[Xerte] Interface Volume Control
Peter Snowball
southman at internode.on.net
Fri Mar 12 12:28:19 GMT 2010
Thanks very much Julian
All works well
Peter
On 12/03/2010 10:05 PM, Julian Tenney wrote:
>
> Here you go -- this one fixes the resizing thing (silly mistake that,
> sorry)
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* Friday, March 12, 2010 10:59 AM
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* RE: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control
>
> Replace the XMLEngine in your publish/common folder as well -- that's
> where the published one comes from.
>
> I'll look at the resizing thing.
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Peter
> Snowball
> *Sent:* Friday, March 12, 2010 10:56 AM
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control
>
> Hi Julian
>
> Great stuff. Replaced the XMLEngine.swf in xerte and in preview mode
> (at the default stage size) all is fine - works great. However
>
> 1. If I publish the volume control no longer appears - just not there
> 2. If I change the stage size (which I want to do, primarily increase
> for more real estate for flash paper etc ) - it gets left behind in
> preview mode - as if its location is not re set or still thinks its at
> the default size and not there if I publish as per 1 . above
>
> Peter Snowball
> Dept Of Economic Development
> Tasmania
>
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> On 11/03/2010 11:17 PM, Julian Tenney wrote:
>
> Yes -- you can replace the XMLEngine.swf with the attaehd if you like
> -- its all in there
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Peter
> Snowball
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:09 PM
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control
>
> The demo control in http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_560
> player looks great to me and would adress our needs. Will it be made
> available in the player ?
>
> And again thanks very much for your efforts.
>
> Peter Snowball
> Dept Of Economic Development
> Tasmania
>
>
> On 10/03/2010 11:26 PM, Julian Tenney wrote:
>
> onKillFocus.
>
> It's OK -- you have to set _focusrect = false for the movie clip --
> which prevents the arrow keys doing anything *useful*, and then draw
> your own yellow square onSetFocus / clear it onKillFocus.
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Patrick
> Lockley
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:24 PM
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* RE: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control
>
> does flash have onblur events?
>
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> on behalf of Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* Wed 10/03/2010 12:11
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* RE: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control
>
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_560
>
> Accessibility: I can tab to the volume control. Great. I want to use
> the up and down arrow keys to change the level. Great. If I press the
> up arrow key, flash says 'Ah - you want to move to the control above,
> and the focus moves away'.
>
> How do I stop this (before I go nuts)?
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Johnathan
> Kemp
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:21 AM
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* RE: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control
>
> If there are a number of sound or movie files with different audio
> levels then having one global sound control will not solve the problem
> of having to adjust the sound each time you play one of the movies. I
> don't know whether there is any way to pass a parameter to the swf
> that plays the movies to adjust the initial sound level either louder
> than default or lower than a default volume, though that could get
> complicated.
>
> It would be useful to have a volume control, but if it becomes part of
> the controls displayed when visual is set to 1 on the interface, then
> anyone not using the default interface will have to also introduce a
> volume control into their interface.
>
> If the volume control could become part of the media control bar that
> is displayed when a movie or sound file is played, then this would
> ensure that it was available even when the default interface was not
> used. The snag here is that it would not be available for swfs where
> Interactivity was set to Native swf.
>
> Perhaps the optimum solution would be to include the volume control in
> the default interface, but to provide an easy way to embed the volume
> control into any custom interface that was being used when
> interface.visuals = 0.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> Johnathan Kemp
> ICT Development Coordinator
> Connexions Staffordshire
> www.cxstaffs.co.uk <http://www.cxstaffs.co.uk/>
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> *From:* Adam Read [mailto:aread at marjon.ac.uk]
> *Sent:* 10 March 2010 08:45
> *To:* 'Xerte discussion list'
> *Subject:* RE: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control
>
> I use the continue button, bottom right is indeed the logical place I
> think.
>
> Adam
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 09 March 2010 21:52
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* RE: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control
>
> Could it go in the bottom toolbar, between the combos and the continue
> button? I could remove the text from the continue button, to make some
> space and replace it with a tooltip, and then put a volume slider in
> there? Does that work?
>
> Do people use the continue button, or the next button in the top right
> more? I think the continue button is in a very logical place in the
> bottom left, but I tend to use the next button. The continue button
> will lose something if it gets too cramped with the other controls I
> think.
>
> Not sure where else the volume control could logically go? I'm not
> sure I want to interfere with the standard media controller too much -
> I'd prefer one control for global sound control..?
>
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> on behalf of Peter Snowball
> *Sent:* Tue 09/03/2010 12:03
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Interface Volume Control
>
> Is it possible to add a volume control to the interface (preferable) or
> movie or sound icons. I havew a few movies and the audio volume varies.
>
> Peter Snowball
> Dept Of Economic Development
> Tasmania
>
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