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I have a repeating group and want an automated option for users running through it. I can do the following:

  1. Play Howler A.
  2. Show next of repeatinggroup.
  3. Pause for 2000.
  4. Play Howler A.

This works fine but it would mean I have to create steps 2 to 4 hundred times or more. I have looked through the forum and various videos which suggest backend API workflows but they don’t have element actions such as ‘Play Howler’ as an option so I don’t understand what i’m supposed to do.

Any help much appreciated.

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I’m not sure I have all the context so this might not work but…

Why not have an initial action event, say a button, have one action that…

  • Triggers Custom Event, say you call it Play Howler Recursively.

Then inside this Custom Event, the workflow is…

  1. Play Howler A.
  2. Show next of Repeating Group.
  3. Pause for 2000.
  4. Play Howler A.
  5. Trigger Custom Event Play Howler Recursively (and then set a conditional that it only runs the custom event if there are Repeating Groups left to show).

I don’t know what Howler is or the rest of how your app is set-up, but that might achieve what you’re looking for while running it on the frontend without using backend workflows.

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Hi,

Thanks for the response, you have understood the issue perfectly. I have tried what you have suggested however it won’t let me add ‘Play Howler’ in a custom event.
It’s very frustrtaing as I just want to repeat a workflow that works, so other suggestions welcomed.

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What is “Play Howler”? Is it from a plugin? I can try and reproduce in an editor on my side and see if I can figure it out.

5

Hi

Yes, Howler is a plug-in that plays audio files. I think I’ve managed to do it now, just testing it. There’s an option that says ‘when a howler has finished’ which allowed me to run a workflow.
I appreciate the help, thank you

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