Hi Diana. You can upload your story file and post a link below, I'll check.

Hello John,

Thank you so much. Here is the file.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ljupbb21aXDGBMQEFBf5heBRhZ9qAzFi?usp=sharing

Diana, you did everything right. The issue was that the database could only save documents up to 65KB and the image you added exceeded that. This was an oversight, it's reasonable to expect that some documents will be larger than 65KB, so I've put in a request to upgrade the corresponding database field to the next size - 16MB. But also see if you can resize the image you're adding to make sure it fits. The old document didn't save properly and won't open, so you will need to delete it, create a new PDF widget, and update the trigger in Storyline. Sorry about that and thank you for reporting, this allowed us to improve the widget for everyone.

Hello John,

I resized the storyline project and retried. It pulls the pdf now but my %fname% %lname% and %date% are not inserting into the pdf.

PS: This is the code it directed me to enter:

var clabsPDFWindow = window.open();
var xhttp=new XMLHttpRequest,targlink="https://cluelabs.com/stencil/display/widget-pdf-maker-display?chart=MzQwfDI3ODh8NmJjNzdkYzQwOWVlODY0NmYyOTFiNjJmNDQ4MTJkYTQ";xhttp.onreadystatechange=function(){if(4==this.readyState&&200==this.status&&""!=this.response){var t=GetPlayer(),e=JSON.parse(xhttp.response),n="";e.forEach(function(e,a){n+="&"+encodeURIComponent(e)+"="+btoa(encodeURIComponent(t.GetVar(e))).replace("=","")}),clabsPDFWindow.location=targlink+n+"&vardata=sent",t.SetVar("stencilrendered",parseInt(t.GetVar("stencilrendered"))+1)}},xhttp.open("GET",targlink,!0),xhttp.send();

Diana, you have the words %fname% %lname% and %date% in the image, it's not the actual text, it's an illustration. If you use the variable references in your message as text, Storyline will replace them with variable values before downloading the file. When the words are drawn in the image, there's no way for it to do that.

Please let me know your thoughts. I have the %fname% %lname% and %date% in storyline as text. What I did was copy and paste my storyline text lines and placed them inside cluelabs pdf widget. Should I be following a different protocol?

PS: When I run my storyline file on the LMS it pulls the user's registered name and the date properly.

I see what you're saying, yes, I tried copying from Storyline and can confirm that it's pasting as an image, not text. Consider entering the text directly in the widget editor instead, that should help.

Hi there!

Do you have any tips on pulling the correct text format?

What I did was create the same certificate in a word doc with text, then I copied and pasted it in.

The text didn't copy over with font/size/etc

Styling with the tools available in the online editor is really the only option at this point.