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Moodle Version 1.7.1

Web Server: Linux 2.6.19.2-grsec-sg3

Database: 4.1.21-standard-log

PHP: 5.0.5

Leonardo,

This is a FANTASTIC mod. It has all installed as expected, no problems here. However the certificate fails to print a name or 'score/grade' on the certificate, it just leaves a blank space and no matter how many pupils try and collect these blank certificates in admin I see 'View 0 issued certificates'.

All borders, signatures, dates etc are fine.

It is as if the certificate is not linked to the pupil in any way?

Please could you advise?

Many thanks,

Richard

W G Primary School

Hi,

I have installed this in a fresh 1.8 moodle. The install went OK and I seem to be able to create certificates, but when I save a certificate (and thereby directed to view it) or go to view a saved certificate, I just get a blank page in my browser. There is nothing in the source view. There is nothing in my server's error_log or mod_security log or suhosin log. I'm not sure where else to look for an error.

The certificates I created are in the db. The required tables are there. I'm not sure how to troubleshoot from here.

I am using php 4.4.6 on CentOS server with Apache 1.x and mySQL 4.1.x

Any suggestions where to start?

BTW... I've just gone through a learning curve for moodle (already had used claroline a few times) just so I could use this certificate mod. There isn't anything simliar for claroline and my client required it. I sure hope I can get this resolved. Upgrading php to 5.x is not an option.

I have installed this on 1.7 and it installed well. Everything worked EXCEPT the CREDIT HOURS. I have reverted back to the older version but that version had a problem with the dates. Is there one version where the date and credit hours works correctly? I completely removed the old mod before installing the new version and checked the database to be sure the tables were not still there when I installed the new version as well so I know it was not 'residual' data or files on the server that created a problem with the credit hours. Has anyone else had problems with the 4.1 credit hours on 1.7 that can tell me what I am doing wrong?

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I think I've exposed a minor bug in /mod/certificate/type/unicode_landscape/certificate.php

If I set 'Print Credit Hours' to No in the Format area of the certificates settings, I will get this error when viewing a certificate...

Notice: Undefined variable: credit in /home/username/public_html/moodle/mod/certificate/type/unicode_landscape/certificate.php on line 83

To fix this, I added these lines...

if(isset($credit))
$credit = $credit;
else
$credit = '';

just below the credit hour area at lines 18-22

Hi,

Just a heads up. At least in my installation, I've discovered that if the certificate mod is set to un-enroll a student when they have been issued a certificate, that in fact ALL students, teachers, admins are un-enrolled and not just the student in question. I'm going to try and find the bug today and will post fix when I do.

On an unrelated note, I have re-written the report function (almost done) so that it has some of the features of the report in the quiz mod, eg. sortable columns, name filter, paged results, a delete function, and so on. I'll also share that here when done.

more later,
v

FYI... this is in a moodle 1.8 install

mod certificate bug reports
Re: CERTIFICATE 4.1 FAT - errors in mod.html

17:11 PDT 5/11/2007
Three reported errors while adding Certificate activity to a course:

Operating system: Linux 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Sep 25 17:28:02 EDT 2006 i686

Apache version 1.3.37 (Unix)

PHP Version 5.2.0

MySQL Version 5.0.27-standard

MOODLE
$version = 2007021503;
$release = '1.8 +';

CERTIFICATE 4.1 FAT
$module->version = 20070425;

THREE ERRORS:

1. GRADE SETTINGS
Conditional to grade:
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$activecondition in /home/lucy26/public_html/moodle/mod/certificate/mod.html on line 306
Line 306: choose_from_menu($yesnooptions, 'activecondition', $form->activecondition, '', 'certstyle3(document.certform.activecondition.options[document.certform.activecondition.selectedIndex].value)');

2. FORMAT
Print Grade:
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$printgradestd in /home/lucy26/public_html/moodle/mod/certificate/mod.html on line 381
Line 381: choose_from_menu($yesnooptions, 'printgradestd', $form->printgradestd, '');

3. SETTINGS
Cancel enrolment:
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$unenrol in /home/lucy26/public_html/moodle/mod/certificate/mod.html on line 432
Line 432: choose_from_menu($yesnooptions, 'unenrol', $form->unenrol, '', 'certstyle2(document.certform.printcredithours.options[document.certform.printcredithours.selectedIndex].value);');

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Hi,

A bug in the certificate pdf template was brought to my attention. The fix is simple.

In the case where a course is using language filters for a multi-lingual course, there needs to be a text filter for the course's fullname, where it get's used in the PDF template.

In /mod/certificate/type/unicode_landscape/certificate.php around line 85...
cert_printtext(170, 320, 'C', 'FreeSerif', '', 20, $course->fullname);

... should be ...
cert_printtext(170, 320, 'C', 'FreeSerif', '', 20, format_string($course->fullname, true));

... otherwise, the html for the language filter is rendered to the PDF file.

Note: There may be other places where something similar needs to be done. This instance fixed what my user's were experiencing. I'm unsure if it shouldn't also be done around line 970 of /mod/certificate/lib.php or to other data.

Hello all,

I was hoping someone might be able to help.  I tried installing the Certificate 4.1FAT module on Moodle 18. but when I went to Notifications, I received an error message as follows:

"Version mismatch: certificate can't downgrade 2006101201 -> 20070425 !"

Can anyone tell me what gives?  As I understood the documentation, Certificate 4.1 FAT is supposed to be compliant with Moodle1.8.  Did I do something wrong?

Cheers.

Hi,

I have discovered that if a student's name has an apostrophe ' in it, they cannot get a certificate.

For instance, I have a student with the last name of D'angela. If he attempts to get a certificate, the name is blank and there is no record of the certificate being issued. If I rename the user to Dangela, all is fine.

I have tried fiddling with format_string() and addslashes() in the addtext section of /mod/certificate/type/unicode_landscape/certificate.php and the certificate_prepare_issue() function of /mod/certificate/lib.php but no luck yet.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
verdon

This is FINAL release of certificate 4.2 FAT.

This version is a stabile version of certificate FAT, with full support for Moodle 1.8 and a general debug in code, including a correction for bug with '.

If you have problems you can report bugs here, when you place bugs to analyses try to place a maximum information about problem including some basic information like Certificate version, Moodle version (in this format -> Moodle 1.X (YYYYMMDDVV)) , Web server version, OS version, Database version and PHP version.

Download Certificate 4.2 FAT here.

Hi Leonardo, i have a problem when i try to use the module Certificate FAT 4.2. I have installed: Moodle 1.8, Postgres 8.1.9 and PHP 5.1.6. During the module installation i get this message "Could not set up the capabilities for certificate!" I don't know what to do i've tried every thing, the module is installed anyway but it doesn't work, when i try to add a new Certificate i get Could not add a new course module.. or something like that. Any suggestion???

By the other hand, i have another Moodle installation but it works with MySQL 5.0.22 and the module works perfect....i can see the certificates!!! I don't understand why it doesn't work with postgres

Thanx

Hi Leonardo:
Great Mod!!
I´m using Moodle 1.8 and I want a user to enter information that will get printed on the certificate (and that does not reside in the db)...Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Fernando
P.S.: I read something in this post: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=45370#p208505

Olá / Hello

Grande Mod, Leo, parabéns.

Estou com problemas na impressão do certificados emitidos... pode ser um erro na minha impressora, mas não sei ao certo, ela imprime todas as imagens corretamente, já os textos não.

Esta é a mensagem que ela imprime numa outra folha:

ERROR: typecheck
OFFENDING COMMAND: forall

STACK:

{_pdfCIDFontStatus --not-- {--pop-- false --exit--}--if--}
/ df
true
false
/ df
[(XKLAAA+FreeSerifBold)]
/df
/pdf-df
[(XKLAAA+FreeSerifBold)]
/Identity-H
/df
[(XKLAAA+FreeSerifBold)]
/Identity-H
(XKLAAA+FreeSerifBold-Identity-H)
/N9
-savelevel-

Pode me ajudar a resolver?

Segue os dados:

Impressora: LaserJet 4200 PS

OS:		Linux
Apache versão:		1.3.37 (Unix)
Perl versão:		5.8.6
MySQL versão:		4.1.22-standard-log
Php versão:		4.3.11