Variable troubles

Hi Kevin,

Looks to me like you have the "Jump back to the menu" Trigger set BEFORE the "Change Variable", (for example on 3.6)

You have to "change things before moving", or the change never gets recognised.

Can you have a look, a check and change, and see if it changes things?

Sorry - tied up @ moment and cannot do much more on this.

Bruce

Hey Bruce,

Took me a second but I think I understand.  I was confused by the "jump back to the menu" that you mentioned because that's not a trigger I had in the trigger box.  

So I just moved the "Change Variable" above the "jump to slide x.x" and voila!  It works! 

Thanks!

Cool.

Apologies for not being clear...sometimes I have the habit of speaking in a variant of "real phrases and sentences" and whilst I know what I mean it becomes a bit of a multiple choice quiz for others.

Basically, with Triggers - "Do stuff before using them to move around".

Bruce

Hi Everyone.

I am having trouble with calling a number of variables in my JavaScript, see javascript below:

var player = GetPlayer();

var email=new Array();

email[0]=player.GetVar("emailadd");

var subject="Onboarding results";

var player = GetPlayer();

var body_start=new Array();

body_start[0]=player.GetVar("w1t");

body_start[1]=player.GetVar("w1q1");

body_start[2]=player.GetVar("w1a1");

body_start[3]=player.GetVar("w1q2");

body_start[4]=player.GetVar("w1a2");

body_start[5]=player.GetVar("line");

body_start[6]=player.GetVar("w2t");

body_start[7]=player.GetVar("w2q1");

body_start[8]=player.GetVar("w2a1");

body_start[9]=player.GetVar("w2q2");

body_start[10]=player.GetVar("w2a2");

body_start[11]=player.GetVar("w2q3");

body_start[12]=player.GetVar("w2a1");

body_start[13]=player.GetVar("line");

body_start[14]=player.GetVar("w3t");

body_start[15]=player.GetVar("w3st1");

body_start[16]=player.GetVar("w3q1");

body_start[17]=player.GetVar("w3a1");

body_start[18]=player.GetVar("line");

body_start[19]=player.GetVar("w3t");

body_start[20]=player.GetVar("w3st2");

body_start[21]=player.GetVar("w3q2");

body_start[22]=player.GetVar("w3a2");

body_start[23]=player.GetVar("line");

body_text = body_start[0] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[1] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[2] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[3] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[4] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[5] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[6] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[7] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[8] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[9] + body_start[10] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[11] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[12] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[13] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[14] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[15] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[16] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[17] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[18] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[19] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[20] + body_start[21] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[22] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[23];

var mailto_link='mailto:'+email+'?subject='+subject+'&body='+body_text;

win=window.open(mailto_link,'emailWin');

When email is populated it only shows variables until body_start[17]=player.GetVar("w3a1"); and the rest do not show, is there a limit to how many variables i can call in my script please help

Arggggg.  I've got a similar scenario where my variables and triggers are just not cooperating.  No matter how much I think I have them in the "correct" order, they just aren't working.

A few more hours of frustration and I may have be bow to Graham to solve it for me.  I know it's something simple I'm missing.  Now it's a battle of wills, Me vs. Variables.

Oh Happy Day.  I merely mention his name in a posting and I've got it.  

Thanks here to Kevin and Gramham for the reminder of "change" before "move".

Even when the logic makes sense in your own mind....following it step by step in your triggers is something quite different.

Glad you got it working, Tracy.  I feel for your hours of frustration.  Those triggers can be tricky little things... especially when they start piling up. 

After a day of frustration with variables, I found this post. Once I saw Kevin's file, I knew what I did wrong and also with the other's feedback.

Variable Golden Rule: Change before Move

Thanks everyone!

Thank you all for this reminder of "change before move." I wish I had remembered it BEFORE I made my brain so tired.

I really LOVE this helpful community.

Glad you were able to get some assistance here Jill

I find that writing out all the triggers in sequence as I have them in the slide, makes it easier for me to follow the logic path and easier to troubleshoot.

This also helps when writing a manual for my templates so that others can decipher what I've done a little easier. 

Somethng Like this:

A. Variables used

1. Blinker_Start – Setting Blinker_Start to true initiates the Blinker routine – Initialized False

2. Blinking – Blinker functions work while Blinking is true – initialized False

3. Blinker_Step – Increments by one each blink cycle – Initialized 0

4. Blinker_Limit – Limits the number of Blinks Initialized 3

5. Blinker_On –Determines if the picture “Blinker” is showing or hidden- Initialized False

B. Associated Objects – All on Master Slide

1. Blinker – picture that covers the item that appears to blink (usually over both narration arrows).

1. Slide triggers

a) Change state of Blinker (picture) to hidden when Blinker_Start is set to true if Blinker_Start is equal to true

b) Change state of Blinker (picture) to hidden when Blinker_On is set to false if Blinker_On is equal to false

c) Change state of Blinker (picture) to Normal when Blinker_On is set to true if Blinker_On is equal to true

d) Play media Timer 1 when Blinker_Start changes if Blinker_Start is equal to true

e) Set Blinking equal to true when Blinker_Start changes if Blinker_Start is equal to true

f) Set Blinking equal to false when Blinker_Step changes if Blinker_Step is equal  to 0.00

g) Set Blinker_Start equal to false when Blinker_Step changes if Blinker_Step is equal to 0.00

etc...

Thanks for popping in to share Allen. Trigger order is important for sure.