[Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs

[Julian Tenney]

Nice one,

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 12:06
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs

the SVN has been updated to fix the rogue html issue
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk<mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>> wrote:

ok

when trying to import a zip which contains a parent folder

both 1.8 and 1.7 result in a message about trying to unzip a folder name. Both result in a project appearing in the workspace but can't be previewed or edited.



Error! Filename not specified.



BTW

when importing a zip without a parent folder both work ok but also give a message with rogue html

Error! Filename not specified.


-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
Sent: 24 July 2012 11:20
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs



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<mailto: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>

> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley

> Sent: 24 July 2012 11:01

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> 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<mailto: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>

>> [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<mailto: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>

>>>> [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>

>>>>> [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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