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JacobCheval
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April 11, 2013
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Quiz not advancing after incorrect answer (quiz uses user variables to show wrong answers)

  • April 11, 2013
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Hello All,

Long time lurker, first time poster. Hopefully someone can help me.

After viewing this excellent video on the adobe captivate blog "so what were the right answers anyway" I created a quiz with user variables and a conditional advance action. It displays red crosses next to the each question that was incorrectly answered at the end of the quiz.

  • I set up user variable for each question with a value of 0. On an incorrect answer the variable would be set to 1.
  • At the end of the quiz is a slide which lists the question and shows a red cross next to each question with a variable set to 1. uses conditional action which is triggered "On Enter"

This works, but my problem is when I preview the quiz (in browser or as SWF), on an incorrect answer the failure caption appears but will not actually advance to the next question when I click anywhere or press y. It works OK on correct answers.

I can sovle this by adding a next button, but I want to understand what I'm doing wrong.

  • Using captivate 6.0.1.240 (boxed copy)
  • windows 7
  • images on quiz properties and  conditional action below

Any help appreciated.

Regards

Jacob C

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Correct answer Lilybiri

I tested this work flow on 6.1.319 and it works fine. So it is a bit guessing in the wild... no 6.0.1.240 around for the moment. Seems strange, because a simple action like your Assign action should normally release the playhead. But of course it is a question slide and they do not always behave as expected. Could you try to replace the Assign action by a standard advanced action with 2 statements, like this:

  • Assign var_question_1 with 1
  • Continue

And please, let me know if it works? This could be a difference between the two versions, but not sure at all.

Lilybiri

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Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Legend
April 11, 2013

I tested this work flow on 6.1.319 and it works fine. So it is a bit guessing in the wild... no 6.0.1.240 around for the moment. Seems strange, because a simple action like your Assign action should normally release the playhead. But of course it is a question slide and they do not always behave as expected. Could you try to replace the Assign action by a standard advanced action with 2 statements, like this:

  • Assign var_question_1 with 1
  • Continue

And please, let me know if it works? This could be a difference between the two versions, but not sure at all.

Lilybiri

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JacobChevalAuthor
Participant
April 11, 2013

Thanks for replying. Replacing assign with the standard advanced action works fine.

A bit frustrating that I can't figure out what's going on, but I actually prefer what you suggested than just using assign.

It seems more "sturdy" stating explicitly that it should continue.

Jacob

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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April 11, 2013

Agree, strange because in CP6.1 it works in the original way you used. I thought this could be the cause, because the original actions both for Success/After Last Attempt are 'Continue'.

Lilybiri

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