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This is a mini-project to demonstrate an issue I could use some help understanding.
I’ve created two shapes as buttons (imagine finger holes for a wind instrument). Each shape has two states (normal and uncovered). Different combinations of open & closed produce different pitches, so selecting a button changes its state adds an amount to a variable (Var_HolesAdded) if normal and subtracts it if “uncovered”.
I would like the total to cause a change in display, making a hidden object visible (while hiding the other options) or changing a multi-state object to reflect the current state. I created the mini-project to test this out.
I’ve started the advanced action (TextWhileCondition) upon entering the slide. The counter clearly increments (so the while loop is running), but I cannot seem to get any of the display conditions to change.
Here are screenshots of the TextWhileCondition advanced action. One is a counter just to see if the While loop was operating. The others represent the four possible permutations of two circles with two conditions each(L1, R1; L0, R1; L1, R0; L0, R0).
What I thought it would do: While (Var_HolesAdded) is a certain value, do these things (4 possible values, 4 lists of tasks). Loop continues, Captivate polls Var_HolesAdded for new values.
I’ve tried a few other unsuccessful solutions. I have had a little rudimentary experience in JavaScript, so a long chain of if/else commands seems most intuitive to me.
Perhaps I am missing something simple and elegant. Advice is welcome and appreciated!
Shawn Keech
This is a mini-project to demonstrate an issue I could use some help understanding.
I’ve created two shapes as buttons (imagine finger holes for a wind instrument). Each shape has two states (normal and uncovered). Different combinations of open & closed produce different pitches, so selecting a button changes its state adds an amount to a variable (Var_HolesAdded) if normal and subtracts it if “uncovered”.
I would like the total to cause a change in display, making a hidden object visible (while hiding the other options) or changing a multi-state object to reflect the current state. I created the mini-project to test this out.
I’ve started the advanced action (TextWhileCondition) upon entering the slide. The counter clearly increments (so the while loop is running), but I cannot seem to get any of the display conditions to change.
Here are screenshots of the TextWhileCondition advanced action. One is a counter just to see if the While loop was operating. The others represent the four possible permutations of two circles with two conditions each(L1, R1; L0, R1; L1, R0; L0, R0).
What I thought it would do: While (Var_HolesAdded) is a certain value, do these things (4 possible values, 4 lists of tasks). Loop continues, Captivate polls Var_HolesAdded for new values.
I’ve tried a few other unsuccessful solutions. I have had a little rudimentary experience in JavaScript, so a long chain of if/else commands seems most intuitive to me.
Perhaps I am missing something simple and elegant. Advice is welcome and appreciated!
Shawn Keech
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Here is the link:
http://blog.lilybiri.com/advanced-actions-dialog-box-in-captivate-2017
I’ve really appreciated your resources; they’ve been a great help to me.
I’ve re-read the material in this post, and I believe that I’ve understood the basics. I think the trouble that I’ve run into is that a While loop triggered upon entering a slide seems to stop checking for the condition if not refreshed somehow.
After some further research, I decided to utilize a hidden button and “click” it via javascript after a fingering has changed.
This workflow gets rid of the “While” in favor of the conditional statement chain.
The workflow being:
A fingering is changed–>this state changes, this variable assigned new value, click box via JavaScript.
check_box activated–>checks the state of all fingerings with possible combinations –>changes report based upon it.
I did get a “one finger” chart do do this (not a very interesting instrument). Next step, proof of concept with 2 fingering options (4 possible outcomes).
Apparently, it will not allow me to embed the project in the same way it does in the main body of the blog…
If you want help, please post a PREVIEW of the full advanced action.
Can you please post the Preview of the actions, it is very difficult to ‘read’ a bunch of individual screenshots of the dialog box. I will post a link to my article about the Advanced Actions dialog box. You could search for it. If I post the link, this will cause waiting time for moderation, have no idea how long. Will post the link in a separate comment.
Reason is: this seems to be a rather complicated action with many decisions. Probably a logical bug is causing the problem.
