[Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?

Peter Huppertz peter.huppertz at baselgovernance.org
Wed Jul 7 14:31:47 BST 2010


If you use 

>  mdm.Dialogs.BrowseFileToSave.show();

you get a window, in which you can input a file name and click 'save'. It creates the file, copies Xerte.swf, etc. I think this is how it should work on Mac (and perhaps will also work on Windows?). I think mdm.Dialog.BrowseFile on Mac is only for browsing and selecting files, not for creating new ones.



On 07.07.2010, at 15:17, Julian Tenney wrote:

> The problem I had was:
> 
> I open Xerte on the mac.
> I want to create a new project.
> I click file, new...
> The dialog opens  - and I type in the filename... BUT WHERE DO I TYPE
> THE FILE NAME IN?????
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Peter
> Huppertz
> Sent: 07 July 2010 14:15
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?
> 
> Hopefully ... 
> 
> New project:
> 
> MainMenu.as
> 
> replace
> fileName = mdm.Dialogs.BrowseFile.show();
> with
> fileName = mdm.Dialogs.BrowseFileToSave.show();
> 
> forget about the three lines above.
> 
> Also I added a settings.as containing
> 
> 
> package org.xerteEditor 
> {
> 	
> 	import flash.system.Capabilities;
> 	
> 	public class Settings
> 	{	
> 		static public function get delimiter():String
> 		{
> 			var delimiter:String;
> 			var os:String = Capabilities.os;
> 			if (os.split(" ")[0] == "Windows") {
> 				delimiter = '\\';
> 			} else {
> 				delimiter = '/';
> 			}
> 			return delimiter;
> 		}
> 		
> 	}
> 
> }
> 
> In every file using paths replace the \\ with 
> 
> ' + Settings.delimiter + '
> 
> 
> 
> On 07.07.2010, at 15:00, Julian Tenney wrote:
> 
>> I think we have a chance down the zinc / mac road if we work through
> it
>> methodically and identify the issues and fix them.
>> 
>> I got stuck at the first hurdle, as I could not figure out how a mac
> new
>> file dialog allows you to create a new file, and so far, no one has
> told
>> me...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Peter
>> Huppertz
>> Sent: 07 July 2010 13:58
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?
>> 
>> I also tried again to get it work with the Mac version of Zinc.
> Replaced
>> the \\ with a separator var based on the OS, the user works on. But
>> every time I try to load the preview (Xerte.swf) it stops and crashes.
>> Apparently there is no log file?! 
>> Tried to replace Xerte.swf with a simple rectangular I drew in Flash,
>> nothing is displayed at all in the preview pane. Such a waste of time.
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 06.07.2010, at 17:42, Julian Tenney wrote:
>> 
>>> OK. Good to know. With more time we can probably work it out at some
>>> point,
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Peter
>>> Huppertz
>>> Sent: 06 July 2010 15:17
>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>> Subject: Re: [Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?
>>> 
>>> I spent the last two days to get an air version of Xerte3 running
>>> without success. I encountered the same problems you describe, having
>>> Sandbox security violations. Tried several tips/tricks that are
>>> mentioned in the www, without success. So I give up on this :-(
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 05.07.2010, at 14:23, Julian Tenney wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It is a bit cumbersome, and it is the security thing that I cannot
>>>> resolve. I've also tried it with network services = false, but there
>>>> seems to be a problem with getting one movie (the editor) to load
>>>> another local swf (the preview). If I could get it to do both
>> reliably
>>>> it would speed up the debugging process quite a bit as you wouldn't
>>> need
>>>> to build the zinc app, and then try what you need to do.
>>>> 
>>>> Something changed though: this used to be possible, so I have no
> idea
>>>> whether it's a zinc thing, a flash player thing, a security thing or
>>>> just me. I did write most of the app whilst it still worked
> though...
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Peter
>>>> Huppertz
>>>> Sent: 05 July 2010 13:09
>>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>>> Subject: Re: [Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> I tried around with Zinc on my Mac, more or less just replacing
>>>> backslashes with slashes. I think Xerte is now trying to create the
>>>> preview, but the Application just quits on Mac. All in all it is
>> quite
>>>> cumbersome to work with Zinc, because you always have to compile a
>> new
>>>> XerteEditor and than create a new Application with Zinc. This leads
>> me
>>>> to try the Air Path again. I'm able to open my x3o file in my Air
>>>> application now and the tree is visible in the tree view. But the
>>>> preview throws a security error. I'm not totally sure, but it could
>>> be,
>>>> that a security settings of the xerte.swf causes the problem. Can
> you
>>>> compile xerte with the compiler setting "Use network services" set
> to
>>>> false for me? (I'm not able to compile Xerte here ...)
>>>> 
>>>> Peter
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 02.07.2010, at 15:15, Dave Burnett wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> How am I supposed to name the new file on the mac?
>>>>> 
>>>>> With latte in hand, you just visualize it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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