[Xerte] Questions regarding custom interface and items

[Paul Swanson]

Most of these are properties you can set, either on the Learning Object icon (the first icon in the tree), or on the properties of individual icons. For instance, the Learning Object icon has properties of:

titleBarColour
pageTitleFont
pageTitleSize
pageTitleColour

Text icons have x and y properties that default to 0, so you just need to set those to the values you need.

I use frameworks in individual lessons. I like the navigation controls it provides, and it also sets a frame size where the content resides for each page attached to the framework. Use the ifc property to set these. An ifc property of 5,40,1250,905,0xD4E1EE breaks down to 5=starting x, 40=starting y, 1250=width,905=height, 0xD4E1EE is the color of the frame around the content. Within the framework you can get the page numbers with {'Page ' + (frameworkID.currentPage + 1) + ' of ' + (frameworkID.pageCount)}. You need to add 1 to currentPage as it comes from a zero-based array.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Koványi Gábor
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:29 AM
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Questions regarding custom interface and items
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Thanks for your fast reply.
> 
> I found the .fla file where you mentioned, thank you.
> 
> Is it possible to set the layer order in the main window in Xerte (in
> preview)?
> I mean the custom interface rolls over the title and the Icon.
> 
> After the value of the visuals property is set to 0, all the contents
> moved upper, because there is no titlebar. Where can I set the x,y
> coords of the content? (content which contains the plain title page,
> text page, etc.)
> 
> So when a value of the visuals property is set to another number
> except 0 or 1, is it possible to assign some visual content to another
> number for eg.2 or other numbers? When I set it to another number it
> changes the navigation bar, etc.
> 
> There is a style sheet connected where you can assign some visuals for
> the content.
> colourScheme {}
> a{}
> How can I change the color of the title, is it correct to write the
> following?:
> colourScheme {
> titleColour:0xFF0000;
> }
> It doesn't have effect unfortunately.
> 
> Is it possible displaying the actual page number in the custom
> interface?
> 
> 
> Any advice are welcome!
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> Gabor
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Idézet (Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>):
> 
> >> I could click on the Learning Object Icon and at the Optional
> > properties there is a possibility to add a Custom Interface. My
> > question is regarding that how to create/re-design that custom
> > interface, where can I found the source file?
> >
> > Use the example in templates/frameworks in your Xerte install folder.
> >
> >> How can I handle the navigation related interactions? For eg.
> Disable
> >
> > some interaction?
> > Which one?
> >
> >> How can I change the property of a textfield unselectable? (is there
> > any as script to handle it?)
> > You can turn it off for the whole learning object on the LO icon:
> > selectableText
> >
> >> I would also like to create a custom title-bar. How is it possible?
> > Do it in your custom interface swf.
> >
> >> How is it possible to customize these visual aids? Can I assign
> visual
> >
> > aids for a visual property number?
> > ?Not sure what you mean?
> >
> >> How can I disable/enable/customize the bottom bar?
> > Again, do it in the custom swf
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