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

[Gerd Kortemeyer]

Hi,

Thanks for pointing this out, we will need to attend to this, since  
many students unfortunately use IE7 instead of a web browser.

- Gerd.

On Mar 16, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Robley Light wrote:

> 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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