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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Just a thought, when did you download 1.9? I fixed that bug very recently, and put a new build up on Friday before I left. Give that a whirl.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Paul Swanson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 19/11/2007 15:41<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte discussion list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Making a table in Xerte 1.9<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=687223015-19112007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>It's a short week for me too, just 3 days. I hope you enjoy your week off.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tenney Julian<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 18, 2007 1:39 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte discussion list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Making a table in Xerte 1.9<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>You're using custom buttons right? Or native Xerte ones? It might be that I never built the tooltip into the native buttons. The tooltip is added to the parent page of the interaction, at a high depth, so changing the depth of the entry frame shouldn't be the problem. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm off this week, but I'll look into it when I get back,</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Paul Swanson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 16/11/2007 23:48<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte discussion list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Making a table in Xerte 1.9<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=233183323-16112007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=233183323-16112007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>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. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tenney Julian<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 16, 2007 3:15 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte discussion list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Making a table in Xerte 1.9<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Download 1.9 which will fix your tooltips woes. I found that bug and fixed it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Use Flash's native drawing tools to draw a grid or whatevr you want on the screen:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>iconID.lineStyle(1,0xFF0000,100);//width, colour, alpha</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>iconID.moveTo(x,y)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do that in a loop to draw the grid,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julian</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Paul Swanson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 16/11/2007 17:07<BR><B>To:</B> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] Making a table in Xerte 1.9<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Julian,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>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?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>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.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#808080 size=2> Paul Swanson</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" color=#808080 size=2> Instructional Designer</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" color=#808080 size=2> Harland Financial Solutions</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" color=#808080 size=2>_____________________________</FONT> </P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>