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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>the interface is known as rootIcon. Really it is engine.rootIcon. Really really it is _level0.engine.rootIcon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Thus, in any code on any timeline, you can target _level0.engine.rootIcon.nextPage() or _level0.engine.rootIcon.gotoPage(n);</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm writing off the top of my head right now - try _level0.engine.debug(_level0.engine.rootIcon) in the swf to throw a debug message about the rootIcon movieclip.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>_level0.engine.debug() is handy when debugging from loaded swfs.</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Mark Tomlinson, AC&S Ltd<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 18/04/2008 16:21<BR><B>To:</B> 'Xerte discussion list'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] Navigation from an 'embedded' SWF<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>We have the following structure:<BR><BR><BR>Learning Object<BR> |_Interface<BR> |_Menu Page<BR> |_Graphic (swf)<BR> |_Page 1 content<BR> |_Page 2 content<BR><BR><BR>The 'menu page' has a graphic that is hosting a swf file. The swf file will<BR>be a menu system the user can interact with.<BR><BR>We want to pass back the information to Xerte from the swf file and get the<BR>page navigation to 'automagically' happen<BR><BR>The following in the swf does not work:<BR><BR>_Parent.gotoPage(1);<BR><BR>And I assume this is because we are not hitting the right relationships?<BR><BR>Can someone point us in the right direction of what we need to call from the<BR>swf?<BR><BR>Cheers<BR><BR>Mark<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Xerte mailing list<BR>Xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><A href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>