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Forcing Articulate to send cmi.exit "normal" while still allowing "suspend"
From the many other threads on this forum I see that by design, Articulate uses cmi.exit "suspend" when the course is exited.
This is fine, except for the fact that the attempt number never cha...
Hi David,
This code is not documented as such. It was only me trying to enforce a "normal" exit, although the SetValue method is the standard SCORM2004 method that allows the SCO to persist data to the LMS. Please disregard it as I would always go with my suggestion in the first post. After additional testing, I found that only modifying EXIT_NORMAL_IF_PASSED to true would properly set "cmi.exit" to "normal". This line of code confirms that:
if (EXIT_NORMAL_IF_PASSED == true && objLMS.GetStatus() == LESSON_STATUS_PASSED) {
WriteToDebug("Passed status and config value set, overiding exit type to FINISH");
ExitType = EXIT_TYPE_FINISH;
}
So it will override EXIT_TYPE_SUSPEND.
blnResult = SCORM2004_CallSetValue("cmi.exit", SCORM2004_TranslateExitTypeToSCORM(DEFAULT_EXIT_TYPE)) && blnResult;
So it will override EXIT_TYPE_SUSPEND.
blnResult = SCORM2004_CallSetValue("cmi.exit", SCORM2004_TranslateExitTypeToSCORM(DEFAULT_EXIT_TYPE)) && blnResult;
Referenced variables in scormdriver.js
var EXIT_NORMAL_IF_PASSED = false; //determines if exit is Normal when Passed - legacy driver defaulted to false and always sends suspend
var DEFAULT_EXIT_TYPE = EXIT_TYPE_SUSPEND; //When the content is unloaded without an API function indicating the type of exit,
//what default behavior do you want to assume. Use EXIT_TYPE_SUSPEND if you plan to
//call Finish when the content is complete. Use EXIT_TYPE_FINISH if you do not plan
//to call Finish.
If Articulate or someone else know how to force "cmi.exit", "normal" directly from Storyline I would appreciate it if they could post it here.
- Thanks for following up; that's really helpful.
Just for clarity, I only need to amend the scormdriver.js file and should not use the in-couse cmi commands?
It would be good if Articulate was expanded to allow "exit" options in their functionality...Hi David,
We've been experiencing issues with some SCORM packages and after some investigation we received the suggestion to update cmi.exit to Normal instead of Suspend. After reading about these variables I found this thread.
Were you able to find any long term happiness with Nedim's suggestion to update EXIT_NORMAL_IF_PASSED = true?
