mattgrimley

Ooh, i missed the URL on my phone - more stuff to play with!

Well your screenie looks great!

Hey @nickbro, I was just having a think about your white theme and it occurred to me that it might be an idea to shift all of the default images into a folder called "default" (next to the folder called "white). You could then provide a selector within the app along these lines: Settings App: Default theme for all new users [default] Allow Users to change theme? [Y/N] This would allow really easy theme selection from within the site rather than changing the config. It would also meant the path to your file would simply be "icon.png" and HAP would know the rest. It would also allow people to share their themed app folders by zipping and unzipping. Finally, end-user theme selection would allow for example a "High Contrast" theme to be crafted. Not a particularly feature rich suggestion, and i understand it would be quite a bit of work.. Matt

Okay, reverting back to the source control versions and it works really nicely! It does some funny quirky resizing thing when i change the size of the window (in chrome), but ultimately it does work! lol Very nice indeed - back to proper testing now! Is there anything else i should be looking at?

hmm that seems to have broken the panels for me.. they all just appear on the first page under each other.. I'm just going to reset my installation from the "sourcecode" files however, as we have been playing in that default.aspx!

Well, good news and bad news.. Changing that to 200 makes it look perfect.. when full screen.. Now to move the goal-posts.. When the browser is not full-screen (as in the screen-shot below), the start position of each "panel" shifts to the right by about 20 pixels per panel.. That should be visibile in the animated gif below.. if it works! Matt (You might have to enlarge it to get it to animate.. not sure how you include such big thumbnails @nickbro

Hey Nick, Attached is a screenie of the "Me" panel after manually reducing its width. You can see on the left hand side, half of a button which has carried over from the top row of the "Management" panel which is what is causing the problem: On an slightly unrelated note... On your nbdev website, you have a project to export timetables from SIMS.net to Exchange.. I've downloaded, edited and compiled the project, but the link to the SIMS report is missing - is that project likely to work? Does it require matching usersnames in SIMS and Exchange and do you have a copy of that report lying around? (Your timetable link for students made me think it's something i'd like to make some progress on! Cheers, Matt

Here you go

hapconfig.rar Hey Nick, Couldnt post in a DM (maximum character length and no ability to attach a file).. So, dm'd you the rar password! Matt

Changed it to 60000 which seems to equate to 60 seconds - The default was starting a new query before the first query had returned (it's at the end of line 187 for any other noobs) Fab.. Time for a cold beer for me in advance of the match! (Before i go though, once i've populated my groups, i'm getting the contents of the "Me" group being displayed at the bottom of the first group. It all seems to work still, but just displaying in the wrong place.. I noticed it earlier, but it went away when i reverted to your example groups - I have a bit more in my groups and can dm them if required...) Cheers again mate, Matt (P.S. Thanks to Paul too, nice first post - i salute you!)

It's Alive! That hap.data.dll did the trick. I'll spend tomorrow repopulating the groups (i reverted back to yours whilst troubleshooting), but it is looking really snazzy! This is only installed on my offline system at the moment, but - wow, the removal of scrollbars makes it VERY tablet and iframe friendly! I'll have a more thorough test tomorrow and feedback any more issues! AND the server up-time plugins work perfectly! Thanks again - I do love being at the bleeding edge, Matt

thanks for the info @minimoo - i didnt get to test it as i'd already started the exchange upgrade. I can confirm that you are on the right track though.. It certainly does work now the exchange server is upgraded. I do still get one error however @nickbro POST https://portal.school.lea.uk/beta/api/BookingSystem/Search?%222012-04-30T16:27:51.726Z%22 500 Internal Server Error The "post" JSON Query looks correct.. it displays my username in quotes. The response is: Receivera:InternalServiceFaultMethod not found: 'Void HAP.Data.BookingSystem.Booking..ctor(System.Xml.XmlNode, Boolean)'.Method not found: 'Void HAP.Data.BookingSystem.Booking..ctor(System.Xml.XmlNode, Boolean)'. at HAP.Web.API.BookingSystem.Search(String Query) at SyncInvokeSearch(Object , Object[] , Object[] ) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[]& outputs) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeBegin(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet)System.MissingMethodException My hap.data.dll is not a new one.. should it be? i have v2.2.0.0.. Other than that, it's starting to look really snazzy!

meh.. i was trying to avoid the service pack as the last time i installed a roll-up it borked my server! This is as good a reason as any to "man-up" i suppose! I'll let you know if it works after my update. Though i presume the 3rd error is unrelated? (it's from the bookingsystem) Matt

Tried that and it does the same Firebug shows me three errors: (1)https://portal.school.lea.sch.uk/beta/api/livetiles/exchange/unread 500 Internal Server Error (2)https://portal.school.lea.sch.uk/beta/api/livetiles/exchange/appointments 500 Internal Server Error (3)https://portal.school.lea.sch.uk/beta/api/BookingSystem/Search?%222012-04-30T11:05:24.385Z%22 500 Internal Server Error Do I need to post more of the error details? I presume the SMTP "exchangeserver" bit is right, because if i change the domain name, i get a different error about not finding the domain name. My exchange server is "MS Exchange Server 2010 SP1", version number is 14.2 (Build number 218.15). For reference, to check your exchange server version, you can run the following from powershell on the server: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.E2010 Get-ExchangeServer |ft identity,*DisplayVersion and check against the table at: Exchange Server and Update Rollups Builds Numbers - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki

okay, a step closer The default.aspx file within the zip on the previous page is an old one. The site is loading now, but i am getting 3 error messages. IE and Chrome just report "Internal Server Error". However, Firefox reports: 1> Exchange Server doesn't support the requested version. 2> Method not found: 'Void HAP.Data.BookingSystem.Booking..ctor(System.Xml.XmlNode, Boolean)'. The mail server is Exchange 2010.. I have added what i thought you asked to the SMTP bit in the hapconfig.xml file.. it now reads like this: Does that look correct? The page loads and The Me tab, the My Files tab and the Help Desk tab are all excitingly animated! The Access my emails, Calendar and "Booking System" buttons are all quiet though.

Thanks for the zip Nick Getting a Compiler Error Message: CS1061: 'ASP.default_aspx' does not contain a definition for 'editmydetails_Click' and no extension method 'editmydetails_Click' accepting a first argument of type 'ASP.default_aspx' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) Am i missing a file or have a just messed something up in the install? (This is just my play server, so nothing "production" is broke!)

Tried to build the DLL's but Visuall C# express edition doesn't support "Solution Folders" - so it makes Bin, Installers and a bunch of other stuff unavailable.. I think this then stops a bunch of the dll's from compiling. I may need to be patient!

@nickbro that looks fab mate. Really exciting stuff. Are you permitting re-use of your cookies blurb? It seems really detailed and would save some serious hastle.. How would i make it pop-up on the home page? Thanks again for all you do!! Matt

Wow! That looks fab Nick! Really nice work.

wow, looks nice

Hi Nick, hope your upgrade is going well!! I use the front page of HAP to add quite a lot of groups and links for easy access by the kids. With the Metro layout, the squares are quite big and the page is becoming increasingly long.. I wondered if there might be argument for moving towards a tabbed window (much like the [Me][Password][bookings][Tickets] box at the top)? The tabs would simply be the "Link Groups" such as; [Resources][blogs][Clubs][Management] This might help keep the front page down to 1 browser window and avoid the scroll bar on the right (nicer for tabets?) The second suggestion would be a combination of the "homework" functionality you are adding to MyFiles and the calendar support that you use for bookings.. I wonder if it would be possible to create a homework diary for each kid which would be published as an ics file? Our homework rota is fixed, so it would work much like the room bookings, with a fixed timetable of homeworks per year group which could then be associated with any "homework" functionality you provide via myfiles. It's kinda complex i know and i havent really thought it through fully.. but i wondered if there was something in there which would be quite powerful? Imagine all those kids with their androids and ipods reminding them to pack their homework at 7:45 every morning.. or to do it at 18:00 every evening!! (parents could subscribe too if there was no personally identifyable info in there).. all powered by HAP! (Perhaps that last one is a HAP v10 request rather than a v8 one Cheers, Matt

Hey @Jake, Just from my experience, apostrophe's in usernames are a big no-no and i never really understood why Windows allows it. You will find issues with so many things.. Any references based upon the %username% will often fail when creating folders or files (which includes wierd back-end issues with Office apps etc). Web Services like the Microsoft Exchange Web Access wont handle it properly either. What we do is remove all hypens and apostrophes from usernames, but leave it in the "Display Name". That way, Windows reports the properly spelled name for the user, but uses plain text username. Google is littered with more examples of some big name products which won't play nicely with a Windows AD username containing an apostrophe: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=apostrophe+in+usernames Obviously, you aren't here for a lecture on how to run your own network, so i hope you won't think me rude for chipping in. Matt

Hey Nick, I just started using the resource type of "Laptop" for a couple of our laptop trolleys. 1> Are the quantities [16] / [32] hard-coded? We have some trollies with only 16. Sometimes staff only want to book 8 or 10 etc. It would be nice for other staff to be able to see how many are left. 2> If you dont click a quantity, you get an "internal server error".. I "think" this was introduced with 7.10 as no-one had the issue previously. It's easy enough to explain, but might be nice to have either a nicer error or just default omit the quantity if it isnt entered? 3> If you book only 8/16, can another member of staff book the remaining? Lots of questions, just one error (number 2).. Cheers again, Matt

I upgraded from the "upgrade" zip which appears to have an old default.aspx in it. I'll nab the one from the full install zip Files which appear to be out of date in the upgrade.zip are: \default.aspx \masterpage.master \HelpDesk\newadminnote.htm Thanks for the direction

Hey Nick, The Bug: Just another observation.. This time on FAQ's. I haven't been able to get FAQ's working in any versions so far. It never changes the faq="false" to "true". (if i manually change it, then it appears in the right place) The Request: I'd really love the FAQ to be generated as a copy of the ticket and to be editable. (Editable would be incredibly useful, but i wouldn't want to lose the historical ticket data which is not helpful in the context of an FAQ) I guess, i'd love the FAQ's to remain where they are.. with the ability to copy a ticket response to a "new FAQ", but for it to have its own datafile and management. Cheers, Matt