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celiamc187
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June 14, 2016
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Captivate 9 Quiz issues

  • June 14, 2016
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I am working on a Captivate 9 project that former colleague started.  I have a slide that asks the user to enter 4 numbers (rankings) into 4 text entry boxes and then to press a "Go" button that is supposed to calculate the average of the numbers, and display in a separate box. The calculation is not happening, and the "answer" box is not displaying or doesn't exist.  Please help?  I would like the calculation to happen and appear in it's own answer box.

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    celiamc187Author
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    June 14, 2016

    Thanks everyone for trying, but I'm going to bring this to a colleague who can help in person with the project in front of me

    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
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    June 14, 2016

    In Captivate, each Text Entry Box has an associated user variable. As soon as you enter anything into the TEB it immediately gets written to that associated variable.

    You'll also be needing a couple of other user variables. One to hold the total of all these numbers and another one to hold the calculated average when the total is divided by 4.

    So you should be able to insert these same variables into a text box or Smart Shape on the slide to check that the values are being written and calculated correctly when your Advanced Action is executed by your Go button.

    You may find that the action IS being performed and it's just that you cannot see the result anywhere.

    Have you tried any of this debugging so far?

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    celiamc187Author
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    June 14, 2016

    Thanks, RodWard.  Could let me know step-by-step how to do the directive you mentioned: "So you should be able to insert these same variables into a text box or Smart Shape on the slide to check that the values are being written and calculated correctly when your Advanced Action is executed by your Go button"?

    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
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    June 14, 2016

    So you don't know how to insert a user variable into a text caption or shape?

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