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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hmm. Not easy to add the variable route. Either set the icon
proeprties ahead of time, or call IconID.wipe(…) afterwards. You can call the
transitions dynamically afterwards iconID[‘wipe’](..blah..);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Have you tried you transition sometime after the icon has
rendered? Is it a timing issue – i.e. the tranition is being called before the
screen has updated with the textField’s contents?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 16, 2009 9:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] FW: Transition setup?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Cool,
but I guess that means I have to pop a script icon above each icon I want to
transition:<br>
<br>
icon.nextSibling.attributes.transition = trans_var;<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling>
</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Subject:
RE: [Xerte] FW: Transition setup?<br>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:15:40 +0000<br>
From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>
To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div id=ecxidOWAReplyText63942>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>At the minute it takes a string,
but you can set what that string is:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>icon.nextSibling.attributes.blah = "my
value for the icon's property when it gets parsed"</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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 Dave Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Mon 16/11/2009 20:24<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] FW: Transition setup?</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
Well, I asked about it in a couple Flash type places and got no response, so I
went back to brute force and discovered:<br>
<br>
If I set the default font size on the LO to the largest I'm using in the CSS,
the transition works on all fonts that size and below.<br>
??<br>
<br>
and<br>
<br>
This alters the speed of the transition. (I guess it thinks it is dealing with
that larger size font).<br>
<br>
Which leads me to the next question:<br>
<br>
Can I use a variable in the icon "transition" parameter?<br>
I've tried a bunch of variations and no go.<br>
No way to even "eval" a variable into that spot?<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
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</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Subject:
RE: [Xerte] FW: Transition setup?<br>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:49:43 +0000<br>
From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>
To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div id=ecxecxidOWAReplyText41335>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I dunno.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This si what the engine does:</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> if (transition !=
undefined) {<br>
script(this+'.'+transition, engine);<br>
}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>so that basically runs the script
iconID.wipe(...blah...), which is here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>IconID.wipe:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ICON.prototype.wipe = function(dir,
duration, easing, easeType, startPoint) {<br>
var direction = dir == 'in' ? Transition.IN : Transition.OUT;<br>
var tween = TransitionManager.start(this, {type:Wipe,
direction:direction, duration:duration, easing:mx.transitions['easing'][easing][easeType],
startPoint:startPoint});<br>
tween.mc = this;<br>
tween.onMotionFinished = function(){<br>
this.mc.broadcast('onMotionFinished');<br>
}<br>
};<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>After that? I haven't a clue. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>I would build a very simple Flash file,
recreate the situation ( a text field in a movie clip with your styled test in,
and then wipe that) and find out if transitionManager fails even when it's not
suppposed to, before you take it any further. Take Xerte (and everything else)
out of the picture. I don't think this is a Xerte problem, as Xerte doesn't
really do much other than act to pass on the transition to the transition
manager - check the values of the parmeters getting sent?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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 Dave Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sat 14/11/2009 15:19<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] FW: Transition setup?</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Forget
the .fla, I found it in google code.<br>
<br>
The AS is over my head, but as far as I can make out:<br>
<br>
The transition AS files get imported.<br>
The guts are in<br>
Transition.as<br>
TransitionManager.as<br>
<br>
They seem to use getcontent() as one of the means of determining the area to be
affected. An overlay clip is built and that is what is erased off.<br>
<br>
So the overlay is being built to the correct size, but the erasure function is
using some other value, not completing the "wipe" of the overlay.<br>
<br>
Any Flashmeisters care to tell me how far off base I am before I start
fatfingering class files?<br>
;-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
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</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Subject:
RE: [Xerte] FW: Transition setup?<br>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:23:51 +0000<br>
From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>
To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div id=ecxecxecxidOWAReplyText2665>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Interesting. I'm not a big user
of styles as we tend to use the default interface.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In this situation, I would open up the
XMLEngine.fla, look into how the transition works, put some debug statements in
there and see what things look like as it runs, and see what I can figure
out...</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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 Dave Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Fri 13/11/2009 17:34<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] FW: Transition setup?</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
Gaa.<br>
I found it.<br>
<br>
Plain text works fine.<br>
Text tagged with html tags works fine.<br>
However, if I use a CSS style tag, the transition only covers the area where
text would have been without any formatting e.g. the default text face/size.<br>
<br>
Reproducible?<br>
<br>
Dave <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>From:
d_b_burnett@hotmail.com<br>
To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
Subject: Transition setup?<br>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:19:17 -0500<br>
<br>
First crack at transitions.<br>
<br>
Text icon, transition property added.<br>
wipe('in', 1, 'None', 'easeNone', 2);<br>
(the Help file example)<br>
<br>
Transition reveals 3/4 of text block then halts.<br>
Tried a few variations, other transitions, same result.<br>
<br>
??<br>
<br>
Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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