[Xerte] Question re Flash module

[ron at kccsoft.com]

I have a basic level Flash design question that I'm hoping someone can
comment on...I'm not good with Flash.

In my AuthorWare applications I have a main menu with parts/modules
displayed and a row of buttons on the bottom. One of the bottom buttons is
'Exit'. This navigates to a separate framework icon and displays some exit
options (go back to LMS menu, exit completely, restart for new student,
etc.) on top of the main menu which loses focus (the user must pick from the
Exit options). This 'Exit' form is called also from anywhere else in the
program (ie not the main menu but in tutorial sections) and operates the
same way (floats on top of screen and forces the user to choose an option or
'cancel' and continue).

I'd like to do something similar with Xerte, building one flash 'Exit'
module and calling it from anywhere in the program. In attempting to build
it similar it AW I've placed a decision icon on the flowline and I'm
attempting to do some form of 'Call and Return' to the attached FW icons
while leaving the main menu still on the screen. Is there an equivalent way
to do this in Xerte? 

I'm looking at the decision icon - hoping to set it to a 'calculate' value
that will never be met so the attached FW icons are hidden unless
specifically called. The help file advises to set the 'Properties' for the
calc icon however they don't appear visible to me in 2.9 - the only
properties are 'id' 'swf' and 'ifc' (what is 'ifc'??). How can I set the
calc icon so that the flow goes right past it and never enters the attached
FW unless specifically called? Can I set the 'calculate' value (which
however doesn't appear in 'Properties') to -1, which doesn't exist - will
that let the flow go right past the attached FW?

Using this method can I do the AW equivalent of 'call and return' - leave
the objects on the screen as they are and jump to a flash interaction
elsewhere (such as the 'exit module') that has the focus?

Am I making any sense here??

Thanks
RonM2