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The webOjectLockFix2.0 is done!

This is the new and improved version for the webOjectLockFix, and will now handled all published Presenter panels as shown in the image below; this includes all Engage and Quizmaker tabs and warning dialogs. The instructions for using this mod are the same as outlined in this link; for convenience I’ve copied them below. Unload/Reload the Web Object using my…

How to reveal content behind an Articulate Presenter Web Object

Did you know a Web Object inserted into Articulate Presenter actually sits above the published presentation player?  Because Flash doesn’t have the ability to embed html content, Articulate Presenter will use iframes in combination with CSS to overlay the Web Object seamlessly, with the Flash player window. Layering html documents is a creative solution to this Flash limitation. The image…

Creating transparent icons for the Carousel Interaction

In this example,  the icons shown in the rotating carousel are transparent (0% alpha channel) or do not have a solid background. Natively the Articulate Engage SDK does not have an option  for inserting images with an alpha channel. The effect seen in the example is achieved by using the following method: Publish the Carousel Interaction locally and choose the…