Variable and Trigger Guru Eyes Needed!

Hi Lisa

I am not experiencing the same behaviour.  I have no trouble moving all 11 images left or right using your onscreen < > buttons.  I notice that your progress bar at the bottom doesn't always register green when on an image.  Have you published the file to see if it works?

Hi Wendy

Thanks for checking it out.  The images in fact do move, yes.  When you navigate using the right arrow, the images move to the right.  When they are in the center, in addition to the layer appearing, the state changes showing the text box in a white area.  If move through all the images to the right, it behaves perfectly.

When you begin navigating by selecting the left arrow, the first image moves left and the center image is displayed correctly.  When you continue to navigate only to the left, the state does not change in the center, it changes when the image moves to the left.  Somewhere, I think my count is off, but I can't find it in the triggers.  Adding the one image, effected things, which I corrected to the right, but can't find to the left!

It's totally mind boggling.

Hi Lisa

the Left nav triggers are different - the first four don't have a condition on them - same with the Right nav, and if you go 4 left and then come back 4 right - that's where the state is changing - might have something to do with it.  Wow - huge effort getting this done!

Also how the states are rendering the images.   I would create a new project file and import this slide in and see if it makes any difference.

1st and 2nd image look fine                                  3rd to 11th Image

Hi Wendy,

Thanks again for taking a look.  The left and right navigation arrows both have a trigger to count when selected.  The other triggers are focusing on which path and when to move the image (this helps determine it's position.)  

The state images on image 3 - 11 were created using the format painter, so I wouldn't have to do each one separately.  They appear just fine when you click right or left, it's just that it's off somewhere by 1.  The current state displays when it's off center to the left; hence off 1.

I did, for giggles, import into a new publication; no changes.

Boggling, huh?  Crazy...!

Hi Lisa

I think it has to do with how you are adding and subtracting from the 186700Ctr.  When the timeline starts your trigger changes the variable from 0 to 1 before you click a pic, then when the pics start moving to the right you +1 each time.

Going the other way, the timeline starts variable changes from 0 to 1 and then when your first trigger on Left nav is to -1 taking it back to 0 before it starts counting.  I just can't see what needs to change in your triggers - sorry

Hi, Lisa - Looks like Wendy is assisting you here; please let us know if you are all set or if you still need assistance! :)

Solution.  I was having quirky things happening after my upgrade to version 5 SL2.  I re-installed the previous version and my problem is solved.  

I also had to completely recreate the slide with all the triggers and variables from scratch, making no changes and all worked fine.  SL was misbehaving after after all the cutting and pasting and reworking...it just got stuck. 

Much thanks to Wendy for all her suggestions and to the rest of the community.  It's great to have such a cool group of folks to help talk us off the ledge sometimes!

Cheers!

Glad you are sorted out now, Lisa (and thanks again, Wendy, for your suggestions and assistance)!  :)