[OPEN-ILS-DEV] ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** Odd Mac OS X staff client weirdness

[Victoria Bush]

Whoops. Everything works, except "Search the catalog"! How weird.

-Vicki


On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Victoria Bush wrote:

> Okay, an update:
>
> I downloaded SITKA's experimental Evergreen 1.4 Mac Client. Straight  
> out of the box, it wouldn't work, because of two issues:
>
> 1. Wrong build number, which I was able to fix by updating the  
> application.ini and BUILD_ID. (I'm running 1.4.0.4; the client has  
> the build as 1.4.0.2.) But that lead to:
>
> 2. It claimed there was no SSL support. Oops.
>
> So I used the files in C:\Windows\Program Files\Evergreen Staff  
> Client\build from the Windows staff client, copied it over to the  
> Mac into the Evergreen Staff Client.app/Contents/Resources  
> directory, and fired it off that way. That version works, and the  
> Reports show up correctly, with no errors.
>
> I think this cobbled version will be my preferred client now.  
> Anything else I should look for, in terms of errors or problems?
>
> -Vicki
>
>
> On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Bill Ott wrote:
>
>> Victoria Bush said the following on 07/23/2009 03:53 PM:
>>> I grabbed the version on the Evergreen-ILS web site. I can go back  
>>> and try to grab it again.....
>>
>> FWIW, I've worked with OSX and xulrunner quite a bit.
>>
>> Under 1.2.x, I only had success under xulrunner 1.8.0.4.  However,  
>> I've been running an EG 1.4.0.4 client under xulrunner 1.9.0.11,  
>> quite happily.
>>
>> After installing Xulrunner, from a Windows client, I copy the  
>> "build" directory (e.g. C:\Windows\Program Files\Evergreen Staff  
>> Client\build\ ) to the desktop.  You'll need to change the last  
>> line of the application.ini to allow for the newer Xul version.   
>> Something like:
>> MaxVersion=1.99
>>
>> Then execute the command listed under Option 2 in the link below  
>> (renaming or replacing the directory name used (e.g.  
>> Evergreen_Staff_Client vs. build ).
>> ...I hope that makes sense
>>
>> http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-user:installing_and_running_the_staff_client#installing_on_mac
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 23, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Jason Etheridge wrote:
>>>
>>>>> FYI: The Windows client shows the Local Administration page fine  
>>>>> and the
>>>>> Reports page fine. It's only the Mac client that seems to have the
>>>>> problems.
>>>>
>>>> Victoria, did you build the client or grab an existing build from
>>>> somewhere?  What version of xulrunner is it using?
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jason Etheridge
>>>> | VP, Tactical Development
>>>> | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
>>>> | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>>>> | email:  jason at esilibrary.com
>>>> | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Victoria Bush
>>> Opscan Evaluation Manager
>>> Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology
>>> vbush at ilstu.edu
>
> --
> Victoria Bush
> Opscan Evaluation Manager
> Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology
> vbush at ilstu.edu
>
>
>

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Victoria Bush
Opscan Evaluation Manager
Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology
vbush at ilstu.edu