[Xerte] Re: Toolkits - printing a certificate - how to?

[Paul Swanson]

Hi Ron,

 

I meant just create a page in Xerte that looks like the certificate you
want to produce. Display the user's name and other details in a text
icon. Use Actionscript to draw borders, display logos, etc. Then use one
of the print functions to print that page. You can print any page in
Xerte.

 

That's not how I actually do certificates, though. I use a PHP script to
create a certificate in pdf format that is then downloaded by the
learner. I use the FPDF library <http://www.fpdf.org/>  to create the
pdf. It takes some PHP scripting to pull that off, if you want to go
that route. I can share the script I came up with.

 

Sorry about the Canucks. 

Paul

 

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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Toolkits - printing a certificate - how to?

 

Hello Paul:

 

Thanks for that suggestion....one question....how do you mean 'create a
certificate'? 

 

How/what would I use to actually 'create' the certificate? Is it like a
jpg image? I'd need to be able to plug the users name, etc. into it.

 

Thanks

RonM2

 

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Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:00 PM
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Toolkits - printing a certificate - how to?

 

One thing you could do is create a certificate on a page in Xerte, and
include a button or other interaction (such as an Event or timed
response) to print it. Attach a script icon with printAsBitmapNum(0,
"bframe"); to the print button. There are other print options, but
printAsBitmapNum worked best for my Desktop Xerte apps. I use that to
allow students to print whatever page they are on. If you aren't
including anything with alpha transparency, print() might work better
than printAsBitmap() or priintAsBitmapNum().

 

Paul

 

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Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:35 AM
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Subject: [Xerte] Toolkits - printing a certificate - how to?

 

I posted a while back on this but have not seen a convenient
solution....I'm using toolkits 1.5 and would like to allow the student
to print themselves a certificate if they pass the final quiz. 

 

Anyone have suggestions on doing this before I started trying things? I
see a 'Flash Paper' icon in toolkits 1.5...but isn't Flash Paper
history? This is totally out of my area..any suggestions appreciated.

 

Thanks

RonM2

 

 

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