[Xerte-dev] Re: Proof of concept test

[Tom Reijnders]

Working fine here (although with a noticeable lag, first page is shown 
and after 1 second the menu page is opened)

Windows 7, 64 bit IE9, FF12, Chrome 18

Op 4-5-2012 23:36, Kemp Johnathan schreef:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have been working (between beta version stuff) on a means of making 
> it possible to open a Xerte project at a specific page, rather than 
> always have them open at the title page.
>
> Attached is a simple 3 page desktop Xerte project as a proof of concept.
>
> Do not open it in Xerte (at least until you have finished testing it!) 
> If you publish the project, in Xerte, your local copy of rloObject.js 
> will overwrite the one in the project and the code that supports the 
> redirection will be lost.
>
> Would you mind unzipping it and then opening index.htm in a web 
> browser - not Xerte.
>
> For it to work you will need to set up the folder in which you place 
> it as a trusted location in the Flash player settings (otherwise 
> javascript calls will not work).
>
> It should open at a title page.
>
> Then add to the url in your browser
>
> ?pageID=menu
>
> and press enter to reload the page.
>
> After a short delay the project should redirect from the title page to 
> the menu page.
>
> I have tested this in Firefox, IE8, and Opera.
>
> If anyone has other browsers at their disposal I would be keen to know 
> if the redirection works. e.g. Chrome, Safari,
>
> Should you examine the project the key stuff that makes it work is a 
> function at the end of rlsObject.js and some code running off the 
> onInitHandler interaction in the entry frame. Because 
> rootIcon.pages.length has not finished being built when the onInit 
> event fires I have added a timer to create a delay to allow time for 
> the array to be built - hence the delay before redirection takes place.
>
> Should this prove reliable in your testing I believe the same approach 
> should be applicable to XOT (albeit using a different array to source 
> the page information)
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
>
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