[Xerte] displaying variable info in text icon

Thu Mar 4 15:53:46 GMT 2010

Further to my last posting.

Please find attached a version of the generic navigation that now includes a simple display of the page location e.g. page 1 of 7 in a text field on the Entry Frame. This version also resolves a few issues I found with the navigation when used in a frame.

Kind regards

Johnathan

Johnathan Kemp
ICT Development Coordinator
Connexions Staffordshire
www.cxstaffs.co.uk
01785 355714

-----Original Message-----
From: Johnathan Kemp [mailto:johnathan.kemp at cxstaffs.co.uk] 
Sent: 04 March 2010 11:25
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] displaying variable info in text icon

Whilst working on a wizard that allows routing to named pages I have developed a simple navigation model for an entry frame that will detect if it is located on a project interface or off a framework icon. It provides for home, previous, next, toc, back and last buttons, all of which can be displayed optionally by setting a flag value. It uses button.swf, but could easily be modified to use your own button icons. It automatically displays relevant buttons and hides irrelevant ones e.g. The home button does not display when on the first page, the back button does not display until you have been somewhere.

It may not give you everything you want but the code may provide the answer to some of your questions.

I want to include page x of y information, but have not attempted that yet (it's on my to do list)

If you would like to take a look at it, drop button.swf in your projects common folder, then select your interface icon and do File / Insert Model, selecting genericNavigation.rlm

If you already have an Entry Frame you may need to temporarily delete it as you can only have one Entry Frame in a Framework or Project.  

I hope it helps.

Kind regards

Johnathan

Johnathan Kemp
ICT Development Coordinator
Connexions Staffordshire
www.cxstaffs.co.uk
01785 355714

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Burnett [mailto:d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]
Sent: 04 March 2010 10:46
To: Xerte list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] displaying variable info in text icon

Alternatively, you can hang all the paging code off the nav buttons, set up a blank text field somewhere and use setText to update it:

e.g. code under Next button:

page = i_main_frame.currentPage+2;

// i_main_frame= framework pages are attached to, +2 because 0 based 

page_count_display.setText('<pgcounter_text>Page ' + page + ' of ' + page_count + '</pgcounter_text>');

//page_count_display is empty text icon with text field positioned correctly

prev_page_rs._visible = 1;

//turn on the Previous page button (it starts out hidden)

if (page ==  page_count) {

next_page_rs._visible = 0;

}

//turn off the Next button at end of pages

i_main_frame.gotoPage((i_main_frame.currentPage+1));

//navigate

You can ignore <pgcounter_text>, it's a css style tag.

> From:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of 
> ron at kccsoft.com
>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:07 AM
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> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
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> Subject: [Xerte] displaying variable info in text icon
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> From Paul's posting today:
> {'Page ' + (frameworkID.currentPage
> + 1) + ' of ' + (frameworkID.pageCount)}

> This should display these variables
> if pasted into a text icon, correct?

> It doesn't for me. I've spent many
> hours trying get {} to display variable information, I'm wondering if 
> there is some special setting somewhere in xerte that controls this. 
> Occasionally (maybe 1% of the time, in a new file) I can get a 
> display, but it's extremely unreliable. I'm sure it shouldn't be this difficult.

>
> I'm trying to build a FW navigation
> structure but its very hard to do without being able to see variable
> information:
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> If FWICON.currentPage <
> FWICON.pages.length then
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> Go to next
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> Else
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> Go to Main Menu
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> What am I doing wrong?
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> TIA RonM2
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