Software simulation with help hidden or showing

Nov 18, 2020

Hi all, I'm currently working on a software simulation and I'd like to enable users to do it with or without help. By default, every slide has a help button for showing how to perform that step when clicked. I thought it would be interesting enabling users to choose from the start if they want to do the simulation with the help already showing (for having a first go at it with no prior experience) or if they want to have the help hidden but accessible on demand (for reinforcement practice). Any clues on how to do that? Thanks!

2 Replies
Joseph Francis

If you set a Boolean variable (for this example, I'm calling it bolDisplayHelp) at the beginning of the course ("Would you like help to be always visible?" [Yes] [No]). On each slide, set the display of the Help layer based on if that Boolean is true or false.

Show Layer Help
  When the timeline starts on this slide
  If bolDisplayHelp = value True

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