Steve Gannon
Steve Gannon
Principal Consultant at GanTek Multimedia
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    Steve Gannon

    I have been developing eLearning applications since 1994. For a long time I used Authorware and have since used Articulate products (Studio and Storyline) extensively. Training topics and clients are extremely varied -- corporate, academic, non-profit and government. I teach on-site Articulate...
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Using a script to change the colours of a published Storyline file
"Matthew, you can find numerous Hex color code converters on the Internet to get the corresponding RGB value or other color coding value."
  • 8 years ago03/10/16 at 3:17 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Using a script to change the colours of a published Storyline file
"In Frame.xml, do a search for "rgb=" or "colors." You should see Hex values for the colors for  elements of the player."
  • 8 years ago03/10/16 at 2:51 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Using a script to change the colours of a published Storyline file
"I believe the colors are defined in Frame.xml in the published output's 'story_content' folder. Articulate doesn't support nor recommend ..."
  • 8 years ago03/10/16 at 2:31 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Can Articulate Studio '09 and Studio '13 run on the same computer?
"Hi Kathleen, While you can have both Storyline 1 and Storyline 2 installed at the same time on the same computer, you can only have Stud..."
  • 8 years ago02/19/16 at 11:11 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Looking for a Storyline graphic designer
"Hi Shel, I recommend you get in touch with Marty Petersen (http://www.martyart.com/). He's extremely talented. He can illustrate in any ..."
  • 8 years ago02/17/16 at 11:39 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Max character length for text entry?
"Or you could simply use an Essay Question slide, which allows you to specify the maximum number of characters."
  • 8 years ago02/15/16 at 3:58 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Calculator to Populate Dates
"You're right, of course, Zsolt. I could have communicated that better. What I was trying to get across to Sarah was that the variable tha..."
  • over 8 years ago02/06/16 at 8:21 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Need a Calculator to Populate Dates
"Hi Sarah, (I posted this in reply to you over in the Storyline forum as well.) I think the attached sample file accomplishes what you w..."
  • over 8 years ago02/05/16 at 7:29 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Calculator to Populate Dates
"Hi Sarah, I think the attached sample file accomplishes what you want. It uses Javascript to subtract the required number of days from t..."
  • over 8 years ago02/05/16 at 7:28 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Reference Tool
"It could be SharePoint, or it could be the browser security settings on your computer. Try this link: http://www.gantekmultimedia.com/sl_..."
  • over 8 years ago02/01/16 at 9:01 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Reference Tool
"Hi Aaron, Are you publishing the sample, posting the published output to a web server, and running it from the there? Javascript will of..."
  • over 8 years ago02/01/16 at 8:34 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Flash, Javascript and States Issue
"Hi Sharon, I was able to replicate the problem you described (I only tested in  Chrome). I made several adjustments to try to uncover wh..."
  • over 8 years ago01/29/16 at 6:14 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Reference Tool
"Here you go, Aaron. The first line of Javascript was messed up (the actual line of code got pulled up to the end of the comment line abo..."
  • over 8 years ago01/28/16 at 9:15 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Reference Tool
"Sometimes Javascript will get blocked when running directly from the local drive. Publish for the web and post the files to a web server...."
  • over 8 years ago01/28/16 at 6:43 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Reference Tool
"Hi Aaron, A little example is attached. Study the Javascript code in the Execute Javascript trigger. I used two arrays of sample values ..."
  • over 8 years ago01/27/16 at 9:27 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Flash, Javascript and States Issue
"Off the top of my head, Sharon, I can't understand why this is occurring either; I'd have to study the .story file. But a quick fix would..."
  • over 8 years ago01/26/16 at 8:55 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Articulate unresponsive, task manager says its still running fine
"Is the mouse pointer a spinning wheel, or do you see the arrow pointer? If the latter, can you move the mouse pointer around? If you see ..."
  • over 8 years ago01/25/16 at 7:57 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Articulate unresponsive, task manager says its still running fine
"Jackson, While this generally wouldn't occur while pasting an object, perhaps Storyline opened a dialog box, but by the time it did so, ..."
  • over 8 years ago01/25/16 at 7:49 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion huge file when publishing to CD
"Just to be clear, Frances, you tried to open the file with "backup" in the file name in SL1, correct? If you got the error message you at..."
  • over 8 years ago01/20/16 at 10:04 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion huge file when publishing to CD
"Frances, Regarding your SL1 backup file, when Storyline 2 is installed on a machine with Storyline 1 already installed, Storyline 2 will..."
  • over 8 years ago01/20/16 at 8:44 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Any advice on tracking issues for very large SCORMs?
"Hi Desiré, Are you publishing for SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004? The latter supports significantly more data. I had a project that when publis..."
  • over 8 years ago01/13/16 at 5:35 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Rotate imported WMV Video
"Hi LeaAnn, Try this... 1. Draw a rectangle over the video. 2. Remove the border from the rectangle and make the fill 100% transparent...."
  • over 8 years ago12/17/15 at 10:41 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Create a search engine in storyline
"I should point out that the Articulate Mobile Player app output doesn't support Storyline's built in Search or Javascript but the HTML5 o..."
  • over 8 years ago12/14/15 at 10:28 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Create a search engine in storyline
"Oh, I agree Brian. If Sherif's interface can accommodate the built-in Menu and he only needs Flash output, I definitely recommend using t..."
  • over 8 years ago12/14/15 at 10:07 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Create a search engine in storyline
"Also, the built in search feature is also only available if the Menu is activated. If Sherif is simulating a book, he may not want the Me..."
  • over 8 years ago12/14/15 at 9:44 pm (UTC)