[Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs

[Julian Tenney]

I didn't think I fixed it. Anyway.

-----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 12:43
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs

You didn't, Julian did, when Julian said nice once, I replied to that
email saying he'd fixed it

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
> I don't recall testing or working on that myself. We did work on the message
> upon deletion of a project or folder and fixed that.
>
> -----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 12:27
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs
>
> Well as far as I am aware we made a successful import display the correct
> message last week?
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> But my screenshot was from the techdis install which has all the
>> latest svn code.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian
>> Tenney
>>
>>
>> Sent: 24 July 2012 12:06
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs
>>
>>
>>
>> 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>
>> 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] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>>
>> Sent: 24 July 2012 11:20
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> 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>
>> 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
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> - -
>>
>>>>>>> Simon Wood
>>
>>>>>>> Officer for Technology Enhanced Education
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>>>>>>
>>
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