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

Mon Feb 27 13:58:19 GMT 2012

I 'm probably missing where you're at with this or what you're trying to
achieve but In XOT _level0.contentXML._url ends with the filename e.g.
modules/xerte/parent_templates/Nottingham/Nottingham.rlt

What I'm a little concerned about with all these developments and changes is
that I think some thorough testing will be needed to ensure existing XOT
lo's and installations aren't broken by the new release. I know we're all
conscious of that but in my experience it could prove quite tricky to test
and ensure everything still works.

HTH

Ron

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 27 February 2012 13:31
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script to
the Learning Object icon

I think it's passed into the piece from the web page as the variable 'file'.
It will be on _level0.

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Johnathan
Sent: 27 February 2012 13:30
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script to
the Learning Object icon

I believe you, but I'm b******d if I can find it.

I can find a number of calls to jumpFile e.g. jumpFile(FILE);

but I can't find where FILE is assigned a value.

I have inspected in Xerte 

engine

engine.IFC

_level0.engine

there is a urls property but it is, in a simple project, an array of 0
length.

I am sorry, I don't know where else to look and I need the time to work on
the rest of the 2.18 stuff.

I will see how much progress I can make over  the next few days and then try
again.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 27 February 2012 12:36, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:

But in thepreloader the xml is laoded. So it must know what file to load in
there somewhere.

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Johnathan
Sent: 27 February 2012 12:23

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

OK I can see in MainPreloader the jumpFile(url) method, and its reference to

this.contentXML._url

but if I try in xerte to 

debug("contentXML = " + _level0.contentXML._url);

I still get contentXML = undefined.

If I try 

debug("contentXML = " + contentXML._url);

I get 

contentXML = file://C:\Xerte2\XMLEngine.swf?id=133401039
<file:///C:\Xerte2\XMLEngine.swf?id=133401039> 

I don't know enough about the workings of Flash and Xerte to make any
changes here but if you are able to add some code that will make the rlo or
rlt file name  (or even just the extension)  accessible as a property I can
test against, then I could use this as my test for desktop V XOT /
pageTemplate.

Kind regards

Johnathan 

On 27 February 2012 07:55, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:

If you look in MainPreloader, you'll see how the variable is getting set:
maybe put something in there to store the path / fileType better?

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Johnathan
Sent: 25 February 2012 21:13

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,

_level0.contentXML._url - this returns undefined

_level0.engine.contentXML._url  or rootIcon.contentXM._url both return 

file://C:Xerte2\XMLEngine.swf?id=77679910
<file:///C:Xerte2\XMLEngine.swf?id=77679910>   

(my install folder is C:\xerte2)

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 24 February 2012 10:20, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:

Test this:

_level0.contentXML._url

It should be the url to the rlo / rlt file, with the extension on the end.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tenney Julian

Sent: 24 February 2012 09:41
To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
Subject: RE: [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script
to the Learning Object icon

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

Yes, I think that will work. In any case, any engine test could also be
written in the template.rlt, it will only use the same information to judge
the situation.

Some usful thigns for testing environments:

if the LO has template data...
if a page has templateData...?
if mdm != undefined you are at design time in xerte on windows
if templatePath != undefined you are on a toolkits server else you're not.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tenney Julian
Sent: 22 February 2012 13:47
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: RE: [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script
to the Learning Object icon

They don't at the moment, but I think you need an engine-side test. I'll
write something for you.
________________________________________
From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
[johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com]
Sent: 22 February 2012 07:18
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Xerte editor closes if you add a setup script to
the Learning Object icon

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<mailto: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.

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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<mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>>
wrote:
Not sure how you get it mind.

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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<mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>>
wrote:
Could you work on the filename, so if rlt else pageTemplates?

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sts.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<mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>>
wrote:
Try this one please.

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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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