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Thumbnail Frame View - Displays thumbnail images of all or selected frames in the current RapidBuilder file. This enables developers to view multiple frames at a glance and provides an alternate means of frame navigation and frame editing (e.g., cutting/copying, pasting, deleting, etc.)
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Hyperlinks and Buttons - In RapidBuilder, developers are provided with a Hyperlink button object (i.e., an object that can look like a button or a different type of object depending on the options that are set). Multiple Hyperlinks may be added to each frame/screen. Hyperlinks can be used to perform a variety of different types of actions, including linking to another frame in the current file, linking to another RapidBuilder/RapidExam/Performance Analyzer file, linking to a frame in another RapidBuilder file, validating text entry fields on the frame, copying text between fields on the frame or clearing text displayed in specific fields, displaying graphical images, playing video or audio files, displaying text messages in a pop-up box, exiting the RapidBuilder file, linking to an external application or any external file, launching an assessment (test, exam, quiz, etc.), launching a web page, running JavaScript, launching the user's e-mail software, and more.
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URL Launching Capabilities - RapidBuilder includes extensive support for launching URLs from Hyperlinks. The developer may configure Hyperlinks that will execute a JavaScript command, launch a URL using various different protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Telnet, or Gopher), launch an HTML page in a new browser window or the same browser window, or launch an e-mail client.
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Customizable Playback Controls - Within a RapidBuilder file, the developer may add and customize various types of playback controls (i.e., Play, Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward, Stop/Exit, First Frame, and/or Last Frame). The developer may also add customized slider controls, which enable users to quickly navigate to a desired frame within the file and also provide progress indication (similar to the slider functionality available within applications such as Windows Media Player). Thus end users can be given maximum flexibility and control over the playback of the file.
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Interactive Text Entry Fields - In RapidBuilder, multiple text entry fields (known as Validation Fields) can be added to each frame/screen. Each Validation Field enables the user to enter values (words or phrases) at runtime on a frame. These can be validated against one or more correct values specified by the developer. These values can be exact values or values created using wildcard characters. For each value, the developer can specify the key that will initiate the validation process. Therefore, for different values, either the same validation key or different validation keys can be used. For each combination of values and keys, the developer can specify the action that will take place if the user types in the correct value. Available actions include displaying a pop-up message/image, performing a navigation action (such as moving to the next frame or another frame in the current file or moving to another file or to a specific frame in another file), playing an exam/assessment file, exiting the file, and more.
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Validation Field Wildcards - The Validation Field also supports a variety of wildcard characters, which may be used to substitute for one or more text characters within the validation string. This capability enables developers to create sophisticated validation strings and patterns with tremendous flexibility and power.
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Terminal Objects - RapidBuilder provides a Terminal Object that can be used to simulate a command prompt environment or text-based applications. This enables developers to create realistic simulations of router terminals, telnet applications, text chatting applications, etc. This capability enables end users to practice entering commands and receiving responses as they would when using real text-based terminals or applications.
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Highlighter Interactions - RapidBuilder provides a Highlighter object that can be used to simulate highlighting actions during simulation playback. These highlighting actions include text highlighting, cell highlighting (e.g., to simulate selecting multiple cells in a spreadsheet), or area highlighting (e.g., to simulate drawing an object/shape on the screen).
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Drag and Drop Interactions - RapidBuilder provides a Drag and Drop object that can be used to simulate drag and drop actions during simulation playback. The drag and drop action will enable users to click on an item/object/element on the screen and then use the mouse to drag it to another location on the screen. This enables developers to simulate any type of drag and drop operation in any software application.
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Radio Buttons and Check Boxes - RapidBuilder provides Radio Button and Check Box objects, which can be used to simulate the appearance and functions of Windows-style radio buttons and check boxes.
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Combo Boxes - RapidBuilder provides a Combo Box object, which can be used to simulate the appearance and functionality of a Windows-style combo box, enabling the end user to select one or more items from a drop-down list and displaying them in a text field.
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Interactive Menus - RapidBuilder provides a powerful Menu Builder object (with a large variety of options), which can be used to automatically or manually build different types of menus within a RapidBuilder file. Developers may create vertical menus (similar to the Windows-style Start menu) or regular menu bars (either fixed on the screen or floating). If a menu is set to be built automatically, it will automatically include links to all the lessons, topics, and subtopics existing in the file. If a menu is set to be built manually, the developer can determine what links he/she would like to include within it. For each menu option provided within the menu, the developer can determine what action will be performed. Some examples of actions include opening web pages, going to another frame in the current file or another RapidBuilder file, playing external files, etc. This object has a large variety of options that can be configured and defined.
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