Dismissing an answer dialog by script

Terry Judd terry.judd at unimelb.edu.au
Wed May 8 15:37:39 EDT 2013


On 09/05/2013, at 01:20 AM, Paul Hibbert wrote:

> Terry, you could roll-your-own answer dialog, maybe a substack or just a group, then you can easily dismiss it with script.
> 
> Paul

Thanks Paul - yes that's what I ended up doing (group method).

Terry...

> 
> On 2013-05-07, at 11:24 PM, Terry Judd wrote:
> 
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>> On 08/05/2013, at 03:15 PM, Terry Judd wrote:
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>>> Is it possible to display a standard answer dialog and then dismiss it by script if the user doesn't intervene? If so, will the method work on both mobile platforms as well?
>> 
>> OK - it is possible on the desktop using a 'send in time' before throwing up the answer dialog (close stack "answer dialog") but I haven't been able to find a way to dismiss the answer dialog on iOS yet as it's not a stack and seems resistant to responding to virtual clicks and keypresses. Any ideas?
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>> Terry...

Dr Terry Judd
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
Medical Eduction Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne








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