[Xerte-dev] Re: Outstanding stuff

Fri Jun 22 11:14:54 BST 2012

The pages only display once you have created a pages project.

A word of warning.

You may recall some discussions from a while back regarding the location of
the latest rlm and xwd files.

The latest files are still in

Xerte svn / pageWizards / models
Xerte svn / pageWizards / en-GB

The beta release of Xerte has the following folder structure

Xerte / pages / models
Xerte / pages / wizards / en-gb

The runtime folder has the structure

Xerte svn / runtime / pages / models
Xerte svn / runtime / wizards / en

This means that if you try running xerte.exe from the runtime folder that
at present you are likely to hit two problems

   1. The folder structure for locating the wizards does not match the
   release version expectations
   2. Many of the model and xwd files are not the latest version.

I think that the sooner we can have the runtime section set up to mirror
the release version, with the same folder structure and the most recent set
of files the better.

During the development I believe Tom has preferred to work in the
pageWizards section and I have carried out my development work in that
section. IMHO as we now move towards releasing the next version part of the
tidying up process must be to retire the pageWizards section and to have
the runtime section as the definitive source of all files.

It was always my intention, when I set up the pageWizards folder in the svn
that this would be temporary.

I don't mind carrying out the tidy up, but have not done so because I don't
want to lose any versioning history or to cause any confusion whilst
development is still taking place.

" We need some documentation here."

I have put some documentation together for the new page types that I have
been responsible for.

I can put together a brief explanation about how to create a pages project,
unless you prefer to include this in the help file.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 22 June 2012 08:57, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Silly question time: when I run xerte from /runtime/Xerte.exe, why don’t I
> see all the pages on the menu?
>
>
>
> Do I need to create a pages project before I can see them / add one ?
>
>
>
> We need some documentation here.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Dave Burnett
> *Sent:* 21 June 2012 17:50
>
> *To:* xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Outstanding stuff
>
>
>
>
> >It appears that for some reason once you open a page form and do View /
> Preview and then close the form, the View / Preview menu option stops
> working - no idea why.
>
>
>
> Perhaps some code that prevents spawning of multiple preview windows not
> being initialized?
>
>
>
> I have code at the top of some pages that says "if you've already run this
> logic (duplicate some pages) don't do it again".
>
> I trip myself up occasionally when I place other code *that I do want
> executed each time* inside that condition.
>
>
>
> So, what condition(s) must hold in order for View/Preview to function?
>
> Can we display the state of those conditions while we run through multiple
> View/Preview cycles?
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:31:01 +0100
> From: johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Outstanding stuff
>
> I have taken a copy of the wizard.swf file from the xerte svn
> runtime/tools folder and swapped it into my xerte installation and the
> problem does not appear to be fixed.
>
>
>
> However the problem is a little more subtle than I first realised.
>
>
>
> Open Xerte
>
> Open a pages project (I used one with a plain text page that had been
> added to the default project)
>
> Open the wizard for the plain text page
>
> In the wizard form for the page do View / Preview (result - the preview
> works)
>
> Close the preview.
>
> Do View Preview in the page wizard form (again preview works)
>
> Close the page wizard form.
>
> Open the page wizard form once more.
>
> Do View Preview in the page wizard form (preview fails to take place)
>
> Use the forms play button instead and preview will work.
>
>
>
> It appears that for some reason once you open a page form and do View /
> Preview and then close the form, the View / Preview menu option stops
> working - no idea why.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 21 June 2012 14:45, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> It’s in the wizard, towwards the bottom of the code, search for
> ‘viewMenu’, I think that’ll drop you right in…
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 21 June 2012 14:28
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Outstanding stuff
>
>
>
> Re: the preview link
>
>
>
> Which file would this relate to editor.swf?
>
>
>
> I found the fault in the beta release I downloaded from Tom's site.
>
>
>
> If you confirm which file this code is in I will substitute the latest
> version from the svn in my Xerte install and then test again.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 21 June 2012 10:34, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I know we are waiting on some final finishing off, : I just looked at the
> spreadsheet: re issue 4, the icons for the new pages wizards in the editor:
> I put those symbols in the editor library so it might just need rebuilding?
>
>
>
> Re: the preview link not working from the menu: I can’t see anything wrong
> with this???
>
>
>
> viewMenuListener.change = function(obj) {
>
>        if (obj.menuItem.attributes.label ==
> languageData.viewmenu[0].menuPreview) {
>
>               preview();
>
>        }
>
> }
>
>
>
> So not sure if this I still an issue?
>
>
>
> Last few things – let’s get this finished now,
>
>
>
> J
>
>
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