I have done this through a combination of JavaScript and Flash. You need JavaScript to get the value from the LMS and then I used a Flash file embedded in Captivate to show / process the value. Once you have the value in Flash you can assign the value to a Captivate User defined variable.

The "issue" with these SCORM things is the difference between SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004. For some reason a lot of major LMS' are still using the old SCORM 1.2 standard while some are using the "new" SCORM 2004 standard. There are some fundamental changes in these two SCORM versions, so basically you would need to make a SCORM 1.2 file and a SCORM 2004 file.

If you don't know Flash then you could probably (just guessing here) assign the value from your SCORM variable to a Captivate user defined variable through JavaScript, but I have no idea how to do that.

/Michael

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The main difference between the SCORM calls in 1.2 and 2004 is that the SCORM fields have different names. I can't remember if that applies for learner_name though.

To answer your question - No your wouldn't need a full blown widget to do this. That would be total overkill as the code in Flash is maximum 10 lines.

I'll see if I can dig up some code in Flash to get you started once I get in the office tomorrow.

/Michael

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This is pretty cool. Just have some clarification.. where specifically shall I place these codes below:

In JavaScript create a function like this:

function returnName(str) {

      return doGetValue('cmi.learner_name');
    }

Thanks.

Does this solution work if the LMS is not SCORM compliant?

Is it only the Flash Component as imported into Captivate and the Javascript which will have its way of connecting here?Is there anything that I need to define in my Captivate? Variables perhaps...

Thanks.

We haven't upgraded to CP 5 yet. I wonder if anyone has AS2 version of the Flash code.

Thanks for sharing.

Hello Merobertsjr!

I was looking at this thread in the Adobe Forums and would like to look at your tutorial, unfortunately the link seems to have expired.

Is it possible to see this anywhere else? I would like to take a look.

Thank you!

Mark

hi. i have the same problem as jumper. i followed your tutorial but for

some reason all that is displayed on the slide is the variable name. Reading the information from the file works, I've tested that so the problem is with the flash getting the information from the LMS/Java Script. Any ideas?

I added this function to the SCROM_support java script file in the Captivate Publish templates for SCORM. We are using SCORM 1.2:

function returName(str)

{

     return (g_objAPI.cmi.core.student_name);

}

Does this need to be placed in a specific position in the file?

And I used the action script code you provided in your tutorial:

import flash.external.*;

this.stop();

var returnValue:String = ExternalInterface.call("returnName",returnValue);

var myRoot:MovieClip = MovieClip(root);

var mainmov:MovieClip = MovieClip(myRoot.parent.root);

mainmov.v_myUserName = returnValue;

Do I need to change the * ater import flash.external.* to something else?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Thanks for the quick reply. I only made the typo here in the forum.

It's actually working now, but I had to use this function:

function returnName(str) {
      return g_objAPI.LMSGetValue("cmi.core.student_name"); //returns a string
}

Now I'm wondering how I can get the last and first name seperated because the LMS gives it back as a string (lastname, first name).

Sorry. I'm not very familiar with flash and java script.

To get the first and last name separated.

In Flash...

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

try{

     //Assigns the LMS value to a string

     var UserName:String = String(ExternalInterface.call('g_objAPI.LMSGetValue','cmi.core.studen t_name'));

     //To Separate the first and last name...

     var LastName:String = UserName.slice(0, userName.indexOf(","));

     var FirstName:String = UserName.slice(Number(userName.indexOf(",")+2), userName.length);

}catch(err:Error){

     trace("Not in an LMS Currently");

}

~Jsswift

Hello all,

I am attempting to solve this issue as well.

Has there been a tutorial that is still active that we can look at to get this all solved?  I am piecing together different bits of information but cannot get this to work.

Any steps to complete this would be greatly useful.

For example... for the Flash code... does it have to be within a widget?  Or just added to captivate as an animation?

Thank you so much,

~ Sean