[Xerte-dev] Re: Mac Safari browser bug

Tom Reijnders reijnders at tor.nl
Wed Jun 12 11:05:07 BST 2013


No you can't...
But if we know how to fix it, we'll figure out a way to get it in SVN.

Op 12-6-2013 12:00, Julian Tenney schreef:
>
> Try opening /editor/wizard.fla in the Xerte svn
>
> You'll need to save back to flash 8, nt sure if you can from cs5..?
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of 
> *Smith, John
> *Sent:* 12 June 2013 10:53
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Mac Safari browser bug
>
> CS5... will that do?
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith
>
> Learning Technologist
>
> School of Health & Life Sciences
>
> Glasgow Caledonian University
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> 
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of 
> *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:46 AM
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Mac Safari browser bug
>
> Have you got a copy of flash?
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> 
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of 
> *Smith, John
> *Sent:* 12 June 2013 10:43
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Mac Safari browser bug
>
> Looks to me like that _blank is being accessed after upload.php has 
> returned a result (onLoad) but then not sure what the line:
>
> wizard.getURLHelper.getURL(wizard.nfoObject.wizard.runtime, "_blank", 
> "POST");
>
> is doing since it is still referencing POST also...
>
> Not really sure where we go with this or whether we even spend a lot 
> of time trying to fix it... is a high enough proportion of people 
> using Safari?
>
> If you have time and want to still in a few debug statements then I'll 
> take another look at it. Can you send data to the console easily from 
> Flash? Just stuff like "File sent", "onLoad fired" "Returned data:..." 
> or whatever you think would help...
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith
>
> Learning Technologist
>
> School of Health & Life Sciences
>
> Glasgow Caledonian University
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> 
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of 
> *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:32 AM
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Mac Safari browser bug
>
> It's done like this:
>
> if(!xerte){
>
> if(_root.read_and_write=="true"){
>
>                 var result_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
>
>                 var send_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
>
>                send_lv.filedata = wizard.xmlStr;
>
>                 send_lv.filename = wizard.fileName;
>
>                 send_lv.fileupdate = update; //update the play_XXX 
> file or not?
>
>                 send_lv.filesize = wizard.xmlStr.length;
>
> send_lv.sendAndLoad(_root.savepath, result_lv, "POST");
>
>                 results_lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean){
>
> wizard.createEmptyMovieClip('getURLHelper', 9999);
>
> wizard.getURLHelper.data = KOData.format();
>
> wizard.getURLHelper.getURL(wizard.nfoObject.wizard.runtime, "_blank", 
> "POST");
>
>                 }
>
>            }
>
>      }else{
>
> The _blank is for the preview window (I think?)
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> 
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of 
> *Smith, John
> *Sent:* 12 June 2013 10:23
> *To:* xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Mac Safari browser bug
>
> Hmm interesting. Anyone know if this is the likely cause? Does the 
> wizard post the data to a _blank target?
>
> Can this easily be changed to post somewhere else, possibly a hidden 
> _i_frame or new window?
>
> Regards
>
> John Smith
> Learning Technologist
> School of Health and Life Sciences
>
> Sent from Samsung Galaxy SII
>
>
>
>
> Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:d_b_burnett at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> What's the target?
>
> "no, everything works in other browsers. I just fixed this though by 
> first opening a window with javascript and then submitting the form to 
> that window. safari doesn't like the _blank for some reason -- 
> user740521 <http://stackoverflow.com/users/740521/user740521>Apr 5 at 
> 20:41 
> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15842043/php-post-array-empty-after-form-submit-on-safari-using-yii-framework#comment22543805_15842043>"
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk <mailto:J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk>
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:48:33 +0100
> CC: graham at editeur.org <mailto:graham at editeur.org>
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Mac Safari browser bug
>
> Hi,
>
> Anyone out there with the ability to debug the wizard who is using a Mac?
>
> This bug has been floating around now for a while now and I thought it 
> was related to the Firefox Cookie bug but it doesn't appear to be... 
> and ii've been able to reproduce it here...
>
> Anyway, when you try to upload media in any browser other than Safari 
> the file is POSTed to the script upload.php and this php file tries to 
> write the data to server disk... If you monitor the Network in the 
> Developer Tools or Firebug then you see the file upload.php appear...
>
> If you try to do this in Safari though then upload.php never appears 
> so doesn't appear to be POSTed to... if you press the little 
> magnifying glass to preview the image then file_exists.php fires in 
> both Safari and every other browser... strangely enough - if the file 
> is very large then you get the progress bar which gradually increases 
> as if the data is being sent....
>
> Anyone have any idea why the wizard doesn't appear to POST to 
> upload.php in Safari?
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith
>
> Learning Technologist
>
> School of Health & Life Sciences
>
> Glasgow Caledonian University
>
> *From:*Graham Bell [mailto:graham at editeur.org]
> *Sent:* Friday, May 31, 2013 12:32 PM
> *To:* Smith, John
> *Subject:* Re: [Xerte] FW: Xerte (nice example and a browser bug report)
>
> Hi John -- not sure how I find the version of Xerte -- it's provided 
> to us by Alastair. I'll take a look at the console when I get a chance 
> (next week, as I'm travelling at the moment).
>
> Graham
>
> Graham Bell
>
> EDItEUR
>
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>
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> On 31 May 2013, at 07:15, Smith, John wrote:
>
> Hi Graham,
>
> I've had a look into this and I can't replicate it. I too am using 
> Version 5.1.9 (6534.59.8) and it works as expected, not really sure 
> why yours wouldn't. Are you using v2.0 of XOT or an older version?
>
> Also, do you see any error messages in the console  when you do this?
>
> ·Preferences --> Advanced, Check "Show develop in menu bar"
>
> ·Menu-->Develop --> Show Web Inspector
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith
>
> Learning Technologist
>
> School of Health & Life Sciences
>
> Glasgow Caledonian University
>
> *From:*Graham Bell [mailto:graham at editeur.org]
> *Sent:*Monday, May 20, 2013 12:15 PM
> *To:*Smith, John
> *Subject:*Re: [Xerte] FW: Xerte (nice example and a browser bug report)
>
> Hi John
>
> I can easily replicate if I have to, but as I remember, the issue 
> occurred when I tried to add an image to any of the pages.
>
> Using any page template that allows you to add an image (for example 
> the 'advanced image' page template, you click the [...] button and it 
> opens a window that allows you to select an image file (typically JPEG 
> or PNG). When you choose the file, a small upload progress window 
> opens, followed by a window that says 'Success'. You can dismiss this, 
> and the filename of the image is displayed. You can then use the 
> magnifier icon (image inspector) to preview the image.
>
> When using Safari (version 5.1.9), all goes as expected except that 
> the upload progress happens too quickly. The filename appears, but 
> clicking on the image inspector icon does not display the image -- it 
> gives you an error that says 'you must select media before you can 
> preview it'. Essentially, the image has not been uploaded. The 
> screenshot attached shows the result of clicking the Image Inspector 
> icon with an image that has been 'uploaded'.
>
> Safari CAN preview images that have been uploaded previously on a PC, 
> or via another Mac browser, and images 'uploaded' with Safari CANNOT 
> be previewed with another browser, so the problem is not with the 
> image inspector itself.
>
> Now it has to be admitted that v5.1.9 of Safari is not the 'latest and 
> greatest', but it's still reasonably common as the latest that can be 
> run on the previous iteration of Mac OS X (Snow Leopard). I guess 
> before you investigate further, you should try it out on current 
> Safari on Mountain Lion.
>
> Regards
>
> Graham
>
> Graham Bell
>
> EDItEUR
>
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>
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> On 17 May 2013, at 21:59, Smith, John wrote:
>
> Hi Graham,
>
> Just following up on Alistair's email as I didn't get a reply, but I 
> sent it back to the list...
>
> I'll investigate this for you, I don't often use Safari but haven't 
> noticed any issues when i have, although this hasn't been recently.
>
> Can you tell me if its the upload button in the Flash wizard or the 
> media upload button in the properties panel? And what is it that 
> doesn't work? Do you get the file system popup? Can you choose a file? 
> What happens once you've selected the file?
>
> I suspect it might be session related, similar to the Firefox/Flash 
> bug that took us a while to fix, but if it is this then it should be 
> easy to implement a fix for Safari.
>
> Regards
>
> John Smith
> Learning Technologist
> School of Health and Life Sciences
>
> Sent from Samsung Galaxy SII
>
>
>
> Alistair McNaught <Alistair.McNaught at HEAcademy.ac.uk 
> <mailto:Alistair.McNaught at HEAcademy.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>
> A colleague of mine has been working on this metadata LO 
> --http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_281
>
> He wanted to report back an issue with Safari on a Mac. Highlighted below.
>
> Any other Mac/Safari  users experienced this?
>
> A
>
> From: Graham Bell [mailto:graham at editeur.org]
> Sent: 12 May 2013 16:19
> To: Alistair McNaught
> Subject: Xerte
>
> Hi Alistair
>
> Just another quick report on Xerte for the developers. I found the 
> upload functionality for images and audio does not work in Safari -- 
> but does work in Chrome on my Mac.
>
> Now I've finished off the LO on metadata (let me know what you 
> think!), I might have a go with the Toolkits tool. The LO was 
> originally written as a single HTML5 page, so might well be suited.
>
> Graham
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Graham Bell
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>
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