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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2">Paul</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">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.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Cheers</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Ron</font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson [Paul.Swanson@harlandfs.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 23 June 2008 19:14<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a Decision icon?<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="531481018-23062008"><font face="Verdana" color="#0000ff" size="2">Thanks Ron.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="531481018-23062008"><font face="Verdana" color="#0000ff" size="2">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.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="531481018-23062008"><font face="Verdana" color="#0000ff" size="2">Paul</font></span></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Mitchell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 23, 2008 10:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a Decision icon?<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2">Hi</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2">Julian might correct me but a couple of thoughts...</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">1. when you set the path property of the decision icon it's not {path} just path</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">2. you also need to set the branch property to calculate</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">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.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2"><font face="tahoma" size="2">HTH</font></font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Ron</font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson [Paul.Swanson@harlandfs.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 23 June 2008 18:32<br>
<b>To:</b> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] How do you use the Path property of a Decision icon?<br>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">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:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2">if (score < 90) {</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2"> path = 1;</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2">} else {</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2"> path = 2;</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2">}</font> </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="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?</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" color="#808080" size="2"> Paul Swanson</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New" color="#808080" size="2"> Instructional Designer</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New" color="#808080" size="2"> Harland Financial Solutions</font>
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