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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=812141908-02062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My own preferred way of doing this is to set a property on
the icons themselves, rather than access the XML directly. If you set up a load
of graphics, you can loop over them and set additional properties such as
'initX' or 'initY':</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=812141908-02062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>then it becomes much simpler to replace
it:</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>Paul Beckwith,
AC&S Ltd<BR><B>Sent:</B> 29 May 2008 16:20<BR><B>To:</B> 'Xerte discussion
list'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] Reading X,Y<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Am trying to send an item back to
it’s original x &y. Does anybody know of a way of reading the x&y from
the XML file through script?</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P>
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extract the initial post position of the object just dropped so we can return it
to its start position. Second line doesn’t work…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Victoria
Road
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