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Manage action sets

Melissa Lind fa 11 anys • updated by Inna Komarovsky fa 10 anys • 2
I'm having loads of success with the manage access panels. Thanks! What a time saver.  However: this seems odd. I'm unable to select an element because it brings up the behavior bar when I select the arrow to the right of Hide, shown below. After I've selected the behavior there is no way to select an element unless I've already selected an element using the previous screen. Image 87


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Inna Komarovsky fa 10 anys
Hi there, I noticed the image in the comment is no longer showing up, so I wanted to clarify that in order to use the Action Set Manager to select a target for an action set, you would select the action set in the list on the left (by clicking on the name of the interaction or behavior, and not on the arrows, which allow you to change the interaction and behavior) and then click the green plus sign in the box to the right of that (the table titled "Targets"). The plus sign is only available when you have an action set selected.

 
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Renaming project group is really creating a new group

Anita Sølver fa 11 anys • updated by Inna Komarovsky fa 10 anys • 2
When you rename a group on the Projects screen, it actually doesn't rename the folder, but creates a new one.

I almost fell of my chair, when my app was gone after renaming the project group it was in. Of course, I went to the folder, to see if it was still there, and it was. In a folder with the old name.

I would suggest that you actually rename the group/folder, instead of creating a new one. Especially since you call it "rename".

Or at least tell, that the apps inside is still available in the old folder :)
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Inna Komarovsky fa 10 anys
Just updating this thread to note that this problem has been fixed. Renaming a project group changes the name of the folder, and the project group contains the same apps as it did before it was renamed.
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Wrong replay count

Ranco fa 11 anys • updated by Alin Alexandru Matei fa 11 anys • 0
See below - simple "jump up and down" animation. Replay count is 3, but the jump occurs 4 times. It is persistent. 
Image 93
Not critical, but still ....
Ranco
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Alin Alexandru Matei fa 11 anys
To make a replay of an animation , that animation must occur once. So it will replay 3 times after that animation ended.
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Hidden Animated Elements - will they impact end user CPU performance while hidden or just when they are Shown?

Charmaine Anderson fa 11 anys • updated by Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) fa 11 anys • 1

When you have a lot of hidden animated elements on the stage, are they taking up computing resources in interact mode while they are hidden? Or can one assume they won't impact end user CPU performance until they each element is Shown?  For example I have 26 static images on the canvas and want them to play the large animated version on tap.  User then can tap large animated version to  make it disappear and tap another static image to play a different animated element.  I have about 26 large animated elements I want user to be able to play --one at a time of course.  I'm worried it might be too processor intensive if they are going to take up resources even if elements are hidden.  Trying to figure out best method to not allow user to play all the other animations at once, if you have any suggestions please advise.  Thanks much.

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Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) fa 11 anys

If the animation is hidden then I would just make sure that it is not running through the frames in which case it won't take any CPU.   So the whole key is to make sure you are not "running" any animations that are hidden or off screen until you need to make them visible.

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Backup and restore

Marcos Rezende fa 11 anys • updated by Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) fa 11 anys • 1

I'm developing an app on my desktop and now I want to try it on a Surface Pro before publish it. Is there a way to backup the project from desktop and restore it in another machine with Interactive Builder installed ????

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Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) fa 11 anys

Absolutely not necessary to upgrade to premium, although we'd love to have you as a paying customer.  Regardless, all your apps that you create are stored in your Documents folder (by default), under a folder called InteractBuilder.  You can simply copy the app folder from your PC to your Surface and you should be all set.


There is another way to do it as well.  You can download the InteractPlayer from the InteractBuilder web site:


www.interactbuilder.com/software


You can install the Player on both machines.  Once the InteractPlayer is installed make sure to register your software. Information on registering the InteractBuilder software can be found here:


http://www.interactbuilder.com/userguide/lessons/Registering_InteractBuilder.html


It's FREE to register.  Once you register click the Publish button in the Design screen and you can share your app (you will be able to share your app with up to 5 different email addresses).


Information on sharing your app can be found here:

http://www.interactbuilder.com/userguide/lessons/Share_Your_App.html


So overall you have a few choices and the good news is that you don't have to pay to try any of these out.

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Snap to object

Anita Sølver fa 11 anys • updated by Inna Komarovsky fa 11 anys • 6
Is there any way to make an object snap into a specific place on another object?

I would use this for puzzles and dress-up games. 
It could probably be used for a lot of other things, but these two were the things I would like to use it for.

Puzzles:
When the user drags a puzzle piece really close to where it should be, I want to snap the piece to the exact location where it should be. So when the center is perhaps 10-15 pixels away from the target, it should snap into the right spot. 

Dress-up games:
When the user drags a piece of clothing near the character, I want to snap it in place, again using the same behaviour with a fixed point and a radius around that to trigger the behaviour. 

So, is there such a behaviour, or is there a way to make a behaviour like that, through existing actions/behaviours?

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Inna Komarovsky fa 11 anys
After the element snaps into place, if you'd like it to no longer be movable, then it will need to be a separate element that looks just like the movable one. I recommend using intersections for the effect you're describing.

If you go to the manage screen in InteractBuilder, click the gears on the top panel, and select "Download Sample Apps…," you can download "Butterfly Puzzles" and see the jigsaw puzzles in the builder to help understand how they were put together. Here are the basics:

There should be three copies of each puzzle piece:
  1. The correctly placed piece that is not movable. This piece should be invisible at runtime.
  2. An intersection piece in the same spot as the correctly placed piece. This one should be visible but with 0% opacity.
  3. A movable piece (Drag-Move Self) that is visible at runtime and in a different location.
Use the intersection feature to make the following behaviors happen when the movable piece intersects with the center of the intersection piece:
  1. Hide the movable piece.
  2. Show the correctly placed piece that is not movable.
You can also use the intersection to play a sound effect or add points to a page counter if you want something to happen once all of the pieces have been placed.
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Fixed

Chain Action in the Action Set is not invoked

Truman Kong fa 10 anys • updated by Inna Komarovsky fa 10 anys • 5
I am testing the IB_4.0.1, and found that the chain action is not working. That means, the first action work properly and do just as expected, but all the actions set after it in the chain, are not invoked.

The player is already player_4.0.1
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Under review

Problem displaying transparency on iPad

Laura Stout fa 11 anys • updated by Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) fa 11 anys • 0
When I tap a button, I want a white box shape, assigned an opacity of 75%, to cover most of my screen. This is displaying properly in Interact Mode, but not in InteractPlayer on my iPad. A portion of the white shape is becoming gray. I've attached screenshots below:

Page before white shape is displayed:
Image 147

Page after white shape is displayed (Interact Mode).
This is correct.
Image 148

Page after white shape is displayed (InteractPlayer on iPad).
This is not correct.
Image 149

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Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) fa 11 anys
Laura, can you please create a one page sample so we can have a look?  You should be able to email the zip file directly to me, it should be a very small file.  Email to: ezra@interactstudios.com
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PNG compression level

Ranco fa 12 anys • updated by Inna Komarovsky fa 10 anys • 4

Hi,

I suggest to  improve the compression of the automatically generated png files  after importing the psd. It seems that the png is not compressed with maximum compression (9), leading to a book folder larger than it could be.

Ranco


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Inna Komarovsky fa 10 anys
Hi, just adding an update to this thread regarding image compression. InteractBuilder currently includes an image compression feature for importing Photoshop files as part of the publishing membership. Here's a description of the process: Image Compression.

Also, here is some information about reducing the size of an app, including the user of tinypng.com: How can I minimize the size of my app?
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Texbox : STSError: Data is not an array.

Ilze Britton fa 10 anys • actualitzat fa 10 anys • 5
Hi there.

I have a text box that the user must interact with and fill in a specific value. Unfortunately I'm getting the following error for some reason.

STSError: Data is not an array. The textbox is blank by default.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Ilze Britton.
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Inna Komarovsky fa 10 anys
Hi there,
Sometimes when I've created fill-in-the-blank activities, I use an underscore to fill the text element like this: "__________"

Here's how I usually do fill-in-the-blank pages: Fill In the Blank.


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