Action Variables
April 11, 2008 12:00 AM
Mallow is right. You would just need to set a variable that changes when the user is done with what you need.A check box with the confirmation that the user has read it is a good way to measure this. Of course, as Mallow says, you can't force someone to read something, only make them testify that he has read it.You can incorporate the variable into a quiz question. Perhaps have a question that asks the user a type something in. If the text equals "agree" or whatever you want, then you modify the variable so that the Next button now works (putting a conditional on the Next button that it works only if the variable equals True). Another neat trick is to place the variable at the end of a chapter. The chapter is not marked as read unless the user goes all the way to the last page. Upon showing the last page, the variable is set to True, and the chapter is marked as completed. That doesn't stop someone from Next-Zooming, but it does force someone to at least view all of the pages.But the best way to handle this is to build a conditional into your Next or Home button so that the variable has to be true (a check box has a variable as well, so this falls in that category). Kevin
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