Need help with evaluating button state changes

Hi Lilybiri,

Sorry about that.  I thought it would be easier to read while looking at the button on the slide. But I can see it would be a mess if everyone did this. I'm pasting the question below.  I'm not familiar yet with the terminology; I'm in education, and not much of a website creator, though I'd like to be.  By "score" I just mean evaluate- be able to give a right/wrong score based on what state an object is in when the user clicks a submit button.

I don't understand how decrementing would make a difference. I've got 8 states for buttons - each with the letter A-H, and I have a condition that when the variable value is 9 - it reverts to 0.  So that's not a problem. My problem is that in advanced action I can't command - go to next state - I need to say which state (unlike in simple actions).  So I need to say "if variable=2, then go to state B.  But I'm also including a separate command to increment the variable by 1 ( with the idea that the next click of the button, when variable=3, it will go to state C).  But that doesn't work.  I wish I could tell it to use the current variable for the current state change, then increment and not respond to that increment until the next click.  Thanks!

Bill

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I couldn’t figure out how to click a button and change states (A through H) and also track the state for scoring *with infinite attempts).  At first I gave the Red button a conditional action to increment the number variable and also to change states based on the new number - Ex:

If numb_var = 1, show State A and increment numb_var by 1;

if numb_var = 2, show State B and increment the numb_var by 1

etc

But then it would of course string all these commands together and go straight to State H.

So I made a second transparent button, which when clicked increments the numb_var and then hides itself.  So then the user next clicks the red button underneath, which will go to the next state based on the numb_var and then shows the transparent button again. So the user is clicking back and forth b/w the transparent button and the red button underneath it.

But then there was a lag between the number and the State change, so when I wanted to have a submit button with a check or an X, that didn’t work.  So THEN I added the letter_var to the transparent button - which assignes the letter as a value, and I used this letter _var for the submit button, to show or hide checks and X’s.  Oh my, what a headace, but at least it works.

However, I’m stuck with a double-click button, and I know here’s a much easier way.  I’m still just a few weeks into learning Captivate, and any suggestions would be much appreciated.

- Bill