[Xerte-dev] Re: Connector update
Kemp Johnathan
johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
Mon Nov 19 11:49:36 GMT 2012
I just checked in a new wizard with the advanced / language checkboxes
rebuilt. I think they work
I have just updated my svn and xerte install with the new file.
If you open the demo project I sent you the menu connector page has a
number of language flagged attributes (with the new PageList control they
are probably redundant but that's bye the bye for now)
What I am seeing in the wizard is the language control is now active and I
can tick it, but the language flagged attributes still don't display.
JK
On 19 November 2012 11:16, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>wrote:
> I just checked in a new wizard with the advanced / language checkboxes
> rebuilt. I think they work (can’t think why they wouldn’t because all the
> code is in the main code), just keep an eye out.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 19 November 2012 11:09
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Connector update
>
>
>
> The cause of the phantom graphic is some very legacy code from the days
> when buttons had to be buttons and couldn’t be movieclips, so you couldn’t
> draw into them. So to fill the buttons with fillColour, you needed to
> create three movieclips and then sacrifice a goat.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 19 November 2012 11:07
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Connector update
>
>
>
> Its good the phantom background graphic offset behind the home button
> disappears when the help file icon is displayed. Its bad that the graphic
> offset behind the home button is displayed at other times.
>
>
>
> I only mentioned the effect of the help file as it might have pointed to
> the cause of the phantom graphic.
>
>
>
> JK
>
>
>
> On 19 November 2012 11:04, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > I have just discovered that the phantom circle behind the home button
> disappears when you add a help file and the help file button displays.
>
>
>
>
>
> Is this good or bad? I’ve added a help file, all looks fine?
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
>
>
> *Sent:* 19 November 2012 10:58
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Connector update
>
>
>
> The back buttons works in this example: what are you doing differently?
>
>
>
> It looks like I need to use
>
>
>
> setNavigationStyle("menu");
>
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>
> and not
>
>
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> setNavigationStyle("historic");
>
>
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> I use the same techniques that you used to position the buttons using the
> btnPos array so that the Historic navigation button layout can accommodate
> the help and media buttons.
>
>
>
> I have just discovered that the phantom circle behind the home button
> disappears when you add a help file and the help file button displays.
>
>
>
> OK just received your latest posting - with a bit off luck I will finish
> this one before your next message :-)
>
>
>
> I will try the button move method out.
>
>
>
>
>
> *On a separate note* there is something else you might want to look at.
> The pageList control works like a ComboBox control but without access for
> the xwd designer to the "data" attribute as the data list is built on the
> fly. This causes a possible problem if the Author picks the first item on
> the list as when the page's xml is created the pageList attribute has a
> value of "" so no match can be made with the data list. You have to select
> anything but the first element to get a valid entry in the xml and then
> select the first element in the list.
>
>
>
> Try in my example to use the connector menu to set up a menu that lists
> the 1st and 3rd pages only. You will find that only the 3rd page gets
> listed unless you follow the above selection process. One solution might be
> to pad the data set by setting the first item in the list to a known value
> such as "no page selected" or "select a page" with a data value of
> "noSelect" or whatever. Then in the xwd a known value can be set for the
> controls default value and this problem will be avoided.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
>
>
> On 19 November 2012 09:57, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Nice one.
>
>
>
> a) The back buttons works in this example: what are you doing
> differently?
>
> b) This is bit of pain: I’ll try and fix it, but it has something
> to do with being unable to draw into the buttons themselves, so code draws
> behind them on the stage. There must be a better way to do this, I will
> look.
>
> c) Yeah, I think I did something to break them but I don’t know
> what!
>
>
>
> Let me look at b and c. Otherwise, it looks good.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 18 November 2012 13:23
> *To:* Xerte Developers Discussion List
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Connector update
>
>
>
> The last thread was getting very long and complicated, so time for a new
> thread.
>
>
>
> I have attached a page templates project that implements pretty much all
> of what I think has been discussed on the flash side of things. I am
> presenting this as a prototype which if everyone is happy with I will use
> as the basis for modifying all the Connector pages.
>
>
>
> It features the following
>
>
>
> 1. A new option for the learning object navigation attribute of
> "historic" which implements a home button, historic back button and next
> button.
>
> 2. A new attribute "Navigation Buttons" to allow every page type to
> offer the author control over what navigation buttons are displayed when
> that page is viewed. "Navigation Buttons" is an optional attribute for
> standard pages and mandatory for the original Connector pages. This allows
> the author to select from 5 navigation options "all,back and next, back
> only, next only, none".
>
> 3. Code in the .rlt file (on the onInitComplete and onOpenPage
> events sets the navigation buttons based on the "Navigation Buttons"
> attribute correctly whether the learning object navigation is linear,
> historic, etc. Where a page does not have the "Navigation Buttons"
> attribute set the page defaults to "all". It works a treat and only
> requires the addition of one line to each page's xwd and no change to the
> page model. (This was implemented to support the new context menu "Page
> Link" option, but it also really simplifies the Connector pages as they no
> longer need to handle any navigation button settings for destination pages)
>
> 4. Use of pageList controls for selection of links in Connector
> pages (see the new way to set up a list of pages for the menu connector.
>
> Have a play with the navigation options to see what you think.
>
>
>
> There are a few minor issues that need resolving though
>
>
>
> a) It appears that the historic back button is currently broken as no
> navigation takes place when it is clicked
>
>
>
> b) Despite looking in the flash code and inspecting the rootIcon I cannot
> find the identifier for the mask that is persisting to display a blue
> circle when you use the historic back button. As I moved the back button a
> little it is currently showing behind and to the left of the home button
> and I can't get rid of it :-(
>
>
>
> c) advanced and language check boxes are broken at present in xwd
>
>
>
> d) I agree that the plainTextConnector is redundant now that we have the
> "Page Link" feature in the context menu. I think this is a real game
> changer which necessitated the introduction of the "Navigation Buttons"
> attribute mentioned above. I recommend that as a result of this ability to
> create links in any page type (in XOT if not in Xerte) that we also retire
> from XOT the Redirector Connector (keep it Xerte only) as it is redundant
> now and retire the Tabbed Navigator Connector as it pretty much does what
> the Tabbed Navigator page does but with links that can now be added using
> the pageLink context menu item.
>
>
>
>
>
> I agreed with Julian to prototype the Connector page changes prior to
> committing anything to the svn.
>
> Julian if you are happy with the prototype I will now do the following
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> i) Update the rlt code in the svn to handle the historic navigation
> attribute and the setting of navigation button options
>
> ii) Add the extra line to every xwd file in the svn that will provide the
> optional "Navigation Buttons" parameter.
>
> iii) Modify the rlm and xwd files of each of the following connector pages
> in the svn to use pageList controls and "Navigation Buttons" settings
>
>
>
> ( In order to enable the current Connector pages to use pageList controls
> and still work with Xerte I will create two xwd files e.g.
> connectorMenu.xwd and connectorMenu_XOT.xwd. The _XOT one will be used for
> building templates.xwd. Currently this poses a minor problem since all .xwd
> files must have an identically named .rlm file to be included in the
> templates.xwd file created by Tom's script. Tom is going to implement a
> test to check for a modelFile="" attribute (e.g. modelFile="connectorMenu")
> in the xwd file that can be used to over-ride the file name. )
>
> · Menu Connector
>
> · HotspotImageConnector
>
> · MCC Connector
>
> · Scenario Connector
>
> iv) Flag the following connectors as excluded from XOT
>
> · Tabbed Navigator Connector
>
> · Redirector Connector
>
> · Plain Text Connector
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
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