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MartinRoss
Community Member
11 years ago

Link to a URL held in a variable

Has anyone been able to create an onscreen link to a webpage whose URL is held in a variable? I can't get my javascript to work. My current attempt goes like this: var player = GetPlayer(); var...
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NaserSedghi
Community Member
4 years ago

Hi Mike, You would need to make a .js file assigning variables to the URL addresses. For example: 

Add the .js file to the story_content folder of your published story.

var var1 = "https://the address";

var var2= "https:// ...";

Modify the story.html file to contain the script for your .js file (I have have named it LinksList.js). The code below should be added anywhere between <head> and </head>:

<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2" SRC="story_content/LinksList.js" TYPE="text/javascript"></script>

The index_lms.html should be modified the same way.

Modify imsmanifest.xml by adding the location of your .js file to the resources section of the file:

<file href="story_content/LinksList.js" />

Define a variable in your story (I have defined it as Lecture1).

Use a run javascript trigger to connect the story variable to the variable you have defined in your .js file:

var player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar("Lecture1", var1);
var url = player.GetVar("Lecture1");
var win = window.open(url);

I hope that you find it helpful.