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Circular folders in Windows XP
Hi all,
we have a simple WebDAV repository set up and our primary clients are
Windows XP machines. I can get around the issue of domain passwords by
using this format when setting up a new webfolder:
http://webdav:/slide/
The colon seems to help nicely :o)
The problem now is that when you create a new folder (collection) in
Windows XP, you see the same folder inside itself over and over again.
So:
New folder->New folder->New folder...
If I look at the properties in Windows it never stops telling me how
many subfolders there are. But in DAVExplorer or Nautilus I only see the
one collection.
Has anyone seen this problem before? It's bizarre to say the least! On
top of that, hitting 'refresh' seems to kill the behaviour in an
inconsistent way (sometimes works, sometimes doesn't).
One other note, is there any way to improve auto-versioning
compatibility with Windows XP?
Cheers,
Paul
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Re: Circular folders in Windows XP
Posted by Bill Keese <bi...@tech.beacon-it.co.jp>.
Hmm. Your pattern in Domain.xml is just "/", right?
<scope match="/" store="tx"/>
You can also try using the memory store or the SimpleStore (you have to
grab the SimpleSotre code from CVS head and then modify it a bit to work
with Slide 2.1).
Hopefully someone else has a different suggestion...
Paul Dorman wrote:
>Thanks for the suggestion, but this doesn't work at all. It did manage
>to create the same behaviour in DAVExplorer though!!!
>
>One strange behaviour is that even though windows thinks there's an
>infinite number of subfolders (on checking the folder properties), it
>always shows the actual folder in the location bar, no matter how 'deep'
>I go. It's as if the screen showing the folder contents is not being
>updated when you enter the folder.
>
>Anyone else have any clues? This must have popped up before. We have a
>brand new install from jakarta-slide-2.1-tomcat-5.0.28.tar.gz, and have
>replicated the problem with a number of different XP machines.
>
>We're all but ready to give up on WebDAV until decent client support
>happens, which is extremely annoying given how long the protocol has
>been around. Damn Mico$osft and their 'embrace and extend' to hell!
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Regards,
>Paul
>
>
>
>On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 09:55 +0900, Bill Keese wrote:
>
>
>>I've seen that problem before but I'm not sure what it was. Maybe you
>>need this setting in web.xml:
>>
>><param-name>default-servlet</param-name>
>><param-value>false</param-value>
>>
>>Paul Dorman wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>we have a simple WebDAV repository set up and our primary clients are
>>>Windows XP machines. I can get around the issue of domain passwords by
>>>using this format when setting up a new webfolder:
>>>
>>>http://webdav:/slide/
>>>
>>>The colon seems to help nicely :o)
>>>
>>>The problem now is that when you create a new folder (collection) in
>>>Windows XP, you see the same folder inside itself over and over again.
>>>So:
>>>
>>>New folder->New folder->New folder...
>>>
>>>If I look at the properties in Windows it never stops telling me how
>>>many subfolders there are. But in DAVExplorer or Nautilus I only see the
>>>one collection.
>>>
>>>Has anyone seen this problem before? It's bizarre to say the least! On
>>>top of that, hitting 'refresh' seems to kill the behaviour in an
>>>inconsistent way (sometimes works, sometimes doesn't).
>>>
>>>One other note, is there any way to improve auto-versioning
>>>compatibility with Windows XP?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Paul
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: Circular folders in Windows XP
Posted by Paul Dorman <pa...@cwa.co.nz>.
Thanks for the suggestion, but this doesn't work at all. It did manage
to create the same behaviour in DAVExplorer though!!!
One strange behaviour is that even though windows thinks there's an
infinite number of subfolders (on checking the folder properties), it
always shows the actual folder in the location bar, no matter how 'deep'
I go. It's as if the screen showing the folder contents is not being
updated when you enter the folder.
Anyone else have any clues? This must have popped up before. We have a
brand new install from jakarta-slide-2.1-tomcat-5.0.28.tar.gz, and have
replicated the problem with a number of different XP machines.
We're all but ready to give up on WebDAV until decent client support
happens, which is extremely annoying given how long the protocol has
been around. Damn Mico$osft and their 'embrace and extend' to hell!
Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards,
Paul
On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 09:55 +0900, Bill Keese wrote:
> I've seen that problem before but I'm not sure what it was. Maybe you
> need this setting in web.xml:
>
> <param-name>default-servlet</param-name>
> <param-value>false</param-value>
>
> Paul Dorman wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >we have a simple WebDAV repository set up and our primary clients are
> >Windows XP machines. I can get around the issue of domain passwords by
> >using this format when setting up a new webfolder:
> >
> >http://webdav:/slide/
> >
> >The colon seems to help nicely :o)
> >
> >The problem now is that when you create a new folder (collection) in
> >Windows XP, you see the same folder inside itself over and over again.
> >So:
> >
> >New folder->New folder->New folder...
> >
> >If I look at the properties in Windows it never stops telling me how
> >many subfolders there are. But in DAVExplorer or Nautilus I only see the
> >one collection.
> >
> >Has anyone seen this problem before? It's bizarre to say the least! On
> >top of that, hitting 'refresh' seems to kill the behaviour in an
> >inconsistent way (sometimes works, sometimes doesn't).
> >
> >One other note, is there any way to improve auto-versioning
> >compatibility with Windows XP?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Paul
> >
> >
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Re: Circular folders in Windows XP
Posted by Bill Keese <bi...@tech.beacon-it.co.jp>.
I've seen that problem before but I'm not sure what it was. Maybe you
need this setting in web.xml:
<param-name>default-servlet</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
Paul Dorman wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>we have a simple WebDAV repository set up and our primary clients are
>Windows XP machines. I can get around the issue of domain passwords by
>using this format when setting up a new webfolder:
>
>http://webdav:/slide/
>
>The colon seems to help nicely :o)
>
>The problem now is that when you create a new folder (collection) in
>Windows XP, you see the same folder inside itself over and over again.
>So:
>
>New folder->New folder->New folder...
>
>If I look at the properties in Windows it never stops telling me how
>many subfolders there are. But in DAVExplorer or Nautilus I only see the
>one collection.
>
>Has anyone seen this problem before? It's bizarre to say the least! On
>top of that, hitting 'refresh' seems to kill the behaviour in an
>inconsistent way (sometimes works, sometimes doesn't).
>
>One other note, is there any way to improve auto-versioning
>compatibility with Windows XP?
>
>Cheers,
>Paul
>
>
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RE: Circular folders in Windows XP
Posted by Miguel Figueiredo <mf...@maisis.pt>.
Hello,
This is an issue with M$ webfolder client. When you create a new folder,
the default behaviour of the webfolder is to create a new directory with the
displayname and uri to "New Folder". When you give in your name, or rename
the folder, webfolder only makes a propatch to the displayname witch, in the
end, results in the display you encountered: new folders inside newfolders,
inside newfolders... The problem maybe would not show up if when making
copies or moves from one side to another in webfolder, the displayname
wouldn't revert to "New Folder" again.
The solution: use other client to manage folders.
Hope this helps,
Miguel Figueiredo
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From: Paul Dorman [mailto:pauld@cwa.co.nz]
Sent: quinta-feira, 7 de Abril de 2005 1:41
To: slide-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: Circular folders in Windows XP
Hi all,
we have a simple WebDAV repository set up and our primary clients are
Windows XP machines. I can get around the issue of domain passwords by
using this format when setting up a new webfolder:
http://webdav:/slide/
The colon seems to help nicely :o)
The problem now is that when you create a new folder (collection) in
Windows XP, you see the same folder inside itself over and over again.
So:
New folder->New folder->New folder...
If I look at the properties in Windows it never stops telling me how
many subfolders there are. But in DAVExplorer or Nautilus I only see the
one collection.
Has anyone seen this problem before? It's bizarre to say the least! On
top of that, hitting 'refresh' seems to kill the behaviour in an
inconsistent way (sometimes works, sometimes doesn't).
One other note, is there any way to improve auto-versioning
compatibility with Windows XP?
Cheers,
Paul
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