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

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OwenHolt
Super Hero
12 years ago
I have any required images or other inputs hosted on a SharePoint. The course itself is zipped and hosted in our LMS (Saba). The codes use a full path for the images and other inputs and this works just fine.
MelissaMorri679
Community Member
12 years ago

Hello,

I need to be able to do this on CD. How can I set it up since everything seems to be for the LMS.

Thank you,

Melissa
OwenHolt
Super Hero
12 years ago
I haven't tested it, but I would assume relative links should work just as well.
MelissaMorri679
Community Member
12 years ago
They don't. When you publish to CD using Steve's it does not pull any of the information into it. I have attached my file.
namedatecertificate.story292 KB
OwenHolt
Super Hero
12 years ago

I'm no expert on javascript, but you might need to investigate if there is a way to first, identify the users CD drive letter and then second, use this information to construct a hard link to the file on the disc.

Another potential use of javascript would be to assume the drive will be one of several drives (i.e. D:, E:, F:, G and then check each for your file path, ignoring any that are not a match or that return a null result. Once you have a match, you have the path to use to the graphics for your certificate.

Steve is great at javascript challenges like this; you might consider sending him a direct message.
MelissaMorri679
Community Member
12 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
12 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
namedatecertificate.story292 KB
OwenHolt
Super Hero
12 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
12 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
12 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

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