Copying and pasting javascript in advance actions not working

I still find this annoying bug to be occurring in Captivate CC 2015. Try switching all your < characters to &lt; in your text editor before pasting into the code window. It should accept your code and replace the HTML entities with the <. But you have to do the switch again if you make any edits to your code.

I find that code that is not accepted in an AA execute js box IS accepted in an On Enter js box. So, I put longer functions in the On Enter, then call them with a line or two from the AA execute js. This true on copy/paste and straight typing.

Hey papaintegrator​ yeah I tried it with your suggestion and it works perfectly. Thanks for helping out.

Still baffles me it doesn't accept a certain character.

In other software like Articulate's Storyline, the code that you type into their code box is actually output into a separate .js file on publish.  I really wish Cp would do the same.  It would allow one to use less than signs, regular expressions and inject HTML markup.  You can include a .js file on publish in Cp, but you have to manually set that up.  It's a once and done... from there after, Cp will include your .js file automatically.  It's a bit of a kluge, but it works.  I'm really hoping they enhance this feature in the next version.

Hey thanks for fixing!

I'll give it a try in a moment. Is there a reason Captivate does this or is it simply just a software quirk?

Thanks

Yeah Lilybiri is correct - that's exactly the question.

It does have '<' characters in. Why do these cause a problem?

The code is -

var result

var userChoice = window.cpAPIInterface.getVariableValue('Var_UserChoice');

var computerChoice = Math.random();

if (computerChoice < 0.34) {

  computerChoice = "rock";

} else if(computerChoice <= 0.67) {

  computerChoice = "paper";

} else {

  computerChoice = "scissors";

}

var compare = function (choice1, choice2) {

    if (choice1  === choice2) {

        result = "The result is a tie!";

    }

    else if (choice1 === "rock") {

         if (choice2 === "scissors"){

            result = "rock wins";

        }

        else {

            result = "paper wins";

        }

    }

    else if (choice1 === "paper") {

             if (choice2 === "rock") {

                 result = "paper wins";

             }

             else {

                 result = "scissors wins";

             }

    }

    else if (choice1 === "scissor") {

             if (choice2 === "rock") {

                 result = "rock wins";

             }

             else {

                 result = "scissors wins";

             }

    }

};

compare(userChoice, computerChoice);

window.cpAPIInterface.setVariableValue('Var_Result', result);

window.cpAPIInterface.setVariableValue('Var_CPU', computerChoice);

Thanks

Does your code have a for loop?  I've noticed that you can use a for loop on a button, but Captivate doesn't seem to allow you to use a for loop inside of an advanced action.

Can you post the full code so we can see if there's anything the Cp JS Editor might reject?  It's funny about certain characters.

It's still not working correctly.

Just to clarify the javascript code works in captivate already when you create a button and use the 'execute Javascript' action. I can copy and paste my code in that window without any issues.

But if I do the exact same thing within an Advanced Action or Conditional Action the code pastes in the script window. I click OK. Go back into the script window and the code has disappeared.

It's weird it's not consistent with how it works across the software. I noticed it's the same in Captivate 8.

Thanks.

Yeah I'm on 9.0.2.437 and I cleared my settings in the utilities folder.

It might have just been a random occurrence I'll have another go and see if it works any better.