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All very useful, but why is something that shows up in debug as the correct value not be evaluated by the statement?<br><br>I tried to use the sequence you described:<br><br><p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">currentFW.nextPage() and currentFW.prevPage()</span></p>
<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">As you pass into various sub FWs, in their entry frames do currentFW = whatever this FW is;</span></p><br>How does mine differ:<br><br>cur_fw_id = icon.parentNode.parentNode.attributes.id; // in SCR in FW_ENT<br><br>//In previous button<br>debug(cur_fw_id); //shows correct id of i65777<br>cur_fw_id.prevPage(); //does nothing<br><br>If I put the actual value in:<br>165777.prevPage(); //works fine<br><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Subject: RE: [Xerte] Controlling Nav buttons<br>Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:21:41 +0000<br>From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">icon //is an XMLNode</font></div>
<div dir="ltr">icon.parentNode;//is its parent XMLNode</div>
<div dir="ltr">icon.parentNode.clip() //gives you the movieclip instantiated from that node;</div>
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<div dir="ltr">clip() is a method that all XMLNodes get - here are some other useful ones like findChildByName(), findParentByID() - see the help.</div></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Dave Burnett<br><b>Sent:</b> Fri 20/11/2009 19:14<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Controlling Nav buttons<br></font><br></div>
<div><br>Is there a trick I'm missing to pass the curr fw id variable into statements:<br><br>cur_fw_id = icon.parentNode.parentNode.attributes.id;<br>debug(cur_fw_id); //shoes correct id<br>cur_fw_id.prevPage(); //does nothing<br><br>If I put the actual value in:<br>165777.prevPage(); //works fine<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Controlling Nav buttons<br>Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:08 +0000<br>From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br><br>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">You can use duplicates as longa s they aren’t on the stage together, so in different apges, yes you can.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Here’s what I like to do:</span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Add the back and next buttons in the main entry frame. In the scripts do</span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">currentFW.nextPage() and currentFW.prevPage()</span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">As you pass into various sub FWs, in their entry frames do currentFW = whatever this FW is;</span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Then you have one set of controls that can navigate lots of FWs.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 20, 2009 4:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Controlling Nav buttons</span></p></div></div>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Thanks Julian, I'll check out that handler for the implications.<br>If I give multiple RES items the same rs, does that set up a conflict, or will they all be affected the same? <br><br></span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Subject: RE: [Xerte] Controlling Nav buttons<br>Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:25 +0000<br>From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">In an onOpenPage event handler?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Or even in the button scripts…</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 20, 2009 3:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Controlling Nav buttons</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p></div></div>
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<p class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><br>Now I have a handle on global navigation, on to local navigation.<br><br>I can see a few ways to do this, but is there a best practice for hiding/showing Next and Previous buttons in a classic page turner setup?<br><br>Giving the buttons in question an rs value and using the Visible property looks like the way to go, but where's the best place for the controlling code?<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Dave </span></p>
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