[Xerte] Authorware Map Icon / Language Support

[Kent Chesnut]

Hope you are having a great weekend!
 
This is no emergency... but I have a couple of questions I'd like some input on when it's convenient... if it's not too much trouble.
 
As an Authorware user I found myself using the Map icon to hide complexity... often attaching it to a decision, interaction, or framework icon.
-> I thought this was a very useful abstraction... and thought I was missing something in Xerte... but now I think Authorware essentially forced me to use it by olny allowing 1 icon to be attached to each branch of the decision, each interactive element, or each page of the framework.
-> Xerte's use of hierarchy and ability to hide sub-objects within the learning object seems to have covered the Map functionality (in an arguably more elegant and flexible fashion) and appears to have made the Map icon unnecessary.
 
Is this true?  Or am I missing something?
 
 
Multi-language support in Xerte appears to be very easy... so easy, in fact, that there may be too many possible ways to accomplish it!  Any thoughts on best practice for supporting multiple language training.
-> I only want to code up the interactions, scripts, ... one time.
 
Options I see (I probably don't even see the best way!)
* Create separate text fields for each language.  Use scripts to hide those that are not in the currently selected language.
* Create only 1 set of text fields, but use setText() to change the text in the fields based on the language.  Keep all the text strings in the different languages in 1 big (2 dimensional [string #][language #]) array in a script icon.
* Are there better methods that either of these?
 
 
If you get a few minutes to think on these things, I'd certainly appreciate any input.
 
Have a great weekend,
Kent
 
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