[Xerte] Writing/reading text

[John Lannon]

Thanks Paddy and Paul for replies.
 
Having looked again at the actionscript possibilities it seems I should also be able to use the loadVars class (send and load methods) to read/write text to a URL. It should work with a URL that is a local or server file?? ... have tried it briefly but no luck so far.
 
John

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Patrick Lockley
Sent: Fri 07/08/2009 11:22
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Writing/reading text



Hi John,

 

Xerte doesn't directly have the ability to save a file, as it's flash based and as such relies on flash's file handling functions (i.e open only). However, you could write a server side script to handle that for you.

 

So that would work for you on a server, but it would not work for using a CD. 

 

There is an send and load event which can obtain XML / any other data.

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of John Lannon
Sent: 07 August 2009 10:08
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Writing/reading text

 

Hello all,

 

I'm new to Xerte and to the list but I've set up the standalone exe version, looked through the examples, and created/published my own basic template-based learning object.

 

My question is as follows: I want to create an interactive online application where the user is presented with questions (mostly text entry panels for large amounts of text); the user can save their input at any time, and can reload them into the appropriate panels when they re-start. I want to run the published project from a server or CD and save the entered text locally on the user's PC.

 

I presume I can write/read from an XML file, but would welcome any advice or examples.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

John Lannon

Systems Developer [Human Rights Impact Resource Centre] Aim for human rights

Email: j.lannon[at]aimforhumanrights[dot]org