Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
David, mmhh... interesting. Is BMC looking to fill in that position? Maybe something that you would like to take, among the 1 things you're already doing :-) If ARS is at the center of BSM, then it seems to me you are the man of the situation Guillaume From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [arsl...@arslist.org] on behalf of Easter, David [david_eas...@bmc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:56 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx Um... William Hurley (whurley) is also no longer with BMC. He left in Nov 2009. http://www.linkedin.com/in/whurley -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. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Jarl Grøneng Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:47 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx 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
Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
Please reach to Prakash copied for any queries/help required on .net API. Regards, Ravishankar From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:09 AM 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 ** Oknow 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.orgmailto: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:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:04 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill then you hafta modify your program to avoid the many potholes laying around. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Grooms, Frederick W Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:36 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx Sending this for Paul ... Version 7.1.00 Patch 007
Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
I am not too sure this post landed in ARSLIST or not, so re-posting again... Appajee On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Appajee Papolu appa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, OK, yesterday I and David synced up (again) specifically about this topic this time. As David wrote, I have recently left BMC and taking some time off currently. [I will forward another note about my personal decision. Surprised I have not sent it to ARSLIST earlier]. Coming to the specificis of .NET API -- yes, the code repository and the technical details are all handed off to BMC engineers. So, you should continue to seek out information/support from BMC and show your interest about this API. As its officially unsupported, you'll get whatever BMC chooses to give at its discretion. Thanks for the kind words Rick. Yes, I had been one of the strong proponents of this API (and similar API wrappers) **along with few other engineers** within the BMC engineering. So I am hopeful you will continue to get revisions/tips regarding these pieces. Now, finally about the original issue that started off this thread -- I am getting (unknown/weird) casting error from int to object[] or similar lines, around active link API accesses... This has all the symptoms of some funny assignment or a qualification within action list of your offending active link. Just to give a small backdrop -- .NET API is a managed wrapper of raw C API unmanaged code. To keep this plumbing in a systematic way, the authors (well, me) chose to move managed data (from C# code) into an array of variants. Remember a variant can include primitives, strings etc as well as other arrays as well! So given any data structure, using this scheme, the .NET API converts it into a one dimensional variant array (elements of which can be some times arrays themselves to account for the nested nature of given structure). Well, at this point, this array is pushed down into the unmanaged layer, where a reverse-mapping occurs to convert this variant array into appropriate C data structure. As you can see, it is utterly critical that whatever is built from C# code side, must align perfectly into whatever C data structure you have!! For the most part they do -- as we as . NET API developers coded all of that. But, there may be cases where this is thrown off - due to a. bug in the .API code (mostly), b. funky situation of changed data structures or the values within members between API client and server versions (less likely but possible). I feel this is a .NET API bug (which is not probably encountered often due to the specific AL definition may not be that common(?) perhaps). At some point, in this variant array it got, it seems to have an integer primitive -- where as the code was expecting an object array (indicative of sub-structure object likely). There is a misalignment here between the data it has vs the variant array marshaling implementation. I think some action (most likely a Set/PushFields action has some thing funny in it, specifically the action assignment expressions side) is the culprit. May be a Macro or Ole Automation action, or perhaps SetFields action from remote form (or, advanced mode action with sample form/server)?? I am just guessing here. If I can get a hand on the offending active link definition file (as DEF or preferably XML as I can read it better), I may be able to guess little bit more accurately. Any way, if you have further questions, feel free to ping me. I would love to help out, but be warned that I may not able to provide support (investigate/debug at code level or find fix) as I do not have access to BMC assets any more. But hopefully we can figure out a workaround or exchange some useful info that I can share over the top of my head. HTH Appajee appa...@gmail.com ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Fwd: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
I am not too sure this post landed in ARSLIST or not, so re-posting again... Appajee On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Appajee Papolu appa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, OK, yesterday I and David synced up (again) specifically about this topic this time. As David wrote, I have recently left BMC and taking some time off currently. [I will forward another note about my personal decision. Surprised I have not sent it to ARSLIST earlier]. Coming to the specificis of .NET API -- yes, the code repository and the technical details are all handed off to BMC engineers. So, you should continue to seek out information/support from BMC and show your interest about this API. As its officially unsupported, you'll get whatever BMC chooses to give at its discretion. Thanks for the kind words Rick. Yes, I had been one of the strong proponents of this API (and similar API wrappers) **along with few other engineers** within the BMC engineering. So I am hopeful you will continue to get revisions/tips regarding these pieces. Now, finally about the original issue that started off this thread -- I am getting (unknown/weird) casting error from int to object[] or similar lines, around active link API accesses... This has all the symptoms of some funny assignment or a qualification within action list of your offending active link. Just to give a small backdrop -- .NET API is a managed wrapper of raw C API unmanaged code. To keep this plumbing in a systematic way, the authors (well, me) chose to move managed data (from C# code) into an array of variants. Remember a variant can include primitives, strings etc as well as other arrays as well! So given any data structure, using this scheme, the .NET API converts it into a one dimensional variant array (elements of which can be some times arrays themselves to account for the nested nature of given structure). Well, at this point, this array is pushed down into the unmanaged layer, where a reverse-mapping occurs to convert this variant array into appropriate C data structure. As you can see, it is utterly critical that whatever is built from C# code side, must align perfectly into whatever C data structure you have!! For the most part they do -- as we as . NET API developers coded all of that. But, there may be cases where this is thrown off - due to a. bug in the .API code (mostly), b. funky situation of changed data structures or the values within members between API client and server versions (less likely but possible). I feel this is a .NET API bug (which is not probably encountered often due to the specific AL definition may not be that common(?) perhaps). At some point, in this variant array it got, it seems to have an integer primitive -- where as the code was expecting an object array (indicative of sub-structure object likely). There is a misalignment here between the data it has vs the variant array marshaling implementation. I think some action (most likely a Set/PushFields action has some thing funny in it, specifically the action assignment expressions side) is the culprit. May be a Macro or Ole Automation action, or perhaps SetFields action from remote form (or, advanced mode action with sample form/server)?? I am just guessing here. If I can get a hand on the offending active link definition file (as DEF or preferably XML as I can read it better), I may be able to guess little bit more accurately. Any way, if you have further questions, feel free to ping me. I would love to help out, but be warned that I may not able to provide support (investigate/debug at code level or find fix) as I do not have access to BMC assets any more. But hopefully we can figure out a workaround or exchange some useful info that I can share over the top of my head. HTH Appajee appa...@gmail.com ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
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
Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
I have had issues doing this with alinks that fire on Service. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Paul Kowalski paulkowalski...@msn.comwrote: 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
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
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 TRUEBoolean
IsConstructor FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyFALSE Boolean
IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFinal FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean
IsHideBySig TRUEBoolean
IsPrivate FALSE Boolean
IsPublicFALSE Boolean
IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean
IsStaticFALSE 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)
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Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill 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 TRUEBoolean
IsConstructor FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyFALSE Boolean
IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFinal FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean
IsHideBySig TRUEBoolean
IsPrivate FALSE Boolean
IsPublicFALSE Boolean
IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean
IsStaticFALSE 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)
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Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
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 onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill 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 TRUEBoolean
IsConstructor FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyFALSE Boolean
IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFinal FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean
IsHideBySig TRUEBoolean
IsPrivate FALSE Boolean
IsPublicFALSE Boolean
IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean
IsStaticFALSE 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)
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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 http://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx
Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill 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 http://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 TRUEBoolean
IsConstructor FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyFALSE Boolean
IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFinal FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean
IsHideBySig TRUEBoolean
IsPrivate FALSE Boolean
IsPublicFALSE Boolean
IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean
IsStaticFALSE 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 http://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 http://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx
I have a VB.NET http://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 http://arapi.net/ 7.5 (downloaded last week)
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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.orgmailto: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:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ
LongWing
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:04 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx
Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill then you hafta modify your program to
avoid the many potholes laying around.
-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Grooms,
Frederick W
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:36 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://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 TRUEBoolean
IsConstructor FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyFALSE Boolean
IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFinal FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean
IsHideBySig TRUEBoolean
IsPrivate FALSE Boolean
IsPublicFALSE Boolean
IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean
IsStaticFALSE Boolean
IsVirtual FALSE Boolean
MemberType Method {8} System.Reflection.MemberTypes
MetadataToken 100663604 Integer
-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ
LongWing
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:39 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx
Can you provide the error?
-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Paul
Kowalski
Sent: Wednesday, April
Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
Well, I think I join many of us in wishing him well in whatever he's doing
now. Has someone else been handed the .NET API torch? It's been in good
hands since Dan built it out several years ago, and I'd like to think it
will continue to be so.
Rick
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com wrote:
**
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 http://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 http://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx
Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill 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 http://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 TRUEBoolean
IsConstructor FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyFALSE Boolean
IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFinal FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean
IsHideBySig TRUEBoolean
IsPrivate FALSE Boolean
IsPublicFALSE Boolean
IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean
IsStaticFALSE 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
Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
That's what I seem to remember as wellI also seem to remember that he's
active on the list :)
-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:12 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
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 onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill 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 TRUEBoolean
IsConstructor FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyFALSE Boolean
IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFinal FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean
IsHideBySig TRUEBoolean
IsPrivate FALSE Boolean
IsPublicFALSE Boolean
IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean
IsStaticFALSE 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)
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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 http://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx
Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill 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 http://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 TRUEBoolean
IsConstructor FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyFALSE Boolean
IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFinal FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean
IsHideBySig TRUEBoolean
IsPrivate FALSE Boolean
IsPublicFALSE Boolean
IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean
IsStaticFALSE 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 http://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx
Can you provide the error
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
**
Oknow 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.orgmailto: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:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ
LongWing
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:04 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx
Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill then you hafta modify your program to
avoid the many potholes laying around.
-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Grooms,
Frederick W
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:36 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://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 TRUEBoolean
IsConstructor FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyFALSE Boolean
IsFamilyAndAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFamilyOrAssembly FALSE Boolean
IsFinal FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethod FALSE Boolean
IsGenericMethodDefinition FALSE Boolean
IsHideBySig TRUEBoolean
IsPrivate FALSE Boolean
IsPublicFALSE Boolean
IsSpecialName FALSE Boolean
IsStatic
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
**
Oknow 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.orgmailto: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:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ
LongWing
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:04 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx
Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill then you hafta modify your program to
avoid the many potholes laying around.
-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Grooms,
Frederick W
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:36 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://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
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 ** Oknow 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.orgmailto: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:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:04 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill then you hafta modify your program to avoid the many potholes laying around. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf
Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
I love having unofficial ears listening to what we say around here J 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 http://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis 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 fixedtill 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 http://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
Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
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 ** Oknow 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.orgmailto: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:arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:04 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORGmailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARAPI.NEThttp://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx Ok...I'm really out of my element on this onebut 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 themthis sample would be a copy of one of the ones it's having problems with. Then I would
Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
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 onebut 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
Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx
Um... William Hurley (whurley) is also no longer with BMC. He left in Nov 2009. http://www.linkedin.com/in/whurley -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. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Jarl Grøneng Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:47 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx 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
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Ok, umm...well, make sure you turn out the lights when you leave tonight, Dave. And set the coffee pot to have a fresh pot for tomorrow, if you would. Never know, someone else might come in! ;- Rick On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.comwrote: Um... William Hurley (whurley) is also no longer with BMC. He left in Nov 2009. http://www.linkedin.com/in/whurley -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. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Jarl Grøneng Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:47 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET http://arapi.net/ 7.5.xxx 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 http://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 http://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 http://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 http://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 http://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
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Hehee . :-) -- Jarl 2010/4/21 Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com: ** Ok, umm...well, make sure you turn out the lights when you leave tonight, Dave. And set the coffee pot to have a fresh pot for tomorrow, if you would. Never know, someone else might come in! ;- Rick On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: Um... William Hurley (whurley) is also no longer with BMC. He left in Nov 2009. http://www.linkedin.com/in/whurley -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. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Jarl Grøneng Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:47 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARAPI.NET 7.5.xxx 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
