Automatic Copyright Update

Feb 26, 2018

Sean Swetz
By Sean Swetz

We post a copyright notice at the bottom of every e-Learning (which we have hundreds, maybe even thousands of). As we start to convert everything from Captivate to Storyline, I have run into a small issue and hope it's an easy resolution. The copyright notice is in the slide master manually right now, is there a variable option I can put in the master to have it update based on the current year? This was very simple in Captivate. Is it possible in Storyline? Just a text box with a variable that adjusts based on the year in the system date?

Thank you for your help!

3 Replies
Bob O'Donnell
6 years ago02/26/18 at 10:16 pm (UTC)

Try creating a variable called "Copyright" and insert it as a reference on your slide master. You should be able to add the following JavaScript code to make it update the year. Add a trigger to execute the JavaScript when the timeline starts. Your course copyright line should always show the current year.

Note: You can only see this work on the Storyline published file as JavaScript doesn't execute in the preview. You can also use any reference name you wish - just make sure the name matches in the last line of code.

Reference: %Copyyright%

JavaScript:

var currentTime = new Date()
var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1
var day = currentTime.getDate()
var year = currentTime.getFullYear()
var dateString=year
var player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar("Copyright",dateString);

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