Drag files onto folder

[peterdwyer]

We have a requirement that I don't think can be fulfilled via HAP.... but I'd HAPpy if I could be proved wrong - and so would teachers and students

 

 

We have a "dropbox" folder structure where students can drop files (completed assignments etc) into a teacher's folder using Windows Explorer but cannot actually open the folder. The students have "write" rights but not "read" rights to each teacher's Dropbox. The structure goes something like this

Dropbox (students have read rights)

|- Mr Smith (students can only write)

|- Mrs Jones (students can only write)

-_ etc, etc

 

 

It'd be good if students could open the top level folder (Dropbox) in HAP, displaying the teachers' folders and then drag their file(s) to the appropriate teacher's folder, just like they do when on the school network.

 

 

In HAP, they can see the teachers' folders but attempts to drag and drop don't work. Presumably you must have a folder open to drag and drop into it

 

 

If they try to "Open" a teacher's folder, they get a message similar to the following, which is to be expected: "Access to the path '\\server\dropbox$\Monsieur-Dowling-Yr-7-French\' is denied".

 

 

Here's the entry from hapconfig.xml:

\\server\dropbox$

 

 

Is there some way we might to be able achieve this?

 

 

Thanks

(In case you need to know, Our HAP is v8.1)

[nickbro]

The homework section is what you are after, have a look at /myfiles/homework.aspx

[mattgrimley]

Morning @nickbro

 

homework.aspx doesnt load for me.. I get:

[b]Server Error in '/hap' Application.[/b]
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 
Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Source Error: 
Line 112:                    return false;
Line 113:                }
Line 114:                if(this.File.size > <%=maxRequestLength%>) {
Line 115:					alert(this.File.name + " " + hap.common.getLocal("myfiles/upload/filesizewarning"));
Line 116:                uploads.pop(this);

 

It's been fairly consistent since homework.aspx first appeared in the builds - i saw it, i just didnt think it was ready hence the lack of a bug report!

 

 

Regards,

Matt

[peterdwyer]

I've looked at the homework.aspx file but I've no idea how to interpret it. Will documentation be available in the future?

 

Thanks

[nickbro]

I'll try and fix this issue tonight, VS2012 doesn't want to work for me today in work

[mattgrimley]

thanks @nickbro - sorry @peterdwyer I hadn't intended to hijack this thread, but i'm interested in the same thing you are talking about

[nickbro]

@mattgrimley here's the fix:

 

Open ~/app_localresources/en-gb/strings.xml

 

Add under

Path:

 

Should look like

    
     Path:
     My Files - Homework
     New
     Edit
     Remove
     Title
     Description
     Start
     End
     Students
     Additional Teachers
     Are you sure you want to remove this homework?
     Upload Homework
   
 

[nickbro]

Add update with this

[peterdwyer]

Replaced the two files in the zip and updated ~/app_localresources/en-gb/strings.xml

 

I then ran ~/MyFiles/Homework.aspx. It started up OK and I selected "New". I then added some test and as I chose a few students, up popped the message "Index was out of range...." See attached file homework01.png

 

Logged in as a teacher and ran it (had previously ran with admin account). Didn't chose "additional teacher" and when I clicked on "save", I got "Not Found" (see attached homework02.jpg)

 

Also changed the "path" to match a local path, without any success

 

I was running Firebug but nothing changed as I ran it.

 

Perhaps I've done something wrong

[nickbro]

Ok, I think I've fixed it, you can download the fix from codeplex: https://hap.codeplex.com/downloads/get/502995

[peterdwyer]

Copied the files and ran it. When I ran MyFiles/Homework.aspx, this is what I got.

 

Thanks

 

[h=1]Server Error in '/hap' Application.

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[/h] [h=2]Object reference not set to an instance of an object.[/h] Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

 

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

 

Source Error:

 

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[TR]

[TD]

Line 118: return false; Line 119: } Line 120: if(this.File.size > <%=maxRequestLength%>) { Line 121: alert(this.File.name + " " + hap.common.getLocal("myfiles/upload/filesizewarning")); Line 122: uploads.pop(this); [/TD]

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Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\hap\MyFiles\Homework.aspx Line: 120

 

Stack Trace:

 

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[TR]

[TD]

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] HAP.Web.Controls.LocalResource.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +135 [ArgumentOutOfRangeException: The string myfiles/homework/path cannot be found] HAP.Web.Controls.LocalResource.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +508 ASP.myfiles_homework_aspx.__Render__control3(HtmlTextWriter __w, Control parameterContainer) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\hap\MyFiles\Homework.aspx:120 System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) +131 System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) +246 System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) +315 System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlContainerControl.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +48 System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) +246 System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) +246 System.Web.UI.Page.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +40 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +5290 [/TD]

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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.272

[nickbro]

Don't forget to do the steps in http://www.edugeek.net/forums/home-access-plus/102475-drag-files-onto-folder.html#post880438

[peterdwyer]

Sorry,

 

I'd made the change on my test environment and was testing on the production one.

 

Yes it works but I can't work out how to use it. Is there a video?

 

In any case, I'm not sure if this solution might fit our need, which is a procedure that we've had in place for many years. That is, for a student to be able drag files onto a folder that they only have "write" access to

 

Thank you

[nickbro]

You can try disabling the read/write checks via the config page. This should allow users to upload to the folder but not read to it. However HAP+ does a check on the folder to see if the file exists, so it may throw an error when it tries to do that.

[Edu-IT]

Will you be updating the release with the fixes as I get that error too.

[nickbro]

Not for a while, you can download the fixes from this thread

[Marshall_IT]

When i try to add a new home i get:

 

{"Message":"The given key was not present in the dictionary.","Detail":null,"FaultType":"KeyNotFoundException"}

 

i hate asking so many questions