As with the Pre-defined Resources Panel, up to two fields from the Sample Data set may be associated with a Generic Resource Panel. One field contains the pathname to an external JPG or SWF resource file. An optional second field may also be defined in the Sample Data file, containing an associated URL. If the designer provides this second field then the resource items displayed in the UI become clickable and provide the end-user with the means to hit the associated URL. The designer uses the Sample Field ID Property to associate a Generic Resource Panel with a custom-defined Sample Data field containing an external resource pathname. Similarly, the Sample URL Field ID is used to associate the Generic Resource Panel with a custom-defined Sample Data field containing a related URL.
For example, consider a Pollstar100 Application for displaying content relating to a list of software products. The designer may choose to use the Pre-defined Resources Panel to display thumbnails of each product and URL links to product specific web-pages. The designer could then also define a Generic Resource Panel instance for displaying the logos of the companies responsible for each product and URL links to the homepage of each companies' website.
Any number of Generic Resource Panel Components may be defined within a Pollstar100 Application.
Custom XML Tag
Use the following XML tag to define a Generic Resource Panel Component within your Custom XML file:
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Common Panel Properties
Generic Resource Panel Components inherit the following common Panel Properties:
Component Visibility Properties
General Panel Properties
Location Properties
Margins Properties
Image Properties
Opacity Properties
Specialised Properties
In addition to the above, Generic Resource Panel Components also inherit the following specialised Properties:
Unique ID
Use this field to provide a unique ID for a specific instance of the Generic Resource Panel Component.
Sample Field ID
Use this Property to associate a Generic Resource Panel instance with a custom-defined Sample Data field containing external resource pathnames.
Sample URL Field ID
Use this Property to associate a Generic Resource Panel instance with a custom-defined Sample Data field containing URLs relating to external resource pathnames.
URL Target
Use this Property to specify the type of browser window that is used to display a Resource related URL.
Counting Hits
Use this Property in order to record the number of hits received for a Resource related URL.
Resource Opacity
Use this Property to define the percentage opacity of each Resource item displayed in the panel.
Default Property Values
The following default Property values are defined for Generic Resource Panel Components:
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Property Name
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Default Value
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Visible
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true
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X
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undefined
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Y
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undefined
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Width
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undefined
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Height
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undefined
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Margins
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0, 0, 0, 0
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Scale
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70
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Horizontal
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false
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Image
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default
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Opacity
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100
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BorderRadius
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0
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BorderColour
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0
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BorderWeight
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0
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Colours
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undefined
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CountHits
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false
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UniqueID
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undefined
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SampleFieldID
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undefined
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SampleURLFieldID
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undefined
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URLTarget
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_blank
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ResourceOpacity
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100
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Related Topics
The Resources Panel
Using Generic Components To Extend the UI
