Thanks, that's a huge help, even just as a reference. I was able to get everything working over the weekend with just a few core parameters, but this list should be really great to have on hand, and should make the rest of my coding a LOT easier.
On Jun 17, 8:11 am, mabra <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi ! > > From my personal feeling:This is not really well documented and I had > the same stress. Here a snippet, which I made working in my first > example: > > var evt = new Timeline.DefaultEventSource.Event > ({ > id: null, > start: Timeline.DateTime.parseGregorianDateTime(startdate), > end: Timeline.DateTime.parseGregorianDateTime(enddate), > latestStart: null, > earliestEnd: null, > instant: durationEvent, > text: taskname, > description: taskdesc, > image: eventimage, > link: "http://www.somewhere.com";, > icon: eventicon, > color: eventcolor, > textColor: eventtextcolor, > className: null, > tapeImage: null, > tapeRepeat: null, > caption: "Just a hint !", > eventID: null, > trackNum: null > > }); > > var es = tl.getBand(0).getEventSource(); > es.add(evt); > > tl.layout(); > > This code refers to alreading existing variables elsewhere > on my code. > This is a scripted event. What you are using is to use > the ajax interface to load from a url. I use this to update > my panel for new incoming events: > > tlEventSource.loadJSON(json, document.location.href); > > But this is json, not a scripted insert and so - naturally - you > cannot refer to local variables! > > Hope, this helps! > > br++mabra > > On Jun 16, 10:16 pm, John S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I feel like I'm hung up on one big step right now. Since this is all > > done through ajax, I'm updating/creating/editing on the client side, > > and I've been digging through the discussion pages and documentation, > > and I found this code to help with dynamically handling events, but I > > can't get them to load, and I'm really stumped on why. > > > var eventsJson = [ > > { > > "start": timestart, > > "title": title, > > "icon": icon} > > > ]; > > > eventSource.loadJSON({ "events": eventsJson }, > > document.location.href); > > > timestamp, title, and icon are all variables. the date is formatted > > like this, 2007-05-05 22:00:00. > > > There aren't any errors being generated either, so I'm really not sure > > why this isn't working, but I'd definitely appreciate any feedback > > anyone might have. > > > On Jun 15, 11:53 am, John S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Mike, thanks for the response. I'm really starting to play around with > > > SIMILE and get my feet wet with it. > > > > I'm currently working on a way to load content more dynamically. Right > > > now I'm loading it with a JSON call, and I wanted to see if there was > > > a way to clear the current events and assign all new ones? This will > > > reflect filtering by category options that I have in place for my maps > > > already. I am able to rebuild the JSON string without any problems, > > > but I'm having a hard time finding any very specific documentation. > > > > I also wanted to see, does anyone know a page that shows all of the > > > event params that gives a desc of them? I'm currently going by example > > > just viewing the sample timelines, but I was hoping there was > > > something a bit more official and complete. > > > > Thanks! > > > > On Jun 13, 9:08 am, Michael Nosal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > John, > > > > This is perfectly fine to do. > > > > All that the Simile loaders do is extract data from a data source > > > > (JSON, XML, SPARQL) create new Event objects and push into an > > > > EventSource object. It's really easy to write your own function to do > > > > the same. > > > > > With a little extra work, creating/editing/removing timeline elements > > > > is also straightforward to do. You don't need to wipe out the entire > > > > timeline, just manipulate the Events inside an EventSource and call > > > > .paint() when you're ready to update the timeline display. You can > > > > create new events, edit existing ones and remove old ones. This can be > > > > done with a little UI for the user inside the browser, or you could be > > > > fetching updates from a server (e.g. an RSS feed of events) for a > > > > dynamic display. > > > > > --Mike > > > > > On Jun 10, 2011, at 11:15 AM, John S wrote: > > > > > > I'm just getting started with SIMILE, and I have to express that I'm > > > > > very impressed with this. I'm currently working on a project that > > > > > initially took me to the TIMEMAP project, but after looking at how it > > > > > integrates with google maps, I decided this is where I should be > > > > > working from directly. > > > > > > I wanted to just get a bit of conversation moving on how feasible this > > > > > sounds.. My project at the moment is a google maps wizard using v3 of > > > > > their api. The wizard does a bit of everything, clustering, category > > > > > filters, 2d sortable arrays of all visible markers, and a slew of > > > > > other smaller features. I initially looked into TIMEMAP because it's > > > > > built to use SIMILE, but after looking closer, they create a timemap, > > > > > and create the map inside of it, which doesn't work for the additional > > > > > functionality that I have in place already. > > > > > > What I'd like to do.. I'd like to be create a custom loader that > > > > > doesn't use xml, instead I'd like to send it an array of map markers. > > > > > All of the same data from the xml can be inside the markers, and I'd > > > > > just create my own loader. > > > > > > The extended functionality I'd need would be the ability to load, > > > > > modify, and remove items in the timeline on an individual basis - > > > > > dynamically. As a worst case, I could wipe the timeline and have it > > > > > reload the new info, though I'd rather not go that route. > > > > > > I wanted to see what you guys thought about this, and if it's very > > > > > possible? I know SIMILE is a pretty impressive tool, but I haven't > > > > > been able to dig through it enough yet to see if some of these > > > > > features already exist or not. What does everyone think about this? Do > > > > > you see a lot of issues with something like this or does this sound > > > > > like something pretty feasible? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en.
