Any way to create a relative path to an internal PHP file?

Apr 07, 2014

Jon Crumpacker
By Jon Crumpacker

Hi All!

I hope there is an easy solution here. I am trying to create an internal path to a local PHP file from a slide in Presenter. We've done this in the past by making calls to outside PHP files through a web object and it has worked great for a number of years.

Now I am hoping to create a path to a PHP file that is relative to my course location (something like "../../myfile.php") which contains an end of course routine. The reason for doing it differently now is so we can place the object in the course and not have to re-render over again if we host the course in a different location.

This function works great in Storyline where we can type in a path in a trigger no problem, but Presenter does not seem to allow this.

Also, I've hacked the output before in older versions and changed the path in the presentation.xml file, but that's a no-go in the new Presenter.

Thank you ahead of time for your help!

4 Replies
Brian Allen
10 years ago04/08/14 at 5:01 am (UTC)

Hello Jon,

In Presenter '13 you should be able to hack the output if you look for the "frame.xml" file located in the presentation_content folder.

I haven't tried this, but you may also play around with using the "file" option when adding a resource to the player, and point to your php file... Not sure if that would create a relative URL or not, and you'd have to play around with where your PHP file would need to be placed in the published output.

Jon Crumpacker
10 years ago04/08/14 at 5:45 am (UTC)

Thank you Brian,

I checked the frame.xml file as I've had to do some fixes there for some global nav glitches on the first release, but I couldn't find any trace of a path to my web object. In 2009, the path to the web object was easy to find on the slide in the presentation.xml file, but I can't even detect the appropriate slide in the frame.xm. I assumed it might be embedded in the flash file for the slide itself.

I'll try your idea of inserting as a resource and see how that goes.

I also was noodling with the user.js file, but not sure what that does or how to trigger it. I know that it is called in the actual course shell, so that might be a possibility as well. Are there any docs anywhere discussing the user.js file?

Thank you again for your help. I'll let you know if that works,

Jon

Brian Allen
10 years ago04/08/14 at 5:51 am (UTC)

My apologies, I didn't catch the fact that you were using a web object.  I thought you were trying to link to a local file from the resources tab.

I know I've seen something recently about pointing to a PHP or other file locally for a Presenter 13 web object but I can't find it... If I run across it again I'll post back here.

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