[Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a Decision icon?

[Tenney Julian]

The PHP manual at http://docs.php.net/manual/en/ might be a good place
to start discussions. It depends what's going to work best: do we want
docs that anyone can edit, which might need some sort of QA process to
stop things getting messy, or do we want something more akin to
livedocs, where the documentation is fixed, and only people with rights
can create new content, but anyone can comment on it at the bottom of
the page?
 
J

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
Sent: 24 June 2008 22:10
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a Decision
icon?


I haven't set up a wiki before. I did find the wiki tool that was
originally written for Wikipedia. MediaWiki.org
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
 
Paul


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	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tenney Julian
	Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:59 PM
	To: Xerte discussion list
	Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a
Decision icon?
	
	
	Yes, I have. I'm looking around for a good wiki style tool we
could use. Do you know of any that are particularly good for help type
docs? 
	 
	J

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	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Paul
Swanson
	Sent: Tue 24/06/2008 16:48
	To: Xerte discussion list
	Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path property of a
Decision icon?
	
	
	Julian,
	 
	Have you considered setting up a wiki so that Xerte users can
submit knowledgebase articles? It might be a good way to build the
documentation without placing all the burden on you and your crew.
	 
	Paul


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		From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tenney Julian
		Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:18 AM
		To: Xerte discussion list
		Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path
property of a Decision icon?
		
		
		I've just updated the help file. I thought the
'calculate' option was in there - thanks. 
		
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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
		Sent: 23 June 2008 19:52
		To: Xerte discussion list
		Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path
property of a Decision icon?
		
		
		Paul
		I had exactly the same problem when I first tried to use
a conditional/calculated path and Julian helped me out with similar
guidance. I think it's worth repeating the context of all this - Xerte
is a fantastic tool with great potential and improvements happening all
the time. But there isn't some big commercial team behind it's
development. The fact that some bits are not yet in the help file or
documented elsewhere are far outweighed by what is already there and the
speed at which Julian provides support via this list. I'm sure this
community will grow quite rapidly as more people get to grips with it
and perhaps minimise the support any one individual needs to provide.
I'm guilty of benefitting from posts without responding to very many
myself due to time contraints etc but I might have a bit more time on my
hands soon so will try and do my bit.
		Cheers
		Ron
		 
		 
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		From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
[Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com]
		Sent: 23 June 2008 19:14
		To: Xerte discussion list
		Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path
property of a Decision icon?
		
		
		Thanks Ron.
		 
		I didn't find calculate as an option for the branch
property in the help, so I had left it as sequential. After setting that
to calculate, and removing the curly braces from the path property, it
is working fine now. I also found that the path property is zero-based,
so the first branch is path 0, the second is path 1, etc. I thought that
might be the case, but now I know for sure.
		 
		Paul


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			From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
			Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:57 AM
			To: Xerte discussion list
			Subject: [Xerte] RE: How do you use the Path
property of a Decision icon?
			
			
			Hi
			Julian might correct me but a couple of
thoughts...
			 
			1. when you set the path property of the
decision icon it's not {path} just path
			 
			2. you also need to set the branch property to
calculate
			 
			The pause and erase settings will also make a
difference to what you actually see on screen but I'm sure you're aware
of that.
			 
			HTH
			Ron
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			From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
[Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com]
			Sent: 23 June 2008 18:32
			To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
			Subject: [Xerte] How do you use the Path
property of a Decision icon?
			
			

			I'm trying to branch using a Decision icon's
path property, and I'm not sure how to go about it. Can the path
property take an expression or variable? I'm using a variable determined
in a script icon for the path:

			if (score < 90) { 
			  path = 1; 
			} else { 
			  path = 2; 
			} 

			and entering {path} for the path property of the
Decision icon, but I seem to go down the first branch no matter what
path equals. What is the correct way to do this?

			_____________________________ 

			 Paul Swanson 
			 Instructional Designer 
			 Harland Financial Solutions 
			 Portland, Oregon, USA 
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