AtPresent Editor Help - Basic elements

Basic elements

Basic elements compose visible content of presentation.

Image
Text
Audio object
Cursor
Mouse click

Image
Image object - any image of type .png, .gif, .jpg.

To add a new image from project's resources you have to execute a command "Add to screen" from menu Resources for selected resource or just Drag necessary resource from resources panel and Drop it to editor area.
You can add a new image by pressing a corresponding button on the Tool bar or via menu Objects. In this case a new image file will be imported in the project.

Properties

Name	Description
Name	Name of the image object.
Box	Bounds of element. Format is "x,y,width,height". You can change this property in a dialog window that can be opened by clicking button.
Rotation angle	Value of element's initial rotation angle. Allowed range of values: from -180 to 180 degree. Note. Editor currently can not show rotation of objects. You can inspect result in browser when you are previewing the presentation.
Transparency alpha	Initial element's transparency value.
z-order	Value of element's depth.
File	Path to the image file on the file system. This property is read-only.
Resource	Path to the image resource in resources tree. This property is read-only.
Hide on screen end	This switch defines if element rests visible on next screens.
Moving allowed	This switch defines if element can change its location.
Resizing allowed	This switch defines if element can change its size. Default value is "no". If you change the size of this element, image will be stretched.

Text
Text element is a rectangular area that contains any text.
Text can be taken from resource file (.txt, .html) or from Text property of this element.
Also, You can define a text element as a reference on input field. In this case the content of such text element will be equal to user input.
If content text starts with "<html>" tag, all the text will be treated as html text.

Note.
Macromedia Flash supports only limited set of html tags*, so html text can look damaged or invisible in your published presentation. You can inspect text look in the browser at the time of previewing the presentation.

To add a new text that is based on resource file you have to execute a command "Add to screen" from menu Resources for selected resource or just Drag necessary resource from resources panel and Drop it to editor area.
You can add a new text that is not linked to any files by pressing a corresponding button on the Tool bar or via menu Objects.

Note.
We recommend you to add long texts via resource files to decrease a size of presentation's description xml file.

Properties

Name	Description
Name	Name of the text object.
Align	Alignment of the text content inside text element's area. For html texts editor ignore the value of this property, but it will take effect in published presentation viewed by browser.
Background color	Background color of text's area. If this property is undefined, text element will be transparent.
Border	This switch defines if the element has a border.
Border color	Color of element's border. Default value is a black color.
Box	Bounds of element. Format is "x,y,width,height". You can change this property in a dialog window that can be opened by clicking button.
Font	A set of font properties (font name, font size, font style) used for this text element. You can change this property in a dialog window that can be opened by clicking button.
Font color	Color of used font. Default value is a black color.
Selectable	This switch defines if content of this text field can be selected by User in published presentation viewed by browser.
z-order	Value of element's depth.
File	Path to the text file on the file system. This property is read-only.
Resource	Path to the text resource in resources tree. This property is read-only.
Text	Content text for the element that is not linked to resource file. You can change this property in a dialog window that can be opened by clicking button.
Text from Input object	Reference on the input field. Text content of this element at run-time will be equal to user input for referenced input field.
Hide on screen end	This switch defines if element rests visible on next screens.
Typing animated	This switch defines if content of this text field must appear progressively, letter by letter.
Typing interval(msec)	Value of time interval between two sequential letter outputs (in milliseconds).
Use skin frame	Name of a frame that will be displayed around this text element at run-time (when presentation will be viewed in the browser). This frame is not displayable in editor.
Vertical scrollbar	This switch defines if vertical scrollbar should be displayed at run-time (when presentation will be viewed in the browser). Scrollbar will be displayed by Player only if text content will not fit into text element area. This scrollbar is not displayable in editor.
Moving allowed	This switch defines if element can change its location.
Resizing allowed	This switch defines if element can change its size.

Note.
AtPresent Editor is not a WYSIWYG editor regarding text elements, so the look of the text can be different inside editor area and in published presentation viewed by browser.
We recommend you to inspect the text look at the time of presentation previewing.
And what is more, remember, please, that font used in your presentation can be absent on the client computer, so a final look of the text can be different from the planned appearance.

Audio object
Audio object - any .mp3 sound file.
This element is not displayable on editor area.

To add a new audio from project's resources you have to execute a command "Add to screen" from menu Resources for selected resource or just Drag necessary resource from resources panel and Drop it to editor area.
You can add a new audio object by pressing a corresponding button on the Tool bar or via menu Objects. In this case a new audio file will be imported in the project.

Properties

Name	Description
Name	Name of the audio object.
File	Path to the text file on the file system. This property is read-only.
Resource	Path to the text resource in resources tree. This property is read-only.
Volume	This property defines a volume of this audio.
Wait for loading	This switch defines if Player must wait until audio file will be downloaded to client computer before starting the screen.
Loop	This switch defines if audio must be played repeatedly.
Stop playing on screen end	This switch defines if playing the audio must be stopped when presentation goes to next screen.

Cursor
A cursor object serves to represent a system mouse pointer.
This object is displayed on editor by a special sign and lays above all other elements by z-order.

Properties

Name	Description
Name	Name of the cursor object.
Show at mouse position	This switch defines if the initial location of this element must be the same as a location of system mouse cursor.
Location	This property defines fixed location of the element.
Pointer type	This property allows you choosing the type of pointer to be displayed.
Hide on screen end	This switch defines if element rests visible on next screens.
Moving allowed	This switch defines if element can change its location. Note. If cursor has a property Show at mouse position switched on, it will be showed at (0,0) location of editor area and could not be moved.

Mouse click
Mouse click is a special object that serves to emulate mouse clicks in your presentation.
At run-time a special sign (that is a part of a Skin) will be displayed at the end of the screen on that this element is placed.

Properties

Name	Description
Name	Name of the mouse click object.
Location	This property defines fixed location of the element.
z-order	Value of element's depth.
Doubleclick	This switch defines if element must emulate a single mouse click or a double-click.
Moving allowed	This switch defines if element can change its location.

*From Macromedia Flash MX Help:
The following HTML tags are supported in text fields: <A>, , , , , , , and .
The following HTML attributes are supported in text fields: LEFTMARGIN, RIGHTMARGIN, ALIGN, INDENT, and LEADING.

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