Please Help me with Java Code

Apr 29, 2014

I am trying to email from Storyline with the below code. It is working perfectly but how can I get my variables from Storyline into my email body? I would like the body of my email to read:

"Name (Variable from Storyline)" from "Command (Variable from Storyline)" has completed the CO's Annual FAP Refresher eLearning Course.

THANKS!!!

var email="alicia.k.durham@usmc-mccs.org";

var player = GetPlayer();

var name = player.GetVar("Name");

var command = player.GetVar("Command");

var subject="COs FAP Refresher eLearning Course";

var body_start= "has completed the CO's Annual FAP Refresher eLearning Course.";

var mailto_link='mailto:'+email+'?subject='+subject+'&body='+body_start;

win=window.open(mailto_link,'emailWin');

6 Replies

Nicole Legault

almost 10 years ago05/01/14 at 6:54 am (UTC)

Hi Alicia!

Have you checked out this Articulate Support page with Best practices and examples for working with JavaScript? You might be able to glean some insight from there. Additionally, here's a few past related forum discussions that might help you out:

OWEN HOLT
Hero

almost 10 years ago05/01/14 at 7:12 am (UTC)

Alicia Durham said:

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var email="alicia.k.durham@usmc-mccs.org";

var player = GetPlayer();

var name = player.GetVar("Name");

var command = player.GetVar("Command");

var subject="COs FAP Refresher eLearning Course";

var body_start= "has completed the CO's Annual FAP Refresher eLearning Course.";

var mailto_link='mailto:'+email+'?subject='+subject+'&body='+body_start;

win=window.open(mailto_link,'emailWin');

Try adding all of the variables and content into a single java variable and then use that for your body. Something like this:

var player = GetPlayer();

var email="alicia.k.durham@usmc-mccs.org";

var subject="COs FAP Refresher eLearning Course";

var name = player.GetVar("Name");

var command = player.GetVar("Command");

var body=name+" from "+command+" has completed the CO's Annual FAP Refresher eLearning Course.";

var mailto_link='mailto:'+email+'?subject='+subject+'&body='+body;

win=window.open(mailto_link,'emailWin');

Vasily Ingogly

almost 10 years ago05/01/14 at 11:19 am (UTC)

Point of clarification: Java is a compiled programming language developed by Sun, and Javascript is an interpreted scripting language developed by Netscape. Javascript was chosen as a marketing ploy; Netscape licensed the Java trademark from Sun because Java was popular at the time.

Other than the trademark and both offering object oriented features, the two have nothing to do with each other. In many forums, if you ask a "Java" question, the first reply is likely to be: "are you talking about Java or Javascript?"