[Xerte-dev] Re: icon for indexChanger.xwd (was Xerte Standalone)

Sun Aug 12 08:40:08 BST 2012

Hello Tom,

Just back from a week in Paignton and now attending a two day board game
convention so this is a quick reply as I try to catch up with all my email.

The index changer page is only applicable to Xerte desktop.

It is based on the mcq page and allows the Author to present a question to
the Student.

The index value of the option selected i.e. first option = 0, second option
= 1, etc.

Is used to set the value of rootIcon.projectPageIndex.

When a page opens rooticon.projectPageIndex is used to set projPI.

This allows the Author to define more than one data definition for a page
and the Learner is presented with the data set indexed by projPI.

So for example you could have a project that compared historic time periods

Page 1 = title page
Page 2 = index changer - select your century - options century A, century
B, century C
Page 3 = Key events of the century [century A, century B, century C]
Page 4 = Key figures of the century [century A, century B, century C]

etc.

The learner would select the century at page 2 then as they progressed to
page 3, 4 etc, they would see the data related to that century.
This works with all page types.
If the index is set to a value greater than 0 and a page does not have data
defined for that index value, then for that page projPI defaults to 0.

I am not familiar with the famfamfam set but I am happy for you to select
whatever icon you feel is appropriate.

I need to produce an example and some documentation to show how the index
changer can be used since it is a new concept to Xerte.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 8 August 2012 11:51, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:

>  Johnathan,
>
> Do you have an appropriate icon for this (see 1. below). Don't know what
> it does either.
>
> Tom
>
> Op 8-8-2012 12:41, Julian Tenney schreef:
>
>  1.       I don’t really know what indexChanger dos, so I don’t know what
> sort of icon it needs, but if you know what it does, select an icon from
> the famfamfam set, or just use the plain page icon?
>
>
>
> 2.       It should be empty I guess!
>
>
>
> 3.       I think there is still some sense in having the xtp based
> approach, it’s simpler for those who don’t want to mix up xerte and
> templates stuff, but it might be confusing having all these different ways
> of making template based stuff?
>
>
>
> 4.       Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Tom Reijnders
> *Sent:* 08 August 2012 11:33
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte Standalone
>
>
>
> Julian,
>
> Status:
>
> 1. I know why the pages didn't have an icon. I used an older version of
> the editor, that didn't have all the icons. The latest editor from svn has
> most of them. I am only missing an icon for misc/Index changer
> (indexChanger.xwd) but that is also because it has no icon assigned to it
> in the .xwd file.
>
> 2. The runtime/pages/template.xml is NOT empty, so when I build a new
> setup-beta.exe from svn and create a template project, it is already
> filled. (is that on purpose, or should I package a different template.xml?)
>
> 3. Should we remove the template menu then....
>
> 4. I added 2 batch files, one in inno and one in runtime\pages that will
> generate a new template.xwd for the en-GB wizards. Both do the same and
> only differ in paths. You can just double-click on them...
>
> So:
> a. We (you) need to decide what to do with the icon of indexChanger.xwd
> b. either make an empty template.xml or make sure we have a different
> empty template.xml that is packaged.
> c. decide on 3.
>
> Tom
>
> Op 7-8-2012 17:35, Julian Tenney schreef:
>
> The other templates have all been integrated into the main Nottingham
> template now…
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Tom Reijnders
> *Sent:* 07 August 2012 16:35
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte Standalone
>
>
>
> As far as I am concerned, at least for the current Nottingham templates...
> I left it in for the other templates.
>
> Op 7-8-2012 17:32, Julian Tenney schreef:
>
> So the whole .xtp thing is now defunct?
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Tom Reijnders
> *Sent:* 07 August 2012 16:31
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte Standalone
>
>
>
> 1. The .xwd is in the pages folder in en-GB in svn. Jonathan and I rebuilt
> it when we edit a .xwd. I'll provide instruction somewhere.
> My point is, you don't need the .xtp at all. You can create a new 'old
> style' template project from the pages menu.
>
> 2. I'll have a look and if needed, finish that up a.s.a.p.
>
> 3. I think that for the time being, the 'official' builds should be done
> in Nottingham, until I figured out some automatic way to do it on the
> community webserver.
>
> Tom
>
> Op 7-8-2012 17:02, Julian Tenney schreef:
>
> The .xtp needs the new and up to date .xwd making for it (how do I do
> that?) and zipping up with all the new / updated models.
>
>
>
> The icons aren’t finished on the page wizards menus, unless I’m mistaken?
>
>
>
> I’m happy to build it if you want me to?
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Tom Reijnders
> *Sent:* 07 August 2012 16:00
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte Standalone
>
>
>
> 1. .xtp? Ehmm... we can, but we don't need to for the Nottingham template
> do we? And for all the other .xtp files it will just work.
> In the pages menu you can create an old style Template project from the
> current new models.
>
> 2. I thought icons were done.
>
> 3. I can create a new inno file for you without the Dutch language files.
> Then you only need to adapt that for your build paths and you can create
> the setup.exe, or you can use my inno setup file (it is in svn) and adapt
> that.
>
> Tom
>
> Op 7-8-2012 16:33, Julian Tenney schreef:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Xerte Standalone needs some outstanding things putting straight before it
> can be released and uploaded to the website: the .xtp needs making with the
> new models and fresh .xwd files, the icons need adding in for the new page
> wizards on the menus, and the setup.exe needs building. I may have missed
> things… was anything else in need of finishing off?
>
>
>
> Can we attend to these outstanding things please? Then we can bring the
> standalone version  up to date on the website too,
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Julian
>
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