[Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?

Julian Tenney Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
Wed Jul 7 16:51:31 BST 2010


Let's keep at it, we'll get there...

Can you run that app in the xerte3MacOS zip file I just put in the
repository and tell me if you get an alert indicating an error when you
launch the application...?

-----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 16:40
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: Re: [Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?

.app is the mac one.

I downloaded zinc for windows too and try around with that.

On 07.07.2010, at 16:58, Julian Tenney wrote:

> When I build for all platforms, I get the Xerte3.exe for windows, I
get
> an extension-less Xerte3 file and I get a folder called Xerte3.app
> 
> Which is the Mac one?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian
Tenney
> Sent: 07 July 2010 15:57
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?
> 
> It might be.
> 
> Have you got your local disk trusted in the Flash Player Settings
> manager? (I may have already asked you?)
> 
> -----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 15:54
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?
> 
> To track down the problem of loading the preview in zinc/mac I did the
> following:
> 
> Replaced in 
> showPreview()
> 	source=xxx withA
> 	source=mdm.Application.path + 'verysimple.swf';
> (mdm.Application.path is the path where the zinc projector resides)
> 
> verysimple.swf is just a circle I draw in Flash.
> 
> This is what happens:
> 
> Loads in the Flash Debug player (Mac) and displays the red circle
> Does not load in my Zinc projector (Mac), just displays a broken image
> icon.
> 
> I think it must be bug in Zinc.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> On 07.07.2010, at 16:32, Julian Tenney wrote:
> 
>> OK, lets try and get all the rest of it working, then we can tackle
> the
>> issues. Help(?)fully the zinc runtime has BrowseFile for PCs and
>> BrowseFileToSave for macs. So much for cross platform...
>> 
>> I'll sort that out and we can go from there,
>> 
>> -----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 15:17
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [Xerte] Xerte3: on Mac?
>> 
>> Yes, I built it and tested it. But as I said, I stuck at the preview.
>> The rest seems to work out of the box.
>> 
>> 
>> On 07.07.2010, at 15:16, Julian Tenney wrote:
>> 
>>> Can you build it? Then once you've tested it you can send me updated
>>> code...
>>> 
>>> -----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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