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Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019 Build cutting edge professional SCORM compliant and interactive eLearning content with Adobe Captivate

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789803051
Length 770 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Dr. Pooja Jaisingh Dr. Pooja Jaisingh
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Damien Bruyndonckx Damien Bruyndonckx
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Adobe Captivate 2019 FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Standard Objects 3. Working with Multimedia 4. Working with the Timeline and Other Useful Tools 5. Developing Interactivity 6. Crafting the Graphical Experience with Styles and Themes 7. Working with Quizzes 8. Capturing Onscreen Action 9. Producing a Video Demo 10. Creating a Responsive Project 11. Creating Virtual Reality Projects 12. Using Captivate with Other Applications 13. Creating Accessible eLearning 14. Variables and Advanced Actions 15. Finishing Touches and Publishing 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating Captivate Variables

First, you must create two additional User Variables in the takeTheTrain.cptx project by using the following steps: 

  1. Return to the Chapter14/takeTheTrain.cptx file.
  2. Use the Project | Variables menu item to open the Variables dialog.
  3. Click the Add New button to create a new User Variable.
  1. Name the variable v_randomSuccess and leave the value field empty.
  2. Click the Save button to save the new variable.
  3. Repeat the same procedure to create the v_randomFailure variable.
  4. Close the Variable dialog when done.

You now have two additional variables in your project. These two variables will be used to store the random success and failure messages that will be generated by the JavaScript function. The next step of this process is to create the necessary pools of messages using JavaScript arrays.

JavaScript is case-sensitive
When performing this exercise, be aware that JavaScript is case-sensitive. Make sure that you create variables that have the exact...
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