[Xerte] Re: Creating new template question

[Kemp Johnathan]

You are using an old model file probably from a page wizard.

The new model files use

pageIcon = icon.parentNode.clip();

if (rootIcon.projMode == "dev"){
// Page Wizard
pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.extXML.toObject();
pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.templateData.pageWizard[0];
} else {
// Toolkits
myXML = new XML(extXML.firstChild.childNodes[rootIcon.getPageIndex() -
pgOffset]);
pageIcon.templateData = myXML.toObject();

}

A setup script off the entryFrame of a "pages" type project sets

rootIcon.projMode = "dev";

This ensures the model file behaves correctly for a desktop Xerte project.
This value is not set in XOT projects which enables the same model file to
be used in both Xerte and XOT. The idea being that people will be able to
develop new page types in Xerte and then transfer them to a XOT environment.

Refer back to my other reply for an idea of how I approach the creation of
a new page. Even if you don't follow the same steps it should guide you as
to what else you need to do.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 30 August 2012 15:42, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I'm playing with the new 2.18 version (Thanks to Johnathan and all!).
>
> I've made a new template and can load it onto the flowline.
>
> Now I want to alter the underlying model and to do that I need to get test
> data into it.
>
> So I open a new file and insert the .rlm from the models file.
>
> In the first script icon of the .rlm we have:
>
> if (extXML == undefined){
>   // Page Wizard
>   pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.extXML.toObject();
>   pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.templateData.pageWizard[0];
>
> Am I missing something, e.g. if extXML is undefined, won't pageIcon.extXML
> also be undefined?
>
> What I need to do obviously is get data into pageIcon.templateData in
> order to get the model to function.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
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