[Xerte] Flash Paper
Peter Snowball
southman at internode.on.net
Wed Mar 24 10:52:21 GMT 2010
Thanks Ron
All is OK, Prtint2 Flash works including full screen etc which is
terrific. I had some spaces in the file name got rid of spaces
underscores also etc and it all worked
Thanks for the quick responses, we will now purchase Print2Flash.
Peter Snowball
Dept Of Economic Development
Tasmania
On 24/03/2010 9:49 AM, RonM wrote:
>
> Not sure why this isn't working for you but both the free and the pro
> version print2flash files work fine for me with the flashpaper page
> type as an example see the last page of this LO
> http://xerte4.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/play.php?template_id=241
>
> Im guessing but make sure your filenames doesn't have any spaces or
> special characters and use the flashpaper page.
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Peter
> Snowball
> *Sent:* 23 March 2010 11:31
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: [Xerte] Flash Paper
>
> Went to buy Flash Paper from Adobe and can confirm that is is not
> available or at least not available easily. You can download the 30
> day trial all fine but it would appear you cannot buy the product.
> The commercial alternate, for about the same price, is Print2flash
> which seems as good if not better. However importing a Print2flash swf
> in to Xerte as previously reported does not work at all -> nothing
> happens (as a swf or a Flashpaper page template). There is some
> Action-script2 on the Print2Flash web site which claims will embed a
> Print2flash swf in an other hosting swf eg: Xerte. a bit beyond me to
> implement.
>
> However as we are trying to use page templates with a little bit (very
> simple) of code if required we have tested and are happy to use the
> following work around.
>
> Convert to PDF via Openoffice or Office 2007. Convert to swf using
> open source "SWFTools" ensuring the options on "edit tab" are set to
> "no viewer" and "insert stop after each frame" is selected. Note if
> you have a PowerPoint you can convert directly to SWF - just import
> into Open-office impress and then export as swf.
>
> Input into Xerte using "Text Flash SWF.xcp". IF the swf is multi page
> - add the interactivity property and enable the controller if multi
> paged. ( you may need to adjust the movie size property) .
>
> To get the full screen, zoom and printing capability of flash paper we
> have a button that opens the original PDF in a reader in a new browser
> tab -> not unlike flash-paper.
>
> In summary should the Flashpaper page template (or online toolkit) be
> augmented with a SWF tools alternate that matches as far as possible
> Flash paper capablities>?
>
>
> Peter Snowball
> Dept Of Economic Development
> Tasmania
>
> On 2/02/2010 9:00 PM, Johnathan Kemp wrote:
>
> Hello Peter,
>
> Nice to see people trying out the page wizards.
>
> Sorry about the loss of the page advance when displaying text to the
> left or right of flashpaper in the flash paper text wizard.
>
> There are some developments taking place at present to improve how
> Xerte handles page wizards, and these necessitate a more thorough
> overhaul of the wizards so that each wizard includes the swf files
> that it uses. So I will update the current published flash paper text
> wizard to fix the problem you identified when I am able to complete my
> testing of the new developments in Xerte.
>
> In the meantime I have attached a fixed version of the flash paper
> text wizard that you can use in the interim, just drop it into the
> wizards folder of your Xerte installation to replace the current jk
> Flash Paper Text.xcp file.
>
> The page wizards are all based on the code form the pageTemplates
> project template and use the same swfs, so any changes that require
> modifications to the swf will have to be undertaken by whoever created
> the swf.
>
> The wizards all work in the standard interface for xerte. I don't know
> if there is a way of enabling the maximise window option whilst
> retaining the standard interface in Xerte, I have not added anything
> to the page wizards to disable the maximise button. If the original
> page Template project template pages will work maximised then I would
> expect the page wizards to do so also.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> Johnathan Kemp
> ICT Development Coordinator
> Connexions Staffordshire
> www.cxstaffs.co.uk <http://www.cxstaffs.co.uk/>
> 01785 355714
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* Peter Snowball [mailto:southman at internode.on.net]
> *Sent:* 30 January 2010 11:31
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Flash Paper
>
>
> I have been testing the Flash Paper page wizards within Exerte desktop
> version as I have quite a large number of PDFs of presentations etc I
> want to include them with some brief text etc. I have encountered a
> couple of issues.
>
> * The Flash paper wizard works as expected but the flash paper
> with text wizard hides the page advance requiring 2 mouse clicks
> to advance the slides. (See attached wink SWF). I have tried
> fiddling with the re size script but get unexpected results if I
> alter the size for when text is included.
>
> * Also the full screen option of the player appears disabled which
> keeps the flash paper SWF at its correct size. However if you
> advance to another frame and select full screen and then go back
> to the flash paper frame you get unexpected results.
> Fortunately it is easy to recover but I was wondering if it is
> possible to disable the display size selection from the player,
> which I think would over come this issue and also may help with
> similar issues I have encountered with Ispring.
>
> Peter Snowball
> Dept Of Economic Development
> Tasmania
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are
> intended solely for the use of the individual(s) or entity(s) to whom
> they are addressed. All messages are monitored for virus, high risk
> files and inappropriate content. As a result users should be aware
> that this mail maybe accessed, read and the right is reserved to
> reject, return, remove attachments or delete if considered to be
> inappropriate or unsuitable. Liability cannot be accepted for any loss
> or damage arising from this email (or any attachments) or from scripts
> or any virus transmitted. This communication represents the
> originator's personal views and opinions, which do not necessarily
> reflect those of Connexions Staffordshire. If you are not the original
> recipient or the person responsible for delivering the email to the
> intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in
> error, and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or
> copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you received this
> email in error, please immediately reply to the sender or notify
> postmaster at cxstaffs.co.uk <mailto:postmaster at cxstaffs.co.uk>
> Connexions Staffordshire Limited is registered in England No.4355170
> Registered office: Foregate House, 70 Foregate Street, Stafford,
> Staffordshire, ST16 2PX
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xerte mailing list
> Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Peter Snowball
> Dept Of Economic Development
> Tasmania
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xerte mailing list
> Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte
>
--
Peter Snowball
Dept Of Economic Development
Tasmania
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/pipermail/xerte/attachments/20100324/d88796f6/attachment.html
More information about the Xerte
mailing list