Printing essay answer

Yes this can be done, but you have to sort-of trick the system.Everything a student keys as the answer is stored in the variable value for the question. On the page with your question, create a form (i.e., add a form icon), and on that form add a multi-line input field that accepts 999 characters. Set the properties of the field to NOT INITIALLY VISIBLE and PROTECTED so that the student won't see it and can't enter in it.Add an action to your Print button that sets the value of the hidden field equal to the value of the question variable. In other words: on-click, modify variable, target: ENTRY_1 (your hidden field), value: VAR(Question_001) - or whatever the question variable is, SET Variable. This will make your hidden field the same as the student's response.Now all you need to do is change the action on the print button to print the Form, not the page. Printing a form will print the values on the form. It will look something like:Entry_1=Whatever the student types as the answer to the essay question.Of course, you can get creative and instead of using "Entry_1" as the hidden field name/variable instead name it "Your_Answer_to_Question_1". That way it will look like this when printed:Your_Answer_to_Question_1=Whatever the student types as the answer to the essay question.Good luck.- - Daryl

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