BMC has an open source evangelist, so why not :-) http://www.bmc.com/news/press-releases/2007-archive/75225900-3701.html
-- Jarl 2010/4/21 Easter, David <david_eas...@bmc.com>: > ** > > There would be some effort involved in stripping out BMC or other > intellectual property not appropriate for open source – so it wouldn’t be > trivial to do. But yes, it’s been considered. > > > > -David J. Easter > > Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise Service Management > > BMC Software, Inc. > > > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My > voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role as a > spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC Software, > Inc. > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:08 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > > > ** > > Have you considered making the source code freely available? I can > understand why you might not want to release the Java or C source code, but > since the .NET API is just a layer over the C code, I’m not sure there would > be any proprietary information in there that you wouldn’t want getting out… > > > > Thanks, > Lyle > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:39 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > > > ** > > The code was not lost – it was transferred to others within BMC. However, I > don’t know that those individuals watch the ARSList. I’ll softly suggest > that they consider doing so. > > > > -David J. Easter > > Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise Service Management > > BMC Software, Inc. > > > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My > voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role as a > spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC Software, > Inc. > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:10 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > > > ** > > Or did he leave the source code somewhere accessible so that anyone that > wants can fix it and rebuild it? > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:38 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > > > ** > > Ok….now the next big question…did someone else unofficially pick up the > support, did he take it with him, or is that API now dead? > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:27 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > > > ** > > Just as an FYI, Appajee recently left BMC (of his own decision) – so he’s no > longer a BMC employee. > > > > -David J. Easter > > Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise Service Management > > BMC Software, Inc. > > > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My > voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role as a > spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC Software, > Inc. > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Rick Cook > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:13 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > > > ** > > I believe that Appajee is the person still caring for the .NET API set. He > has been pretty responsive in the past to issues brought up. Might want to > go through the BMCDN, though, as he probably monitors that more than the > ARSList. > > > > Rick > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Lyle Taylor <tayl...@ldschurch.org> wrote: > > That's a good suggestion, LJ. Note, however, that the .NET API is not > officially supported, so you will probably need to contact the actual > developer of the API rather than BMC. I believe it is a BMC employee, so > your e-mail will still go to BMC, but you would not go through the normal > support channel. I believe the developer contact information is included > with the readme or similar that is included with the download. > > Lyle > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:04 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > Ok...I'm really out of my element on this one....but here is the obvious > error > > Unable to cast object of type 'System.UInt32' to type 'System.Object[]'. > > ....the un-obvious portion is why is it throwing this. I would suspect > there is a bug in the api. But to troubleshoot this I would modify the > program to pull a single 'sample' AL instead of all of them....this sample > would be a copy of one of the ones it's having problems with. Then I would > start making basic mods to the al, remove the run if qual, change its fire > on conditions, remove actions one at a time, etc till I found the offending > item. Then I would strip the AL down to just that condition causing the > fault and submit a ticket to BMC (or the support structure that supports the > VB API, if any) listing the code used and a def of the object causing the > issue..... > > I have had to do this SEVERAL times for the Java API...it typically takes > them 2-3 patches before they actually fix the API bugs, but they do > typically eventually get fixed....till then you hafta modify your program to > avoid the many potholes laying around. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Grooms, Frederick W > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:36 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > Sending this for Paul ... > > Version 7.1.00 Patch 007 200904160530 > > AssemblyQualifiedName BMC.ARSystem.ARTypeMgr, BMC.ARSystem, > Version=7.5.3397.30568, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8cae4d61f13dc9bb > > _ARControlStruct > {"Unable to cast object of type 'System.UInt32' to type 'System.Object[]'."} > > StackTrace > at BMC.ARSystem.ARTypeMgr.ObjectFromVariantAR(Object& given, Object var, > Server server) > at BMC.ARSystem.ARTypeMgr.ObjectFromVariant(Object& given, Object var, > Server server) > at BMC.ARSystem.ARTypeMgr.ObjectFromVariant(Type typ, Object var, Server > server) > at BMC.ARSystem.Server.get__ARControlStruct() > > > DeclaringType {Name = "ARTypeMgr" FullName = "BMC.ARSystem.ARTypeMgr"} > System.Type > IsAbstract FALSE Boolean > IsAssembly TRUE Boolean > IsConstructor FALSE Boolean > IsFamily FALSE Boolean > IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean > IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean > IsFinal FALSE Boolean > IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean > IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean > IsHideBySig TRUE Boolean > IsPrivate FALSE Boolean > IsPublic FALSE Boolean > IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean > IsStatic FALSE Boolean > IsVirtual FALSE Boolean > MemberType Method {8} System.Reflection.MemberTypes > MetadataToken 100663604 Integer > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:39 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > Can you provide the error? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Paul Kowalski > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 6:03 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx > > I have a VB.NET program that reads Active links. It's a simple loop thru all > active links and output the RunIfQualification, out of over 3000 active > links around 10 fail and I'm getting an error from arapi.net. The active > links that fail pretty simple (not complex). > > Are there any known issues or work arounds? > > Server ARS 7.01 > ARAPI.NET 7.5 (downloaded last week) > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) > and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. 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