[LON-CAPA-users] Flash movies and LON-CAPA

[Robley Light]

Neat.  I can run this in Firefox just fine!

However, there is a problem in viewing the camtasia movie in IE7.  When I
click on the link, I get a message of a runtime error, line 259, invalid
argument.  When I click to debug, I get the following showing up in the
debugging editor:

<script type="text/javascript">
function explainIt(explainlink) {
    var title = 'Explain it to me';
    var options = 'scrollbars=1,resizable=1,menubar=1';
    options += ',width=820,height=620';
    explainitwindow = open(explainlink,title,options,"1");
    explainitwindow.focus();
}
</script>

Where "invalid argument" points to this line of the above script.

  explainitwindow = open(explainlink,title,options,"1");

Whether or not I view the debugging program, the camtasia window will not
open.

I presume this is either a bug in javascript or IE7, or at least an
incompatiblity between them?  Can the script be changed so it works with
IE7.  (Or maybe I need to change some security setting in IE7? Popup blocker
is off, and the site is in the "trusted zone"--otherwise most of LON-CAPA
wouldn't function.)

(By the way, there was another problem with IE7 which I think has already
been reported as a bug--in the author space the drop down menus beside a
problem or a file do not function).

Robley


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lon-capa-users-admin@mail.lon-capa.org 
> [mailto:lon-capa-users-admin@mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of Ed Kashy
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:06 PM
> To: lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Flash movies and LON-CAPA
> 
> Hi Sally,
> An example of a published camatsia movie is at 
> http://s10.lite.msu.edu/res/msu/kashy/physicsLib02/26_Oscillat
> ions1_SHM/springOnInclineXPL.problem
> 
> This was put together by Stuart Raeburn and I some time ago, 
> and I am sure Stuart can give technical help should you need it.
> Ed
> 
> Gerd Kortemeyer wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I would recommend uploading the documents into a real 
> authorspace, and 
> > publishing them. Flash works in LON-CAPA, but I don't think I ever 
> > tried with just DOCS.
> > 
> > - Gerd.
> > 
> > On Mar 15, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Sally Hunnicutt wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >>
> >> I have created Flash movies using Camtasia, and I would like to 
> >> upload these into my L-C courses.  Does anyone have 
> experience with 
> >> this?  I have tried uploading the HTML file (the index file) under 
> >> Course Documents, and then uploading the embedded files.  However, 
> >> this only allows for 4 additional files (in addition to the index 
> >> file) to be uploaded.  Something does seem to be uploaded, but the 
> >> screen always shows the error that Java must be enabled and to 
> >> download Flash (although Java is enabled and Flash has 
> been downloaded).
> >>
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >>
> >>
> >> Sally
> >>
> >>
> >> Dr. Sally S. Hunnicutt
> >>
> >> Assistant Chair & Associate Professor
> >>
> >> VCU Department of Chemistry
> >>
> >> sshunnic@vcu.edu
> >>
> >> 827-0531
> >>
> >> Oliver Hall 4023B
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > 
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