slide show

Heidi Vuletich

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Apr 30, 2025, 2:01:21 PMApr 30

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Hello,

I am trying to create a slide show in Minno and followed the instructions in the documentation to arrive at this code:

define(['timeAPI'], function(APIconstructor) {

var API = new APIconstructor();

API.addCurrent({

baseURL: '/implicit/user/awinegar/trans_bias_ma/images/'

});

/**

* Slide prototype

*/

API.addTrialSets('slide', [

{

stimuli: [

{media: {word: 'Imagine that you live in an area that regularly displays these types of messages.'}, css: {color: 'black', 'font-size': '2em'}}

],

input: [

{handle:'space', on: 'space'}

],

interactions: [

{conditions: [{type:'inputEquals', value:'space'}], actions: [{type:'endTrial'}]}

]

}

]);

//Sequence//

API.addSequence([

{

inherit:'slide',

layout: [{media :{image:'<img class="img-responsive" src="<%=current.baseURL%>A1.jpg">'}}]

},

{

inherit:'slide',

layout: [{media :{image:'<img class="img-responsive" src="<%=current.baseURL%>A2.jpg">'}}]

},

{

inherit:'slide',

layout: [{media :{image:'<img class="img-responsive" src="<%=current.baseURL%>A3.jpg">'}}]

},

{

inherit:'slide',

layout: [{media :{image:'<img class="img-responsive" src="<%=current.baseURL%>A4.jpg">'}}]

}

]);

return API.script;

});

However, I keep getting this error (and nothing is loading):

Failed to inherit Query failed, object ({"set":"slide","type":"random"}) not found. If you are trying to apply a template, you should know that they are not supported for inheritance.

Any help would be appreciated!

Best,

Heidi

Yoav Bar-Anan

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May 3, 2025, 11:58:54 PMMay 3

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Hi Heidi,

Here is the revised code for a working example.

Below I explain a few problems with the original code:

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM Heidi Vuletich <Heidi.V...@du.edu> wrote:

define(['timeAPI'], function(APIconstructor) {

var API = new APIconstructor();

API.addCurrent({

baseURL: '/implicit/user/awinegar/trans_bias_ma/images/'

});

YBA: Instead of adding that to Current, it is better to use Minno time's built-in setting that determines where to take images from:

API.addSettings('base_url','/implicit/user/awinegar/trans_bias_ma/images/');

API.addTrialSets('slide', [

{

stimuli: [

{media: {word: 'Imagine that you live in an area that regularly displays these types of messages.'}, css: {color: 'black', 'font-size': '2em'}}

],

input: [

{handle:'space', on: 'space'}

],

interactions: [

{conditions: [{type:'inputEquals', value:'space'}], actions: [{type:'endTrial'}]}

]

YBA: You never showed the stimulus. You need to use the action showStim at the beginning of the trial, to show the stimulus.

Like so:

{//Show the text at the beginning of the trial.
conditions: [{type:'begin'}],
actions: [{type:'showStim', handle:'All'}]
},

Here, we use 'All' to show all the stimuli in the stimuli array. Typically, you will define a stimulus handle and use it in showStim.

To learn how one would typically go about a bit more complicated presentation task, you can have a look at this short and simple Evaluative Conditioning Procedure script.

}

]);

//Sequence//

API.addSequence([

{

inherit:'slide',

layout: [{media :{image:'<img class="img-responsive" src="<%=current.baseURL%>A1.jpg">'}}]

YBA: Here, the value for "media" show be only the url for image. Typically, it will include only the image file name because one would set the url to the image folder in the settings at the beginning of the script, like so:

API.addSettings('base_url','/implicit/user/awinegar/trans_bias_ma/images/');

You can also enter a complete url, but I don't think that you can enter an HTML code like you did here.

Good luck,

Yoav

Yoav Bar-Anan

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May 4, 2025, 12:00:39 AMMay 4

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* Again, with a correction of the first link

Heidi Vuletich

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May 5, 2025, 2:57:45 PMMay 5

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Dear Yoav,

Thank you so much! We will implement new code and let you know how it goes!

Best,

Heidi

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Heidi Vuletich

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May 9, 2025, 3:19:16 PMMay 9

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Hello,

I do not see any "type" or "random" code, so I'm confused as to where this is coming from. Could there be an issue in our manager file?

Thank you!

Heidi

Yoav Bar-Anan

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May 11, 2025, 2:59:14 AMMay 11

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Hi Heidi,

The default type is 'random' and 'slide' is the name of the trial that is being inherited in the code. When I run the code I sent you there are no such problems.

You can run it and see the whole study from here, to compare with what you've got and possibly find the difference. If it seems like there is no difference, you can try to copy my mgr.js and slideshow.js files and run them from your own study, to see that it works and then use that as the basis for your study.

If you can't figure it out, please send me a link to your study and I'll try to figure it out.

Yoav

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