When using a custom upload process or creating a program to import bulk courses from a CSV file or database table, the proper way to import the course to the SCORM Engine is to use ScormEngineManager.Implementation.CreatePackage with one if it's various signatures.
Here is a sample ASP.NET page that demonstrates how this can be done:
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="RusticiSoftware.ScormContentPlayer.Logic" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="RusticiSoftware.ScormEngine.VanillaIntegration" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
// if you are looping through a database table or a flat file containing multiple courses,
// you will want to include all of this code block in your iteration loop and change the paths
// and package keys accordingly.
string UnzippedLocation = @"http://yoursite.dom/courses/thisCourseFolder/"; //this can be a webpath or a physical file path
string HttpPathToContentRoot = @"http://yoursite.dom/courses/thisCourseFolder/";
//change this to your custom integration classes below
VanillaExternalConfiguration externalConfig = (VanillaExternalConfiguration) Integration.Implementation.GetExternalConfigurationObject();
VanillaExternalPackageId externalPackageId = (VanillaExternalPackageId) Integration.Implementation.GetExternalPackageIdObject();
//set your package keys here (you may have several to set depending upon your integration keys
//next, create the manifest object by parsing it from your UnzippedLocation's root
//this sample only works with SCORM since it relies on hardcoding "imsmanifest.xml"
Manifest manifest = ScormEngineManager.Implementation.ParseManifest(UnzippedLocation + @"imsmanifest.xml", externalConfig);
//now we actually do the import by calling CreatePackage and passing in the objects we just created
ImportResult result = ScormEngineManager.Implementation.CreatePackage(externalPackageId, manifest, HttpPathToContentRoot, externalConfig);
// check the results to see if it was successful
if (result.WasSuccessful)
{
string manifestParserWarnings = result.FormattedParserWarnings;
string message = result.Message;
string title = result.Title;
//do what you will with this information
}
}
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ScormEngineManager.CreatePackage Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
N.B. You will need to ensure that the primary Engine assembly (RusticiSoftware.ScormEngine.dll), your integration assembly, the log4net assembly, and your SCORMEngineSettings.config, are available to this page.