The |BGrouped Wait|B icon combines multiple wait icons.
Click on the |HTimeout|H gadget to specify the amount of time in seconds the presentation will wait in the event the desired response does not occur. If the |HTimeout|H is set to 0 (the default), the program waits for an infinite time. If |HTimeout|H is greater than 0, the program waits the specified number of seconds.
Note that the |HTimeout|H specified for the |BGrouped Wait|B overrides any and all timeout settings on the individual children Wait icons.
Click on the multistate gadget below |HTimeout|H to choose either |HAND|H or |HOR|H. If |HLogically AND children icons|H is specified, the presentation will wait until all of the children's responses occur (in no specific order). If |HLogically OR children icons|H is selected, the presentation waits for only one of the children's responses to occur.
|02 Wait Condition
The |BWait Condition|B icon causes your presentation to wait for a particular expression to be true before continuing. For example you could wait for a variable to reach a certain value.
Click on the |HTimeout|H gadget to specify the amount of time in seconds the presentation will wait in the event the desired response does not occur. If the |HTimeout|H is set to 0 (the default), the program waits infinitely. If |HTimeout|H is greater than 0, the program waits the specified number of seconds.
Click on the |HExpression Editor|H gadget to enter the |BExpression Editor|B where you specify the conditional expression. The text box under the |HExpression Editor|H gadget displays the expression you create.
|03 Wait Keyboard
The |BWait Keyboard|B icon allows you to pause your presentation until a certain key or one of a group of keys is pressed.
Click on the |HTimeout|H gadget to specify the amount of time the presentation will wait in the event the desired response does not occur. If the |HTimeout|H is set to 0 (the default), the program waits infinitely. If |HTimeout|H is greater than 0, the program waits the specified number of seconds.
Click in the |HKey(s)|H field and type in the specific key or keys to be pressed. If you want to allow more than one key as possible alternatives, separate them by commas. For example, you want the user to choose from a menu of five items by pressing one of the five numbers. The key field would appear as: "1,2,3,4,5". For characters the user input is case sensitive; i.e. you can specify the characters "A" and "a" as two separate keys. To wait for the Help, Esc or function keys, spell them out as they appear on the keyboard.
The key pressed by the user is stored and can be checked using the |Iresponse()|I function in the |BExpression Editor|B.
The |HAny Key|H option, when set to on, causes the presentation to wait for any key press on the keyboard before continuing to the next icon in the flow. For example, you may want to provide a feature that pauses an application so that a user can take a break. When the user returns to the application he can continue with the application by pressing any key on the keyboard.
|HExclusive|H, when set to ON means that only the keys specified by this icon will be active. Other keys that may have been defined previously will not be active during this wait. When |HExclusive|H is set to off, then previously defined hit boxes, keyboard interrupts, etc. will all be active. The user can select any of them. If you want to have interrupts active throughout the application, do not set |HExclusive|H On.
Click on the |HObject Editor|H gadget to enter the |BObject Editor|B. Here you may create text and other display objects for placement on the screen during the wait. For instance, using the objects you might want to display a text string informing the user "Press Any Key to Continue."
You can set the |HAuto Remove|H gadget to the ON or OFF state. If it is ON (default), then the objects and text (created in the |BObject Editor|B) associated with the |BWait Keyboard|B icon will disappear when the desired response is given by the user. If it is off, the objects and text remain on the screen until the action of all its siblings are completed.
|04 Wait Mouse
The |BWait Mouse|B icon allows you to pause your presentation until a particular "hit box" is clicked.
Click on the |HTimeout|H gadget to specify the amount of time in seconds the presentation will wait in the event the desired response does not occur. If the |HTimeout|H is set to 0 (the default), the program waits infinitely. If |HTimeout|H is greater than 0, the program waits the specified number of seconds.
When |HAny Click|H is ON, it causes the presentation to wait for a mouse click before continuing. All mouse clicks are assumed to be the click of the left mouse button. During presentation the right button on the mouse is not checked for by |IAmigaVision|I.
When |HExclusive|H is ON, it means that only the hit boxes specified by this icon will be active. All the other hit boxes, including interrupts, that may have been defined previously will not be active during this wait. Thus if you want your interrupts to be active set the |HExclusive|H gadget to OFF state.
When the |HAuto Remove|H gadget is set to the ON state (default), the objects and text associated with the |BWait Mouse|B icon (created in the |BObject Editor|B) will disappear when the desired response is given by the user. If it is not selected, the objects and text remain on the screen until the actions of all its siblings are completed.
Click on the |HObject Editor|H gadget to enter the |BObject Editor|B. Here you may place text or objects on the screen to create the appearance of the wait and define the hit boxes and response strings.
You create text hit boxes for the menu in the |BObject Editor|B using the Add-Text/Variable option. You must type a response string in the requester to use the text object as a hit box.
|05 Delay
The |BDelay|B icon is used to cause your presentation to pause for a specified number of seconds before continuing.
Click on the |HDelay|H gadget to specify the amount of time to wait. Note that if you set the time to 0 seconds, which is the default value, the |HDelay|H icon will not result in a pause. You must specify a positive value for pauses of finite duration.
