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B5004 - How do I make an Authorware file wait during a JumpOutReturn?
by - Joseph Ganci
I've created a CBT in Authorware 5 which automatically proceeds to the next page after 30 to 40 seconds. My boss asked me to create a Glossary in Microsoft Access,
which I access with a perpetual Calc icon using JumpOutReturn (to a run-time
version of the Glossary.MDB file). Is there a way to introduce a Wait
state into the Authorware piece so that the users will return to the page
from which they left?
It really all depends on how you've programmed your timer. However, let
me suggest one of the functions in Gary Smith's most wondrous collection of
external API function calls (found at http://www.mods.com.au/).
It's called baActiveWindow() and is found in BuddyAPI. It returns a number
indicating which application has the user's focus. The number will be different
every time you run your application, so the thing to do is to have one Calc
icon at the top of your file that sets a variable:
myapp := baActiveWindow()
Then, wherever you
are timing, you can use a condition that pretty much says stop timing when
myapp <> baActiveWindow() and start timing again when myapp = baActiveWindow().
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