[Xerte-dev] Re: Process of building the template.xwd file from the individual page xwd files.

Wed Mar 14 10:32:37 GMT 2012

Yes, that should do it.

Thanks

Johnathan

On 14 March 2012 10:24, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:

> I'll have a look. The check seems simple enough:
>
>  If processing connectorMenu.xwd/connectorMenu.rlm, make sure the node is
> called connectorMenu
>
> Correct?
>
> Tom
>
> Citeren Kemp Johnathan <johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com>:
>
>  Hello Tom,
>>
>> Your process for building the template.xwd file worked well and the error
>> flagging helped to identify a number of minor issues in a few of the xwd
>> files that would have affected their performance.
>>
>> There is one possible issue that I found that the error trapping did not
>> detect, and it caused me a lot of frustration and lost time, followed by a
>> brief period of pain when I kicked myself once I had discovered the cause
>> of the problem :-)
>>
>> I built the template.xwd file and then tested my new connector pages in
>> XOT. All seven pages worked in Xerte, but now four of the pages failed to
>> display anything other than the page title in XOT. I took the files back
>> to
>> a pageTemplates project and the same four failed to display there as well.
>> They would not even output debug messages.
>>
>> The cause of the problem?
>>
>> In Xerte the link between the xwd file and the rlm file is made based on
>> the file name, the link between the data created by the xwd form and the
>> page model loaded by the rlm file is made by the node name in the xml
>> data.
>> So in Xerte the following will work
>>
>> connectorMenu.xwd with a node cMenu
>> connectorMenu.rlm referencing pageIcon.templateData.cMenu[0]
>>
>> however this will fail in pageTemplates and XOT as all the xwd files are
>> gathered together in one template.xwd file, so the link to the relevant
>> model file is made with the node name. The entry in template.xwd for the
>> connectorMenu uses cMenu as the node name so XOT goes looking for
>> cMenu.rlm
>> and since it does not exist the page fails to work.
>>
>> This may be obvious to someone used to the XOT way of doing things, but it
>> is far less obvious if you develop in Xerte. For anyone making the mistake
>> I made it can be difficult to identify the problem. So if there is any
>> possibility of building a check for this into your checking routines it
>> might be worth doing.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Johnathan
>>
>> On 13 March 2012 11:18, Kemp Johnathan <johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Thanks Tom,
>>>
>>> I have got that working.
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Johnathan
>>>
>>> On 12 March 2012 19:52, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Jonathan,
>>>>
>>>> I'll have a look at the non-scrolling window.
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Depending on your OS, start a cmd as administrator (Vista +) or a
>>>> normal cmd
>>>> 2. go to the Xerte folder
>>>> 3. You can use the following command (this is what xerte calls):
>>>>  php\php.exe scripts\rebuildtemplate.php "path to xwd folder" >
>>>> convert.log
>>>>
>>>> Replace "path to xwd folder"with the folder name where your xwds reside.
>>>>
>>>> The convert.log file will contain the feedback, and you can check that
>>>> file with a text editor.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> Op 12-3-2012 11:48, Kemp Johnathan schreef:
>>>>
>>>> I guess this is a question for Tom, unless anyone else has taken over
>>>> the
>>>> work on this.
>>>>
>>>>  When I last tested the php file that builds the template.xwd file it
>>>> generated an output report based on all the xwd files in the folder it
>>>> was
>>>> processing. This report was output into a non-scrollable window and the
>>>> text output exceeded the display space available. As a result any
>>>> details
>>>> of errors that took place once the text had gone beyond the display
>>>> area of
>>>> the window was unavailable.
>>>>
>>>>  I will have a new set of xwds ready by the end of this week. Is there
>>>> any possibility of the php file being modified so that I can process
>>>> all of
>>>> the files in one batch to verify that they will generate a valid
>>>> template.xwd file?
>>>>
>>>>  Kind regards
>>>>
>>>>  Johnathan
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