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

[Paul Swanson]

Julian,
 
Have you considered setting up a wiki so that Xerte users can submit
knowledgebase articles? It might be a good way to build the
documentation without placing all the burden on you and your crew.
 
Paul


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	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tenney Julian
	Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:18 AM
	To: Xerte discussion list
	Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a
Decision icon?
	
	
	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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