Pulling first name from LMS

Hi All,

The original code posted by Matthew works in Flash/HTML5 fallback, but not with HTML5/Flash fallback:

var lmsAPI = parent;
var name = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var nameArray = name.split(", ");
var firstName = nameArray[1];
var player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar('first_name',firstName);

Any idea on how to get this working with HTML5/flash fallback?

Thanks

james

James, thanks for adding to the debate.  I have the same issue as you (noted above).  I have confirmed that it is not a moodle issue as I have tested on more than one LMS.

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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Thanks Matthew & Chris.

I tried the code posted by Chris/linked to by yourself and works a treat! Thank you.

Hi all,

I've read through this discussion. 

Can you please help me to set up an execute  javascript  for transmitting score from HTML5 to moodle.

I've been using for Flash the following code, but seems that is not working with HTML5 publishing  only:

/*Get player to reference*/

var player = GetPlayer();

/*get LMS API*/

var lmsAPI = parent;

/*set score; the first number is the score*/

lmsAPI.SetScore(player.GetVar("zScores"), 100, 0);

/*set status; possible values: "completed","incomplete", "failed", "passed"*/

With thanks,

Ilana

I've managed to post a solution that Frankenstein's all of these and tests for html5 over on this thread .

I've taken some stuff from Matthew's solution and some stuff from others. this has been tested in HTML5, Flash and in Moodle.

Thanks for sharing John - looks like some good conversation happened in that thread as well :)

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

Hi all, is there a way to omit the middle name?  Our LMS (SuccessFactors) has separate fields for First, Middle and Last name, but the script is pulling the first+middle.

Hi Mattews,

You seem to be the one who could fix my problem.

On a french LMS, names have accentuated letters ( ie : é). What is retrieved is a "é" instead of an "é".

What would be the piece of code to transform that ?

Thank you for your help.

Have a nice day

Philippe