[Xerte] Question re Flash module

[KnowledgeWare]

Of course...thanks! 

I'm really liking what I see in xerte...but have to learn my way out of the
AW patterns. Thanks everyone for your patience with my beginner level AS
questions.

RonM2

-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Tenney [mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:45 AM
To: knowledgeware at kccsoft.com; Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Question re Flash module

To do the quivalent of call and return, broacst a custom event, i.e.
rootIcon.broadcast("doMyThing");

And then have an event handler listen for it in an entry frame
somewhere. Inside the response is your subroutine.

There isn't really an equiavalent of the 'and return' bit, so you might
need to play arounda  bit to get what you need.

-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of
ron at kccsoft.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:08 PM
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
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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