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August 4, 2008 12:00 AM
Okay... you've got me going now. I'm working on a genius solution!Here's what I've done:1) At the title level, I have a multi-line entry field called "StudentQuestion" that is associated with a variable called "StudentQuestion".I also set up a separate variable where all of questions will be stored for use later... so named "StudentQuestion2". It will retain its value between sessions, and the intial value is 000126 (no special meaning, but I set it this way so I can set a condition at the end to keep the course from sending the contents of "StudentQuestion2" if it contains 00126--which means that the student has not asked any questions).2) Underneath the entry field I have a custom "Send" graphic set to do nothing on click within the button properties. I added the actions separately in this order:a) OnClick Modify Variable "StudentQuestion2", Set Variable Contents "VAR(StudentQuestion)" CONDITION: Only if "StudentQuestion2" contains "000126" ELSE: Add to Variable "StudentQuestion2" the contents of "Student Question". This set of actions and conditions erases the 000126 upon the first question, and adds any additional questions.b) Add Separater. This is a simple Add to Variable "StudentQuestion2" a separater for reading purposes "---".c) Add (VAR)AICC_Lesson_Status... this will let my comment readers know where the student was in the lesson when they submitted a particular question.d) Add Separater. Another separator in the string ";"e) (this one is my favorite) "Reset Student Question"... This changes the contents of our original "Student Question" Entry field to a custom variable that is pre-filled with "Thank you for submitting your question! Have another question? Type it here..." and it has a 1 second delay.The beauty of this process is that a student can type as many questions as they wish, and they all get recorded, and at the same time, the student gets confirmation that their question has been received. Another extra I added was an OnShow action at the title level to reset the contents of the StudentQuestion entry field to a variable that contains "Have a question? Type it here...", so that at each page, the question box is reset.Soooo... the questions all pile up in "StudentQuestion2" until the end of the course. I tested all of this by having a few test pages, the last of which has a text box that displays the contents of "StudentQuestion2". Works beautifully.Problem is, when I used "Submit variables" I still get the same I/O error, which points to a server security issue. I just want the stupid thing to send the contents of my variable "StudentQuestion2" to my e-mail address... I don't even want it to bring up the student's e-mail client.
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