Passing variables from Lectora to Captivate

 Hi Dono,

I've been able to pass from Captivate to Lectora but have not been able to go the other direction with Captivate 3. I have not yet been able to identify how to identify variables within Captivate. I've heard that Captivate 4 has better variable handling capabilities but have not worked with it yet.

Dono said:Hello. I am trying to figure out how to pass a custom variable from Lectora to Captivate. I designed a workflow diagram in Lectora with buttons above each step. The buttons, when clicked, launch .swfs. I want a variable called StartSlide to be modified based on which button the user clicks in Lectora, then I want that variable to be passed to Captivate, where it will dictate which slide should play first. For example, if I click the button above step 3 in the workflow diagram, I want slide 1 in the .swf to play first, whereas if I click the button above step 7 in the workflow, I want slide 2 in the .swf to play first (i.e., bypass slide 1). Any ideas on what the syntax would be, and what steps I would need to take in both applications to make it happen? Thank you. Don