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IB 4.0 Build 384 | App Conversion Error

Pardesi Media 11 years ago • updated by Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) 11 years ago • 1
Hi,

Two of my apps were successfully converted, but the third one is giving following error:

InteractBuilder Version: 4.0 Build 384
Device: MacBook Air
Processor: Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB
System: 10.9.5

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An error occurred while accessing the database.

An error occurred while accessing the database.

Database Error: no such column: TP
Query: SELECT Opacity FROM PageElements WHERE Id=TP

image id 11735505 of group id 4893680 of group id 4893080 of card id 1002 of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode",mouseUp,62,button id 1020 of stack "Behaviors" of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode"
card id 1002 of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode",LoadApp,1507,button id 1007 of group id 1010 of card id 1002 of stack "Behaviors" of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode"
stack "libApp" of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode",ExportApp,6148
stack "libApp" of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode",ExportPageToJSON,6607
stack "libApp" of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode",ExportPageElements,7123
stack "libApp" of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode",AddBehaviorsToJSON,8652
stack "libApp" of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode",ibDB,10048
stack "libApp" of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode",CheckDBErr,10027
stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode",DoError,16132,button id 1004 of card id 1002 of stack "Behaviors" of stack "/Applications/InteractBuilder.app/Contents/MacOS/Local Components/Data/InteractBuilder.livecode"
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Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) 11 years ago
Try deleting the InteractApp.RDB file from the folder and then open the app again.  This should resolve the issue.
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Follow up to a question asked by Ezra as to what page I was looking at in the player

Laurel Roth 11 years ago • updated by Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) 11 years ago • 1
Still encounter so many issues with trying to view pages in the player.  If I request it to just view one page it doesn't view the page I'm asking to view.  Also I am still unable to change the pages as they should appear.  The are not able to be moved by clicking on them and moving the order of the pages.  Also it use to ask you when you wanted to created a new page if it was before or after the current page and it no longer does that.

this is the link were I saw player 4.0.1
http://www.interactplayer.com/engine/player_4.0.1/?token=pgzhM6c9jM6mcTMagAjlMtkiDMtgQTM4wIz7OwsSDM23YjM
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Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) 11 years ago
So the player engine is in fact still under version 4.0.1. That is correct. The Before/After page dialog request only shows up if you are on the first page of your app, so that is working properly. To move pages around you don't click on them, you drag the page you want to the position where you want to move it to.
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Pages added Intersections of Elements refuse to run

Truman Kong 11 years ago • updated by Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) 11 years ago • 3
I am using IB4.0.1 to rebuild my App (originally work perfectly under IB3.4). One of my page has a game with intersections of elements. (Similar to your Dress Up Game in the tutorial). When I press Interact, the page refused to run, it just frozen at the loading page, saying "loading...". I guess it finished loading but cannot start running the App. Maybe, it is a bug. When I remove all the intersections, the page run with no problem.

The InteractPlayer is 4.0.1
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Localization best practices?

Charmaine Anderson 11 years ago • updated by Ezra Weinstein (Administrator) 11 years ago • 4
Can you advise what is the best method to localize one's app, should one try to include all the localized text and voice into the same app and allow the user to select their language preference, or do most people create separate mobile apps for each country/language supported and upload each localized version of the app into the app store?  Also if you can recommend someone or a company that does app localization that would be awesome. Thanks for your insight.
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Recommended # of pages in an App?

Charmaine Anderson 11 years ago • updated by Inna Komarovsky 11 years ago • 1
Can you recommend roughly how many pages a kids app for toddlers should be?  I know books should be about 32 pages for young kids, but wonder what is a good rule of thumb for apps that is acceptable to the marketplace for kids under 5.  Thanks for your thoughts.
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Inna Komarovsky 11 years ago
Hi Charmaine,

I haven't been able to find a standard or suggestion for the length of children's book apps, and I think this is in part because of the flexibility of what you can do within just one page of an app. But I would say that if you want to go for the traditional children's book length, you can look at each app page as a spread in a physical book (two pages that face each other).

Other than that, since it is hard to tell how long an app will be without seeing the physical book, it can be great to include a very clear way of navigating the app, like a page menu or table of contents and maybe even some kind of visual to let the user know how far they are through the story.

I hope this helps!
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maintaining element's visibility

יובל כהן 11 years ago • updated by Inna Komarovsky 11 years ago • 2
When I change element's visibility from hide to show on a certain page and them jump to another, I want it to stay that way when I return to this page. I thought that if "refresh on load" is "no" for this page, items maintain their states, but apparently that's not what happens. What am I doing wrong?
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Inna Komarovsky 11 years ago
Hi! This feature will work once the app is playing on the device, and we're working on making it work accurately in Interact mode as well.

If you only need this for a few elements and you want to be sure it works in Interact mode right away, you can use a global counter whose value gets changed when the element is shown or hidden and then impacts whether or not the element shows up on page load.
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Drag > move

Melissa Lind 11 years ago • updated by Inna Komarovsky 11 years ago • 2
It was working before, but not anymore. :(

I've been getting a strange error message when I upload both my books, that says: 

STSError: refZipOpen Archive</var/mobileApplications/DB53-Safar Tent Drawing Book/pages/page_6zip?-false: zipper, Can't open file: No such file or directory.
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Inna Komarovsky 11 years ago
I think the problem was that InteractPlayer had not yet been updated
because it was still going through the review process. Today the update
is available for the iPad version, and Drag-Move is working.
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Please update re. status of IE4 -

Ranco 10 years ago • updated by Sophia Newman 10 years ago • 2
we really want to publish but it seems like everything is on hold. Please advise!
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Inna Komarovsky 10 years ago
Currently, due to some issues with mobile publishing, we are helping people publish web apps, and we are hoping to resume publishing mobile apps soon.
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erase and narration turn on/ off button

cathy lane 11 years ago • updated by Inna Komarovsky 10 years ago • 2
I know I have asked about these things before but I need to add these interactions to my book app. You previously sent me two sample apps showing how to do these things-  "Draw App" and "stop narration". Both of these samples do not work properly. Please advise.
Thank you
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Inna Komarovsky 10 years ago
Hi Cathy, here is a sample app for stopping narration:
337 - Narration Stop.zip

The narration file is on page 2 and it will play when the App Counter Value is 1.
On first page we have a Read to Me On which will make the App Counter Value to 1, and a Read to Me Off which will make the App Counter Value to 0.
Let me know if you need more help regarding this situation.
Regarding the Erase Mode bug we will let you know when this is fixed. Thank you for your feedback.
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suggestion: ability to select axis for rotate

Melissa Lind 11 years ago • updated by Inna Komarovsky 10 years ago • 2

I'd love to be able to change the axis point with the rotate behavior, and also maintain the center axis as an option. Imagine how cool it would be to have something swinging from the top (rotate device>rotate). I'm able to do it by placing a small dot outside of the element area, but it often makes the full element sit outside of the viewport and will not work swing at all, or sometimes will crash the player. I'm adding a link to my dropbox to illustrate. Check out the butterfly example, which doesn't work because half of the element sites outside the ipad viewport.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/mrl8n77uq38iv9l/08%20Lizzy.mp3


Thanks for all your hardwork! I'm loving all the new features.

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Inna Komarovsky 10 years ago
Just adding a note here that this is now possible using anchor points :)


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