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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yes, of course, but you’ll need
the paths<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Beckwith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 15, 2010 4:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] rootIcon.preloadMedia(); - Preloading Media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='color:#1F497D'>Can I preload specific files manually?<o:p></o:p></span></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> 15 January 2010 15:48<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] rootIcon.preloadMedia(); - Preloading Media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>It
isn’t going to work on templates. In templates, often the path to the image is
an expression, not the URL, like <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>{templateData.blah[0].something[0].url}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>The
engine knows nothing of that script – it’s Xerte script, and hasn’t run yet –
and it can’t evaluate the expression until any setup script has run to create
it the various variables / objects referred to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>You
call preloadMedia()<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>PreloadMedia
finds an expression in the XML: {templateData.pageData[0].url}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>BUT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>preloadMedia
/ the engine cannot evaluate it - templateData does not exist yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>J<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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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>Paul Beckwith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 15, 2010 2:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] rootIcon.preloadMedia(); - Preloading Media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='color:#1F497D'>Nah no joy on onInit, still:
rootIcon.preloadMedia(); ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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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>Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 15 January 2010 13:48<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] rootIcon.preloadMedia(); - Preloading Media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Try
calling it once the models have loaded then, and see what happens…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Set
up an event handler for onInit and call preloadMedia() from there – looks like
it ought to work…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Beckwith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 15, 2010 1:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] rootIcon.preloadMedia(); - Preloading Media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='color:#1F497D'>Is there a way around it? The lesson loads the rlm files
upfront, what’s it doing, just making the pages? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></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> 15 January 2010 11:45<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] rootIcon.preloadMedia(); - Preloading Media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>You
can’t because the models haven’t loaded yet, so it isn’t clear what media is
required,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>J<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><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>Paul Beckwith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 15, 2010 10:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] rootIcon.preloadMedia(); - Preloading Media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'>Hi everyone, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'>I have used
rootIcon.preloadMedia(); before in lessons which has always worked fine
but can’t seem to get it to do anything with the Xerte template wizard when
it’s packaged. Is there something I need to do? I’m calling it in the first
script icon in the entry frame…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'>Paul<o:p></o:p></p>
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