Invalid Page Error too

[MatthiasW]

Hi Wilson,

I have now the Invalid Page Error too, have all tried, what I found in the Forum inclusive repairing and reorganizing of the database - without success.

My PgOffline-Version is 2.5.45

Cheers

Matthias

[Wilson Logan]

Hi Matthias,

What group are you getting the error on?

Cheers,

Wilson.

[MatthiasW]

Hi Wilson,

you would better ask, in which groups I don't get the invalid page error. I get it in ca 2/3 of my about 700 groups. I read in between at sourceforge.net, that yahoo is again changing its page formats. And I think that is the reason for my timeout-problems with your software and for the invalid page errors.

But I think you hat to have these problems to, or should they only be at german yahoo?

cheers
Matthias

[Wilson Logan]

Glucklicherweise habe Ich im moment keinerlei Probleme mit PGO. Lauft alles bestens. Es stimmt das die update von Yahoo System Software lauft unregelmassig and nuer auf bestimmten Serveren auf einmal.  Die ganze System ist teilweise aktualisiert. Ich glaube Sie brauchen nicht mehr als geduldig warten.

Cheers,

Wilson.

[P_Choquette]

Since around the 19th of this mounth, I do get around 75% of "Invalid page format" too.  Specially on the most active groups like 9x20Lathe, LittleEngines, etc.
I'm using Window's XP and PG Offline ver. 2.5.45.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Pierre Choquette

[MatthiasW]

Hallo Wilson,

Danke f?r Deine schnelle Antwort. Danke auch f?r Dein Deutsch, das besser zu sein scheint, als mein Englisch.

Tsch?ss

Matthias

[Wilson Logan]

Hi Pierre,

Can you contact me at

wilson.logan (at) ntlworld.com ?

Thanks,

Wilson.

[MatthiasW]

Hallo Wilson,

ich mach es wieder in deutsch, da bin ich gelenkiger. Ich glaube, ich habe das Invalid Page-Error-Problem verstanden.

Und zwar logged Yahoo einen von Zeit zu Zeit aus, mit der Auffforderung, sein Passoword neu einzugeben. Dies geschieht auf einer eigenen Seite, die ich gerade nicht vor mir habe, weil ich mir ihre Url nicht gespeichert habe, sie kommt eben im Browser von Zeit zu Zeit alleine. Wenn man also im Browser ist, sein Passwort eingibt, funktioniert Yahoo in dem Browser wieder. Ich benutze in der Regel Foxilla, w?hrend PG-Offline mit der Engine vom IExplore arbeitet. Wer in Foxilla sein Passwort eingegeben hat, kommt also nicht eher mit PG-Offline weiter, bis er IExplore aufgefuen hat, entweder die entsprechende Yahoo-Gruppe eingestellt hat und sein Passwort hat verifizieren lassen oder evtl. Mygroups aufgerufen hat und da in die Passwortroutine gekommen ist. - Jedenfalls muss er die Passwort-Abfrage-Routine abgearbeitet haben, bevor PG-Offline wieder Daten aus der Yahoo-Gruppe holen kann. - Ich denke das Problem ist, dass Pg-Offline keine Funktion hat, mit der es diesen Hilfsbildschirm abfangen kann, um dann darauf zu reagieren. Ich weiss von anderen Programmen (GetWebPics), dass sie das gel?st haben, z.B. indem in einem Fenster der IExplore mitl?uft.

Ich habe aber noch eine zweite Situation entdeckt, indem der Page-Invalid-Error auftritt, und zwar, wenn die Gruppe gar kein Messageboard besitzt. Die Fehlermeldung wird offensichtlich allgemein verwendet, wenn PG-Offline keine Message-Daten erreichen kann.

Ich helfe mir, wie hier im Board irgendwo von Ihnen schon angeregt durch Aufrufen des Internet-Explorers und das Erledigen der Passwortabfrage dort.

Gru?

Matthias

[Wilson Logan]

Hi Matthias,

For those of us who don't speak German, what Matthias has spotted is that if you stay logged in to Yahoo for a longer period of time, it can automatically log you out & presents a new (non-standard) login screen.

If you have "Skip Authorisation" switched on, which most of us do, PG Offline attempts to use the login cookie from IE. And promptly falls flat because Yahoo has in fact logged you out.

What Matthias is saying is that you need to log back in using IE before you'll be able to use PGO again. Or you could switch "Skip Authorisation"  off and it would do its own authorisation.  

He also says that he gets the IPF (Invalid Page Error) when the group has no message board. I haven't come across such a group myself but its handy to know.

Thanks Matthias,

Cheers,

Wilson.

[GeorgiaRebel]

I'm getting the IPF as well after having everything working until a few moments ago.  

I tried logging in with IE to refresh the cookie and changing the "Skip Authorization" so that PG would not skip, but I still get the IPF.

           - Alan

                                                 ???

[GeorgiaRebel]

I forgot to mention that I am on PG 2.5.45, Windows XP Pro w/SP2

           - Alan

[MatthiasW]

A third reason for "Invalid Page Error": when the group is waiting for approve - if you have asked vor joining the grooup and approvement did not still take place. Also in all cases, in which PG-Offline cannot access the massage-data, it seems to answer with the Invalid Page Error.

With the Internet Explorer I had either to call the mygroups-page or the group, in which the Invalid Page Error happend. When it not worked then I found at me the case that the group was waiting von approvement or the group had no massageboard or the messageboard was empty.

In the other cases - and they were not less, it worked at me with setting the password again with Internet-Explorer.

cheers
Matthias

[Wilson Logan]

Hi Alan,

If you refresh the cookie you want PGO to Skip Authorisation i.e. you want it to use the cookie rather than try to login itself (which is what causes the problem).

Cheers,

Wilson.

[GeorgiaRebel]

I didn't change anything between yesterday and today (I didn't even use a web browser to go to Yahoo yet), but I did not get the IPF's.  I guess Yahoo is mucking around with something and only certain servers are affected.

                   - Alan

[wundrbee]

Hi Wilson,

you would better ask, in which groups I don't get the invalid page error. I get it in ca 2/3 of my about 700 groups.

cheers
Matthias

Well, now I don't feel so bad about belonging to about 375 groups!

Tammi U.