Advanced actions 'examples' for Captivate v5.5

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• Are there books or Info on Captivate advanced Actions

  Are there books or info on Captivate advanced Actions? Using Captivate 5?

  My blog is considered to be a source of information about advanced actions:

  http://lilybiri.posterous.com

  I've also published articles on advanced actions, are listed in this blog:

  Articles

  Lilybiri

• Faster advanced actions?

  I have a project with a screen that shows about 15 forms and a total score in the upper corner.

  When a user clicks on one of the forms of the form disappears and adds '10' to the dashboard (using a variable)

  I have a box click on each shape and you need a tip action to trigger the increment of 10 to the variable of dashboard and hide the corresponding shape.

  But this means I have to create 15 advanced actions, one for each form.

  Y at - it a way more quick to do, or is the only way to create a further action for each form of art?

  What version you are using, please? And is not at all a matter of "start." If you want to put me on the issue, waiting for your response.

  First: Why use a click on a form when the form can be used as a button? Who will save you half objects. This is possible because forms appeared with version 6.

  For the basic question, it depends on your version. If you are still on the 6, only way is indeed to reproduce advanced actions. If you're 7 or 8, use a shared action with the form (button) as the only parameter. You can apply shared action to each button of form, no need to set the variable of dashboard as parameter (which is possible in 8) being given that it never changes. Take a look on:

  Dare to share - part 1 - Captivate blog

  Dare to share - part 2 - Captivate blog

  Settings of the shared actions - Captivate 7 vs 8 - Captivate blog

  Re-use of stocks shared in other projects - Captivate 7 vs 8 - Captivate blog

  BTW, long, loooong I created a dashboard with advanced actions, maybe you will be interested (no action shared at that time here):

  Creating a board game results with Captivate 5 - Captivate blog

• Advanced action scripts - y at - it a variable that tells me which button is clicked?

  Lilybiri gave me some great tips on the use of conditional tip action scripts. Now, I have another related question.

  I have three buttons A, B and C. Each button performs exactly the same series of actions to hide everything on the page, but shows another group of objects depending on which button was clicked - that is, to display the Group A and Group B group C.

  Currently, I have a separate advanced action script for each button (in fact a lot more than three) because of this difference, then want to combine in a single conditional script. However, I can't understand how I would like to know which button was clicked.  In other words, I think that my conditional script should look like this:

  The condition "always."

  If 1 is equal to 1

  [Script to hide all]...

  Continue

  Condition 'has '.

  If MyButton is equal to 'A '.

  See the group_A

  On the other

  Continue

  Condition 'B '.

  If MyButton is equal to 'B '.

  See the group_B

  On the other

  Continue

  Condition 'C '.

  If MyButton is equal to 'C '.

  See the group_C

  My problem is that I don't know how to set or get the value of MyButton to perform conditional tests. Is there a system variable that returns the value of a selected object? I looked at all the variables, and I don't see one. Or y at - it another way to do what I'm missing?

  You probably can find with Javascript, but not with advanced actions. All the available system variables that can be used - there are more - are in a table that you can download here: System variables in Captivate 8 - Captivate blog

  I have several articles on the shared use of stocks. You apply the same instance of a common action several times and don't have that to indicate parameters, in your case these parameters will be for most groups and objects. I hope that stocks shared will expand more in the future. They have several advantages: given that you use multiple instances of the same action that they do not increase the file size as duplicate advanced actions. In addition, you have them in the library that makes management much easier.

• Captivate 6 - Advanced action does not work in the project?

  Hello

  I use 6 Captivate. In my project I have a common slide2 which is called when clicking on the two different buttons (C1 and C2). Slide 2 contains several objects, saying Text1, text 2, 1 button, and Button2.

  Slide 5 I have a C1, I defined the on success action: execute advanced actions

  Script: If CPIntoCurrent Slide is equal to 5

  Action:

  Go to slide 2

  See the Text1

  See the Button1

  Hide Text2

  See the Button2

  Similar action has been set to C2 (slide 8) redirecting to slide 2 showing the Text2 and Button2, hiding other objects.

  These scripts where works fine, until I installed a patch on the adobe site. The patch was intended to display the video correctly in the PDF when selected the option display the table of contents.

  But unfortunately he's completely unbalanced the script of existing projects. I also tried to uninstall completely and fresh install Adobe Captivate, but not luck .

  Help, please.

  @Rod and with a concern for users of later versions (I'm not sure 6, this version did more) 6.

  It is perfectly possible to show/hide objects of an 'Advanced' action (not with a simple gesture) that is running on another slide of the slide corresponding to the object. I am certain about it for versions 7 and 8. I have not been much about 6 blogging and was bit sloppy on this release to keep track of all the changes. If you don't believe me (what happens in these forums), CP8 users take a look at the example file Cloudair included with this release: the action advanced in the first slide shows/hides objects anywhere in the file based on the information of the new cpInfoGeoLocation of system variables.

  Rod, I see you post this comment often, I just wanted to add these details. As I explained that I don't know when this change occurred (6.1 is my suspicion, but cannot test). In CP5 you could hide objects that have been timed for the rest of the project on a slide different than its original location. Since 5.5, you might also show this type of object.

  Lieve

• Need to slow, step by step instructions on creating an advanced action - Captivate v9

  If someone is willing to help, it would be greatly appreciated... the 'codes' and the choices in the drop down menus on the screen of the fast Action don't make sense to me. I need verrry slow, step by step instructions for the complete fool. General "If... then" steps would help, but here's what I'm trying to specifically:

  On my screen, I have three statements, each with a checkbox. The user must check all three boxes before the next button will lead to the next screen. If they check a box, or both boxes, a text box should appear when you click the next button.

  I * think * I have the necessary components on the screen, but need to check that too. The three boxes are Smartshapes with two States (controlled and checked), the next button is a Smartshape (no), and the text box that should appear when the user clicks next with less than three checkboxes is also a Smartshape (not States).

  If you can help, great... Let me know what other information might help...

  Chuck

  Create 3 user variables: v_one, v_two, v_three , with a default of 0. They will check if the box is checked or not. Value = 0 means do not checked, value = 1 means checked.

  The images for the boxes have two States: Normal (no check mark) and verified, the image itself I tagged Im_one, Im_two, Im_three

  Create the caption text or shape with text, tag Message and make it invisible output (icon "eye" on the properties panel).

  Form each transparent button on the images a trigger a conditional action; I would create a shared instead of a tip action. It will look like this (example for the first action):

  

  In regards to the Submit button, will make this advanced conditional action:

  

  The ELSE part has only a single command: 'show the Message '.

  Don't forget to put the suspension for buttons 4 point form in the same place.

• JavaScript for loop to execute Advanced Actions - execute Javascript does not?

  I use a loop to check the value of a Cookie.  When I add this using Execute Javascript it works fine but I want to run with certain other actions, if I want to use Of execute advanced Actions. When I add this coded to an action to run Javascript in the breast to perform advanced Actions code disappeared if I open the Script window again once.  I try to remove the code for loop in bold below and then the remaining code remains.  So I think that the problem must be with the loop for, but I don't see anything wrong with this code and I have, as I said that this code works fine if I use Javascript to run on its own. I've attached a video clip below to show what I mean.

  var task1_value = readCookie ("task1");

  function readCookie (name) {}

  var nameEQ = name + '=';

  var CA = document.cookie.split(';');

  for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i ++) {}

  var c = ca [i];

  even if (c.charAt (0) ==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);

  If (c.indexOf (nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring (nameEQ.length, c.length);

  }

  Returns a null value.

  }

  I found that window JavaScript of CP does not like loops.

  Your best bet is to put the function in an external JS file from the top of the page. I always run scripts in an external file. Really helps debug that you do not have to republish Captivate. Just change your code and refresh the browser. If you use external file you can store all your functions there.

  I would also look into using the local storage instead of cookies. Very easy to implement and you can store a ton of information.

  Local storage - dive into HTML5

• Don't hide and not available in advanced Actions - 7 Captivate

  I'm very new to using Captivate, so maybe it's an obvious solution.  I have a screenshot below what happens when I try to create an advanced Action.  I want to show and hide a legend when a button is clicked.  Cannot use a roll because it is not compatible with HTML 5 and you can not roll something on a tablet or iPad.  As you can see Show, Hide and Enable are disabled. I tried to create a new project and do the same thing and it works very well.  But I don't want to start a new project and recreate the other interactions that I have already installed.  Also, I would like to know what is the cause, so I repeat again.

  Any help or suggestions you can provide are greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

  

  Success!  I found the problem.

  I went through and delete a slide at a time and then tested to see if I could add a tip Action.  About slide 19 (of course) I was able to make it work.  After cancellation and put the blade back in I could not add an action.  So that was probably the problem.  After looking at the settings for the slide, I was wondering if the characters of < and=""> > on the slide name could be the problem.  I took out them and viola - this has worked.

  So I learned my lesson - only letters and numbers in my slide names in the future!

  

  Thank you all for your useful ideas and thoughts.

• Advanced action appears in a loop - 6 Captivate

  I have a HTML5 project that connects to another URL page on about 5 slides.  Jim was eough kind to inform me that there is a known issue on the binding of Captivate URLs that are not typed by hand. All URLS are typed by hand, and all the advanced actions are put in place so that on the last click fo the button, the blade should move on to the next, and the URL should open in a new tab (in that order).  This goes perfectly on the first series, but the second set does not advance the slide, he just opened the new window. If you return to the captivate window and click on the next button it respawns the new window, never to go to the next slide.  I deleted the project on my Web server, slides have to be recreated, rebuilt the action advanced, with no effect.  Anyone else running in all what simiilar?

  It is a bit of a show-stopper for me because I don't want to have just code a button - my hope was to make it run as a native application iPad, but if I can not take the chrome because users will have to navigate it is impossible.

  Add this to your existing JS code below:

  forward();
  open_win();
  

• Captivate 4 - Advanced - Actions buttons Pause/Play

  HI - so I created a 2 buttons - a pause and play - so my users can implement pause/play my captivate video (slide audio and real). I created my 2 variables for the buttons and I created my Advanced action. I am affect my break to "rdcmndPause", hide break, exhibit. And I'm assigning play "rdcmndResume", hide the piece, see the break. It does not work. The play/pause buttons appear and disappear as they should - but my project is not a pause or play. Any thoughts?

  I'm not very good with AS3, but try this, removed some of your code and added a little ;-) worked OK for me

  PauseButton.visible = true;

  PlayButton.visible = false;

  PlayButton.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, hidePlay);

  PauseButton.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, hidePause);

  function hidePlay (event: MouseEvent): void {}

  PauseButton.visible = true;

  PlayButton.visible = false;

  MovieClip (this.parent.parent) .rdcmndResume = 1;

  }

  function hidePause (event: MouseEvent): void {}

  PauseButton.visible = false;

  PlayButton.visible = true;

  MovieClip (this.parent.parent) .rdcmndPause = 1;

  }

• Audio tour on first visit to several slides except for the first of the slides advanced action does not

  I have 3 different slides in a project who have advanced actions to stream audio on first visit only. When I saw the project, the tip action works only once. Who ever these 3 slides I play first audio aura on the first visit, but the other 2 do not play audio at all. Is it possible that they do not interfere with each other?

  A tip action that I use is less and the others are the same but with different audio files

  

  You need a variable to different entry for each slide.

  v_entry1, v_entry2 and so on.

• Execute advanced action does not work in Captivate 9. Help, please!

  Hello

  I created a simple questionnaire and use to execute advanced action if students take the test, a new slide is displayed. To fail back to the quiz. Here is the screenshot of what I put in place. I think I followed the correct instructions, but whenever I tried it in preview mode, it doesn't. After the last slide in the quiz, he continued to go to the next slide. Thank you!

  

  

  You choose the wrong system variable. I guess you want to check the score, not the maximum score?

  Use cpQuizInfoPointsscored or cpInfoPercentage. Here is another link where you can download a descriptive table with all system variables:

  System variables in Captivate 8/9 - Captivate blog

• Captivate 9 Advanced Actions break the module

  It is so incredibly frustrating. I had built a module in Captivate 8 and then converted to 9. Subsequently the entire module would publish, but wouldn't download on the internet - I got the spinning wheel, but nothing appeared.

  
  Now, I've reconstructed this entire module in Captivate 9 and published each slide, he transferred a lot - UNTIL I added advanced actions (standard actions to that). Now, it will not download again. I removed the advanced actions, but still, it won't upload more. I'm very, very frustrated by this setting level and hold that I had not upgraded to 9. Very frustrated.

  I've never seen a situation where HAVING simply advanced within a published file Actions prevented him from Internet download.

  Are you talking about maybe your LMS do not accept it as a SCORM package when you say "upload"?

  Could you be a little more specific on what do these advanced Actions?  How do confirm you that they caused the failure of download (e.g. If remove them fully active again the download, what all simply NOT running but leaving them in)?

• Images and advanced actions

  I'm setting up a demo of "false" to a program that uses our society.  I have a picture that should appear on the 100 + slides when you click and then click box disappear when you click another click box. Is this possible without renaming each image and creating multiple advanced actions?

  Example: See the slide: click the address: an address box image is displayed: click x to close the image address and see the original slide.

  I am using captivate 8

  You cannot attach files, you must insert screenshots in the form of images using the camera icon in the toolbar:

  

  Why click on boxes? Indeed, this means that you can copy/paste on each slide. Forget them and use this workflow:

  1. Put the image on the first slide, it time for the rest of the project, always on top. Then hide it output ("eye icon" in the upper-left panel properties). It will have a unique ID, it will be called "Im_One".
  2. Replace your boxes click the shape on the first slide buttons, so you as well for the rest of the project. Alternative is to put on the main model of slides. Remember do not overlap with other interactive objects on individual slides.
  3. Create an advanced or shared (better if you want to reuse this much) action for each of the buttons on the form, where you can hide or display the image. You can even create a toggle button, if you use a conditional action and follow-up user variable v_visib

• Is there a way to set the order of the advanced actions?

  Hello.

  I try to set a peak action where an effect is applied to several objects, and then it climbs to a slide. Is it possible to define the action to make the jump from slide happen after effects?

  Here is a screenshot of the demo of what I'm looking for:

  

  I want each box of click to zoom out until the slide jump to another slide and the other 3 characters.

  I use 7 Captivate.

  Thank you.

  I have created an example, but used CP8, there will be a small difference for you in CP7. Those are the steps:

  • Create a variable user corresponding to each image that will follow if that one is clicked, a Boolean value with the default value of 0, branded the v_one, v_two... v_four
  • as I suspect you return to this slide, you need to reset all Boolean values enter; can be done with a tip action that affects 1 to each of the variables and don't forget the Continue statement as well
  • Make sure that the continue button has no suspension, and that the boxes to click on a break at 1 second before the end of the slide (1 second is the default duration of change of scale 0, what is the zoom effect)
  • I created a joint action for the areas of click, but since you can't define a variable as a parameter, you may use duplicates of the advanced actions:
    • Assign the v_one with 1
    • Apply the effect Image... Balance for x and Y, the value 0
    • Apply the effect Image... Balance for x and Y, the value 0
    • Apply the effect Image... Balance for x and Y, the value 0
    • Continue
  • Then created a conditional advanced action on the exit of the slide, with many decisions that you have variables, checks each variable and jump on this slide