<div>Congratulations on your new version of Xerte 3.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I have downloaded and installed the new version, but find that it will not open any of the examples that you created for the earlier version of Xerte 3.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It looks very interesting, I am looking forward to the tutorials.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div>Johnathan</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 October 2010 14:02, Ron Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronm@mitchellmedia.co.uk">ronm@mitchellmedia.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Brilliant! Wish I had time to play. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Congrats to all involved.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 07 October 2010 13:50<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Xerte 3.0 Beta</span></p>
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Kudos to all involved.<br>
A major undertaking.<br>
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Dave<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From: <a href="mailto:Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:41:42 +0100<br>
Subject: [Xerte] Xerte 3.0 Beta</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Hi,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">There
is a new beta of Xerte 3.0 to play with that you can download here: <a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/xerte3.htm" target="_blank">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/xerte3.htm</a>.
Xerte 3.0 is a complete rewrite of Xerte 2.x, using the Flex framework. There
is a major difference between this latest version and previous versions which I
wanted to say something about. Anyone following Xerte 3.0 developments, or
starting to use Xerte 3.0 to develop content needs to be aware of these
changes.</span></p>
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Xerte 3.0 now compiles .swf files. It creates, from your code, the actual .swf
file. There is no engine.swf unlike previous versions of Xerte 3.0 and Xerte
2.x. There are a number of good reasons why this was a good step to take. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Xerte
3.0 is really an .mxml editor and compiler using the Flex SDK to compile.swfs.
You will need to download and install the Flex SDK to use Xerte 3.0 (see
instructions on the web site). This means that Xerte 3.0 is quite clearly a
tool for developers. It also means that you are interacting with the Flex SDK
directly, rather than having our code parse and play your code. There are major
performance benefits to doing this, as well as getting access to all the
benefits of the Flex SDK, and it means that you can directly draw on all the
Flex community’s knowledge to create content with Xerte 3.0. Xerte 3.0 can
compile many of the examples on Adobe’s website and in the help system, as well
as dozens of samples already available from the Flex community. It also means
you are developing marketable skills in an established software development
environment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Flex
is a very powerful, flexible (pardon the pun) and extensible suite of tools.
Xerte 3.0 aims to fill a gap in the market of tools that sits somewhere between
the hardcode coder’s IDEs such as FlashDevelop or FlashBuilder, and something
like Xerte 2.x or Authorware, and as time goes on Xerte 3.0 will contain more
and more elearning specific features.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Xerte
3.0 can build ‘normal’ flash applications. It can also build Air
applications, and package them into installers, and when the Flex 4.5 SDK is
complete, Xerte 3.0 will be able to build Mobile Applications. Being able to
target all these platforms is exciting, particularly the mobile Air
applications. Xerte 3.0 development is now closely following the development of
the Flex 4.5 SDK – when that is complete I’ll be able to finish Xerte 3.0 and
draw on all the new features in Flex 4.5.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">There’s
loads more to say about Flex, but not enough time or space here. I’m going to
start a series of short tutorials to introduce you to the new environment and
features, and walk you through all the new components, and other stuff you’ll
want to know about: components, styles, skinning, states, effects, transitions,
data binding, using your own custom classes…</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In
the meantime, download and install the beta, and let me know any comments,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Thanks
to Peter Huppertz - who has made a major contribution,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Have
fun.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">J</span></p>
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