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Feng Office 2 / Migrating a Site

« on: November 08, 2013, 08:23:17 pm »

I am trying to migrate a Site from a Web Server (Internet) to a local Windows PC running WAMP.  I do this with other web based systems quite successfully, but I appreciate there are technological differences which can cause problems.

It's a 2.3 installation.  I zip up the file system, dump the SQL DB, and re-instate on the Windows PC.  It needs some tweaking of the config.php to accommodate the different environment.

However, I have not been able to get it to work.

Firstly, the Internet installation was set up using innoDB (as recommended during the install), but the WAMP environment does not support this (as far as I know).  I get an error when running the Site locally when config.php is set for innoDB, that it is not supported.

I tried changing this property to MySQL (in config.php), crossed my fingers, but it still throws errors as follows:

( ! ) Fatal error: Class 'DB' not found in C:\www\sitename\init.php on line 125
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0000 140240 {main}( ) ..\index.php:0
2 0.0000 179504 require( 'C:\www\sitename\init.php' ) ..\index.php:9

( ! ) Fatal error: Class 'DB' not found in C:\www\sitename\application\functions.php on line 71
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0000 140240 {main}( ) ..\index.php:0
2 0.0000 179504 require( 'C:\www\sitename\init.php' ) ..\index.php:9
3 0.0469 1027096 __shutdown( ) ..\functions.php:0

Is it the URL syntax that is an issue?  Don't know.  The syntax for browsing (local) site is http ://machinename/sitename/index.php.

But this is presuming that it is ok in the first place to change the config from innoDB to MySQL!

Any suggestions? I am not surprised that such a migration presents challenges, but it must be do'able?

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Feng Office 2 / Re: Deleting Users

« on: May 15, 2013, 07:00:52 pm »

forums.fengoffice.com/index.php?topic=16145.0

forums.fengoffice.com/index.php?topic=15912.0

If there are no transactions of any kind against any User, then you can probably delete.  Otherwise just disable.

So it's neither a bug nor just you  

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Feng Office 2 / Upgrade 2.3 beta to 2.3 RC

« on: May 07, 2013, 07:12:18 pm »

Just to confirm, does this require the full upgrade treatment, i.e. copy all new files over current installation and run upgrade script?  And will the same be the case for 2.3 RC to 2.3 Final?

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Feature requests / Re: Printing and Reports.

« on: May 01, 2013, 06:37:21 pm »

In the short term, any chance of having a better single Item Print, such as a Task, populated with more of the Data rather than the very limited offering at the moment?  The icing on the cake would be having an option on what would or would not be printed, but to start with everything (within sensible limits) 

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Feature requests / Printing and Reports.

« on: May 01, 2013, 06:28:03 pm »

Not necessarily the same, but related.

Although I have not explored every facility Feng Office has to offer, so far all the Print and Report functions are based on tabled lists; a spreadsheet approach if you like.

These are of course very useful, but severely limited when it comes to single record printing or reporting.  For example, take a single Task, with all the related information (including ay Custom Fields).

It would be useful to be able to print or design a print or report more as a Form than  a List.

I am not sure what the best approach from the software development point of view, and I am not sure how practical this suggestion would be, but thinking along these lines:

Have an HTML/TEXT based file used as the Master or Template for a custom designed display/print.  This means that many people would be able to create their own designs using simple tools only needing moderate experience.

Included in the Master or Template would be specific structures, we may call Plugins, but the name does not matter.

A Plugin would be used to pull specific data from the Feng Office Database, so in principle any Field could have the data in it rendered onto a Form or Report.

Obviously, there has to be some control and logic to allow sensible rendering, as the Code to formulate what Fields from What Records of What Tables is beyond the scope of simple user generated Templates.

It's a tall order I realise, so I don't expect miracles!  

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Feature requests / Configuration Options

« on: May 01, 2013, 06:11:16 pm »

To filter/switch the UI View.  For example in Edit Tasks (but also other processes), there is a row of links which open or close views to:

Related to - Task data - Repeating task - Reminders - Custom Properties - Subscribers - Linked Objects

For example, we may only want Task data and Custom Properties.

Include a switch to have them default to open or closed.

Such an approach would add a lot of customisability when using the UI?

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Feng Office 2 / Re: Error Creating Reports 2.2.4.1

« on: April 28, 2013, 10:26:49 am »

Already done, but thanks for the suggestion.

I'll probably run with 2.2.2 for the time being.  What does 2.2.4.1 give which makes it more compelling?  Apart from the general principle and efficacy of using the latest stable releases of any supported software.

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Feng Office 2 / Re: Error Creating Reports 2.2.4.1

« on: April 27, 2013, 10:25:09 am »

Until such time as this is fixed, I will have to revert to 2.2.2.  No point in upgrading if Reports are broken.  I am sure it will be sorted out in time.

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Getting Started / Re: Unable to delete User(s)

« on: April 25, 2013, 03:54:59 pm »

The short answer is no, mostly because I have been preoccupied with other things, but it not a show stopper anyway.  Those that cannot be deleted can be disabled, and deleting records in a complex relationship(s) is a very demanding process, and I can understand the challenges for developers.  How do you handle orphaned records, or even other processes that would fall over if a record is deleted.  And so on.

So I am happy to live with the current system.

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How To's / Printing Tasks

« on: April 22, 2013, 07:29:09 pm »

This is similar to another question by gnuchris (Custom Fields Printed for tasks) related to Printing Tasks.

In it's current form it is little more than printing a header, and is frustratingly inadequate.

What is the path of least resistance for a semi-skilled Web developer (basic PHP, MySQL etc skills) to create a more populated print?

In this instance it is a very inconvenient shortcoming,  I am trialling a tracking system based on Tasks, and wish to print a Worksheet for a Task (yes, the paperless office is still as much a fancy now as it was back then).

I don't mind putting a bit of work in but just do not have the time to devote to studying the framework I detail, so would appreciate any direction on what and where.  Assuming it's feasible of course.

I can see there might be an issue with regard to Custom Fields, being created ad hoc, would require changing the Print routine each time as well to include them (a bit cumbersome), unless a slicker way of processing can be created.

Thanks.

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Feng Office 2 / Re: Error Creating Reports 2.2.4.1

« on: April 22, 2013, 07:09:44 pm »

Having just upgraded from 2.2.2 to 2.2.4.1 (which went very smoothly as far as I can tell), I have exactly the same problem.

The previous Reports open and print fine, and will even Edit and Save.  It is adding a (new) Custom Report where it falls over.

Haven't found any other problems yet, but I haven't used it much (only just upgraded).

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Getting Started / Unable to delete User(s)

« on: February 07, 2013, 09:50:24 am »

Feng Office2.2.2 (Community).

Have been reviewing Web Based Office Systems for a small community organisation, and found Feng to be the most compelling.  After a bit of trial and error, gradually making sense of it.

I searched the Forums for similar posts, but did not find anything that seemed to help with this, though I am sure others may have a similar experience.

Some Users cannot be deleted it seems, at least from the UI.  In the list of Users (Administration/Users), some can be deleted and some cannot.  At first I suspected that this could be due to a User having properties associated with it (Tasks/Workspaces/etc), so I tried to remove any such, but still no luck.  However they can be disabled.

This is somewhat inconvenient.  After completing the trial using 'pretend' information, I want to clean up before rolling Feng out in the office.  Consequently, I want to delete any pretend Users.  But I cannot delete some of them.

Is there something I can do to ensure sure a User can be deleted?  Am I missing something?

I am no expert but no novice either, and am comfortable working with MySQL and PHP to a degree.

Any advice appreciated.  Thanks.