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<br>Xerte desktop help file:<br><br>
<div align="left"><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Usage</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Set on the document tree.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><br></div><font style="" color="#010101">
</font><div align="left"><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Description</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Set this to the .swf file you'd like to use as the
Learning Object's <font style="background-color: rgb(51, 153, 255);" color="#ffffff">custom
interface</font>.</span></font></div>
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</font><div align="left"><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Notes</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">You must develop the <font style="background-color: rgb(51, 153, 255);" color="#ffffff">custom</font>.swf file yourself.
You can access the properties and methods of the <font style="background-color: rgb(51, 153, 255);" color="#ffffff">interface</font> icon that loads
the swf file from code in your .swf using the _parent property. An example can
be found in the templates folder of Xerte's installation
directory.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><br></div><font style="" color="#010101">
</font><div align="left"><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Examples</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font color="#010101" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">To use a file called <font style="background-color: rgb(51, 153, 255);" color="#ffffff">interface</font>.swf as the
Learning Object's <font style="background-color: rgb(51, 153, 255);" color="#ffffff">custom
interface</font>, set the swf property to: </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><br></div><font style="" color="#010101">
</font><div align="left"><font face="Andale Mono" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">FileLocation + 'custom.swf'</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><br></div><font style="" color="#010101">
</font><div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">To call methods of the <font style="background-color: rgb(51, 153, 255);" color="#ffffff">interface</font> icon that loads
the swf</span></font></div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:13:00 +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);">As a side note, I’ve just noticed the “Custom Interface” property in Xerte Online Toolkits.</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);">Is there a generic .fla file anywhere in the Xerte or XOT installation I can tweak and play about with for this property?</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 15:35<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" 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 id="ecxstopSpelling" 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<br><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 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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