Display times for "action objects"

[pattesork]

I work on a MacBook Pro, MaxOSX 10.7.5, Captivate 6.

I need to hide a button that we have made as part of a "overlay" GUI - a form of CSS. We created a master project and coded it to be downloaded to all our other projects as a overall GUI.

But in some projects I'd like to hide a single button - not to be able to press. Not through the whole project but after let's say three to five slides. I tried using a simple smartshape but the hidden area can still be clicked. Using clickboxes or button allow me to over ride the "CSS-button" but they have a major flaw: they only last the rest of the slide and I'd like to have them throughout the entire project.

Copy-paste is NOT an option in this case - the project lenghts are vast ...

Is there a clickbox, button, other object or advanced action that could make an "action object" to be displayed throughout the entire project?

Or is there a widget och well trimmed programmer out there that could solve this?

Very grateful for all good tips and answers!

/Cheers!

[Lilybiri]

Hello and welcome to the forum,

But I don't understand your question very well. Perhaps it is only a matter of terminology. What do you mean by 'Master Project'? Is that a template, in which you have a custom theme, perhaps some advanced actions, variables, and of course master slides?

You need interactive objects on all or a lot of slides, correct? I have been blogging a lot about the shape buttons, only interactive objects that allow that. Even did a webinar about them for Adobe. Here are some links:

http://lilybiri.posterous.com/why-i-like-shape-buttons-captivate-6

http://lilybiri.posterous.com/toggle-shape-buttons

http://lilybiri.posterous.com/want-a-button-on-question-slide-in-captivate

http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2012/09/training-lilybiris-favourite-shapes-to-trigger-advanced-act...

If you want control over the visibility of such a shape button, do not put them on a master slide, but time them for the rest of the project, starting with the slide where they should appear for the first time. Reason is that objects on master slides do not have an ID, which means that they cannot be hidden or disabled using a (advanced) action.

Lilybiri

[pattesork]

Hi,

Thank you for the welcoming ­ seems like a good forum

to hang out in and learn new things!

I guess I wasn't as clear as I should when describing

my issue.

In our work we have made a "Master Project" to function

as a sort of CSS (Cascade Style Sheet) - just like you did in

former web design.

The Master Project functions roughly as a Master Slide

but it has some benefits that a Master Slide isn't capable of.

We use the Master Project to export our interface to

all the other projects within the e-learning project.

So instead of having to make changes in the Master Slide

in every project we have a better control of GUI

changes affecting the overall e-learning project.

Your links have given us a great tool to work with!

We have completely missed the possibility to convert

a smartshape to a button and with that making it

posible to be displayed throughout the project.

Many thanks for those tips!

All the best and a happy week-end!

/Patrik

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Re: Display times for "action objects"

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Hello and welcome to the forum, But I don't understand your question very

well. Perhaps it is only a matter of terminology. What do you mean by 'Master

Project'? Is that a template, in which you have a custom theme, perhaps some

advanced actions, variables, and of course master slides? You need interactive

objects on all or a lot of slides, correct? I have been blogging a lot about

the shape buttons, only interactive objects that allow that. Even did a

webinar about them for Adobe. Here are some

links:http://lilybiri.posterous.com/why-i-like-shape-buttons-captivate-6http:/

/lilybiri.posterous.com/toggle-shape-buttonshttp://lilybiri.posterous.com/want

-a-button-on-question-slide-in-capti vate

<http://lilybiri.posterous.com/want-a-button-on-question-slide-in-captivate>

http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2012/09/training-lilybiris-favourite-

shapes-to-trigger-advanced-actions.html

<http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2012/09/training-lilybiris-favourite-shapes-

to-trigger-advanced-actions.html> If you want control over the visibility of

such a shape button, do not put them on a master slide, but time them for the

rest of the project, starting with the slide where they should appear for the

first time. Reason is that objects on master slides do not have an ID, which

means that they cannot be hidden or disabled using a (advanced) action.

Lilybiri

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