Comparing text box with empty string

Here is the procedure how to do it - but it does not work for me.
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2010/12/few-tips-on-%E2%80%98advanced-actions%E2%80%99.ht ml
Could someone please confirm if the procedure mentioned in the blog is working or not, and if it's working, then what did I mess up in the first case below?
In summary, I created a variable stringEmpty and created Advanced Action with condition associated with a button. I also created variable varUserName and associated it with a text box.
There are 3 cases and 3 different behaviours.
First case:
stringEmpty =
advanced action condition: varUserName; not equal to; stringEmpty (variable)
After clicking the button, the result is as if the condition was always false (i.e. as if the string in the text box was always equal to stringEmpty)
Second case:
stringEmpty = aaa
advanced action condition: varUserName; not equal to; stringEmpty (variable)
After clicking the button, the condition is met when user enters "bbbbbbb" (which is OK). However, if he does not enter anything, only clicks the button, the condition is not met (which is incorrect behaviour, because "" <> "aaa" so the condition is met)
Third case:
advanced action condition: varUserName; not equal to; cccc (literal)
In the third case all is OK.

Hello,
Each entry in a TEB has to be confirmed before it will get into the variable associated with it. This can be done with the Submit button or you can assign a shortcut key to it or use both. So I would really recommend to check if the variable is populated before you trigger your advanced action. You can do that by inserting temporarily a Text Caption that shows this user variable. Working with 2 TEB's on a slide: I tried to explain the workflow in another blog post:
One submit button for multiple Text Entry Boxes
To check if somewhere a scored object has been slipping in: check the Advanced Interaction view (F9) which gives you an overview of all scored things.
Lilybiri

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2.     Or you could unlink the two layers (to unlink just click link again while one of the two layers is selected in pallet) and move the colored rectangle up just a bit.
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Now that you have this set up you can use the background box (colored rectangle) to make other effects. Select it as a separate layer but you won’t have to unlink it. To make the box semi-transparent change either the layer OPACITY or the layer FILL (found in the layer pallet).
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To make an effect that looks like a text box that is filled, bordered, semi-transparent etc., you will have to create an object shape (box) and place it just behind (under) the text box. Linking the two allows you to move them around easily. The drawback is that, when you need a larger box, you’ll have to alter the size of both boxes and possibly re-center them to each other (I know it’s sort of dumb to have so many steps just to get a shaded text box or bordered one.)
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In the first instance it was not necessary to unlink the boxes. This is the advantage because altering the colored rectangle without unlinking will distort your text as will altering the text box if you are not in object text mode (see intro.)
Ok, some advantages:
Now that you have this set up you can use the background box (colored rectangle) to make other effects. Select it as a separate layer but you won’t have to unlink it. To make the box semi-transparent change either the layer OPACITY or the layer FILL (found in the layer pallet).
To create a border box:
1.     Select the colored rectangle box and under Layers>Styles>Blending Options (or just double click in an open area of the layer pallet for that shape.)
2.     Select Stroke, change: Fill Type color, Color black, Size 4, Position inside, Blend Mode normal, Opacity 100%. Click OK/Apply
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5.     Try it! Or try using Indesign!
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