RE: MIA, Ask an Expert: no pictures in EX

["Daniel Ajoy" <da.ajoy@xxxxxxxxx>]

> from: Andrea Duran <aduran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> date: Wed Jan 24 16:01:22 2007
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I'm currently a teacher at an OpenWorld Learning and we recently
> switched from using pro to EX at new sites.
> 
> We are having a problem at one of our new sites with having our
> pictures available from within a new blank project. Although we can
> import pictures, the screen is blank when I click on the background
> tab, the single pictures tab, and the animation tab . I don't have any
> tutorials either. Could this be due to the way the program was
> installed or is there something I can do to make the pictures,
> backgrounds, and tutorials available?
> 
> Thanks!
> Andrea Duran
> aduran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


On 25 Jan 2007 at 12:11, Alain Tougas wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> The problem is certainly related to the installation of 
> MWEX. 
> 
> Make sure MWEX is in the same folder as the GRAPHICS 
> folder, the TUTORIALS folder, the TECHNIQUES folder and the 
> SAMPLES folder. I believe these can be replaces by aliases 
> if you must abosolutely store them elsewhere, but to solve 
> your issue the easy way, just do as described. 
>  
> Another way to look at it: a proper installation of MWEX 
> involves drag-and-dropping the entire MWEX folder 
> (containing all the items mentioned above) from the CD to 
> your Applications folder. 
>  
> Alain


I just wanted to follow up on this problem.

I visited the lab that had the problem and was witness of how
it was solved.

The problem was that the way MWEX was installed in that mac lab
was by:

1. drag-and-dropping the entire MWEX folder 
(containing all the items mentioned above) from the CD to 
a folder (I'm not sure if it was the Applications folder). 

2. drag-and-dropping the MWEX executable program to the
desktop, to make it visually accessible to the children.

That caused the problem.

The solution (albeit, not a very good one) was to:

1. drag-and-drop the MWEX executable program back into the MWEX
folder.

2. drag-and-drop the whole MWEX folder to the Desktop, that way
MXEX was visually accessible to the children.

This made available the shapes to the MWEX executable but also
created two whole copies of MWEX on those Macs: one in the desktop
and one in another folder (probably the Applications folder).


Daniel
OpenWorld Learning