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hooplife
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April 7, 2013
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slide duration determined by user...

  • April 7, 2013
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I have a slide with various content and I would like the slide to display until the user clicks the button to go to the next slide...as it is now any time a user clicks a button to play audio or to show some text the slide automatically plays and goes to the next slide...

I am a newbie and have tried numerous things with no luck...thanks

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    Ok...i have the audio advanced option working correctly...

    yes I would like the "synonym" button to to show and hide the synonym text container (which is the smart object)...


    Try this:

    1. Set the text container/smart object to start at the beginning of the slide, timed for the rest of the slide BUT uncheck 'Visible in output' in its Properties, which means it will be hidden; I will label it Txt_Synonym
    2. Create a user variable (Project, Variables), I will name it v_visib with a default value of 0; this will be used to track if the image is visible
    3. Create a conditional advanced action that will be triggered by On Success for your Synonym button; it will have to look like this:
      • IF v_visib is equal to 0
        • Show Txt_Synonym
        • Assign v_visib with 1
      • ELSE
        • Hide Txt_Synonym
        • Assign v_visib with 0

    Lilybiri

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    April 7, 2013

    Hello and welcome to the forum,

    It would help if you posted a screenshot of the timeline. A button (I suppose you are talking about a normal button) has a pausing point, visible as two small vertical lines in its timeline. If you didn't change the properties of the button, it will pause. Default location of that pausing point is at 1.5secs if you didn't change it.

    You are talking about different buttons on the slide. A button that is executing an action (like play audio, show text) will at the same time release the playhead, so it will continue. This could be solved by replacing the simple action by a standard advanced action (see link later). But if you make sure that the pausing point of the Next button (Go to Next Slide) is later than the pausing points of the other buttons, the playhead will stop there. You can move the pausing point by dragging those two vertical lines to the right, or you can change it in the Properties panel, accordion Timing.

    In this example you see two buttons: BtAudio pauses at 1.5secs, when clicked the playhead will move on as well but will stop at the second button BtNext that pauses at 2,1secs

    Link to YouTube explaining difference between simple and standard actions is to be found in this blog post:

    http://blog.lilybiri.com/why-choose-standard-over-simple-action

    Lilybiri

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    hooplifeAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 9, 2013

    Thanks for your help...i have been playing around and am close but still can't seem to get it how I want it...

    I would like the user to be able to:

    -click the image to hear the audio as many times as they like...

    -click the "synonym" button to see the text box with the synonym

    -leave the slide only once they have clicked the "continue" button (which is highlighted in the image)...

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    April 9, 2013

    What did you do already? I suppose that the button on top of the selected Continue button is the one that has the image and plays the audio clip? For that button you'll need to create a standard advanced action with the command/statement 'Play audio' and point to the audio clip. That way the user can click a many times as he wants on that button without the play head moving on. And this particular command has the advantage that when you activate it again (to play the same audio clip in your case) the first audio clip will automatically be stopped so that he doesn't hear twice the same clip as a 'canon'.

    Because the two buttons (for audio and Synonym) have their pausing at the same time and I do not know if you want the Synonym button also to be clickable multiple times, I would also create an advanced action to avoid moving the playhead. If you leave a simple Show action, the play head will move on when the user clicks on the Synonym button, and get in the inactive part of the Audio button which you do not want. Or do you want a toggle button for show/hide the synonym text container?

    Last question: what is the function of the smart shape that is on top of the timeline? Because with the work flow I describe this smart shape will never become visible!

    What is the action you trigger by the Continue button? If it is to Continue, the smart shape will be visible for the duration of the inactive part of the Continue button, if it is set to 'Go to Next Slide' the smart shape will never be visible.

    Lilybiri

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