[Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script to the Learning Object icon

Wed Feb 22 07:18:20 GMT 2012

Would it ever be the case that a XOT project would assign a value to a page
Icon's templateData property?

If this would never happen then I can just reverse the original test,
instead of testing for a project extXML I can test for pageIcon.extXML

if (pageIcon.extXML != undefined){
// Page Wizard

What do you think?

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 21 February 2012 16:54, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>wrote:

> Maybe you can check the value of the templateData attribute on LO icon? If
> undefined, it must be page wizards…  otherwise irs either XOT or a desktop
> template project.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 21 February 2012 16:53
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script
> to the Learning Object icon
>
>
>
> Neither am I.
>
>
>
> I was going to ask you if you had any ideas where I would be able to
> access it.
>
>
>
> Is the project file in a XOT project always called template? as in
> template.rlt.
>
>
>
> It might be easier to check the file name rather than the extension as
> this will be available in templateData.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
> On 21 February 2012 14:38, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Not sure how you get it mind.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 21 February 2012 14:38
>
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script
> to the Learning Object icon
>
>
>
> Sounds do-able, i'll have a go.
>
>
>
> JK
>
>
>
> On 21 February 2012 13:16, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Could you work on the filename, so if rlt else pageTemplates?
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 21 February 2012 12:52
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script
> to the Learning Object icon
>
>
>
> Hello Julian,
>
>
>
> Thanks for a quick fix - all tests so far suggest this has solved the
> problem :-)
>
>
>
> Now that I am working on a default .rlo file for the "page projects" I am
> including a template and xwd file which is resulting in there being an
> extXML, it also means that now the project can take the project name from
> the extXML file just as with pageTemplates / XOT.
>
>
>
> So I need a new test for identifying when the model is in XOT /
> pageTemplate projects and when it is in a desktop project.
>
>
>
> What I would like to do is work on the principle that in XOT /
> pageTemplate projects the setup script will define a variable "xMode"
>
>
>
> Then I can replace the original block
>
>
>
> if (extXML == undefined){
>     // Page Wizard
>     pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.extXML.toObject();
>     pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.templateData.pageWizard[0];
> } else {
>    // Toolkits
>    myXML = new XML(extXML.firstChild.childNodes[rootIcon.getPageIndex() -
> pgOffset]);
>    pageIcon.templateData = myXML.toObject();
>    rootIcon.setTitleText(templateData.learningObject[0].name);
> }
>
>
>
> with
>
>
>
> if (xMode == undefined){
>    // Page Wizard
>    pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.extXML.firstChild.toObject();
>   // pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.templateData.pageWizard[0];
> } else {
>    // Toolkits
>    myXML = new XML(extXML.firstChild.childNodes[rootIcon.getPageIndex() -
> pgOffset]);
>    pageIcon.templateData = myXML.toObject();
>    // rootIcon.setTitleText(templateData.learningObject[0].name);
> }
> rootIcon.setTitleText(templateData.learningObject[0].name);
>
>
>
> The commented lines of code would be removed - they are just there to make
> explicit the changes I am proposing.
>
>
>
> Not requiring to define a value for xMode in a desktop environment would
> make it easier to use the models in a pure desktop project (i.e. one in
> which the developer did not even use the "Create new Page Project option"),
> but it would need that all XOT projects and future pageTemplate projects
> had the xMode variable set.
>
>
>
> What do you think?
>
>
>
> Given that the line
>
> rootIcon.setTitleText(templateData.learningObject[0].name);
>
>
>
> works, would it also mean that if we had a method for the page icon to set
> it's title property that we could use
>
>
>
> pageIcon.setTitleText(pageIcon.templateData.pageType[0].name);
>
>
>
> As a way of overcoming the problem of using the name value to set up the
> page title display (probably wouldn't sort out the display of page titles
> in the TOC though) mmm.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
>
>
> On 21 February 2012 11:25, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Try this one please.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 20 February 2012 22:51
> *To:* Xerte Developers Discussion List
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script to
> the Learning Object icon
>
>
>
> I've been doing some tests as part of establishing a standard
> pagetemplate.rlo file for the new version of the xerte editor that handles
> individual page templates..
>
>
>
> However I have hit a problem. I want to include one or more set up scripts
> as children of the Learning Object.
>
>
>
> If you add a setup script then this breaks the process of adding a new
> page. The folder for the page is created in the "pages" folder and the xwd
> and xml files are created in the page's folder. However the insertion of
> the page model file into the project fails. This means that if you select
> "Yes" when the "Open the wizard" prompt is displayed then Xerte collapses
> to the task bar and won't open again.
>
>
>
> If you then close down Xerte and then re-open the project the project
> behaves correctly until you try adding another page.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
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