What is the best way to create a bookmark for a returning user??

Hello all... hello again Steve...I am back with another question- what is the best way to implement a bookmark system so returning users can pick up where they left off in an AW lesson? I have tried the usual internet searches, always do, but the few samples/answers I have found were AW5, not much help...
I have a dozen or so maps attached to my framework, I would like a user to return to the last map he viewed before closing. (My AW is communicating fine with an Access database, so if passing a variable to Access and then back to AW when the lesson starts is on the right track, let me know...) If the answer here is too complicated, maybe nudge me in the right direction and I will dive back in.
Thanks in advance to anyone who has some guidance, I really do appreciate it!
Terry

Try this outline, see if it helps ...
Grab a reference to the Map as you enter it, then save that to the database when you leave.
You want something that will give you the equivalent to a page number - if you have 7 maps hanging off the Framework, and the user is in the 6th map when he exits, you want to save the number 6.
There are scores of ways to do this, but probably the easiest is just to attach a calc to each map that has this code
(I don't have Authorwar handy to check syntax, so you should check!)
BookMarkPage = ChildIDtoNum(IconParent(IconID), IconID) <-- tells Authorware to return the "page number" of the current map
Save BookMarkPage to your Access database on exit .
On return, read the bookmark back into BookMarkPage, ask the user if he wants to return to bookmark. If yes, use a calculated navigation that uses
ChildNumToID(@the name of your Framework or it's ID, BookMarkPage)
Note that you could wrangle something similar by saving the IconID of your Map, or the IconTitle, but both of these can break if you ever update your file by adding or removing pages, renaming them etc. With this method, all you need is a simple page count check that ensures that you are not trying to nav to a page number that does not exist (use IconNumChildren).
Steve

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