Re: [Eclass-users] New EClass.Builder 2.5b4 available for download

[Kevin O. <ke...@tu...>]

Hi BJ,

On Mar 30, 2004, at 7:04 AM, BJ Cameron wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
> =A0
> I downloaded the new version of Eclass. The bugs with the front page=20=

> and the html editor seem to be fixed. Also, the theme/template looks=20=

> much better.
> =A0
> Problems/issues
> 	1.  	The search using swish-e is still not working correctly. =
When=20
> publishing, I get the missing Zlib.dll error, and then when trying to=20=

> view my results, the index.swish-e is not there.=20
> "C:\DOCUME~1\BJCAME~1\MYDOCU~1\ECLASS~1\demo3\cgi-bin\..\index.swish-e=20=

> does not exist".
>
> I added the zlib.dll from another eclass, and there was no error on=20
> publishing, but the same result when viewing results of the search=20
> "Index file=20
> C:\DOCUME~1\BJCAME~1\MYDOCU~1\ECLASS~1\demo3\cgi-bin\..\index.swish-e=20=

> does not exist." The file does not exist anywhere in my publication
>
> What is=A0going on=A0with the path before index.swishe-e? "\..\" Does =
that=20
> mean it is trying to go back to the root directory of the EClass?=A0

Yes, because the search program is in the cgi-bin subdirectory but the=20=

index is in the root directory. But you say index.swish-e does not=20
exist? Strange, I am able to publish properly here using a clean=20
install of EClass.Builder. I'll have to setup EClass to send the=20
SWISH-E output to the error log so I can see what it says on your=20
machine.

> 	2.  	I am having problems using web pages and a quiz pages=A0in=
 the=20
> same course. Depending on the order, the latter takes on the formers'=20=

> display/properties. It is funny because if you add a regular eclass=20
> page,=A0often the problems are fixed.=A0However, it can=A0happen if =
you use=20
> a quiz page and then an eclass page. I am probably not explaining this=20=

> right, so I have uploaded a demo course to my site for you to=20
> view/play with.
> http://payson.tulane.edu/staff/bjcameron/demo3/.
> I have also uploaded a copy of the errlog.txt
> http://payson.tulane.edu/staff/bjcameron/errlog.txt

Figured this one out, thanks for catching it. EClass has always=20
provided some checking to make sure you don't use the same filename,=20
but it didn't check to see if files with other extensions have the same=20=

filename. (i.e. NewPage.ecp and NewPage.html were allowed) However,=20
both of those would get published as "NewPage.htm" and so one would=20
overwrite the other. Fixed.

> 	3.  	I am still getting the Dr. Watson Error page.=20
> http://payson.tulane.edu/staff/bjcameron/error2.jpg=A0Is this possibly =
a=20
> memory issue? I have noticed it mostly happens when I have had the=20
> computer running for a while and I have several applications open.=20
> Still my computer has over 522mb of RAM, I would think a few apps=20
> wouldn't hurt.

It is a memory issue, but it's not due to your computer lacking memory.=20=

The issue is basically that the program is trying to access some code=20
that is no longer in memory. My guess is that if you close the server=20
while it's performing an operation, it does this because it doesn't=20
"shut down" in the correct order. Unfortunately, tracking this one down=20=

will take some time. Since I'm thinking about using Documancer to view=20=

and search EClasses anyways, I think I'm going to head in that=20
direction instead.

> I will keep working on it and let you know if I see anything else or=20=

> patterns in the above problems.

Thanks!

Kevin