Great program, I hope that you can offer a paid version soon.
My only issue so far is when downloading messages sometimes whenever the parentheses symbol (")or (') is used in a message it shows up as garble
example:
This 2ââ,¬Â diameter
Should be
This 2" diameter
Hi,
You need to choose the appropriate encoding for the groups you are viewing.
Please look in View--> Encoding.
Currently encoding is global but we will be changing it soon so that it can be specified per group (in case e.g. you read groups in Russian & English).
I think in your case you need UTF-8 encoding.
Cheers,
Wilson.
Hi Wilson,
I encountered the same problem.
The group's an English language group.
I just changed to the UTF-8 coding.
It did fix the issue.
Thanks.
~~ Stephanie
Hi Stephanie,
I have asked the developer, for future versions, to default the encoding to UTF-8 if system language = EN-gb or EN-us (ie user is using base language = English).
Cheers,
Wilson.
That Works for the " and '
Now the only odd thing I am seeing is a small box and if I hover the mouse over it, it Pops up qreply
If you see characters displaying as boxes it may be due to a fonts setting in Windows Control Panel.
Just as a test, can you try disabling "Hide fonts based on language settings" in Windows?
Control Panel --> All Control Panel Items --> Fonts --> Font settings
Please see attached photo.
Cheers,
Wilson.
Ok... don't bother with that.
I found an example of the squares showning up in my own group & I could test it.
Changing the Font settings didn't work but.. changing the encoding in PGO to "system default" did work.
Which isn't a cure because now the apostrophes will be back to displaying as " ââ,¬Â ".
Still.. all information is useful. I will carry on trying to find a solution.
Cheers,
Wilson.
No Problem, I am glad I could help, Thanks for all your hard work
Ach well.. nil desperandum.
We always find a solution eventually...
Cheers,
Wilson.
Hi Wilson,
I wasn't having any problem refreshing my group's messages the past few days. Today, however, a strange thing happened when I tried it. This is what I got ...
Error. The PhantomJS.exe file does not exist in the current directory or in a directory on the PATH environment variable. The driver can be downloaded at http://phantomjs.org/download.html.
... my PC froze up as well.
On top of that, when I tried to open my old, original version of PGO, which I had been able to do previously, I had this box pop up ...
Windows Installer
The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.
Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'PGOffline.msi' in the box below.
>snip<
I should mention that -- I just checked now -- my Norton AntiVirus yesterday quarantined a number of files associated with PGO.
Do you have any idea what may have happened with that?
Thanks.
~~ Stephanie
Hi Stephanie,
I think that Norton is a huge PITA.
Apparently its not just my files it doesn't like:
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=38952
That web page shows the procedure to restore a file excluded by Norton and how to exempt it from further scans.
I'm sorry I can't be more specific because I cannot replicate it myself.
If you need to identify any files that you think are from PGO and Norton thinks are a threat then please send me a screenshot of the Norton Quarantine window.
Cheers,
Wilson.
Here are two steps (images attached) to recover and exclude items from Norton.
Hi Wilson,
Thanks.
NAV quarantined quite a few items the other day.
There are only a couple that specifically appear to reference PGO (pg-offline-4-0-800-572-setup.msi). I thought I'd restore those and see what happens with PGO.
I'll update the results here later.
~~ Stephanie
Hi Wilson,
Good news, bad news so far ...
I restored a number of the items quarantined by NAV, and the PGO 4.0.840 Trial is functioning again. :)
But, I've still had no luck recovering my old PGO 3.0. :(
BTW, I ran into a capacity limit with that PGO back just before Yahoo Neo arrived. I was backing up 2 Yahoo groups. I had to ditch one group (which I'm now backing up with 4.0) so I could continue backing up the other (which I had on the 3.0). Is there still a capacity limit now? I was wondering, if I can't recover the 3.0, if I could back up both groups with the 4.0.
Thanks.
~~ Stephanie
Hi Stephanie,
If you need files for V3 you could attempt to re-install 3-0-084 (I have attached the installer).
You should be able to import your V3 (.mdb) database files into V4 using File--> Import from Folder
In the Import window at the far bottom right there is a file type filter dropdown which is set by default to .pg4
You will need to select .mdb to see your old V3 database files.
The limit for the new .db3 database is 17 Terabytes. I doubt Yahoo has 17 Terabytes of data over all groups.
As limits go, its not much of a limit.
I recommend you put all your groups in one database then you can search across groups simultaneously.
Cheers,
Wilson.
Hi Wilson,
Thanks. I'll give that a try later and reports what happens.
Best,
Stephanie
Hi Stephanie,
Good luck with that and, any issues, just get back to me.
Cheers,
Wilson.
Hi Wilson,
I used your file attachment to reinstall V3 (if it's in what NAV quarantined on me, I don't see it), and I got the PGO3 back again.
Regarding ...
You should be able to import your V3 (.mdb) database files into V4 using File--> Import from Folder
In the Import window at the far bottom right there is a file type filter dropdown which is set by default to .pg4
You will need to select .mdb to see your old V3 database files.
There was no dropdown for me.
But, playing around a bit, I got a Groups Import box to pop up. Using the Browse there I found xxxxx\Documents\PG Offline\PGO\ygroups.mdb. Then I was able to select the group (the one on V3) to import. It worked ...
Next question ...
The group I just imported from V3 stopped at 95K messages when Neo came along. I just closed that group this June (it duplicates what's on the group I still have going...and the fewer Yahoo headaches I have, the better...I closed a number of them) at 117K messages.
Is there a way I can Refresh that group on V4 -- just from 95K to 116K?
Thanks for your patience and all your help. :)
~~ Stephanie
Hi Stephanie,
Yes. To download just the messages you want, you can right click on your group in the group list and choose "Group Settings".
In the 'Download Settings' tab you can choose a range of messages to download starting at 'Start download from the message #' and ending at 'End download at message #' .
If you want to download to the end of a group instead of entering a number in the ''End download at message #', enter the text 'last' and it will download to the end of the group.
Cheers,
Wilson.
Hi Wilson,
Strange thing ... I did exactly what you suggested several times, at several times during the day. Nothing happened. I came back a good while later, just clicked on Refresh, and ... it worked.
As always, thanks.
~~ Stephanie
Hi Stephanie,
If that happens again (clicking on things and nothing happens) can you get me a screenshot?
Thanks,
Wilson.
Hi Wilson,
Yes, I will.
One thing, it's probably me, but the last time I had some screencaps I wanted to post here, I couldn't get the Insert Image to do it ...
As Emily Litella (the late Gilda Radner) used to say, "It's always something." ;)
~~ Stephanie
Hi Stephane,
The forum (SMF) doesn't support inline images but you can use the Add Attachment feature
Its just below the window you post messages in.
Its called "+ Attachments and other options"
Cheers,
Wilson.
Hi Wilson,
Should the occasion arise, I'll give your suggestion a try.
As always, thanks.
~~ Stephanie