[Xerte] Making a table in Xerte 1.9

[Paul Swanson]

I downloaded 1.9, but I still have the problem with the tool tip. One
thing I forgot to mention that maybe should be considered is that to
make the button always available, I used mainEntryFrame.swapDepths(99);.
So maybe the Tool Tip is on a lower layer? I guess not: for testing, I
set the layer back to 1, and it still didn't show the tool tip.
 
I have been using some of the drawing tools for my table. To create a
"heading" row, I've been setting the lineStyle and beginFill, then
drawing a rectangle of the appropriate size. The problem I have with the
rest of the table is that the heights of the rows will vary depending on
how much text I need to fit, so I've been using Text icons (one cell per
icon), then setting the h property of the text icon and using
iconID.drawBorder(1,'#000000',100); to draw the cell borders. It works
well, and by using the 'Duplicate Icon' feature, it's not as much work
as I thought it was going to be for a 2 column, 10 row table. 
 
- Paul


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	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tenney Julian
	Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 3:15 PM
	To: Xerte discussion list
	Subject: RE: [Xerte] Making a table in Xerte 1.9
	
	
	Download 1.9 which will fix your tooltips woes. I found that bug
and fixed it.
	 
	Use Flash's native drawing tools to draw a grid or whatevr you
want on the screen:
	 
	iconID.lineStyle(1,0xFF0000,100);//width, colour, alpha
	iconID.moveTo(x,y)
	iconID.lineTo(x,y)
	 
	Do that in a loop to draw the grid,
	 
	Are you familiar with Flash's drawing methods
id.lineStyle(width, col, alpha) and id.beginFill(col, alpha),
moveTo(x,y) and lineTo(x,y), and Xerte's drawing methods like
iconID.drawRect(x,y,w,h)? You need to call iconID.beginFill or
iconID.lineStyle before calling either Flash or Xerte's drawing methods
to set how the drawing should proceed.
	 
	Julian
	 

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	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Paul
Swanson
	Sent: Fri 16/11/2007 17:07
	To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
	Subject: [Xerte] Making a table in Xerte 1.9
	
	

	Julian, 

	I'm attempting to present some information in a table. I've
worked out a way to use the drawBorder() method on some text icons, but
it is a labor-intensive way to go about it, so I wonder if there is a
better way that you know of. Do you think snapToGrid() would be useful
for this?

	Also, I've noticed a problem in that I have a perpetual button
(using the button.swf) with a Tool Tip that no longer displays.
Actually, this was a problem in 1.8 as well. When I hover over the
button, after about a half a second, the cursor changes to an I-beam and
clicking does nothing. If I click right after placing the pointer over
the button it will display my Table of Contents (it runs a script that
executes rootIcon.showTOC();), but if I take too long nothing happens
when you click. And no tool tip in either case. If it matters, I have
the default interface turned off.

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	 Paul Swanson 
	 Instructional Designer 
	 Harland Financial Solutions 
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