[Xerte] Making a page counter in Xerte 1.8 - Solved

[Paul Swanson]

It seems to be a timing issue. I added a 0.1 second Tries Limit
interaction before the script that prints the counter on the first page,
and it correctly prints the number of pages in the framework.
 
- Paul


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	Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 1:48 PM
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	Subject: [Xerte] Making a page counter in Xerte 1.8
	
	

	I've been working on creating a page counter within a Framework,
and when you get to the first page of the framework, the total number of
pages isn't calculating correctly.

	I have an empty text icon with an ID of 'slideCounter' that is
in the Entry Frame of the framework. The framework ID is dbInst. I am
placing the following code in a script icon on each page (not in the
Entry Frame):

	slideCounter.setText('Slide ' + (dbInst.currentPage + 1) + ' of
' + dbInst.pages.length); 

	On the first page of the framework, this prints 'Slide 1 of 1'.
Moving to the second page, it correctly prints 'Slide 2 of 20' and
returning to the previous page, it prints 'Slide 1 of 20' -- so it isn't
giving the correct value for the length of the pages array on the first
pass, but correctly does so after that. And if that wasn't strange
enough, if I use Ctrl+F5 to open Page 1, it displays the correct values,
but if I navigate to this framework from the page prior to it (or use
Ctrl+F5 with the Framework icon selected), it displays the incorrect
value.

	Is there a better way to do this? 

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	 Paul Swanson 
	 Harland Financial Solutions 
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