The ability to chain events together is one of the most powerful features of SmartSlides. From the time you invoke the BEGIN CHAIN… command until you invoke the END CHAIN command, SmartSlides is in chaining mode. While SmartSlides is in chaining mode, the first button or field you click becomes the beginning of a chain, and all subsequent buttons and fields clicked prior to invoking the become part of the chain, in the order in which you click on them.
When you signal the end of the chain by invoking the END CHAIN command, the list of buttons and fields you clicked is recorded. From that point on, clicking the first button or field in the chain will set off all the others, in the order in which you clicked them. While you are in chaining mode, a special set of additional buttons, useful only in chains, is shown at the left of the slide. These special buttons, and the techniques and possibilities involved in chaining, are discussed in the section CHAINS AND CHAINING.