[Xerte-dev] Re: Proof of concept test

[Julian Tenney]

This is OK if you have a page with an ID you want to link to, and you know that ID, but it won't support users creating links to *any* page. That's what the generated pageID in toolkits is for, and we wanted to make it possible for an end user to be able to link directly to any page: for some reason Pat and I backed away from making it work, for a reason that escapes me now. So I'm not sure about this: we don't want to implement two different routing solutions, and if we implement one, I want it to be one that end users can use on any page.

To be honest, I think we should leave this for the future. There's still a lot to do to  tie off the release, and we can't just keep adding to the list of new features: I'm approaching the 'code lock' stage in my head, and think we should concentrate on what we've got, and not add anything new now, we need to get this finished and done.

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
Sent: 04 May 2012 22:36
To: Xerte Developers Discussion List
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Proof of concept test

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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