mattgrimley

Thanks, but already tried that and it errors (can't remember what the error was now, but i presume it requires newer dll's). As it's not something that i need, i'll just wait till you either do your next full release or have another bunch of things you want testing

Hey @nickbro Things are running very smoothly for us and im running this version on the main site at the moment. The only issue i appear to have is related to the setup.aspx page - I dont know if you have even looked at it yet, so it may be working as expected.. but just incase it is a bug, here goes : When i load the setup page, i don't see the expected tabs and instead everything lists on one flat page.. Much of it appears "gimped" with extra forms and pictures not in the right place etc. No errors are generated in the debug log. I tried the setup.aspx (and indeed the whole download from the codeplex site) but i just get errors which i presume relate to dll's. Am i just jumping the gun there or should that be loading? (Hapconfig.xml reports my version as 8.0.519.2200) Cheers, Matt

It's line 451 Change: else if ("<%=DropZoneAccepted %>".toLowerCase().indexOf(this.File.name.substr(this.File.name.lastIndexOf('.')).toLowerCase()) == -1 && "<%=DropZoneAccepted %>" != "") { To: else if ("<%=[b][color="#FF0000"]AcceptedExtensions[/color][/b] %>".toLowerCase().indexOf(this.File.name.substr(this.File.name.lastIndexOf('.')).toLowerCase()) == -1 && "<%=DropZoneAccepted %>" != "") {

Very much looking forward to this Nick. Will there eventually be any way of assigning homeworks via classes? I know this would require some sort of SIMS export which might link in with the timetable stuff you were looking at.. but perhaps in teh short-term they could be assigned via selectable AD groups? i.e. "Year 9". There would still be some redundant data displayed, but it would limit a year group to only seeing work assigned to that year. It's looking fab anyway. Matt

ahh cheers will try it out tomorrow! I moved the v8 pre-release over to be my main site after some extensive beta testing. I'll let you know if anything crops up - though it'll be easy enough to revert back to 7.10 as the booking and helpdesk config files remain the same format I must say i really do love it! Grand job!

hmm, my line 455 is just a "}" close bracket.. if i replace that line, then it doesn't load properly at all.. - it just loads all of the forms with no formatting or content.. i'll post more if needed, but im presuming my line 455 isnt the same as yours... It looks like this (before patching): 453 uploads.pop(this); 454 return false; 455 } 456 if(this.File.size > <%=maxRequestLength%>) {

two sample lines from my hapconfig.xml are included also for your troubleshooting pleasure! %homedir% \\server\pupils Check you are accessing via HTTPS rather than HTTP (not sure if this is important here, but it is elswhere). CHeck your slashes are the right way round on your drive paths names in your config erm...

Tony, if you manually enter the url: https://domain.school.lea.uk/hap/MyComputer/H does it open? I'm working through mine at the moment to see if i can replicate.. though i must admit i have no love for the old file browser since migrating!

HAP isnt an RDP solution. You would need to set-up the machine running CMIS to accept RDP clients and make sure you can connect to it outside of HAP.. All you would be doing with HAP is linking to the Remote Access Gateway. Hope that makes some sense. There are a few other threads in here talking about RDP - but to be honest, it's a bit complicated. You need to make sure you are licensed properly etc - We run a dedicated Terminal Server which has the clients for SIMS (in our case) and the accounts etc on it. This is available from outside the college (and licensed accordingly). All we use HAP for is a portal to put the links. Good Luck, MAtt

Just updating with a screenie of my test site I've been busy formatting icons and things are coming along very nicely indeed! Things seem to be running very stably for me @nickbro For once i thought i'd post without asking for help! Matt

Yeah, to be clear, it works fine with transparency enabled - but as you say, the tiles appear blue. What is wierd is that if my icon contains transparency, it seems to ignore the colour of the top left pixel when selecting a custom tile background colour. If i open the same icon and save it out as 24 bit (thus removing the alpha channel), that top left pixel is then successfully used to define the background colour. Ultimately the icon handling works perfectly - with a little guidance for those wishing to customise their own icons / background colours.

nope, of course you are right.. hadn't connected the file-name to the programatic function of it. spelling it "ou" would in-fact be wrong!! Having a fun time playing with the icons now - It doesnt seem to like any transparency in the files, so long as i remove that (easiest way is to save as 24bit rather than 32bit - thus removing the alpha channel) it works really well! Thanks again, expect a couple more reports during this week.. though i suppose not too many of the sub-sections have changed too much and the main tiles etc are working really quite robustly.. Cheers anyway, Matt

Damn!! It works lovely!! I Even have correctly reformatted icon sizes AND coloured tiles! Whatever you fixed, you fixed it good n proper! I'll spend a couple of days testing it, then i might try it live for bit! Thanks again for your patience! I'm intrigued by the tile colour selection. How does it choose the colour? And how best to manipulate that choice? (i.e. i tried editing the colors.xml (typo in that filename btw (except for the Americans)) but it doesn't seem to get re-written. It's looking really, really pretty Can't wait to get some users on it! Massive well done Nick. This whole Tile/Colour thing is really really nice!

Hi again mate, I'm likely to get a little out of my depth beyond this "Browser Mode" issue, but im not entirely satisfied that we have eliminated it.. Sorry if i am repeating or patronising, i just want to be sure we have tried the same thing before i let someone else troubleshoot a different bit.. First off, the errors you posted are largely normal. I get all the same errors with the exception of the first line: HTML1115: X-UA-Compatible META tag ('IE=edge') ignored because document mode is already finalized. I think that first line is indicating the problem. I think that means that it is ignoring the bit of code telling it to run in IE9/IE9 Stds because it comes too late in the configuration (which is fixed by my info in the other thread). I dont know if that would work as IE caches some elements of code when loading the booking system (when my system was playing up we would get spurious bits of data displayed even though they werent written back to the server). So.. if you have made the change as per the other thread i linked above, when you first connect in to HAP (Having closed and re-opened the browser if necessary to create a clean new session), viewing the debug info in IE9 should display "Browser Mode: IE9 and Document Mode: IE9 Standards". You should not need to change it from there at all. If it shows anything else, it is likely that the change i recommended above hasn't saved for some reason, so double check it. I found that largely the site worked in Firefox and Chrome, but not in IE9 (although my issues were only present inside my LAN, it worked okay from home). Post back to clarify and if you are still having issues, perhaps @nickbro can offer a little more advanced guidance Matt

thanks for that - i'm a step closer, but getting a "Parameter is not valid" error now: Parameter is not valid. 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.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid. Source Error: Line 27: $(document).ready(function () { Line 28: hap.livetiles.Init([ Line 29: <%#gettiles((HAP.Web.Configuration.LinkGroup)Container.DataItem)%> Line 30: ]); Line 31: }); Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\beta\Default.aspx Line: 29 Stack Trace: [ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid.] System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(String filename) +749487 HAP.Web.LiveTiles.IconCache.GetColour(String icon) +1268 [Exception: ~/#calendar] HAP.Web.LiveTiles.IconCache.GetColour(String icon) +2607 HAP.Web.Default.gettiles(Object o) +1136 ASP.default_aspx.__DataBind__control8(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\beta\Default.aspx:29 System.Web.UI.Control.DataBind(Boolean raiseOnDataBinding) +304 System.Web.UI.Control.DataBindChildren() +11426631 System.Web.UI.Control.DataBind(Boolean raiseOnDataBinding) +321 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateItem(Int32 itemIndex, ListItemType itemType, Boolean dataBind, Object dataItem) +185 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateControlHierarchy(Boolean useDataSource) +627 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.OnDataBinding(EventArgs e) +167 HAP.Web.Default.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +755 System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +25 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +71 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3064 Any thoughts on that? Thanks again Nick! Matt

Hi @victory2012 Can you confirm what browser you are using - is it the same in IE and Chrome for example? Can you also load in IE 9 and check the "Browser Mode" and the "Document Mode" in the debug window (press F12) If they are any lower than "IE9 Compat" and "IE 9 Standards" you may need to edit the masterpage.master (instructions Here http://www.edugeek.net/forums/home-access-plus/95449-hap-booking-system-sizing-issue.html#post830728) Failing that, you will need to install Firefox and Firebug.. and get some more diagnostics Matt

Ahh okay mate. My bad. The dll's need to be compiled and my version of c# won't open the files (Visual C# 2010 Express) - I seem to remember it previously opened but wouldnt compile them as a limitation of the express editions anyway. I'll wait till proper releases in the future unless i get my mits on a fuller version of VS Matt

Still not working, sorry to be a pain @nickbro - i did copy all of the files (except the .cs and .csproj files) from the zip but still not working.. i even rebooted the server in case of any odd server-side caching etc. I also removed any files not in the zip (excluding the config and dll files), so i may have removed something inadvertently omitted.. Any other ideas? Cheers, Matt P.S. This is not on my "production server", so my main site remains fully functional!

Hey Nick, Thought i'd do a refresh with the SourceCode version as you've been playing with the API stuff more (I was hoping it might kick my back into life, but alas i've broken it more).. I presume i need updated DLL's? As I'm getting an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error on logging on.. 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: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] HAP.Web.Controls.Announcement.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +50 System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +24 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +70 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +189 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +189 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +189 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +189 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3063 i'll er...

It's worth remembering as it's the same with the newer version too.. I think it's something to do with IE detecting your site as a intranet site rather than an internet site.. it effectively handles it differently in both circumstances. Whilst you and I have to make that change, it works fine for everyone else (and most likely would work fine "outside" of your college network!

a-haa, never fear.. you have the problem that i have Easily fixed. Find your masterpage.master file and make a backup of it. Now, open your masterpage.master in notepad and look for a line that says: [b] [/b] Cut and paste that line to just underneath the line that starts " The final file should look something like this: <%@ Master Language="C#" %> <%@ Register Assembly="HAP.Web" Namespace="HAP.Web.Controls" TagPrefix="hap" %> <%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="asp" %> [b][color="#FF0000"] [/color][/b] Home Access Plus </pre><form runat="server"> Logged in as | </form><br> <b

Hi @jamesgriffiths, Try hitting F12 in IE for the debug panel. Along the menu bar, it should say "Browser Mode: IE9 Compat View (or it might say IE9) and Document Mode: IE9 Standards". Can you check what your says? MAtt

Sorry, i wasnt clear - The reference in the config is exactly as you recommend: ~/images/icons/metro/office/excel.png. I still get the same errors when i try to load directly the api/tiles/icons/64/64/images/icons/metro/office/excel.png URL.. Server Error 404 - File or directory not found. The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. There must be something doohicky with my IIS... should i have an API folder in IIS?

hmmm The icon loads full size if i enter the URL: https: //site.school.lea.sch.uk/beta/images/icons/metro/office/excel.png Should I be able to call the resized icon by entering the following, because i get a 404 - File or directory not found: https: //site.school.lea.sch.uk/beta/api/iconcache/64/64/images/icons/metro/office/excel.png The iconcache folder is empty (with the exception of the placeholder.txt file). Have I messed up a permission at some point on my test server? I dont have a physical api folder, but i presume i shouldnt.. right? Cheers, Matt (P.S. My HAP installs havent resized icons for as long as i can remember - i've always resized custom icons to 64x64 before uploading them..)

Hey Nick, I might be jumping the gun (again), but i updated all my code from "source-code" and the icons display a bit funny..