Interactive Video: Need to Disable Resume Prompt on HTML5 Export

EvanF · November 30, 2025, 3:50am

Problem:

Hi,

I am trialling AP10 before I buy.

I’m hoping someone can help me with an issue I’m having in ActivePresenter 10.

I’m building an interactive video (video + MCQs) and everything works except for one thing: every time the HTML5 package loads—whether I preview it locally or embed it in Articulate Rise—I always get the “Resume / Restart” popup. I don’t want learners to see that prompt at all. I need the video to just start playing immediately.

I checked all the project and export settings, but I couldn’t find any option to disable resume for HTML5 export (unless I’ve missed something). I also tested different modes (Demonstration, Tutorial, Practice, Test), but the resume dialog still appears in all of them.

While digging through the exported files, I discovered that the popup is actually a dedicated slide called “Resume Feedback” inside rlprez.js. As a test, I removed the corresponding block of code manually from rlprez.js, and that did successfully remove the resume dialog and let the video run cleanly from the start. So at least now I know the source of the behaviour.

However, manually editing rlprez.js obviously isn’t ideal. It would be great if there was:

A built-in option to turn off session resume / disable the resume prompt, or

A way to tell AP10 not to include the “Resume Feedback” slide in the exported HTML5 package, or

(If neither of those exist) a feature request to allow users to disable it for interactive video workflows.

This would be especially useful when embedding AP10 content inside other platforms (like Articulate Rise), where resume prompts can conflict with the host environment or confuse the user experience.

If anyone knows of a setting I’ve missed, or a recommended way to disable the resume/restart window without manually editing the player files, I’d really appreciate it.

Thanks!

ActivePresenter version: AP10

OS: Win10

Notes:

Hang · December 1, 2025, 2:19am

Hi Evan,

Thank you for your interest in ActivePresenter 10.

For your information, the Resume Feedback message is enabled by default in ActivePresenter. You can view and modify it in the project’s On Load event by going to: File > Project > Properties > Interactivity.

For example, if you want the presentation to restart automatically when reopening it, simply replace the Resume Feedback action with the Restart Presentation action like this:

Hope this helps!

EvanF · December 1, 2025, 3:19am

Thanks — that fixed it! Removing the Resume Feedback action from the Restart Presentation event (in the project properties) did the trick. I will take advantage of the Black Friday sale!

I’m a long-time Soala Animate fan — it’s simple, powerful, and feels instantly familiar if you came from Macromedia Director days like me. One thing I’d love to see: an SVG export feature so animations could be re-imported. AP10 is already a Swiss Army knife — Animate could be too!