Widget not updating

Halifax--lad · Post by **Halifax--lad** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:10 pm

Hi Neil

when the widget attempts to connect to update it says there has been a error, any idea what this error is?

Post by **Neil** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:01 am

Works fine for me.

I even tried modifying the update interval from 8 hours to 5 seconds and both Yahoo! Widgets updated fine.

Anyone else expriencing the same problems as Halifax--lad?

Neil.

Halifax--lad · Post by **Halifax--lad** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:28 am

still getting it this morning

An unknown error has occured

all other widgets are working fine

clarkf1 · Post by **clarkf1** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:18 pm

No problems with me either

Post by **Neil** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:59 pm

Halifax--lad wrote:still getting it this morning

An unknown error has occured

all other widgets are working fine

Is that the only contents of the error message?

Neil.

Halifax--lad · Post by **Halifax--lad** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:05 pm

yup the only additonal bit is the url back to this site to check to see if there is any news

Post by **Neil** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:34 pm

Ok,

The piece of code that generates that message is:

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else if (contents.substr(0, 5) != '<?xml'){
	if (!loaded && !downloadOK){
		widgetError("Unknown error");
	}
	main_window.visible = true;
	alert("An unknown error has occured.\n\nPlease try again. http://boinc.mundayweb.com may have news about the problem.");
}

This would imply that sometimes the XML feed is generating any content. I'll put a note in the news items to see if anyone else is experiencing problems.

Neil.

Halifax--lad · Post by **Halifax--lad** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:40 pm

Definitely something wrong at your end I think, your site went down/not accessible I tried updating the widget manually and got the error message I expected to get (unable to connect or whatever it says when there's no connection), then when the site came back online I got the normal error message I have been getting.

RDaneel · Post by **RDaneel** » Sat May 20, 2006 5:30 am

Neil wrote:Ok,

The piece of code that generates that message is:
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else if (contents.substr(0, 5) != '<?xml'){
	if (!loaded && !downloadOK){
		widgetError("Unknown error");
	}
	main_window.visible = true;
	alert("An unknown error has occured.\n\nPlease try again. http://boinc.mundayweb.com may have news about the problem.");
}
This would imply that sometimes the XML feed is generating any content. I'll put a note in the news items to see if anyone else is experiencing problems.

Neil.

I've been using your widget for the last 4 to 6 weeks and have started
getting this error message just within the last week.

I can't tell if it occurs on every update or just some. I can force a
manual update and get no error message.

Halifax--lad · Post by **Halifax--lad** » Sat May 20, 2006 11:36 am

What ever the error was it has gone away now, all is working normally

Post by **Neil** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:01 pm

Ok - I didn't do anything!

Neil.