Bugs and Suggestions

Re: Article revision and code download

8-Feb-10 3:24

Problem identified, Hamster SWAT team sent in.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Cedric Moonen8-Feb-10 3:30

Cedric Moonen

8-Feb-10 3:30

Did you send those ones[^] ?

Cédric Moonen
Software developer

Charting control [v3.0]
OpenGL game tutorial in C++

bug

Luc Pattyn6-Feb-10 7:10

6-Feb-10 7:10

occasional bug clicking Bugs/Suggs or Lounge links:

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: http://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx
Line Number 52, Column 34:if (typeof(_gat) != "undefined" && _gat)
-----------------------------------------------------------^

Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]

I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
[The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]

AspDotNetDev6-Feb-10 10:25

6-Feb-10 10:25

I saw this bug posted a while back. Guess it still hasn't been fixed.

Luc Pattyn6-Feb-10 10:29

6-Feb-10 10:29

really? I missed it then, and I never saw this happen before today.
I bet Chris will blame Google somehow...

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]

I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
[The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]

AspDotNetDev6-Feb-10 10:58

6-Feb-10 10:58

Luc Pattyn wrote:
I bet Chris will blame Google somehow

You're probably right.

Pete O'Hanlon6-Feb-10 12:19

Pete O'Hanlon

6-Feb-10 12:19

Luc Pattyn wrote:
Chris will blame Google

They're the evil empire donchaknow? At least they are, according to Steve Jobs, so it must be true because people worship every noxious fume out of his botty coughs, as though they smell of roses.

"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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Luc Pattyn6-Feb-10 12:54

6-Feb-10 12:54

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
people worship every noxious fume out of his botty coughs, as though they smell of roses.

They do.

.

PS: Period added to trigger smiley handling (known occasional bug)

Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]

I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
[The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]

Chris Maunder6-Feb-10 14:59

6-Feb-10 14:59

Which browser?

That's an odd one and I'm fairly sure it has nothing to do with the Google analytics code that the error is pointing to. It's script, not XML.

My only guess is that we have a script being loaded in the wrong order, or script being called that relies on a different script that hasn't had a chance to be loaded. Possibly a latency issue with Google itself, but highly doubtful.

Hmmm.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Luc Pattyn6-Feb-10 15:02

6-Feb-10 15:02

FF 3.0.17
I had Google itself being slow at times today, that was new too.
I'm not in China.

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]

I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
[The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]

Luc Pattyn6-Feb-10 15:08

6-Feb-10 15:08

Chris,

we've had a couple of occasional problems lately (XML _gat, message+sig merging, smiley not working), would one of your servers have a fever?

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]

I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
[The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]

DaveAuld6-Feb-10 23:13

DaveAuld

6-Feb-10 23:13

possibly one of the hamsters suffering from malnutrition to lack of care.

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Chris Maunder7-Feb-10 14:19

7-Feb-10 14:19

At the bottom of each page, under the bottom banner, you'll see (just under Last Updated) the name of the current server (eg I'm on Web17). If you see a pattern let me know.

I've had it reported a couple of times - one by someone who had it a few times then never again, and one by a guy who consistently gets it.

I've never seen it so it's a little hard to debug.

If you do see it again then another thing you could do is do a 'View Source', save it to a file and send it to me.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Luc Pattyn7-Feb-10 14:29

7-Feb-10 14:29

Chris,

I tend to look at it and report it when I can.
However the XML _tag bug leads to an error page without server IIRC; the message+sig merging isn't mine (aspdotnetdev is getting those), and the smiley problem is his too (happened to me only once).

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]

I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
[The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]

Chris Maunder7-Feb-10 14:55

7-Feb-10 14:55

Message + sig is now in mopping up.

Emoticons = known issue. Still working on that one.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

My gut says spammer

Pete O'Hanlon6-Feb-10 5:41

Pete O'Hanlon

6-Feb-10 5:41

I rather think this guy[^] works for the opposition.

"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

Re: My gut says spammer

AspDotNetDev6-Feb-10 6:10

6-Feb-10 6:10

Ha! The signature/message combining bug, right in the Site Bugs forum... how convenient!

And maybe the guy just had a bad experience with that software/company.

Re: My gut says spammer

Chris Maunder7-Feb-10 14:05

7-Feb-10 14:05

Benefit of the doubt.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Soapbox Link Bugs

AspDotNetDev6-Feb-10 1:57

6-Feb-10 1:57

Normally, I have to hold CTRL for the "Soapbox" link to show up where "Lounge" usually shows up. However, it sometimes appears there (i.e., says "Soapbox") for no apparent reason... just happened to me twice, each time after I clicked "permalink" for some messages in the Lounge. Also, when it appears for no apparent reason, clicking on it will direct me to the Lounge, not the Soapbox.

Chris Maunder7-Feb-10 14:56

7-Feb-10 14:56

Does it happen after you do a Ctrl+click to open the window in a new tab? That's typically when I've seen it.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

AspDotNetDev7-Feb-10 15:07

7-Feb-10 15:07

I never do CTRL+CLICK to open a new tab. Typically, I open in new tabs by right clicking a link and selecting "Open in New Tab" (IE8). I've seen it happen just clicking the permalink link at the bottom of message posts (in the same window, without holding CTRL). I haven't kept track of it though, so it could just be completely random on any page load.

Chris Maunder7-Feb-10 15:28

7-Feb-10 15:28

Let me know if you see a pattern. We'll all keep our eyes open

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

AspDotNetDev7-Feb-10 15:33

7-Feb-10 15:33

Will do.

"Mentor Resources" Does Nothing

AspDotNetDev6-Feb-10 0:24

6-Feb-10 0:24

On the left of most CP pages, there is a menu. Under "Articles", there are various sub-categories. When I click on them, they list sub-sub-categories. However, when I click on "Mentor Resources", nothing happens... no sub-list opens and the page doesn't navigate anywhere.