Do you know what is the best way to disable the Next button before an activity starts and enable it after the branching activities have been completed?
I've tried several options but they don't seem to work. Please see attached files as mock up of my project.
Are you using triggers? You can set a trigger to "change state of" the NEXT button to disabled or hidden, and then change it back to "normal" with another trigger. Please let me know if that's not what you were asking.
You might have to set a separate variable as each part of your branch is completed, and then have a trigger on your beginning slide that checks the values of those variables, to make sure they are all "completed" or whatever, and then sets the NEXT button to normal in that situation. Does that sound right?
The Mixed Navigation on the attached file does not show the End/Button until all branches have been complete, which is what I think you want. This has a custom button, but all the triggers for it work for the built-in button, too.
It also has a time requirement for viewing the different segments, but you can safely ignore that.
Both your inputs helped. What ended up working was using a Hidden Next button when the timeline started and then a Normal Next button when the timeline starts after the variable became true. The variable became true when all states are visited. I really appreciate your comments.
I should note that the visited state is hard-wired to be set to visited when clicked. You not only don't need a trigger to set the state, but you run the risk of your trigger interferring with the built-in function, with not always predictable results.
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Are you using triggers? You can set a trigger to "change state of" the NEXT button to disabled or hidden, and then change it back to "normal" with another trigger. Please let me know if that's not what you were asking.
Melody,
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Yes, I used triggers but they don't work. Here's the attachment.
You might have to set a separate variable as each part of your branch is completed, and then have a trigger on your beginning slide that checks the values of those variables, to make sure they are all "completed" or whatever, and then sets the NEXT button to normal in that situation. Does that sound right?
Melody,
The Mixed Navigation on the attached file does not show the End/Button until all branches have been complete, which is what I think you want. This has a custom button, but all the triggers for it work for the built-in button, too.
It also has a time requirement for viewing the different segments, but you can safely ignore that.
Both your inputs helped. What ended up working was using a Hidden Next button when the timeline started and then a Normal Next button when the timeline starts after the variable became true. The variable became true when all states are visited. I really appreciate your comments.
I should note that the visited state is hard-wired to be set to visited when clicked. You not only don't need a trigger to set the state, but you run the risk of your trigger interferring with the built-in function, with not always predictable results.
Thanks for the extra tip!
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