Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied
hey Shawn, Happy new year! Not wanting to put any pressure on you, but I know I'm not the only one excited about your pending fix! Cheers, Tom. Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied From: Shawn K. Hall sh...@re... - 2008-11-11 04:03 That's exactly the same error. The only thing that jumps out at me is that the code in comx is using synchronous XML-HTTP transfers, it isn't changing the UA, and isn't checking for errors, which can all cause issues. If the UA isn't changed you may end up where the server flat-out rejects attempts to connect from the MS XmlHttp object (mine does). Synchronous transfers can cause stale or broken connections if the connection is refused or for any other reason the server doesn't return content. Finally, without error trapping, there's no way to tell what the error could be. I'm going to put this on my short list for rewriting it to make it do all of the above. It's a lot of code though, so no guarantees it'll happen right away. On the plus side, it'll be more modular, so new comics should be a lot easier to add. ;) Meanwhile, if you look at the rssx search I wrote (lines 42-56), which comx is based on, you'll see a much better way to handle the remoting aspects. -Shawn -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied
I'm still getting access denied. :( -Shawn -Original Message- From: Kim Gräsman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:44 AM To: DQSD users mailing list Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied Hi guys, I'm listening, so I'll commit it as soon as someone verifies that it works better than the old one. Thanks, - Kim On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 19:38, brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, folks... sorry for the delay in getting this sent out. Please try the attached comx.xml file (replace the one currently in Program Files\Quick Search Deskbar\searches\ ) and let me know how it works for you (a reply on this list with it works is sufficient). If something isn't working quite right, obviously, let me know that as well. ;) If things seem to be in order, I'll ask Monty or Kim to commit it to trunk... 09Nov08 changes: o www.comics.com restructured their site. changed default behavior to accommodate. o several comics no longer offered at comics.com. removed from the list o Dilbert comic now hosted at dilbert.com. added new site, 'dilbert' to accommodate. o Peanuts comic no longer requires special handling from comics.com. changed back to 'standard' handling method o added Boy on a Stick and Slither, Brevity, and Cow Boy comics. o Please let me know if there are other comics.com-hosted comic strips you'd like added -- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied
That's exactly the same error. The only thing that jumps out at me is that the code in comx is using synchronous XML-HTTP transfers, it isn't changing the UA, and isn't checking for errors, which can all cause issues. If the UA isn't changed you may end up where the server flat-out rejects attempts to connect from the MS XmlHttp object (mine does). Synchronous transfers can cause stale or broken connections if the connection is refused or for any other reason the server doesn't return content. Finally, without error trapping, there's no way to tell what the error could be. I'm going to put this on my short list for rewriting it to make it do all of the above. It's a lot of code though, so no guarantees it'll happen right away. On the plus side, it'll be more modular, so new comics should be a lot easier to add. ;) Meanwhile, if you look at the rssx search I wrote (lines 42-56), which comx is based on, you'll see a much better way to handle the remoting aspects. -Shawn -Original Message- From: brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 4:38 PM To: DQSD users mailing list Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied Charlie / Shawn -- I am assuming that you reloaded the xml searches in DQSD by typing a single ! character in the search box, after replacing the comx.xml file (otherwise, you're still running the old search). That being said, is the access denied message you're receiving similar to the one I've attached to this message? If so, welcome to my office-based hell. I started getting this message doing any comx query after a windows policy update on my office computer. comx still worked fine on the WindowsXP machine I had at home at the time. Kim -- this may be where you come (back) in to the conversation --- if they're seeing the same thing, it's the issue I was trying to explain I was having several months ago, and could no longer get (for instance) comx to work properly on my machine at work. There's something in the configuration of internet access, Windows XP, or some policy therein that prevents the comx.xml script (and, perhaps, others as well) from working as they should. Instead, I see the error message I've attached to this note. I no longer have a Windows machine at home, so that's why I have no way to test the changes I've made to the comx.xml file. I am fairly confident they work, though, as I made similar changes to my comx.php program, which I specifically wrote to run on my web server so that I could still get a single page with all my comics on it from my machine at work (and, as a bonus, can also get from any non-windows [thus incapable of running DQSD] machine). :) comics.com did change the entire layout of their site on November 3, and all of the comics hosted there stopped working (including dilbert, which changed a bit more radically than the rest). As a result of those changes, I rewrote the portion of my php program that fetched comics from comics.com, and it now works. The changes I made to comx.xml mimic the changes I made to my php program... that said, they should work. :) I've also sent the comx.xml to a friend of mine that was able to use DQSD and comx on his computer before, and I'll let you know if he has any problems with this new update. anyway... I've rambled on enough here. attached is the error screenshot from my work machine (where comx.xml doesn't work, nor has it for several months) -- Shawn, Charlie -- I'd appreciate your input on this thread as to whether that's the same message you're now seeing... Charlie Russel wrote: Unfortunately, so a I. :( Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel - Original Message - From: Shawn K. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'DQSD users mailing list' dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:11 AM Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied I'm still getting access denied. :( -Shawn -Original Message- From: Kim Gräsman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:44 AM To: DQSD users mailing list Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied Hi guys, I'm listening, so I'll commit it as soon as someone verifies that it works better than the old one. Thanks, - Kim - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo
Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied
Yes, I've reloaded after changing the comx file. Heck, I've rebooted. But this is Vista, with UAC on, so fussy. It was working until comics.com changed everything, and still works in non-comics.com areas. Shawn - if you can re-write it, I'd certainly appreciate it. The ability to easily add additional comics would be a nice touch. Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel - Original Message - From: brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DQSD users mailing list dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied Charlie / Shawn -- I am assuming that you reloaded the xml searches in DQSD by typing a single ! character in the search box, after replacing the comx.xml file (otherwise, you're still running the old search). That being said, is the access denied message you're receiving similar to the one I've attached to this message? If so, welcome to my office-based hell. I started getting this message doing any comx query after a windows policy update on my office computer. comx still worked fine on the WindowsXP machine I had at home at the time. Kim -- this may be where you come (back) in to the conversation --- if they're seeing the same thing, it's the issue I was trying to explain I was having several months ago, and could no longer get (for instance) comx to work properly on my machine at work. There's something in the configuration of internet access, Windows XP, or some policy therein that prevents the comx.xml script (and, perhaps, others as well) from working as they should. Instead, I see the error message I've attached to this note. I no longer have a Windows machine at home, so that's why I have no way to test the changes I've made to the comx.xml file. I am fairly confident they work, though, as I made similar changes to my comx.php program, which I specifically wrote to run on my web server so that I could still get a single page with all my comics on it from my machine at work (and, as a bonus, can also get from any non-windows [thus incapable of running DQSD] machine). :) comics.com did change the entire layout of their site on November 3, and all of the comics hosted there stopped working (including dilbert, which changed a bit more radically than the rest). As a result of those changes, I rewrote the portion of my php program that fetched comics from comics.com, and it now works. The changes I made to comx.xml mimic the changes I made to my php program... that said, they should work. :) I've also sent the comx.xml to a friend of mine that was able to use DQSD and comx on his computer before, and I'll let you know if he has any problems with this new update. anyway... I've rambled on enough here. attached is the error screenshot from my work machine (where comx.xml doesn't work, nor has it for several months) -- Shawn, Charlie -- I'd appreciate your input on this thread as to whether that's the same message you're now seeing... Charlie Russel wrote: Unfortunately, so a I. :( Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel - Original Message - From: Shawn K. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'DQSD users mailing list' dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:11 AM Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied I'm still getting access denied. :( -Shawn -Original Message- From: Kim Gräsman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:44 AM To: DQSD users mailing list Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] comx /dilbert access denied Hi guys, I'm listening, so I'll commit it as soon as someone verifies that it works better than the old one. Thanks, - Kim - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org
