
// hide
this._visible=false;
}
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Note: You might need to loop the above code to ensure it's always checking if/when the slide is changed.

3. Make sure you have added the ast_remote.swf file to the published /player/ folder.

That should do it.

Please note, my instructions above expect you to have basic knowledge of Flash programing and the Adobe Flash authoring tool. I hope this helps!