Posts tagged ‘JavaScript’
Introducing SWFRightClick
Posted Tuesday, February 28th, 2012.
Filed under e-learning, JavaScript with the tags Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate Hacks, Adobe Flash, e-learning, JavaScript, JavaScript UI Goodies
Adobe Captivate currently ships with a 3rd-party JavaScript utility named RightClick.js, which enables the Captivate SWF to detect when a user right-clicks the SWF. While upgrading the Captivate publishing templates, I realized RightClick.js wasn’t built to work with SWFObject 2.x and suffered from a few shortcomings. I modified the Captivate template’s SWFObject code to get [...]
Cleaning up Adobe Captivate’s SCORM Publishing Template, Part 5: Finishing up
Posted Wednesday, January 18th, 2012.
Filed under e-learning, SCORM with the tags Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate Hacks, best practices, e-learning, How-to, JavaScript, opinion, SCORM
In part one of this series, we published a simple Captivate course and examined its file structure. In part two, we cleaned up the HTML file and externalized all JavaScript. In part three, we cleaned up the JavaScript. In part four, we updated the SCORM code. In this installment, we will put the finishing touches on our code and move our files into Captivate’s publishing folder.
CaptivateController Updated to Support Setting Variable Values
Posted Thursday, November 3rd, 2011.
Filed under e-learning, JavaScript with the tags Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate Hacks, CaptivateController, e-learning, GitHub, JavaScript
The pipwerks CaptivateController now includes a set method that enables developers to set a Captivate variable’s value using JavaScript.
SCORM “Planets” Example Updated
Posted Friday, October 7th, 2011.
Filed under e-learning, SCORM with the tags e-learning, How-to, JavaScript, SCORM, SCORM actionscript class, SCORM wrapper
My “Planets” example (How to Add Basic SCORM Code to a Flash Movie) has proven to be one of the most popular items on pipwerks.com. Unfortunately, it was designed as a quick example and had a bunch of flaws and shortcomings. It’s also about 3 years old and starting to show its age. Since people frequently contact me with questions — many of which were due to the flaws in the example — I decided to update the project.
EasyCaptions and CaptivateController JavaScript Libraries now on GitHub
Posted Thursday, September 29th, 2011.
Filed under e-learning, JavaScript, web design and development with the tags accessibility, Adobe Captivate, CaptivateController, EasyCaptions, GitHub, JavaScript
I’ve posted the source code for my EasyCaptions and CaptivateController JavaScript libraries to GitHub. Both are released under an MIT license and are free to use. Now that they’re on GitHub, if you have ideas for new features or suggestions for improvements, feel free to fork!
EasyCaptions on GitHub
CaptivateController on GitHub
SCORM Wrapper updated for improved Plateau support
Posted Monday, July 11th, 2011.
Filed under e-learning, SCORM with the tags e-learning, JavaScript, SCORM wrapper
The pipwerks SCORM Wrapper has been updated with a small patch for handling odd behavior in the Plateau LMS. Special thanks to Joe Venditti for the patch (and sorry for taking almost 2 years to add it to the codebase!). Get the latest version here.
Using the object element to dynamically embed Flash SWFs in Internet Explorer
Posted Monday, May 30th, 2011.
Filed under General, JavaScript, web design and development with the tags How-to, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, standards, SWFObject, web design and development
This is a journey into the madness of Internet Explorer. Yes, there is a happy ending.
Sniffing Internet Explorer via JavaScript
Posted Wednesday, May 18th, 2011.
Filed under JavaScript, web design and development with the tags How-to, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, SWFObject, web browsers, web design and development
I’ve been reviewing bug submissions for the SWFObject project and was reminded of a big problem with SWFObject 2.2: the JavaScript technique it uses for detecting Internet Explorer does not work in Internet Explorer 9.
PDFObject Updated, Moved to GitHub
Posted Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011.
Filed under JavaScript, web design and development with the tags JavaScript, JavaScript UI Goodies, PDFObject, web design and development
Three years have passed since PDFObject 1.0 was released, and the browser landscape has changed dramatically. I figured it’s time to dust off PDFObject and see if it can be improved and/or updated for today’s browsers.
Abstracting Your Course’s Tracking Code
Posted Thursday, February 24th, 2011.
Filed under e-learning, SCORM with the tags e-learning, How-to, JavaScript, SCORM, SCORM actionscript class, SCORM wrapper
An abstraction layer is a way of hiding complexities and maintaining cleanliness in your application. When integrating tracking support (SCORM, AICC, etc,) into an an e-learning course, it’s a good idea to abstract as much of the tracking code as possible. Here are some examples.
