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How to insert current date variable into a "customised certificate slide".
Hi there,
I have created a certificate looking slide at the end of my course. I have added in variables for the learners name, their score achieved, I am just missing the date variable to be populated automatically.
I have followed the guide on the link below however it has not worked when I have tested it in a clients LMS (SABA). https://vimeo.com/145579723
I was just wondering if anyone could offer any assistance on this matter?
For this to work, SL needs to have a variable named SystemDate. Then %SystemDate% will show the contents of the SystemDate variable. Be sure to use a text box, and not a text entry box, or the learner will be able to change it.
After it is created, %SystemDate% can be inserted with Insert -> Reference, or you can just type it in, but that is vulnerable to not working if typed incorrectly.
I copied Joanne's code from above and created a trigger:
var m_names = new Array("January", "February", "March",
"April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September",
"October", "November", "December");
var today = new Date();
var dd = today.getDate();
var mm = today.getMonth();
var yyyy = today.getFullYear();
if(dd<10) { dd='0'+dd }
var date= m_names[mm]+' '+dd+', '+yyyy;
var player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar("SystemDate",date);and added the text variable SystemDate (I even tried it with a different variable and updated the code accordingly) I set up my trigger to execute the javascript when the timeline starts on this slide, I have a text box with %SystemDate% and I am not able to see the date print on the slide when in Review360. Is this a known bug or is there an issue with my above code? I know zero javascript so I am at a loss for what Is going wrong here.
no - nothing special for Review 360
here is a working example (with modern Javascript)
player = GetPlayer();
var date = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-us', {
year: "numeric",
month: "long",
day: "numeric"
}).format();
player.SetVar("SystemDate", date);result:
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/6166e558-462b-4a16-a506-0ecb1d507221/review
thanks got it working!
This was totally helpful! From 7 years in the future, thanks Joanne.
