There have been lots of posts on this, and I haven't seen one that really provides a good answer. I would think this would be a basic feature for a WebObject. By constructing a URL from Storyline variables, I can show what I want a bunch of different ways, but it always involves calling the URL to run outside of Storyline 3 -- window.open -- either in a separate tab, or using _self. But then getting back to Storyline 3 has all kinds of issues. It's a ton of work, and not seamless.
A Webobject is the perfect solution for me. A lot of the posts are years old. Has a better way come along to use reference variables in a webobect? I just tried it and if failed. Thanks
In Chrome and Firefox, this type of code works displaying a local site
var iFrameElem = document.getElementsByTagName('iframe')[0]; var player = GetPlayer(); // set up a url based on a bunch of storyline variables iFrameElem.setAttribute('src', url);
Some websites won't work because of security, and Edge gives a blank page for some reason. But I guess this is possible. Thanks to those past trailblazers.
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So I have made limited progress on this, thanks to a couple of old posts:
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/webobject-and-storyline-variable?page=2
and especially
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/assign-dynamic-url-to-web-object-sl-3
In Chrome and Firefox, this type of code works displaying a local site
var iFrameElem = document.getElementsByTagName('iframe')[0];var player = GetPlayer();
// set up a url based on a bunch of storyline variables
iFrameElem.setAttribute('src', url);
Some websites won't work because of security, and Edge gives a blank page for some reason. But I guess this is possible. Thanks to those past trailblazers.
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