Configure a user input animation for an elapsed time value

You can configure an element with a user input animation for an elapsed time value.

To configure an element with a user input animation for an elapsed time value

1. Select the element.

2. On the Special menu, click Edit Animations. The Edit Animations dialog box appears.

3. Click the Add icon and select User Input. The user input animation is added to the Animation list and the User Input state selection panel appears.

4. Click the Elapsed Time button. The Elapsed Time Value User Input configuration panel appears.

5. In the Elapsed Time box, type an attribute reference or browse for one by using the browse button.

6. In the Message to User box, type a value, attribute reference or expression. This is the text that appears as prompt on the elapsed time value input dialog box at run time.

7. Verify that the input mode of the Message to User box is set correctly. Click the Input Mode icon to set a static value or an attribute reference or expression.

8. Specify that the Input dialog box appears by pressing a key or key combination. In the Shortcut area. Select a shortcut key in the Key list. Select CTRL and/or SHIFT to combine the shortcut key with the CTRL key and/or SHIFT key.

9. If you don’t want the elapsed time value display element to show the time elapsed input result on the canvas, select Input Only.

10. Select Use Dialog to use the Elapsed Time User Input dialog box to type the elapsed time value at run time.

11. If you select Use Dialog to type the elapsed time value, you can optionally select:

    Show Days if you also want to input days.

    Show Milliseconds if you also want to input milliseconds.

12. Click OK.