Tip: Quickly Adding Files to Viewer Builder

Here's a new v22 feature that isn't documented (yet). With the v22 Viewer Builder (soon to be renamed the DPS App Builder), you can drag and drop files -- icons, splash screens, and so on -- from Finder into Viewer Builder. Colin found out about it and quickly created a video before I could update the documentation. Well played, Colin, well played.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOQtZxtZTf8&list=UUPgiFavqt9nYffojUwQKE7A&index=1&feature=p lcp

Well played indeed!
Bob

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I got an Error in my Distribution certificat p12. I have revoke and delete and create all from beginning. But getting error ...

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24293
That's from June 11, 2007!
Working from my defective memory, this happened to me, but stopped if I unchecked 'Open safe files after downloading' in Safari Preferences/General.
At least I think that's how I stopped it - it hasn't happened since!

Uploading with viewer builder v11

Is it still possible to upload folio files with viewer builder v11?
I know, it's prerelease, but for various reasons we have to use this workaround.
Today we are getting messages saying "communication with server failed".

@Matthew Laun
There is one information missing in this conversation: we of course immediatelly built a new app version and uploaded it to Apple.
We still desperately want to publish our issue as soon as possible, old or new app.
I cannot believe that our distribution push notification certificate is invalid. If that were the case, I wouldn't have been able to build a new version of the app on wednesday. I also wouldn't have been able to upload it to Apple. That said, i don't believe any of our certificates are invalid.
If there is a misunderstanding, please explain.
On the other hand, there seems to be a misunderstanding about the "please update your app"-topic. I know what the message means and I know why and when it is shown. As you can read above, the problem was, that the message didn't show up anymore.
It doesn't matter any more (maybe it had to do with us changing the product ID back and forth; only thing that comes to mind). We installed the app again and now the "plaese update your app"-message shows again. Which is what we wanted, rather than showing a sandbox-purchase-box.
And last, i noticed you marked your own answer as "correct answer" again.
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And i hope you understand the frustration on our side as this is a highly serious problem for us. We are three days behind publication date and losing trust of our readership.

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I made a folio file with Content Bundler (Beta v0.2.8.16953) and InDesign CS5.
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After a few minutes, an error message appears: "Viewer Builder error, connection failed".
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Did you find a solution ?
I have the same problem !!

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Thanks for the reply leroydouglas! Unfurtunately this doesn't cause the column to be ordered correctly either. After selecting this option, the files seem to be ordered by label, and the most recently added file is somewhere in the middle of the list. I'd like it to be at the top, and have other files/folders descend in retrochronological order by their add date.
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No Folio File field in Viewer Builder?

For some reason I do not have a field to associate a folio file to a viewer in the Viewer Builder. This greatly impairs the user experience.
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I can see where folios published to the account will automatically populate the viewer and from a developer standpoint maybe there isn't a need to associate a specific file to build and release the viewer itself, but the app for this viewer (that was successfully built in the DPS VB with confirmation as completed) was rejected by Apple because from their point of view it's an app with no content (no actual folio files for an end user to look at.)
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Thanks for the response Bob.
Yes, multi-folio viewer is what I need for a series of digital magazines. Sorry, in pre-release the multi-folio viewer was built and pointed to a folio file as with a single viewer. The new release is fantastic, I'm not nostalgic. Just trying to troubleshoot.
After your post I assumed then that the viewer must automatically read what's been published and auto-populate the viewer. The problem was that I wasn't seeing the folio in the viewer on my ipad (loaded with iPhone Config Utility) but was seeing it through the generic Adobe Viewer. I checked certificates, settings, etc. in the viewer and everything checked out fine. I then went through publishing options.
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Is there a pref in Dreamweaver that allows me to change this behaviour?
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Permz - Quickly change file permissions in any file manager

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rransom wrote:Recursive ugo+rX would be more useful than "Recursive ugo+r (dirs +x)". (The +X feature of chmod is available at least in GNU coreutils, FreeBSD, and POSIX 2003.)
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Viewer builder sideloading...

Can some one explain this please, I'm using VB 1.4 but using viewer builder we still have to create all the certs and icons etc, so Im not sure what advantage being able to copy a .folio file into iTunes over the .ipa file, have I misunderstood as usual?
cheers
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Sideloading option in development builds
When you use the Viewer Builder to create a development viewer for the iPad, you can turn on sideloading. This option lets you manually copy a .folio file (not a .zip file) to the development viewer through iTunes.

The sideloading option is useful only for those who are still using the Content Bundler workflow (or for those who use the Content Bundler on a different machine).
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1. Use the Viewer Builder to create a development app.
2. Drag that development app into the iTunes library. Sync with your iPad.
3. Use the Content Bundler to create a .folio file.
4. In iTunes, select the connected iPad, select Apps, scroll down, select the development viewer you added, and then drag the folio file into the box.
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Hi..
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