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Hi

I have a "pause" button on my masterpage and would like to disable all other buttons, including those in different chapters, the timer, yes everything exept a "continue" button, which is also placed on the masterpage.

I have these:

Chapter1 = Masterpage, with clock/timer, restart, pause and continue buttons.
Chapter2 = A startpage and all the questions (300)
Chapter3 = Documentation page.

When I left-mouse-click the "pause" it stops the clock, as it should, but I'm able to push all the question-buttons and get a right answer. What can I do to disable/freeze everything exept the "continue" button, which should, when pressed, continue everything as before.

Another thing I would like to have, is to lock the question buttons when [one] has been selected, so that noone can answer all the questions and thereby get the correct answer before they hit the "next question" button.

So to sum it up:

-When "pause" button is selected then disable everything exept the "continue" button, pause the clock, and continue as before when "continue" is selected. Maybe this dual function in one button, like a VCR.

-Only one click or selection per. question. I have 4 buttons per Q. Do I have to add an action to all buttons (1200 in all), or can it be done in a more simple way?

Thx.

Flemming

If all of the question pages are already in place, the easiest way to achieve this would be to add an Initially Hidden frame to the Master Page which is the correct size and position to cover all of the answer buttons. Now open the Properties of this frame, select the General tab and enable the Stop mouse clicks passing through setting. Please also ensure that you have enabled the Objects from this page appear on top setting in the properties of the Master Page.

Now set your Pause button to show the Frame and set the Continue button to hide it. I have attached an example publication which demonstrates this. Please note that I have set the Frame to a semi-transparent red colour to make it easier to tell when the buttons are being blocked, but the 'blocking frame' would normally have no background colour. As you can see, this frame effectively prevents any of the buttons from being pressed.



If you do not need 'Try Again' functionality, the easiest way to achieve this is to apply a Go To Page <Forward> action to all of your answer buttons. As soon as the user selects an answer, they will be automatically taken to the next question and never have a chance to change their mind.

However, it sounds as though your current publication probably has a dedicated 'Next Question' button which the user must click to advance to the next question. If so, you could apply a series of Disable Object actions to every answer button which disable all answer buttons on the page.

I appreciate that applying these actions to over 1200 buttons will not be much fun, but it is important to ensure the basic interface is working correctly before you duplicate pages on this scale.

Kind regards,

Thank you for the answer.