About widgets

In Adobe Captivate, widgets are configurable SWF objects created in Flash. Widgets can help provide enhanced interactivity and rich content rapidly.

Developers creating widgets build the content structure, with interactivity, and provide some parameters for customization through Adobe Captivate. When users of Adobe Captivate insert a widget, they can customize these parameters based on the course content. For example, users of a pie chart widget can customize the size and colors of the different segments of the chart.

The base code for creating different types of widgets for Adobe Captivate is available in Flash. Developers can use this base code for widgets inserted in Adobe Captivate.

Note: Animated SWF files, unlike SWF files for widgets, are not configurable.

Developers can do the following:

Control the visibility of the widget. Developers can choose to make certain facets of the widget available to the users in Adobe Captivate for preview or customization.
Define the behavior of the widget in response to user input.

Note: You must have Flash CS3 or Flash CS4 installed on your computers to create widgets for Adobe Captivate.