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Could very well be. I've not seen it or used it.<br>Because of the aforementioned comm issues, I have always just set visuals to 0 and built my own interface.<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:21:30 +0100<br>From: Phil@environmental-academy.co.uk<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI<br><br>
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</style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Cool, cheers Dave. I may in fact be able to achieve at least a v1 interface with just scripting in and out certain features! Unfortunately I’m by no means a scripting expert, but I’ll give it a shot.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Extending another email I sent a few minutes ago about XOT’s “Custom Interface” property, would this file be suitable to create the swf: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/xerte/source/browse/trunk/runtime/templates/frameworks/frameworkTemplate.fla?r=253" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/xerte/source/browse/trunk/runtime/templates/frameworks/frameworkTemplate.fla?r=253</a> ?</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I’ve seen on a few archived Xerte lists that people have been using it as a base to customise the UI.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div><div style="border-right: medium none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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> 24 October 2011 16:08<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI</span></p></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">For future reference, I assume there is no online documentation about skin/template creation?<br><br>Correct.<br>If you are already hiding/disabling buttons with script, and now you know how to defeat the existing interface and where to add the new stuff, it's pretty much standard "add a background, add some swf based buttons" etc.<br><br>Just for chuckles, think about reading in some parameters and using those to define the bg, button, button position etc.<br>That's the way I set up so I can "brand" the same content with multiple look/feel/function layouts.<br></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US"><br><br><br><br><br>rom:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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</span></p><div><div><div><div style="border-right: medium none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm; border-color: -moz-use-text-color;"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US"> 24 October 2011 15:35<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Look at the properties of the Interface icon.<br>Set visuals to 0<br>Run.<br><br>Now right click the Interface icon and choose Add Entry Frame.<br>In that entry frame you start building your new interface.<br>Add a background, add a few buttons etc<br> </span></p><div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><hr width="100%" align="center" size="2"></span></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:24:38 +0100<br>From: Phil@environmental-academy.co.uk<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI</span></p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi Dave, it’s probably best if I explain what I’d like to achieve. Basically, I’d like to change the look of the skin, without really changing the interface as such. I assume this would just be a new “skin”?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">However, I’d also be interested in a much simplified interface which just had a “back” and “forward” button. I’ve got this set up in the default Xerte skin and removed sections with certain scripts. Would this still be possible in a new skin? Or would I need to create an entire new template which simply had “back” and “forward”?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks for any help,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Phil</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p><div><div style="border-right: medium none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm; border-color: -moz-use-text-color;"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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> 24 October 2011 15:16<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></p></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><br>".. a new flash interface .." <br><br>What exactly would you like to do?<br>There is a difference between creating a new interface and replacing the interface.<br><br>The main point being if you want to truly *replace* the existing interface with a swf, it means establishing communication between that swf and the LO.<br><br>If you just want to create a new "skin" to appear in place of the default interface, that is relatively easy.<br><br>Dave</span></p><div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><hr width="100%" align="center" size="2"></span></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:31:15 +0100<br>From: Phil@environmental-academy.co.uk<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>Subject: [Xerte] Customising the Xerte UI</span></p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Hello everyone, is there any guidance available anywhere on how to create a new flash interface for Xerte?</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">I’ve been looking with google for a while for still no luck.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Thanks,</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Phil</span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><br>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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