Launching email with variables in Storyline

Oct 05, 2016

My course contains two question blocks. On the final results page, the result score for each question block is displayed. The Send Email button uses the following JavaScript code:

Player = GetPlayer();
var SendEmail = Player.GetVar("SendEmail");
var Subject = Player.GetVar("EmailSubject");
var Linux.ScorePercent = Player.GetVar("Linux.ScorePercent");
var Virt.ScorePercent = Player.GetVar("Virt.ScorePercent");

var sBody = "Here are your results " + "\r\n";
sBody += "Linux OS " + Linux.ScorePercent + "\r\n";
sBody += "Virtualization " + Virt.ScorePercent + "\r\n";
sBody = encodeURIComponent(sBody);

window.location.href = "mailto:" + SendEmail + "?subject=" + Subject + "&body=" + sBody;

However, nothing happens when I hit the Send Email button in the browser.

Is my Javascript incorrect? Is there something else that I'm missing?

Pre-Assessment_Prototype.story

6 Replies

Brian Dennis

over 7 years ago10/05/16 at 6:33 pm (UTC)

The "mailto:" function requires a mail client (e.g. Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail) on the student's system. The code won't run without this software. I create special data capture web pages that your "email" by Web Object inside SL for just this reason with similar javascript

Claudine Caro
Author

over 7 years ago10/05/16 at 7:27 pm (UTC)

Our organization uses Outlook as our mail client, so that's not the issue.

When I tested the 'Launch new email message' javascript code on the Best Practices page, that works. It's when I started messing with the code that the trouble starts. :/

Russell Killips

over 7 years ago10/05/16 at 7:59 pm (UTC)

You can't access Linux.ScorePercent and Virt.ScorePercent directly.
I created 2 new variables and on the results slide I have triggers that assign the score to them.
Then I updated your script to reference the new score variables.

Pre-Assessment_Prototype.story

Claudine Caro
Author

over 7 years ago10/06/16 at 12:13 pm (UTC)

Russell,

Thank you so much!

Can you tell my why we are unable to access the Storyline-generated variables directly? That will give me the last piece of this puzzle.

Russell Killips

over 7 years ago10/06/16 at 1:16 pm (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know why.

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 7 years ago10/06/16 at 3:36 pm (UTC)

Hi Claudine!

We want every feature in our software to work well. With that goal in mind, we've decided not to document Articulate Storyline system variables that could be accessed via JavaScript triggers at this time.

Storyline isn't currently designed to expose system variables for user interaction. As a result, JavaScript triggers that reference them could interfere with course playback.

We value your feedback and want to better understand your needs, so we can build even better software. Help us plan for the future by sending us your feature requests with specific system variables you'd like to see and examples of how they could be used.

Launching email with variables in Storyline

6 Replies

This discussion is closed. You can start a new discussion or contact Articulate Support.