[Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a Decision icon?

[Tenney Julian]

I've just updated the help file. I thought the 'calculate' option was in
there - thanks. 

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 23 June 2008 19:52
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a Decision
icon?


Paul
I had exactly the same problem when I first tried to use a
conditional/calculated path and Julian helped me out with similar
guidance. I think it's worth repeating the context of all this - Xerte
is a fantastic tool with great potential and improvements happening all
the time. But there isn't some big commercial team behind it's
development. The fact that some bits are not yet in the help file or
documented elsewhere are far outweighed by what is already there and the
speed at which Julian provides support via this list. I'm sure this
community will grow quite rapidly as more people get to grips with it
and perhaps minimise the support any one individual needs to provide.
I'm guilty of benefitting from posts without responding to very many
myself due to time contraints etc but I might have a bit more time on my
hands soon so will try and do my bit.
Cheers
Ron
 
 
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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
[Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com]
Sent: 23 June 2008 19:14
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a Decision
icon?


Thanks Ron.
 
I didn't find calculate as an option for the branch property in the
help, so I had left it as sequential. After setting that to calculate,
and removing the curly braces from the path property, it is working fine
now. I also found that the path property is zero-based, so the first
branch is path 0, the second is path 1, etc. I thought that might be the
case, but now I know for sure.
 
Paul


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	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
	Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:57 AM
	To: Xerte discussion list
	Subject: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a
Decision icon?
	
	
	Hi
	Julian might correct me but a couple of thoughts...
	 
	1. when you set the path property of the decision icon it's not
{path} just path
	 
	2. you also need to set the branch property to calculate
	 
	The pause and erase settings will also make a difference to what
you actually see on screen but I'm sure you're aware of that.
	 
	HTH
	Ron
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	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
[Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com]
	Sent: 23 June 2008 18:32
	To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
	Subject: [Xerte] How do you use the Path property of a Decision
icon?
	
	

	I'm trying to branch using a Decision icon's path property, and
I'm not sure how to go about it. Can the path property take an
expression or variable? I'm using a variable determined in a script icon
for the path:

	if (score < 90) { 
	  path = 1; 
	} else { 
	  path = 2; 
	} 

	and entering {path} for the path property of the Decision icon,
but I seem to go down the first branch no matter what path equals. What
is the correct way to do this?

	_____________________________ 

	 Paul Swanson 
	 Instructional Designer 
	 Harland Financial Solutions 
	 Portland, Oregon, USA 
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