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Tim Mushen

Tim Mushen

www.clocktowermedia.com

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Setting up Your RoboDemo Files
  3. Configuring Your JavaScript
  4. Setting up Your Database and ColdFusion Data Source
  5. Inserting the Data
  6. Creating an Excel Sheet on the Fly with Your Results
  7. Conclusion
Created:
2 August 2004
User Level:
Beginner, Intermediate
Products:
Robodemo

Storing RoboDemo Test Scores in a Database and Exporting Them To Excel with ColdFusion

Macromedia RoboDemo has proven itself as a tool for providing elegantly simple interactivity for product or software demonstrations. It also has many other dynamic features that can save you lots of time, one of them being the ability to build an interactive quiz. In the following article, you will create a test using RoboDemo, tabulate the results, store them in a database by using Macromedia ColdFusion, and export them to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Creating a quiz in RoboDemo is a cinch, but if you don’t have a Learning Management System at your disposal, how do you know who passed or failed your test? Read on to find out how.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

RoboDemo 5

ColdFusion MX

Dreamweaver MX

Microsoft Access and Excel


Tutorials and sample files:


This ZIP file contains the ColdFusion solution files, the database, and JavaScript. Build the CFML files through the tutorial steps, and refer to the solutions when necessary.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and ColdFusion

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About the author

Tim Mushen is president of Clocktower Media, which he founded and has helped grow into a multi-faceted development and marketing firm. Clocktower Media has done work for a number of fortune 500 companies, an NBA player, and a show dog.

In his spare time, Tim also plays in a Beatles White Album cover band called Mother Superior and the Warm Guns.