[Xerte-dev] Re: Update on Connector pages

Sat May 5 09:28:56 BST 2012

Hi Jonathan/all

sorry been busy in Glasgow last couple of days but back now and test install
now updated with latest code/updates etc

Jonathan - I just did a quick check of the shared lo and couldn't spot
anything broken with the connector pages?

Cheers

Ron

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Johnathan
Sent: 04 May 2012 22:12
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Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Update on Connector pages

I have now committed the changes of the model files to the XOT svn and also
the newly generated data.xwd.

These files should be able to be transferred to the demo site for testing.

Ron - If you wouldn't mind confirming when you have done this I will go in
and recreate the Connector pages as the changes to the navigation options
and removal of the Display Text child elements will compromise the
performance of the pages until I can recreate them.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 3 May 2012 22:19, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:

Johnathan, that would be fine yes.

Op 3-5-2012 22:39, Kemp Johnathan schreef: 

Thanks for the update.

With respect to the XOT repository 

it should now be possible to replace the following model files in the XOT
repository

with the equivalent files from the Xerte/pageWizard repository

cMcq.rlm

connectorHotspotImage.rlm

connectorMenu.rlm

connectorPlainText.rlm

cRedirector.rlm

cTabNav.rlm

inventory.rlm

quiz.rlm

scenario.rlm

youtube.rlm

youtuberss.rlm

the data.xwd file can be replaced with a renamed copy of the template.xwd
file from the Xerte svn pageWizards/en-GB folder.

Tom are you happy for me to do this? Copying across the files to the
appropriate XOt repository folder won't cause any problems as far as you are
concerned re-svn histories?

Once I have done this Ron could update his XOT beta test site.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 3 May 2012 19:48, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:

Updated pageWizards/en-GB/template.xwd in the xerte2 repository
Updated build script to obey restrict
rebuilt xerte-beta.exe

Op 3-5-2012 16:15, Kemp Johnathan schreef: 

OK done that and uploaded the modified you tube models.

Everything I have been working on recently with respect to enhancing the
Connector pages and removing instances of "Display Text" is now committed
into the PageWizards section of the svn.

I have also sorted out my javascript problems - it was those damned flash
player permissions.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 3 May 2012 12:48, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:

perhaps make it a bit more verbose... restrict="develop",
restrict="template"

Op 3-5-2012 13:46, Tom Reijnders schreef: 

Yes, that would be fine...

basic.xwd (and template.xwd) are kind of special. No need to change that.
The exception is hard coded anyway, like template.xwd. (It is the basis of
the generated template.xwd)

Tom

Op 3-5-2012 13:41, Kemp Johnathan schreef: 

I had originally thought to put the restrict in the newNodes section but it
occurs to me you are only interested in the xwd not the xml it generates.
Further the basic.xwd file does not have any entries in newNodes. So would
it work for what you want to use if for if we put the restrict property in
the <wizard tag as every xwd has that tag?

e.g.s

<wizard
menus="Text,Media,Navigators,Connectors,Charts,Interactivity,Games,Misc"
restrict="t">  // example for basic.xwd

<wizard menus="Misc" restrict="d">  // example for indexChanger.xwd

Any xwds that did not have a restrict entry would be used by both Xerte and
XOT

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 3 May 2012 11:48, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:

Yes, the restrict would be perfect.

I'll move the pages (rename them in stead of delete/add, you would loose all
history and I don't want that) in the svn (if we decide to do that)

Op 3-5-2012 12:35, Kemp Johnathan schreef: 

Whilst the translation page has been dropped, does it still need to be
included in the XOT release if only to prevent existing projects that
contain it from breaking?

I have been checking over earlier discussions.

My understanding is that the eventual aim is to get all the xerte model and
xwd files in the runtime/pages/ section of the svn.

I used winmerge to compare the files in the runtime and pagewizards section
and the few updates had all taken place in the pageWizards section, which is
why I updated the pageWizards section. I think that it would make sense soon
to get the runtime / pages section set up as THE location for the next
release of Xerte.

Shall I update the runtime pages section accordingly or would you prefer to
do that Tom?

I vaguely recall you asking about having a flag in the xwd files to identify
those which only belong to Xerte and not XOT (the indexChanger page,
pages.xwd). There is also the issue of what to do with the files that belong
in XOT but not Xerte e.g. the XerteModel page).

I can add an additional hidden parameter to the xwd of these pages 

restrict="d" // desktop

restrict="t" // toolkits

if that would meet your requirements.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 2 May 2012 22:05, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:

The translation page has been dropped from xot as well, because they don't
work anymore (the google API is not working anymore, it has been changed
into a paid service)

So, for now, you should use the set of the pageWizards, I think.

Op 2-5-2012 22:36, Kemp Johnathan schreef: 

Whilst I am still waiting to test the youTube files locally, this does not
need to prevent the generation of a new data.xwd file as there have been no
changes to the two youtube pages xwd files.

Which set of xwd files are being used to build the data.xwd file?

The latest models and xwd files in the xerte svn / pageWizards section do
not contain the pages xerte.rlm / xerte.xwd or translation.rlm /
translation.xwd

The xerte page turned out to be an anomaly as it broke the rule of having
the same name for the rlm file and xwd file as was used in the name property
for the rlm. The name is xerteModel but the file is xerte. This is why the
pageWizard folder has an rlm and xwd called xerteModel.

The translation.xwd and rlm files are missing from the pageWizards section
of the xerte svn as the translation page was being dropped due to problems
with the Google translation service.

However both these pages may be needed in XOT for backward compatibility.

I want to upload the pages that I have corrected and enhanced to the XOT
repository but some of the model files will require a rebuild of the
data.xwd file.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 2 May 2012 17:11, Kemp Johnathan <johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com> wrote:

I have now committed to the Page Wizards section of the Xerte svn updates to
all the Connector pages, the Quiz and the Inventory page.

I have not rebuilt data.xwd as I have yet to set up the new youTube
individual pages and I have not had time to check which version is in the
svn of these pages.

The new updated models for the Connector pages have some differences in none
- optional properties so will not be directly compatible with existing
Connector pages. This should not affect the Inventory or Quiz pages.

As soon as I can update the new your tube pages to make the models conform
to the new format I will then rebuild data.xwd so that the updated pages can
be tried out in the XOT beta.

Kind regards

Johnathan

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