[Xerte] check then disable checkbox

Thu Sep 30 12:27:52 BST 2010

cBoxArray is populated in the same loop as the label sets:

SCR
// duplicate proto checkboxes
//set the labels
//set the rs attribute

//push the rs attribute into cBoxArray

//engine[cboxArray[0]].setCheckState(true);

//engine[cboxArray[0]].setEnabled(false);

INT
PROTO
SCR

The duplication process is duplicating the XML right?  
The next couple lines are settings attributes (in the XML)
Then the checkbox objects themselves are being addressed via their rs.

I can see the flow being asynchronous (so really should rely on events).
So the case can arise where setCheckState doesn't work, but by the time it gets to setEnabled the objects are instantiated.
?

I'll just move the logic down to the following SCR, it's sort of been an academic exercise anyway.

From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:03:34 +0100
Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

If the checkbox hasn’t been created yet, yes, unless you have
cboxArray left over from a previous page?

SCR //make your checkboxes

INT

  PROTITEMS MADE HERE //set perpetual 1

SCR //check the checkboxes here?

I do it this way: you know where you are then. The only problem
is when you need the interaction to not be perpetual.

From:
xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett

Sent: 29 September 2010 22:43

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Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

Shouldn't this fail then:

engine[cboxArray[0]].setEnabled(false);

I'm addressing the rs, not the XML right?

From:
Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk

To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:35:17 +0100

Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

Beforehand, when you
duplicate(), you have only .xml.

Afterwards come the MovieClips.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
[d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]

Sent: 29 September 2010 22:34

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Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

That's exactly what works of course.

I just got stubborn and wanted to try to do it all in the creation SCR.

Came close. They can be set disabled, but the checked thing must require a
longer delay.

I just didn't understand why I could dupe then set labels no problem. That's
the way someone set it up ;-)

And then disabling seemed to work.

But it fell over on the checkmarks.

From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk

To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:03:43 +0100

Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

Does this work

SCR //make yor checkboxes

INT

  PROTITEMS MADE HERE //set
perpetual 1

SCR //check the checkboxes here?

?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
[Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk]

Sent: 29 September 2010 21:38

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Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

Yeah, that's a real pain. I've
hit a few of those. You've proved it is timing?

Can't we do it as they
instantiate? You want to select the checkboxes right off the bat?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
[d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]

Sent: 29 September 2010 21:14

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Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

>Might be a timing issue 

Think you sussed it.

All that time wasted, duh.

Well at least I found the setCheckState(true) nugget.

From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk

To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:50:14 +0100

Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

are you debugging out the
various bits and seeing what you expect?

inspect() reveal anything?

Might be a timing issue - can
you manually do that later, just to see?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett [d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]

Sent: 29 September 2010 20:20

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Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

I bumbled across this which appears to work:

tempNode.attributes.rs = 'cbox' + icon.parentNode.index() + i;

cboxArray.push(tempNode.attributes.rs);

engine[cboxArray[0]].setCheckState(true);

engine[cboxArray[0]].setEnabled(false);

Now of course I can't finds the syntax or casting that will take a dynamic
index in the cboxArray

e.g. 

engine[cboxArray[0]].setCheckState(true); //works

engine[cboxArray[cboxArray.length-1]].setCheckState(true); //doesn't

I hate AS.

From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk

To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:13:10 +0100

Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

only buttons do setChecked. The
checkbox is a checkbox, not a button, i.e. it's not based on the
buttontemplate.fla

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
[d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]

Sent: 29 September 2010 17:25

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Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

>Then after the icons have been parsed you know how to get at
them. I think you know / do that already?

Yes, doing that.

But it bugs me why this is taking place:

icon.nextSibling.firstChild.duplicate(x);

tempNode.attributes.label = data.question[blah[i]];

//set a dynamic rs

tempNode.attributes.rs = 'cbox' + icon.parentNode.index() + i;

//push that rs into an array

cboxArray.push(tempNode.attributes.rs);

//address the rs via engine

engine[cboxArray[0]].setChecked(true,false); // does not work.

engine[cboxArray[0]].setEnabled(false); //works, sets checkbox disabled

I would have expected failures of both or neither

:-?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett

Sent: 29 September 2010 16:40

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Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

Thanks Julian. I may be going at this all backwards though.

Proto checkbox gets duped x times

icon.nextSibling.firstChild.duplicate(x);

Then next line of code sets checkbox labels

tempNode.attributes.label = data.question[blah[i]];

At this same stage should I also be able to set rs, then checked/enabled using
the rs value?

From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk

To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:11:50 +0100

Subject: RE: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

Go get the latest build from http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/setup.exe
and you’ll find what you’re looking for.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett

Sent: 29 September 2010 14:33

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Subject: [Xerte] check then disable checkbox

Probably missing something obvious as I'm re-wrapping my head
after holidays.

Button off interaction has visible/enabled property.

Not available for checkboxes, or is it inherited from superclass or something?

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