After a quick attempt to get crosswords-js working i do think this is overcomplicated. As crosswords-js uses a module approach that isnot supported directly by Storyline this will be tough to get working.
A setup that gets its text/words from some predefined values in the html. That can be easily done either in Javascript in Storyline, and then generates a random crossword puzzle based on these predefined words.
Gonna see if i can manage to get that working in Storyline.
I have always created the puzzle using EclipseCrossword. (It’s designed to create crosswords, so can do it better and in a fraction of the time of SL.) It’s free, and can create an HTML version, so you can insert it as an external file without losing any of the functionality.
There are lots of others you can find on the internet that work without abusing yourself to create one from scratch.
Although i completly agree with you Walt, that existing solutions are easiest and there are plenty of those, i tend to dislike WebObjects linking to external non-controllable URLs. For obvious reasons... if you go for WebObject and an external tool and add that to Storyline... well then you donot need anything new in Storyline as is...cause all is already outthere ;-)
My post may not have been as clear as I wanted. Eclipse creates an HTML file that you save locally. Then in SL, you create a link to it. When SL publishes, it packages the HTML, and delivers it as an integral part of the project. So it doesn’t use a WebObject, even though I said external file. I got that from looking up one that I have published. It is placed in the external files folder when published.
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I would use this...
https://dwmkerr.github.io/crosswords-js/
You can even make it dynamic then...
Apparently i already made a working sample...with just 2 words ofcourse ;-)
2 animals... Ape and Beer... oh wait the latter one ain't a animal ;-)
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/6967a3a8-2926-4321-ab95-71e39251b65c/review
Adding the story. This is using plain input fields... reworking that one now to use the javascript library mentioned above.
After a quick attempt to get crosswords-js working i do think this is overcomplicated. As crosswords-js uses a module approach that isnot supported directly by Storyline this will be tough to get working.
This looks more promising though
https://codepen.io/MathScripter/pen/gOzLKbP
A setup that gets its text/words from some predefined values in the html. That can be easily done either in Javascript in Storyline, and then generates a random crossword puzzle based on these predefined words.
Gonna see if i can manage to get that working in Storyline.
I have always created the puzzle using EclipseCrossword. (It’s designed to create crosswords, so can do it better and in a fraction of the time of SL.) It’s free, and can create an HTML version, so you can insert it as an external file without losing any of the functionality.
There are lots of others you can find on the internet that work without abusing yourself to create one from scratch.
Although i completly agree with you Walt, that existing solutions are easiest and there are plenty of those, i tend to dislike WebObjects linking to external non-controllable URLs. For obvious reasons... if you go for WebObject and an external tool and add that to Storyline... well then you donot need anything new in Storyline as is...cause all is already outthere ;-)
Math,
My post may not have been as clear as I wanted. Eclipse creates an HTML file that you save locally. Then in SL, you create a link to it. When SL publishes, it packages the HTML, and delivers it as an integral part of the project. So it doesn’t use a WebObject, even though I said external file. I got that from looking up one that I have published. It is placed in the external files folder when published.