Inactive Next Button

Hello,

I have searched for this several times, but I cannot get exactly what I need (often the search doesn't even return anything related to my keywords of 'next' and 'button').

Anyway, what I need to do is have the NEXT button be "inactive" until the user clicks on 5 individual places on a page to display a corresponding text box of information. Once they mouse exit the area, it sets a variable called 'Shown' with a single letter to represent what they viewed. I also need them to click on a button that has a pop-up attached. This also needs to set the variable. The NEXT button can be initially viewable because I have added a message box warning them of the areas that need to be clicked before they can continue. I originally had it be on Mouse Enter/Exit instead of Mouse Click/Exit, but that did not work either.

I think I have it all figured out because when I hit F11 to preview, it seems to be fine. When I publish to .exe (what we need to use for right now), it allows them to click NEXT without having to click on anything else.

Any ideas why it would work in F11 preview, but not .exe format?

Thanks in advance for any and all help.