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- This document is an introduction to running and building the AutoFinder
- ScriptX design example.
-
- To run:
-
- To start up Autofinder, double click on the autofind.sxt file. The first
- scene that appears is the MainMenu screen. This is a query into a used
- car database. Make your selections of what car classification, year and
- price you are interested in. (Note this is a demo and therefore the
- selections are limited!) Now choose one of 3 destinations, the Vehicle
- Comparison, the Map, or the Classifieds, to view the cars that match your
- criteria.
-
- The Vehicle Comparison scene graphs the properties shown in the x and y
- axis labels for each of the models in the database that matched your
- criteria. Change the properties by clicking on the x or y axis labels. In
- addition, to tailor your selections further, drag the model cars you are no
- longer interested in to the junyard label in the bottom right corner. The
- cars will drive off and be removed from your selected list. (Note: to once
- again add these cars, you must return to the main menu and make your
- selections again.)
-
- The Map scene shows the location of these cars by displaying a pushpin.
- Click on the pushpin to bring up a detail window on this car. The detail
- window shows a picture along with a description of the car by default.
- From here you can goto a detail map, or a notes page where you can type
- in additional information about the car. From either of these pages you
- have option to print.
-
- The Classifieds section shows a picture along with a short description
- of the cars that matched your criteria. Click on the right and left
- arrows to move through the pages.
-
-
- To build:
-
- The main title container for AutoFinder is "autofind.sxt". The title
- uses three library containers: "media.sxl", "cars.sxl", and "models.sxl".
- These library containers must be built before the title container.
-
- media.sxl - This library contains the media used by the AutoFinder
- main title. Open the "media" subfolder and run "media.sx" to
- rebuild the media library.
-
- models.sxl - This library contains information and graphics for
- models of automobiles. The user will select from these models.
- Open the "media" subfolder and run "mkmodels.sx" to rebuild the
- car models library.
-
- cars.sxl - This library contains the classified ads information
- which will be shown for the selected car models. Open the "media"
- subfolder and run "mkcarads.sx" to rebuild the car ad library.
-
- interfac.sxl - This library contains the accessory interface module
- defintion. This is necessary to enable AutoFinder to communicate
- with the Tape Measure Accessory object. This library is re-created
- everytime you run "loadme.sx". The interfac.sxl file can be
- independently created by "interfac.sx" located in the "source" subfolder.
-
- autofind.sxt - To rebuild the main title, open the "source" subfolder
- and run "loadme.sx". In that source file, the global variable
- "buildOnly" determines if the title container is rebuilt and
- replaced, or if instead the title is rebuilt and run from within
- the ScriptX authoring environment. Change "buildOnly" to "true"
- if you want to create a new "autofind.sxt" file.
-