SCORM and IE7 incompatability

#1 (**permalink**) 04-13-2008, 02:59 AM

Published SCORM 1.2 quizzes from captivate 3 do not report scores to the Moodle
LMS when using IE7, however it does report just fine when using Safari and
Firefox. My htm file is attached.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>procedure_posttest</title>
<script src="standard.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="SCORM_support/scorm_support.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
// set document.domain property here, if it works for your
environment/SCORM implementation
// document.domain="";
var g_intAPIType = 0;
// Hook for Internet Explorer
if ((navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1 &&
navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Windows") != -1 &&
navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Windows 3.1") == -1) || g_intAPIType == -1)
{
g_intAPIType = 0;
document.write('<script language=\"VBScript\"\>\n');
document.write('On Error Resume Next\n');
document.write('Sub Captivate_FSCommand(ByVal command, ByVal args)\n');
document.write('Call Captivate_DoFSCommand(command, args)\n');
document.write('End Sub\n');
document.write('</script\>\n');
} else {
g_intAPIType = 1;
}
var strURLFile = "test_skin.swf"; // Name of the flash file
var intIntervalSecs = 1; // Number of seconds to wait for SCORM API to
load
var g_intAPIOrder = 1; // Way to search for API object (0 - starts with
bottom up; 1 - starts top down)
var strURLBase = "";
var strURLParams = "";
var strURLFull = document.location + "";
var intTemp = strURLFull.indexOf("#");
if (intTemp == -1)
intTemp = strURLFull.indexOf("?");
if (intTemp > 0)
strURLParams = strURLFull.substring(intTemp + 1, strURLFull.length);
var strTemp = location.protocol.toUpperCase();
if (strTemp.indexOf("FILE") == -1)
var intTemp = location.pathname.lastIndexOf("/");
else
var intTemp = location.pathname.lastIndexOf("\\");
if (intTemp != -1)
strURLBase = location.protocol + "//" + location.host +
location.pathname.substring(0, intTemp + 1);
else
strURLBase = location.protocol + "//" + location.host + location.pathname;

strURLParams =
(strURLParams==unescape(strURLParams)?escape(strUR LParams):strURLParams);
strURLParams = (strURLParams==""?"":"?") + strURLParams;

function Finish()
{
if ((isAPI()) && (g_bFinishDone == false))
{
(g_zAPIVersion=="0.2"?g_objAPI.LMSCommit(""):g_obj API.Commit(""));
g_bFinishDone = (g_zAPIVersion=="0.2"?g_objAPI.LMSFinish("") ==
"true":g_objAPI.Terminate("") == "true");
}
return (g_bFinishDone + "" ) // Force type to string
}

if(g_intAPIType==0)
{
// Detect Internet Explorer
var g_bIsInternetExplorer = navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1;
// Handle fscommand messages from a Flash movie
function Captivate_DoFSCommand(command, args)
{
var CaptivateObj = g_bIsInternetExplorer ? Captivate : document.Captivate;

var strFSArgs = new String(args);
var strFSCmd = new String(command);
var strErr = "true";
var strFSArg1, strFSArg2, strFSArg3
var intFSDelimiter = strFSArgs.indexOf("|");
if (intFSDelimiter > -1)
{
strFSArg1 = strFSArgs.substr(0, intFSDelimiter); // Name of data
element to get from API
var strFSTemp = strFSArgs.substr(intFSDelimiter + 1);
intFSDelimiter = strFSTemp.indexOf("|");
if(intFSDelimiter > -1)
{
strFSArg2 = strFSTemp.substr(0, intFSDelimiter); // Value
strFSArg3 = strFSTemp.substr(intFSDelimiter + 1); // Variable
} else {
strFSArg2 = strFSTemp;
}
} else {
strFSArg1 = strFSArgs;
}

// do nothing, if SCORM API is not available
if (!isAPI()) return;

if ( strFSCmd == "LMSInitialize" || strFSCmd=="Initialize")
{
CaptivateObj.SetVariable(strFSArg3, eval('g_objAPI.' + strFSCmd +
'(\"\");'));
} else if ( strFSCmd == "LMSSetValue" || strFSCmd=="SetValue") {
strErr = eval('g_objAPI.' + strFSCmd + '(\"' + strFSArg1 + '\",\"' +
strFSArg2 + '\");');
CaptivateObj.SetVariable(strFSArg3, strErr);
} else if ( strFSCmd == "LMSFinish" || strFSCmd=="Terminate") {
g_bFinishDone = eval('g_objAPI.' + strFSCmd + '(\"\");')
strErr = g_bFinishDone;
CaptivateObj.SetVariable(strFSArg3, g_bFinishDone);
} else if ( strFSCmd == "LMSCommit" || strFSCmd=="Commit") {
strErr = eval('g_objAPI.' + strFSCmd + '(\"\");');
CaptivateObj.SetVariable(strFSArg3, strErr);
} else if ((strFSArg2) && (strFSArg2.length > 0)) {
if(strFSCmd=="LMSGetLastError")
{
strErr = eval('g_objAPI.' + strFSCmd + '();')
CaptivateObj.SetVariable(strFSArg3, strErr);
} else {
strErr = eval('g_objAPI.' + strFSCmd + '(\"' + strFSArg1 + '\");')
CaptivateObj.SetVariable(strFSArg3, strErr);
}
} else if (strFSCmd.substring(0,3) == "LMSGet") {
strErr = "-2: No Flash variable specified"
}

return strErr;
}
}

</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#F1F4F5" onunload="Finish();">
<layer id="NS_dynamic" name="NS_dynamic">
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
writeDocument('<object
classid="clsid

27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"'+

'codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shoc kwave/cabs/flash/swflash.c
ab#version=6,0,29,0"'+
'width="2" height="2" id="scorm_support" align="">'+
'<param name=movie value="SCORM_support/scorm_support.swf"> <param
name=quality value=high> <param name=menu value=false> <param name=bgcolor
value=#FFFFFF>'+
'<embed src="SCORM_support/scorm_support.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF
width="2" height="2" name="scorm_support" align=""'+
'type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplaye r">'+
'</embed>'+
'</object>');
//-->
</script>
<noscript>
<object classid="clsid

27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shock wave/cabs/flash/swflash.ca
b#version=6,0,29,0"
width="2" height="2" id="scorm_support" align="">
<param name=movie value="SCORM_support/scorm_support.swf"> <param
name=quality value=high> <param name=menu value=false> <param name=bgcolor
value=#FFFFFF>
<embed src="SCORM_support/scorm_support.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF
width="2" height="2" name="scorm_support" align=""
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplaye r">
</embed>
</object>
</noscript>
</layer>
<iframe name="IE_dynamic" height=0 width=0
src="SCORM_support/scorm_support.htm"></iframe>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
var timeCurrent_int = new Date().getTime();
var timeLimit_int = new Date().getTime() + (intIntervalSecs * 1000);
// This simply loops for a set period of time, waiting for the API to
// load and/or be found. A better solution would be to use setInterval
// and on the timeout, redirect or load the resulting Captivate file.
while((g_objAPI == null) && timeCurrent_int < timeLimit_int)
{
g_objAPI = getAPI(g_intAPIOrder);
timeCurrent_int = new Date().getTime();
}
if(g_objAPI != null)
{
strURLParams += (strURLParams==""?"?":"&") + "SCORM_API=" + g_zAPIVersion
+ "&SCORM_TYPE=" + g_intAPIType;
}

document.write('<center>');
document.write('<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="7"> \n');
document.write(' <tr> \n');
document.write(' <td align="middle">');
writeDocument('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/sho ckwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#
version=7,0,0,0" id="Captivate" width="790" height="584" align="middle"> \n'+
' <param name=movie value="' + strURLFile + strURLParams + '">\n'+
' <param name=quality value=high> \n'+
' <param name=loop value=2> \n'+
' <embed src="' + strURLFile + strURLParams + '"
pluginspage="https://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/ download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_
Version=ShockwaveFlash" quality=high type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
name="Captivate" width="790" height="584" align="middle"
swLiveConnect="true">\n'+
' </embed> \n'+
'</object>');
document.write('</td> \n');
document.write(' </tr> \n');
document.write('</table> \n');
document.write('</center>');

</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById('Captivate').focus();
document.Captivate.focus();
</script>

</body>
</html>

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