[Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars

Mon Apr 12 15:57:07 BST 2010

OK, something I should have checked earlier.

The onLoadVars event is not firing on the second call (or at least it is not being broadcast).

Almost like the function is not being called on the second attempt to the same icon.

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> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:14:24 +0100
> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>
> delete this.icon.rawData;
>
> alternatively set it to '' (it's a string isn't it?)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:14 PM
> To: Xerte list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>
>
>
> How to kill it is what I'm unsure of.
> How to remove rawData from the icon object.
> I've tried delete and remove but no luck.
>
>
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>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:05:29 +0100
>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>
>> I'd try:
>>
>> If (this.icon.rawData != undefined){
>> //we've been here before - do whatever it takes to kill it
>>
>> }
>>
>> //then carry on as before
>>
>> //and check it's changed
>> debug(this.icon.rawData);
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:43 PM
>> To: Xerte list
>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> OK, I'm looking at:
>>
>> this.icon.rawData = src;
>>
>> Is that adding the rawData prop to the object?
>> i.e. is it best to remove the prop and let it be re-added or clear it?
>> rawData = null;
>> rawData = '';
>>
>> ??
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:17:21 +0100
>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>
>>> you can debug it yourself - in the engine, get in the
>>> ICON.prototype.loadVars function and try clearing out the data when
> the
>>> function is called.
>>>
>>> Any good?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave
> Burnett
>>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:16 PM
>>> To: Xerte list
>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Did you ever send me that NDA?
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:10:35 +0100
>>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>
>>>> Oh you tease. Any chance of sending the file?
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave
>>> Burnett
>>>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:11 PM
>>>> To: Xerte list
>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just made a new file with 3 buttons:
>>>>
>>>> Load gloss text
>>>> main_page_id.loadVars('http://blah/common/gloss_content.txt');
>>>>
>>>> Load help text
>>>> main_page_id.loadVars('http://blah/common/help_content.txt');
>>>>
>>>> Check content
>>>> debug(main_page_id.rawData);
>>>>
>>>> Whatever is loaded first persists.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:47:28 +0100
>>>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>
>>>>> Dunno. I just exected that if you call the function again, things
>>>> would
>>>>> repeat,
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave
>>>> Burnett
>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:08 PM
>>>>> To: Xerte list
>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tried setting to null, Deleting, Removing.
>>>>> Couldn't seem to get rid of it.
>>>>> Bad syntax?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:04:12 +0100
>>>>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rawText? rawData?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What happens if you delete it before making the second call?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave
>>>>> Burnett
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:03 PM
>>>>>> To: Xerte list
>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The previous data persists in the rawText property.
>>>>>> I got around it by using a loadVars call and a readFile call on
> the
>>>>> same
>>>>>> icon, but I found it strange I couldn't just reload the loadVars
>>>>> object
>>>>>> with new data.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:53:19 +0100
>>>>>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What happens when you just call myIcon.loadVars(url);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave
>>>>>> Burnett
>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:52 PM
>>>>>>> To: Xerte list
>>>>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any trick to re-using a page for multiple loading of vars?
>>>>>>> i.e. do I have to kill the rawData object?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have it loading once and I parse out what I need, but I can't
>>>>> figure
>>>>>>> out how to use the same object (and event) to have it load a new
>>>>> file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have a good weekend all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
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