Storyline - Using Variables to calculate total value

May 16, 2012

Hi,

I'm trying to create a slide in Storyline, in which users would input 3 numbers as numeric variables - let's call them A, B and C.

When the user hits "Submit," I want SL show the result as the total of $2,350 + 50(A*B) + .3C in dollars.

Does anyone know how I would go about doing that?

Thanks in advance for any tips!

-Laura

5 Replies
Laura Rogers

Thank you both VERY much for the files and assistance! I reviewed both of yours, thought I understand the concept, and then tried to build on my own without peeking. Took a while, but I built it! And I learned a very important lesson - the order of triggers actually matter - who knew?

Thanks again!

Feel much more comfortable with the numerical variables now.

-Laura

Russell Still

Yep, triggers are processed sequentially. Start at the top, then drop down through them in order. Imagine having two triggers on an object. One increments a variable and the other jumps to a new slide. If the jump-to-new-slide-trigger preceeds the increment-the-variable-trigger, the jump would always occur first, preventing the variable from ever being incremented.

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