[Xerte-dev] Re: Connector update

Wed Nov 21 10:03:38 GMT 2012

I am not sure where the mask came from.

I am sure I tried using the move method amongst all the other things I
tried.

The end result is useful anyway in that it distances slightly the home
button from the back and next buttons.

I just created two arrays for the button positions one for use by linear
and menu with page controls and the other for historic, so that I could
park the Home button on top of the unwanted mask.

I plan to start on getting the Connector page xwds and models updated this
afternoon.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 21 November 2012 09:36, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>wrote:

> You can use rootIcon.backBtn.move(x,y), that should move it without any
> problems?
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 20 November 2012 10:11
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Connector update
>
>
>
> Where are you moving the back button?
>
>
>
> The back button is moved in the setup script off the Entry Frame.
>
>
>
> I spent a fair bit of last night playing around with the positioning of
> the buttons to try to find a way of losing that phantom mask that won't go
> away.
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>
> In the end I came up with a solution that positioned the home button on
> top of the phantom mask.
>
>
>
> Also, we should put the code you’ve got here in the engine, something like
> setInterfaceControls(style).
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>
> With respect to the code shown in the image below shall I include if for
> now in the .rlt?
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>
> This will then remove any time pressure for it to be put into the engine.
>
>
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> If you are thinking of putting it in the engine soon then I will need to
> wait until this is done so that I can modify the rlt code and test it,
> prior to updating the svn.
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>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
> On 19 November 2012 10:22, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Also, we should put the code you’ve got here in the engine, something like
> setInterfaceControls(style).
>
>
>
> Where are you moving the back button?
>
>
>
>
>
> *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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