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FrankSchweigert's avatar
FrankSchweigert
Community Member
2 years ago

Storyline 360 - References and Variables

Question: If a reference value is changed towards the end of a presentation and the user navigates to the beginning of the presentation to review specific content, does the current reference value follow them and would now be applied to any previous trigger linked to that reference?

What I am trying to do is make a button visible only after the user has viewed the full presentation and has chosen to go back and review a specific section(s).  The button (when visible) would then give the user the option to jump to the end of the presentation to complete the training and not have to view the full presentation again.

I set up a numeric reference with a starting value of 0 (zero)

I then created a button with trigger at the end of the presentation that adds a value of 1 to the reference when the button is clicked.  That button also takes the user back to the beginning of the presentation.

At the beginning of the presentation, I created button and set a trigger to initially hide it at the start of the timeline. I then created an additional trigger to show the button when the reference value is equal to or > than 1.

What am I missing? Is there an easier way to accomplish this?

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  • JudyNollet's avatar
    JudyNollet
    Super Hero
    2 years ago

    The value of a variable only changes when a trigger that adjusts its values runs. So if you change the value of a variable at the end of the course, it will retain that value if/when the user returns to the start of the course.

    Instead of using a trigger to hide the special button, you could just set its Initial State to Hidden. 

    Then you only need the one trigger to change its state to Normal if the variable >0. 

  • FrankSchweigert's avatar
    FrankSchweigert
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Thank you!  Changing the states was very helpful and time saving on several levels.  I also found that I was apparently confusing Articulate when I created an initial trigger to hide based on the start of the timeline and then a subsequent trigger to show based on the reference/variable. 

    When both the hide and show triggers were based on the reference/ variable, (or initial state is hidden) it worked!

  • LucianaPiazza's avatar
    LucianaPiazza
    Staff
    2 years ago

    So glad to hear that our Hero Judy gave you a helpful suggestion for adjusting your Variables and States, Frank!  (👏 Great work, Judy!)

    Thanks for sharing your workaround and discoveries in the thread. I know it'll be helpful to community members that come across this post in the future. 

    Hope you have a great start to your week and happy developing! ☀️

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