[Xerte-dev] Re: Proof of concept test

Wed May 9 10:31:03 BST 2012

The need for that delay may well be why we decided to leave it last time. It's disorienting to see the page for that long and then suddenly be moved on. Let's leave this for another time.

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
Sent: 05 May 2012 10:17
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Proof of concept test

The delay is because I have had to put a timer in to give Xerte the time to build the rootIcon.pages array - it's a bit of guess work as to how long I need to give it. It would be nice if the onInit event didn't fire until the array had completed being built, then I could remove the timer and the delay would be reduced to the minimum required.

In XOT you use a different array so I think the time delay will be insignificant as if I recall correctly the array was already fully available.

I'll run some further tests in XOT now that I have the javascript sorted out and then post something for you to try out.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 5 May 2012 09:44, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk<mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>> wrote:
Working fine here too http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xot/urlTest/index.htm?pageID=menu
Win 7 64bit
IE 8.0
Chrome 18.0
Safari 5.1.5
Opera 10.60
Firefox 12.0

Great job Jonathan this will be a very popular feature.

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
Sent: 05 May 2012 08:23
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Proof of concept test

Working fine here (although with a noticeable lag, first page is shown and after 1 second the menu page is opened)

Windows 7, 64 bit IE9, FF12, Chrome 18

Op 4-5-2012 23:36, Kemp Johnathan schreef:
Hello Everyone,

I have been working (between beta version stuff) on a means of making it possible to open a Xerte project at a specific page, rather than always have them open at the title page.

Attached is a simple 3 page desktop Xerte project as a proof of concept.

Do not open it in Xerte (at least until you have finished testing it!) If you publish the project, in Xerte, your local copy of rloObject.js will overwrite the one in the project and the code that supports the redirection will be lost.

Would you mind unzipping it and then opening index.htm in a web browser - not Xerte.

For it to work you will need to set up the folder in which you place it as a trusted location in the Flash player settings (otherwise javascript calls will not work).

It should open at a title page.

Then add to the url in your browser

?pageID=menu

and press enter to reload the page.

After a short delay the project should redirect from the title page to the menu page.

I have tested this in Firefox, IE8, and Opera.

If anyone has other browsers at their disposal I would be keen to know if the redirection works. e.g. Chrome, Safari,

Should you examine the project the key stuff that makes it work is a function at the end of rlsObject.js and some code running off the onInitHandler interaction in the entry frame. Because rootIcon.pages.length has not finished being built when the onInit event fires I have added a timer to create a delay to allow time for the array to be built - hence the delay before redirection takes place.

Should this prove reliable in your testing I believe the same approach should be applicable to XOT (albeit using a different array to source the page information)

Kind regards

Johnathan

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