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IDOLproff
IDOLproff
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May 18, 2020
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Advanced Actions

  • May 18, 2020
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In Captivate 2019 (11.5), I see many Existing Advanced Actions i.e. FLIPCARD02V2 with 3 variables already defined.  

 

What I'm not finding is help on these actions.  For instance, a demo of what they are supposed to do, how to configure them, etc.  

Is there any documenation, help text, etc to see what advanced action they perform and how to configure them?  

Thanks,

IDOLProff

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      Correct answer Lilybiri

      Disregard last question, figured out the answer.  I had to change the style in the state view.


      Duplicate the first flip card slide All items will have a new name and the
      Actions will have adapted. Follow same workflow to replace images and
      states content.

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      Lilybiri
      Lilybiri
      Brainiac
      May 18, 2020

      You are talking about the Quick Start Projects? I have to disappoint you. There is NO documentation whatsoever about the actions in thos projects.  I have helped alreadys ome users with explanations. If you have issues with some actions, just tell me from which Project, which slide(s) and what you want to do.  Some of the advanced actions are OK, ot of them do have superfluous commands.  If you visit my blog, you'll see that I am writing about advanced/shared actions since over10 years. It is regrettable that they didn't choose  shared actions, lot easier to use by newbies. Have a look at those two videos which I created recently:

      http://blog.lilybiri.com/who-is-afraid-of-dot-dot-dot-shared-actions-crash-course-lesson-1-video

      http://blog.lilybiri.com/who-is-afraid-of-dot-dot-dot-shared-actions-crash-course-lesson-2-video

      IDOLproff
      IDOLproffAuthor
      Known Participant
      May 18, 2020

      Thanks for the quick response.  Yes, this is from the Alliance quick start.  Specfically the 3 pic Flip Card slide.  I'll check out the links you sent.  Thanks very much! 

      IDOLproff
      IDOLproffAuthor
      Known Participant
      May 18, 2020

      Just switch from the original image to your image. I'm sorry, but they have used a shape filled with an image (thought first it was the bitmap image itself, don't know whay they did that, to make it more complicated?)^:

      Click the Browser icon to replace the present file by ours. Make sure the image has the same size, and it is easier when you import it first to the Library.

      Go then in the Object state, to replace the text on the second state 'Active'.

      Check the addnvaced action (Actions tab) to see if it looks like what I showed before.

      Test.


      Really appreciate all the help.  I think I'm getting it.  2 other questions: 

      1.  Once I get this advanced action working, I want to save it as a Shared Action.  When I try to save it, it's asking me for the starting Parameter Value.  What should that be set to? 

      2. Instead of creating a new advanced action for each image, is it easier to duplicate a previous advanced action and then updating it with the new image name? 

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