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gkeogh
gkeogh
Inspiring
October 5, 2016
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Call an external javascript variable into captivate

  • October 5, 2016
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I need captivate to reference an external JavaScript variable to check if its value is 1 or 0. If the value is "1" I need to display a button, if its "0" the button will be hidden.

The reason I need it external is I would like the customer to be able to change the variable value without having to republish the files.

 

I know if I add a folder and JavaScript file to "Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 9 x64\HTML\assets" it will always be published every time captivate publishes, the question is how do i get Captivate to reference the variable in this JavaScript file?

 

I'm using the latest version of Captivate 9.0.2, publishing to HTML5

Thanks

Gary

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Correct answer gkeogh

Thanks for your suggestions Peter!

I managed to get it working last night using a different method.

First I setup the variable "SP_Assess_Included" in Captivate with a default value of 0.

I then went into the "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 9 x64\HTML" folder and modified "index.html"

Then I added the following line in the <script> tag: var SP_Assess_Included = 1;

saved the file and republished the course.

i can now open the index.html or index_scorm.html in my published course folder and my new default variable is there and i can change its value as required and my course reads/updates it correctly on refresh/reload.

Gary

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Pkoel
Pkoel
Inspiring
October 5, 2016

Hi Gary,

  I am new to Captivate JavaScript as well. I think you would use the window.cpAPIInterface.setVariableValue to set the Captivate variable to the value of the java script variable. Similar to the example code below:

window.cpAPIInterface.setVariableValue("s1tb1",this.name);

where s1tb1 is my captivate variable name and name is my java script variable name.

Peter

    gkeogh
    gkeoghAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    October 6, 2016

    Thanks for your suggestions Peter!

    I managed to get it working last night using a different method.

    First I setup the variable "SP_Assess_Included" in Captivate with a default value of 0.

    I then went into the "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 9 x64\HTML" folder and modified "index.html"

    Then I added the following line in the <script> tag: var SP_Assess_Included = 1;

    saved the file and republished the course.

    i can now open the index.html or index_scorm.html in my published course folder and my new default variable is there and i can change its value as required and my course reads/updates it correctly on refresh/reload.

    Gary

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