[Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

Mon Oct 24 17:32:31 BST 2011

Thanks Tom, I'll try having a play about with the visuals property value
and see if I can come up with something.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
Sent: 24 October 2011 17:25
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

The google code link you had for the custom interfcae is a link to (part
of) the source repository. 

Google code uses svn. It enables a progreammers to cooperate together
and distribute code to others.

Try visuals =2 and see if that gives you something. Changing the current
engine requires soem good insight into Xerte itself.

However, if you want to give it a go, you can find it here:  

http://code.google.com/p/xerte/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2FEngine

Regards,

Tom

Op 24-10-2011 18:11, Phil Clothier schreef: 

Hi Tom, newbie alert: what's svn?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
Sent: 24 October 2011 16:27
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

Ehmm, as Xerte is open source, nothing is stopping you at modifying the
original player.... So you could grab a copy of the original .fla and
modify it to your needs....

Please try visuals = 2 (clean interface) too and see whether you like
that.

You can get a copy of the engine .fla from svn 

Tom

Op 24-10-2011 17:19, Dave Burnett schreef: 

Xerte desktop help file:

Usage

Set on the document tree.

Description

Set this to the .swf file you'd like to use as the Learning Object's
custom interface.

Notes

You must develop the custom.swf file yourself. You can access the
properties and methods of the interface icon that loads the swf file
from code in your .swf using the _parent property. An example can be
found in the templates folder of Xerte's installation directory.

Examples

To use a file called interface.swf as the Learning Object's custom
interface, set the swf property to: 

FileLocation + 'custom.swf'

To call methods of the interface icon that loads the swf

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:13:00 +0100
From: Phil at environmental-academy.co.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

As a side note, I've just noticed the "Custom Interface" property in
Xerte Online Toolkits.

Is there a generic .fla file anywhere in the Xerte or XOT installation I
can tweak and play about with for this property?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 24 October 2011 15:35
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

Look at the properties of the Interface icon.
Set visuals to 0
Run.

Now right click the Interface icon and choose Add Entry Frame.
In that entry frame you start building your new interface.
Add a background, add a few buttons etc

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:24:38 +0100
From: Phil at environmental-academy.co.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

Hi Dave, it's probably best if I explain what I'd like to achieve.
Basically, I'd like to change the look of the skin, without really
changing the interface as such. I assume this would just be a new
"skin"?

However, I'd also be interested in a much simplified interface which
just had a "back" and "forward" button.  I've got this set up in the
default Xerte skin and removed sections with certain scripts.  Would
this still be possible in a new skin?  Or would I need to create an
entire new template which simply had "back" and "forward"?

Thanks for any help,

Phil

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 24 October 2011 15:16
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

".. a new flash interface .." 

What exactly would you like to do?
There is a difference between creating a new interface and replacing the
interface.

The main point being if you want to truly *replace* the existing
interface with a swf, it means establishing communication between that
swf and the LO.

If you just want to create a new "skin" to appear in place of the
default interface, that is relatively easy.

Dave

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:31:15 +0100
From: Phil at environmental-academy.co.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Customising the Xerte UI

Hello everyone, is there any guidance available anywhere on how to
create a new flash interface for Xerte?

I've been looking with google for a while for still no luck.

Thanks,

Phil

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