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sharon_trudell
Inspiring
May 25, 2016
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Use both standard action and conditional action scripts on same slide upon entry

  • May 25, 2016
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I want two different types of action scripts to run on slide enter of the same slide, one second apart.

1st script:  populate a variable with current date.  This is straight forward standard action.

2nd script (run 1 sec after first script):  If the above variable is more than current date, do this.  This is a conditional action.

How do I get Captivate to execute these two actions upon entering the same slide?  I can do it if 1st script is on previous slide, and the 2nd script on the second slide.  However that doesn't seem right.  I want these two scripts to run upon enter of the same slide.  I am using CP8.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Sharon

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    You'll have to use two decisions, where the first decision is a mimicked standard action, using a condition that always results in True:

    First decision 'Always'

      IF 1 is equal to 1

          Assign v_one with..                         the commands of your standard action

    Second decision ' ....'

       IF      v_one is equal to cpInfoCurrentDateString                         your conditional action

    However, in CP8 it is NOT possible to delay commands by 1 second, that is only possible in CP9. Why do you want to postpone the check?

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    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
    Legend
    May 25, 2016

    You'll have to use two decisions, where the first decision is a mimicked standard action, using a condition that always results in True:

    First decision 'Always'

      IF 1 is equal to 1

          Assign v_one with..                         the commands of your standard action

    Second decision ' ....'

       IF      v_one is equal to cpInfoCurrentDateString                         your conditional action

    However, in CP8 it is NOT possible to delay commands by 1 second, that is only possible in CP9. Why do you want to postpone the check?

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    sharon_trudellAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 25, 2016

    Thank you so much for the information! I will definitely check it out.  I wanted to delay the 2nd action by 1/10th second because the 2nd action is dependent on the 1st action's result.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    May 25, 2016

    No delay necessary in that case. Decisions are executed in sequence.

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