Edit Zone

Edit Zone objects are extremely useful in creating very high quality presentations and tutorials as they allow two-way interactivity between your movie and your users. For example, in conjunction with other Demo Builder objects you can create an Edit Zone in a scene to hold a correct answer to a question that you want to ask your users.

At movie run-time, the user will be presented with your question and the movie will pause, awaiting the user's response and entry into the Edit Zone.

Demo Builder will then check the user's response against the correct answer that you have included in the Edit Zone at movie design time. Demo Builder then offers Events ('On Pass', 'On Error', 'On RollOver' as described below) which determine the next action (or path) taken by the movie.

Note: Users of earlier versions of Demo Builder may be familiar with Error and Success Messages. Demo Builder version 5.0 introduces fully featured Event functionality that provides additional user interactivity and total control over the behaviour of your movie in response to user actions. This builds on and replaces the Error and Success Messages functionality of previous versions of Demo Builder.

How to insert an Edit Zone in your movie scene

1. From the Objects toolbar, select Edit Zone.
2. Move cursor to active scene in editing window and left click to position the Edit Zone.
3. The Edit Zone will be added to your the movie's scene and will appear in the TimeLine with a default name (for example Edit Zone 1, Edit Zone 2 etc.).
4. Reposition, resize and/or rename the Edit Zone by using the Edit Zone property panel as described below

Note: An interactive object (Edit Zone, Button, Click Zone) or Cursor can not be inserted when an Event is selected.

Edit Zone's property panel

1. Name: The default name for Edit Zones is Edit Zone 1, Edit Zone 2 etc., as visible in the name property and in the Timeline in the order inserted into the movie. You can change these to names of your choosing by simply deleting default name and entering your chosen name. Ensure the correct Edit Zone is selected before changing the name property.
2. Style: The style property allows you to change the appearance (style and color) of the Edit Zone. The default style is Classic.
   
   Note: Demo Builder version 5.0 introduces an additional Edit Zone style - Transparent. You might use an Edit Zone with a transparent border style when you want it to blend in invisibly with the rest of your scene. You could then use the new 'On RollOver' Edit Zone event (see below) to display a message (in a balloon or text) to your users when they position the mouse cursor over your 'transparent' Edit Zone.
   
   Style Properties Menu
   • Color: Choose your preferred color for the Edit Zone (borders) from the color palette .
   Check the box Apply to all edits at the bottom of the style properties menu to apply chosen style to all Edit Zones in all scenes in the movie.
3. Correct Entries: The correct entries property is were you specify the list of correct responses expected from your users. When your user enters text and presses the defined Shortcut key on the keyboard (either Enter or Tab), Demo Builder checks the user response with the list of entries here and takes the action for the On Pass event or the On Error event as appropriate.
   
   To enter the correct entry (or list of correct entries) expected from your users in order to trigger the actions contained in the On Pass event, click the plus (+) icon and enter the correct response(s). From the Correct Entries properties panel, you can choose whether user responses must be Case Sensitive in order to match. Likewise, by checking the Password box, you can choose for user responses to be displayed hidden as asterisks (*) rather than the actual characters typed by the user.
   
   Demo Builder can also check your user's responses character-by-character. Check the Check as you type box to activate this feature.
   
   Either Enter or Tab can be used as the Shortcut Key to accept and validate your user input. Select your choice from the drop-down box.
   
   To remove an entry from the list, simply select it and click the minus (-) icon.
   
   To change Text font style of the Edit Zone, click the text icon which will display the font wizard and allow you to customise as desired.

Using the Edit Zone Object Events

As described above, you can use Edit Zone Events to interact with the users of your demonstration or tutorial and totally control the behaviour of your movie based on responses and entries made by your users. The Edit Zone object offers the following 3 events that can be used to achieve this.

• On Pass Event: Add objects, actions and/or audio to this event to define how your movie will display and behave in response to a correct answer from your user.
• On Error Event: Add objects, actions and/or audio to this event to define how your movie will display and behave in response to an incorrect answer from your user.
• On RollOver Event: Add objects, actions and/or audio to this event to define how your movie will behave when the user positions the mouse cursor over the Edit Zone object. (For example to display an explanatory message or tip in a balloon or text as to the type of response required from the user).

Note: Each individual Event has its own TimeLine to define the separate sequencing of display and behaviours for that event.

Adding Actions and/or Audio to control the behaviour of Edit Zone Object Events.

For each of the above events, you can assign the desired behaviour of your movie by adding an Action to take and/or Audio to be played.

To add (or edit) the action to take or audio to be played for a certain Edit Zone object event, ensure that the Edit Zone object is selected in your movie scene. This Edit Zone's individual TimeLine will be shown at the bottom of the screen. Click on the event to which you want to add an action and/or audio and note that the Edit Zone properties panel (at top of screen) will change to show additional options. The following options are available to be added or edited for Edit Zone events.

Actions:

• None: Take no action.
• Continue: If movie paused, play will continue.
• Go To Scene: The movie jumps to the scene/mark you specify.
• Go To Movie: The movie jumps to another movie you specify.
• Go To URL: Opens a web page you specify, either in the Current Window by replacing the current movie, in a New window, in a Parent window, or at the Top of the current window.
• Send E-Mail: Demo Builder sends an email to the email address you specify.
• Close Movie: Closes (exits) the movie.
• Run Exe: Runs the program (*.exe) that you specify. (The *.exe program to run must be located in the same folder as the exported movie *.swf or *.exe file ).