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smallbizapps replied on October 06, 2009 13:46 to the question "Builder seems to have gone AWOL again..." in Bungee Labs:

Yay. Thanks, Andrew!

smallbizapps asked a question in Bungee Labs on October 06, 2009 13:22:

Builder seems to have gone AWOL again...

The builder seems to have completely evaporated this morning. All I'm getting is:

Not Found

The requested URL /launch/1245/runtime was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Even if there is a planned maintenance, there's got to be a better way to handle this...

smallbizapps reported a problem in Bungee Labs on September 29, 2009 19:29:

Unusable dialog box(es) on small-format screens (read: netbooks)

The following is a request/demand/plea:

I often use a netbook for mobile computing and it has a relatively small screen. Now, I'm not expecting *everything* to be formatted for small screens, but screens/dialogs that can be, *should*

For example, it is currently not possible to post a solution because the version/comments dialog is so large that one cannot see/reach the post/accept/OK button at the bottom of the dialog box. Luckily, the Esc(ape) key allows you to back out of it (or I would have been in serious trouble). The Enter key should cause the dialog to be accepted. In addition, the comments box could be made smaller and/or provide a scroll bar.

I haven't necessarily run into this with other dialogs specifically, but these guidelines should be applied across the board, where possible.

With the popularity of netbooks increasing, this just makes sense.

smallbizapps reported a problem in Bungee Labs on September 03, 2009 19:05:

Builder is non-responsive

The builder is being non-responsive and I just saw a never-before-seen "red cursor of death". Anyone know what's going on?

smallbizapps replied on July 14, 2009 11:29 to the problem "BungeeConnect outage (builder, www, docs, etc.)" in Bungee Labs:

All is back now.

smallbizapps reported a problem in Bungee Labs on July 14, 2009 10:04:

BungeeConnect outage (builder, www, docs, etc.)

Many, if not all, sites on the bungeeconnect domain are down. Outage appears to be affecting at least the following subdomains:

www
builder
docs
sqladmin

smallbizapps replied on July 08, 2009 16:41 to the problem "Is there something wrong with the documentation server?" in Bungee Labs:

Thanks, everyone!

smallbizapps marked one of Amy Ballard's replies in Bungee Labs as useful. Amy Ballard replied to the problem "Is there something wrong with the documentation server?".

smallbizapps reported a problem in Bungee Labs on July 08, 2009 08:04:

Is there something wrong with the documentation server?

I keep trying to look up the StringUtil page that I've looked up many times before. Unfortunately, it's telling me that it can't be found. CryptoUtil doesn't seem to exist either. And, the page looks weird, too: it has a MindTouch logo instead of the BungeeConnect logo.

What's up?

olympyx replied on July 07, 2009 20:18 to the problem "Can't import a TypeLib I previously created and updated." in Bungee Labs:

Thank's Andrew. Is there a company e-mail address to which I can forward the details?

olympyx reported a problem in Bungee Labs on July 07, 2009 19:01:

Can't import a TypeLib I previously created and updated.

I've got a solution that I've gummed up rather well. The solution had a typelib in it and I made some changes to the typelib and wanted to import a new version of it into the solution. So, I re-published the typelib. Then I went into the solution and deleted the previous version. Finally, I attempted to import the updated typelib but it told me that it already existed so it would not be imported.

I've experienced this problem before, in other instances. I tried Recursive Sync, Revert, refreshing my browser, emptying cookies, etc. In the past those have worked sometimes. On one recent occasion none of those worked, but I was able to solve the problem by re-importing the *entire* solution into a brand-new solution. Sadly, however, even *that* didn't work in this case.

What can I do?

I have many other things I can work on, but I do need to get the new version of my typelib re-imported into my solution. It's been in this state for four days now. (There was a holiday, I realize, but not any more...)

olympyx started following the idea "Official IRC Support channel(s)." in Bungee Labs.

olympyx shared an idea in Bungee Labs on June 23, 2009 20:03:

Server status page?

I often experience difficulty getting on the Bungee FTP site to upload resources. Would it be possible to create a server status app containing a list of the various bungee servers that are accessible to Bungee's customers and their availability/status? That way, it will be more apparent whether the problem is on Bungee's end or our end.

olympyx replied on June 23, 2009 19:36 to the question "Generating random numbers?" in Bungee Labs:

OK, I think I answered my own question. Generating a long integer within a specific range seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. I guess I was surprised to find these functions in the Crypto library and also that the function name was "GenerateRandomLong"/"GenerateRandomLongRange".

Works well, though.

olympyx asked a question in Bungee Labs on June 23, 2009 19:17:

Generating random numbers?

What's the best way to generate random (or even pseudo-random) numbers? I notice that the CryptoUtil library can generate various random things (strings, longs, doubles, etc.) but oddly, there is no function to generate random integers. Should I be creating a random long and then convert it back to an integer? I would have expected there to be an easier way. Am I missing something obvious?

olympyx marked one of Amy Ballard's replies in Bungee Labs as useful. Amy Ballard replied to the problem "Did the BungeeConnect SSL certificate expire?".

olympyx replied on June 09, 2009 17:32 to the problem "Did the BungeeConnect SSL certificate expire?" in Bungee Labs:

All better now...

olympyx reported a problem in Bungee Labs on June 09, 2009 00:31:

Did the BungeeConnect SSL certificate expire?

I just got the messages below when I attempted to log in to the Builder using Firefox.

Can someone address this / renew the certificate?

----------------------------------------------------------

Secure Connection Failed

builder.bungeeconnect.com uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate expired on 6/8/2009 4:59 PM.

(Error code: sec_error_expired_certificate)

* This could be a problem with the server's configuration, or it could be someone trying to impersonate the server.

* If you have connected to this server successfully in the past, the error may be temporary, and you can try again later.

olympyx started following the idea "Direct uploading of Resources in Builder." in Bungee Labs.

olympyx shared an idea in Bungee Labs on May 29, 2009 04:24:

Ignore dialogs in headless apps?

I've spent a lot of time recently debugging an application that wasn't working properly. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes, it didn't. Finally, I figured out what the problem was. My app is "headless", i.e. no user interface. However, when I added a Main form and tested my functionality that way, all was fine. Since you can't use logs in headless apps, I started logging my messages in an external database. Unfortunately, I still had a rogue dialog message statement in my code and *THAT* was what was causing my code to fail.

Could "dialog message" statements to simply be ignored when an app is being run in "headless" mode? That would certainly make my life easier. Otherwise, it's really difficult to track down this type of problem.

Just a thought.