Bugs and Suggestions

13-Jul-10 14:41

All fixed.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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Q&A

R. Giskard Reventlov13-Jul-10 4:39

R. Giskard Reventlov

13-Jul-10 4:39

Many people respond to comments and answers to their questions by posting another question as the answer rather than editing the original post or adding a comment. Is it possible to block this behavior such that the op can only edit the original question or add comments but cannot start another question within the same post?

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Sandeep Mewara13-Jul-10 5:18

Sandeep Mewara

13-Jul-10 5:18

digital man wrote:
. Is it possible to block this behavior

Well, OP post questions as the part of their comments! How do you expect this to be blocked keeping comments option open for them?
Further, at times the questions are related like a conversation so it should be allowed.

I think, asking totally different question by OP in a comment are in very few occasions such that they can be ignored.

Chris Maunder13-Jul-10 14:43

13-Jul-10 14:43

We have this is a TODO item (#599 if you're interested Wink | ;)

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Microsoft C++ MVP

R. Giskard Reventlov13-Jul-10 21:49

R. Giskard Reventlov

13-Jul-10 21:49

Chris Maunder wrote:
We have this is a TODO item (#599 if you're interested Wink )

So finished by this afternoon? Smile | :)

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Sluggish internet makes CP inoperable

#realJSOP14-Jul-10 2:00

#realJSOP

14-Jul-10 2:00

This fully qualifies as a "known issue".

.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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MatthysDT13-Jul-10 3:31

MatthysDT

13-Jul-10 3:31

Since the 5 of July we've been experiencing very slow international bandwidth because of a damaged submarine cable[^].

However, since we are located at the opposite side of the earth from "actual" civilization, slow international internet is a common occurrence.

This is something you wouldn't even notice on a fast connection but...

When I open a forum page I can see the posts loading one by one, but if I dare click on any topic/post before the last one has loaded on the bottom of the page, the entire page refreshes in order to display the one I clicked on.

If I wait for the entire page to finish loading (lately about 5 minutes), everything is fine, I can browse all the posts with no interruption.

For example, if i open the Lounge and I want to read the contents of the top-most post, I cant read it until the bottom-most post has been loaded (5 minutes later). If I try by clicking on it the entire page goes blank to refresh and I have to wait some more as everything starts loading again from scratch.

The easiest work-around, is simply to wait for the entire page to load, but I often forget, not seeing off the bottom of my screen that the page is still loading... it's so frustrating clicking on a post and realizing that I clicked too soon and that the whole page will now disappear and restart it's agonizingly slow refresh.

I'm by no means complaining, but if you have any possible solution I'd greatly appreciate it.

Luc Pattyn13-Jul-10 3:35

Luc Pattyn

13-Jul-10 3:35

I'd try a couple different browsers, I expect them to react differently under slow communication conditions.

And for message forums, I'd choose the lowest number of messages per page, which would be 10.

Smile | :)

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MatthysDT13-Jul-10 3:55

MatthysDT

13-Jul-10 3:55

At least the response is still quick!

I'm using Chrome, but I've tried FireFox, which at least gives me 2-3 seconds to view the post's contents before sweeping it away in a blank abyss to do the refresh.
Don't get me started on IE8.

AspDotNetDev15-Jul-10 9:09

AspDotNetDev

15-Jul-10 9:09

MatthysDT wrote:
2-3 seconds to view the post's contents

[PRINT SCREEN]!

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Dan Neely13-Jul-10 5:04

Dan Neely

13-Jul-10 5:04

As a work around try changing your layout to Expand Posts and Replies. YOu'll have to do more scrolling but all posts will be open so you will be able to read them as they download.

3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18

Arun Jacob13-Jul-10 19:59

Arun Jacob

13-Jul-10 19:59

MatthysDT wrote:
but if I dare click on any topic/post before the last one has loaded on the bottom of the page, the entire page refreshes in order to display the one I clicked on.

I noticed this behavior sometimes even in a fast connection. If we expand a forum message before the page getting loaded, whole page will refresh again. I don't think that problem is related to connection speed.

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Peter_in_278013-Jul-10 20:37

Peter_in_2780

13-Jul-10 20:37

Arun Jacob wrote:
I don't think that problem is related to connection speed.

It isn't. There were a couple of threads a few weeks ago on this very topic, starting about here[^]

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Dan Neely14-Jul-10 2:21

Dan Neely

14-Jul-10 2:21

It's not, but having to wait 5 seconds to begin reading messages is a minor annoyance; having to wait 5 minutes is a show stopper.

3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18

Chris Maunder11-Aug-10 2:04

11-Aug-10 2:04

I added a fix last week - how is it now for you?

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

Not able to see just posted alternate [modified]

MatthysDT11-Aug-10 2:05

MatthysDT

11-Aug-10 2:05

Brilliant! Thank you!!

Kristian Sixhøj13-Jul-10 3:30

Kristian Sixhøj

13-Jul-10 3:30

I've just gotten an e-mail, telling me that an alternate has been posted to my tip/trick.
I was able to read the content of the alternate in the e-mail, but when I open the tip/trick, the alternate doesn't appear.

I checked the message at the top of this forum, and under 'Recent changes' it says

16-Jun-10	Regular users can't see tip/trick alternate just posted

When it's under 'Recent changes', it means that it should have been fixed, right?

I've tried Ctrl+F5 a few times, but it's still not showing up.

Edit: It's visible now, but isn't this still a bug?

Kristian Sixhoej
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. - Chili Davis

My latest tip/trick: Dragging a Borderless Form[^]

modified on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:38 AM

Luc Pattyn13-Jul-10 3:40

Luc Pattyn

13-Jul-10 3:40

The alternate was "pending", i.e. awaiting moderation. I made it publicly available, so it should be visible to all now.

IMO it is silly you're signaled but not allowed to see it; of course, you should be allowed to participate in the moderation process of an alternate to your own T&T.

Smile | :)

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Kristian Sixhøj13-Jul-10 3:43

Kristian Sixhøj

13-Jul-10 3:43

I was actually considering if this was because of some kind of "approval" process, but as you said, the poster of the tip should be able to moderate his/her own tip/tricks.

Thanks Smile | :)

Kristian Sixhoej
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My latest tip/trick: Dragging a Borderless Form[^]

Thiru Thirunavukarasu14-Jul-10 5:27

Thiru Thirunavukarasu

14-Jul-10 5:27

Sorry, this is something we overlooked. You should be able to moderate alternates of your own tip/trick. I've created a high priority task for it.

Re: Wrong number of answers

Kristian Sixhøj14-Jul-10 6:00

Kristian Sixhøj

14-Jul-10 6:00

Thanks Thiru. Smile | :)

Kristian Sixhoej
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My latest tip/trick: Dragging a Borderless Form[^]

Wrong number of answers

Johnny J.13-Jul-10 1:24

Johnny J.

13-Jul-10 1:24

In this thread (for instance)

http://www.codeproject.com/Answers/93613/fail-to-insert-data-into-access-from-sql-server.aspx[^]

It says that there are 3 answers. But two of those have been removed so there is in fact only one answer.

Luc Pattyn13-Jul-10 1:49

Luc Pattyn

13-Jul-10 1:49

Nope. You either see three answers (a real one, and two deleted but still readable) or you see just one; it depends on you being signed on with sufficient karma or not. And the count reflects the number of answers you can actually see.

Smile | :)

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Re: Wrong number of answers

Chris Maunder13-Jul-10 1:52