Conditional actions in Captivate 6

I'm using the trial version of Captivate 6. I just got started using more complex advanced actions, so I'm not sure if its me or the software that's not working
I have a course that branches. The user chooses a path of action on Slide 2 and they move through the course. However, I need them to see all the path options before the course is completed, so on the last slide it takes them back to Slide 2. I want the option that the user initial chose to gray out so they will click on a new option.
Here is Slide 2. The transparent blue circle should only when returning to the slide for the second time only if the user previously clicked on that option. I even added the variable to the slide (just for myself) to make sure the variable was changing from 0 to 1 when clicked. That part is working.
Here is the action part. If the variable (Realtor) = 1 show the smartshape (the transparency on top) ELSE hide the transparency.
What am I doing wrong? Thanks

No. I want all three options visable at first so the user can pick whichever they like. Once they are done going down that path and return to the slide that initial option should be faded out to direct them to chose one of the remaining two options.

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Hello,
You can combine as much decisions as you want in an Advanced Conditional action. Although the default number is 3, you can add as many as you want. Perhaps this video tutorial could help you:
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Hello and welcome to the forum,
Some years ago I created such a use case, would certainly change several things now with Captivate 7. I would recommend to make ieach key a shape button, so that it looks like a pressed key if the user clicks it. And I would also use shared actions without any doubt. But no time to work this out, sorry.
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Need a conditional action as consequence of selecting five separate buttons

Hiya
Say you have five buttons. I need the learner to select all five, in any sequence, and when all five are selected a feedback box will pop up.
The curlier part is that also, if just a select four are selected alone, another pop up will appear.
Anything you have that can help would be life saving.

Yes, at 1am I was in dreamland. Posted my answer at midnight.
Why do you use y as first character (is not a bug, just wondering)? My labeling system is that I want to see the nature of everything, that is the reason why I start variables with a 'v'.
What are those buttons triggering? The action that they have to execute has to be added to the conditional action with three decisions that I described above. Probably to the first decision, which is a mimicked standard action. The sequence is very important in this conditional action:
In the first decision, the associated variable to that button will be toggled to 1 from its value 0. I didn't use the Toggle command, but Assign, in case the user can click more than once on the the button.
When the variable has its proper value, I calculate the sum of the 5 variables and store that value in v_counter. Captivate has no SUM function, that is the reason of the sequence of 4 Expression statements.
After or before those statements you'll have to insert what you want this button to do: show a caption, an image, a highlight....I don't know, you didn't tell.
Now v_counter has its correct value, only then I check first if that value is 4, which would mean that 4 different buttons have been clicked (eventually several times) in any possible sequence (hence the 5 variables, only a counter would not work in this case). If that value is 4 you pop up the text that you wanted. In this case it is not necessary to hide something (except if you want to hide something you popped up with the button itself?).
If v_counter is not equal to 4, maybe it is equal to 5 which is checked in the third decision. But in that case, the text that appeared with 4 clicked buttons is still there, so I first hide that text, then pop up the last text.
If neither the second nor the third decision results in TRUE, nothing will happen, except the statements in the first decision.

Conditional actions and variables

Hi everyone,
I have a slide (below) that has 3 buttons. The aim is that when each button is pressed a text box appears next to each button with additional dialogue. When the user has clicked on all 3 of the buttons, only then will the back and next button pop up, allowing the user to move on. For this example, I am only going to test it with 1 button.
I
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I have multiple examples of this scenario on my blog, but OK, here we go another time. The On Enter action is only executed when the slide is ENTERED again. Each action has to be triggered by an event.
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Conditional actions in Photoshop can't test for Lab color mode.

I’m posting here because the feature request/bug report form isn’t currently working for Photoshop.
I wanted to create an action to determine if the color mode of an image is Lab, and if so, convert it to RGB. But there’s no conditional action test for Lab color mode. The list of conditions that can be tested includes RGB, grayscale, and a couple of other color modes, but not Lab, Does anyone know of a workaround? Can I get it done with scripting?
It would be a big help if the next update of Photoshop CC could include a conditional action test for Lab color mode.

This for example would convert an active Lab image to sRGB:
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Conditional action script not executing

I have four buttons, Q1, Q2,Q3,Q4. the script for each works fine: the variable (ex. Q1) is set equal to 1 and the other functions perform as scripted. When all four buttons are clicked on and equal to 1, another script (Slide_End) is supposed to work--hiding a box on the screen and showing the Next button. This Slide_End script is not working. I have the slide properties On Enter assigned to Advanced Actions>Slide_End. The Slide_End script has been labelled as All Clicked within the script itself. I just can't understand what I am missing. I have the exact same settings on another slide and it works fine.

Never had a formal training neither, but have been blogging about advanced actions and solving use cases for many users. And wrote some articles long time ago, here you can find the link with those:
https://workspaces.acrobat.com/?d=tGgSjfVqRtEgI6fORG-zbw
Normally for a standard action, you choose 'Standard action', not a 'Conditional action'. Have a look at this old presentation, maybe it will clarify something:
http://blog.lilybiri.com/presentation-devlearn-2011
Double click on the second 'Untitled' and you have a second possibility to check something. The first condition will always be fulfilled (IF 1 is equal to 1) so that is really a standard action. The second Untitled will be your real condition where you check all the variables and have two different sets of statement/commands depending on the answer Yes or No for that condition.
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I assumed this would work, but it's not - should this work and I've got an error somewhere or do I needd another approach?
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Where exactly are you setitng the variables?
One thing I would try is to insert a text caption object on the first slide that presents the variables. Configure it to present for the whole project. Then run the project and test. This will tell you whether the variables are getting set. If they aren't properly set, then your evaluation of whether the cumulative total is reached will fail.
Another thing to ask is if there is a scorable object between the slide where you are running the advanced action and the slide where you want to go. If so, your quiz settings may be preventing the slide from being reached. For example, if you have a question slide that hasn't been answered and the quiz settings say all questions must be answered.
Hope this helps;;; Rick

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"This is a tool I scripted for myself that I would like to share with all fellow Photoshopers. It allows you to execute your Actions based on Conditions. No programming needed. Just click and define your conditions.. Some examples of conditions are as follows:
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If the image format is JPG / PSD / BMP do action...
If the image file size is bigger than 300KB, do action....
if the image IS/IS NOT of RGB, CMYK... etc
if image author is Siva, do action...
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Please note thatas of this writinghe has only tested it on Windows and PSCS2. However, someone posted a comment to his blog entry stating that it "Seems to work perfectly on a Mac too."
caveat downloador :)
Visit Siva's blog to read more and get the script at the following link:
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This script from Sivaratnam Gunaratnam will perform actions on Photoshop files and can change depending on certain definable conditions encountered in each file.
From his Blog entry:
"This is a tool I scripted for myself that I would like to share with all fellow Photoshopers. It allows you to execute your Actions based on Conditions. No programming needed. Just click and define your conditions.. Some examples of conditions are as follows:
If the image height is greater than its width, do Action X, or else do else Y
If the image format is JPG / PSD / BMP do action...
If the image file size is bigger than 300KB, do action....
if the image IS/IS NOT of RGB, CMYK... etc
if image author is Siva, do action...
if image exif contains Nikon D70s, do action ....
if image name contains "paris", do action...
etc
etc
Please note thatas of this writinghe has only tested it on Windows and PSCS2. However, someone posted a comment to his blog entry stating that it "Seems to work perfectly on a Mac too."
caveat downloador :)
Visit Siva's blog to read more and get the script at the following link:
http://actionlogic.blogspot.com/2006/03/sivas-photoshop-conditional-action.html

Photoshop Help | Adding conditional actions | CC, CS6

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/conditional-actions-creative-cloud.html

David Mac Do
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Advanced Conditional Action does work when I add second condition

I am using CP 8. I can't figure out why I'm running into this problem. I have a series of If-Then conditional actions, but I'm running into problems. I've narrowed it down to this one problem.
This is a simple check mark box that should either show the check mark or not.
As long as I only have one condition, it works fine. As soon as I add the second condition, it stops working.
Any suggestions? I appreciate the help!

I have 6 statements. Some are true and some are false. I'm trying to communicate that the more false statements they assume, the bigger their problem. The size of the problem is represented by my "Hope" variable. This is used to show / hide a meter with 6 levels.
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Checkbox - 2. False Statement - Decrement Hope if they check
Checkbox - 3. True Statement - Increment Hope if they check
Checkbox - 4. False Statement - Decrement Hope if they check
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Check Box, Hope = 9. Decrement. Show 3 Meters.
etc.
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Uncheck Box, Hope = 9. Increment. Show 4 Meters.
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Am I able to create a conditional action or user variable on a question slide?

Hey everyone
We have modules where there is content slides mixed with question slides. We want the learner to answer the questions and not skip them so originally we removed the next button and just used the continue function of the question. We have lots of feedback from people that they are getting stuck as they want to go back and review the content but once they hit the question slide again (which they may have already answered) they cant get past it as they have already answered it and there is no 'next' button so they have to close and reopen the module.
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Thanks
Sarah

Go to Quiz > Settings > Required drop down and set to Answer All - The user must answer every question.

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According to this Adobe article Photoshop Help | Adding conditional actions | CC, CS6 my Actions Panel menu should contain an item "Insert Conditional".
I would really like to use this feature. My CS 6 X is fully up to date but the Actions Panel menu has no such option on it. So is the article above correct or not? Or am I missing something?
Thank you to anyone who can clarify this for me.

David Mac Do
Conditional actions are not a big deal. In reality they are a one line script built into the fly-out menu and the feature only support a limited number of conditions. To phrase the script in english is a simple one liner
If Document (condition pulldown list) selected is true Play true action in set(selected) else Play false action in set (selected). Actions do not need to be select for both true and false. One selection may do what is needed.
All three supported Photoshop supported scripting languages have support for an "if" statement.
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