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HTML Showing In Visualization

We rendered a page today in one of our projects and noticed a few lines of HTML displaying on the simulated page.  

The culprit was a combination of a less than symbol (<) combined with an apostrophe (') as the default in a text input field. 

 

If this happens to you, just remove the apostrophe and the HTML will go away.

Black Boxes When Running iRise In Parallels

If like most of us here at OneSpring use iRise on an Apple Macintosh running Parallels, you may get black boxes around the menu items, icons, etc.

Parallels has a problem displaying transparent images that use a black background.

There are two fixes.  The quickest is to change your screen resolution to 16 bit.  In Windows XP, Right-click on your desktop and select "Properties".  Click on the "Settings" tab and change the "Color Quality" setting to "Medium (16 bit)".

The slightly more complex fix is to find the "iRiseStudio.lax" file, open in WordPad and add the following line to the bottom of the file:

sun.java2d.nodraw=2

Save the file and the black boxes should disappear.

Updating iRise License Files in Windows 7

There is a quirk in Windows 7 that caches the iRise license file.  When a license expires and you save a new one into the iRise Studio directory, you need to also clear the cache.

– Place the “irise.license” file in the – c:/program files/irise/studio – directory
– Go to your username folder at c: 
– Delete the entire folder at – local>virtual store>irise – (it will be recreated) 
– Start iRise

That's it!  iRise should now recognize the new license file.

iRise Find References Feature

Earlier today I was drafting functional requirements for a portlet within my visualization.  The portlet was created in iRise as a Master.  In order to ensure I captured requirements for the portlet that considered every instance of use in the visualization, I used the iRise Find References feature.  Here's how it works:

Locate the object to which you need to find all instances of use; in my case, a portlet.  Right click on the object and select 'Find References'. 

  

iRise will present a list of all locations in the visualization that contain the object.

 

The Find References feature works not only for Masters, but also:

• Scenarios
• Pages
• Decisions
• Clouds
• Datasheets

When iRise presents the list of References, you can quickly navigate to each location by selecting a location and clicking 'Jump To...".

Looking for help...

I'm starting a project in which we may use a rich interface, specifically an interface like Google Suggest or PinPoint.  Does anyone have anything like this built in iRise?  Of course I'll post the model back with any changes that I've made.

Thanks,
Scott

Importing .imfs

As part of building this community I often post an .imf file these contain pre-built models or components, for example the shopping cart .imf is a simulation based on the apple.com shopping cart.  To import these into iRise studio it's a slightly different process than importing .amfs or HTML files.  Here is a step-by-step guide for doing so.

1. Open iRise Studio
2. Select File > Manager this will display the "File Manager"

 

3. Right-click inside the right pane of File Manager this will display a menu

4. From this menu select "Import from File" and browse for the .imf to import into Studio

Shopping Cart Simulation

This model includes a basic shopping cart system, it provides the ability to add an item to the cart, update the quantity and checkout.  It stops once the user has logged in, feel free to update using your own checkout process.

Download shopping_cart.zip

Highlighting Navigation Menus

First I want to thank Yvette at iRise for helping out on this one. 

In this model I have created a master that includes a navigation menu with two options Page 1 and Page 2, I then call this master on both pages.  When the user selects a page in the menu the background is highlighted in blue to indicate which page the user is on. 

This is accomplished by placing a CHTML widget in the master and using a constant to define the page id.  When the user selects the link for Page 2 the "Page Id" constant value is set, the CHTML then looks for this value and shows the appropriate menu.

Download navigation_menu.zip

Keyboard Shortcuts

Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts in iRise Studio.

F1 = Open the Help System in a new browser
F2 = Makes an object's title editable in the Project Panel
F5 = Shows or Hides the Project Panel
F7 = Shows or Hides the Property Panel
F9 = Shows or Hides the Requirements Panel
F10 = Same as "Alt" key

From Low to High Fidelity in 5 clicks

This isn’t about the pros and cons of Low vs. High Fidelity, I’ll save that for another post.

Instead I want to share a technique using Master Files to build out your models in Low Fidelity then quickly switch to High Fidelity with just a few clicks. 

In the model, I have created 5 separate Masters each linking to a one color .gif image for the Low Fidelity background. Once your project is at a point where High Fidelity is needed just simply replace the .gif image (hence the 5 clicks, one for each master) with a new High Fidelity background.  All of your content and navigation will remain intact since it will be above the .gif in the Master file.

Download Low2High.zip