Tip of the Week Archive:
Last updated June 29, 2003. Click here to get the Tips that are new in this update.
April 2002 week
1
Fooling Authorware's
creators with Edit>
Change Properties
April 2002 week
2
Binning down u32's
ondemand,
Ctrl-click on title bars
April 2002 week
3
Every icon has a
"Checked" property,
LMS communication
protocols
May 2002 week 1
Perpetual Hot Objects
to catch key presses,
What is PostURL()?
May 2002 week 2
Using "off" conditional
matching, text entry
fields belong to the
Interaction, not the
response(s)
May 2002 week 3
Automatically triggering
a response as soon as
the flow enters an
Interaction, Using Icon
Connections
May 2002 week 4
Using the "Search"
feature in the Calculation
Editor, Formatting text
in Authorware
June 2002 week 1
Using "Variable aware"
Windows Controls, "Pause
Before Branching" on
Decision branches
June 2002 week 2
"Stamp" your contact
details into all Icons
you add to a file,
Keeping your models
and KO's outside the
Authorware Program
folder
June 2002 week 3
Using a Decision's erase
options, using Authorware's
Fill types
June 2002 week 4
Tips Jennie Thornton
and Dan Clinger shared
at TAW
July 2002 week 1
Creative use of
Framework Icons,
adjusting labels
in the button editor
July 2002 week 2
Using TimeOutRemaining
to jump to a feedback
page when a user
is idle, new keyboard
shortcuts for AW 6
July 2002 week 3
Use the reference for
One Button Publishing,
Publish without runtime
if you are web packaging
July 2002 week 4
Use a "bot" to transfer file
settings when you copy
and paste all icons
to a new file to generate
a new GUID, use keyboard
shortcuts in the Control
Panel
August 2002 week
1
Use "exit" to avoid nested
If-then statements, Use
System variables instead
of creating custom variables
August 2002 week
3
Use Layers to control
how your Icons display,
Delete forward in an icon
title
August 2002 week
4
Use "¬" to organize your
code, changing the
branching on Response
icons
Sept. 2002
week 3
Putting graphics into
Interaction Icons,
Reading the Map file
Sept. 2002 week
4
Best of both worlds:
direct ("@") references
and variable references,
Importing multiple graphics
at the same time
October 2002 week
1
Use "pseudocode" to figure
out how to solve tough
problems, Authorware
6.5's script functions
October 2002 week
2
Hide your code in the root
icon, Using Show Me's and
Goodies
October 2002 week
3
Use the screen magnifier
to zoom in in Authorware,
Changing corner size on
rounded rectangles
October 2002 week
4
Editing objects in Displays,
Using ObjectOver and
ObjectOverID
Nov. 2002 week
1
Using GetPostPoint(),
GetPostSize(), and
just what is a Target
Function?
Nov. 2002 week
3
Using the initial value
of a variable, icon variables
can be hard to spot,
Addendem to October
week 4
Nov. 2002 week
4
Convert your models
quickly from one version
to the next, Where is
the Authorware 6.5
documentation?
Nov. 2002 week
5
Fun with Sound files
Dec. 2002 week
1
Where is FileLocation in
a web packaged piece,
Making batch changes to
groups of icons
Dec. 2002 week
2
How Authorware evaluates
expressions, offset labels
from the button in the button
editor
January 2003 week
2
Addendum to December,
week 1, pass variables into
a web-packaged Authorware
piece
January 2003 week
3
Args and Result in script
functions, Automatically
create new variables
January 2003 week
4
Using ActiveX with
Authorware, how WinCtrls
differ from the ActiveX
Common Controls
January 2003 week
5
Framework entry and exit
panes, nonstandard window
sizes
February 2003
week 3
Using SearchPath
March 2003 week
1
Dealing with security for
web enabled files,
absolute url's in map files
March 2003 week
2
Use multidimensional
Lists to help with
programming, Use Checked
variable to track progress
March 2003 week
4
Use the $FileLocation token
to make OBP settings
portable and use a text
editor to Find the original
path and Replace it with
$FileLocation, Addendum
to March week 2
April 2003, week
1
Creative use of the PageHistoryID function, how to open an
unlocked KO icon.
April 2003, week
2
One day's problem might be the next day's solution. Use a
Decision's Time Limit to create a counter that counts down.
April 2003 week
3
Tips on working with other peoples' code. Use FileIO Xtra
to find the user's System directory.
April 2003 week
4
Side trips that can actually save you time. Target responses
can accidentally set icons to movable.
May 2003 week 2
Making automatic erase settings work for you. Use a 1 pixel
x 1 pixel graphic as a background of a custom color.
May 2003 week 3
Delete icons temporarily to remove them from the presentation
window. Copy and paste graphics in the button editor.
May 2003 week 4
Use the External Media Browser to point external graphics
to a relative directory. Use the Variables window to set variables on the
fly.
June 2003 week 1
Drawing perfect shapes with the polygon tool. Using "Step
Into" to trace across file jumps.
June 2003 week 2
Use a bot to select multiple children of the same icon. A
Framework's Icon Properties tell you how many pages it has.
June 2003 week 3
Creating named styles from any formatted text. Characteristics
of an Interaction Icon.
June 2003 week 4
Changing Flash movies from Direct to Stage to allow other
icons to display in front of them.