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Hi there,

I am testing out some features using an Opus Flex Publication (Pro XE 5.5). I am trying to mirror some functionality that is available in FlashMX.

The basic issue is this, i created an Opus Flex Publication (named flexHello.swf)with just a display variable (called "text") and published it as a swf with inline html.

On the html I added a function call in javascript to set a variable in the swf object . i added the following to the header



After the embedded object i created a simple link that calls the PassFlash function.



When i click the link, nothing happens, when it should be displaying "Hello World" in the swf file. I double checked that i was doing this correctly by creating a similar flash object using FlashMX. The function and linked worked correctly.

I have not been able to successfully implement SetVariable in a flex file and i cannot find any information on it in help or by searching these forums. Has anyone done something similar to this in the past? Do i need to add some opus script to recieve the variable from the html file?

Heh, i take it that this is not an issue that many here have come across, or perhaps I am implementing this incorrectly. Just some follow up information.

I work with other software to implement SCORM compliant SCOs. My brother has had some success in bringing a webpackaged Opus 4 publication in AICC, using the web plugin.

In 5.5 I noticed that there is an "Opus SCORM Flex" publication type that publishes to flash. When a project is set up, the various functions are set up in OpusScript, and there is an htm launcher file that gets created with javascript functions set up designed to initialize the LMS and query it for the user variables, that in turn get sent to the Opus Flex file. This javascript uses extensive use of the SetVariable function, the same function that above i could not get to work at a very basic level.

Please correct me if im wrong, but it does appear to me that if you cannot pass a javascript variable through to an Opus Flex file that the "Opus SCORM Flex" file type would only work one way, only able to send out information, but not recieve it. This at best is only a partial solution, and that we will not be able to implement SCORM compliant courses in Flash, only using Opus.