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SBPlayer.cfg

Sbplayer.cfg is the default skin that is used in the NLS Player. The following describes the entries for the NLS Player.

Interface=2

Interface=2

Applicable values: 2

 

Sets the interface mode for the DX interface. The only interface mode currently available is Interface=2.

;InterfaceFilename=en_Usresdx.wsl

;InterfaceFilename=en_Usresdx.wsl

 

";" is used to uncomment a line to override the default GUI.

If the ';' is present in front of the word "InterfaceFilename" keyname, this value will be ignored and will read the GUI information from the "Change GUI" section of the SBPlayer.cfg file.

If the ';' before the "InterfaceFilename" keyname is removed, then this section is read and will override the default GUI from the "Change GUI" portion of the SBPlayer.cfg file.

This functionality accommodates the Product Derivatives group. If a customer requires to display a custom wsl as the default wsl within a DX course, they could add the wsl to this section and then uncomment this section to force the player to use the custom wsl as the default.

 

Audio=1

Audio=1

Applicable values: 0 (Off), 1 (On)

0: Turns off the audio feature in the User Settings within DX.

1: Turns on the audio feature.

 

FeedBack=2

FeedBack=2

Applicable values: numerical

Sets the feedback level in the User Settings within DX.

0: None. No feedback during assessments.

1: Partial. The user will receive Correct and Incorrect feedback but will not receive a summary screen at the end of the simulation with the correct responses.

2: Full. The user will receive Correct and Incorrect feedback and a summary screen at the end of the simulation with the correct responses.

128: One. User cannot change.

129: Partial. User cannot change.

130: Full. User cannot change.

Note: If any of the options are selected along with the option "user can't change" this means that the user will not be able to modify the Assessment feedback in the User Settings within

DX.

PopUpWindow=1

PopUpWindow=1

Applicable values: 0 (Off), 1 (On)

0: Runs the course inside the browser window.

1: Runs the course in a separate window.

 

InteractInd=1

InteractInd=1

Applicable values: 0 (Off), 1 (On)

Determines if the yellow background and the interactivity icon are present in the narrative text box, indicating that an interaction is expected from the user.

0: Disables the yellow background and the interactivity icon in the narrative text box.

1: Enables the yellow background and the interactivity icon in the narrative text box.

 

MandatoryLMS=0

MandatoryLMS=0

Applicable values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7

0: None

1: WebSVM. Checks for the presence of the Duration and home sub-cookies.

2:

3: UFI. Determines if the Learner is required to use a Learner Management System (LMS) for tracking and if so which kind.

6: HACP LOD FOR MONSOON. This supports download under Monsoon LMS. The cfg file does not have to include the MandatoryLMS=6. The flag is set automatically by the player when the AICC_Upload_URL is being passed in the [core_vendor].

7: This supports download under any LMS.

 

TrapURL=""

TrapURL=""

Applicable values: a valid URL

This is the URL that will be displayed if the MandatoryLMS=1 and if the above mentioned conditions are not met.

If MandatoryLMS=1 the presence of the Duration and home sub-cookies is checked. The Duration sub-cookie must =0 and home sub-cookie must be present; if those conditions are not met, the Player will close and the URL defined by TrapURL will be displayed.

Use this value as the URL to display, if the value is an empty string then we will use the local "LMS.html" file in the skillb directory that states: "You must use a learning management system to access this course. If you need help, please contact your training administrator."

 

PlayerVersion=3.0.0.01

PlayerVersion=3.0.0.01

Applicable values: integer

 

Contains the current version number of the player being used for DX. The Admin Utility when installing the new player files to the specified destination location automatically updates the player version information within the sbplayer.cfg.

When courses are downloaded the player version is checked.

If a new player is being updated the sbplayer.cfg will also be updated with the new version information. The same applies when installing locally with the end-user setup program.

OsiLod=1

OsiLod=1

Applicable values: 0, 1, 2

The setting for determining downloading capabilities within a DX course.

1: Browser Playable and Download.

0: Browser Playable Only. Download options will not be displayed in the interface.

2: Download Only mode. User will receive the "Download Only" WSL file.

 

;SingleTopic=True

;SingleTopic=True

Applicable values: true, false

If the ';' before the key name is removed, the player will display the pages in a single topic and the user will not be able to navigate to other topics (the Page Back button will be disabled on the first topic page and the Page Forward button will be disabled on the last topic page.)

To hide the Download menu while running in Single Topic mode, change the OsiLod= entry to 0.

 

Isolated=0

Isolated=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

Determines whether Proxy Authentication is used or not.

The default player behavior when a DX course has been downloaded to the workstation is to prompt the user for their XtremeLearning/Web SVM login ID and password to start the course offline. Clients who are using Proxy Authentication and do not want users to be prompted for this information should change the Isolated value to "1".

0: No

1: Yes

 

AssessmentCacheClear=5

AssessmentCacheClear=5

Applicable values: between 5 to 20

Sets the value where the Player clears the memory cache when the specified number of images have been loaded during an assessment.

By default, the player will clear the memory cache once 5 images have been loaded during an assessment.

 

PageCacheClear=0

PageCacheClear=0

Applicable values: between 0 to 20

Sets the value where the Player clears the memory cache when the specified number of images have been loaded during a topic.

 

TopicPageCounter=450

TopicPageCounter=450

Applicable values: numerical

For users running DX courses with audio in Windows 98 and the MS JVM, this setting specifies the number of pages that can be displayed before the player presents the following resources warning: Your browser's available memory is low. To restore memory resources, it is recommended that you exit the course, close your browser, and restart the course. Click Yes to exit the course now or click No to continue the course without audio.

 

Nndelay=0

Nndelay=0

 

For users playing DX courses with Emblaze audio under Netscape 4.X, time delays were implemented (beginning with player version 1.0.6) to resolve the occurrence of course freezing. These time delays are noticeable following onscreen actions and page transitions. Delays may become much longer in later versions of the player.

To disable this time delay behavior, set the Nndelay setting to 0.

If this flag is missing or commented out, the time delay behavior will occur by default.

 

SLMSMP= flag

SLMSMP= flag

Applicable values: integer, between 0 to 100

The administrator can set an SLMSMP= flag (as a global or course-specific option) and specify an integer value between 0 and 100 to indicate the overall score percentage a user must achieve to "master" or "pass" a course.

If this flag is present, the player will add an "MP=" subcookie to the course cookie. The value of the MP= subcookie will match the value of the SLMSMP= flag.

 

SearchAndSelect=True

SearchAndSelect=True

Applicable values: true, false

Force DX to use the Search and Select WSL. The user will be presented with a generic splash screen and a modified menu bar/control panel.

If both flags SearchAndSelect=True and SingleTopic=True are present, Search and Select mode takes precedence.

 

NavMode=0

NavMode=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: Set this flag to 0 for Skill Builder DX course navigation.

1: Set this flag to 1 for Gateway course navigation.

 

fullscreenwarn=0

NavMode=0

Applicable values: 1 (Off), 1 (On)

0: Off

1: On

Set this flag to 1 to enable the player to pop-up a warning message when the user's screen resolution is too low, to effectively run an 800x600 course.

 

Debug Modes

DebugLevel=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

DebugLevel=0: Debug mode Off

LifeGuard=0: Debug mode for thread pool subsystem.

CmiDebug=0: Debug mode control for LMS CMI Interface code.

debf=0: Debug mode for font selection metrics.

debInterface=0: Debug mode for extracting interface information from WSL files.

debULTList=0: Debug mode for ULT course map display.

MarsDebug=0: Debug mode for NLO+ support code.

debProp=0: Enable dumping of all system properties to the console.

Change GUI

GuiDefault=resdx.wsl

Applicable values: numerical

This section contains the three Interface themes (GUIs) for DX in all of the translated languages. The sbplayer.cfg file contains all the wsl files for each language for download functionality.

GuiDefault=resdx.wsl

GuiSelectable=0 Within DX the user will only receive the resdx.wsl

GuiSelectable=1

GuiCount=3 (the number of the Interface Themes available)

Gui1Wsl=Resdx.wsl

Gui1en_US=Standard Interface

…WSL 1 for each language

Gui2Wsl=Resdx2.wsl

Gui2en_US=Gray Tones Interface (High Color)

…WSL 2 for each language

Gui3Wsl=Resdx3.wsl

Gui3en_US=Circuit Board Interface (High Color)

…WSL 3 for each language

 

User Idle Timeout

TimeoutDest=timeout.html

TimeOutDelay=15

TimeOut=40

Applicable values: numerical

TimeoutDest=timeout.html: Which HTML file to load when the player exits because the user was idle for too long.

TimeOutDelay=15: Specify the number of minutes of user idle time after prompting the user if they want to quit, before just quitting).

TimeOut=40: Specify the number of minutes of user idle time before prompting the user if they want to quit).

 

CourseSelectionTitle="NETg Learning Studio"

CourseSelectionTitle="NETg Learning Studio"

Applicable values: text

Customize the title displayed in the course selection dialog.

 

DefaultLocation=c:\Skillb\

DefaultLocation=c:\Skillb\

Applicable values: a valid file path

Specify the default location for saving of downloaded courses.

 

OROIAUA=0

OROIAUA=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

Set to 1 to Only Report an Overall score If All Units Assessed.

 

HomeFrame=_self

DefaultLocation=c:\Skillb\

 

Specify frame to use in ShowDocument calls. "_self" indicates the current frame.

 

Lang=(default - see below)

Lang=(default - see below)

 

Set the default language to use for the user interface. If none is specified, the course language will be used. For the login and course selection screens the Player will request the current language code from the operating system, and utilize the same.

 

NETg_SCORM_map=

NETg_SCORM_map=

Applicable values: text

Set the name of the translation table file for use with Verizon.

 

BookmarkLocation=

NETg_SCORM_map=

Applicable values: a valid path

Set the path to bookmarking GSF file.

 

DownloadNMO=0

DownloadNMO=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

Indicates if NMO files that should be downloaded when a course is downloaded.

 

MaxDuration=28800

MaxDuration=28800

Applicable values: numerical (seconds)

Set the longest amount of time (in seconds) that will be reported as elapsed time within a course. Defaults to 8 hours.

 

MinBandwidth=1

MinBandwidth=1

 

Set the minimum bandwidth below which video playback will be disabled.

 

SilentDownload=0

SilentDownload=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

Indicate whether the course/topic download should occur with or without displaying the download progress dialog box.

0: Downloads the course/topic and displays the download progress dialog box.

1: Downloads the course/topic without displaying the download progress dialog box.

 

AudioInstalled=1

AudioInstalled=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

Set this to indicate whether audio was installed for a specific course. Appears only within a course section.

 

VideoInstalled=0

VideoInstalled=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

Set this to indicate if video was installed for a specific course. Appears only within a course section.

 

TTS=0

TTS=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: Disables the Text To Speech support in the player.

1: Enables the Text To Speech support in the player.

DownloadAudio=1

DownloadAudio=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: Disables downloading of audio with a course.

1: Enables downloading of audio with a course.

DownloadVideo=1

DownloaVideo=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: Disables downloading of video with a course.

1: Enables downloading of video with a course.

PingTime=5

PingTime=5

Applicable values: numerical

Number of minutes delay between ping attempts to keep the connection to the server alive.

ExpandedView=0

ExpandedView=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: Force course map to display fully expanded at all times.

1: Set to disable course map from displaying fully expanded at all times.

TTSExitDelay=1000

TTSExitDelay=1000

Applicable values: numerical (seconds)

Number of seconds to delay when unloading the TTS system.

LMSCompletion=1

LMSCompletion=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: Status remains as "failed".

1: Used to change a status of "failed" to "incomplete."

 

ShortcutArgs

ShortcutArgs

 

Used to pass certain arguments that will be used when running in application mode (for download use).

 

WarnRetakeAssessment=0

WarnRetakeAssessment=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: A message does not display.

1: A message displays warning the user that the assessment which is about to be carried out has already been mastered. This means that a passing score has already been achieved.

STNSMB=1

STNSMB=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

When set to 1, if the Player is running in single topic mode (multiple AU under AICC/SCORM), a message will be displayed indicating that the current activity does not have a score. Upon dismissing the message, the Player will exit. This is to avoid displaying an empty View My Results screen.

 

AllowCMD=1

AllowCMD=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: The player does not run the netgutil.exe.

1: The player runs the netgutil.exe to determine the environment variables.

 

fullscreenwarn=1

fullscreenwarn=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

1: Sets the screen resolution is to 800x600 pixels. If the course is running in 800x600, a message is displayed indicating that the user can change the screen resolution.

 

Resources=1

Resources=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: Disables a button that will launch a self extracting .exe which contains resources for the course.

1: Enables a button that will launch a self extracting .exe which contains resources for the course.

 

SequencingCheck=0

SequencingCheck=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: The Player does not check the presence of more than one sequence.

1: The Player checks the presence of more than one sequence. This setting is only for internal use, which is used to look for courses that would have had incomplete sequencing information of the objectives.

 

WaitForCookies=0

WaitForCookies=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

The WaitForCookies is for third party LMSs, used to give an intermediate page before returning to the LMS. This way the cookie gets written before the LMS is called.

 

AttemptsToReadNLO=int

AttemptsToReadNLO=int

Applicable values: integer value

Defines the number of time the player is allowed read the course NLO.

When the hosting platform is Solaris, and a port other than 80 is being used, the player is slow reading the course NLO, and the Assessment button on the Startup screen is grayed out. Increasing the number of attempts will allow the player to properly read the course NLO.

 

videoplayer=1

videoplayer=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: The QuickTime video player will be used to play the video files.

1: The IBM video player will be used to play the video files.

ReportScoresToLMS=0

ReportScoresToLMS=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: The scores are not reported to the LMS.

1: The scores are reported to the LMS.

EnableObjectiveTracking=0

EnableObjectiveTracking=0

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: The player does not track and report the level 3 objectives.

1: The player tracks and reports the level 3 objectives.

MaintainLMSScoreHistory=1

MaintainLMSScoreHistory=1

Applicable values: 0, 1

0: The player does not maintain the previous scores for the LMS.

1: The player maintains the previous scores for the LMS (e.g j_score.1=15;10. The first attempt score was 10, and the latest score is 15).

MaxDownloadSize=int

MaxDownloadSize=int

Applicable values: integer value

Sets the maximum number of courses a user can download during one download. If you select more than the value specified in the cfg file, the download buttons will be disabled. The default value is 100000000.

 

MaxVideoFileSize=int

MaxVideoFileSize=int

Applicable values: integer value

When the player cannot determine the file size for a video file, it will use this value to create a buffer that should be used to read the video file content. This value should support as a buffer big enough to contain the biggest video file on the server. The default value is 1,500,000.

 

Exit=home.html

Exit=home.html

Applicable values: a valid file name

When present, if the LMS launching the course does not provide a location where the player should return to (by using the "home" sub-cookie) the player will return to the file specified by this entry upon exiting the course. Default is home.html.

 

SBPlayer.cfg Course Settings

The lower half of the sbplayer.cfg file will contain the settings that pertain to a specific course. Anything below [Course] is related to course specific settings and will be associated to a course number, for example [en_US_71021]. Below is an example of a course section:

Total=1

Total=1

Applicable values: numerical

Set the number of course sections within the sbplayer.cfg.

Name1=en_US_13599

Name1=en_US_13599

Set the course number with language/country identifier.

E.g.: en_US_13599. Course Section identifier for course 13599.

 

AudioInstalled=0

AudioInstalled=0

Applicable values: 0 (No), 1 (Yes)

0: Audio was not installed for the course.

1: Audio was installed for the course.

 

Title=ICDL and ECDL Part 4

Title=ICDL and ECDL Part 4

Title for downloaded courses, for remover.

helprtfsize=1043632

helprtfsize=1043632

Applicable values: numerical

Set the Course help file size information for download purposes.