You use interaction icons to set up interaction structures that consist of an interaction icon with result icons attached to it. Each result icon corresponds to a response that the user can make, such as clicking a button or entering text, or to an event, such as the number of tries the user made.
When Authorware encounters an interaction icon, it displays any text and graphic elements it finds, including buttons, hot spots, text entry fields, and so on, defined by the response type symbols. Authorware then halts and waits for a response from the user. When a user responds, Authorware sends the response along the interaction flowline to see if it matches any of the target responses. If a match is found, Authorware branches to or executes the specified result icon.
You set up the responses you're looking for in the Response Type dialog box. Here you determine the user's response or the event by defining each result icon as a particular response type. When the user makes a response or the event occurs, Authorware branches to the corresponding result icon and displays its contents.
You set the characteristics of the interaction display using the Property inspector. Here you can specify display options, such as layer level, transition, positioning, and when objects are erased.
Double-click an interaction icon on the flowline to open the Presentation window to edit the display contents.
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