Pause and Resume a Slide

[DavKins]

Hi All,

I'm using Captivate 2017 and I've built a hidden lightbox group that is used as a Exit Dialog box for exiting my HTML 5 module. The group is on the first slide and remains for the Rest of the Project.

When you click the Exit button, the group appears with "Are you sure you want exit the course?" If you click the Yes button, the Exit command is executed. If you click the No button the group is hidden .

Everything works. My only annoyance is that if timeline is running on the slide when the group is called, you can see movement through the mask (some slides are static while others have enter and exit effects). I could just set the opacity of the mask to 100 percent to hide the activity. However the timeline is still going behind the scene. So if they happen change their mind and close the group, the timeline has advanced. 

I was wondering if there was a way to pause and resume the slide without it accidentally advancing to the next slide. I've tried playing with the resume and pause command. And it work but if they call and hide the group twice on the same slide it will advance to the next slide. I can't seem to find a work around.

Any ideas?

[Lilybiri]

It is perfectly possible to pause and continue a slide. However I would need to see exactly how you set up the actions at this moment advanced action, where is the pausing point of the interactive object triggering that action? If you are using a slingle action 'Show', did you uncheck the option 'Continue Playing Project'?

[DavKins]

I’ve managed to pause and resume a slide. what I’ve noticed is that if I issue  the resume command  enough times on the same slide, it will eventually advance to the next slide.

What I wanted to know is if there is an “end of slide” variable. I want the user stop and start the action until the end of the timeline is reached but not advance to the next slide. The is in HTML 5

[Lilybiri]

Can you please answer my questions? I would like to see the timeline, where is the pausing point of the interactive object which you use to show that group? Did you uncheck 'Continue Playing the Project' if you use a simple action? Or do you use an Advanced action?

You seem to be new to variables? There is an On Exit event for a slide, a variable is something totally different. I rarely use that On Exit event because it is not to be trusted, and I still don't know how the timeline looks.

[DavKins]

Here is my timeline with the Lightbox and a copy the script that hides it. It works, but if stay on the same slide and show and hide the exit group, eventually it will move to the next slide.

 

[Lilybiri]

I see several buttons on that slide, all timed for the rest of the project.  Part of the conditinoal action is missing, I can just figure out that the THEN part is used for the first 30 slides, but the screenshot is so small and fuzzy...

The pausing point looks like being at the end of the slide, but since this is a button timed for the rest of the project, that could be a problem if the slides do not have all the same duration. Why did you not put that button on the master slide to avoid that?

What is the purpose of the other buttons? Are they all set to Infinite attempts?

[DavKins]

You're looking at the splash screen with Yes and No buttons that are timed for the rest of the project. They are part of the Exit Dialog group which is also timed for the rest of the project. The group is hidden and it appears when an Exit button is clicked. The Exit button is on several master slides.  The other button is an Enter button with takes you to the next slide that starts the lesson.  I guess I could place the Enter button on the Title master, but since I only use it once I thought I'd put it directly on the slide.

[Lilybiri]

I am very sorry but those screenshots are too small. I cannot even detect which shape buttons timed for the rest of the project have a pausing point anf which not. The action shows up only partially. I asked about the number of Attempts for the buttons, and idn't get an answer.  Maybe someone else can help?

[davidkinsey1217]

Sorry I didn't answer all your question. I don't know it this screenshot is any better. The Enter button jumps to slide two and is set to infinite attempts. The No button runs a script to hide the Exit Dialog group (Not possible to set to infinite attempts) and the Yes button is set to run the simple action Exit.