[Xerte] Re: simple presentation
Dave Burnett
d_b_burnett at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 4 13:56:58 BST 2011
Good-o.
If you are familiar with xml structures, then it falls into place.
If you open an .rlo or .rlt or .rlm files in Notepad, you will see that they too are xml structured files.
In fact "Julian" is an xml based U of Nottingham AI experiment.
I forget what the acronym stands for.
From: patricia at e-w-i.nl
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 14:14:43 +0200
Subject: [Xerte] Re: simple presentation
Thank you, thank you,
Now I understand. Now it works.
Best regards,
Patricia
----- Original Message -----
From:
Dave
Burnett
To: Xerte list
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 1:31
PM
Subject: [Xerte] Re: simple
presentation
You have to address the specific parent/sibling
structure.
Julian was giving an example.
Look at the
layout.
icon.parentNode.getChildByName(“protoPage”).duplicate(templateData.presentation[0].page.length
- 1);
parentNode of makePages = Learning Object
Does
Learning Object have a direct child called 'protoPage'? No.
Try
this:
icon.nextSibling.getChildByName('protoPage').duplicate(templateData.presentation[0].page.length
- 1);
Because the makePages nextSibling (Interface) has a direct child
named protoPage
So your pages will be duplicated. But other things will
appear undefined as they are also making relative position assumptions that no
longer hold.
Dave
From: patricia at e-w-i.nl
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Mon, 4
Apr 2011 13:17:29 +0200
Subject: [Xerte] Re: simple presentation
Thank you, but still it doesn't
work.
I tried both in the origanal template without the
entryframe:
icon.parentnode.getChildByID("proto").duplicate(templateData.presentation[0].page.length
- 1); (I gave the icon an ID
"proto"
icon.parentNode.getChildByName(“protoPage”).duplicate(templateData.presentation[0].page.length
- 1);
I only get the first page
with correct text. But there are 3 pages.
:(
----- Original Message -----
From: Julian Tenney
To: Xerte discussion list
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 12:16
PM
Subject: [Xerte] Re: simple
presentation
You
can also use getChildByID()
;-)
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave
Burnett
Sent: 04 April 2011 11:15
To: Xerte
list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: simple
presentation
And then make
sure not to change any names. ;-)
From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To:
xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date:
Mon, 4 Apr 2011 10:22:32 +0100
Subject: [Xerte] Re: simple
presentation
Use
getChildByName() to avoid having to know the structure / number of
children.
Much
better to say icon.parentNode.getChildByName(“myProtoPageName”) than to say
icon.nextSibling() etc where if the structure changes, so does your
code,
J
From:
xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patricia
Heijmen
Sent: 04 April 2011 09:10
To: Xerte discussion
list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: simple presentation
Thank you
Dave,
I am a bit
further now. But still have some trouble.
Now I have
:
the make pages
icon, then the interface icon, the interface icon contains an entry frame,
and the protopage. So I addes only an entry frame.
I made 3 pages
with the template
I changed the
code in the makepagesicon into:
icon.nextSibling.childNodes[2].duplicate(templateData.presentation[0].page.length
- 1);
icon.nextSibling.attributes.title
= templateData.presentation[0].name;
//set the page
titles
for (i = 0; i <
templateData.presentation[0].page.length; i++){
icon.nextSibling.childNodes[i].attributes.title =
templateData.presentation[0].page[i].name;
}
If I preview the
presentation and I got only one page: Page 2. It contains the right
text and picture but there should be 3 pages.
Then I
changed
icon.nextSibling.childNodes[2].duplicate(templateData.presentation[0].page.length
- 1);
into
icon.nextSibling.childNodes[1].duplicate(templateData.presentation[0].page.length
- 1);
Then with
previewing I got 3 pages, it doesn't show page 1, then it shows
page 2 and 3 (with correct pictures and text) and then it shows a page
undefined.
I should think
icon.nextSibling.childNodes[2]
is the protoPage? But why doesn't that work? and why do I get some result
with icon.nextSibling.childNodes[1]? And why I don't get
page 1 then?
Patricia
----- Original
Message -----
From: Dave
Burnett
To: Xerte list
Sent: Friday, April
01, 2011 8:21 PM
Subject: [Xerte] Re:
simple presentation
You have
to be very careful around template architecture.
You see the script
icon above the Interface icon called makePages?
Open it up and look at
the first line of
code.
icon.nextSibling.firstChild.duplicate(templateData.presentation[0].page.length
- 1);
That is making the pages of your presentation:
icon =
here, this icon
nextSibling = next icon downward
firstChild = next
icon rightward
duplicate = duplicate
So it is saying, duplicate
the protoPage icon x number of times.
When you insert your entry
pane on to the Interface page, you have inserted a sibling between
makePages and the target, protoPage.
So the relative logic is destroyed
and the piece is not being built.
You would have to adjust all the
relative references in the piece to take into account the added entrypane
icon.
HTH
Dave
From:
patricia at e-w-i.nl
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Fri, 1 Apr
2011 18:23:44 +0200
Subject: [Xerte] simple presentation
Hi, I am very
new in Xerte.
I am trying to
understand the simple presentation template.
I would like
to ad an entry frame to the interface icon and then add som
cusom buttons.
However, when
I insert an entry frame, the application doesn't work correctly
anymore. The text icon shows 'undefined' and I cannot go through the
pages.
What I am doing
wrong?
Thanks for any
help
Patricia
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