New in TQS 2.5

This section will list new features available to authors using TQS 2.5, with links to reference pages for more information.

TQS Element: USESSOUNDS attribute enables use of sounds.
ABOUT Element: Provides a description of your application.
BGSOUND Element: LOOP attribute sets loop settings.
REPORT Element,
INCLUDETYPES Element,
TYPE Element: Specifies if and how TQS should build a score report.
FINISH Element: Specifies text and/or button(s) to display when a location has been completed.
BUTTON Element: SUBST attribute supports all dynamic values.
STATEIMG Element: Allows specifying custom state images.
MENU Element: SHOWSTATES and DONEITEMS attributes allow customization of menu appearance and behavior.
CORRECT Element,
INCORRECT Element: Supported by more location types and directly by global settings. SOUND attribute associates sounds with each type of answer.
QUESTIONS Element,
QUESTION Element,
ANSWER Element: Supports new question types: true-false, type-in-answer, and mixed sets, as well as question sounds.
HANGMAN Element: SHOWSCORE attribute tracks and displays scores.
HTML Element: SUBST attribute supports all dynamic values; STATEONLOAD attribute sets the location's state when loaded; SHOWSCORE attribute displays the score table.
CUSTOM_* Element: SHOWSCORE attribute displays the score table.
LOC Element: REPORT, REPORTCHILDREN, and DEFERSTATE attributes control report generation and location state.
REPORTTITLE Element: Specifies how a location is displayed in the report.
STYLES Element: SUBST attribute allows dynamic values to be used in style entries.
USERNAME Dynamic Value: Contains the name of the current user.
xmlRetrieveEx Function,
xmlGetText Function: Provides new ways to get XML data.
xmlSetAttr Function,
xmlSetText Function: Allows you to modify XML data.
getLocState Function,
setLocState Function,
getCurLocState Function,
setCurLocState Function: Retrieves and sets location states.
getStateImg Function: Retrieves the image associated with a state.
setScoreValue Function,
offsetScoreValue Function,
getScoreValue Function: Retrieves and sets the current score (tried, correct, incorrect).
locFinished Function: Use FINISH text/button(s) in custom locations.
getDynVal Function: Retrieves a dynamic value's contents.
playSound Function,
playSoundFile Function: Plays correct/incorrect sounds, or sound files.