[Xerte] Re: Page linking from external website

[Kemp Johnathan]

I posted a proof of concept Xerte project in early May that I think does
what you are trying to achieve.

I don't know how to link to that posting and I couldn't locate it in the
Xerte community archive, perhaps it is to recent to be archived.

However I still have a copy of the posting in my inbox so I have duplicated
it below.

If you examine the project you should be able to figure out how it works.

If you are using XOT rather than desktop Xerte then you should be able to
use the same technique but look up the page details in the extXML perhaps
by looping through extXML.

  pageTitle_array = new Array();

for (i = 0; i < extXML.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++){
   pageTitle_array.push(extXML.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.name);
}

This will probably work better than my example as in Desktop Xerte I used
the rootIcon.pages array to look up the page details in the project and as
this is not guaranteed to have finished being built by the time the first
page loads I had to add a time delay loop to give it time to complete.

If you already have the page identification sorted and just want to figure
out how to get the page name from the url then look at the rlsObject.js
file

As further explanation I have pasted the text from my original posting
below.

I hope this helps.

******
Hello Everyone,

I have been working (between beta version stuff) on a means of making it
possible to open a Xerte project at a specific page, rather than always
have them open at the title page.

Attached is a simple 3 page desktop Xerte project as a proof of concept.

Do not open it in Xerte (at least until you have finished testing it!) If
you publish the project, in Xerte, your local copy of rloObject.js will
overwrite the one in the project and the code that supports the redirection
will be lost.

Would you mind unzipping it and then opening index.htm in a web browser -
not Xerte.

For it to work you will need to set up the folder in which you place it as
a trusted location in the Flash player settings (otherwise javascript calls
will not work).

It should open at a title page.

Then add to the url in your browser

?pageID=menu

and press enter to reload the page.

After a short delay the project should redirect from the title page to the
menu page.

I have tested this in Firefox, IE8, and Opera.

If anyone has other browsers at their disposal I would be keen to know if
the redirection works. e.g. Chrome, Safari,

Should you examine the project the key stuff that makes it work is a
function at the end of rlsObject.js and some code running off the
onInitHandler interaction in the entry frame. Because rootIcon.pages.length
has not finished being built when the onInit event fires I have added a
timer to create a delay to allow time for the array to be built - hence the
delay before redirection takes place.

Should this prove reliable in your testing I believe the same approach
should be applicable to XOT (albeit using a different array to source the
page information)
******

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 7 June 2012 15:34, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I swear I've done this but now can't remember how:
> Use callJS to get a return value into Xerte.
>
> I am tripping the function in
>
> js in page:
>
> function getURL() {
>     var baseURL = document.URL;
>     return baseURL;
> //alert(baseURL);
> }
>
>
> in Xerte:
> baseURL = callJS(' getURL ','0');
>
> baseURL displays as undefined.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: James.Roscoe at nottingham.ac.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 14:10:20 +0100
> Subject: [Xerte] Page linking from external website
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a quick question that may be related to the ongoing discussion on
> pageLink.
>
>
>
> I understand that it is possible to page link internally using:
>
> <a href="asfunction:_level0.pageLink,1">Link</a>
>
>
>
> But I would like to link to a specific Xerte page from an external webpage
> – is there something I can put in my HTML that will let me do this?
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> James
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