MatchWare Mediator 9 Documentation

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The Input object .............................................................................................................. 254 Input object properties: Input tab .............................................................................. 255 Input object properties: Text tab ............................................................................... 256 Input object properties: Scroll tab ............................................................................. 257 The List Box object ......................................................................................................... 257 List Box properties: List box tab ............................................................................... 259 List Box properties: Text tab ..................................................................................... 260 List Box properties: Color tab ................................................................................... 261 The ActiveX object .......................................................................................................... 261 Events .................................................................................................................................... 264 Actions ................................................................................................................................... 268 Standard .......................................................................................................................... 268 Go to Page (Standard tab) ....................................................................................... 268 Show/Hide (Standard tab) ........................................................................................ 271 Timeline (Standard tab) ............................................................................................ 273 Set Cursor (Standard Tab) ....................................................................................... 276 Move Cursor (Standard tab) ..................................................................................... 276 Exit (Standard tab) .................................................................................................... 277 Multimedia ....................................................................................................................... 277 Set Property (Multimedia tab) ................................................................................... 277 Animate (Multimedia tab) ......................................................................................... 280 Animation Effect (Multimedia tab) ............................................................................ 282 Animation Track (Multimedia tab) ............................................................................. 285 Sound (Multimedia tab) ............................................................................................ 290 Sound Volume (Multimedia tab) ............................................................................... 291 Start/Stop/Pause (Multimedia tab) ........................................................................... 292 Wind (Multimedia tab) .............................................................................................. 293 Drag & Drop (Multimedia tab) ................................................................................... 293 CD Audio (Multimedia tab) ....................................................................................... 294 External ........................................................................................................................... 295 Execute (External tab) .............................................................................................. 295 Web Link (External tab) ............................................................................................ 296 INI File (External tab) ............................................................................................... 297 Open Doc (External tab) ........................................................................................... 299 Email (External tab) .................................................................................................. 300 Open MD8 Doc (External tab) .................................................................................. 302 Report (External tab) ................................................................................................ 303 File actions (External tab) ......................................................................................... 305 Programming................................................................................................................... 307 Assign (Programming tab) ........................................................................................ 307 If (Programming tab)................................................................................................. 308 Loop/Break (Programming tab) ................................................................................ 310 Sub Procedure (Programming tab) .......................................................................... 311 Script (Programming tab) ......................................................................................... 311 Set List Box Data (Programming tab)....................................................................... 312 Message Box (Programming tab) ............................................................................. 315 Database ......................................................................................................................... 316 DB Pointer (Database tab) ....................................................................................... 316 DB SQL (Database tab) ........................................................................................... 316 SCORM ........................................................................................................................... 317 Set SCORM Variable (SCORM tab) ......................................................................... 317 Get SCORM Variable (SCORM tab) ........................................................................ 319 Resources ............................................................................................................................. 321 The Database Resource ................................................................................................. 321 The HTTP Request resource .......................................................................................... 322 System variables ................................................................................................................... 325 Functions ............................................................................................................................... 329 SQL statements ..................................................................................................................... 337 4
Appendix .......................................................................................................... 340 Appendix 1: Keyboard shortcuts ........................................................................................... 340 Appendix 2: <strong>Mediator</strong> object properties ................................................................................. 342 Appendix 3: Macro objects .................................................................................................... 355 Appendix 4: <strong>Mediator</strong> action objects ..................................................................................... 359 Index ................................................................................................................. 361 5
Page 1 and 2: MatchWare Mediator 9 Documentation
Page 3: Exporting to CD-ROM (with installat
Page 7 and 8: EDUCATIONAL LICENSES Commercial use
Page 9 and 10: Introduction Welcome First of all,
Page 11 and 12: Text object: Mediator's text object
Page 13 and 14: Mediator 9 feature list Mediator al
Page 15 and 16: Actions/Resources Standard HTML FLA
Page 17 and 18: Installation Stand-alone installati
Page 19 and 20: Quick Start The three basic steps T
Page 21 and 22: Browse through the style gallery, c
Page 23 and 24: Click Open to insert the picture. T
Page 25 and 26: If the Page list is not already ope
Page 27 and 28: Let us test the presentation to see
Page 29 and 30: To start test mode on the current p
Page 31 and 32: We can now assign an action to each
Page 33 and 34: Click the Browse button next to the
Page 35 and 36: Drop it to the right of the Move In
Page 37 and 38: Scroll down the events list. Selec
Page 39 and 40: You are ready to test the page. Do
Page 41 and 42: Click the Browse button next to 'Ob
Page 43 and 44: Customizing the Quick Access Toolba
Page 45 and 46: • The Events dialog is responsibl
Page 47 and 48: Resetting panels to their default p
Page 49 and 50: Planning your project The first ste
Page 51 and 52: Designing your project Working with
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Click the Mediator Button and choos
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Because some of the features and ef
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HTML tab This tab is only relevant
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You are free to edit or resize any
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Setting a password Mediator lets yo
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To prevent users from overwriting e
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Operations on multiple pages In sin
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The first thing to do before you ca
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• Press F3. All these methods are
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See "Object properties: General tab
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• To change the width or the heig
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Grouping objects Mediator lets you
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The four radio buttons on the left
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You can also change the Weight (i.e
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Click the Select button. The shape
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You can only use gray-scaled (8 bit
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Show: Uncheck this option to hide t
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once. The page layouts displayed co
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When you have finished viewing the
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A page that uses another page as a
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Using the master page tabs Once you
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…which means that if we later dec
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The left field lists all the keywor
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Opening the Events dialog You can o
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• To select several combinations,
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Placing and editing the actions is
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As soon as the user presses a key,
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• Right-click the page and choose
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Using project variables Mediator le
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This means that: Array[0] = 5 is th
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Using object expressions Object exp
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Using o8o files An o8o file is a Me
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If you are printing text or picture
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To select several words in one of t
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Overview of the Multimedia Catalog
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You can view the keywords associate
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Creating a category within the User
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Round Buttons: Here you will find a
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By default, the Properties panel is
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Drawing rectangles Click the Recta
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Notice that the curve is more accen
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Copying, pasting and cutting shapes
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Choose Arrange | Send to Back to se
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If necessary repeat the operation t
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Click the point that you want to mo
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Move the Delete Point cursor on the
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Making a point soft or sharp If you
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Star points: This property is speci
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B Select the Bezier tool E Select t
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In the Database Resource dialog, cl
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Resetting the database Once you hav
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(optional) Click SCORM settings. Th
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Using script Using runtime script U
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seconds and therefore block Mediato
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An important method is how to make
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Mediator goes through all the objec
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Ignore words with numbers: When ena
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Testing your project Even if you ar
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Locate the object or action causing
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Please refer to the "Mediator 9 fea
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• You cannot access the propertie
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Preparing for export Viewing and re
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Additional program files In additio
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Manual mode In manual mode, Mediato
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Data folders in large CD-ROM projec
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• Flash Only for projects of type
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Choose the export settings required
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Exporting as self-executable EXE fi
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With this export format, all the pr
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Quick export Click the Mediator Bu
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Exporting to Flash This topic descr
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Finalizing the export The export ma
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If you check this option, Mediator
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If you try to upload a project to a
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Selecting the Install folder The ne
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You can either customize one of the
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If upload is completed successfully
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Reference Pages Page properties: Ge
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Objects Common properties Object pr
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that instead of applying a separate
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Advantage: Memory is freed up. Disa
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Path: This field shows the path you
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Add Hotspot Selecting Add Hotspot c
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Fill gradient type: This lets you c
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• Press Ctrl + A to select all th
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Fill type: This property allows you
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• You can use the Effects command
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Non scale bottom: Specifies the num
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You can assign a background color t
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Transparent: This option is checked
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Transparent: When this is checked,
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Fill gradient type: This lets you c
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The advantage of streaming media is
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To insert a video, choose Insert |
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The Animated GIF object The Animate
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Flash object properties: Flash tab
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• Custom: If you select Custom th
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Picture alignment: Use this field t
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The Embedded Document object The Em
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You have two choices: • Clicking
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The Format tab contains the most co
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Input object properties: Scroll tab
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You can also display the contents o
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Selected background color: Use this
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The Available ActiveX Controls dial
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This is often combined with the Sho
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Collision This event occurs when tw
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Choose the page you require and clo
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= Acceleration = Deceleration = Acc
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Do not confuse transparent objects
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Selecting actions • To select an
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When you drop the action in the act
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Example 2: To make the height of on
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Object to animate: Here you select
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Object to animate: Here you select
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Calculating the overall duration Th
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Selecting and manipulating nodes An
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Once you have placed the node, you
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Cancel current midi sound: If this
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Wind (Multimedia tab) The Wind acti
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Stop / Play: The CD Audio action le
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To create a link to a web page ente
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Entry: Enter the specific entry in
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You can fill in all the fields of t
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Document path: Here you enter the n
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If you intend to export your projec
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Result: Here you may enter a boolea
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In other words: IF a condition is t
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The Break action does not have any
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List box object: Specifies the list
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Message Box (Programming tab) This
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SCORM Set SCORM Variable (SCORM tab
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Get SCORM Variable (SCORM tab) The
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Resources The Database Resource The
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Data can be any expression. You can
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System variables Mediator system va
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@PageRange (integer) Description: T
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Functions Mediator provides many di
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ARCSIN (1) = 1.571 (π/2) ARCSIN (0
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LEN (txt) LEN is short for "length"
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Examples: STRING (10) = "10" Conver
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SQL statements ODBC databases uses
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Outside the range '[!a-z]' '9' , '&
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F4 or Ctrl + F10 Show/Hide the Obje
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Animated GIF Properties Name Return
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GlowWidth Integer X X GlowX Integer
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TextFillGradientAngle Integer X X T
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GlowX Integer X X GlowY Integer X X
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ShadowColor Integer X X ShadowExclO
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GlowX Integer X X GlowY Integer X X
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Appendix 3: Macro objects This appe
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Name String X Objects Objects X X R
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Appendix 4: Mediator action objects
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Index .KIX search list ............
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DirectX ...........................
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List Box object ...................
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PHP code ..........................
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