[Eclass-users] Re: Problems and a solution!!

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

Hi BJ,

On Apr 2, 2004, at 4:45 AM, BJ Cameron wrote:

> Hi Kevino,
> =A0
> Greenstone is not working properly with EClass 2.5b4. Besides the=20
> problem I mentioned yesterday:
> 	1.  	The home.dm macro=A0does not display the Eclass start =
page=A0"Start=20
> Eclass", but rather the standard Greenstone interface.=A0
> 	2.  	The EClass directory is not in the "C:\Program=20
> Files\gsdl\tmp\<publication ID>\gsdl
> 	3.  	Finally, If you search your results, the "pub" directory =
is=20
> double entered, for example
> http://127.0.0.1:1026/eclass/pub/pub/New_Page_2.htm=A0, while in the=20=

> past it was
> http://127.0.0.1:1026/eclass/pub/New_Page_2.htm

These are all fixed. However, in fixing the problem I noticed that in=20
the latest version of Greenstone many of the publication scripts have=20
been moved to different folders, and the exported CD folder has changed=20=

as well. So I while I can confirm that Greenstone 2.41 works properly,=20=

I can't be sure that older versions will work.

> =A0
> I had problems with Theme manager, See:
> http://payson.tulane.edu/staff/bjcameron/error3.jpg
> http://payson.tulane.edu/staff/bjcameron/errlog.txt
> =A0
> This occurred after I copied my template from a previous EClass, bad=20=

> template? The worse thing is that I seem to have corrupted my Default=20=

> (frames) template. While using a Bad template is not Eclass'=20
> fault,=A0people will write bad templates, and EClass needs to=20
> recover...no?

This problem (at least the one I saw in the error log) was also related=20=

to Greenstone. It is also fixed. If you want to fix it in your custom=20
theme, open <EClass Program Dir>\themes\BJ_s.py and replace any=20
instance of "gsdlcollection" with "self.pub.pubid" (I added quotes for=20=

clarity, don't put the quotes!)

> Now, Whenever I click on Default (frames) it gives me a "preparing to=20=

> update E-Class", but nothing happens.
>  If I publish or preview, In the=A0 "main" frame, I get "cannot find=20=

> page". I copied the themes directory over from another installation,=20=

> and that still hasn't fixed the problem. The problem itself seems to=20=

> be isolated to that one eclass. I have since opened other eclasses and=20=

> they update and refresh the theme fine.
> =A0
> <<<<Later>>>
> I tried copying the same template again, and it worked fine. I think=20=

> the key may be that you need to close eclass first, then copy the=20
> template in. Doesn't make sense though as the changes don't occur=20
> until after you "Refresh the Theme".
> =A0
> =A0
> =A0
> I found a fix for the search using Swish-e. I copied an old version of=20=

> the zlib.dll into C:\Program Files\EClass.Builder 2.5b4\SWISH-E=20
> directory. Now everything works fine, (indexing and searching).=A0 =
What=20
> is up with the Zlib1.dll and zlib-1.dll that are currently in that=20
> directory?

Fixed. I finally figured this out - zlib1.dll and zlib-1.dll are *both*=20=

needed by wvWare to index DOC files. Oddly enough, I simply made a copy=20=

of the file, so these files seem to differ in name only. I added back=20
zlib.dll for SWISH-E (I must have zlib.dll somewhere on my PATH since I=20=

don't get errors) and now everything is back to normal.

Thanks,

Kevin