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From 03/30/2004 to 04/28/2004

04/28/2004

09:29 AM Metacat Bug #1538 (Resolved): Entity/Character Refeference Conversion Problems
In Morpho, we have run into some problem with the use of special, non-ascii
characters (like the 'degree' symbol or ...
Dan Higgins
08:56 AM Morpho Bug #1536: Special character problems
This problem has been fixed within Morpho by adding a new 'getDOMTreeAsString'
routine which include the 'normalize' ...
Dan Higgins

04/27/2004

08:02 AM Morpho Bug #1536 (Resolved): Special character problems
Users may import 'special characters' such as the degree symbol or the micro
symbol (Greek mu) into data packages, e...
Dan Higgins

04/22/2004

11:01 AM Morpho Bug #458: Need to configure Morpho to accept stream-based result sets
JIng has added code to implement this and it is in Morpho 1.5.0. May need some
further refinements
Dan Higgins
11:00 AM Morpho Bug #1488: Taxon page citations list surrogates not updated to reflect remote reference edits
fixed in head of CVS Dan Higgins
10:17 AM Morpho Bug #1488: Taxon page citations list surrogates not updated to reflect remote reference edits
This bug still exists in Morpho 1.5.0. This moved to 1.6 target,although I think
it is fixed already in the CVS head
Dan Higgins
10:05 AM EML Bug #1529 (Resolved): no tag to specify how to handle mutltiple, repeated delimiters
There is nothing in eml to say whether multiple repeated delimiters should be
treated as a single delimited. An exam...
Dan Higgins
09:54 AM Morpho Bug #1523: At least one Moprho Users Guide DPW Help file screen shot wrong..
A number of screens were updated. Dan Higgins

04/21/2004

12:43 PM Morpho Bug #1508: New Data Table Wizard: Last Step does not add Table every time
Moving to 1.6 release since we cannot reproduce the problem. Dan Higgins
12:43 PM Morpho Bug #1504: Intermittant problem: DPW Finish Wizard / Enter New Table
Moving to 1.6 release since we cannot reproduce the problem. Dan Higgins

04/20/2004

03:04 PM Morpho Bug #1524: People and Organization/Contacts screen missing from Morpho User Guide help`
There are several screen shots that are not present in the RC2 package (although
they ARE in the helpjar). This was a...
Dan Higgins
03:00 PM Morpho Bug #1487: Citation Page: Authors List move up/down button problems on mac
moved components around so buttons show Dan Higgins
01:34 PM Morpho Bug #1521: Column name labels in Morpho Data Table Display disappear
Multiline column headers are implemented using html label. The problem is that
Java's html renderer inserts a blink l...
Dan Higgins
12:23 PM Morpho Bug #1517: invalid entry allowed in URL fields
bug fixed (see previous comment) Dan Higgins
12:22 PM Morpho Bug #1517: invalid entry allowed in URL fields
Added test to the Online URL element that checks if value is a valid URL (using
the Java URL class).
Dan Higgins
10:47 AM Morpho Bug #1520: taxo coverage data entry error
The indicated error does show up in the system output stream but is not apparent
to the user (i.e. no dialog boxes po...
Dan Higgins
10:01 AM Morpho Bug #1516: display should actual instead of escaped characters
found where 'normalize' was called twice and removed call Dan Higgins
08:54 AM Morpho Bug #1516: display should actual instead of escaped characters
Interestingly enough, the display used to work OK - really!
It looks like we are now running the normalize method tw...
Dan Higgins
08:05 AM Morpho Bug #1508: New Data Table Wizard: Last Step does not add Table every time
Comments here similar to 1504. We have been unable to reproduce this error. Dan Higgins
08:04 AM Morpho Bug #1504: Intermittant problem: DPW Finish Wizard / Enter New Table
On April 19, Dan, Jing, and Chad all tried to reproduce this error, without
success! The Wizard was reconfigured to a...
Dan Higgins

04/19/2004

04:14 PM Morpho Bug #1519: geographic coverage screen needs lat/long order checking
fixed by swapping east/west values Dan Higgins
04:13 PM Morpho Bug #1476: add additional locations for geographic coverage list
finished by Chad Dan Higgins
04:12 PM Morpho Bug #1503: 3 bugs in owner, contact, and associated party steps of the dpw
seems to be fixed in RC2 (Andrea)
Could not replicate (Higgins, et al)
Dan Higgins
04:11 PM Morpho Bug #1500: Error message in dpw steps 4-9 of 15
seems to be fixed in RC2 (Andrea)
Could not replicate (Higgins, et al)
Dan Higgins
03:04 PM Morpho Bug #1504: Intermittant problem: DPW Finish Wizard / Enter New Table
Eric Fegraus had a similar problem, but no one else seems able to replicated!
Rick has since created at least 3 packa...
Dan Higgins
03:02 PM Morpho Bug #1518: Data Table Import Wizard
Is this something that needs to be handled in the documentation? (Dan Higgins) Dan Higgins
02:57 PM Morpho Bug #1511: Installer does not have all UserGuide images
revised installer script Dan Higgins
02:51 PM Morpho Bug #1513: Bug in the handling of the "additionalMetadata" elements by the EML Editor
Bug was due to empty 'description' tag under additionalMetadata. Editor trimmed
the subtree because it trims all subt...
Dan Higgins
10:02 AM Morpho Bug #1510: Custom unit problems
fixed by Peru Dan Higgins

04/18/2004

02:54 PM Morpho Bug #1511 (Resolved): Installer does not have all UserGuide images
The installer does not include all the images in the docs/user/images directory.
Need to revise the list of instal...
Dan Higgins

04/17/2004

08:55 PM Morpho Bug #1510 (Resolved): Custom unit problems
There are several problems with the custom unit handler for an attribute. When a
custom unit is created, it does now...
Dan Higgins
02:41 PM Morpho Bug #1501: In dpw, "Add" causes the dpw screen to go backward, behind the main morpho screen
I have not been able to reproduce this bug (Sid may have fixed it.) Dan Higgins
02:39 PM Morpho Bug #1500: Error message in dpw steps 4-9 of 15
This problem cannot be reproduced, as of yet. Dan Higgins
02:25 PM Morpho Bug #1381: keyword set editor efficiency problems
*** Bug 1498 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Dan Higgins
02:25 PM Morpho Bug #1498: movement of keywords and people in dpw is problemmatic
This is really a function of the underlying custom list component. ALready have
bug 1381 to handle this
*** This bu...
Dan Higgins
02:23 PM Morpho Bug #1502: Text on dpw screen 4 of 15 makes it sound like associated party info is required
The fact that some party types are required is indicated on the individual pages. Dan Higgins
02:16 PM Morpho Bug #1496: "window" menu on main morpho screen does not list all open windows
DataPackageWizard is a different type of window (not UIContoller based).
Probably would be nice to have appear in Win...
Dan Higgins
02:10 PM Morpho Bug #1499: some morpho windows not displayed in my taskbar
Thus is because some 'windows' are modal dialogs and such dialogs never show up
in the taskbar. Their parent is on th...
Dan Higgins
02:06 PM Morpho Bug #1497: dpw step 3 of 15 needs more clarity about internal categorization
This seems clear to me. Keep for later discussion Dan Higgins
02:01 PM Morpho Bug #1507: New Data Table Wizard: Definition of new Unit Type
the whole custom unit screen probably needs additional label/tooltip help; and
discussion is needed in Morpho documen...
Dan Higgins
01:58 PM Morpho Bug #1506: New Datatable Wizard: Defining custom units - new unit not persistant between selections...
fixed by Peru (changed so that custom units are now available for reuse within a
package).
Dan Higgins
01:54 PM Morpho Bug #1509: binary data files loaded from metacat are corrupted
fixed by adding a new method to MetacatDataStore which does not filter file.
This method is called when data files ar...
Dan Higgins
11:43 AM Morpho Bug #1509: binary data files loaded from metacat are corrupted
Appears that problem is with Morpho's saving of metacat response to a file.
Looks like filter for special xml-invalid...
Dan Higgins
11:39 AM Morpho Bug #1509 (Resolved): binary data files loaded from metacat are corrupted
Tested sending a data package with binary data file (image) to metacat, then
deleting local package. This forces a d...
Dan Higgins

04/16/2004

03:36 PM Morpho Bug #1504: Intermittant problem: DPW Finish Wizard / Enter New Table
so far, unable to reproduce this problem! Dan Higgins
03:23 PM Morpho Bug #1504: Intermittant problem: DPW Finish Wizard / Enter New Table
to date, several of us have been unable to reproduce this problem Dan Higgins
03:31 PM Morpho Bug #1470: Morpho User's Guide Problems
specific bugs mentioned here have been addressed.
Documentation is still subject to review.
Dan Higgins
03:29 PM Morpho Bug #1358: How to handle multiple repeated delimiters
for eml2.0.0 added 'additionalMetadata' tag with 'describes' pointed to a
physical' id of the table and a tag (<conse...
Dan Higgins
03:29 PM Morpho Bug #1490: problems importing space delimited data file
fixed by adding 'additionalMetadata' tag with 'describes' pointed to a physical'
id of the table and a tag (<consecut...
Dan Higgins

04/15/2004

04:28 PM Morpho Bug #1495: Typos/grammar errors in morpho installer "please read" text
typos, etc fixed Dan Higgins
04:15 PM Morpho Bug #1494: Typo: "prefrerred" in installer "please read" text
typo fixed Dan Higgins
04:11 PM Morpho Bug #1491: Grammar: missing word in morpho installer "please read" text
type fixed Dan Higgins
02:51 PM Morpho Bug #1490: problems importing space delimited data file
see bug #1358 Dan Higgins
02:49 PM Morpho Bug #1490: problems importing space delimited data file
The validation problem has been fixed with the unit fix (Bug 1489), but there is
still a display problem when the dat...
Dan Higgins
02:24 PM Morpho Bug #1489: invalid attribute eml produced
Bug fixed; lookup in list used the formated text (initial caps, etc) rather than
the actual text in unitDictionary. T...
Dan Higgins

04/14/2004

01:26 PM Morpho Bug #1454: custom units not inserted into data package
fixed the window ordering problem by not setting parent to dialog to wrong window.
other custom unit stuff appears t...
Dan Higgins
10:29 AM Morpho Bug #1486: editing referenced party on project screen loses role
Bug fixed;
Problem was the same as previously encountered with lossing the role in the
AssociatedParty dialog. Priva...
Dan Higgins

04/13/2004

02:26 PM Morpho Bug #1483: Fix validation error message from Metacat to be less criptic
revised the checking of error messages from metacat in Save and Synchronize
classes to detect validation errors and s...
Dan Higgins
12:38 PM Morpho Bug #1483 (Resolved): Fix validation error message from Metacat to be less criptic
When there is a validation error from metacat, the long message about where the
xml was invalid should not be shown ...
Dan Higgins
01:19 PM Morpho Bug #1454: custom units not inserted into data package
The basic bug does seem to be fixed (i.e. custom unit info is added to the
datapackage, creating a valid eml doc)
Th...
Dan Higgins
12:31 PM Morpho Bug #1479: problem with referenced parties in Taxonomic Coverage
There was a data formatting problem is the publication date field. Java
DataFormat was used to check, but it was not ...
Dan Higgins
10:35 AM Morpho Bug #1479: problem with referenced parties in Taxonomic Coverage
also need to check data field for proper operation! Dan Higgins
10:35 AM Morpho Bug #1479 (Resolved): problem with referenced parties in Taxonomic Coverage
Attempting to use references in the party subpage of Taxonomic coverage seems to
corrupt entire package (erases refe...
Dan Higgins
10:49 AM Morpho Bug #1480 (In Progress): need to display URL references to data where possible
Currently only data files (text and images) created within Morpho can be
displayed by Morpho. We need to examine URL...
Dan Higgins
10:32 AM Morpho Bug #664: add keyboard shortcuts for menus
added in some places; still need a more comprehensive system Dan Higgins
10:32 AM Morpho Bug #664: add keyboard shortcuts for menus
added in some places; still need a more comprehensive system Dan Higgins
10:31 AM Morpho Bug #648: Icons on left of search result not clear
no agreement on what would be better Dan Higgins
10:30 AM Morpho Bug #1470: Morpho User's Guide Problems
*** Bug 611 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Dan Higgins
10:30 AM Morpho Bug #611: rewrite help documentation
documentation being handled in another bug
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 1470 ***
Dan Higgins
10:29 AM Morpho Bug #1272: Issues in New Datapackage Wizard User Interface reported by Andrea
handled elsewhere or not needed Dan Higgins
10:26 AM Morpho Bug #1464: after choosing a referenced party, nothing shows in the combobox
for now, we are doing nothing here. Not sure what the issue is. Dan Higgins
10:25 AM Morpho Bug #1276: Comments on Data Package from Andrea Chadden
Items 1, 2, and 4 are taken care of.
3 can be handled by adding an 'invisible' icon of the proper size to all menu
i...
Dan Higgins

04/12/2004

09:54 PM Morpho Bug #1267: data file original name not saved
file name now saved even when not using the Text Import wizard Dan Higgins
02:03 PM Morpho Bug #1472: Morpho buttons show up without borders in certain cases.
The Windows problem is only that the button outline does not show up. Button
text shows up Ok so this has only minor ...
Dan Higgins
01:54 PM Morpho Bug #1471: Data changes are not being detected (Save problem)
added statements to note changes in the data table so that Save command knows
that data has been changed and Save wil...
Dan Higgins
09:46 AM Morpho Bug #1471 (Resolved): Data changes are not being detected (Save problem)
Changes in datatables are not being detected properly by the "Save" command,
making it impossible to save properly (...
Dan Higgins
12:19 PM Morpho Bug #1454: custom units not inserted into data package
If one immediately (after opening Morpho) edits column metadata in an existing
table and changes to a custom unit, ev...
Dan Higgins
10:53 AM Morpho Bug #1454: custom units not inserted into data package
We seem to have regressed on this bug back to the original description! (A few
days ago, AdditionalMetadata was being...
Dan Higgins
12:16 PM Morpho Bug #1476 (Resolved): add additional locations for geographic coverage list
add more OBFS/NRS/LTER site locations to default locations file. Dan Higgins
09:42 AM Morpho Bug #1470 (Resolved): Morpho User's Guide Problems
There are several problems with the current Morpho User's Guide:
1) Several images do not appear in the "Creating ...
Dan Higgins

04/11/2004

10:45 AM Morpho Bug #1461: dpw not adding role in associatedParty
with Chad's comments on how to reproduce this bug, I was able to figure out how
to fix it! (Dan)
Changed logic in ho...
Dan Higgins

04/09/2004

03:42 PM Morpho Bug #1465: using references in dpw causes duplicate reference ids
A new ID was not being created when a party reference was edited and copied (as
opposed to editing of the reference i...
Dan Higgins
03:00 PM Morpho Bug #1465: using references in dpw causes duplicate reference ids
I can reproduce this bug by 'copying' a reference. Apparently the id is simply
copied also! (Still need to find the a...
Dan Higgins
12:57 PM Morpho Bug #1468: using referenced party causes role to be added
This bug was not (directly) due to reference handling, but rather to the code
that builds the list of parties in the ...
Dan Higgins
11:12 AM Morpho Bug #1468: using referenced party causes role to be added
HINT: This bug occurs even when there is no reference! It is apparently a bug in
the Edit button call, not in refernc...
Dan Higgins
09:24 AM Morpho Bug #1461: dpw not adding role in associatedParty
I have been unable to reproduce this bug in several attempts.
Perhaps the fix to Bug 1462 fixed this one?
Dan Higgins

04/08/2004

08:28 PM Morpho Bug #1460: Ablity to use TemporalPage.java from attribute or entity level
Coverage subtree is allowed at several locations deeper in the eml hierarchy.
All the coverage subtrees (Temporal, Ge...
Dan Higgins
08:22 PM Morpho Bug #1462: validation problem when saving to metacat
found bug in the 'insertSubtree' method of the AbstractDataPackage class which
resulted in subtree being inserted aft...
Dan Higgins
05:02 PM Morpho Bug #1462: validation problem when saving to metacat
I think there is a bug with the insertion of subtrees when the preceeding
sibling is repeated.
Dan Higgins
02:57 PM Morpho Bug #1109: Open button/menu fails immediately after package update
This bug has been fixed as the result of fixing some other errors. Newly saved
packages appear on Open list.
Dan Higgins
10:10 AM Morpho Bug #1458: Out of Memory problems
I discovered the problem here was the LiveMapPanel class and the large world map
image being use to display graphical...
Dan Higgins

04/07/2004

03:53 PM Morpho Bug #1458 (Resolved): Out of Memory problems
When checking Morpho memory useage, I discovered that lots of memory seems to
'disappear' and is never recovered whe...
Dan Higgins
11:13 AM Morpho Bug #1455: Datapackage frame disappears during save
fixed.
Converted SaveDialog to use the UIController method showNewPackage
Dan Higgins
11:12 AM Morpho Bug #1455: Datapackage frame disappears during save
fixed.
Converted SaveDialog to use the UIController method showNewPackage
Dan Higgins

04/06/2004

01:02 PM Morpho Bug #1442: data wizard does not create correct type of data
Wizard pages have been modified so that the complex text choice is disabled for
creating a new data table. Complex te...
Dan Higgins
12:59 PM Morpho Bug #1442: data wizard does not create correct type of data
The data table was not written to handle complex text formats of the type
described. Like the text import wizard code...
Dan Higgins
09:03 AM Morpho Bug #1424: access control changes not made in package
currently (4/5/2004), the Add button on the access dialog appears to do nothing! Dan Higgins
09:00 AM Morpho Bug #1453: party editing screen popup hides wizard instructions
I disagree. It is so much, much easier for the user to have the party dialog
appear automatically than have to click ...
Dan Higgins
08:47 AM Morpho Bug #1443: sort function only sorts descending
toggle functionality fixed. Dan Higgins
08:45 AM Morpho Bug #1454 (Resolved): custom units not inserted into data package
Used the custom unit dialog and examined the resulting data package xml. Custom
unit (incorrectly) inserted as a sta...
Dan Higgins

04/05/2004

01:19 PM Morpho Bug #1445: morpho editor causes validation problem
This problem is created by repeated, sequential <fieldWidth> elements. Actually,
it is the parent of <fieldWidth> tha...
Dan Higgins
11:55 AM Morpho Bug #1445: morpho editor causes validation problem
I have been unable to reproduce this error (and especially this error message).
I suspect this is a problem with the...
Dan Higgins
11:46 AM Morpho Bug #1441: DPW forgets temporal and geo information after hitting back button
temporal and geographic pages fixed (Dan Higgins) Dan Higgins
11:45 AM Morpho Bug #1443: sort function only sorts descending
Actually, the sort function is designed to toggle; i.e. first sort descending,
then sort ascending. This does work if...
Dan Higgins

04/04/2004

01:48 PM Morpho Bug #1434: Wizard problems
Temporal coverage problem is apparently working in latest version.
Font cutoff during resizing not considered a user...
Dan Higgins
01:41 PM Morpho Bug #1423: save package dialog problems
Text changed as indicated. Current location is marked with checked and disabled
text boxes. Font changed to match oth...
Dan Higgins
01:34 PM Morpho Bug #1422: reopening a package shows only local version
Apparently this bug was fixed when code that incorrectly looked for data in
profile rather than config was corrected.
Dan Higgins
01:25 PM Morpho Bug #1247: XML Tree Editor Tuning/Enhancements
items 1) to 3) done
decided NOT to implement custom editors from wizard (4) after some experiments
indicating diffic...
Dan Higgins
01:22 PM Morpho Bug #1249: Remove buttons at bottom of datatable display
Done
Any changes in table noted so that user is notified when closing window.
Revert Tab menus added
Dan Higgins
01:20 PM Morpho Bug #1358: How to handle multiple repeated delimiters
problem will be fixed when a new eml update includes information of this type. Dan Higgins
01:18 PM Morpho Bug #1279: Errors while exiting from the Editor
Item 1 was problem with spaces in path to xsd files - fixed.
It is believed that these problems have been fixed (exc...
Dan Higgins
01:15 PM Morpho Bug #1426: closing unsaved package does not close package
changes made to avoid always redisplaying a package after a save. This removes
the problem indicated in error descrip...
Dan Higgins

04/03/2004

09:28 PM Morpho Bug #1419: search screen buttons need keyboard equivalent
Keyboard shortcuts implemented. Dan Higgins
08:28 PM Morpho Bug #1437: open dialog is not the right size
dialog made wider so that network icon in initially visible, Dan Higgins
08:16 PM Morpho Bug #1431: data entry problems
Data entry in the table has been simplified along the lines suggesed. tab and
shift-tab move the selected cell forwar...
Dan Higgins
12:55 PM Morpho Bug #1440: Reentering Temporal Coverage display is incorrect
fixed typo that entered start date info rather than end date.
Also fixed to display proper screen (single or range o...
Dan Higgins

04/02/2004

04:04 PM Morpho Bug #1440 (Resolved): Reentering Temporal Coverage display is incorrect
After entering a range of dates in temporal coverage, the display brought up
from the Documentation menu only displa...
Dan Higgins
03:48 PM Morpho Bug #1431: data entry problems
When last row is reached, the code now automatically adds another row. This
should make it much easier for the user.
Dan Higgins
03:45 PM Morpho Bug #1431: data entry problems
shift-tab does work with the data table for moving backwards (JTable standard) Dan Higgins

04/01/2004

03:33 PM Morpho Bug #1425: main package screen not getting updated and editing problems
methods and taxonomic coverage menu are now working. Work on access and project
are continuing.
Dan Higgins
03:10 PM Morpho Bug #1286: A top-level 'Home' window that does not go away until user closes Morpho down....
Initial Morpho screen not closed as it was before. Dan Higgins
03:09 PM Morpho Bug #1337: better handling of 'references' in XML editor
references are now shown in the subtree display on the right of the editor. Text
is added to indicate that a referenc...
Dan Higgins
03:04 PM Morpho Bug #1277: Search Engine in Morpho Editor
As indicated in comments, there is now a combobox that can be used to search the
tree.
Dan Higgins
10:31 AM Morpho Bug #1434 (Resolved): Wizard problems
The first screen of the data package wizard cannot be resized without cutting
off words (making my screen shot of th...
Dan Higgins

03/31/2004

11:51 AM Morpho Bug #1412: fixes in 11 of 14
corrected as indicated Dan Higgins
09:23 AM Morpho Bug #1411: fixes in geographic coverage screens (step 10 of 14)
fixed layout so that scrollbar only appears when text exceeds box size.
This completes the fixes for this bug.
Dan Higgins
08:46 AM Morpho Bug #1411: fixes in geographic coverage screens (step 10 of 14)
All typo comments have been fixed. Dan Higgins

03/30/2004

05:00 PM Morpho Bug #1394: Morpho editor buttons should be relabeled
behavior fixed as indicated. Dan Higgins
04:59 PM Morpho Bug #1361: Mac problems with Morpho 1.5.0beta1.0
These issues have been corrected. Dan Higgins
04:57 PM Morpho Bug #1395: geo cov and temporal cov dialogs shouldn't increment revision
action fixed as indicated Dan Higgins
04:53 PM Morpho Bug #1421: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
This problem was due to the move of various information about returnfields from
the profile xml doc to the config.xml...
Dan Higgins
 

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