Mutiple actions on a button without a variable...possible?

Question

I have a button on a screen. I want to perform several actions without using a variable. I can do this in Storyline, I can do this in SmartBuilder. Can't see a way to do this in Captivate.

Click button A, Show Screen 123, Show Click Box XYZ,

I see only one action is available for Button A. How can accomplish another action from the click to Button A?

Any help is really appreciated.

Lilybiri · Answer

You need to trigger either an Advanced or a Shared action, type 'standard'. You are pointing to the list with simple actions (one action per event). In that list you'll find the command 'Execute Advanced Action' and 'Execute Shared Action'. The second one will be dimmed if you didn't create a shared action before.

You can create an advanced action, by clicking on the browser icon in the Actions options tab, next to the On Success event. Other way is by Project, Advanced Actions. Choose a standard action, give it a name, and you can add as many actions as you wish.

If you need this type of action more than once I would recommend to create a shared action. I have some tutorials on my blog:

Dare to Share - part 1 - Captivate blog

Dare to Share - part 2 - Captivate blog

Parameters in Shared Actions - Captivate 7 vs. 8 - Captivate blog

Reuse Shared Actions in other Projects - Captivate 7 vs. 8 - Captivate blog

I'm puzzled by the sentence '....without using a variable'? A variable is something totally different. Maybe you want to track if an image is visible, than you'll need a variable to store perhaps 1 if it is visible, and 0 if not visible. Then you can use that in a conditional action to create a toggle button, that shows/hides the image:

Toggle Shape buttons - Captivate 6 - Captivate blog

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