[Xerte-dev] Re: Fusing 2 items

Kemp Johnathan johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
Wed Oct 3 15:01:34 BST 2012


What happens is that you provide all the details that the xwd file needs
but if you open an existing page that was created before you edited the xwd
file then the extra fields you added do not exist in that pages xml
definition. So when you open the form your new fields don't show up.

Once you get the hang of it adding new sections to forms is straight
forward. But there are a number of gotcha's that can trip you up whilst you
are trying to figure this out for yourself.

I planned to create a simple video explaining how to add a new feature to a
page, that would illustrate all the key points in the process. However I
have held back until after the AGM as I want to understand first what
impact the HTML5 stuff will have on the viability of creating pages in
Xerte for use in XOT.

Glad you have got it working.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 3 October 2012 14:50, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Thank you Johnathan!
> Didn't even have to Save.
> Just delete/replace.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 14:18:32 +0100
>
> From: johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Fusing 2 items
>
> Try deleting your image viewer page from your project, saving the changes
> to your project then adding a new imageViewer page.
>
> JK
>
> On 3 October 2012 14:12, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  2.17
> Templates > Page Templates.
> Opens template.rtl
> Double click LO.
> Insert Image Viewer.
>
> Close Wizard.
> Edit template.xwd
> Open wizard.
> Highlight Image Viewer icon.
> No change.
>
>
>
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:53:29 +0100
>
> From: johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Fusing 2 items
>
> Would you mind posting the code for your complete xwd file, and I will
> take a look at it?
>
> If you are using 2.18 and a pages project, then when you make changes to
> your xwd file in order to add new attribute fields you need to remember to
>
>    1. open the pages xwd in xerte
>    2. Select the top level entry (below the pageWizard folder
>    3. Click the delete button (to delete the current xml content for the
>    page)
>    4. Close the form
>    5. Re open the form
>    6. Click the insert button to insert a new default page data into the
>    xml
>
> On completion of point 6 you should see the new form with your extra
> fields displayed - if everything in your xwd file is as it should be.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> On 3 October 2012 13:44, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  It may be that all you need to do is add
> name2="some text"
> in the newNodes section of your xwd file after the entry for
> url="Whatever text you are using as the default for this attribute"
>
>
> Coincidentally, name2 is exactly what I originally tried.
> Is the "newNodes" section actually creating the object, or just giving it
> a value so the value doesn't appear as "undefined"?
>
> This is how imageViewer appears for me in the newNodes section
>
>       <imageViewer><![CDATA[<imageViewer name="Dave Enter Page Title"
> align="Left" url="Select an Image" newTextField="Enter some new text">Enter
> text for the page here</imageViewer>]]></imageViewer>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:22:07 +0100
>
> From: johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Fusing 2 items
>
> This is not a 2.17 or 2.18 issue 2.18 you should be able to use 2.18
>
> Look at the example I just sent you and see if that makes things clearer.
>
> It may be that all you need to do is add
>
> name2="some text"
>
> in the newNodes section of your xwd file after the entry for
>
> url="Whatever text you are using as the default for this attribute"
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> On 3 October 2012 13:11, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> OK, I reverted to 2.17 after running into issues with 2.18.
> I imagine that's why I can't find it.
>
>   <imageViewer type="text" height="250" label="Page Text" menu="Media"
> menuItem="Image Viewer" icon="icImage" remove="true"
> thumb="thumbs/imageViewer.jpg" hint="Allows a user to zoom in and out of a
> large image and select regions. Useful way of presenting large images in a
> small screen space.">
>
>     <name type="TextInput" label="Page Title"/>
>     <align type="ComboBox" label="Align Text" options="Bottom"
> width="100"/>
>     <url type="media" label="Imagesdfsdf"/>
>
>     <name2 type="TextInput" label="Daves added input"/>   /// this does
> not appear?
>
>   </imageViewer>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:03:03 +0100
>
> From: johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Fusing 2 items
>
> Sorry for not being able to reply to you any earlier.
>
> You can find a copy in your xerte installation folder e.g.
>
> c:\xerte\pages\wizards\en-GB\
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> On 2 October 2012 17:00, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> er, where's scenario.xwd?
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:39:28 +0100
> From: johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Fusing 2 items
>
>
> To keep things simple you could simply paste the modelAnswer parameters
> section as a child of the image viewer  element. This would avoid any
> issues with the two pages having any parameters with the same name.
>
> If you open scenario.xwd you can see an example of something similar
>
> The page level element is <scenario> and the child elements of scenario are
> <gamesetup>
> <scenarioActions>
> <proplist>
>
> The <pageWizard><newNodes> section declares both the scenario element
> parameters and its children's parameters so that when a new page is created
> it already has its child elements populated with default data.
>
> Once you get your example working remember if you want it to co-exist with
> other Xerte page types that you should give any element that is a top level
> element in a <newNodes> block a unique name that is not used in any of the
> other page types. Your model file will then need editing (use search and
> replace in Flashdevelop) to replace the original name with the new name.
>
> Hope this clears things up if not post back and I will try and answer any
> further questions.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> On 2 October 2012 15:45, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> How difficult will it be to fuse 2 items?
>
> I'm trying to make a template page that has the Image Viewer occupying the
> up area with the Model Answer in the Lower.
> I think I can work out the template itself, but not sure how to adapt the
> Image Viewer Wizard to include the Model Answer params.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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