[Xerte-dev] Re: 2 odd issues user-files contents and export - Tom?

[Tom Reijnders]

Yes, something along those lines.

Op 5-10-2012 13:43, Pat Lockley schreef:
> Tom,
>
> Why not add an if(simplexmlload()){} to the export code?
>
> I can make the export code display a new error as well?
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:
>> Like Pat says, yes extra stuff in the export code.
>>
>> Potentially this goes wrong in Xerte Standalone as well.... not sure about
>> that.
>>
>> I am aware of the problems, and yes, I will commit the changes to the
>> wizard, but it's not enough.
>>
>> Question, is the url still working?
>>
>> I'll think of something to make sure old projects get exported correctly.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Op 5-10-2012 13:15, Ron Mitchell schreef:
>>
>> Yep that's fixed it - great!
>>
>> Did something change in 1.8 to break this? As far as I'm aware that Google
>> Map page hasn't changed from the Notts 560 example which exports fine from
>> what I assume is a 1.7 install.
>>
>> Either way if people upgrade to 1.8 and then find they have some
>> existing/older LO's which don't export when others do what do they look for?
>>
>> Presumably this is a change to the wizard that you are going to commit?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
>> Sent: 05 October 2012 11:54
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: 2 odd issues user-files contents and export - Tom?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ah, ok.
>>
>> This wizrd fixes it partly. You NEED to change the offending line (but you
>> don't know which one...) In this case, it is only one. the url of the google
>> maps page.
>>
>> Please can you try the following to confirm:
>>   - Open page with the new wizard
>>   - Add a space after the url
>>   - remove the space again (thes two actions will trigger the code changes)
>> - Save, and try to export.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Op 5-10-2012 11:25, Ron Mitchell schreef:
>>
>> Hi Tom
>>
>> assuming you mean /modules/xerte/engine/wizard.swf
>>
>> I replaced that, edited the LO, tried deployment and archive exports and
>> same problem as before - blank window.
>>
>> Turned on developer mode temporarily and have attached the errors as well as
>> data.xml
>>
>>
>>
>> Possibly worth pointing out that this project started as an export of the
>> Notts page 560 LO so began life many years ago!
>>
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
>> Sent: 05 October 2012 10:02
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: 2 odd issues user-files contents and export - Tom?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron,
>>
>> Can you please try this wizard.swf? You should load the LO in the wizrds and
>> save it first, because the work is done in the wizard.
>>
>> If it is NOT working, could you please send me the data.xml?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Op 1-10-2012 15:41, Ron Mitchell schreef:
>>
>> Ok cheers - happy to test if and when you need that.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
>> Sent: 01 October 2012 14:34
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: 2 odd issues user-files contents and export - Tom?
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, it is a simplexml load error. It can't handle the '&' signs in the
>> urls. I am busy fixing this in the wizard, but it's not ready yet.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Op 1-10-2012 15:29, Ron Mitchell schreef:
>>
>> Thanks Tom
>>
>> I've sent you the long list of errors offlist - seems like it might be a
>> simplexml_load issue?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
>> Sent: 01 October 2012 14:08
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: 2 odd issues user-files contents and export - Tom?
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, export will copy data.xml to template.xml and after finishing with the
>> export, the file should be deleted.
>>
>> This indicates that php crashes somewhere during export.
>>
>> I'll see if I can see something in the code. A while back I added some
>> _debug statements to export.php, can you afford to switch on developer mode
>> in config.php? There should be a debug.log file in folder /tmp that might
>> give us a clue of what is going on. But be carefull, full php error
>> reporting will be switched on. Don't do it in a production installation!
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Op 1-10-2012 14:32, Ron Mitchell schreef:
>>
>> Just a quick update - it's upon attempting to export that template.xml is
>> getting written back to the user-files folder for this project - any ideas
>> how/why?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
>> Sent: 01 October 2012 13:15
>> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: 2 odd issues user-files contents and export - Tom?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the responses Julian/Tom
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Not sure why this has happened in a few places but not a major problem if
>> it's not happening all the time.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2. a. nothing relevant in the error logs so I guess it's not escaping
>> causing the problem
>>
>> b. Full archive doesn't work for this project either - just a blank window
>> when trying to export this particular project
>>
>> Curiously despite deleting it template.xml keeps getting written back to the
>> project folder in use-files so there's data.xml, preview.xml and
>> template.xml can't see why or where that is happening but wonder if it's
>> linked to the problem?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
>> Sent: 01 October 2012 09:36
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: 2 odd issues user-files contents and export - Tom?
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. The only instance where I expect models etc in the user-files, is when
>> importing a learning object that does not have a corresponding template  in
>> the installation.
>>
>> 2. You can verify whther escaping is the culprit in two ways
>> a. You should see a fatal php error from SimpleXML.load in the log files
>> b. Full archive export should work (as it doesn't try to read the data.xml)
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Op 1-10-2012 10:29, Ron Mitchell schreef:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> this might be a question for Tom unless others have see either of these
>> issues too....
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. I've notice that some projects in the user-files folder get populated
>> with folders and files that shouldn't be there e.g. common, languages,
>> models etc. I haven't been able to identify exactly what causes this. Anyone
>> seen this and/or got any idea re cause/solution?
>>
>>
>>
>> 2. The example of the page 560 LO we've shared and developed on the 1.8 test
>> install won't export - I just get a blank window when clicking export but
>> other LO's do export. So I've been testing this with a copy and if I replace
>> data.xml and preview.xml with xml from a simple LO the project exports. I'm
>> wondering if there's a particular page type causing the problem or if this
>> is related to the Issue Tom mentioned about html escaping e.g. there are
>> lots of < in the xml.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ron
>>
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