Monthly Archives: September 2011

Step 61 – Error Checking in LMSSetValue and LMSGetValue

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Steve Addison

I want to carry a couple of basic tests within LMSSetValue and LMSGetValue to see: whether the specified data element is supported; and whether it has the necessary read or write privileges and then set the error code appropriately. This … Continue reading →

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Step 60 – Supported Data Elements

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Steve Addison

One of the things that has caught me out in a couple of recent cases is that the SCORM standard makes SCO developers rely on error codes to determine whether or not certain elements are supported. I describe one specific … Continue reading →

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Step 59 – LMSGetLastError, LMSGetErrorString and LMSGetDiagnostic

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Steve Addison

The three API functions that return information to the SCO can now be connected to the error code variable that I implemented in Step 58, and to the error messages that I set up in Step 57.

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Step 58 – Setting and Storing the Error Code

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Steve Addison

OK – an easy step here. I want a place to store the error code, so I introduce a new variable called ‘errorCode’ into api.php.

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Step 57 – Error Codes

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Steve Addison

The SCORM 1.2 Runtime Environment (RTE) uses a system of error codes that are set by the API, and which can be read by the SCO using three API functions: LMSGetLastError() LMSGetErrorString() LMSGetDiagnostic() I’ve already implemented “stubs” for these functions … Continue reading →

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After Some Time Off, Starting Up Again

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Steve Addison

It’s been a while since I last posted to the VSSCORM blog which is both good news – the services that I’ve set up using the VSSCORM code have been running pretty successfully – and bad news – I haven’t … Continue reading →

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