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

[Alain LCSI <alain@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Dragging the entire MW folder to the desktop is generally not the  
best method. Macs have sometimes strict methods for dealing with  
permissions and apps are better in the Applications folder.
My suggestion: Put the MW folder back into the Applications folder  
and create an ALIAS of the MW application. Put the alias on the  
folder if you wish, but an even better method consists of dragging  
the app icon ON the dock. This will create an ALIAS in the dock,  
without moving the REAL app.


Alain Tougas
alain@xxxxxxx
B: (514) 939-8700 poste 237



Le 07-02-11 à 10:55, Daniel Ajoy a écrit :

> > 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