[Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects

[Pat Lockley]

the rlt from the relevant folder

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> If I publish desktop the launch .htm ends up with the actual name of the
> .rlo I'm publishing and that .rlo contains the IFC and entryframe components
> (controls).
> What does the preview/publish sequence load in XOT? An .rlo or an .rlt?
> I'm suspecting an rlt, like Nottingham.rlt
> ?
>
>> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:04:24 +0000
>> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects
>>
>> you might need to give me more detail, it loads the engine and then I
>> give it some parameters (no different to desktop templates)
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Pat, what's the XOT load sequence?
>> > e.g. what does the engine initially pick up and then what does that
>> > invoke?
>> >
>> >
>> >> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:48:04 +0000
>> >> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
>> >> To: xt4mhz at yahoo.com; xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects
>> >>
>> >> I think you can alter the interface in the xwd file in modules/xerte (i
>> >> think)
>> >>
>> >> 2011/11/17 José Gregorio Díaz Unda <xt4mhz at yahoo.com>:
>> >> > Hi Andy.
>> >> >
>> >> > We were looking for a "guide" or something on the Internet but
>> >> > without
>> >> > luck.
>> >> >
>> >> > Ron Mitchell has in his webpages some examples about customizations
>> >> > over
>> >> > XOT LO look, but none of them change the look too much, so probably
>> >> > its not
>> >> > an easy task.
>> >> >
>> >> > Yesterday, we downloaded the latest code from the google code svn of
>> >> > xerte and xot. We're not sure what version is.
>> >> >
>> >> > Anyway, the plan is:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1. Install xot from xerteonlinetoolkits svn folder..
>> >> > 2. Open with Adobe Flash the "XMLEngine.fla" file from "xerte" svn
>> >> > folder.
>> >> > 3. Publish from Adobe Flash the "XMLEngine.fla" file to
>> >> > "XMLEngine.swf".
>> >> > 4. Replace "XMLEngine.swf" in xerteonlinetoolkits for the new one.
>> >> > 5. Test if XOT works.
>> >> >
>> >> > Lets see what happen.
>> >> >
>> >> > By the other hand, I think its important to document an example of
>> >> > customization.
>> >> >
>> >> > If we succeed, we will publish it on Internet.
>> >> >
>> >> > Take care.
>> >> >
>> >> > José.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Enviado desde mi dispositivo movil BlackBerry® de Digitel.
>> >> >
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: "Davidson, Andrew" <Andrew.Davidson at warwick.ac.uk>
>> >> > Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:37:08
>> >> > To: Jose Diaz<xt4mhz at yahoo.com>; Xerte discussion
>> >> > list<xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> >> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] Customizing XOT Projects
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi Jose - did you get anywhere with how to change the 'skin'? This is
>> >> > where I need to go and so any hints would be welcome.
>> >> >
>> >> > Best
>> >> >
>> >> > Andy
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Jose Diaz
>> >> > Sent: 17 November 2011 01:36
>> >> > To: XERTE XERTE
>> >> > Subject: [Xerte] Customizing XOT Projects
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi everyone and thanks in advance.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > We're trying to customize "the look" of scorm packages built from
>> >> > XOT.
>> >> >
>> >> > We want to change how learning objects are shown: change logo, move
>> >> > buttons (forward, backward, etc.) to the bottom of the screen, hide
>> >> > all
>> >> > dropdown lists at the bottom of the screen, etc.
>> >> >
>> >> > We're take a look to "XMLEngine.fla" file, but we're not sure if
>> >> > we're
>> >> > in the right path. When we open the "XMLEngine.fla" with Adobe Flash,
>> >> > it
>> >> > shows a grayed rectangle with a lot of code. We just want to "drag
>> >> > and drop"
>> >> > elements of the screen to new positions.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Attached to this message, we send an image of an example how much we
>> >> > want to change the "skin" of the learning objects.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Any "step-by-step" guide to change this "look"?
>> >> >
>> >> > After changing the "look", we want to translate to spanish the XOT
>> >> > ...
>> >> > but this is another history.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks a lot again.
>> >> >
>> >> > José.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Lic. José Gregorio Díaz Unda.
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