Xpos're Software
For Rich Internet Publications

A. Basic package

This includes everything required for a basic enhanced publication: the textbrowser and related files, the simple demo for an easy start-up, and the image viewer. You can also download the documentation. If you are going to use overlays, you may want to download the complete software from the GreyBox site.
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B. Extensions

Usage:

  • Unzip the download package: SWF files go in the project directory where Textbrowser.swf is, the files in the package's visuals directory are to be copied to the project's visuals folder.
  • The Xpos're Flash extensions read the path to the visuals directory from Textbrowser.xml, which is included in the extension package to let it work outside a project, however, you can use your own version of this XML file. If the file is missing, nothing happens.
  • The instructions for the extensions (in the form of a HTML file, e.g. MyImageGallery.html) are to be located in the visuals directory. The code of this HTML files must be XML compliant, so begin tags and end tags are required, and empty tags must follow the XML rule, for example <br/> and not <br>. Each component has a default instruction file (its name starts with Test_); use this file as a model for your own data.
  • Each component can also be used separately, outside the Flash textbrowser by opening its related HTML file. This is also what happens with the HTML-slides (if the extensions are used in Flash format), e.g.: ImageViewer.htm?param=MyImage.jpg. If no parameter is added, the default file in the visuals directory is used (see below).

1. Image viewer

Flash component that opens inside the enhanced publication. It allows zooming in and out on images (see example). Usage: href="event: add#ImageViewer.swf#MyImage.jpg". Default: visuals/Test_ImageViewer.jpg. If the use of Flash extensions is switched off, the image viewer falls back to the display of the image in the browser.
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2. Image gallery

Flash component that opens inside the enhanced publication. You can move from overview to single image view. Each image can have a caption, containing an optional link to the slide where the image occurs (see example). Usage: href="event: add#ImageGallery.swf#MyGallery.html". Default: visuals/Test_ImageGallery.html. If the use of Flash extensions is switched off, the image gallery falls back to a list of images.
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3. Slideshow

Flash component that opens inside the enhanced publication. Automatic slideshow with fade-in and fade-out (see example). Usage: href="event: add#ImageGallery.swf#MySlideshow.html". Default: visuals/Test_Slideshow.html. If the use of Flash extensions is switched off, the slideshow falls back to a list of images.
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4. Layered image

Flash component that opens inside the enhanced publication, used to display a set of stacked images: there a bottom image with one or more transparent images on top, which can be made visible / hidden by (un)checking checkboxes. Usage: href="event: add#ImageGallery.swf#MyStack.html". Default: visuals/Test_LayeredImage.html. If the use of Flash extensions is switched off, the layered images fall back to a list of images.
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5. Interactive map

HTML/Javascript clickable map with comments in a panel next to the map, displayed as an overlay (see example). It is meant only as an example because of the broad variety of interactive maps conceivable. Usage: href="event: add#InteractiveMap.swf#MyMap.html#width#height" (enter values in pixels).  This package contains only a visuals folder with files.
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6. Video

Two Flash video components for small en large videos.  Usage: href="event: add#VideoShow.swf#MyVideo.html".  Default: visuals/Test_video.flv. The video format must be native Flash, either .flv or .f4v, however, there are several conversion programs available on the Web (for example Pavtube,  MP4 to F4V for Mac, Leawo Video Converter and Adobe's Media Encoder. Currently Xpos're does not support a HTML solution.
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C. Other

1. Documentation

2. Resource map maker

XSLT file to convert the publication's XML text to an RDF resource map (OAI-ORE). A resource map is a RDF document describing an aggregation and its constituent objects for an enhanced publication. This is the resource map of the Simple demo. An ample description is to be found in ORE Specification - Abstract Data Model. See also the comments section in the XSLT file for more information.
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3. HTML Reader

HTML-Javascript application to display the HTML Plain output (or any HTML file with a similar mark-up) in a three column format: table of contents, main text (either the complete text or a section, i.e. a slide) and a sidebar. Main file: HTMLreader.html (may be renamed).
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