[Xerte] Question re Flash module

[Dave Burnett]

Unlike AW, Xerte keeps no internal CallStack to trace back to where it has been. And when you leave a page, it is unloaded.
But entry frame stuff can be on screen concurrently with content:
 
<LO Page>
 <Global FW>
  <Global entry frame>
    global stuff like glossary or exit goes here
  </Global entry frame>
  <PAge>
    <CONTENT FW> 
      <Local entry frame>
        Navigation stuff goes here
      </Local entry frame>
      <page>
      </page>
      <page>
      </page>
      <page>
      </page>
    </CONTENT FW>
  </PAge>
 </Global FW>
</LO Page>
 
Keep in mind that the flow in the age does not stop, so if you have say, timed events happening on a content page, they will not stop happening when you invoke something from the entry pane.




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> From: ron at kccsoft.com
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:08:28 -0700
> Subject: [Xerte] Question re Flash module
>
> I have a basic level Flash design question that I'm hoping someone can
> comment on...I'm not good with Flash.
>
> In my AuthorWare applications I have a main menu with parts/modules
> displayed and a row of buttons on the bottom. One of the bottom buttons is
> 'Exit'. This navigates to a separate framework icon and displays some exit
> options (go back to LMS menu, exit completely, restart for new student,
> etc.) on top of the main menu which loses focus (the user must pick from the
> Exit options). This 'Exit' form is called also from anywhere else in the
> program (ie not the main menu but in tutorial sections) and operates the
> same way (floats on top of screen and forces the user to choose an option or
> 'cancel' and continue).
>
> I'd like to do something similar with Xerte, building one flash 'Exit'
> module and calling it from anywhere in the program. In attempting to build
> it similar it AW I've placed a decision icon on the flowline and I'm
> attempting to do some form of 'Call and Return' to the attached FW icons
> while leaving the main menu still on the screen. Is there an equivalent way
> to do this in Xerte?
>
> I'm looking at the decision icon - hoping to set it to a 'calculate' value
> that will never be met so the attached FW icons are hidden unless
> specifically called. The help file advises to set the 'Properties' for the
> calc icon however they don't appear visible to me in 2.9 - the only
> properties are 'id' 'swf' and 'ifc' (what is 'ifc'??). How can I set the
> calc icon so that the flow goes right past it and never enters the attached
> FW unless specifically called? Can I set the 'calculate' value (which
> however doesn't appear in 'Properties') to -1, which doesn't exist - will
> that let the flow go right past the attached FW?
>
> Using this method can I do the AW equivalent of 'call and return' - leave
> the objects on the screen as they are and jump to a flash interaction
> elsewhere (such as the 'exit module') that has the focus?
>
> Am I making any sense here??
>
> Thanks
> RonM2
>
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