The first issue is with animated text. I have bulleted text that flies in from the right and it works great. The problem is the text disappears near the end of the slide and there is no exit animation.
The second problem is with a flash video at the end of my course. It's playing in a loop and I can't figure out how to make it plays only once.
1. Check the timeline. The text object should be extended to the end of the timeline - if is is not then the object will disappear from the screen before the timeline ends.
2. Check the Flash video outside of Storyline - does it loop when playing outside? If it does then you have to fix the problem within the Flash file itself - there will be no way to stop it from looping in Storyline.
Thanks Nancy. The text box extends to the end of the timeline and has no exit animation. Maybe I will delete and try again. I have a similar slide in another chapter and it doesn't do this.
James from the thread below is having trouble with flash looping as well. I suggested that he send you a message and maybe you can confer together. This message is a heads up from me.
I sure did james. I used the FLV file in Articulate and never had this problem. It is a 7 second jingle my department places at the end of every course. I swapped out the FLV for a MOV version and the problem went away.
I know that Storyline does not play nice with AS2 Flash files because Storyline is based on AS3. Flash changed the way it handles audio in AS3 so I am wondering if that was the reason you were experiencing problems.
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Hi Marty -
1. Check the timeline. The text object should be extended to the end of the timeline - if is is not then the object will disappear from the screen before the timeline ends.
2. Check the Flash video outside of Storyline - does it loop when playing outside? If it does then you have to fix the problem within the Flash file itself - there will be no way to stop it from looping in Storyline.
Thanks Nancy. The text box extends to the end of the timeline and has no exit animation. Maybe I will delete and try again. I have a similar slide in another chapter and it doesn't do this.
I inserted a MOV file and it works fine.
Weird. I copied the text box from the other slide and pasted it into the slide that's not working correctly and the problem is gone.
Hi Marty,
James from the thread below is having trouble with flash looping as well. I suggested that he send you a message and maybe you can confer together. This message is a heads up from me.
http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/15021.aspx
Adrian
Marty,
You ended up converting your swf to an mov to solve your second problem?
Thanks
James
I sure did james. I used the FLV file in Articulate and never had this problem. It is a 7 second jingle my department places at the end of every course. I swapped out the FLV for a MOV version and the problem went away.
Hey Marty does your FLV contain audio and do you happen to know if it was created using AS2?
Yes it does contain audio. I'm not sure how it was created because it was done by our marketing department. They do use Mac's.
I know that Storyline does not play nice with AS2 Flash files because Storyline is based on AS3. Flash changed the way it handles audio in AS3 so I am wondering if that was the reason you were experiencing problems.
Anyway, I'm glad you found a way to resolve it.
Nancy, it sounds like a reasonable explanation to me. Thanks for your consideration.
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