Hi there!
I just came across PG Offline today. I've downloaded the latest version and the patch.
I am trying to download group messages and I keep getting the Invalid Page Format Error.
I've read the group (here) to try and figure it out. I've done everything I've read there (though I can't figure out how to do it manually).
(sniffle).
Dowser.
Well I managed to get some groups working.
Not the ONE I want to work (it did start to work and downloaded the first 100 messages) but then it stopped.
I am confused about it all. Am I doing something? Is it yahoo! ? or what.
Thanks!
Its probably not Yahoo.
What I've been seeing is a very small number of users can't download some early messages from some groups. Sometimes this is intermittant i.e. if you try again tomorrow it might work. No one is reporting this error with current (i.e. last 3 months) messages so if you can get an archive from a friend of the earlier messages then getting current messages shouldn't be a problem.
Whats the group? I might be able to get the early messages for you.
Cheers,
Wilson.
The group is app_processing_GOBR.
It is a closed, private group and I can't even offer to add your for a short while unless sign a Volunteer Agreement. But I would love to and I will run it by my Director. Just to see.
It is a group for the Greater Ohio Boxer Rescue of which I am the web-master and Co-Assistant Director.
Application Processing is one of the most important aspects and it is critical we come up with a working, searchable archive. As I think I said it has 11,000+ messages. 6,000+ are from the last year. I've recently tried to migrate FROM AOL and my box is locked there. So it is a pain to search my mail and AOL has a ROTTEN search engine. If you try to search message bodies you get a nasty lockdown and get thrown from the program (sorry about the Rant).
So. I've gone back, on and off, it downloads for a while and then, apparently, Yahoo! blocks me out. I tried to work with the download X amount of message, wait, and then come back.
I love the IDEA of this software. I wish, like mad, I could get it to work.
And I've tried to start downloading at various points (including messages within the three months too) and I still get the hit and miss behavior (mostly miss).
Thanks for any help or ideas.
Dow @ GOBR
Hi Dow,
You're having the same trouble that Carolsea is having. See the last post in this thread:
http://pgoffline.com/forum/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=17;start=60
What I recommend is that you get someone else in your group to try my software. They may have more luck & you can swap what bits of the group you already have with them.
I am willing to join your group to help you. I don't mind signing a form.
Cheers,
Wilson.
Yep, I am getting "Error : Invalid page format." on a few groups now. Have been for about a week now.
Another issue is PG offline will get 15 messages then shut down. It shuts it's self down alot. JRouche
Ok, my bust. I started thinking, why only a few groups with the error message. Then I went to yahoo and looked at the first available message, sure enough, 104. So PG was tying to get messages that were no longer available. Cool.
But my problem is PG still shuts down after retrieving 15 messages., help. Thanks, JRouche
Hi JR,
When you say "shuts down" do you mean, actually stops running (i.e. the app closes) or it stops downloading?
There is a feature in PGO which you can set to stop all downloads after a user defined number of "Invalid Page" errors. Its in File--> Options --> Workflow.
Cheers,
Wilson.
I have "stop after receiving" turned off.
PG has always shut down after an apparent download malfuntion. Such as now, when I try to retreive posts and every group is stopping at 15 messages. I can not get any messages now. What is strange is it just started happening. I have managed to get quite a few messages but now she wont budge.
JRouche
Hi JR,
Do you have message caching turned on? You should be getting hundreds of messages per hit on the server.
File--> Options --> Download
Enable Message Chaching
Receive 100 messages per request
If this *is* already set, what OS are you running & what version of PGO?
Thanks,
Wilson.
Quote from: Wilson Logan on March 05, 2005, 10:47:35 PM
Do you have message caching turned on? You should be getting hundreds of messages per hit on the server.
I have tried it with cashing on and off and with different values, still quits.
If this *is* already set, what OS are you running & what version of PGO?
Win XP
PGO v. 2.5.27
Now I get an error message:
Error during save message to the database
Error information: Automation error
the object invoked has disconnected from its clients
I get this for every group
Hi,
Sounds like it might be this problem:
http://www.pgoffline.com/classic.htm
Can you try the solution described there (just as a test).
Thanks,
Wilson.
Quote from: Wilson Logan on March 06, 2005, 01:39:17 PM
Hi, Sounds like it might be this problem:
http://www.pgoffline.com/classic.htm
Can you try the solution described there (just as a test).
Thanks,
Wilson.
Hi, neat idea cept, yep, no service packs on this box. JRouche
Its not confirmed but I believe that some later versions of Win XP may have this problem.
Humour me. Give the classic theme a whirl & see if it works.
Thanks,
Wilson.
Quote from: Wilson Logan on March 06, 2005, 06:00:08 PM
Its not confirmed but I believe that some later versions of Win XP may have this problem.
Humour me. Give the classic theme a whirl & see if it works.
Thanks,
Wilson.
Will do Wlison, Ill let you know how it turns out thanks, JRouche
Allrighty, that fixed the problem with PGO dumpin, but now my computer is ugly >:(
My wife used the computer this morning and says "why is the computer grey", I said "it's broke" like I always say when I'm muckkin with it.
Dunno, sounds like a programming problem to fix. Like I said I did not apply any service pak to this install. Plain Jane, or Bill whatever, Xp, it's is not especially new, 2002.
Thanks, JRouche.
JR,
XP is probably the largest platform for PGO. I've had one other person apart from yourself experience this problem on a plain vanilla XP system. I haven't been able to duplicate it on my machine & neither has the developer. This leads me to believe that there's something very specific about your setup thats causing this.
I will have a look in developer forums to see if I can get an idea of what might be happening.
Cheers,
Wilson.
Hi I just started using this great program as well.
I've got a group I'm part of that has over 80K messages and is full of industry specific knowledge. Since searching this knowedgebase is a pain in the rear, I'm overjoyed to find this great application.
Blissfully unaware of the problems listed in this forum, I fired PG Online and was able to d/l about 58147 of group's messages last night before Yahoo locked me out for 12 hrs. I think I could have gotten more of the message down before being locked up, but, I stated to get the infamous "Invalid Page" message.
I've read up on it now in the BBS, and I thought to myself, "self, your a software engineer, maybe you can lend a had and try to figure out what's going wrong."
So here's some more debugging clues.
1) I kept the same Yahoo login profile and started a new database, thinking it might be Access related. This had no effect, still got invalid message.
2) Tried skipping forward 10K messages at a time. This had no effect, still got invalid message.
3) Logged in with my wife's Yahoo profile (she has access to the same group) and wah-lah! I able to download messages again starting at the point where my login was failing.
Is there someway that Yahoo or a forum admin can disallow a specific user from getting to the Yahoo forums using PG Offlines method?
Just trying to help!
GregC
Hi Greg,
Thank you for that very interesting test.
Currently there are 2 users (apart from yourself) reporting this issue. We have been trying to pin it down but neither I nor my developer experience this problem, which makes it hard to test :(
I am *very* surprised that you were able to download again merely by switching ID's. I know that Yahoo can block downloading based on IP addresses but if you're getting some groups & not others then thats not whats happening.
In fact, I'm sure I asked at least one of the guys having this trouble to try a different ID as a test & it didn't help then. I will ask them to try it again.
Anyway, thanks very much for using your initiative.
BTW what OS are you running? Also, can you do me a favour & join PlasmaCAM_TechTalk, and then try & download some messages with your ID & then your wifes?
Thanks,
Wilson.
It looks as though there is another Yahoo! change. I cannot get past authorisation when using PG Offline. I the get "Invalid Page Format" error. Same for several groups. None of mine will work
John Prentice
Yup. Same here.
For those who read this message before my edit:
My original comment that page error only happens with "caching on" was incorrect. I just tested it several more times and I received invalid page error with caching off. Afterwards, I did a successful download with caching on!! After that, it failed in both cases. So the problem is somehow intermittant. Eee-gads!
David
Try this fix:
http://pgoffline.com/forum/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=364
It works for me I just tested it again.
Alex