Invoking Slide Master Layer From Child Slide

Ooh, forgot to mention that it would be good to be able to adjust the states of objects on the slide master from triggers on objects on a page that uses that slide master too.

Thanks for any ideas

I've been playing with this today.  Variables are your friend.  They can carry secret messages from the slides to the master slides.

1. Set a trigger on your regular slide to set Variable = "TRUE" when some condition is met.  Or use whatever variable you want.
2. On the Master, set a trigger to show NewMasterLayer if Variable = "TRUE"   or...
3. On the Master, set a trigger to change state of (object on the Master) to State if Variable = "TRUE."

Thanks for the lead, Meryem.

I had thought of setting a variable flag but wasn't sure what trigger would intercpt it down on the slide master, e.g. if there was a 'variable changed' trigger or similar would be ideal (that automatically fired when a variable changed), but otherwise something would have to happen down on the slide master layer to make it check the variable and take appropriate action.

Sadly I won't be able to get to my copy of Storyline for a day or two to check, but thanks for the lead.

PeteB

Oh, yay. I've just seen on a thread that there IS a 'variable changed' event, so the variable flag approach should work beautifully.

That will open a world of possibilities. Can't wait to get back to play now.

Putting smarts on the slide master is just such a good way to cut down on duplication of effort.

Thanks again for the nudge.

PeteB