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RyanLowry
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7 years ago

Storyline 360 - Generating a PDF Certificate using JavaScript

This example demonstrates how to use the pdfmake JavaScript library to generate PDF certificates in the browser using Storyline 360. This is a followup to my original post found here. The only cha...
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PatrickHenning
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7 years ago

I know this is an older thread, however i need some help.  Ryan it seems i am able to use this when I upload to Articulate Review, however I have a client that will be using this feature (and the rest of the Storyline I am designing) offline.  I have Published just the files you provided as 'CD' and this will not work, but again, it does work when I upload to Articulate Review. Is this because the web object needs the internet to work, or is there something I am missing?  

Is there any sort of workaround for this?

I have tried a number of the different 'Certificate Generation' ideas people have had listed here - https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/six-ways-to-generate-a-certificate-of-completion and these will not work. I recently tried a solution that overlays Javascript over a GIF file, but there i am running into issues with printing (specifically the JS does not print) 

Any ideas?  

Thanks!

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    RyanLowry
    Community Member
    7 years ago
    Patrick Henning

    I know this is an older thread, however i need some help.  Ryan it seems i am able to use this when I upload to Articulate Review, however I have a client that will be using this feature (and the rest of the Storyline I am designing) offline.  I have Published just the files you provided as 'CD' and this will not work, but again, it does work when I upload to Articulate Review. Is this because the web object needs the internet to work, or is there something I am missing?  

    Is there any sort of workaround for this?

    I have tried a number of the different 'Certificate Generation' ideas people have had listed here - https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/six-ways-to-generate-a-certificate-of-completion and these will not work. I recently tried a solution that overlays Javascript over a GIF file, but there i am running into issues with printing (specifically the JS does not print) 

    Any ideas?  

    Thanks!

    Just had a quick play and confirm that certificate generation doesn't work when publishing to CD. I think launch_story.exe effectively opens the content using Internet Explorer. However if you open story.html directly with IE the certificate downloads fine. Access to developer tools is blocked when accessing with launch_story.exe as well so i can't see if there are any error messages in the console.

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