[Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects

[Pat Lockley]

you might need to give me more detail, it loads the engine and then I
give it some parameters (no different to desktop templates)

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Pat, what's the XOT load sequence?
> e.g. what does the engine initially pick up and then what does that invoke?
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:48:04 +0000
>> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
>> To: xt4mhz at yahoo.com; xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects
>>
>> I think you can alter the interface in the xwd file in modules/xerte (i
>> think)
>>
>> 2011/11/17 José Gregorio Díaz Unda <xt4mhz at yahoo.com>:
>> > Hi Andy.
>> >
>> > We were looking for a "guide" or something on the Internet but without
>> > luck.
>> >
>> > Ron Mitchell has in his webpages some examples about customizations over
>> > XOT LO look, but none of them change the look too much, so probably its not
>> > an easy task.
>> >
>> > Yesterday, we downloaded the latest code from the google code svn of
>> > xerte and xot. We're not sure what version is.
>> >
>> > Anyway, the plan is:
>> >
>> > 1. Install xot from xerteonlinetoolkits svn folder..
>> > 2. Open with Adobe Flash the "XMLEngine.fla" file from "xerte" svn
>> > folder.
>> > 3. Publish from Adobe Flash the "XMLEngine.fla" file to "XMLEngine.swf".
>> > 4. Replace "XMLEngine.swf" in xerteonlinetoolkits for the new one.
>> > 5. Test if XOT works.
>> >
>> > Lets see what happen.
>> >
>> > By the other hand, I think its important to document an example of
>> > customization.
>> >
>> > If we succeed, we will publish it on Internet.
>> >
>> > Take care.
>> >
>> > José.
>> >
>> >
>> > Enviado desde mi dispositivo movil BlackBerry® de Digitel.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: "Davidson, Andrew" <Andrew.Davidson at warwick.ac.uk>
>> > Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:37:08
>> > To: Jose Diaz<xt4mhz at yahoo.com>; Xerte discussion
>> > list<xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] Customizing XOT Projects
>> >
>> > Hi Jose - did you get anywhere with how to change the 'skin'? This is
>> > where I need to go and so any hints would be welcome.
>> >
>> > Best
>> >
>> > Andy
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Jose Diaz
>> > Sent: 17 November 2011 01:36
>> > To: XERTE XERTE
>> > Subject: [Xerte] Customizing XOT Projects
>> >
>> > Hi everyone and thanks in advance.
>> >
>> >
>> > We're trying to customize "the look" of scorm packages built from XOT.
>> >
>> > We want to change how learning objects are shown: change logo, move
>> > buttons (forward, backward, etc.) to the bottom of the screen, hide all
>> > dropdown lists at the bottom of the screen, etc.
>> >
>> > We're take a look to "XMLEngine.fla" file, but we're not sure if we're
>> > in the right path. When we open the "XMLEngine.fla" with Adobe Flash, it
>> > shows a grayed rectangle with a lot of code. We just want to "drag and drop"
>> > elements of the screen to new positions.
>> >
>> >
>> > Attached to this message, we send an image of an example how much we
>> > want to change the "skin" of the learning objects.
>> >
>> >
>> > Any "step-by-step" guide to change this "look"?
>> >
>> > After changing the "look", we want to translate to spanish the XOT ...
>> > but this is another history.
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot again.
>> >
>> > José.
>> >
>> > --
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