I am wondering how involved it would be to convert this script http://www.rggooglemap.com/en/dev/rgcountdown.html which is for mootools v1.11 to use for mootools v1.2.1 without knowing a lick of mootools?
Hi there, I have played around with mootools before and it seems its documentation is very good. So if you do the upgrade and something no longer works properly or any of the functions are different it is probably not too hard to look up in the documentation of mootools how to use those functions and adjust the code accordingly. There is always the chance it would work just fine with either version as long as you have the right classes and functions added into the script. Ryan
ryan: thats just not true. 1.11 and 1.2.1 have some significant CORE CHANGES that affect number of functions, structures, declarations and methods. it changes the way classes are implemented and a lot more... conversions between the two can be a pain although once you get the hang of it, it is a breeze... last month i converted 3,000 lines of 1.11 code to 1.2.1... for a countdown script, i doubt it woul dbe that hard though the problem for this countdown is: there is no download link and the author uses a dean edwards packed version: eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return(c<a?"":e(parseInt(c/a)))+((c=c%a)>35?String.fromCharCode(c+29):c.toString(36))};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[e(c)]=k[c]||e(c)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('8 w=n u({5:{t:m,4:m,6:m,9:m,a:m,e:r,I:\'%4% 4 \',A:\'%6% 6 \',E:\'%9% 11 \',G:\'%a% 12\',s:\'M\',C:u.z,H:u.z},N:f(h,5){2.W(5);2.h=h;2.B=d.v($7()/o);2.e=n O(h.P).x()/o;b(2.e==\'Q\')k;b(!2.e)k;2.3=2.e-2.B;b(2.3<0&&2.5.t==r){2.y();k}2.q()},q:f(){8 3=2.3;2.x();2.J(2.7);b(2.3<=0&&2.5.t==r){2.y();k}b(3!=2.3){2.F(\'C\',2.7)}(f(){2.q()}.R(2)).S(T)},x:f(){8 c=V;8 g=X;8 l=Y;2.3=2.e-d.v($7()/o);b(2.3<=0){2.3=2.e-d.v($7()/o);2.3=2.3*(-1);8 4=2.5.4?d.j(2.3/c):0;8 6=2.5.6?d.j((2.3-(4*c))/g):0;8 9=2.5.9?d.j((2.3-(4*c)-(6*g))/l):0;8 a=2.5.a?2.3-(4*c)-(6*g)-(9*l):0}10{8 4=2.5.4?d.j(2.3/c):0;8 6=2.5.6?d.j((2.3-(4*c))/g):0;8 9=2.5.9?d.j((2.3-(4*c)-(6*g))/l):0;8 a=2.5.a?2.3-(4*c)-(6*g)-(9*l):0}2.7={4:4,6:6,9:9,a:a}},J:f(){2.h.D(2.L())},L:f(){8 i=\'\';b(2.7.4>0){i+=2.5.I.p(\'%4%\',2.7.4)}b(2.7.4>0||2.7.6>0){i+=2.5.A.p(\'%6%\',2.7.6)}b(2.7.4>0||2.7.6>0||2.7.9>0){i+=2.5.E.p(\'%9%\',2.7.9)}i+=2.5.G.p(\'%a%\',2.7.a);k i},y:f(){2.h.D(2.5.s);2.F(\'H\',2.5.s)}});w.K(n U);w.K(n Z);',62,65,'||this|remaining|days|options|hours|time|var|minutes|seconds|if|day|Math|target|function|hour|el|str|floor|return|minute|true|new|1000|replace|tick|false|message|countplus|Class|round|Countdown|getTime|done|empty|formatHours|now|onTick|setHTML|formatMinutes|fireEvent|formatSeconds|onComplete|formatDays|display|implement|format|Expired|initialize|Date|innerHTML|NaN|bind|delay|500|Options|86400|setOptions|3600|60|Events|else|mins|secs'.split('|'),0,{})) HTML: quite frankly - as long as countdown.js is available in plaintext for dev, it should not be too difficult for such a small script.
not in 99% of the instances. for example: setHTML deprecated, now part of set("html", blah) or set ({ html: blah, other props }); setText removed setProperty -> set getProperty -> get getStyle/s and setStyle/s is now via get("styles") or set("styles", { css }); etc etc. the list is quite long. you can include all the 'right' classes and functions this won't make a difference as you reference core functions that have changed...