[Geomoose-users] Catalog->group - can't get GM to start with group folder closed

[Eli Adam]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Ed Boesenberg <boesiii at yahoo.com> wrote:
> In my GM 2.0 and GM 2.4 application I am able to click the folder icon to
> collapse/expand the folder group but clicking the folder icon in the GM 2.6
> demo website has no effect.  You have to click the words to expand/collapse
> the folder group.  Is this by design or should a bug ticket be prepared?
>

It is probably worth filing a ticket.  Whether by design or not just
impacts whether it is a defect or enhancement.

Eli

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eli Adam [mailto:eadam at co.lincoln.or.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:16 PM
> To: Ed Boesenberg
> Cc: Bistrais, Bob; geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Catalog->group - can't get GM to start with
> group folder closed
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Ed Boesenberg <boesiii at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I just visited your test website and noticed clicking the folder icon
>> has no effect.  It did not collapse.
>
> If you are talking about this website,
> http://mapservertest.maine.gov/basemap/index.html# the folder
> expansion/collapse works for me except that you must click the words of the
> group, not the folder.
>
> Eli
>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:25 PM
>> To: Ed Boesenberg
>>
>>
>> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: RE: [Geomoose-users] Catalog->group - can't get GM to start
>> with group folder closed
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, tried that, but the application still starts with folders open.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Ed Boesenberg [mailto:boesiii at yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:31 AM
>> To: 'Jim Klassen'; Bistrais, Bob
>> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: RE: [Geomoose-users] Catalog->group - can't get GM to start
>> with group folder closed
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob,
>>
>>
>>
>> Have you tried to test it with only one small group of layers?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>>
>> From: geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jim
>> Klassen
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:58 AM
>> To: Bistrais, Bob
>> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org List
>> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Catalog->group - can't get GM to start
>> with group folder closed
>>
>>
>>
>> renderGroup in GeoMOOSE.Tab.Catalog
>>
>>
>>
>> But again... the same code (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and the same
>> mapbook in the same browser has to have the same results.  Unless you
>> can come up with some meaningful difference between the original path
>> that works and the supposedly identical copy that doesn't, I am at a
>> complete loss as to how to help.  I'm starting to think your computer is
> just messing with you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you have any odd things going on in the web server where it is
>> trying to add/change content on the fly?  I have see this in one case
>> where they were using something server side to wrap all the pages with
>> a common header that was breaking GeoMoose.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Bistrais, Bob wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, I did the copy of GM, so I would guess that the file here were
>> identical to the demo.  So are we hitting different files than
>> expected?  If I do anything else to manipulate that mapbook.xml (such
>> as change a title or something else minor), I see that change.  But,
>> we're only talking about mapbook.xml.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, going on that, then we could infer that mapbook.xml is not hitting
>> what it should.  What code is triggered by the <group> tag?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jim Klassen [mailto:klassen.js at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 4:11 PM
>> To: Bistrais, Bob
>> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org List
>> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Catalog->group - can't get GM to start
>> with group folder closed
>>
>>
>>
>> If the mapbook doesn't change, and it is the stock code base, GeoMoose
>> doesn't have anything to display the catalog differently just because
>> the base path changed so...
>>
>> * something is different in the "copy" GeoMoose
>>
>> * something is different in the mapbook being sent to the browser (and
>> this was tested false)
>>
>> * the browser isn't receiving/rendering the files you (think you) have
>> on the server.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Bistrais, Bob wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Right, I created a new httpd file for it.
>>
>> No, I didn't change local_settings.ini in this example, although that
>> would be done for a "real" application.  But, I don't think that
>> should affect the group folders opening and closing either way.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jim Klassen [mailto:klassen.js at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 3:11 PM
>> To: Bistrais, Bob
>> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Catalog->group - can't get GM to start
>> with group folder closed
>>
>>
>>
>> What else did you do besides copying the directory
>> (\ms4w\apps\geomoose2) under a new name (\ms44\apps\geomoose3)?  I
>> just tried copying the directory and it is not enough for MS4W to
>> pickup the new name - it doesn't find it at all.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I also copy and modify \ms4w\httpd.d\httpd_geomoose2_ms4w.conf to
>> \ms4w\httpd.d\httpd_geomoose3_ms4w.conf and replace all occurrences
>> within of geomoose2 with geomoose3, the demo works as expected.
>>
>>
>>
>> Presumably, \ms4w\apps\geomoose3\local_settings.ini should also be
>> modified as well to use the copied version of the mapfiles, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Bistrais, Bob wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Just to be sure, I've just downloaded the latest GM 2.6 download.  I
>> unzipped the demo app and it works normally.  Then I made a copy of it
>> under a new name.  When I open this application, all folders are
>> expanded.  They are both residing in the same ms4w/apps directory, the
>> only difference is the application folder name.  Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jim Klassen [mailto:klassen.js at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:16 PM
>> To: Bistrais, Bob
>> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Catalog->group - can't get GM to start
>> with group folder closed
>>
>>
>>
>> Resend: Message got too big for the list.
>>
>>
>>
>> There is something wrong with your GeoMoose install (as opposed to
>> your mapbook).  I also checked and your getmapbook.php is returning
>> the mapbook you sent in the email.  Are you sure you are using the
>> released and/or latest version?
>>
>> I put your catalog into my app and it shows up like this to start.
>> <image001.png>
>>
>>
>> And the "nested" same groups show up when you click on them...
>> <image002.png>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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