Short cut keys on a text entry box

Hi all
I'm testing my Adobe Captivate 2, when it comes to testing
the text entry box using the wrong key it crashes. I have set the
box shortcut to Enter key, I've allowed the user one attempt and on
failer it should go to next slide. What happens now is if the user
press the tab key for instance instead of Enter then no response
and nothing happens, where one would expect it to go to the next
slide, apparently the failer action only response correctley if
someone mistype the text.
Can any one help please
Many thanks

Hi Captrainer
Sorry my friend. You are misunderstanding the way the failure
and success work with this beastie. So you have defined Enter as
the correct trigger. All this tells Captivate is that when the user
presses the Enter key , compare what they typed against what you
were expecting. THEN, if it doesn't match, a failure is considered
to have occurred. Pressing Tab will likely just highlight some part
of your Captivate movie.
Cheers... Rick

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