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Hello,

The action has the Neobook 5 Idle Event:

"For a kiosk publication, you could use the Idle Event to automatically return to a main page after a specified period of inactivity. This would prevent new visitors from becoming confused by a presentation left open in the middle by a previous reader"

The opus 6 has the same action? remembering is not the RESET.

thanks

under publication/properties/options you can tick the reset box then set an idle period and set which page to go to.
this sounds like what you want?

Hello Mac,

No, because the reset force the return on time even if the person is using the program. If it does not exist'll have to leave the opus and return to the Neobook.


Excuse the English, I am using google translator.

Inte,

You might try a Search here in the forum. I recall there were some posts in the past where people used either a ticker or a variable changed approach to monitor a condition of no keyboard input and no mouse input.

(be logged-in to forum... you will see Attached Files. Usually sample .imp files to get you started.)

Keep checking back to this Thread since others here may be able to confirm some simple way of doing this.

The Reset function works like this:



This means if there are no mouse or keyboard activities for a selected number of minutes, OPUS will Reset to a Page of your chosing. If someone is interacting with your Pub, then there is NO Reset.

The one catch I've found is that if you are interacting with, say, a SWF movie in a web browser window the reset will trigger anyway, since Opus cannot detect activity in that external window.
Apparently that window is always on top, so you cannot set an invisible frame over the top to catch the mouse movement...

I am developing a multimedia publication to be shown at a kiosk at hotel halls and airport waiting rooms. I use a touch screen monitor as output and navigation, therefore I don´t use a keyboard or mouse; I need some way to know if the application is idle for a period of time, at which end I will change to another page; I tried the Reset option, but it triggers while the user was reading a text, and this not my intention.
I would really appreciate if someone could help me.

Int,

I suppose you could construct this manually:

Create a variable, e.g. 'countdown1'. Maybe it's default would be 45 (seconds). Create a count-down timer via some action or script. Always have it counting down.

Anytime a user DOES interact, do whatever event you want... but also restart the count-down timer. When it runs down, pop-up a frame or object to ask "Do you want more time?"
-- Yes. (reset the count-down)
-- No or no answer. (start a short count-down before Resetting.)
-- optional Button: Start New Session. (are you sure? confirm)

Note: you can get clever on how to 'detect' when user DOES interact. (simple is transparent frame... overlay... knows when user clicks anywhere ???). Otherwise can have a Script Function.... always easy to include with other actions. Ditto Custom Action.

Could you please show how to implementing a counting down timer?

I've built a touch screen Pub. The selections on the screen acted like mouse movement/activity. You probably have the Reset time set too short. You need to allow the viewer at least several minutes of no activity before assuming they've gone away.

Please go into your PROFILE (top of this page) and under your Signature place your computer info along with which version of OPUS you are using.

Josa wrote:

I've mostly played with timers and clocks by using OpusScript. However several others here on the forum have addressed this ( ticker, timer, clock, or countdown... also 'game' ) using standard Opus triggers and actions. You could simply do a Search here using some of those keywords. [ if you are logged-in, you can see when there are attached file, sample pubs, etc ]

If I recall Leo Taylor, Mackavi, and others made some really simple and also clever set-ups.... achievable without scripting.

If you do want scripting, suggest you either post your question in a new thread in Advanced section, or again look at the Search results.

Welcome to Opus and the forum.

Cheers.