Are Yahoo at it again - the dreaded Error : Invalid page format

[ccsmith510]

Wilson,

I printed out the instructions, saved the zip file, unzipped the PGO.bat file to C:\, and typed pgo.bat.  I got the following error message string:

c:\>
c:\>pgo.bat
c:\>cd..
c:\>cd..
C:\>cd Program Files
C:\Program Files>cd PG Offline
C:\Program Files\PG Offline>pgoffline25.exe -debug
'pgoffline25.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:|Program Files\PG Offline>

What did I do wrong?

I figured it out.  pgoffline25.exe was not in C:\Program Files\PG Offline.  It was in C:\Program Files\PG Offline\PGO. When I moved it up a level it ran.

Then during the installation it looked for the file "PG Offline.msi", which I can't find anywhere.  I hit cancel and get an Error 1706 and the program doesn't run.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Chris

[justinpwalker]

Hi Wilson

I downloaded the .bat file as well and edited it to include the next level (cd PGO) so it could access the app in its normal location. Set the .bat file off and PGO opened fine. Ran the Refresh with two groups on a temp database. one errors and the other works. Unfortunately I cannot find a LOG folder or file generated by the .bat

Cheers

Justin

[ccsmith510]

Hi Wilson,

This morning I still get the invalid page format error.

However, I was trying to get pgo.bat to work, and here is what I did:

1)  I went to the DOS window
2)  I went to the PG Offline sub-directory
3)  I typed in pgoffline25.exe -debug

The program ran.

I found the Log file in C:\PG Offline\Log.  I have attached the three HTML files.

Thanks,

Chris Smith

[ccsmith510]

Wilson,

I just started PGO again (from the icon) and it worked fine.  I closed it and went to DOS and started with the -debug.  Worked fine agian.  But when I go to the log subdirectory, the only files that are there are from before when it didn't work.  There are no new files from this time when it worked.

Chris

[ccsmith510]

Hi Wilson,

Update.

I download four groups:

aerovee
sonexplans
sonextalk
Vairplanes

Since my last message all are still working, except aerovee.  It will not download all messages.  The last message showing is 4883.  But there are 4888 messages.  When I do a refresh and PGO logs on it shows:

8/4/2009 6:05:47 PM >  Set group's info (aerovee)
8/4/2009 6:05:47 PM >  Authorization started
8/4/2009 6:05:48 PM >  Authorization accomplished
8/4/2009 6:05:48 PM >  Request number of messages
8/4/2009 6:05:49 PM >  Number of messages : 4888

But messages above 4883 are either not downloaded, or downloaded and not displayed.

Other than that, all seems to be well.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Chris Smith

[Wilson Logan]

Hi Chris and Justin,

Good job on getting debug mode to work.

Chris, did you look at the HTML in the log file, I mean did you open it in IE ?  Its the Yahoo login screen. I think if you'd closed PGO, logged in to Yahoo, re-opened PGO and ran it, it would have worked.

Regarding aerovee... sorry, no guess on that. Is it public? If so I will try dl'ing it.

Justin, probably the same issue as Chris. Try logging in to Yahoo in IE, starting PGO and see what happens.

Cheers,

Wilson.

[ccsmith510]

Wilson,

Latest update.

All four of my groups, all private, now work!  Aerovee has had one new message since I last wrote, message # 4889.  PGO got that one!!  But still missing are 4884 - 4888.

I'm not complaining, I can look at them in Yahoo Groups.  It's just strange that those messages don't download.

Anyway, thanks for all the help.  Have a Scottish Egg and a Lager and Lime for me!!

Best Regards,

Chris

[justinpwalker]

Hi guys

Well I couldn't seem to get the log to produce so was playing around with a few things without success - still getting the error. I thought I would go back to the start and closed all windows, opened IE, cleared cache, closed IE, fired up PGO and hit Refresh. All the stars must have aligned because it ran perfectly and all groups have now dowloaded.

Will keep tracking the progress over the next few days

Cheers

Justin

[suneelkumar85]

When I first logged on this morning (about 7:45 am eastern) I was getting Invalid Page Format for all my groups, which are all private.  Then a few moments later all worked fine!!  I have it set to refresh every five minutes.  Now at 2:35 pm I am getting the page format error again!

I can go to Yahoo  groups in either Firefox of IE8 and get my groups with no special password request other than the standard log-in request.

[Wilson Logan]

Suneel,

I would say that the issue is with your login. Do you have 'Skip Authorization' on or off?

Cheers,

Wilson.

[Tom Cattrall]

I ran into this problem and have skip authorization off.

Based on info from this thread, I tried to log in using IE and found that they have added some new questions that must be filled in before the login will work. You know the usual "Name of first pet" etc.

Once I picked 2 questions and gave answers for later use Yahoo let me in, and PG Offline is back to working.

Tom

[Wilson Logan]

Hi Tom,

Yes, the Yahoo question asking thing does seem a bit random as to when they request it.

Cheers,

Wilson.