Navigation structures let users select the path they want to take through a piece. Most navigation in Authorware is handled with the navigate and framework icons. The two icons work hand in hand. (For more information, see Navigation structures--step-by-step procedures for specific procedures.)
The navigate icon takes Authorware from one place on the flowline to another place that's inside a framework icon.
A navigate icon can be on the flowline outside a framework, but the destination it directs Authorware to must be attached to a framework.
The navigate icon is much more sophisticated and flexible than the Authorware GoTo function. You can use the navigate icon to do the following:
You can place a navigate icon anywhere on the flowline or use it anywhere you'd use any other icon: inside a map icon, attached to a decision or interaction icon, or attached to a framework.
A navigate icon's destination must be a page attached to a framework. You can't select an icon on the main flowline as the destination. Its destination can be a page attached to a different framework, but not attached to a framework that's in a different file. If you nest one framework inside another, you can select a page attached to the nested framework as the destination of a navigate icon; but if you attach a map icon to a framework, you can't select a specific icon inside the map as the destination. Although these may appear as limitations, they help ensure that your code is well-organized.
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