Bugs and Suggestions

The problem you have is that a PDF version is stale as soon as you get it. If an author updates the article to correct a mistake, for instance, you end up with text that no longer represents the actual article.

But that second idea isn't bad: CP already reads the ZIP contents when you add it (to produce the EXE-free version) so it shouldn't be too difficult to add a URL file that takes you to the original article (or it's latest incarnation).

And that could be very handy!

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Well, let me add one more Suggestion to my article link suggestion.. If possible (by means of some Voodoo magic or something available under the .net framework hood !) the codes can also be put neatly inside a specific folder called 'CodeProCodeFolder' or some such thing - right under the VS project available under the Mydocuments foldr - so that even the task of downloading the samples et al is done in a quicker way..

Now, we click & the page turns to do a small voodoo prayer and tells you to login so that it will grant the boon of the code download.. and you go to search for the password once again !

Why not a simple "GetThatCodeProjectSampleCode.com" kind of portal (with better and nice looking advertisements with some good models showing the wonders of their god given assemblies and other oddities - you know what I mean. As of now CP is just dull with orange colours all over) - which put automatically put all the damn sample code packets in one go..

Well, let us have a coding productivity improvement forum.. Many of us just hit the keyboards for more and more codes - with out even seeing the bright sunshine outside waiting for us to come and see the beauties outside. We see only the internal beauties - the leftovers available near our workstations.. not much choices there too.

Cheers ! (We are becoming better here with Code Project's help !)

Renga

I'm glad CodeProject is helping you out!

We've never been keen on the idea of having a million out of date versions of articles distributed hither and thither. Authors contribute code and that code is free to wing its way around the net. The article, however, is a different story and authors typically want a single place for their article in order to keep all comments (and kudos) in one manageable location.

cheers
Chris Maunder

How about that second idea he proposed?

See:
http://www.codeproject.com/suggestions.aspx?msg=5027840#xx5027840xx[^]

[quote]
Pl help - ask code project team to atlease put a link inside the codes so that the page comes right inside the Visual Studio for all to look at it in a simple way !
[/quote]

I think a simple txt file with the url would be nice. And that way it's always to the updated article.

Tom

When I first open a post with code in it I get 2 lines of these buttons:

Hide   Shrink    Copy Code<br />
Hide   Copy Code

If I use the perma-link from the message only the bottom line is shown (so no shrink button)

C#

public void test
{
//Some test code here to see if I get the same here



































//test
}

Noticed it on these 2 messages (in case it's something with the messages themself):
They are on the same forum so you can just use one prema-link and then click on the other message.
Message title:
VB.Net
Why I use explicit interface implementation as a default implementation technique[^]
message title:
Re: The issue with implementing explicitely (the reply with a question icon)
Why I use explicit interface implementation as a default implementation technique[^]

Chrome Version 41.0.2272.101 m

[EDIT]
I don't have it on my test code block so might be just something with those messages
[/EDIT]
[EDIT2]
Just noticed the expand / shrink buttons only appear if the code block is big (nice feature)
So that explains why the expand button isn't shown when using the perma-link
[/EDIT2]

Tom

modified 24-Mar-15 14:20pm.

So all sorted then Smile | :)

cheers
Chris Maunder

Only half

I still get the 2 lines of buttons (the first time I open those messages without the perma-link)
Clicking the 'hide' button on the second line changes the text to 'Show' on the first line (but not on the second line)
And the first line does have the 'shrink' button no matter what the size of the code block, this first line then disappears when using the perma-link.

But since I don't have it on my message it might just have something to do with older messages or so.

Added bonus:
The 'hide' button (on those messages) doesn't work (even if using the perma-link)

I know I'm not good at explaining things so if I'm not making much sense let me know and I'll email you some screenshots Smile | :)

[EDIT]
Attempt to make it a bit clearer Smile | :)

This is the HTML I get when opening such a post (only the 2 div's that represent the 2 lines of buttons):

HTML

<div class="pre-action-link" id="premain2" style="width:100%;display:block;"><span id="prehide2" onclick="processCodeBlocks.togglePre(2);"> Hide</span>    <span id="preShrink2" onclick="processCodeBlocks.shinkExpand(2);">Shrink</span> <img id="preimg2" src="/images/arrow-up-16.png" style="height:16px;width:16px" onclick="processCodeBlocks.shinkExpand(2);">    <span onclick="return processCodeBlocks.copyCode(2);">Copy Code</span></div>

<div class="pre-action-link" id="premain2" style="width:100%;display:block;"><span id="prehide2" onclick="processCodeBlocks.togglePre(2);">Hide</span>    <span onclick="return processCodeBlocks.copyCode(2);">Copy Code</span></div>

As you can see they are identical except for the shrink button not being present on the second div.
But other than that even the id's are the same.

I tried to 'debug' it further but unfortunatly my front end programming skills aren't up for the task Frown | :(

(can't find the javascript associated with these onclick events, but that might be intentional Smile | :)

)
[/EDIT]

Tom

I'm on it. I've been at a conference for the last 2 days so am coding in breaks. Narrowed it down to the last, squirming, line of code. Will squash it and deploy.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Chris Maunder wrote:
I've been at a conference for the last 2 days so am coding in breaks.

At a conference and even fixing these (small, unimportant) bugs.
That's dedication Smile | :)

It doesn't get said enough so: thank you (and the entire CP team) for all the wonderful work you guys (and gals) do Smile | :)

I agree with Tom, thanks for all you guys do to keep this site up and running.

What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
---
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
---
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

Fixed. Properly. I hope.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Looks good from this end so I'd call it fixed Smile | :)

Hi.

I'm trying to confirm my email address since two days. The confirmation email is sent to my address but when I click on confirm url: www.codeproject.com/script_/Membership/ConfirmEmail.aspx?tg=number[^]
where number is the confirmation number, I always get an information 'Controller or Action Not Found'

modified 24-Mar-15 8:26am.

There's an underline after "script" that shouldn't be there.

Can you please forward me (chris at codeproject.com) the confirmation email you received?

cheers
Chris Maunder

Thx for fast answer.
I will forward them in a moment...

Clicked the link and it worked first time.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Well. Thx very much.
I have 7 confirmation emails and neither of those worked for me. I checked also a moment ago, but still getting funny 'try to realise the truth: There is no page' Smile | :)

It is hard to believe that same URL can work differently from both locations, cause location should have nothing to do with it... Anyway my email is now confirmed.
Thx again
Jan

After I deleted my account[^] today, my profile states that my account had been deleted because I would've been abusive or a troll - which is not the case, just a single member apparently reported me for whatever random reason a few days ago, unrelated to my voluntary deletion of my profile.

I would like to know that authors I've left comments on their articles or members I've had discussions with in the forums will not have to assume that I've been kicked for being abusive or a troll when clicking on my user name. So I would kindly ask for a fix for that. Merci! Smile | :)

- Sebastian

modified 23-Mar-15 18:32pm.

May I ask you if your decision was motivated by something that happened on this site?
Please forgive me if you find my question intrusive ; you obviously don't have to justify your choice. You are a valuable member of this community, IMHO (I mostly base this assumption on the answers you provided in QA), and your leaving just arouse my curiosity.

Wish you every success in your future, anyway.

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.

phil.o wrote:
You are a valuable member of this community, IMHO (I mostly base this assumption on the answers you provided in QA)
Wish you every success in your future, anyway.

Thank you, much appreciated Smile | :)

Your other question: clicky[^]

- Sebastian

I've fixed it by removing that vote, and I'm going to change it so that it's harder for this to happen again.

cheers
Chris Maunder

For your information:
This is the contents of the mail I sent to Code Project's Sean Ewington and his answer:

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On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Peter <p.vegter@home.nl> wrote:

Hello Sean,

Just for your information, as I have no screenshots to prove it again*, but the PVS.AVPlayer article's views went down by approximately 1.500 views.
That's more than twice the amount of views since you posted the last update for the article! :'(

* sometime ago (1-2 years) the views went down with approx. 18.000

Greetings, Peter

--------

Hey Peter,

Could you please make a comment about this on the site bugs forum? You will need one of the devs to fix it for you, like what happened here:
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/5023292/Re-Views-counter-was-reset.aspx

Fixed.

We've been working with reducing the SQL load due to logging and a few articles got there PageView counts mangled, your included.

We've attempted to correct these, but the number we calculated might be a little low on some.

I recalculated yours from the logging database directly, which doesn't work for very old articles. Yours was young enough.

Matthew

Hello Matthew,

Thank you very much, Sean too!
Peter

modified 28-Mar-15 0:34am.

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