advanced action buttons?

[ds8888]

I feel like this should be possible but can you create a button that plays only one section in your basically linear slideshow? I'm trying to create a review page. I've already grouped my slide sections. The answer probably relates to advanced actions but that part didn't make sense when I read it online. Any suggestions?

[Lilybiri]

Could you give some more details please? And tell which version you are using as well? Where did you 'read it online', what do you mean?

[ds8888]

Captivate 8. I was reading the forums and the Adobe help on buttons and advanced actions. Part of the confusion I had on advanced action buttons was dealing with variables. It involves booleans I believe.

What I am trying to do is create training modules where end users work through the entire thing and at the end of the module if they wished to review a section they could choose one of the buttons on the Review slide and that button would only play that one section not restart the entire module from that slide.

[Lilybiri]

Allow me to say that advanced actions and variables are very mysterious to you, right?

Why not offer a simple solution: use the built in Table of Content. Grouping your slides in each section will create a heading for each group of slides. Allow navigation by TOC and user will be able to choose whatever slide they want. If they want to see a group, they can click on the first slide and the proceed.

If you don't like that easy solution, I'll try to write out steps for what you described.

[ds8888]

That is currently how we have it set up but we are hoping to upgrade our current training modules. I would prefer trying out some of the steps that you could offer.

[Lilybiri]

You should need a user variable for each section: v_one, v_two.... Give them a default value of 0. They will be toggled to 1  when a section is finished. That type of variables with only two possible values is labeled a Boolean.

1. Use a button Success event on the last slide of each section to trigger 'Assign v_one with 1', where you use the proper variable for that section. I would use a shared action, because probably that button will have also a navigation function, which means it has now to do 2 commands: the Assign and the Navigation.

2. On the Review page you can use Jump to .... for the section buttons.

3. On the last slide of each section, for the Next button you'll need a conditional action. Personally I would also make it shared because you need it for each section.

IF v_one is equal to 1

    Jump to SlideReview

ELSE

    Go to Next Slide

If the Next button on that last slide has to do both 1. and 3. you'll need a conditional advanced action with 23 decisions:

First decision 'Always'

   IF 1 is equal to 1

      Assign v_one with 1

Second decision 'CheckVisit'

IF v_one is equal to 1

    Jump to SlideReview

ELSE

    Go to Next Slide

I marked the parameters for a shared action in Italic in this action

[ds8888]

Thanks! I'm going to spend some time working with my coworkers to see if we can figure this out. Thank you again!

[ds8888]

Thank you so much! I was able to set aside some time to create a variation of what you gave me earlier and it worked. Thank you!