[Xerte] Re: FW: Re: desktop xerte js syntax to call swf function

[Julian Tenney]

can you not flush that data through to some javascript as the user ges along, then you wn't have to reach into the swf for it when the browser closes?
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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of KnowledgeWare [knowledgeware at kccsoft.com]
Sent: 20 January 2014 18:43
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] FW:  Re: desktop xerte js syntax to call swf function

Hello Julian:

On browser ‘close’ I was trying to write a cookie to the hard drive which contains an array of the menu items the user has done, etc.. But I believe there is a function in Flash where the program should, in theory, write a cookie on shutdown, possibly that will work.

Question on the desktop xerte ‘Publish’ feature.  Is there a way to change where it publishes the files? The helpfile shows C:\Documents and Settings but I cannot access that directory without resetting permissions. Is there a path somewhere I can change to make it publish to a more friendly location?

BTW I really like the desktop version in spite of my whining and questions….hate to see it go….hoping some of it may someday show up in toolkits (like framework icons!).

Thanks
RonM2  : - )

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 12:13 AM
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: desktop xerte js syntax to call swf function

What are you trying to do? Intuitively, this seems a long winded way of achieving it…

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of KnowledgeWare
Sent: 17 January 2014 00:00
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Subject: [Xerte] desktop xerte js syntax to call swf function

Can anyone see anything wrong with this… this is in the index.htm page that loads my RLO. I’m loading a swf file in the RLO that calls the ‘flashInititialized’ function below. The function runs, because if I remove the comments around the alert(‘xxxxx’) that will display.

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
myRLO = new rloObject('975','731','ron_acoustic.rlo');
</script>


    <script type="text/javascript">
    // called by our action script after initialization
   function flashInitialized()
    {

                //alert('xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');     THIS RUNS WHEN COMMENT REMOVED

      var isInternetExplorer = navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1;

      // get flash object
      //flash = isInternetExplorer ? document.all.myRLO.newMenu : document.myRLO.newMenu;
                flash = isInternetExplorer ? document.all.myRLO.newMenu : document.myRLO.newMenu;

WHAT SYNTAX SHOULD I BE USING HERE TO CALL A FUNCTION IN THE SWF LOADED BY THE RLO? NONE OF THESE WILL RUN….
      // call action script function
      flash.setText('Hello from javascript via xerte RLO');
      //myRLO.newMenu.setText('Hello from javascript via xerte RLO');
      //_level0.engine.newMenu.setText('Hello from javascript via xerte RLO');
    }

    </script>


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