Show and Hide multiple items using wildcard in Advanced Actions?

[mickyfokken]

Is there a way to show or hide multiple items at once using a wildcard in Advanced Actions?  Ex:  Hide all click boxes in presentation that begin with click_*

I'm trying to find a good way to use the same CBT for both Show Me Mode (video demo with audio and no interactions) and Practice Mode (interactive simulation with click boxes and text box prompt for interactions).

I've seen some enterprise solutions have the ability to have 1 source file that publishes out to multiple formats (demo, simulation, quick guide).  However, they are a little more than Captivate's $800. 

Micky

[captyvate]

When you do a sofware simulation, if you have checked "Demo" and "Training" then captivate creates two projects. one for each Demo and other for Training.

You can have the published output of both the modes.

Do you have any specific requirement to have a single project for both  the modes

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

If I want to create a combination, I do the capture in all the wanted modes, and then copy/paste what I want to one of the files? Have an example, but it is on a Dutch version of my blog, look at the movie (Flash output, hope you'll still have possibility to see SWF?):

http://captivatenederlands.posthaven.com/classic-tutorials

Lilybiri

PS As for your original question: no wildcard in Advanced actions. You can filter dropdown lists on 'click_' and only those objects will then show up (in CP6/7) but you'll still need one statement per click box unless you group click boxes on one slide (not possible to group objects sitting on different slides).

[mickyfokken]

Thank you both for the feedback.  As a result, I decided to just create the "Practice Mode" first, fine tuning text boxes and narration.  When it's final, I'll simply delete the click boxes and then it becomes a "Show Me Mode" demonstration.

I added a feature request to the Captivate wish list for the variable wildcard option.

BTW - the products that do single file to multiple mode publishing are Datango, STT Trainer and a few others. They are built more to support enterprise system implementations in products like Oracle, SAP, etc.