How to replay current slide

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Hi (directed to Li l y b ir i but open to any other suggestions),

I want a slide to replay once it gets to the end (e.g. on slide exit) as this means the time for a game has run out and users need to restart the activity to have another go.

I have tried the tips at blog.lilybiri.co m/replay-slide-button. The advanced action works for buttons but when I assign it to slide ' o n e x i t ' it restarts the slide animations, but the 'slide audio' does not play for some reason . Is there a way around this issue? E.g. can you insert a transparent object/button that is triggered on slide entry rather than user click?

Thank you

PS: I cannot use object audio, it needs to be slide audio.

Lilybiri · Answer

As I explained in another blog post, the On Exit event is to be avoided whenever possible, and certainly for navigation.

Events and (advanced) Actions - Captivate blog

Since you need a reset, you have to re-enter the slide. The blog post you refer to was written fro CP8. Since CP9 there is a bug, the On Enter action is not executed for HTML5 output when you use micronavigatio (Scenario 2 in my blog post. In a more recent post about CP2017 I propose a workaround: Playing a dice game, using While loop - Captivate blog

This not very elegant workaround needs the insertion of a very short dummy slide before the slide to be reset. In your case I wouldn't use the On Exit action but the On Enter action of the slide following the slide to be replayed, and use this action:

Expresssion cpCmndGotoSlide = cpInfoCurrentSlide - 3

Continue

Explanation: cpCmndGotoSlide has a index starting with 0, cpInfoCurrentSlide starts with 1

If you have 3 slides:

Slide1 = dummy slide, cpInfoCurrentSlide = 1, but for cpCmndGotoSlide you need to use 0

Slide2 = game slide, cpInfoCurrentSlide = 2, but for cpCmndGotoSlide you need to use 1

Slide3 = slide after game slide, where you use On Enter action, cpInfoCurrentSlide = 3, but for cpCmndGotoSlide you need to use 2

Expression results in 3-3=0 which means the user is navigtated from slide 3 (On Enter) to slide 1. Since this slide is very short (0,1sec is OK), and the next command is Continue, user will barely see slide 1, re-enters immediately slide 2 and everything is reset.

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