Pulling first name from LMS

I have revised the code a little with a few improvements.  ...and, I can confirm this code works with Saba LMS and Moodle.  The attached file is for Storyline 360, but the code itself should work with Storyline 2 files.  Published setting format: HTML5 with Flash fallback and also works with HTML5 only setting!

Be sure to create a variable named username in Storyline.

var player = GetPlayer();

function findLMSAPI(win) {
// look in this window
if (win.hasOwnProperty("GetStudentID")) return win;

// all done if no parent
else if (win.parent == win) return null;

// climb up to parent window & look there
else return findLMSAPI(win.parent);
}

var lmsAPI = findLMSAPI(this);
var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var array = myName.split(',');

var full_name = array[1] + ' ' + array[0];
var first_name = array[1];

// Remove blank space from the front of variable
full_name = full_name.trim();
first_name = first_name.trim();

// Remove blank space from the end of variable
full_name = full_name.replace(/\s+$/, '');
first_name = first_name.replace(/\s+$/, '');

// If value exists change variable, if not change name to participant
if (first_name) {
player.SetVar("username", first_name);
}else{
player.SetVar("username", "Participant");
}

//Modified and tested by Kevin Brake

The code above would be:  Execute JavaScript, When timeline starts

Thanks Matthew and Lucio - this is working great :)

Except in one instance, when calling to display the last name, a random comma appears after it.

This is what I have used:

var lmsAPI = parent;
var name = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var id = lmsAPI.GetStudentID();
var nameArray = str.split(" ");
var firstName = nameArray[1];
var firstInitial = firstName.charAt(0);
var lastName = nameArray[0];
var cleanLastName = lastName.replace(/[^a-zA-Z]/g, "");
var userName = firstInitial + cleanLastName;
var userName = userName.toLowerCase();
var player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar('first_name', firstName);
player.SetVar('last_name', lastName);
player.SetVar('first_initial', firstInitial);
player.SetVar('email', id);
player.SetVar('username', userName);

This is how the reference appears on the slide:

Username: CORP\%first_name%.%last_name%

This is how it appears when published:

Username: CORP\Sal.Milford,

Surname is definitely just Milford in the LMS. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Sal

I think this works in Moodle - solved by someone else a couple of weeks ago.

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var player = GetPlayer();

function findLMSAPI(win) {
// look in this window
if (win.hasOwnProperty("GetStudentID")) return win;

// all done if no parent
else if (win.parent == win) return null;

// climb up to parent window & look there
else return findLMSAPI(win.parent);
}

var lmsAPI = findLMSAPI(this);
var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var array = myName.split(',');
var newName = array[1] + ' ' + array[0];
player.SetVar("newName", newName);

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"Test and celebrate" 😄 

I'm definitely bookmarking this for future reference. Thanks for popping in to help, Matthew!

LEGEND!!! Thanks so much Matthew – it worked! J

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Hi Mathew,

Thanks for your input!!

I'm just curious, is it necessary now to declare lmsAPI?

I guess it can't hurt to declare it as "parent" though I haven't been using that line in my cw with SL2, SCORM 1.2. I guess I'll integrate it in my process.

Thank you for the reply Mathew!!

Hi all - further to this, am I able to pull the following from the LMS?

- first initial of first name

- email address

Thanks in advance!

Sal

Mathew,

Wouldn't firstName.charAt(0) work better in this case?

Lucio