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slatone1
slatone1
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December 12, 2017
Question

Screen is graying out before actions are completed

  • December 12, 2017
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I've got a Captivate 9, blank project. I'm using the white theme.  I have not changed the defaults on anything. I have a slide with audio and at the end of the audio it says, "Click on each image to find out more." 4 image buttons appear.

Each button has had the pause removed and, upon clicking it, conditional advanced actions play it's own audio file, increase the variable to 1 and, if the other image buttons (4 total) have already been clicked, then automatically go to the next slide. I have a small click box in the corner to pause the slide, and deactivated "allow mouse click". The click box is hidden on output. 

My problem is this. A few seconds after the audio stops, the slide grays out and none of the advanced actions are working. Is it a timeline issue or length of slide issue?

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Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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December 12, 2017

Very probable: timeline issue. Can you pkease post a screenshot of the timeline of that sclie, and of the conditinoal action(s)?

You shouldn't have taken out the pausing points of the buttons, but have them all at the same position. If you take it out, the playhead will continue.

slatone1
slatone1Author
Known Participant
December 12, 2017

advanced action

The Else statements are the same first 3 lines in Actions.

timeline 

Again, the buttons appear as the audio says, "Click on each image to find out more."

slatone1
slatone1Author
Known Participant
December 12, 2017

I don't understand what you want to do with this action (BTW, next time use the Preview button to show the whole conditional action, it is the first button in the control panel top right).

This is what I read in the action: Go to Next Slide when three variables are greater than 0? If they are not all greater than 0, increment the variable. Play Audio followed by Stop Triggered Audio means that there will not be audio at all?  Why are you adding those audio commands?

The slide is paused by a click button. What is its function?

I thought you wanted to show an image with those buttons? But that is not appearing in the action at all. Can you tell me what you really want to do in detail. Are you new to advanced actions?


I want the learner to be forced to click on each button and hear the entire audio file that is attached. (The button is filled with an image so nothing has to show or hide). 

I used "Stop triggered audio" in case the learner clicked on another button without fully listening to the first button. I thought both audio files would be playing at the same time. I've removed the "Stop Triggered Audio" and now hear the files but by the time I am in the middle of the second button audio file, the screen grays out. 

The click button was to pause the slide until the learner had clicked on all four buttons. But perhaps putting the pause back in the buttons will do that?

I feel like I need to add up the time for each audio file and extend the slide length to that additional time so it doesn't gray out. 

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