Re: [WWdevel] [WWdevel]: pdf generation problem

[John J. <jj...@as...>]

Michael Gage wrote:

> Can we fix this to allow periods in the user names?  I think we have 
> already done this 
> to a large extent, but we probably missed the latex ramifications.

I'm sure it can be done fairly easily.  I ran into the analogous problem 
when I allowed periods in set names some time ago.

I thought Zig had been using periods in user names for a long time.  I 
wonder what they have been doing all this time about hardcopy with graphs.

John


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>> *From: *Jeff Denny <DEN...@Me... <mailto:DEN...@Me...>>
>> *Date: *August 24, 2005 2:43:06 PM EDT (CA)
>> *To: *Michael Gage <ga...@ma... 
>> <mailto:ga...@ma...>>
>> *Subject: **pdf generation problem*
>>
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> We have identified the pdf generation problem.  We created our 
>> usernames using the university's e-mail addresses for the students by 
>> taking their e-mail userids as the webwork usernames.  Unfortunately, 
>> our school uses names like "jeff.k.denny"  When webwork tries to 
>> create a pdf, latex gets confused by the periods in the username when 
>> looks for the png extension.  Then, webwork produces an error message. 
>> The only thing I can come up with is to change the usernames to the 
>> students' university id numbers.  Of course, the problem is that the 
>> username in webwork appears to be the one thing that can't be changed 
>> in the database for each user.
>>
>> Can we somehow change the userids in sql or get around this problem 
>> somehow?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
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