Timeline query

[JLS_RBL]

There doesn't appear to be a way to assign a script id to objects inserted onto a timeline object, how would you access anything to modify it programmatically if none of the objects have script id's? My example being changing text in a textbox object. The only easy way I have found is to have different textbox objects inserted onto the timeline that are visible on different frames of the timeline and then setting the appropriate frame programmatically.

[Hippani]

This is a feature we hope to add soon. It's very tricky. e.g. What happens if you duplicate the timeline object?

[leorod]

To reference the inner object we need to link together both parent and child "Script IDs".
For example, let's suppose we identify the Timeline object with ScriptID = "Card1" and an inner TextBox with ScriptID = "Title".
For scripting the TextBox we would have to use "Card.Title".
If we duplicate the Timeline object with ScriptID "Card2" the TextBox full real SciprtID would be "Card2.Title".

[Hippani]

Yep, that's exactly the plan.

[leorod]

Great. By the way, I have a question:
Will it be possible to access an object from Javascript using document.getElemetnById("ScirptID")?

[Hippani]

Not any time soon. The element id different from the node id. I'll add DOM manipulation to our suggestion, however, the player doesn't really have a DOM.

[leorod]

It would be enough to have a function that take a "ScriptID" and return the appropiate "DOM id".
Then we can use getElementById with that DOM id.
I know that what we do manipulating the DOM will not work in the Player but having that capability give us a tool to do many interesting things that we can not do otherwise.
This would be a great feature for advanced users and, I guess, is not too hard to implement.

[Reza]

Hi, I want to use TimelineSetSpeed() but it is not working!
I have a timeline inside another timeline and I want to change the speed of the inner timeline.
My parent timeline ScriptID is "frame1" and my inner timeline ScriptID is "ghalbha" but when I code something like this: TimelineSetSpeed("frame1.ghalbha",3); there is no error but it won't work too!

is there anyway to change the speed of inner timeline?
it will be okay if there is something like "this" object or "current" object that I can use inside the inner timeline. then I can write TimelineSetSpeed(this,3); or TimelineSetSpeed(current,3);
I specially need to manage the speed of the timeline by itself! can you please guide me?

thanks
Reza

[leorod]

Hi Reza,
I made a simple movie to test you issue.
setspeed.hani (857 B).
As you said,  TimelineSetSpeed is not working in the Player for a nested Timeline, but is working fine on the exported HTML.
This problem must be fixed by the Hippani team.
Meanwhile, use the HTML instead the Player to test your movie, it's not comfortable but is a workaround.

[reza]

Yes, You are right.
Thanks for your quick reply.

I will test my project on HTML.

thanks

[Hippani]

We'll check out the speed issue.

[Hippani]

A fix for this is now in the latest update.

[leorod]

Thanks Gordon, it's works perfect now.