angrycomputingteacher Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 :-) Out on interest does your AV software flag it up or are you just being cautious? Would be interested to know what threat if any it pops up with. Hopefully the software will be the answer to all you exam needs :-) Once I ran the file our AV removed the file. I have only taught one computer that it's not a threat but I need to teach the others.
mavhc Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 Digital signature will probably help, but I guess that costs money, perhaps someone else could sign it. No wonder you're angry if your AV settings aren't centralised on a server
jessica Posted November 7, 2016 Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) Looking at rolling this out on our exam laptops. Whilist testing i have noticed if you click save it highlights everything. If a student isn't paying attention and continued to type after clicking save this would then delete all their work. It also does it when autosaveing so if your typing it will delete all your work when it autosaves. Edited November 7, 2016 by jessica
ass17 Posted November 7, 2016 Author Posted November 7, 2016 Looking at rolling this out on our exam laptops. Whilist testing i have noticed if you click save it highlights everything. If a student isn't paying attention and continued to type after clicking save this would then delete all their work. It also does it when autosaveing so if your typing it will delete all your work when it autosaves. Saving issue now corrected, and the example file also updated to newer XML format Version 2.0.5.0 is below :-) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2Rz5d6Ck6CCby1tOE5BWnQtWFE 1
DMaple Posted November 8, 2016 Posted November 8, 2016 We have just tried out Exam WritePad for our college, and the exams department has told us that the papers they get don't refer to the unit code, but instead "Paper Reference" (I think it is basically the same thing), could you allow for some more control over the Candidate Info Screen?
ass17 Posted November 8, 2016 Author Posted November 8, 2016 We have just tried out Exam WritePad for our college, and the exams department has told us that the papers they get don't refer to the unit code, but instead "Paper Reference" (I think it is basically the same thing), could you allow for some more control over the Candidate Info Screen? Are you referring to just the entry details screen or on the header that is printed out? Because when it is printed it just reads "Exam: abcdefg etc.." which is more generic to fit any outcome.
DMaple Posted November 8, 2016 Posted November 8, 2016 Are you referring to just the entry details screen or on the header that is printed out? Yes. Because when it is printed it just reads "Exam: abcdefg etc.." which is more generic to fit any outcome. Yeah I told the Exams staff to just tell the students to put the Paper Reference there. I think that should do, but I thought I would ask, since they asked me. Thanks for your prompt reply.
ass17 Posted November 8, 2016 Author Posted November 8, 2016 Ok I will add "Paper Reference" to the screen. Some where down the line, in future builds, I will make the forms/screen sizes dynamic based on text length so end users will have full control of text labels etc. Version 2.0.5.1 now available below: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2Rz5d6Ck6CCRUNPNzhGOWY5ZlU Enjoy!! 1
jessica Posted November 15, 2016 Posted November 15, 2016 Is it possible to have the Board/Subject/unit code/paper reference box as separate boxes?
ass17 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Posted November 15, 2016 Is it possible to have the Board/Subject/unit code/paper reference box as separate boxes? What is your reasoning behind such a request? :-) Just so I can understand whether most other users would potentially think your way of thinking. I dont want to please one and annoy 1,000 others if you know what I mean :-)
jessica Posted November 15, 2016 Posted November 15, 2016 Our exams officer wants to make sure that students enter all of the information. At the moment they could only put in the subject and it would accept it
ass17 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Posted November 15, 2016 Our exams officer wants to make sure that students enter all of the information. At the moment they could only put in the subject and it would accept it Ok i see the logic making sure they fill all boxes when split down. I'm thinking; box 1 = Board, box 2 = subject, box 3 = unit code/paper reference. But to make it fit for all outcomes I would need to look at past papers for each exam body to see if they all ask for the same/similar info. The Boards I currently know of are: AQA EDXCEL WJEC CCEA OCR Any others?
jessica Posted November 15, 2016 Posted November 15, 2016 That would be perfect thanks. I'm not aware of any other boards in England.
ass17 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Posted November 15, 2016 In response to the last few posts below is version 2.0.6.0 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Rz5d6Ck6CCTGFZaU1VMjZwRzQ/view?usp=sharing Changelog Error checking has been added for loading older versions of saved files. The software should not now complain. Re-designed Candidate Information screen to separated out the Exam details into three separate entities. They are “Board”, “Subject” and “Unit Code/Reference”. The Exam Board entry box now has an autosuggest/complete list of predefined exam boards. For example, union typing in the first letter, lets says “A” the list would suggest “AQA” to click on and elect. A new config option has been added to go with the Exam Boards Autocomplete List. It will contain the suggested list of examination boards, each board is separated by a semi-colon only. If you decided to blank the list out then the auto complete feature will be disabled and the exam board box will return back to a standard text box entry. If you wish to use, or are using an older config that doesn't included the “ExamBoards” option. This build of ExamWritePad will automatically generate one for you to use. The header/footer now prints out in a dark grey to distinguish itself from the main text on the page. If you are printing on a mono printer then it will look like a lighter shade of black. Fixed an issue when upon selecting a background screen colour, it never remembered what your current selection was.
smarties11 Posted November 16, 2016 Posted November 16, 2016 Hi, I have given some 'training' this morning to our exams staff. They really like it, however when I was demonstrating it to them, it crashed and generated an unhandled exception! I have pasted the detail below. It allowed me to click continue and then worked as normal, but obviously the error is likely to panic students. Any ideas why this happened? We are using 2.0.4.1. Are there updates in 2.0.6.0 to fix this? Thanks ************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.296 (RTMGDR.030319-2900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll ---------------------------------------- ExamWritePad Assembly Version: 2.0.4.1 Win32 Version: 2.0.4.1 CodeBase: file://domainremoved.co.uk/examswritepad$/ExamWritePad.exe ---------------------------------------- Microsoft.VisualBasic Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 10.0.30319.1 built by: RTMRel CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll ---------------------------------------- System Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.296 built by: RTMGDR CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Core Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.233 built by: RTMGDR CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.278 built by: RTMGDR CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Drawing Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.282 built by: RTMGDR CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Runtime.Remoting Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Configuration Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Xml Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.233 built by: RTMGDR CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll ---------------------------------------- WindowsBase Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.298 built by: RTMGDR CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/WindowsBase/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/WindowsBase.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Deployment Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Deployment/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Deployment.dll ---------------------------------------- ExtendedRichTextBox Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0 CodeBase: file://domainremoved.co.uk/examswritepad$/ExtendedRichTextBox.DLL ---------------------------------------- ************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this application or computer (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled. For example: When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer rather than be handled by this dialog box.
ass17 Posted November 16, 2016 Author Posted November 16, 2016 Hi, I have given some 'training' this morning to our exams staff. They really like it, however when I was demonstrating it to them, it crashed and generated an unhandled exception! I have pasted the detail below. It allowed me to click continue and then worked as normal, but obviously the error is likely to panic students. Any ideas why this happened? We are using 2.0.4.1. Are there updates in 2.0.6.0 to fix this? Thanks Can you replicate the error and provide me with step by step info? As I cant get any version to fail. Thanks
smarties11 Posted November 16, 2016 Posted November 16, 2016 Hi, I can try - it just happened randomly (I think, when autosaving). There wasn't a particular pattern of events. I'll see what I can do!
ass17 Posted November 16, 2016 Author Posted November 16, 2016 Please try the new version for me if you can. Then I can work off the complied code easier :-)
ass17 Posted November 17, 2016 Author Posted November 17, 2016 Version 2.0.6.1 out tomorrow folks, change log to follow.... [emoji106]🏻
ass17 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Posted November 21, 2016 Download Now! https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2Rz5d6Ck6CCUlBDNFhwOUpUMXM version 2.0.6.5 Fixed - Upon restoring a previous version that is suppose to be double line spaced always returned it to single, now it returns the correct line spacing and cursor position. Removed - Close button on Cadidate Info Screen when option to display Candidate Info screen on startup is enabled, This is to force the end user to fill in all details before continuing. Fixed - Document writing window was enabled if the display Candidate Info screen on startup is enabled, now disabled until the candidate info window has been completed with all relevent information submitted. Fixed - If Menu Toolstrip is disadbled the document writing window appears 20 pixels lower thus looking odd. Added - 4 pixel padding to the main window so that the objects inside it (menu bar, toolstrip, document writing window, statusbar) will be more visible.
jessica Posted November 21, 2016 Posted November 21, 2016 Using this in our first mock exam this morning, When trying to save it comes up with an error saying that it can't find the backup file. Trying 'save as' with a different name doesn't work either stating the same error message.
ass17 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Posted November 21, 2016 In your config file what are you save path and backup paths? If so copy/paste your config file so I can test it asap. Can you replicate this problem, if so can you describe step by step so I can trace and correct any errors Thanks
ass17 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Posted November 21, 2016 Also note that the user accounts you are logging in with also need write access to the folders they are writing to (saves and backups). The defaults are desktop for saves and programdata for backups. I have just tested v2.0.6.5 and I could not get it to fails using the defaults saving and restoring was as expected.
jessica Posted November 21, 2016 Posted November 21, 2016 Its only happening on one of the laptops out of the 3 we are trialling, all have the same config file. The paths both go to T:/ as the laptops are frozen with deep freeze. It was working fine for about half an hour then started coming up with this error.
jessica Posted November 21, 2016 Posted November 21, 2016 Managed to solve it, The backup folder had been changed from T:/backups to T:/backup. I have now hidden the folder so it can't get renamed.
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