Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson
Consultant / Troubleshooter
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Michael Anderson replied to the discussion dial interaction
"Leslie, thanks for posting the project for Mac. I developed that one quite a while ago and the 404 link embedded is to my old web site. W..."
  • 4 years ago02/05/20 at 8:25 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks. Yes, I think I will replace it with a png."
  • over 4 years ago01/14/20 at 9:49 pm (UTC)
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"It already has a solid fill, it's just that the triangle portion is empty, like a transparent png. I've attached a story file that contai..."
  • over 4 years ago01/14/20 at 9:36 pm (UTC)
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"I'm sorry I can't share my project file. Yes, the problem is that the play triangle is empty space, so can't be clicked on. That's why I ..."
  • over 4 years ago01/14/20 at 8:58 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks Wendy, I'll give that a try. Part of the issue is that this shape is used many times throughout the course. The shape is a "play" ..."
  • over 4 years ago01/14/20 at 8:34 pm (UTC)
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Michael Anderson started a new discussion Is it possible to replace a freeform shape with a picture?
"I have a freeform shape that isn't working quite right and I would like to replace it with a png. The only option for shapes appears to b..."
  • over 4 years ago01/14/20 at 7:34 pm (UTC)
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"Wendy, I think you are misunderstanding the problem. Even if I visit ONLY the layer WITHOUT the trigger, and never visit the layer WITH t..."
  • over 4 years ago01/13/20 at 10:57 pm (UTC)
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"I see, this explains it much better. I thought that the layer itself counted as an object, similar to how some triggers are attached to t..."
  • over 4 years ago01/13/20 at 10:54 pm (UTC)
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"No, sorry, it has nothing to do with whether or not each layer is visited. The problem is that I have a trigger on one layer that is bein..."
  • over 4 years ago01/13/20 at 10:24 pm (UTC)
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"No problem, thanks for getting back to me. Walt explained that the type of trigger I used "changing one variable value based on another v..."
  • over 4 years ago01/13/20 at 10:05 pm (UTC)
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"If this is the case, then I really appreciate you pointing it out, although it seems like a bug to me. Why would a trigger on a layer run..."
  • over 4 years ago01/13/20 at 9:56 pm (UTC)
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"But the trigger in question exists only on a layer, so shouldn't it run only when that layer is visible?"
  • over 4 years ago01/13/20 at 8:58 pm (UTC)
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"No, the problem seems to be that a trigger on one layer is running when a different layer is being displayed. Here's the published output..."
  • over 4 years ago01/13/20 at 8:51 pm (UTC)
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"Yes, but run the course and only click Layer 2, and then click the button there. Both variables still change when only the one should cha..."
  • over 4 years ago01/13/20 at 8:37 pm (UTC)
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Michael Anderson started a new discussion Is there something wrong with the logic in my triggers?
"I'm having an issue with a course that I've duplicated in a demo course. In my demo there is a rectangle on the base layer that is normal..."
  • over 4 years ago01/13/20 at 8:25 pm (UTC)
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"I usually embed Vimeo videos within a web object so that I can interact with their API and get information such as when the video ends. H..."
  • over 4 years ago01/09/20 at 6:37 pm (UTC)
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Michael Anderson replied to the discussion Jump to position in Timeline
"You might consider resorting to bribery. I think that's the only way you'll get your feature implemented."
  • over 4 years ago01/09/20 at 3:44 pm (UTC)
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"Theresa, it looks like the texttrack parameter is used for Vimeo videos. Check out this link https://vimeo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/..."
  • over 4 years ago01/06/20 at 4:32 pm (UTC)
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Michael Anderson replied to the discussion Course in full screen?
"I'm sorry for not replying sooner, but I didn't receive previous notifications to this thread. I'm not sure if something changed in IE or..."
  • over 4 years ago01/06/20 at 4:20 pm (UTC)
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Michael Anderson replied to the discussion Root Folder Changed with HTML5 Output
"This could cause a lot of issues for those that have implemented custom solutions that force the html5 version to be viewed instead of th..."
  • over 4 years ago12/19/19 at 4:00 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks Daniel. You too!"
  • over 4 years ago12/17/19 at 7:45 pm (UTC)
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"Daniel, I think this has something to do with the way that your button code has the quotes changed to html codes, which seems to be manda..."
  • over 4 years ago12/17/19 at 5:27 pm (UTC)
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Michael Anderson replied to the discussion Animate Text By Letter
"Eswarkumar, I hope that helped out."
  • over 4 years ago12/12/19 at 4:16 pm (UTC)
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"Yes, here's a demo of that working with Vimeo in Storyline 2. http://andersonelearning.com/demo/Vimeo_Video_Status_SL2/story_html5.html H..."
  • over 4 years ago10/25/19 at 6:16 pm (UTC)
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Michael Anderson replied to the discussion Embedded Video Trigger & Javascript
"Yes, you could write some code to check the current playhead time of the Vimeo video, and set a Storyline variable at 30 seconds, which w..."
  • over 4 years ago10/21/19 at 3:20 pm (UTC)