Using variable to display layer
Jun 10, 2013
Hi. I have a 'menu' slide which includes buttons linking to the first slide in 3 different scenes, then the last slide in each scene links back to the menu slide. That works fine.
What I want to do is make an exit button on the menu slide appear only after the three links have been followed. I tried adding a numeric variable to a hotspot (they are screenrs) on the first slide of each scene, then setting up the EXIT button in its own layer on the menu slide. The trigger for that layer displaying is that the variable is 1or more, but it won't display. I can see the variable count increasing, but the EXIT layer on the menu slide just won't display.
Any ideas? Thanks.
5 Replies
Hi Steven:
Set the Slide Trigger for your menu slide to show the layer with the Exit button when timeline ends If the count is equal to or greater than your target number.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Dennis Hall
At the end slide of each scene set a T/F variable to true
On yor menu slide set a trigger to show your layer on timeline start on condition that all variables == true
much better to do it at the end of the scene as you know they have viewed the whole scene
Thanks guys, I found the below thread as well. I'm going to use the True/False option to change the state of buttons this time. The reason it wasn't working for me was that on the slide whose button states/layer states I wanted to change, I was setting the trigger to "when variable changes" instead of "when timeline starts". Now I know...
http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/25173/138761.aspx
I'm so glad I found this discussion thread. I was having the same issue. It seems to straightforward to have the trigger show the layer if the variable changes. I didn't think to use the condition instead. (and I tried multiple things before searching for an answer on the forum.)
Glad that this thread was able to assist you as well Anna :)
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