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Printing in Storyline 360
Has anyone managed to get a a reliable print method for any slide in Storyline 360 - that is on all browsers and on iOS as well. I put in a feature request a year or two ago about this.
I have seen HTML output solutions for certificates and write to pdf etc. I need a solution to print what is actually there according to what a user has/has not done on any slide. Just a simple print what you see button.
I used to use a widgit from enhanced elearning that tested for flash or html5 and then printed any slide accordingly.
This does not work now in 360.
There seem to be some simple solutions
- There is a solution that works in HTML5 and flash normally in browsers but not on ios. http://elearningbrothers.com/printing-slides-articulate-storyline-2/
- Strangely a simple window.print(); command in iOS works.
Maybe a workaround might be to to have two buttons which hide depending on whether the player is or is/not on iOS. Is there a reliable way to test for this?
I need some help here urgently - can anyone help please?
Chris
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Further to my last post.
In Storyline 2 this code seemed to reliably check whether HTML5 or Flash were being used - where 'shell' is a text variable:
----------------------
var p = GetPlayer();
var s="ios"
try{
if(g_bMinFlash){s="flash"};
}catch(e){}
if(p.isHTML5){s="html5"};
p.SetVar("shell",s);---------------------
It no longer seems to work.
Anyone know why this might no longer work in 360?
Hi Chris,
I also posted an answer for you in this discussion, but wanted to link the two in case anyone else came across it. We'll keep you posted once that's available and you'll see the prompt to update Articulate 360 when those updates are pushed out!
Hi all,
Great news! Articulate 360 Update 4 was just released, and included a number of fixes which you can see in the release notes available here. The item you all may be particularly interested in is how it fixed an issue where HTML5 output wouldn't display a custom report.html file for printed quiz results.
Just launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer and click the Update button for Storyline 360. Details here.
Let us know if you have any questions, either here or by reaching out to our Support Engineers directly.
A programmer at Articulate has found a solution for reliable printing of screens in HTML5 output from Storyline 360. It seems to work in Firefox, Explorer and Chrome as well as Safari on an iPad.
An existing Flash implementation also works. For me this is tremendous news.
https://www.elearningfreak.com/storyline/how-to-print-slides-in-articulate-storyline-360-in-html5/
This is an unsupported solution so any problems with it would need to be found in the community rather than Articulate directly so I am told.
Well done Brian Batt at Articulate!!!
I'm using this in a course now and it's giving me an error message when I hit print. Anyone have any idea why?
I have used this code and it works great. The only issue I am having is that the certificate image prints very small on the page... Has anyone experienced this, and if so, did you find a work around?
I have experienced this too. I am having the same issue with the small images
I too would like to have the print function focus on a specific area. I tried opening the slide as a light box to clarify the area, so only that would print, but it included the player as well.
Is there a way in the script to outline the area, such as a lightbox as the only area you want to print?
Hi Heath,
Unfortunately I haven't seen another method to force the print to focus on one area. It sounds like there is something specific you'd like your users to print? Is it something you could add as a Resource attachment and instruct them to download and print from there?
Hi Kaleb,
I'm not sure if Toni is still subscribed here, but you could use the "Contact me" button on her profile to see if she had any additional info on what they did to change this.
I have just accepted that the certificate is small as I have not found a workaround.
Is there a way to highlight all slides and print? I'd like to distribute the presentation in paper form to a co-worker.
Thanks!
