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From: Anouk123 on 26 Jan 2008 16:34
I am working on a task where participants have to press a key 'S' or 'K' as
soon as possible, depending on the symbol that appears on the screen.
Right now I have an interaction icon with a calculation icon attached to it,
but when I press the 'S' or 'K' button, I still have to press the
'enter'-button to continue the flowline... How can I exit an interaction by
pressing a certain key (S or K) AND at the same time saving this input, without
having to press the 'enter'-key???
I have tried all day, even with the authorware helppages, but I just can't
find the solution. Please help me!

Kind regards, Anouk


From: Chris Forecast on 26 Jan 2008 16:40
"Anouk123" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I am working on a task where participants have to press a key 'S' or 'K' as
> soon as possible, depending on the symbol that appears on the screen.
> Right now I have an interaction icon with a calculation icon attached to
> it, but when I press the 'S' or 'K' button, I still have to press the
> 'enter'-button to continue the flowline... How can I exit an interaction
> by pressing a certain key (S or K) AND at the same time saving this input,
> without having to press the 'enter'-key???
> I have tried all day, even with the authorware helppages, but I just can't
> find the solution. Please help me!

Take a look at Keypress responses.

Chris Forecast



From: Anouk123 on 27 Jan 2008 04:44
I have looked at the keypress responses, but I am not that familiar with
authorware and I just can't seem to get it right... When I follow the steps
described in the helppages, concerning the keypress responses (which are
difficult to follow when you're not very familiar with authorware), I get stuck
in the interaction. Enter is no longer needed, but I can't exit the interaction
with the keys I selected. It seems so simple, but it just doesn't work!!!!!
Which actions do I have to take exactly to make this work???

kind regards, Anouk

From: Anouk123 on 27 Jan 2008 04:54
And what function do I use in the calculation icon?
'variablename' := ?????????
From: Chris Forecast on 27 Jan 2008 05:17
"Anouk123" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I have looked at the keypress responses, but I am not that familiar with
> authorware and I just can't seem to get it right... When I follow the
> steps described in the helppages, concerning the keypress responses (which
> are difficult to follow when you're not very familiar with authorware), I
> get stuck in the interaction. Enter is no longer needed, but I can't exit
> the interaction with the keys I selected. It seems so simple, but it just
> doesn't work!!!!! Which actions do I have to take exactly to make this
> work???

1. Place an Interaction Icon on the flowline.
2. Drag a Calc Icon to the right of that Interaction Icon.
3. Open up that Calc Icon and type:
keypressed:=Key
4. Set the Response type to: Keypress
Set Keys to: K|S (or if you want to capture both upper and lower
case K|k|S|s)
Set Branch to: Exit Interaction

Now when you press one of those keys keypress will get set to the value of
the key pressed and it'll exit the interaction.

HTH

Chris Forecast







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