[Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs

Tue Jul 24 11:19:53 BST 2012

Yes, I know, but that's what I wanted some one to test as it sounded
like when Simon imported a zip made in that way it wasn't trapped by
the import code.

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
> that doesn't work and never has as far as I'm aware.
> When you export from XOT or package from xerte it doesn't create a zip with
> a parent folder inside it so this only really happens when people zip
> manually and select the folder rather than the folder contents.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 24 July 2012 11:01
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs
>
> what happens if the root of the zip is a folder (which is what i think Simon
> was suggesting)?
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> Not sure what you want tested Pat?
>> Import works in 1.8 and 1.7 just fine as far as I can tell - as long
>> as the rlt and xml files are in the root of the zip.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>> Sent: 24 July 2012 09:48
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs
>>
>> hmmmm, but if the importer doesn't find an RLO it should fail (and it
>> won't go looking in a subfolder)
>>
>> Can some one test this?
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Simon Wood <WoodSN2 at cardiff.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> Aha!
>>>
>>> Thanks Ron.
>>>
>>> I had tried both ways with OSX's built in zipper. But either way
>>> produced
>> the same result.
>>>
>>> Following your email I thought: I'll give it a try dropping all the
>>> files
>> (not in a folder) onto Yemu.
>>>
>>> It works!
>>>
>>> Obviously OSX tried to be "clever" and automatically added an
>>> enclosing
>> folder.
>>>
>>> THANK YOU!
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>> On 23 Jul 2012, at 19:43, Ron Mitchell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are you selecting the parent folder when zipping on the contents of
>>>> the folder? Your learningobject.rlt and associated files needs to be
>>>> inside the root of the zip not inside a folder e.g. you need
>>>>
>>>> \learningobject.rlt
>>>> not
>>>> \Making_multimedia_interactive_with_Xerte\learningobject.rlt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon
>>>> Wood
>>>> Sent: 20 July 2012 14:41
>>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs
>>>>
>>>> Julian sent me the one he used (thanks Julian); it imports fine on
>>>> our XOT install, think it may therefore be something to do with
>>>> zipping software I'm using rather than our XOT install...
>>>>
>>>> On 20 Jul 2012, at 14:16, Julian Tenney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just tried that with the beta code for 1.8 and it works OK.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon
>>>>> Wood
>>>>> Sent: 20 July 2012 14:13
>>>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Importing re-zipped LOs
>>>>>
>>>>> Whilst I can import LOs into our XOT install now (thanks to Pat's
>>>>> tireless
>>>> efforts) I am encountering a problem with "re-zipped" LOs.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I import a LO that I previously exported, no problem. However,
>>>>> if I
>>>> unzip that LO and then rezip it, it appears to import but when I try
>>>> to preview or edit it, it is "empty". On the server the data.xml
>>>> file is missing an the preview.xml file is 0B.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried using the zip built into OS X 10.6, and YemuZip which
>>>>> can
>>>> produce a "PC Zip" ie clean of OS X resource forks. Neither work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is anyone else having problem importing re-zipped learning objects?
>>>>> The
>>>> reason I ask is because I was sent to LOs zipped together and to
>>>> import them I need to split them out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Simon
>>>>>
>>>>>
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