Advance if slides are viewed

Actually, what you describe is probably the way I'd to it. That's pretty much the standard procedure.

Hi Max, are you saying that your solution is not working or are you just asking if there is another way to do this?

Are there any special things that I have to remember, such as memorize the state of the slide....or mark a specific item to be viewed?

Yes, my solution is not working. It might also be my execution

Ok Max, here is a thread that has an example of what I think you are trying to do. Take a look at the source to see if this helps you.

http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/12285.aspx

If not, let me know as there are lots of  other examples.  Or if you don't mind posting your source file, we can take a look and see where you are going wrong. Sometimes it is something as simple as having the triggers in the wrong order.  

It is me again, this thread might even a better example for you. http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/12273.aspx

Thank you so much, Nancy!

The first already worked. I tried a work around with hotspots, however it was just much easier with buttons, as it is shown in the first example.

Thanks a lot

Glad to be of help.  One thing to keep in mind when designing this type of thing is that hotspots do not have states so it is always better to use a button or even a symbol (you can add states to symbols but not hotspots).

Hi again,

I have an other question now; If I allow the user to also use the menu than he might see all the pages of the training, however will never click the buttons to advance....Than the "end" button will never appear and the learner gets frustrated.

Is there a way to make the button switch into "normal" status, if slides have been viewed? Or is my only option to disable the menu?

Best,

Max

I'm not sure I follow exactly what you want to do - are you saying that you want the end button to appear based on having the slides viewed instead of when the user clicks all the buttons to the different branches?

You can do this, but you will have to use variables to check if each slide has been visited and then add a trigger to the end button that will change the state of the button to normal only if all the variables have been checked.

If this is what you want to do let me know and I can explain how to do this.

You perfectly described what I have in mind.

I would very much appreciate your explanation, or if you could point me into the right direction.

Thank you very much

If you allow menu navegation, you can add a variable to each of the branched slides that says "Adjust Variable" > "Branch1 > Assign > True > When the Timeline starts.

On your menu slide, you can have the hidden button turn to normal when all of the Branch variables are set to true.

Hi, I see Lance has answered your question, but I'll provide a little more detail just in case you have not worked with variables.

Basically you need to create a unique variable for each slide you want counted. You create the variables by clicking the x looking symbol in the properties area.

These variables should be set up as true/false variables with the initial value set to false.

On each of the slides you want counted add a trigger that changes the value of the variable for that slide to true - you can set it up to trigger when the time line starts or ends. But if you just want to track that the user visited, I would set it to when the timeline starts.

Once you have done this for all the slides go to the slide that contains the button you wan to activate and add another trigger that changes the state to normal if all the values for the variables = true.  Not you se up this last part by clicking the contains for the trigger.

I hope this makes sense, I am on vacation right now and don't have access to storyline so am doing this from memory.

Thanks a lot, that helped.

I wish you a pleasant vacation!

Best,

Max