Managed Controls Block

Managed controls block is used to manage consecutive display of other Objects. In case target Objects have its own methods OPEN/CLOSE (for example Pointer), these methods will be used to display them, otherwise usual action DISPLAY will be used automatically.

This Object can save and restore its last state, i.e. when you return to the Slide this Object will display the last displayed element.

Examples of Object appearance:

Object Parameters

On the Main tab you can define namaged Objects list and order, in which they will be managed.

Object - ID of the Object to be managed. For each Object you can add sound file with narration.

Display from the start checkbox allows displaying this Object visible from the start. In case no Object is selected first element will be selected by default. In case more than one Object is selected - first selected element will be active, others will be ignored.

On the Controls tab you can change display parameters for Controls ribbon and buttons or switch it off.

On the Background tab you can switch displaying of background block on and off and define its display parameters:

• Color scheme (one of predefined or custom),
• Border width,
• Gradient angle - from 0 (north direction) to 360 degrees clockwise,
• Corner radius in pixels,
• Inner padding.

On the Sound tab you can switch click and mouseover sounds on and off, or change it to custom sounds.

IMPORTANT! Sounds must be short and have no starting lag. Otherwise it may lead to undesirable delays in course playing.

Object Events

Object is capable generating events with regards to the user's actions and interpretation of the actions by the object. When combined with actions events can be employed for building up intellectual behavior models for other objects depending on the current state of the Object. Events are available using CourseLab built-in events manipulation mechanism.

Event	Triggered Upon
on Display Item	After displaying each element
on Display First Item	After displaying first element
on Display Last Item	After displaying last element
on All Items Displayed	After displaying last unvisited element. If the Object is configured to restore its state then this event will be fired only once.

Object Methods

The following Methods can be used when working with this Object.

Method	Result
DISPLAY NEXT ITEM	Displays next element (if exists)
DISPLAY PREV ITEM	Displays previous element (if exists)
SHOW	Displays the element by number (if exists) The parameter is element number (starting from 1).

Object Specific Properties

Along with common object properties, this object has some specific properties, that can be used in actions and in text substitutions (OBJ_ID below means current object ID):

Property	Returns	Syntax
item	Number of current element (starting from 1)	$OBJ_ID.item
allVisited	Returns "1" if all elements are visited, "0" - otherwise.	$OBJ_ID.allVisited