Re: Problem showing project images in app ported from XCode

From: Chuck Hill (chil..lobal-village.net)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2008 - 14:19:51 EST

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    On Feb 8, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Alex Cone wrote:
    >
    > doubtless, but I don't recall having a light-bulb go off and
    > thinking "that solves it" after reading yesterday's posts. was it
    > to this list?

    No, Apoorva posted to the message below to the WO-Dev list which is
    where I replied.

    Chuck

    >
    >>> I'm not a huge fan of the "split install" approach, but sometimes
    >>> you do have apps constructed that way and Eclipse/WOLips should
    >>> work as expected...
    >>>
    >>> Anyone have any thoughts?
    >>
    >> Some more details on exactly what structure you have set up and
    >> what results are you getting vs what you expect could be useful...
    >
    > I'll let Apoorva send some ascii diagrams but the basics are
    > described below in his original post:
    >
    >>>> If I put wombat.jpg into the top-level project directory, the
    >>>> image appears when I run the application. If I put it in
    >>>> WebServerResources, it does not. The project I'm porting has an
    >>>> existing static resource directory structure, with
    >>>> subdirectories such as "gif" and "jpg" and "css". When I put
    >>>> this jpg where I *really* want it--at WebServerResources/jpg/
    >>>> wombat.jpg--it definitely doesn't show up!
    >>
    >> Chuck
    >>
    >>> On Feb 7, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Apoorva Muralidhara wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> I'm migrating an old WebObjects application from XCode to WOLips
    >>>> (version 3.3.4760). Using the WOLips wizard, I've created an
    >>>> empty WebObjects application and copied all the Java code,
    >>>> components, and EOModel into the appropriate directories, and
    >>>> configured the build path as necessary. The application builds,
    >>>> launches, and fetches from the database. But none of the images
    >>>> show up.
    >>>>
    >>>> In other applications, we usually serve an image by storing it
    >>>> externally, with a symbolic link to its directory from just
    >>>> under /Library/WebServer/Documents/, and displaying it using the
    >>>> WOImage "src" binding with the corresponding absolute URL. But
    >>>> the application I'm porting keeps the images in its project,
    >>>> using the WOImage "filename" binding and relying on
    >>>> WOResourceManager to find them.
    >>>>
    >>>> I have, for example, a WOImage on the front page, with a
    >>>> filename binding: filename = "wombat.jpg".
    >>>>
    >>>> If I put wombat.jpg into the top-level project directory, the
    >>>> image appears when I run the application. If I put it in
    >>>> WebServerResources, it does not. The project I'm porting has an
    >>>> existing static resource directory structure, with
    >>>> subdirectories such as "gif" and "jpg" and "css". When I put
    >>>> this jpg where I *really* want it--at WebServerResources/jpg/
    >>>> wombat.jpg--it definitely doesn't show up!
    >>>>
    >>>> With the resources where I really want them, I have right-
    >>>> clicked on WebServerResources, on jpg, and even on the
    >>>> individual .jpg (using "add all files with extension") , and
    >>>> chosen WOLips Tools --> Include As WebServerResource. My
    >>>> wsresources.include.patternset:
    >>>>
    >>>> WebServerResources/**/*
    >>>> **/WebServerResources
    >>>> **/css
    >>>> **/gif
    >>>> **/gimp
    >>>> **/html
    >>>> **/jpg
    >>>> **/js
    >>>> **/xml
    >>>> **/*.jpg
    >>>>
    >>>> This file was not mentioned in the wsresources node of my
    >>>> build.xml, so I hand-edited it. It looks like this now:
    >>>>
    >>>> <wsresources dir="WebServerResources">
    >>>> <patternset>
    >>>> <includesfile name="woproject/wsresources.include.patternset" />
    >>>> <include name="**/*" />
    >>>> <exclude name="CVS" />
    >>>> <exclude name=".svn" />
    >>>> <excludesfile name="woproject/wsresources.exclude.patternset" />
    >>>> </patternset>
    >>>> </wsresources>
    >>>>
    >>>> I also tried adding <include name="*.jpg"/>, <include name="jpg/
    >>>> *.jpg"/>, <include name="**/*.jpg"/>, and <include
    >>>> name="WebServerResources/jpg/*.jpg"/>.
    >>>>
    >>>> But no matter what I do, the images just don't show up!
    >>>>
    >>>> I right-clicked on WebServerResources and brought up Properties
    >>>> and made sure that "Executable" was checked. I looked inside my
    >>>> built copy of the application, and the resources are there,
    >>>> although I did note a duplicate "WebServerResources" in the
    >>>> path--that is, my jpg is at build/marsupials.woa/Contents/
    >>>> WebServerResources/WebServerResources/jpg/wombat.jpg. I tried
    >>>> manually "correcting" this error, so that this image was at
    >>>> build/marsupials.woa/Contents/WebServerResources/jpg/wombat.jpg,
    >>>> and reran the application, but the image still doesn't appear.
    >>>>
    >>>> Any ideas?
    >>>>
    >>>> Thanks,
    >>>> Apoorva Muralidhara
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>>
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    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
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    >
    >
    > __alex cone
    > ceo c o d e f a b llc
    > ab..odefab.com
    > 212.465.8484 x101
    > http://www.codefab.com
    >
    > If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space.
    >
    >
    >
    >
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