Problem with incrementing variable with html5 output (Captivate 8)

Question

In my project, I increment a variable with 1 to count the clics. In flash, it works fine, but in HTML5, it is adding 1....Normaly: clic =1 clic =2 clic=3HTML5: clic=1 clic=11 clic=111Help?

Lilybiri · Accepted Answer

Are you using the Expression action? If so, change to the Increment action. Expression may be concatenating the numbers as strings instead of adding them.

Solution or workaround is to give a number as default value when defining the variable. It is fine to use '0', which allows Captivate to identify this variable as being a number. The issue is back but with an easy workaround, which was not possible in the previous version's bug.

Rod, it is not only happening with Expression but also with Increment.

silly_ol_ryan · Answer

I'm experiencing this problem in Captivate 2017 (10.0.0.192)

My aim is to figure out the month and year will be six months in the future. Below is my Advanced Action to assign the variables (I've color coded the variables to make it easier to follow). My duedateyr works great (and I've tried different values in both decrementing and incrementing just to verify it is working). Unfortunately, duedatemon does not work when rendered in HTML.

Execute Actions

Expression: duedatemon = cpInfoCurrentMonth + 6

Assign duedateyr with cpInfoCurrentYear

If ( duedatemon > 12 )

Decrement duedatemon by 12

Increment duedateyr by 1

Today the current month is October, so I would expect my first expression to result in 16.

16 is indeed greater than 12, so subtract 12 and it should become 4.

It works in the flash preview, but in the browser the duedatemon returns 94.

I also tried making it two lines - "Assign duedatemon with cpInfoCurrentMonth" and then "Increment duedatemon by 6" but get the same incorrect results.

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