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noele59926559
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January 18, 2018
Question

passing variables between projects in Captivate 2017

  • January 18, 2018
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This method used to work in Captivate 9, but try as I might, I can't get the following simple javascript to pass variables between projects in 2017.  Any ideas?  Something I could be doing wrong?

Project A:

window.localStorage.setItem('varname', window.cpAPIInterface.getVariableValue("varname"));

Project B:

window.cpAPIInterface.setVariableValue("varname", window.localStorage.getItem('varname'));

Any ideas why it wouldn't work in 2017?

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noele59926559Author
Participant
January 18, 2018

I have also tried different syntax, which still doesn't seem to work.  I have tried it both in preview and by running it on my LMS in HTML5.:

A:

window.localStorage.setItem ( 'variable', window.cpAPIInterface.getVariableValue ( "variable" ) );

B:

window.cpAPIInterface.setVariableValue ( "variable", window.localStorage.getItem ( 'variable' ) );

thisguy4xapi
thisguy4xapi
Inspiring
January 18, 2018

Ok that all looks right now.  Couple of other considerations...If you are using chrome launch your course and press command opt J on mac or ctrl shift J windows.  This will open the debugging console. Find the tab up top that says application, and then choose local storage on the left and see if you have anything set there after when the A event is suppose to trigger.   You can then look at B and see if the value is still available when B is trying to get from local storage.

I am also guessing you understand that local storage is unique to each instance of a website.....I am not sure how an LMS launches content as I always host straight from my server, but essentially your 2 different courses would have to open from the same browser address for this to work.  I know that typically the LMS pops open a new window to launch content, so that window would have unique storage I believe unless it is an extension of the LMS.  If you had it working in the past though, I cant see why 9 to 2017 would make any difference, as it is basically just .js

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noele59926559Author
Participant
January 18, 2018

Sorry, yes.

Project A:

window.cpAPIInterface.setVariableValue("variable", window.localStorage.getItem('variable'));

Project B:

window.localStorage.setItem('variable', window.cpAPIInterface.getVariableValue("variable"));

thisguy4xapi
thisguy4xapi
Inspiring
January 18, 2018

Is that the order you have it in? You are setting the variable in project before actually getting the value from local storage in project B....looks backwards in A too.

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