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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Swanson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 13, 2008 10:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Problem getting accurate count of pages in
framework<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Here is what I have:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>A page off the Interface page
with an id of 'aboutDP' which contains a framework with an id of aboutDPFrame.
The aboutDPFrame has an Entry Frame, with an onInit event interaction
(eventName = onInit, icon = rootIcon, erase = 0, exit = 1). To this event is
attached a script icon with 'aboutDPpageCount = aboutDPFrame.pages.length;'.
The entry frame also includes a script icon with an id of 'aboutDPCounter'
positioned where I want the page numbers to appear.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>The framework has a number of
pages, each with a script icon (I'll change to the onPageOpen event once I've
got the page count working) with: aboutDPCounter.setText('Page ' +
(aboutDPFrame.currentPage + 1) + ' of ' + aboutDPCount);</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>What prints is 'Page 1 of
undefined', 'Page 2 of undefined', etc. So I still must not have the event set
up correctly...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 13, 2008 1:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Problem getting accurate count of pages in
framework</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>rootIcon fires onInit; all
frameworks fire onPageOpen,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
on behalf of Paul Swanson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Mon 13/10/2008 18:08<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Problem getting accurate count of pages in
framework</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>I still have not got this to
work. What icon id should be used for the icon property of the Event
Interaction? I've tried the icon id of the framework, the icon id of the page
holding the framework, rootIcon, and the icon id of the first child page of the
framework -- in the first three cases I get 'undefined' as the value of aboutDPFrame.pages.length,
and in the last case I get 0 (which doesn't surprise me). And should the
onPageOpen be within the onInit event, or should that be a separate event?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Paul</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Problem getting accurate count of pages in
framework</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>An .rlo is an xml tree. It is
parsed sideways like an AW dive. Content is created as each node is
encountered:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>//this is really what the engine does...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>function parse(node){ //a node
from the .rlo file's xml</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> //do things with the node - like
create an icon or execute some script</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> //instantiate classes using the
information from the xml node to create icons</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> //icons will intialise before this
code continues</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> //script icons are executed here too,
in engine scope</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> //then loop over each child of node,
calling this function recursively</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> for (var i = 0; i <
node.childNodes.length; i++){</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> parse(node.childNodes[i]);</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> }</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> //decide whether to break or continue?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>}</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>As the tree is parsed, the entry
frame and it's content is created. At this point the rest of the framework's
xml hasn't been parsed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Flow moves to the next child node of the
framework's xml - the first page. The page is created and it's content's
parsed. The second page hasn't been parsed yet, so 1 of 1 is expected. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Only then are the rest of the pages are
created - but - by definition - you cannot place code in page 1 that will
execute afterwards.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>for that very reason there is the onInit
event. This event is broadcast by rootIcon when the initial parse IS complete.
Use this in the entry frame to initialise your interface, and use onPageClose /
onPageOpen rather than have code in each page to set the interface items.
onInit will correct give you fw.pages.lenth, and onPageClose / onPageOpen are
more elegant / easier to maintain than code on each page.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Paul Swanson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wed 08/10/2008 17:53<br>
<b>To:</b> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Problem getting accurate count of pages in framework</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>I'm
adding a "Page x of y" to a framework, and I'm not getting the
correct value for y (the number of pages in the framework).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>I'm
using an Entry Frame to the framework, and within that is a text icon with an
id of aboutDPCounter. The framework id is aboutDPFrame. On each page, I include
a script icon with the following:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>aboutDPCounter.setText('Page
' + (aboutDPFrame.currentPage + 1) + ' of ' + aboutDPFrame.pages.length;</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>When
I enter the framework, which currently has two pages of content, the page
counter reads "Page 1 of 1." When I go to the next page, it reads
"Page 2 of 2," and when I back to the first page it reads "Page
1 of 2." If I then advance to page 2, it reads "Page 2 of 2."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>What's
going on? I would expect myFramework.pages.length would be consistent. It
appears as though it doesn't count the page until you've actually navigated to
it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:gray'>_____________________________</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:gray'> Paul Swanson</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:gray'> Instructional
Designer</span> <br>
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Financial Solutions</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:gray'> 800.274.7280
Ext. 2462</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:gray'> Paul.Swanson@harlandfs.com</span>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:gray'>_____________________________</span>
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