There is an option to set a trigger to, "When state of anObject is..."
WHEN does this trigger actually fire?
I'm looking for a way to set the value of a variable to true or false based on the state of an object on each slide without multiple event driven triggers (when timeline starts, when media completes, when button is clicked).
I was hoping this trigger would allow me to simply have a variable set based on whether a slide had been visited or not, based on the state of an object on the slide. However, the variable is not changing as hoped.
From what I understand this is similar to the "When Variable Changes" trigger. That being that when the requirement of the Objects state is met, the trigger fires. I am not entirely sure about that. But that is my understanding. I tested it out (see attached).
It does seem to function as "When state of objectX changes to thisState..."
I was experimenting with building a restricted navigation solution for compliance that wouldn't rely on a lot of variables and had as much functionality as possible built into the master slide.
First I tried 3 duplicate slides with the following
When state of buttonName is Disabled set var navLock == False
When state of buttonName is Visited set var navLock == True
When timeline ends buttonName button state == visited
When the first slide timeline of slide 1 finished the variable was set to true.
However, entering slide 2 or 3 (where buttonName was in the default state) didn't reset the variable
I changed to
When timeline starts, set var navLock == False IF state of buttonName == Disabled
When state of buttonName is Visited set var navLock == True
When timeline ends buttonName button state == visited
This worked. So yes, I think "when" means "when changed".
The reason I did this is that if each slide has buttonName and the 3 script lins, I don't need to have varibles tracking completion of each slide and I can set certain navigation controls based entirely on value of var navLock
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I have no idea, I tried this trigger a few times and never got it to fire, which always results in me using extra triggers.
No use I know, I am just interested in the answer
From what I understand this is similar to the "When Variable Changes" trigger. That being that when the requirement of the Objects state is met, the trigger fires. I am not entirely sure about that. But that is my understanding. I tested it out (see attached).
Is this what you were trying to accomplish?
Thanks
It does seem to function as "When state of objectX changes to thisState..."
I was experimenting with building a restricted navigation solution for compliance that wouldn't rely on a lot of variables and had as much functionality as possible built into the master slide.
First I tried 3 duplicate slides with the following
When the first slide timeline of slide 1 finished the variable was set to true.
However, entering slide 2 or 3 (where buttonName was in the default state) didn't reset the variable
I changed to
This worked. So yes, I think "when" means "when changed".
The reason I did this is that if each slide has buttonName and the 3 script lins, I don't need to have varibles tracking completion of each slide and I can set certain navigation controls based entirely on value of var navLock
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