[Xerte] Re: FileLocation into URL link?

[Smith, John]

Hi Dave,

That onclick handler executes javascript in the global context so if var FileLocation has already been declared then it's simply running the line of Javascript:

window.location.href = FileLocation + 'image.jpg';

which would evaluate. You would only need eval if you had the equation stored as a string literal

var path = " FileLocation + 'image.jpg' ";
window.location.href = eval(path);

We have to do that in Xenith since the string is coming from the xml. This is all JavaScript though, not sure how it would get run in Flash. You can execute javascript from Flash but it's getting access to the FileLocation variable...

I think you would have to add a

<script>var FileLocation = "<% echo VAR %>";</script>

Somewhere in the play.php file of the Flash engine part if this is not already there (which I don't see any reason why it would be)...

I could take a look later RonM2

Regards,

John Smith | Learning Technologist
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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett [d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]
Sent: 10 September 2013 01:42
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: FileLocation into URL link?

I don't think a text string will be aware of FileLocation.
Maybe {FileLocation} will eval, but I doubt it.



> From: knowledgeware at kccsoft.com
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:17:29 -0700
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: FileLocation into URL link?
>
> This looks promising John but can't get it to work...the link just sits there looking at me, doesn't seem to respond.
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 3:33 PM
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: FileLocation into URL link?
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> Something like
>
> <a href="#" onclick="window.location.href=FileLocation + 'image.jpg'; return false;">Link</a>
>
> Regards
>
> John Smith
> Learning Technologist
> School of Health and Life Sciences
>
> Sent from Samsung Galaxy SII
>
>
>
> KnowledgeWare <knowledgeware at kccsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
> I’m wondering if there is a way to utilitize the ‘FileLocation’ var info in a URL link in html on a typical xerte page. Ie
>
> <a href=FileLocation +’media/rontest.pdf’> open pdf file <a>
>
> I can’t get any permutation to work…. I know I’m using a screwdriver as a hammer… : - (
>
> Anyone done this?
>
> Thanks
> RonM2
>
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