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candeee127
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December 11, 2012
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Reset previous slide after hitting back button

  • December 11, 2012
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When a user hits the back button I want the previous slide to start from the beginning.  As it is now it goes back to the slide at the state it was last left.  Is there any way to do this??

I am using Captivate 6 on the Mac.

Thank you!

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    December 11, 2012

    That is strange, normally a Back button jumps to the previous slide and starts from the beginning of that slide. What exactly do you mean by 'at the state it was last left'? Could you explain a bit more in detail, perhaps with an example?

    Lilybiri

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    candeee127Author
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    December 11, 2012

    Yeah I thought that was strange. When I have interactions on the slide and when it goes back it returns to the last state of the interaction.  For instance I have a button that shows and hides some text boxes when I go to back to that slide it doesn't restart the button... I guess I need to have something in my advanced action on the back button that resets the buttons on the slide... Sorry hopefully I have explained it a little better...

    Basically I want my slide to go back to the start resent any buttons that I have clicked.

    Thanks!

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    December 11, 2012

    That is what I suspected. Once you show an object by an (advanced) action it will remain visible. On my blog I have often emphasized that you have to initiliaze states, variables etc when it is possible to re-enter a slide which is the case when you use the Back button. You are in control when using actions, CP is only doing what you asked.

    So be sure that you have an advanced action triggered by 'On Enter' for the slide, that puts everything back in the state it was when you first entered that slide (if that is what you want of course). There is no simple way to 'reset' the actions triggered by a button or something else, you are in charge. Feeling like a preacher now

    Lilybiri

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