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How can I view and save, "Text Entry Field" entered by a user in Storyline?
I'm creating an online assessment, i.e. a test). The test is based on 5 videos. This is an early mockup in Storyline to give you an idea of what I need to accomplish.
Each slide will cont...
When you insert a text-entry field, Storyline automatically creates a text variable to store its value. The default name for the first one is "TextEntry." Then they'll be "TextEntry1," TextEntry2," etc.
- I strongly recommend that you give all variables more meaningful names. That will make development and troubleshooting easier.
When someone types in the field and then clicks outside the field, the program puts the entered text into the variable associated with that field.
The variable's value doesn't change unless something else is typed in the field, or unless a trigger adjusts the variable.
To show a variable's variable to the user, you can type its name with a % before and after (for example: "%TextEntry%"). Or go to the INSERT tab, click Reference, and then select the variable.
Note: When you insert a reference to a variable, Storyline will highlight it in yellow when you're editing the slide. That's so you can easily tell that it's a variable reference. The highlighting won't show when you preview or publish the slide.
A standard graded text-entry question can only score one field. If you want to score multiple fields, you'll need to do custom programming.
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