Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive 6

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Object reference not set to an instance of object

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Trying to save settings originally created with previous version, I get a dialog with "Object reference not set to an instance of object" when trying to save. Also happens if I try a "save as" using a different name.Fabrictramp (talk) 01:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Save settings
Operating system	XP Pro SP2
AWB version	4.2.0.0
Workaround	unknown -- nothing is working to save the settings

My fault again. Last minute change... Fixed in rev 2049. Will prep a new release as everyone is going to have this problem. Be online soon —Reedy Boy 11:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Its out. Sorry again! —Reedy Boy 11:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

AWB not starting after update

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	I take this message: "Η εφαρμογή AutoWikiBrowser αντιμετώπισε πρόβλημα και πρέπει να τερματιστεί η λειτουργία της. Ζητούμε συγγνώμη για την αναστάτωση." (Translation: AutoWikiBrowser encountered a problem and must terminate. We apologise for the inconvenience"). I reran the installer. No difference. Magioladitis (talk) 01:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP SP2
AWB version	updating from 4142 to 4200
Workaround

I suspect this will be the same as below.. But your running an old updater... Try again in a bit —Reedy Boy 11:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Fixed! -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Updater error: AutoWikiBrowser.exe.config file not found

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	I encountered the following error when trying to run the autoupdate today. The updater got stuck in the "Copying AWB files from temp to AWB Directory" phase, and I had to install the new AWB version manually. Here's the autogenerated bug report: Exception: FileNotFoundException Message: Could not find file 'C:\Program Files\Wiki\AutoWikiBrowser\temp\AutoWikiBrowser.exe.config'. Call stack: at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) at AwbUpdater.Updater.CopyFiles() at AwbUpdater.Updater.UpdateAwb() Silvonen (talk) 06:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC) NOTE:This has been hapenning for quite a while now but this is the first time I have got an bug report. ChrisDHDR 08:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	1.3.5.1 (Updater version; updating to AWB 4.2.0.0)
Workaround	None

My fault. Minor file missing from release. I've fixed the packager to match, and also re-uploaded the version to Sourceforge. —Reedy Boy 11:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

May just take a little while for it to propogate back out to the mirrors. —Reedy Boy 11:25, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Unexpected modification

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	<br></ref> changed to <br" /> Snowman (talk) 18:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Normal operation of AWB - try "Asia"
Operating system	Win XP
AWB version	4.2
Workaround	Manually stop AWB from making the change

Found the cause. Just trying to work out a better regex. Have an improved one, just looking to see if i can do it better still. —Reedy Boy 16:27, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

rev 2058 —Reedy Boy 17:18, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

AWB told me to

   at WikiFunctions.WikiDiff.GetDiff(String leftText, String rightText, Int32 contextLines)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.GetDiff()

I don't understand any of this. RyanGerbil10(Говорить!) 01:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Presumably you were using an old updater... Ie you didnt do any of the updater updates... And therefore, its missing the new diff file, as the updater was changed to handle the different files. Download a new version [1] and try again.g —Reedy Boy 10:59, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

blanking of 'Edit Summaries'

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When I use the Summary Editor to customize the summaries and then go back to the 'Start' tag and click on the 'Summary' pull down, it is blank. When I then go back to the Summary Editor it is blank then, also. I also tried opening the summary editor and clicking OK without making a change and the same thing happens. -Gwguffey (talk) 04:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	select Options > Edit Summaries and then click OK. Go to Start > Summary pull-down and click to view summary list.
Operating system	Windows XP
AWB version	4.2.0.1
Workaround	Exiting and then restarting AWB returns the default summaries, but not customizations

rev 2053 - Somewhere the logic had been changed around... Will have an SVN snapshot up soon if you desperately need this. Fixed for next release! —Reedy Boy 17:11, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! -Gwguffey (talk) 19:48, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Microsoft Visual Studio Debugger is triggered

This is realated to your monobook.js, and it doesnt like IE. [2] - I've added code to it supress twinkle in IE. Force refresh the page in IE, and you should be fine with AWB again! If not, look at the last thing on the FAQ on the discussion page. Tha should fix any other errors with the code —Reedy Boy 12:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Perfect! My default browser is FF. I had to keep in mind that AWB uses IE engine. Now it works. You can remove the entry from here I think. Thanks. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered XmlException

   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy.System.Xml.IDtdParserAdapter.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.Throw(Int32 curPos, String res, String[] args)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.ThrowUnexpectedToken(Int32 pos, String expectedToken1, String expectedToken2)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseExternalId(Token idTokenType, Token declType, String& publicId, String& systemId)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseInDocumentDtd(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.Parse(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDoctypeDecl()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
   at WikiFunctions.Lists.GetLists.FromWhatLinksHere(Boolean embedded, String[] pages)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.Tagger(String ArticleText, String ArticleTitle, String& Summary)

• I have no idea what it means, but it prompted me to post it here. Hiding T 23:40, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Due to MW Error/http server error 500... Not a lot we can do atm... —Reedy Boy 20:36, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

IRCM unhandled exception

  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy.System.Xml.IDtdParserAdapter.Throw(Exception e)
  at System.Xml.DtdParser.Throw(Int32 curPos, String res, String[] args)
  at System.Xml.DtdParser.ThrowUnexpectedToken(Int32 pos, String expectedToken1, String expectedToken2)
  at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseExternalId(Token idTokenType, Token declType, String& publicId, String& systemId)
  at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseInDocumentDtd(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
  at System.Xml.DtdParser.Parse(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDoctypeDecl()
  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
  at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
  at System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml(String xml)
  at WikiFunctions.Editor.GetHistory(String Article, Int32 Limit)
  at IrcMonitor.IRCMonitor.Revert(String summary, Int32 badrev, String& username)
  at IrcMonitor.IRCMonitor.revertAndWarnToolStripMenuItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Due to MW Error/http server error 500... Not a lot we can do atm... —Reedy Boy 20:36, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException when redirecting to WP/Portal page

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When a mainspace article is a redirect page redirecting to a portal or WP: article, this exception is thrown. When List -> Filter out non-mainspace is checked, I think that the page should automatically be skipped. Rjwilmsi (talk) 10:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC) Error text: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: InvalidArgument=Value of '3' is not valid for 'index'. Parameter name: index at System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItemCollection.get_Item(Int32 index) at WikiFunctions.Lists.ListViewItemComparer.Compare(Object x, Object y) in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\WikiFunctions\ListViewStuff.cs:line 62 at System.Windows.Forms.ListView.CompareFunc(IntPtr lparam1, IntPtr lparam2, IntPtr lparamSort) at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CallWindowProc(IntPtr wndProc, IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DefWndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.DefWndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ListView.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
To duplicate:	Examples: Solar system portal, Geographic references
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN 2047
Workaround

I dont get an exception - It redirects fine. The error looking at the ListView.CompareFunc, is related to the logging list views. Almost like its trying to put an incorrect log into on the wrong list view.. —Reedy Boy 11:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Found the error. When you have it to sort by "Skipped By" or "Skipped Reason", and there are blank things (which is the actual bug - they should be filled out), it cant compare "", so therefore causes an exception —Reedy Boy 16:03, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into this. I'd noticed the null skip message too. Rjwilmsi (talk) 18:06, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to look into this, although it should be noted that cross namespace redirects from mainspace are frowned upon and those may have to go! --kingboyk (talk) 14:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Fixed rev 2062. It doesn't look like much but it took several hours of line by line debugging to nail! The skip reason was being written to the log but then the wrong object was being added to the log tab. --kingboyk (talk) 18:40, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

URL underscore regression

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When general fixes in applied in the lastest SVN, it will cahgne underscore in URL to spaces. Dispenser (talk) 18:38, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Apple Inc. with general fixes
Operating system	winxp
AWB version	SVN 2019
Workaround	None

Do you know when it was last ok in the SVN? —Reedy Boy 19:17, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

No, just starting using it since Late December. Dispenser (talk) 20:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Wont do it on plain URL's, or even URL's in references.. Just seems to be that page :/ - Test Sandbox Revision —Reedy Boy 17:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I've been able to simplify to just an Image, #, weblink, and wikilink. My guess at is that it involves the anchor decoder not work correctly. Test Sandbox Revision —Dispenser (talk) 17:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Right... Found the problem - Parsers.FixImages

Regex imgregex = new Regex(@"\[\[\s*?" + Variables.NamespacesCaseInsensitive[6] + @"\s*([^\|]*?)(\|.*)?\]\]");

The regex is too greedy

—Reedy Boy 00:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Would

Regex imgregex = new Regex(@"\[\[\s*?" + Variables.NamespacesCaseInsensitive[6] + @"\s*([^\|\]]*?)(\|.*?)*?\]\]");

be better? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rich Farmbrough (talk • contribs) 14:59, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Quick test in the regex tester... And it would look to do the trick perfectly. Will put that on the SVN version later on. Less greedy/now not capturing too much. Thanks Rich! —Reedy Boy 15:58, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Fixed - rev 2070 —Reedy Boy 19:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

No scrollbars (bug reopen)

Hi guys! I'd like to re-open this "no scrollbars" bug [3]. It's been archived but not fixed. I've just downloaded the latest AWB version and the bug is still there. No scrollbars. All controls work fine in IE and old AWB but not in the latest AWB :( Please try to fix it. --89.112.10.184 (talk) 17:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

It wasnt archived as fixed.. Its hard to try and fix when you cant even duplicate it.. —Reedy Boy 20:46, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Maybe you can figure out what was changed since versions 3.x that ruined AWB? I have no such problems with any other application nor with old AWB. --89.112.9.35 (talk) 09:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Im pretty sure what caused it. We had a major GUI issue with v4 in which it caused problems for most people. Fixing it solved it, but seemed to have caused your problem it would seem... —Reedy Boy 11:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_3#Bottom_Frame_doesn.27t_show is the bug in question —Reedy Boy 11:41, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

This is not exactly the case. I had this splash screen bug and check boxes not displayed completely at the bottom. It's now really fixed but still no scroll bars in the upper "preview/diff" window and right "edit box/history" window. Please, please have them come back. --85.249.13.52 (talk) 11:57, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Thats the thing. Everyone else's would seem to be there - ie no problem reported... :/ Im not sure how to fix it if we cant at least duplicate it —Reedy Boy 12:06, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Seems to be fixed now. What did you do, guys? :) --85.249.15.108 (talk) 11:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Errm.. Nothing...? —Reedy Boy 16:14, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure you did, a new diff.dll was downloaded during the update. --85.249.11.187 (talk) 13:04, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Reference-class to reflist error, part II

I do not think this is a AWB problem, but it maybe a AWB user. If you can show more occurrences of this, then the AWB team should look in to this.--_pete 21:47, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

And also, 4.2.0.0/4.2.0.1 werent released till the 25th - 5 days AFTER that edit.. So that would've been on the old version. The user, however, shouldnt have just being making those edits... —Reedy Boy 22:09, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, that's easily checked. I just restored the Devil article to the version with old-style references; does AWB's suggestions still include replacing the div & references with a reflist? SnowFire (talk) 22:36, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I think in this article references and notes should be separated. Apart from that all these kind of problems can be skipped if under reflist the user adds references with the references-small class. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I think that it's awkward to mix numbered and not-numbered references. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:18, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

(de-indent) re:Magioladitis: Uh, I have to say I disagree with your edits there. First, regardless of preferred style, AWB (seems) to be breaking the editor's intent here and leaving hanging div tags, making invalid markup, so that's bad and needs to be fixed no matter what.

Second, I think you misunderstand what's going on in that article; if anything, the section you have entitled "References" should be "Footnotes" and your "Notes" called "References." The manually written entries are further-reading general reference material, while the material generated from the Reflist are direct footnotes. This is a style established in many featured articles; see (picking at random...) Rhodes blood libel, for instance. It still doesn't really apply even if the names were swapped to the normal style, though, because there's no good distinction here. They're all references for the article, and the notes are not necessarily from the actual books cited, so there's not much point in separating them. (I suppose I could see renaming the non-inline references "Further Reading" at most, but only because I suspect they were added as that, not as genuine references for the article.)

Third, as for the "what about this?" change where Reflist is used but the div location is swapped... that is acceptable, and that's actually one of the solutions I proposed above. The only thing about swapping the locations is that it's a bit inefficient - if you view the source for Reflist, you'll see that it opens a div with references-small then closes it. Then, in your version, it opens another div with references-small, then closes that one too. It's the rough equivalent of Not bold, '''This is bold,''' '''and this is bold too''' vs. Not bold, '''This is bold, and this is bold too'''. The first is an acceptable alternative and not really a problem, but it's a bit inefficient since it needlessly stops and starts the formatting.

Anyway, did you use AWB, Magioladitis? The point of bringing up the Devil article as an example was to ensure the latest versions suggest that kind of replacement and it isn't a bug only with the older ones (though I suppose someone wanting to test could revert then see what AWB says). I'd also be curious if someone with AWB can see what is suggested for G. William Miller, which has a non-inline reference above the references rather than below it. SnowFire (talk) 00:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree that the fact that AWB ignored that the div section isn't closed and replaced the rest it's a problem/bug and has to be fixed. Moreover, I apologise for naming the sections incorrectly in the Devil article. -- Magioladitis (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 00:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks like you can close this one; guess it was a coincidence. Odd. SnowFire (talk) 18:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I showed Snowfire that AWB was not the problem and they agreed stating "Yup, looks like it's a false alarm. Thanks a lot for investigating the matter; this is the third time I've seen it happen, but I guess it was just a coincidence here. Thanks". I ran the Devil through the latest AWB and AWB came up with no suggestions for changes. This is not a bug and can be closed. --_pete 18:51, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Return of the reference line break bug

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB adds a line break before a reference when the reference immediately follows an equal sign. Other uses of references are unaffected. TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 17:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Use "general fixes" on New York State Route 173
Operating system	Vista
AWB version	4.2.0.1 - all was well until I upgraded
Workaround	Turn off "general fixes"

Fixed in rev 2077. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 22:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Mojibake

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: NullReferenceException Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Call stack: at WikiFunctions.Browser.WebControl.Protect(Int32 EditProtectionLevel, Int32 MoveProtectionLevel) at WikiFunctions.Browser.WebControl.ProtectPage(String Article, String Summary, Int32 EditProtectionLevel, Int32 MoveProtectionLevel, String ProtectExpiry) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProtectArticle() Protect Start editing multibyte title article Confirm protection Mojibake, unable to protect. (ex: (Setting protection level for "利用者:Mazbot") -> (Setting protection level for "—˜—pŽÒ:Mazbot") ) Delete Start editing multibyte title article Confirm delete Mojibake, internal error. 利用者:Mazbot is my bot. Marine-Blue [admin of jawikinews]
To duplicate:	always
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.2.0.1
Workaround	None

Presumably it doesnt like the Japanese characters.. Hmm —Reedy Boy 23:11, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2079. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 07:00, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Program crashes during login

I really need this problem to be fixed, there is no way to use the problem! Parent5446^{(Murder me for my actions)} 00:02, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Here is a screenshot:

1024px Parent5446^{(Murder me for my actions)} 00:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser#Frequently_asked_questions - See the last FAQ item, and the 1 before it. —Reedy Boy 12:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered ArgumentException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: ArgumentException Message: Empty path name is not legal. Call stack: at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options) at System.IO.StreamWriter.CreateFile(String path, Boolean append) at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append, Encoding encoding, Int32 bufferSize) at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append, Encoding encoding) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SaveEditBoxText(String path) Ticketautomat (talk) 12:50, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.2.0.1
Workaround	None

Can somebody help me? AWB told me, I should copy this onto this page.--Ticketautomat (talk) 12:50, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

rev 2091 - Prevented that from happening. You've enabled "save edit text box", but you havent set a file for it to save it to. 19:57, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Fix whitespace and mdashes

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When using "fix all excess whitespace" a space is inserted between a non-breaking space and an mdash. That is, it changes " —" to "  —". Jay32183 (talk) 01:52, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	4.2.1.0
Workaround	manually remove the space

rev 2101 - Removed the 2nd regex, as it was just undoing the work that the first regex was doing - Spaces were being removed then re-added. Minor simplification to teh first regex, so it wasnt replacing the same with the same if no spaces. —Reedy Boy 15:15, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

moving refs after exclamation marks in tables

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Moves references to before exclamation marks in tables, which moves the ref to a new incorrect position in the table. Snowman (talk) 23:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Use AWB on "White blood cell"
Operating system	Win 2000
AWB version	2120
Workaround	none

Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs#Ref_Tags_moved_after_punctuation - Its probably going to be removed for the next release... So this isnt major ;) —Reedy Boy 23:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean temporarily? Snowman (talk) 11:51, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Permenantly for the moment at least... —Reedy Boy 19:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

General fixes breaking image formatting

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Image thumb and size tags seem to be getting deleted and part of description gets removed e.g. [4] Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 19:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC) I have the same. This bug occur when I switch on option "Apply general fixes". AWB 4.2.1.0--Movses (talk) 16:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC) Getting this also, using 4.2.1.0 on Wikia. General fixes are a major reason I use this, so this bug is kind of a show-stopper for me. -- Darth Culator (talk) 01:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC) To provide some additional detail, AWB loses all but the image file name and the stuff between the first pair of close square brackets and the pipe preceding it. I know that sounds weird, so here are some examples: [[Image:Stuff.jpg|300px]] is unaffected [[Image:Stuff.jpg|300px|This is stuff.]] becomes [[Image:Stuff.jpg|This is stuff.]] [[Image:Stuff.jpg|This is stuff.|300px]] becomes [[Image:Stuff.jpg|300px]] This is an interesting one: [[Image:Stuff.jpg|This is [[stuff|assorted junk]]]] becomes [[Image:Stuff.jpg|assorted junk]]]] I'm pretty sure that sums up the problem, but I haven't been able to duplicate it in my user space sandbox; the above are examples of my understanding based on editing mainspace articles. As the two previous users have noted, this occurs in the 4.2.1.0 release. TomTheHand (talk) 22:21, 12 February 2008 (UTC) Same to me. Codeispoetry (talk) 06:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC) Same on Win 2000 using subversion 2089. It is terrible. Other faults in non-images when there is a pipe in links. Errors with this as well: [[category:foo| ]]. Snowman (talk) 15:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN 2082
Workaround	Disable general fixes

The breaking of the nested wikilinks is related to

Regex imgregex = new Regex(@"\[\[\s*?" + Variables.NamespacesCaseInsensitive[6] + @"\s*([^\|\]]*?)(\|.*?)*?\]\]");

The old version

Regex imgregex = new Regex(@"\[\[\s*?" + Variables.NamespacesCaseInsensitive[6] + @"\s*([^\|]*?)(\|.*)?\]\]");

Was fine with this, however, it caused Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_6#URL_underscore_regression... Regression from fixing the bug in another case... Its causing all the above problems... Any suggestions again Rich? —Reedy Boy 20:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Note that it doesn't just break nested wikilinks, it also loses all but the last piece of image formatting. In most cases it retains the caption, but if there is no caption or if the image formatting is in a different order, it could retain the image size or its designation as a thumbnail or... whatever came last, and remove everything in the middle. TomTheHand (talk) 21:38, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, i know, hence "Its causing all the above problems..." —Reedy Boy 21:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Might need to treat images separately; identified with \[?\[\s?\s?[Ii]mage Snowman (talk) 15:56, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Thats what the Variables.NamespacesCaseInsensitive does - Its not hard coded so it can use the right namespace for the different language wiki's. It does need fixing though... —Reedy Boy 18:35, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

What were your regex expressions (above) trying to match and not match? Snowman (talk) 13:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

/// <summary>
        /// Fix common spacing/capitalisation errors in images
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ArticleText">The wiki text of the article.</param>
        /// <returns>The modified article text.</returns>
        public string FixImages(string ArticleText)
        {
            Regex imgregex = new Regex(@"\[\[\s*?" + Variables.NamespacesCaseInsensitive[6] + @"\s*([^\|\]]*?)(\|.*?)*?\]\]");
            string img = "[[" + Variables.Namespaces[6];
            string x = "";
 
            foreach (Match m in imgregex.Matches(ArticleText))
            {
                x = img + CanonicalizeTitle(m.Groups[1].Value).Trim() + CanonicalizeTitle(m.Groups[2].Value) + "]]";
                ArticleText = ArticleText.Replace(m.Value, x);
            }
 
            return ArticleText;
        }

Is the function summary, and all the code. —Reedy Boy 14:55, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

• Fixed in rev 2112, but what will this fix break? :P Gotta cover all genfixes with unit tests. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 18:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Got this error

   at WikiFunctions.WikiDiff.GetDiff(String leftText, String rightText, Int32 contextLines)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.GetDiff()

Need help sorting this one out please. FMAFan1990 (talk) 01:14, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Please try downloading the newest version manually from [5]

The cause of the bug, it would seem, is you havent completed the updater updates that i released, to prevent this happening.

There was a change in the Diff Library used between 4.1 and 4.2, and a different file name, and your AWB is complaining as it cannot find the dll. The older updater would not cater for this file, and therefore not copy it from the newer archive.

This therefore causes your bug

Cheers

—Reedy Boy 01:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I already did, a few days ago. FMAFan1990 (talk) 03:18, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

And does Diff.dll exist? —Reedy Boy 10:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but it's still not working. FMAFan1990 (talk) 10:44, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I've attempted to address this in rev 2081, but not sure if it will help. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 12:28, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered InvalidOperationException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: InvalidOperationException Message: Fehler beim Vergleichen von zwei Elementen im Array. Call stack: bei System.Collections.Generic.ArraySortHelper`1.QuickSort[TValue](T[] keys, TValue[] values, Int32 left, Int32 right, IComparer`1 comparer) bei System.Collections.Generic.ArraySortHelper`1.Sort[TValue](T[] keys, TValue[] values, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) bei System.Collections.Generic.GenericArraySortHelper`1.Sort[TValue](T[] keys, TValue[] values, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) bei System.Collections.Generic.ArraySortHelper`1.Sort(T[] items, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) bei System.Array.Sort[T](T[] array, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) bei System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Sort(Int32 index, Int32 count, IComparer`1 comparer) bei WikiFunctions.Parse.MetaDataSorter.removeInterWikis(String& ArticleText) bei WikiFunctions.Parse.MetaDataSorter.Sort(String ArticleText, String ArticleTitle) Codeispoetry (talk) 00:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC) version = 4.2.0.1, WinXP SP2. Hey guys, it's really disturb ! --Movses (talk) 10:34, 28 January 2008 (UTC) Shawn86 (talk) 14:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.1.4.2/4.2.1.0
Workaround	None

translation: "error while comparing two elements in array."

Is this still occuring? As i reckon it was just a problem on one article... —Reedy Boy 23:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

On which page? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 07:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry guys, now with the new version. The article is de:Komet, I had regex, general changes and unicodify activated. Codeispoetry (talk) 20:06, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Cheers —Reedy Boy 20:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Try it again - [6]. be-x-old wasnt in the 2nd IW list.. Seems to work fine for me —Reedy Boy 20:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

AWB doesn't recognise stq interwiki, but it doesn't crash anymore. Moreover, it removes "thumb" and some image descriptions on this page. Codeispoetry (talk) 09:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[7] - stq added. —Reedy Boy 13:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered ArgumentNullException

   at System.String.Join(String separator, String[] value)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.MetaDataSorter..ctor(Parsers p)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.set_InterWikiOrder(InterWikiOrderEnum value)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SetProject(LangCodeEnum code, ProjectEnum project, String customProject)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.LoadPrefs(UserPrefs p)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.LoadPrefs()
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.MainForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)

string s = string.Join("|", InterwikiLocalAlpha);
s = @"\[\[\s*(" + s + @")\s*:\s*([^\]]*)\s*\]\]";

Presuambly the string array InterwikiLocalAlpha is the null... —Reedy Boy 20:12, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I think it just didnt load, but you maybe had connection issues.. Improved the error handling - rev 2056 —Reedy Boy 20:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I get the same "Value cannot be null" error when I try to do nothing more than try to click "File, New Settings File" or apply my preferences. Would that happen if I had connection problems? --Kbdank71 21:08, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

The new settings file uses the same area of code. It would usually happen due to connection problems - it all loads fine for me, and i know my internets fine.. And there hasnt been a mass reporting of the bug, so presumably its not the code —Reedy Boy 21:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it's a connection problem. If I click on Profiles, then Login as selected, it loads the login page, then reports login successful, then it gives me the error message. This never happened until today when it updated to the new version. But if nobody else is having the problem, it must be a local issue. Thanks anyway for the help. --Kbdank71 21:21, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Still trying to figure this out, and getting nowhere. Question: if I were having connection problems, would AWB be able to check if I'm using the right version? I re-installed version 4.1.4.2, and I'm getting prompted to upgrade. --Kbdank71 21:12, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

It checks it against Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/Version. 4.1.4.2 is disabled, so hence being prompted to upgrade —Reedy Boy 21:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

So what is it choking on in the error above? Maybe I'm not understanding what the issue is. --Kbdank71 21:24, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

That loads the interwiki page. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/IW - It then parses the data into an array. A null reference means the array points to a new instance of an array, with nothing in it. Null is essentially blank. So if its blank, its not entered anything into the array. Presumably because it wasnt able to load the page... —Reedy Boy 23:24, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

So the old version can load Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/Version but the new version can't load Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/IW? I think my days of using AWB are sadly over, as I don't have a clue how to fix that. --Kbdank71 14:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Both versions use both pages... —Reedy Boy 16:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I encountered the same error. It happens just when I run AutoWikiBrowser. Same AWB version, same O.S. version used by Kbdank71 (The old version - 4124 - used to work fine, then it stopped working because "it is not enabled" and forced me to download the new one). If I clic "Continue working", then the application crashes when I try to save my preferences (same error). --KingFanel (talk) 10:32, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Is there any point in asking if I could get version 4.1.4.2 re-enabled so I can do some work with AWB? Or at least use it to test if I can connect without getting the error? --Kbdank71 15:42, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Moving spaces in links

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Moving spaces in links which are italics. #''[[word ]]'' word# goes to #''[[word]] '' word#; there are two characters before and after the link there. Not sure about "[[word]]" or '[[word]]' which has one character before and after the link. Perhaps it should take account of what is after the link and detect a space and a word, or at least one space. It should be aware of the method of emphasis (italics or various quote marks) around the link, and the white spaces (including line breaks) before and after these. Also, I think that a space after a pipe in a category has a special meaning and should not be removed. Snowman (talk) 23:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Normal operation. Try AWB on page "Lenore J. Coffee", which I did not edit.
Operating system	Win 2000
AWB version	2120
Workaround	Manual edit

Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature_requests#Leading_and_trailing_spaces_in_wikilinks - Thought we had fixed this. Hmm. Definately 2120? —Reedy Boy 23:46, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

2120 downloaded about 2 hrs ago. Snowman (talk) 00:27, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. I'll have to try and duplicate this later on. —Reedy Boy 11:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Wasnt actually doing it for me... [8] - rev 2178, ive asserted the word boundaries —Reedy Boy 20:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Ref Tags moved after punctuation

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB moves <ref > tags after punctuation marks. While the citation guidelines state they are normally placed immediately after the punctuation, it also says they may be placed before punctuation depending on editorial choice. The WP MoS allows more than one style, just as long as the chosen style is consistent within the article. AWB should either leave this alone or provide a selector for "before" or "after" styles Ephebi (talk) 08:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Create a page containing <ref> tags before a comma or full stop . Example of erroneous edit here.
Operating system	XP
AWB version	Latest comp release
Workaround

additionally, the puctuaction order that AWB provide is not correct on .pl --84.234.42.68 (talk) 10:25, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't feel that this is a bug (at least not on en.wikipedia). Aside from the fact that AWB is doing what it's supposed to be doing (there are very few cases where there would be a reason to place ref tags before punctuation), this seems more like a feature request to make this specific type of correction optional. Black Falcon ^(Talk) 20:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

If you read the citation guidelines mentioned above you will see that WP says it can wrong to relocate refs in many articles. I've seen good faith but contrary impositions of the US CMS 'dialect' on British English articles which have led to revert wars with some editors. It's not AWB's job to unilaterally impose its own arbitrary style rules. The so-called Nature style is much better and more traditional English, as it keeps the tag within the appropriate part of the sentence. IIRC the CMS style was only invented about 10-20 years ago and doesn't feature in my US grammar books which were written c. 1990. Ephebi (talk) 10:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I suppose we should kill all refs fixes with fire, they cause too much trouble for too few real improvements. Any thoughts? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 18:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Sounds a more sensible option. Probably just disable it for the moment.. General fixes, as we've discussed before, really need to just make changes, and the users shouldnt have to correct them (of course, bugs permitting) —Reedy Boy 20:09, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I think its just where the reference tags are moved positions? The other reference stuff (parsers.SimplifyReferenceTags(), and parsers.FixReferenceTags()) should be fine? —Reedy Boy 19:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

rev 2177 - FixFootnotes disabled until further notice. Marking as fixed —Reedy Boy 19:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered FileNotFoundException

   at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IPersistStreamInit.Save(IStream pstm, Boolean fClearDirty)
   at System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser.get_DocumentStream()
   at System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser.get_DocumentText()
   at WikiFunctions.Browser.WebControl.SetArticleText(String ArticleText)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SaveArticle()

need to be able to duplicate this to attempt to fix.. —Reedy Boy 20:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered NullReferenceException

   at WikiFunctions.Browser.WebControl.Login(String username, String password)
   at WikiFunctions.AWBProfiles.AWBProfilesForm.browserLogin(String Username, String Password)
   at WikiFunctions.AWBProfiles.AWBProfilesForm.browserLogin(String Password)
   at WikiFunctions.AWBProfiles.AWBProfilesForm.login()

My favourite bug... —Reedy Boy 23:14, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

So, what conditions do you need ? --Movses (talk) 09:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

need to be able to duplicate this to attempt to fix.. —Reedy Boy 20:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered NullReferenceException

   at WikiFunctions.Browser.WebControl.Login(String username, String password)
   at WikiFunctions.AWBProfiles.AWBProfilesForm.browserLogin(String Username, String Password)
   at WikiFunctions.AWBProfiles.AWBProfilesForm.login(Int32 profileID)

Mashiah (talk) 22:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

• All this day I've been blocked somehow (looks like provider error because I can ping and get other languages) to access ru.wikipedia.org via http. Maybe this can be quick-fixed with an approach to access it through seсure.wikipedia.org? Is it supported in AWB? Mashiah (talk) 01:43, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

No, AWB will never support SSL unless Brion, Tim and Domas allow us to do so. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 17:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Which would mean more than 1 SSL server... For a start —Reedy Boy 18:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Problem with updating

I have 4.2.0.1 on Vista, and tried to upgrade automatically. When opening AWB, I get two update messages -- one asking to update the updater, and one asking to download the new version. I have tried every combination of these options, and all failed. The farthest I've got is the updater unzipping downloaded files, at which point I get the ever helpful "something has gone wrong, please try again" message. Other times, the updater stops responding and has to be terminated. I've since downloaded 4.3.0.0 manually, but I don't understand why the updater shouldn't just work. Ral315 (talk) 07:02, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

My ever help "something has gone wrong, please try again" ;), has now been replaced with a proper error handler, due to the fact it was pants, like you say. It means some issue with the unzipping. I've put out these updater upgrades, to try and prevent people having problems with future updates... Did you update your updater before? If you have manually updated, and therefore updated the updater, just give us a shout with any errors you get in the next version... —Reedy Boy 10:03, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Sandbox not working on custom wiki

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	I select a custom wiki (wiki.reedyboy.net) in the debug build, click Start to edit the page Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Sandbox. I actually get the page AutoWikiBrowser/Sandbox on Wikipedia EN! Maybe there is an old hack somewhere to always treat Wikipedia: prefix as Wiki EN? kingboyk (talk) 13:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	Vista
AWB version	SVN
Workaround	Use Project:AutoWikiBrowser/Sandbox instead

Maybe there is an old hack somewhere to always treat Wikipedia: prefix as Wiki EN? That not a bug, its a feature! See Help:Interwiki linking#Project titles and shortcuts. I'm not sure how AWB's check page operates but the sandbox should be set in the same namespace (i.e. Wikipedia → ReedyWiki). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dispenser (talk • contribs)

Wow. I never knew that (and presumably nor did anyone else who's read this up until this point). You are however absolutely right!

Well, in that case it was a bug in AWB and my commit of rev 2213 has already fixed it :) Thanks! --kingboyk (talk) 23:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Freeze up

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB freezes up for quite a few seconds. Something to do with saving custom wiki settings. kingboyk (talk) 15:59, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	In preferences, select Custom wiki and enter a hostname. Click OK. AWB freezes for several seconds (on my fairly beefy machine).
Operating system	Vista
AWB version	SVN
Workaround	None

It loads month names separately, I'm working on it. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 16:28, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Done in rev 2214. However, Sam's wiki needs an update to support this. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 17:28, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Crashes when trying to load a plugin

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	It crashed when I tried to choose the command to load a plugin. Exception: InvalidOperationException Message: Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute. Call stack: at System.Collections.ArrayList.ArrayListEnumeratorSimple.MoveNext() at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExitInternal() at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.OnThreadException(Exception t) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProcException(Exception e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnThreadException(Exception e) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm) at AutoWikiBrowser.Program.Main(String[] args) Rschen7754 (T C) 02:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Choose the command to load a plugin.
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.0.0
Workaround	None

Seems to work fine for me. When exactly did it crash, and what plugin were you trying to load? —Reedy Boy 19:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I didn't get that far. I just choose Plugins --> Load Plugin, and bam, error message. Are you on XP or Vista? --Rschen7754 (T C) 23:02, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Vista, but i bet i know what it is... MaxSem made a change as it was something i minorly changed not knowing it could cause a problem for some people. Try - [9]. If that works, the reason is because you dont have SP1 for the .NET framework installed. It was a minor tweak for vista... Let me know —Reedy Boy 00:01, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Didn't work - got the same unhandled exception error:

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Void System.Windows.Forms.FileDialog.set_AutoUpgradeEnabled(Boolean)'.
   at AutoWikiBrowser.PluginManager.LoadNewPlugin(IAutoWikiBrowser awb)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.loadPluginToolStripMenuItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
AutoWikiBrowser
    Assembly Version: 4.3.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.3.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Dorothy%20Chen/Desktop/AutoWikiBrowser_rev2218/AutoWikiBrowser.exe
----------------------------------------
WikiFunctions
    Assembly Version: 4.3.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.3.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Dorothy%20Chen/Desktop/AutoWikiBrowser_rev2218/WikiFunctions.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
    Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

--Rschen7754 (T C) 01:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I downloaded .NET 2.0 SP 1 and revision 2218 works... --Rschen7754 (T C) 01:50, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: ArgumentOutOfRangeException Message: Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length Call stack: at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy) at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SaveRecentSettingsList() at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.MainFormClosing(Object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnFormClosing(FormClosingEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.RaiseFormClosingOnAppExit() at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExitInternal() at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.OnThreadException(Exception t) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProcException(Exception e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnThreadException(Exception e) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm) at AutoWikiBrowser.Program.Main(String[] args) Cirt (talk) 07:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.0.0
Workaround	None

Fixed in rev 2211. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 08:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Replace category: option not operational

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	The "Replace category:" functionality appears to be malfunctioning or otherwise inoperative. When editing with this option, no changes are made to the category. Hersfold (t/a/c) 00:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	My settings were as follows: General fixes, auto tag, unicodify, regex typo fix, Replace Category:Album-cover and Concert-poster artists with Category:Album-cover and concert-poster artists, skip if spam blocked, skip if non-existing, lock edit summary. Confirmed that the issue is not case-sensitivity, as it wouldn't replace the old category with Category:Foo either.
Operating system	Windows XP
AWB version	4.3.0.0
Workaround	Use Find/Replace to correct the categories. Update: When I tried this just now, the program hung up after saving and had to be forcefully terminated. The edit was made, however the program would not allow me to make any more.

Fixed in rev 2210, my bad. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 08:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

• I was just forced to download AWB 4.3.0.0 and the problem not fixed there. Where is the fix? I am doing simple category replacements Hmains (talk) 04:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
  • The fix is in the Sourceforge code repository. You won't get the fix until you build your own version, or until the next maintenance release. Unfortunately we don't have any magic to change the code on your computer until you download it! :) Since there's been a lot of work on AWB this week from Max, Reedy (Sam) and myself I expect Sam will put out a maintenance release soon. --kingboyk (talk) 09:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
    • If you need it now, you can use [10] for the time being —Reedy Boy 10:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Breaks refs ending in div tags which are are, or follow, a ref with a name

I can't reproduce it in Fiat X1/9. What am I doing wrong? Can you reproduce it with a clean config where only genfixes are enabled? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 16:28, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Already fixed by Reedy Boy. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 05:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Something has gone wrong with the downloading of the files. Please restart the updater to try again.

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Updater reports - Something has gone wrong with the downloading of the files. Please restart the updater to try again. When run again get the same message. Note (I ran on my other computer also) the other computer is a bit slower and momentarily shows the error/debug window which looks blank (it only pops up for a split second and closes). The zip file saved in the /temp file tests out OK (AutoWikiBrowser4210.zip 781 kb 13 files). pete 19:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Does the same thing on my other computer.
Operating system	XP
AWB version	AWB 4.2.0.1 - Updater 1.3.5.2
Workaround	manually unzip file

How about putting a version number into the title of the updater so that bugs in the updater can be found. _pete 19:46, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

If you right click on the updater, properties, then click the details tab, it does tell you there :) —Reedy Boy 19:50, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

1.3.5.2 _pete 20:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I've tweaked the message. The error comes during the unzipping... —Reedy Boy 20:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Marking as fixed for the time being. Ral has reported it too an old updater, put the report on here if you get an error again! —Reedy Boy 10:11, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered InvalidOperationException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: InvalidOperationException Message: Failed to compare two elements in the array. Call stack: at System.Collections.Generic.ArraySortHelper`1.QuickSort[TValue](T[] keys, TValue[] values, Int32 left, Int32 right, IComparer`1 comparer) at System.Collections.Generic.ArraySortHelper`1.Sort[TValue](T[] keys, TValue[] values, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) at System.Collections.Generic.GenericArraySortHelper`1.Sort[TValue](T[] keys, TValue[] values, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) at System.Collections.Generic.ArraySortHelper`1.Sort(T[] items, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) at System.Array.Sort[T](T[] array, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Sort(Int32 index, Int32 count, IComparer`1 comparer) at WikiFunctions.Parse.MetaDataSorter.removeInterWikis(String& ArticleText) at WikiFunctions.Parse.MetaDataSorter.Sort(String ArticleText, String ArticleTitle) Alex Spade (talk) 20:01, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.0.0
Workaround	None

What article? —Reedy Boy 20:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

ru:Собор святого Стефана in version [11] before my bot.

It'd wanted to delete {{Символы города и страны}} (to replace it by nothing).

In "Edit box" respective string was with some strange symbol - something like |^-> - string was {{Символы города и страны|^->}}.

Alex Spade (talk) 21:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2233. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 06:27, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Categories

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	"Remove category" and "replace category" functions not working. ("Add category" function does work.) This does not appear to have been corrected; I downloaded and installed rev2218 as advised on Archive page 6 but the problem still persists.
To duplicate:
Operating system	Windows XP
AWB version	4.3.0.0 rev 2218
Workaround	None

- Bearcat (talk) 06:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

It works with that particular version[12]. Are you sure you used everything from AutoWikiBrowser_rev2218.zip? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 07:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I deleted the old folder entirely and reinstalled 2218 from scratch. Twice. Bearcat (talk) 17:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I *may* have bodged up the snapshot.. But it worked fine for MaxSem, but not me. Can you try [13] - That works fine for me —Reedy Boy 18:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

"The requested URL /AutoWikiBrowser_rev2239.zip was not found on this server." Bearcat (talk) 19:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Goddamit. Wrong link - [14] —Reedy Boy 20:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh. What a comedy of errors. Guess you're having a day very like the day I'm having, eh? Anyway, I'll install it and let you know if it resolves the problem. Bearcat (talk) 22:18, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Resolved. Yay. Bearcat (talk) 22:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered ArgumentNullException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: ArgumentNullException Message: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: key Call stack: at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentNullException(ExceptionArgument argument) at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean add) at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.SubstUserTemplates(String TalkPageText, String TalkPageTitle, Regex userTalkTemplatesRegex) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(ArticleEX theArticle) Chenzw (talk · contribs) 07:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	[encountered while processing page [15]]
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6000.0
AWB version	4.3.0.0
Workaround	None

Hmm, userTalkTemplatesRegex is null, and it's not reproducable. And Main.ProcessPage() calls LoadUserTalkWarnings() just before SubstUserTemplates(). Even more strangely, LoadUserTalkWarnings() can't exit prematurely because it handles all exceptions. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 07:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Ouch, didn't notice that it was on Simple. Fixed in rev 2240. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 19:46, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Breaks some section links

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Replaces .11 with an odd charracterRich Farmbrough, 16:09 5 February 2008 (GMT). 16:09, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	See here - General fixes
Operating system	2K
AWB version	latest compulsary release
Workaround	Disable GF

similar as here, somehow connected to "#" sign [16] --84.234.42.68 (talk) 17:22, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

• Before resorting to chainsaw surgery, I'd like to try some heuristic rules. So:
  1. Something that normalises to a Latin or non-printable char should not be touched.
  2. If the anchor string already contains a char which is normally anchor-encoded by MW, we shoudn't change it.
  3. If the encoded sequence is preceded by a number, but not a valid encoded sequence, it shouldn't be changed.
• MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 15:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Disabled in rev 2242 until we find a more reliable way. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 21:18, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Line splitting regex

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	The regex that splits lines to words is crappy. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 12:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
To duplicate:	diff something, may be well illustarating by replacing [[dog|dogs]] with [[dog]]s
Operating system	all of 'em
AWB version	SVN
Workaround	Go back to ugly wikidiff2 :)

Currently, it's (\p{P}|[^\s\p{P}]*)(\s*) (WikiDiff.cs → Word.Splitter). We must modify it to detect word boundaries on every character that has special meaning in wikitext (eg |][<>). MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 12:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I've managed to improve it, but not sure if we can say that the problem is completely gone. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 08:14, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

No complaints so far - looks like everything's ok. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 20:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered NullReferenceException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: NullReferenceException Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Call stack: at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SetCheckBoxes() at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SaveArticle() Rich Farmbrough, 20:31 10 March 2008 (GMT).
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.0.2
Workaround	None

Note an edit conflict occurred round about this time. Rich Farmbrough, 20:31 10 March 2008 (GMT).

Yup, likely a synchronisation error. Fixed in rev 2265. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 21:03, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Rules in Finnish Regex TypoFix list not always applied

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	In fi:Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos we have a rule for accidentally repeated words: <Typo word="Toistetut sanat" find="(\s)(että|hän|ja|kuin|kun|ne|noin|oli|on|se|tai)\b\s+\2\b" replace="$1$2" /> For some reason, this rule is now hardly ever applied. I haven't been able to pinpoint precisely when the rule is ignored, but I was able to create two test pages where the AWB behaviour is different for two identical paragraphs. Silvonen (talk) 16:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Set your project to Finnish Wikipedia, enable Regex TypoFix, and add the pages Käyttäjä:Silvonen/Test1 and Käyttäjä:Silvonen/Test2 on the list. AWB finds the repeated word "oli oli" in Test2 (containing other errors), but not in Test1 (containing no other errors than the repeated word).
Operating system	Windows XP
AWB version	4.2.0.1
Workaround

Because we grouped regexes in alternating groups for matching, backreferences matched random crap. Fixed[17] in rev 2246. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 12:29, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Focus lost when filtering

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When applying a filer AWB it jumps away and loses focus
To duplicate:	Save a list , hit filter , go to set operations ,intersections , open file ,apply -> AWB jumps away Gnevin (talk) 20:55, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Operating system	Windows XP
AWB version	Alpha 4.2.0.1
Workaround	Unknown

Normal FaR does it too.. —Reedy Boy 21:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Should be ok since rev 2264. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 20:59, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered MissingMethodException (experimenting with Mono 1.9 and Wine 0.9.57)

  at 
WikiFunctions.Browser.WebControl.set_ArticleText (System.String 
value) [0x00000] 

  at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) 
WikiFunctions.Browser.WebControl:set_ArticleText (string)

  at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.InitializeComponent () [0x00000] 

  at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm..ctor () [0x00000] 

  at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) 
AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm:.ctor ()

  at AutoWikiBrowser.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] 

I don't expect anyone to pay great attention to this bug! I'm just trying to get AWB to work as much as possible on as free a software stack as possible, and thought I'd note it here :-) - David Gerard (talk) 19:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Please don't post mono-related bugs here, it's not supported (and will never be supported until they fully implement .NET 2.0). MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 20:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the error would obviously look to be related to a not fully implemented web control. —Reedy Boy 20:34, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered ArgumentException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: ArgumentException Message: String cannot be of zero length. Parameter name: oldValue Call stack: at System.String.Replace(String oldValue, String newValue) at WikiFunctions.Tools.RemoveNamespaceString(String Name) at WikiFunctions.Tools.MakeHumanCatKey(String Name) at WikiFunctions.Tools.ApplyKeyWords(String Title, String Text) at WikiFunctions.Parse.FindandReplace.PerformFindAndReplace(String Find, String Replace, String ArticleText, String ArticleTitle, RegexOptions ROptions) at WikiFunctions.Parse.FindandReplace.MultipleFindAndReplace(String ArticleText, String strTitle, String& EditSummary) at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformFindAndReplace(FindandReplace findAndReplace, SubstTemplates substTemplates, ReplaceSpecial replaceSpecial, Boolean SkipIfNoChange) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(ArticleEX theArticle) Umapathy (உமாபதி) (talk) 03:30, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	[encountered while processing page [18]]
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.0.2
Workaround	None

I got this error message when I tried do spelling correction in Tamil in category. Please let me know if there is anything else is required--Umapathy (உமாபதி) (talk) 03:30, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2277. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 06:03, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Personendaten not handled properly on dewiki

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB looks for the template "Persondata", but on dewiki it is called "Personendaten" 08-15 (talk) 14:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	"apply general fixes" on dewiki articles with Personendaten template
Operating system	XP
AWB version	4.3.0.3
Workaround	change removePersonData function as follows: private string removePersonData(ref string ArticleText) { string strPersonData = Parsers.GetTemplate(ArticleText, "[Pp]ersondata"); if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(strPersonData)) strPersonData = Parsers.GetTemplate(ArticleText, "[Pp]ersonendaten"); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strPersonData)) ArticleText = ArticleText.Replace(strPersonData, ""); return strPersonData; }

rev 2278

private string removePersonData(ref string ArticleText)
        {
            string strPersonData;
            if (Variables.LangCode == LangCodeEnum.de)
                strPersonData = Parsers.GetTemplate(ArticleText, "[Pp]ersonendaten");
            else
                strPersonData = Parsers.GetTemplate(ArticleText, "[Pp]ersondata");
 
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strPersonData))
                ArticleText = ArticleText.Replace(strPersonData, "");
 
            return strPersonData;
        }

Your way wouldn't have been the best way, and is a bit hacky. —Reedy Boy 15:54, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Enabling RegexTypoFix crashes AWB

Works fine for me. Is your Vista 64-bit? Which version of .NET framework do you have? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 17:03, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Fine on my 64bit vista! —Reedy Boy 18:11, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

No, it's 32-bit. I have either version v2.0.50727 or v3.0 of .NET Framework (folders for both exist in my computer's %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework folder). Also, there's something I forgot to mention in the original bug report: the problem seems to have started after recent changes to the AWB typo list that doubled the size of the page. Black Falcon ^(Talk) 17:38, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

What speed internet connection do you have? What processor, and how much memory do you have? —Reedy Boy 18:11, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in responding ... my internet connection was dreadfully slow yesterday and wouldn't load most pages. I re-installed and tried AWB today and it seems to be working fine, so it was probably an issue with my ISP rather than with AWB. Thanks, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 16:49, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Project information error in intranet-wikis

You need to update your Bot API and possibly MediaWiki. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 12:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered KeyNotFoundException

   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException()
   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
   at WikiFunctions.Lists.GetLists.FromCategory(Boolean subCategories, String[] categories)
   at WikiFunctions.Controls.Lists.ListMaker.MakeList2()

The site AWB is connected to is not one of the predefined sites in the User/Project preferences list. 哦，是吗？(О кириллицей) 01:55, 20 March 2008 (GMT)

Additionally, after specifying the site in the aforementioned dialogue, AWB throws an exception: '>' is an unexpected token. The expected token is "" or '''. Line 1, position 63. The same dialogue presented the following JIT debugging information:

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Xml.XmlException: '>' is an unexpected token. The expected token is '"' or '''. Line 1, position 63.
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy.System.Xml.IDtdParserAdapter.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.Throw(Int32 curPos, String res, String[] args)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.ThrowUnexpectedToken(Int32 pos, String expectedToken1, String expectedToken2)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseExternalId(Token idTokenType, Token declType, String& publicId, String& systemId)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseInDocumentDtd(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.Parse(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDoctypeDecl()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
   at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
   at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
   at System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml(String xml)
   at WikiFunctions.SiteInfo.Load()
   at WikiFunctions.SiteInfo..ctor(String scriptPath)
   at WikiFunctions.Variables.LoadProjectOptions()
   at WikiFunctions.Variables.SetProject(LangCodeEnum langCode, ProjectEnum projectName, String customProject)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SetProject(LangCodeEnum code, ProjectEnum project, String customProject)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.PreferencesToolStripMenuItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
[trimmed]

哦，是吗？(О кириллицей) 02:03, 20 March 2008 (GMT)

Please update your MW and Bot API. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 14:08, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

General fixes problem: br tags inside templates

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	<br><br> is fixed by "general fixes" to two newlines. This is usually correct. However, some templates expressly use <br><br> for in-template formatting. (I think they should use a table since that's what they're really doing, but people like their template interfaces not to change ...) Example: [19] - repair by hand [20]. I had to fix a pile of these I'd broken ... - David Gerard (talk) 15:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	General fixes on a <br><br> inside a template
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.0.2
Workaround	Switch off general fixes

Suggested fix: continue to fix <br><br> in general fixes, but not inside a template - David Gerard (talk) 15:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2319. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 15:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

List limit

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Make List.. If large category only lists first 500 articles
To duplicate:	select Category:Wikipedia requested photographs to search.
Operating system	Windows XP
AWB version	4.0.3.2
Workaround

<api>
<error code="cmnotitle" info="The cmtitle parameter is required"/>
</api>

Looks like there has been some MW changes... —Reedy Boy 14:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I got caught by this too. Major PITA and makes the "category" functionality in AWB all but useless. If AWB continues to work through the API, then you'll need to implement query continuations (though I've yet to get these working when I do queries by hand) - David Gerard (talk) 15:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

It does do query continuation, knows where to continue from etc - Its just for some reason, the MW API now wants an extra, seemingly duplicate parameter... —Reedy Boy 15:47, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

That'll be why I can't get 'em working by hand then ;-p wikitech-l will be the place to ask then - David Gerard (talk) 16:52, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2315. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 15:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

New MediaWiki required

"string sr = "index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Dummy_variable"

"<select id=[""']namespace[""'](.*?)</select>"

"api.php?format=xml&action=query&meta=allmessages&ammessages="

We cannot support each and every version of MediaWiki, sorry. Please upgrade your site. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 16:40, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

BadImageFormatException

   at AutoWikiBrowser.UsageStats.ReadXML(String xml)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.UsageStats.FirstContact() in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\AWB\Stats.cs:line 195
   at AutoWikiBrowser.UsageStats.Do(Boolean appexit) in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\AWB\Stats.cs:line 118

Your .NET Framework is broken and needs to be reinstalled. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 18:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Image: -> Bild

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	On not english project like the german AWV replace Image with the local equal, but also remove the : so that the picture doesn't work any more
To duplicate:	Login to a not english project and apply general fixes on a page with an image inclusion like
Operating system	Windows XP SP2
AWB version	SVN Snapshots rev2039
Workaround	disable general fixes

-- MichaelFrey (talk) 13:05, 23 March 2008 (UTC) Fixed in rev 2310. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 13:30, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :-) -- MichaelFrey (talk) 17:36, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

general fixes bug

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	[21] - it removes the space which should be there
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	WIN XP SP2
AWB version	rev. 2274
Workaround	None

Fixed in rev 2305, now it will correctly change [[X ]]w → [[X]] w. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 18:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered AccessViolationException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: AccessViolationException Message: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. Call stack: at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm) at AutoWikiBrowser.Program.Main(String[] args) βcommand 20:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC) Nate1481(t/c) 17:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.0.0/newer
Workaround	None

β^_command 20:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Also encountered by PamD (talk) 13:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

What's that? We've got no unsafe code... MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 14:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

My only guess would be relating to the Window Flash/Beep.. But its not mentioned in the stack. Anyone enlighten us how they produced the error? —Reedy Boy 14:27, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

After some googling I've come up with two versions: one thread accessing WinForms classes belonging to other threads w/o Invoke() and incorrect finalisation. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 13:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

its still there when I try to load pages on commons. β^_command 14:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm getting this error too. jwillbur 04:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Marking as fixed. Updated builds seemed to solve the problem for Betacommand. —Reedy Boy 17:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: ArgumentOutOfRangeException Message: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index Call stack: at System.Text.StringBuilder.Remove(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) at WikiFunctions.Tools.RemoveMatches(String str, MatchCollection matches) in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\WikiFunctions\Tools.cs:line 518 at WikiFunctions.Parse.MetaDataSorter.removeInterWikis(String& ArticleText) in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\WikiFunctions\MetaDataSorter.cs:line 508 at WikiFunctions.Parse.MetaDataSorter.Sort(String ArticleText, String ArticleTitle) in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\WikiFunctions\MetaDataSorter.cs:line 335 Thread:Main thread Rjwilmsi (talk) 19:19, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.0.3 (SVN 2319)
Workaround	None

On which page? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 19:21, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I've discovered it myself and fixed in rev 2324. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 19:56, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

AWB creates empty lists from category

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	After giving up to running AWB on Mediawiki 1.11, I've updated to 1.12. However, AWB 4.3.0.2 failed to create lists from categories. It works fine with creating lists by other means, but categories (quite essential) just doesn't produce a thing. --Cartoro (talk) 09:40, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	I tried this on 3 different custom wikis, all same results. Connect to wiki, and try to generate a list from Category or Category (Recursive).
Operating system	Windows XP SP2
AWB version	AWB 4.3.0.2
Workaround	Unknown

It appears to work on 4.3.0.3. I've downloaded and compile the latest from SVN, and it appears to be running fine. One question though, what happened to the "remove duplicates". I thought duplicates were not generated, but they are, so they cannot be removed. --Cartoro (talk) 10:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

It was fixed in the post release verson. The button that says "remove" is the remove duplicates... Somethings have been badly moved about on the designer —Ree dy 15:31, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2329 by adding a fallback code. Now it should work in MW 1.12 release - tested on WowWiki. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 16:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I just downloaded 4.3.0.2 and have had similar problems. When I work with very large categories, the maximum it returns on a list is 500 articles. Is there a preference I missed to lift the max. or is this a bug? --Rkitko ^(talk) 00:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

The fix wont be released till the next update. In the meantime, if you need this, please see [22] —Reedy 09:56, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Boolean' to type 'System.String'.

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Boolean' to type 'System.String'. at WikiFunctions.Parse.FindandReplace.FindAndReplaceContextMenu_Opening(Object sender, CancelEventArgs e) in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\WikiFunctions\FindandReplace.cs:line 444 at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnOpening(CancelEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.SetVisibleCore(Boolean visible) at System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip.SetVisibleCore(Boolean visible) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.Show(Control control, Point position) at System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip.ShowInternal(Control source, Point location, Boolean isKeyboardActivated) at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.WmContextMenu(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) I get this when I right click on the column left of Find in the Find & Replace dialogue. Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 06:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC) mattbr 14:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN 2327
Workaround

Can you duplicate this on demand? Is it on the header, or is it on a blank row? Its been reported before, but couldnt duplicate it, so therefore couldnt fix it... —Reedy 09:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, on demand. On further testing, it occurs for non-blank rows only, every time I right click on the unlabeled field (i.e. leftmost column) for the row. For blank rows the normal context menu shows up. Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 18:13, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Cheers. Can at least duplicate it now. —Reedy 18:20, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Fixed the error - SVN wont let me commit currently. Noticed it doesnt seem to take account of whether the regex checkbox is checked or not... —Reedy 18:38, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

rev 2330 —Reedy 23:47, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Wiki search not returning any results

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	The 'wiki search' option is not returning any results, no matter what query I use.Rjwilmsi (talk) 21:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN 4.3.0.3
Workaround

IIRC, MaxSem said there has been some changes to mediawiki which has broken this.... —Reedy Boy 22:24, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

rev 2338 - Fixed so its working again. Hopefully Max/Myself will look at migrating it to API —Reedy 17:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Removing emboldened headings

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Heading in this format ==='''Heading is here'''===. The emboldened text is removed, but the text is continuous without a new line after the heading. Snowman (talk) 14:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Vistsa
AWB version	AWB 2327
Workaround	None

Fixed in rev 2332. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 10:02, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered XmlException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: XmlException Message: '>' is an unexpected token. The expected token is '"' or . Line 1, position 63. Call stack: at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy.System.Xml.IDtdParserAdapter.Throw(Exception e) at System.Xml.DtdParser.Throw(Int32 curPos, String res, String[] args) at System.Xml.DtdParser.ThrowUnexpectedToken(Int32 pos, String expectedToken1, String expectedToken2) at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseExternalId(Token idTokenType, Token declType, String& publicId, String& systemId) at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseInDocumentDtd(Boolean saveInternalSubset) at System.Xml.DtdParser.Parse(Boolean saveInternalSubset) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDoctypeDecl() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read() at WikiFunctions.Lists.GetLists.FromWhatLinksHere(Boolean embedded, String[] pages) at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.Tagger(String ArticleText, String ArticleTitle, String& Summary) treelo talk 19:56, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Error can be recreated by being redirected to List of Class of 3000 episodes and songs such as Home (Class of 3000 episode)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1
AWB version	4.3.0.2
Workaround	None

Fixed - rev 2333 —Reedy 10:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

typo skip on 'regular expersions'

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB has a typo - typo skip on 'regular expersions' Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 10:13, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system
AWB version	SVN 2338
Workaround

Cheers. - rev 2340 —Reedy 10:37, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Removal of <br> tags in <blockquote>

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	See this edit. AWB removed two <br/> tags inside a <blockquote> tag and replaced it with whitespace. Whitespace doesn't work inside <blockquote> tags, tho, so the two paragraphs turned into one. (before, after). --Conti
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	4.3.0.2
Workaround	Can be fixed by using "</blockquote><blockquote>" instead of "<br>". Doesn't seem to be very desirable, tho.

Fixed in rev 2351 MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 14:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Remove duplicates button has changed

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	The "Remove duplicates" button has been replaced with a more ambiguously-named "Remove", which could be misinterpreted as being the equivalent of "Remove selected". Black Falcon (Talk) 20:15, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	Windows Vista
AWB version	4.3.1.0
Workaround

rev 2345 - Designer needs overhauling... Maybe as per Dispensers changes... —Reedy 22:10, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I gave my development box to a family member, and I can't install the .NET framework on this one. So I wont be able to help until I build a new box, which doesn't look likely anytime soon. — Dispenser 03:38, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. Was more saying use your already created patches. ;) I need to take some screenshots of both, and see what the general consensus is here and take it from there... —Reedy 10:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

long edit summaries truncated poorly

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Long edit summaries are truncated by the server, leaving broken links. See [23]. AWB needs to truncate before adding the "using AWB" suffix. — Carl (CBM · talk) 14:58, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system
AWB version
Workaround

Anyone know what the character limit is? (I will look it up) —Reedy 17:47, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

255 - —Reedy 17:49, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

rev 2346 should do it —Reedy 17:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, that was an extremely prompt response. — Carl (CBM · talk) 18:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Ideally needs some checking. In #mediawiki on Freenode, someone said its generally 255, but not always... So may just need tweaking to cut a bit more off. —Reedy 18:41, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Main and See also templates

See this.--Kozuch (talk) 21:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2349. Next time please use the proper template, it helps to track bugs. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 21:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

ArgumentException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: ArgumentException Message: Empty path name is not legal. Call stack: at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options) at System.IO.StreamWriter.CreateFile(String path, Boolean append) at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append, Encoding encoding, Int32 bufferSize) at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append, Encoding encoding) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SaveEditBoxText(String path) pete 13:06, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.1.0
Workaround	None

Likely fixed in rev 2357. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 17:36, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Err.. Max.. Surely you mean if (AutoSaveEditBoxFile.Trim().Length != 0) SaveEditBoxText(AutoSaveEditBoxFile);...? —Reedy 18:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Gee, lol. Fixed that too o_0 MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 19:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered XmlException -- selecting Custom wiki

   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParsePI(BufferBuilder piInDtdStringBuilder)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
   at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
   at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
   at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
   at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
   at System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml(String xml)
   at WikiFunctions.SiteInfo.Load() in d:\bin\AWB_src\AWB\WikiFunctions\SiteInfo.cs:line 51
   at WikiFunctions.SiteInfo..ctor(String scriptPath) in d:\bin\AWB_src\AWB\WikiFunctions\SiteInfo.cs:line 43
   at WikiFunctions.Variables.LoadProjectOptions() in d:\bin\AWB_src\AWB\WikiFunctions\Variables.cs:line 1191
   at WikiFunctions.Variables.SetProject(LangCodeEnum langCode, ProjectEnum projectName, String customProject) in d:\bin\AWB_src\AWB\WikiFunctions\Variables.cs:line 1146
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SetProject(LangCodeEnum code, ProjectEnum project, String customProject) in d:\bin\AWB_src\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:line 1935
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.PreferencesToolStripMenuItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in d:\bin\AWB_src\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:line 1898
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
   at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.Program.Main(String[] args) in d:\bin\AWB_src\AWB\AWB\Program.cs:line 70

Hi All, I have several wikis working, and this first appeared on the oldest of them all. I wiped out the whole Mediawiki core, and re-installed (unzipped) it again. The failure remained. I wasn't too bothered, until my must critical wiki had the same problem. I decided to go for AWB source code (hence 4.3.1.1), as I always managed to have a workaround, but now I'm stuck. All wikis are:

Where is it reading the XML from, and what file could it be? I really love AWB, but this bug is driving me mad!... sorry for all the unnecessary rants! --Cartoro (talk) 10:49, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Some light into this. In file:

c:\AWB\WikiFunctions\SiteInfo.cs 

the following line

string output = Tools.GetHTML(m_ScriptPath + "api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|namespaces|statistics&format=xml");

Returns an XML with "\n" at the beginning of the string. --Cartoro (talk) 11:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Fine on my Test wiki on 1.12.0 - [24]... Is your wiki externally accessible? If so, can you give us the link?? —Reedy 10:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Make a list from category, returns empty list

It turned out to be a problem with the query to the api.php. On file:

c:\AWB\WikiFunctions\GetLists.cs

Replace line:

154 string url = Variables.URLLong + "api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:" + cmtitle + "&cmcategory=" + cmtitle + "&format=xml&cmlimit=500";

with:

154 string url = Variables.URLLong + "api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmcategory=" + cmtitle + "&format=xml&cmlimit=500";

api.php is not happy when title and category are used in conjunction. --Cartoro (talk) 14:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

And that will break it on the current WP version. That change was made due to leading MW SVN changes (try it here and see) —Reedy 18:24, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I'll have a look against the link when above happens. —Reedy 11:01, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

AWB currently supports two MediaWiki versions: SVN head as on Wikimedia projects, and 1.12 official release (e.g. Wikia and so on). We cannot support each and every version of MW (nor we are interested in it), sorry. Please upgrade your site. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 15:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered NullReferenceException

   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseEntityName()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseEntityReference()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
   at WikiFunctions.Lists.GetLists.FromCategory(Boolean subCategories, String[] categories)
   at WikiFunctions.Controls.Lists.ListMaker.MakeList2()

Same as below, your site is unavailable. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 19:47, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered KeyNotFoundException

   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException()
   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.FixCategories(String ArticleText)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.ChangeToDefaultSort(String ArticleText, String ArticleTitle, Boolean& NoChange)
   at WikiFunctions.Article.SetDefaultSort(Parsers parsers, LangCodeEnum LangCode, Boolean SkipIfNoChange)
   at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(ArticleEX theArticle)

Your site is offline. I guess it's due to incompatible MW, but would still like to double-check it and investigate why it didn't cause errors at login-time. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 08:52, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I can't investigate the problem if your site is inavailable, so I'm just assuming that the problem was on your side. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 19:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

ignore external/interwiki links, images, nowiki, math...

That's the way it's intended to work. Previous behaviour likely indicated a bug that was fixed later. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 14:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

BD-SORT

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	I 've been doing a replaced of BD-SORT (a redirect) with {{Lifetime}} when this occurred. It's funny because until this replacement AWB does is not happening all the time but sometimes, (for example check that in this case the replacement i requested occurred), moreover it doesn't create a DEFAULSORT as it should. If you really want to replace BD-SORT you have to create a birth category, a death category and defaultsort. Moreover, this edit shows that the replacement, sometimes, created THREE instead of two categories. -- Magioladitis (talk) 02:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	No idea
Operating system	XP SP2
AWB version	4.3.0.2
Workaround

Call me crazy but I suspect it has something to do with the header capitalization. It seems this bug is triggered only after a head capitalization. Check here as well. Moreover, I would like to inform you that BDSORT doesn't exist anymore, BD-SORT is now empty and BIRTH-DEATH-SORT will be soon empty as well. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

The same bug occurs with BIRTH-DEATH-SORT as well. The only active templates in this category is Lifetime and BD (redirect of Lifetime). I replaced all the others with Lifetime. I think, it's better to completely remove the replacement completely.

Check this. It's very interesting! Some bullets appeared as well. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:34, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Btw, can an administrator unprotect and delete BD-SORT? It's empty and completely unnecessary redirect. Thanks -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:11, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Done that. —Reedy 18:30, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Cheers! I think we can just remove any reference to these templates from AWB. Lifetime works just fine. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

In this example I make no replacement. I just apply general fixes, but the bug appears again. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:31, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

This functionality was a part of general fixes, and was removed in rev 2360 because I was unable to find out the indications that {{lifetime}} should be substituted. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 09:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Interwiki sorting in other wikipedias

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	There are more and more, who works in the Hungarian Wikipedia with this easy-to-use program. They like the fixes the program does, but the "official" interwiki order there is the english first, and rest links are alphabetically on two letter code [26] since long time as a community decide. As a result, the interwikis will have bad order, like there. Furthermore, there are more wikis, which have different iw-order. Can you implement this fix in the program? An other question: cs is before cy in the alphabet order, but the order would be diffenet in the other sorting (but currently not). What's with it? Thanks in advance in the name of the Hungarian AWB users :) Dani 22:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP SP2
AWB version	AWB 4.3.0.2, 4.3.1.0
Workaround	manually reorder the list or opt out fixes

Updated[27] in rev 2373. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 21:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! bDaneE 14:30, 28 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdanee (talk • contribs)

Thanks in advance! Samaten (talk) 14:39, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Sectstub template removed

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Sectstub template removedRich Farmbrough, 13:00 29 April 2008 (GMT).
To duplicate:	See spiritism, with gen fixes.
Operating system	XP
AWB version	4.3.1.0
Workaround	Disable GF

Fixed in rev 2376. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 13:11, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Removing deliberate double line breaks

Old, fixed bug. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 11:40, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Null reference

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: NullReferenceException Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Call stack: at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.LoadSuccess() in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:line 719 Thread:Main thread Rjwilmsi (talk) 17:51, 29 March 2008 (UTC) David Gerard (talk) 14:58, 27 March 2008 (UTC) 84.234.42.68 (talk) 18:31, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	[encountered while processing page [28]] (IP)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
AWB version	4.3.0.3
Workaround	None

Which SVN revision? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 17:54, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Not sure exactly what revision I last built but about rev 2310. Rjwilmsi (talk) 17:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah, it's most likely string HTML = webBrowserEdit.Document.Body.InnerHtml; MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 18:03, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

The error is now in line 730 of Main.cs (SVN 2338). Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 10:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2362. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 14:16, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Template handling in HideText

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Typo fixes are being applied to image titles e.g. Enstatite where an image containing the typo Calfornia is 'fixed'. Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 21:25, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN 2377
Workaround

Bah, HideText doesn't match templates with single {} in parameters. Working on it. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 11:18, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2381. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 18:58, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, working correctly on Enstatite. Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 21:23, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Can't build from SVN

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Can't build last SVN version, there is a missed file called "DelinkerPlugin.dll". There error message from VS 2008 is: Error 1 The referenced assembly "\AWB\Plugins\Delinker\bin\Debug\DelinkerPlugin.dll" was not found. If this assembly is produced by another one of your projects, please make sure to build that project before building this one. AutoWikiBrowser Warning 2 The referenced component 'DelinkerPlugin' could not be found. OsamaK 16:58, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Windows XP\VS 2008
AWB version	Last SVN
Workaround	None

Should be theoretically fixed by rev 2378, but please check if it works. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 17:10, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Just needed the csproj for the plugin updating too - rev 2379. Osamak, if you had said it was vs 2008, i might have been able to help you the other night ;) —Reedy 17:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I will do next time :). Thanks all--OsamaK 18:12, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Typo fixes being applied to a reference name

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Typo fixes being applied to a reference name - in Saskatchewan Highway 35 AWB wants to fix a reference name from canada to Canada Rjwilmsi (talk) 07:34, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN 2381
Workaround

Fixed in rev 2384. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 08:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Skip "non-existant" pages is a typo

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Skip "non-existant" pages is a typo - should be "non-existent". Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 09:51, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN
Workaround

rev 2385. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 10:05, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Text disappears when text box in settings loses focus

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	After the text box in the advanced find and replace settings loses focus, the text in it disappears as well an can only be seen again by highlighting the place where the text is. Chenzw (talk · contribs) 00:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Open the find and replace advanced settings and type something into the box.
Operating system	Windows Vista
AWB version	4.3.1
Workaround

Vista and text disappearing... I reckon i know what this is - We had a similar problem with the list maker a bit back. Its related to transparent background... I'll have a look in a bit. —Reedy 09:41, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Yup - rev 2388 looks to have done the job (i could duplicate it before my change, and not after). —Reedy 09:47, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Typos loaded isn't the latest list

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Since yesterday evening I'm having a weird issue with the RETF typo list - when I refresh status / typos in AWB, the list of typos loaded is not the latest version. I'm getting 3587 typos loaded, and have been getting this since yesterday evening. AWB seems to be stuck loading revision [29]. So, for example my new 'discography' fix doesn't work and the typo count has not reduced even though I merged a few in later edits to the list. I've tried this on my PC and my family PC at home (different internet connection) using the latest SVN and the latest released version respectively. Am I missing something obvious or have I gone mad? What count of typos can others currently load? Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 08:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN
Workaround

Strangely, the old-style raw wikitext retrieval parameters ctype=text/plain and dontcountme=s caused this, removed in rev 2387. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 09:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

DEFAULTSORT with spaces

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	This is more of a bug with DEFAULTSORT that needs to be recognized by AWB. {{DEFAULTSORT: foo}} does not include the space in the sort parameter. [30] is the diff where AWB did it. NE2 01:28, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Run general fixes on 1964 state highway renumbering (Washington).
Operating system	XP
AWB version	4.3.0.2
Workaround

{{DEFAULTSORT: Renumbering}} is what its doing, but it needs to be {{DEFAULTSORT:Renumbering}}, trimming the leading space? —Reedy Boy 19:00, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes people intentionally use space character instead of asterisk to sort a page before the others. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 19:05, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

It needs to not convert to DEFAULTSORT unless the MediaWiki bug is fixed. --NE2 20:53, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Fixed in rev 2368. By the way, what's the number of the MediaWiki bug? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 18:51, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect skip reason for no find & replace

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Situation: you have some find & replaces set up and enabled, skip if no find & replace enabled, regex typo fix enabled. Bug: If AWB processes an article with a typo, but nothing matching your find & replaces, it skips as there was no find and replace (correct) with the skip reason "no change" (bug). The skip reason is misleading, as there was in fact a change to the article, but not of the type you required. Also, the mouse over for the article in the skipped log tag does not show that the typo has been applied. Therefore, in effect AWB hides the fact that there was a typo in the page, as the user (me!) can't differentiate between absolutely no changes and the situation here. I would expect that the mouse over would be populated with the typo (+ gen fixes?) applied and a skip reason of "no find & replace" given. Looking at main.cs and article.cs it seems that this occurs because the skip on no f&r doesn't use SkipPage("blah"). I hope that makes sense. Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 19:45, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN 2400
Workaround

if (!Abort && skippable && chkSkipNoChanges.Checked &&
                    TheArticle.ArticleText == TheArticle.OriginalArticleText)
                {
                    SkipPage("No change");
                    return;
                }
                else if (chkSkipWhitespace.Checked &&
                    (string.Compare(Regex.Replace(TheArticle.OriginalArticleText, @"\s+", @""), Regex.Replace(TheArticle.ArticleText, @"\s+", @"")) == 0))
                {
                    SkipPage("Only whitespace changed");
                    return;
                }
                else if (!Abort && TheArticle.SkipArticle)
                {
                    SkipPageReasonAlreadyProvided(); // Don't send a reason; ProcessPage() should already have logged one
                    return;
                }

Thats to blame, due to the code order. I think just moving the bottom else if to the top should solve it. Moment. —Reedy 20:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Yup - rev 2401. Not bad logic, just wrongly ordered! Cheers, —Reedy 20:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Great, thanks for that. I've slightly modified my SVN copy so that AWB in fact skips for 'no change' ahead of 'no f & replace', which is how I prefer it. Rjwilmsi (talk) 21:17, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I've tweaked it a bit code wise in rev 2402 to reduce some duplicated checks... Mind posting the code you've got for that now? —Reedy 21:36, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

(this works for me but might be a bit of a hack) I commented out all the if (theArticle.SkipArticle) return; in ProcessPage(); so that all article fixing is done (if I've checked the option for it) and then after the call to ProcessPage() I changed the order of the if statement so that the no change is tested before the TheArticle.SkipArticle. This means now that AWB skips as "no change" if all processing has been done and there really was no change regardless of skip flags, then it will skip based on the skip flags if there were some changes but not the flagged ones. Also, for example, it always does typo fixing and f&r (if checked) so that I can differentiate between 1 really no change, 2 typo but no f&r and 3 f&r plus possible typo. I hope that makes sense. I don't expect you to do anything further on this as I'm not sure that the way I want AWB is the way others would want it, and I know what to do for my own purposes. Post questions if I haven't made sense and I'll reply tomorrow. Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 22:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Meh =). 2402 has now been commited, i didnt commit it before. —Reedy 22:09, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

System.InvalidOperationException

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	System.InvalidOperationException: List that this enumerator is bound to has been modified. An enumerator can only be used if the list does not change. at System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.ItemArray.EntryEnumerator.System.Collections.IEnumerator.MoveNext() at WikiFunctions.Controls.Lists.ListMaker.loadArticlesInBrowser() in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\WikiFunctions\ListMaker.cs:line 1257 at WikiFunctions.Controls.Lists.ListMaker.openInBrowserToolStripMenuItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Documents and Settings\RJW\Desktop\AWB_SVN\AWB\WikiFunctions\ListMaker.cs:line 1252 at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) This occurred when I chose 'open article in browser' from article list (article was Gertrude Stein). Firefox is my default browser. Thanks Rjwilmsi (talk) 10:05, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	XP
AWB version	SVN 2270
Workaround

Hmm, weird.. Its not modifying anything, so not sure why that happened.. Did you click on something else/remove something just after opening it..? As the code itself is not modifying the list.. —Reedy Boy 12:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I clicked Ignore straight afterwards before Firefox had opened. Rjwilmsi (talk) 09:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Just got it myself. Easiest fix is just some error supression - If it fails on one, it will go onto the next one if there is one, etc. rev 2395 —Reedy 18:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered MissingMethodException

   at WPAssessmentsCatCreator.AutoWikiBrowser.Plugins.SDKSoftware.WPAssessmentsCatCreator.WPAssessmentsCatCreator.ProcessArticle(IAutoWikiBrowser sender, ProcessArticleEventArgs ProcessArticleEventArgs)
   at WikiFunctions.Article.SendPageToPlugin(IAWBPlugin plugin, IAutoWikiBrowser sender)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(ArticleEX theArticle)

   at WPAssessmentsCatCreator.AutoWikiBrowser.Plugins.SDKSoftware.WPAssessmentsCatCreator.WPAssessmentsCatCreator.Initialise(IAutoWikiBrowser MainForm)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.Plugins.Plugin.InitialisePlugin(IAWBPlugin plugin, IAutoWikiBrowser awb)

Delete the WPAssessmentsCatCreator.dll from your AWB folder. Its old, dead, and now out of date. —Reedy 20:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Updater will be tweaked to remove this DLL. —Reedy 10:55, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered Exception

   at WikiFunctions.Parse.MetaDataSorter..ctor(Parsers p)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.set_InterWikiOrder(InterWikiOrderEnum value)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SetProject(LangCodeEnum code, ProjectEnum project, String customProject)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.LoadPrefs(UserPrefs p)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.LoadPrefs()
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.MainForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)

I got this bug when starting up AWB just after downloading version 4.3.2 I am not really sure what it means so sorry if it has already been solved. Captain panda 01:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I realize now what I did wrong. My firewall was just blocking AWB and it wasn't telling me. It's fixed now. Sorry about that. Captain panda 23:44, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

RegEx not working in find & replace replacement box

IMHO not a bug, as regex find & replace works for me. Richard0612, your example in the screenshot doesn't work as you want it to because there is no bracketed clause to identify $1 try find=<ref>(.*)<ref> and the $1 will be replaced. Rjwilmsi (talk) 23:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

All I can say is... D'oh! I filed this bug report late in the evening, and I must have been half asleep! Please disregard this, of course the (..) are necessary for the variable to work. How stupid! _{And I'm supposed to be fairly good at this sort of thing!} RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 15:26, May 20, 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered XmlException

   at AutoWikiBrowser.UsageStats.ReadXML(String xml)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.UsageStats.FirstContact()
   at AutoWikiBrowser.UsageStats.Do(Boolean appexit)

Glitch on Kingboyk's hostying server it would seem. —Reedy 11:33, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

AWB encountered XmlException

   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseRootLevelWhitespace()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
   at WikiFunctions.Lists.GetLists.FromLinksOnPage(String[] articles)

This pops up when trying to grab the links off of My sandbox. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 21:32, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Should be ok now. The API had been disabled due to some issues... Maybe intermittant for a while. —Reedy 21:37, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Clean up deformats tables removing < p > tags

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Clean up deformat tables removing < p > and < /p >. Please look at this edit. TestPilot 13:17, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try to do clean up of Algae article. Table looks awful after "clean up".
Operating system
AWB version	4.3.1.0
Workaround

Fixed in rev 2449. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 17:53, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

AWB reverting order of stubs and cats

As this edit shows, AWB still puts categories above stubs in the source code despite the fact they are rendered as stubs above cats. What is the point of cluttering peoples watch list with such nonsense? I remember having previously protested against this annoying "feature". See also how the AWB user reacted to my message on his talk. -- Matthead  Discuß   19:42, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

N Not done: WP:STUB#Categorizing stubs says: By convention this is placed at the end of the article, after the External links section, any navigation templates, and the category tags, so that the stub category will appear last. I'll add this to FAQ. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 13:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing me there. According to talk, the consensus is not clear, and the concept of Stubs itself is questioned. German Wiki discontinued them, and it is suggested that the stub categories are hidden. Anyway, I expected that the rendered result and its source code has the same order. Putting the stub templates below the cats has no visible effect on the position of the message "This article is a stub", it just re-shuffles the order of the categories which is mostly arbitrary anyway. The policies are very inconsistent here, as are preferences of users. I consider the relocation edits by AWB a nuisance, pointless edits are added to my watch list, and the order or the article source is messed up. I suggest that developers and users of AWB regard this re-ordering as the lowest priority, and focus on others things instead. -- Matthead  Discuß   14:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[33] probably should not have been made; were it not for the category order it would be a completely useless edit. --NE2 16:26, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Exactly. He was warned not to make such edits anymore, so let's hope that everything will be alright, otherwise his access will be terminated. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 16:49, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Broken dependency in Kingbotk plugin

   at AutoWikiBrowser.Plugins.SDKSoftware.Kingbotk.PluginManager.ProcessArticle(IAutoWikiBrowser sender, ProcessArticleEventArgs ProcessArticleEventArgs)
   at WikiFunctions.Article.SendPageToPlugin(IAWBPlugin plugin, IAutoWikiBrowser sender)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(ArticleEX theArticle)

Can't get any articles to process with the newly downloaded version -- get this error every time. Since the old version is disabled, I'm stuck.--Fabrictramp (talk) 14:55, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I suppose you don't do WikiProject tagging? Then delete Kingbotk AWB Plugin.dll, your version seems to be out of date. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 16:34, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

That did the trick. Duh, should have thought of that myself. Thanks much!--Fabrictramp (talk) 17:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

AWB follows piped redirects to an invalid page title

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When AWB encounters a redirect with a piped link, e.g. "#Redirect [[Lake Pedder planarian|lake pedder planarian]]", it parses it as a redirect to the article "Lake Pedder planarian|lake pedder planarian", which it then rejects as an invalid article title. Hesperian 01:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Run AWB on Romankenkius pedderensis
Operating system	Windows XP SP2
AWB version	4.3.2.0
Workaround	None, except to manually remove the piped link in the redirect, which is, after all, pretty pointless. But unless you check your AWB logs pretty carefully, you won't even be aware that the target has been bypassed.

Fixed in rev 2474. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 11:26, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Hesperian 11:40, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Error with pages with two hypens in certain places in title

[34] - working fine for me.. —Reedy 12:32, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

And it works on my computer now too, but I have had the problem previously on a long run. Snowman (talk) 12:43, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

PAGENAME

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Inconsistent modification of {{PAGENAME}}. Sometimes the pipe is after the PAGENAME template in some infoboxes. Sometimes it changes it and sometimes it does not. The page "Venae cavae" is an example of one I had to change manually today. Snowman (talk) 19:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Normal operation of AWB,
Operating system	Wix XP pro Sp 2
AWB version	4142
Workaround	write in the page name manually

I have not seen this bug recur in recent versions. Snowman (talk) 20:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Marking as fixed. Please reopen/re-report if it reoccurs. —Reedy 20:17, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Duplicate images in image plugin

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Adding the same image twice to the image plug-in causes a run time error
To duplicate:	Add the same image file name to image plug-in
Operating system	Microsoft Windows XP
AWB version	4.3.1.0
Workaround	find and remove the duplicate file name

Gnevin (talk) 22:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Do you actually mean in the plugin config window thingy? (Side note for me, wonder if CFD does the same...) —Reedy 15:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Can you provide more information please?

* [[:Image:Test.jpg]] to [[:Image:Test.jpg]]
* [[:Image:Test.jpg]]

The above works fine in the GUI. Or is it during processing? —Reedy 11:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Two things: could you update your AWB to 4.3.2.0 and replace your CFD.dll with the new one from Pligins folder? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 16:17, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Upgraded and replaced my dll . The duplicate error doesnt show but now IFD isn't generate a list of pages anymore , strange Gnevin (talk) 16:51, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. Wonder if thats another API change at fault.. —Reedy 17:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Weird, for some reason the IFD plugin was trying to load a list of categories... rev 2485 fixes it again —Reedy 10:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

General skip options - Only whitespace is changed

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	The "Only whitespace is changed" skipping feature does not work for me.--Kozuch (talk) 12:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	Windows XP
AWB version	4.3.2.
Workaround	Unknown

This will only skip if whitespace has been added/removed - Not if things have been moved about... —Reedy 20:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Fixed, logic seemed a little askew. Also improved the code a bit - rev 2486 —Reedy 11:55, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Very large lists, can't pull the scrollbar down to the bottom

Just tried with 150,000 generated "articles" and it works fine... —Reedy Boy 20:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

accents removed in defaultsort tags

It a workaround for MediaWiki ASCIIbetical sorting, so "é" does not come after "z". — Dispenser 04:14, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, thanks. I've added an entry in the AWB manual about this. Rjwilmsi (talk) 06:56, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks =) —Reedy 14:45, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Project preference

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Under project preference, there are 2 wikispecies
To duplicate:
Operating system	Windows XP
AWB version	4.3.2.0
Workaround	N/A

It's just a trivial bug, but looks odd to see a duplication. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 01:33, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

public enum ProjectEnum { wikipedia, wiktionary, wikisource, wikiquote, wikiversity, wikibooks, wikinews, commons, meta, species, lastWMF = species, wikia, custom }

Its from the "lastWMF = species".. Not sure why thats exactly there... I've altered it, and also pointed us to a couple of broken lines in the listMaker post our overhaul. rev 2556. Max, is there any particular reason it was done likes this...? —Reedy 08:38, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 16:44, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

NullReferenceException in SpecialFilter.set_Settings

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: NullReferenceException Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Call stack: at WikiFunctions.Lists.SpecialFilter.set_Settings(SpecialFilterPrefs value) in E:\AWB\AWB\WikiFunctions\SpecialFilter.cs:line 506 at WikiFunctions.Controls.Lists.ListMaker.set_SpecialFilterSettings(SpecialFilterPrefs value) in E:\AWB\AWB\WikiFunctions\ListMaker.cs:line 1197 at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.InitializeComponent() in E:\AWB\AWB\AWB\Main.Designer.cs:line 2474 at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm..ctor() in E:\AWB\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:line 115 at AutoWikiBrowser.Program.Main(String[] args) in E:\AWB\AWB\AWB\Program.cs:line 65 77.31.38.146 (talk) 10:34, 9 June 2008 (UTC) (OsamaK, can't login because of wikibreak.js :-) )
To duplicate:	Unknown
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
AWB version	4.3.2.1, revision 2912 (2008-06-08 20:50:53)
Workaround	None

Hmm, thought i'd fixed this already - rev 2913 adds a bit more protection. Osamak, let me know if it fixes this or not. If not, might need to speak to you on IRC. Cheers! —Reedy 13:09, 9 June 2008 (UTC)