[Xerte-dev] Re: dumb question about variables and xerte content page type....

[Ron Mitchell]

Ok cheers

I had actually tried something similar but trying again has highlighted the
real problem...

I was setting the value in a script icon attached to the text entry and
although that was debugging ok setting it in a later script icon seems to
have fixed the problem. But will do as suggested anyway and create and use
an object.

Cheers

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: 28 February 2012 11:43
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: dumb question about variables and xerte content
page type....

 

Maybe it's just me but I wouldn't use those areas to store the data, not
sure there is any reason not to, but it doesn't feel quite right.

 

I'd create a property on rootIcon, probably an object, and store data in
that:

 

If (rootIcon.dataStore == undefined){ //we haven't already got one

  rootIcon.dataStore = new Object();

}

 

then later

 

rootIcon.dataStore.yourDataName = "some value";

 

It would be easy to add this to the engine and make it part of the
framework, then you could have convenient methods for getting / setting the
values. But it ought to work through your own script anyway.

 

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 28 February 2012 11:39
To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
Subject: [Xerte-dev] dumb question about variables and xerte content page
type....

 

Hi

this is probably a dumb question that I should know the answer to and I'm
sure I'm doing or missing something stupid - my only excuse - been a bit
under the weather :-(

 

I'm testing adding a couple of model files via xerte content to an XOT
project. In the first model I want to capture text entries and store in a
variable(s) and then access what was entered in the other model imported to
a separate and later page. But I'm struggling to pick up those variables in
the second model/page. 

 

I've tried _root.myvariablename=myrs.text; _level0.myvariablename=myrs.text;
_global.myvariablename=myrs.text;

 

What am I missing? Is it something to do with the way xerte content pages
are loaded?

 

Cheers

Ron

 

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