I have a course that I've built in some interactivity where the user enters text in a text box. It doesn't matter what they enter (No right answer, not case sensitive, etc.), but I need to store what they enter and when they get to the next slide, it shows up in another text box.
I know I need a variable to store this information, but I'm unfamiliar with variables. I attempted to create my own but I'm stuck. I'm using Cap 5.5 but I have Cap 9, too. Any help would be appreciated.
This is exactly what I needed and I got it to work in my version as well. The only problem I have now is that if I type in two lines of text or enough that the text box scrolls sideways, I'm not seeing the rest of the text. For example, I typed in "Welcome to our company! We are so glad you're here!" All I see in the next slide with the code is "Welcome to our"
I thought maybe it was a size adjustment but the box is as large as it can be and is more than enough to capture that amount of text. Suggestions? Thank you so much!
In CP9 (not sure if this option was available in CP5.5) you can select 'Show Scrollbar' under Properties > Actions. With this option selected, text you enter will wrap.
I found it! I inserted a text caption and displayed the variable and right when I inserted it, I had the option to set the character limit. But oddly enough, I could only set the limit if I did it right when I inserted the text caption with the associated variable. Anyways.. it works perfectly! Thanks again for your help! This is a huge learning for me to be able to do some newer things! :) Much appreciated!
Oh, okay I thought you meant the text is cut off in the text entry box. Yes, when inserting a reference to a variable into a textblock you can set a character limit...But then again, you now know that!
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See attached a quick CP9 file.
This is exactly what I needed and I got it to work in my version as well. The only problem I have now is that if I type in two lines of text or enough that the text box scrolls sideways, I'm not seeing the rest of the text. For example, I typed in "Welcome to our company! We are so glad you're here!" All I see in the next slide with the code is "Welcome to our"
I thought maybe it was a size adjustment but the box is as large as it can be and is more than enough to capture that amount of text. Suggestions? Thank you so much!
In CP9 (not sure if this option was available in CP5.5) you can select 'Show Scrollbar' under Properties > Actions. With this option selected, text you enter will wrap.
I found it! I inserted a text caption and displayed the variable and right when I inserted it, I had the option to set the character limit. But oddly enough, I could only set the limit if I did it right when I inserted the text caption with the associated variable. Anyways.. it works perfectly! Thanks again for your help! This is a huge learning for me to be able to do some newer things! :) Much appreciated!
Oh, okay I thought you meant the text is cut off in the text entry box. Yes, when inserting a reference to a variable into a textblock you can set a character limit...But then again, you now know that!
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