[Xerte] VideoIcon -> playheadTime

Thu Jun 24 11:23:25 BST 2010

Xerte 2 and OnlineToolkits 

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-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 24 June 2010 11:13
To: Xerte list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] VideoIcon -> playheadTime

Hi Nigel,

Peter is working in Xerte 3, which uses Actionscript 3, it's a bit
different beast from AS 1 and 2, which are what Xerte 2.x uses.

Which version of Xerte are you using?

Dave

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> Subject: RE: [Xerte] VideoIcon -> playheadTime
> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:07:24 +0100
> From: Nigel.Irwin at rewards-trc.co.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
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> Julian
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> Where are the ASDocs available from please and is this where i can 
> find everything to do with scripting within Xerte
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> Regards, Nigel
> IT Training and Support Co-ordinator
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> 01444 884906
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian 
> Tenney
> Sent: 24 June 2010 10:53
> To: Xerte discussion
> list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] VideoIcon ->
> playheadTime
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> VideoDisplayIcon inherits
> from Canvas, and has a public property videoDisplay. For some reason 
> I've missed the VideoDisplay class out of the ASDocs, but I'll add 
> that in. For now, use the Flex 4 docs online.
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> The one problem I foresee is getting event listeners onto the 
> VideoDisplay itself - but they should bubble, so you can still attch 
> listeners to the icon..?
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Julian Tenney
> Sent: Thu 24/06/2010 10:30
> To: Xerte
> discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] VideoIcon ->
> playheadTime
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> You should be able to - what
> does it say VideoIcon inherits from? UICOmponent? Then it's a UI
component. It
> has a member VideoDisplay - thats the thing doing the actual video
presentation.
> I haven't looked, but unless somethig is wron, tha's how the
documentation
> should be...
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on
> behalf of Peter Huppertz
> Sent: Thu 24/06/2010 09:25
> To:
> Xerte discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Xerte] VideoIcon ->
> playheadTime
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> I think wrapping is not needed, because it creates a whole lot
> of more work on your side?!
>
> But how can I see, regarding the
> documentation, the difference between properties I can apply directly
to the
> videoicon and the properties that I need to apply to
> videoicon.videoDisplay?
>
> myVideoIcon.iconID works,
> myVideoIcon.playheadTime does not work. But I can't see a difference
in the
> documentation.
>
> Peter
>
> On 22.06.2010, at 12:34, Julian Tenney
> wrote:
>
>>> At the moment one really thinks it is a property of the
> VideoIcon.
>>
>> Because that's what it is. Now you're getting into
> the OO debate -
>> should we wrap the VideoDisplay class's methods /
> properties (there are
>> a lot), or should the icon itself inherit from
> VideoDisplay? If you
>> extend VideoDisplay I don't know if you can still
> do
>> addChild(myControls) to build the interface?
>>
>> Mostly
> OO good practice says favour composition over inheritance.
>>
>> In
> any case, it's a job for another day,
>>
>>
>>
>> On
> 22.06.2010, at 11:45, Julian Tenney wrote:
>>
>>>
> myIcon.videoDisplay.playheadTime;
>>>
>>> The icon itself is all
> the things you see - the video playback, the
>>> button, slider and so
> on - you need to reach in there for what you
>> want.
>>>
> Eventually it might be nice to wrap all those methods and expose
> them
>>> via myIcon
>>>
>>> -----Original
> Message-----
>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
> On Behalf Of Peter
>>> Huppertz
>>> Sent: 22 June 2010
> 10:44
>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>> Subject: [Xerte]
> VideoIcon -> playheadTime
>>>
>>> Another question: I want to
> use the property playheadTime to jump to
>>> various points in my video.
> But if I enter myVideoIcon.playheadTime =
>> 30
>>> it does not
> jump to 30 seconds in my video. Also regardless of where I
>>> am in the
> video if I check debug(myVideoIcon.playheadTime) it always
>>> displays
> 0. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
> ==================================
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