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casbeck
Inspiring
January 24, 2013
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Prompt to click PLAY to resume after PDF is launched?

  • January 24, 2013
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Good day.

Our 10-hour training must accomodate low-tech users.

Much of the learning requires many PDFs launched in Acrobat with Open URL action.

When the user opens a PDF, the slide is paused.

It's not obvious to some learners they should click play in the playbar to resume.

Is there a streamlined (global) way to add an action to:

  • knows when a PDF is launched -- (Open URL) action as an event
  • display an object to prompt user to click the PLAY button

Any help appreciated.

Thanks so much,

Christine

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Correct answer SethXP
  1. Use a text button for your link to url action.
  2. Have your "Click Play to continue" text set to invisible.
  3. Write a standard action on click for 1 using:
  • Show text caption
  • go to url

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RodWard
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RodWardCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 24, 2013

Have you tried setting up Advanced Actions that have a Continue action immediately following the OPen URL action that launches the PDF?  Have the button execute this Advanced Action rather than the Open URL action alone.

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casbeckAuthor
Inspiring
January 30, 2013

Thanks Rod,

Agreed that an advanced action is needed, and could replace the simple Open URL action.

But it shouldn't simply continue. Wouldn't that be the same result as the "continue playing the project" option for OpenURL? We need the project to pause while the user is reading the PDF.

What I want is for an object (visual prompt) to be visible once the "lauch PDF" button is pushed. When the user returns to the training from Acrobat, the prompt - to push PLAY - is visible.

I'll need another bit of code to remove the object once the play button is pushed.

Any ideas on how to write an advanced action to do that?

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SethXPCorrect answer
Inspiring
January 30, 2013
  1. Use a text button for your link to url action.
  2. Have your "Click Play to continue" text set to invisible.
  3. Write a standard action on click for 1 using:
  • Show text caption
  • go to url
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