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How to remove scroll bars
Hope the community can help here?
Requirement: Users to have to click and view/download a PDF within a Rise course but it has to have completion trigger to enable a Divider underneath. Which only becomes clickable once the file has been openned.
Storyline Triggers: I've made a storyline block with a completion trigger Complete course when user clicks hotspot. The other trigger is Open URL/File when the user clicks the same hotspot.
Issue: The problem is when I select the file the path is my own C Drive rather than the PDF. I don't want to use the Resources tab has it doesnt look aesthetically good within Rise.
Tried: I have tried to use the path "story_content/external_files_PDF name " but I believe this will only work on a published SCORM file, rather than an embedded Storyline block within Rise.
is what I'm hoping to achieve possible?
4 Replies
You should be able to open it inside of Rise from a Storyline block. I would use a javascript window to show it in a new tab
I agree with PhilMayor. I don’t see any reason why this shouldn’t open from an embedded Storyline block. In fact, I think the Resources tab is your best option, since it allows you to point to external_files instead of a local C drive path.
If your only concern is that the Resources tab doesn’t look aesthetically ideal, remember that you can simply disable Resources in the slide properties under Player Features. Just make sure you don’t disable it in the global player properties, as that would remove access to all imported files. You can also hide the Resources tab using JavaScript at the global level, without needing to uncheck it in slide properties.
Your path in the Open URL/file trigger should look like this:
story_content/external_files/my_file.pdf (no quotes)This will work across all published outputs.
It seems you have a duplicate post here:
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/discuss/how-to-open-pdf-within-rise-block-with-completion-trigger/1258254As Nedim pointed out, this is a duplicate post (though the other version has a more accurate title).
I replied to the other post noting that when you attach a PDF somewhere on a slide, Storyline uploads the file into the project. Then it will open the same way it would if the file were attached to Resources.
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