This example demonstrates how you can take user input and generate a certificate for printing. Any Storyline variable or score can be used to generate the output. The file and file add-ins are both simple and straight forward. This will only work in the Flash based output. This will not work in the iOS output or HTML5. See it in action Take a look at the Story file Download the Certificate Add-in files To replicate this on your end: 1) Modify the story file to your liking. 2) Extract the add-in zip file above (certificate.html and certificateBG.gif) 3) Copy these two files into your published output directory. You'll need to do this each time you publish. This is a really basic example. You really can do quite a bit with this including adding a print button, extra fields, collecting values from the LMS like the user's first and last name. ** I noticed a bug when playing with this file setup. I initially thought I would be able to include the certificate files as resources to avoid copy / paste surgery after publish. Unfortunately, Storyline mangled the HTML file on publish. Will be submitting this as a bug.

Has anyone come up with a solution that can work for both HTML5 and Flash-version courses? I'd be willing to include a solution for each if there is a way to do so. I have uploaded an abbreviated version of what I've been asked to do. I need the certificate to print just as it appears in the second slide. Is there a way to have a single slide appear without any player information so it is simply what is on the "stage"? Steve's example is great, but the fact it goes haywire in HTML5 is concerning as we are developing this course for users all over the globe and the HTML5. Thanks in advance!

Hi - I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get the certificate to print in landscape orientation by default (without the user having to change the print preferences). My understanding is that this would be a setting in the html document, but not quite sure how to set it up.

I keep it simple. when my storyline file opens, I get the date. It is the first thing the first slide does. This lets me display the date throughout the course. Here is the code I use. var today = new Date(); var dd = today.getDate(); var mm = today.getMonth()+1; //January is 0! var yyyy = today.getFullYear(); if(dd<10) { dd='0'+dd } if(mm<10) { mm='0'+mm } today = mm+'/'+dd+'/'+yyyy; var player = GetPlayer(); player.SetVar("SystemDate",today); The certificate java is at the end of the course. Keeping them separate makes it easier to trouble shoot. My certificate java looks like this: myWindow = window.open("","Print","width=900,height=700,scrollbars=0,resizable=0"); var player=GetPlayer(); var course=player.GetVar("CourseName"); var username=player.GetVar("NewName"); var date=player.GetVar("SystemDate"); var score=player.GetVar("ScorePercent"); var contents ='<html></head><style type="text/css">'; contents+='h2 {font-family:"Museo Sans For Dell"; font-size:20px; color:#333333}'; contents+='h3 {font-family:"Museo Sans For Dell"; font-size:30px; color:#0085C3}'; contents+='h4 {font-family:"Museo Sans For Dell"; font-size:16px; vertical-align:bottom}'; contents+='</style><body>'; contents+='<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">'; contents+='<tr><td><center><img src="../GFPA0104/certificate/CertificateBanner.png"></center></td></tr></table>'; contents+='<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20">'; contents+='<tr><td colspan="5"><center><h2>THE GLOBAL FP&A L&D TEAM CERTIFIES THAT</h2>'; contents+='<h3>'+username+'</h3>'; contents+='<h2>HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED</h2>'; contents+='<h3>'+course+'</h3>'; contents+='<h2>WITH A SCORE OF</h2>'; contents+='<h3>'+score+'%</h3></center></td></tr></table>'; contents+='<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tr>'; contents+='<td width="30%"><center><img src="../GFPA0104/certificate/Signature.png"></center></td>'; contents+='<td width="5%" rowspan="2"></td>'; contents+='<td width="30%"><center><h4>'+date+'</h4></center></td>'; contents+='<td width="15%" rowspan="2"></td>'; contents+='<td width="20%" rowspan="2"><img src="../GFPA0104/certificate/Dell-Logo.png"></td></tr>'; contents+='<tr><td><center><img src="../GFPA0104/certificate/Signature Line.png"></center></td>'; contents+='<td><center><img src="../GFPA0104/certificate/Date Line.png"></center></td></tr></table>'; contents+='</body></html>'; myWindow.document.write(contents); myWindow.document.close(); myWindow.focus(); myWindow.print();

Whilst I was able to generate the certificate ...it always was blank without the results... went crazy trying to work out java code... the reason for buying articulate is I don't want to do coding I don't have an IT background...... but then just as I was drifting off to sleep.... it came to me and it was easy... I used variables and just changed the results screen into a certificate.. with voice over right click and print... easy and works great for me... low tech I know but it was exactly what I wanted... Happy to do a screener if anyone needs it...

After reading through this lengthy thread, I just submitted a feature request. Here's what I said: Hi there! I have a new client who needs me to provide a traditional certificate (filigreed border and all) at the end of a course, pulling data for name, date, course title, and test score. In a foreign language. And it needs to be printable. I looked in Storyline, and then in the forum, and was amazed to find you folks still don't provide a ready-to-use Results slide in the form of a customizable, printable certificate template within the Articulate 360 suite. As you know, this is a feature Adobe Captivate has offered for a few years now. I watched your old video about revising the Report.html file. That's too much work for many of your customers, who may not have the basic code-tweaking skills needed. And having to manually place the file in the appropriate folder after publish? A recipe for mistakes to be made. I read that your reasoning is you consider proof of completion to be the province of a company's LMS. But as you've acknowledged, there are companies who don't use an LMS, or still want a traditional certificate the learner can print out at the end of the course, within the course, even if the company does use an LMS. As you know from the attached forum thread, people have been asking you for this feature for at least six years, and continue to ask for it currently. Isn't this something that would be a really huge WIN for you folks to produce? Couldn't you create a good-looking template with editable certificate title (for foreign language clients), and learner name, date, score, and course title variable fields, include the coding to make it easily printable, and make that available to all your users as a Results slide option? All the course creator should need to do is conform their variable titles to those you use (or, you make them editable). I do hope you will at last revisit and reconsider your position on this ongoing basic need. It would be hugely appreciated by many of your customers. Thanks!

Example files: Generating a certificate from Storyline

MelissaMorri679
Community Member
11 years ago

Thank you Owen. I'm not a scripting person either.

I sent Steve an email yesterday and I am waiting to hear back.
MelissaMorri679
Community Member
11 years ago

Even when I publish to the Web, I can't get the information to pull in.

Can someone take a look at my file and let me know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

Melissa
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OwenHolt
Super Hero
11 years ago
I haven't had a look at your file yet... but there is another option here that might work for you; especially for CD.
YoniH
Community Member
11 years ago

Keith Kemsley said:

Hi All,

CENTERING LEARNER'S NAME

I'm new to CSS/JavaScript...

With absolute positioning, I can center fixed-length information but I cannot seem to center the +learnerName+ because it is variable length. Is there a way to center the learner's name? (It doesn't have to be absolute positioning. That's just what the sample file seems to use.)

Thanks in advance for any code help on this!!!!

p.s. I did put in the requisite 3 hours of work before bothering y'all with this.

@Keith Kemsley

position: absolute;

left: 0px;

text-align:center;

width:100%;

This works to make my text centered regardless of the text length.

Good luck.
MihaiHorga
Community Member
11 years ago

Thank you Steve for the solution to generate a certificate for printing.

Does this solution work with a story published for CD? In other words, can a user which has only the CD published version, with no browser an no Internet connection print his/her certificate?

Also, it would be good for the user to be able to save the certificate as a pdf file for later (re)printing. Is there any way to generate and save a pdf certificate from a CD published version?

Thanks,

Mihai
MihaiHorga
Community Member
11 years ago

Howie Pearson said:

Steve Flowers said:

Hi Cynthia -

Traditionally, you'd need a server side application to generate a PDF. But there's a way to do that with JavaScript. If I get some time this week I'll post an example.

Did you find a way of doing this Steve?

Hi Steve, a solution to generate a pdf certificate by a learner using the CD published version of a story, with no access to internet or browser, would be much appreciated!
SteveFlowers
Community Member
11 years ago

Hey Mihai -

Unfortunately, the PDF generator through JavaScript was pretty inconsistent between browsers. So I gave up on that angle. The Certificate should still appear when running from a CD. But saving to PDF could be tricky if the user doesn't have a PDF setup as a print target.

If browsers were a little less inconsistent, would be much easier to help folks out
ArturoAguilera
Community Member
11 years ago

Hello,

In one word HELP!! I am trying to use Steve's file. I follow the instructions and when I open the file on Chrome and click the button, nothing happends. I have tried Firefox and Internet Explorer and nothing happen. When I tried the HTML 5, it opens the we page, but not the body. Here's what I need to do: the learner will enter information during the course, at the end, they should click a button that says "Get my Job Aid" this will open a new HTML pages with the information that they have entered. From there, the can print, or save it.

What am I doing wrong? Please HELP!

Thank you,

Arturo
SteveFlowers
Community Member
11 years ago

Hey Arturo -

You might be running into the Flash Player Security feature. This prevents JavaScript from executing locally (any communication between the Flash player and browser is locked down). A few ways to get around this:

Publish to CD for local testing. Running the player exe file will bypass the Flash Security feature.

Publish to web and upload to a server or LMS

Add your publish folder to the Flash Security Settings Manager whitelist (this can be complicated for Chrome)
Chrisanna-Hibbi
Community Member
11 years ago

When I clicked the "See it in action" link, the page with the text entry is blank (does not show "enter name here"), and when I printed the certificate, it did not show my name. Is this part of the bug you referenced in your post? I love the idea and would like to make it work for my own modules, as right now, the users are printing out the certificate, but getting an output version of the player with the certificate inside... so it doesn't look like an actual certificate. :(

Thanks!!