Bugs and Suggestions

6-Sep-20 20:58

I'm sure I'm not the only one to find this irritating, but when I copy and paste code into a message, if I use the auto system to provide a code block I get this:

<pre>            for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
                }
</pre>

Which looks like this when rendered:

for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
    {
    myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
    }

OK, I can add the language myself to get the syntax highlighter to work:

<pre lang="cs">            for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
                }
</pre>

for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
    {
    myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
    }

But ... if I paste the same code "as is" and add the code block afterwards:

            for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
                }

The initial pre tag goes in the wrong place:

            <pre lang="c#">for (int i = 0; i &lt; myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
                }</pre>

Which means the first line is unindented to the margin, but the rest isn't.

for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
                }

It's easy enough to fix, but ... it niggles, every time! Big Grin | :-D

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Chris Maunder8-Sep-20 5:47

Chris Maunder

8-Sep-20 5:47

OriginalGriff wrote:
But ... if I paste the same code "as is" and add the code block afterwards

Not 100% sure what you mean.

You past the code as-is (so it doesn't do any processing - just pastes text). You should see

            for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
                }

in the text box as you type.

"add the code block afterwards"

You mean add the PRE tag like:

<pre lang="cs">
            for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
                }
</pre>

(which would render

for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
    {
    myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
    }

I don't think that's what you mean though.

(You've probably worked out years ago that we outdent the text to make it as flush-left as possible)

cheers
Chris Maunder

OriginalGriff8-Sep-20 6:19

8-Sep-20 6:19

Paste a block of code, select "as is"
The code appears indented:

Highlight it, and use the "code" widget to select the language: text will do the same as c#:

Notice that the pre tag is flushed right to the first non-space character.
Then when it's posted (and in the preview)it looks like this image:

Because all the "loose spaces" to the left of the pre tag are (correctly) swallowed leaving the rest of the text "orphaned" with their original indentation.

What should happen is that the code widget should put the pre tag flushed left, not right, then the auto formatter will left justify the indentation correctly:

for (int i = 0; i < myDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
    {
    myDataGridView.Columns[i].HeaderText = myDataTable.Columns[i].Caption;
    }

Does that make sense?

Nelek8-Sep-20 9:22

Nelek

8-Sep-20 9:22

OriginalGriff wrote:
Does that make sense?

Not really... but we are already used to you Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Chris Maunder13-Sep-20 3:15

Chris Maunder

13-Sep-20 3:15

OriginalGriff wrote:
use the "code" widget

That was the bit I was missing.

Got it. Thanks.

As yo you making sense? Really? I have to answer that?

cheers
Chris Maunder

OriginalGriff13-Sep-20 4:22

13-Sep-20 4:22

Hah! "Making sense" is overrated anyway! Laugh | :laugh:

Massive CP link problem

Luc Pattyn6-Sep-20 2:26

Luc Pattyn

6-Sep-20 2:26

A great number of hyperlinks on CP is defective:

1. The (first page of) active questions in Q&A Quick Answers[^] shows 20 questions, 5 of their links do not work, they yield a page with "Sorry, the item you requested could not be found."
e.g. https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/844561/how-to-solve-error-like-Server-Error-in-Applicatio
or how to solve error like "Server Error in '/' Application. Maximum request length exceeded" Error while runinng a asp,net upload file program?[^]

2. A number of article links (which I copy and store frequently for future reference) are no longer OK.
Two days ago I revisited http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/CSHTTPServer.aspx which I knew to be an old-style link; to my surprise it got redirected automatically to https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17071/Sample-HTTP-Server-Skeleton-in-C. I saved that link, it worked. Yesterday and today it no longer works, it yields a page with "Do not try and find the page. That’s impossible. Instead only try to realise the truth."

3. On my list-of-articles page (https://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/MemberArticles.aspx?amid=648011 editor fails to automatically insert clickable links!) all links to my articles work except one:

Timer surprises, and how to avoid them

Timer surprises, and how to avoid them[^] too gives the "Do not try ..." message.

Furthermore, when I search for articles with Embedded HTTP Server in their title, I find some, one of them is shown as

Embedded .<wbr>NET HTTP Server

.
I don't know why that wbr is showing (it does not exist in the article!).

My suspicion is something has changed in the handling of HTML tags resulting in a change of the SEO-part of a lot of links, causing them to now fail.

I obviously don't mind the SEO efforts, however I would like to get an alternative URL, so we can access articles (and any other item that has a visible number) by that number without being affected by the SEO stuff; that way we can insert references in code comments that have a high probability to work even many years in the future...

ADDED 17:09 the failing links stopped failing consistently, some of them now work every so often.

Hmmm | :|

PS: years ago I suggested to display the server name (Web01,...) at the top of every page, but that idea wasn't accepted. If it had been, all the above would have been qualified with server information...

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modified 6-Sep-20 11:11am.

OriginalGriff6-Sep-20 8:24

6-Sep-20 8:24

Luc Pattyn wrote:
PS: years ago I suggested to display the server name (Web01,...) at the top of every page, but that idea wasn't accepted. If it had been, all the above would have been qualified with server information...

Check out the bottom right of any page.

Luc Pattyn6-Sep-20 8:43

Luc Pattyn

6-Sep-20 8:43

Yes I know the server name is at the bottom, I want it (also) at the top avoiding the need to scrolling down all the time while investigating a possible correlation between servers and failures.

Smile | :)

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Sandeep Mewara6-Sep-20 9:46

Sandeep Mewara

6-Sep-20 9:46

It's no more one server now and site response is pretty bad. Either page do not load or it takes a while to load.

Handful of hit & miss.

For your read/comments:
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Matthew Dennis7-Sep-20 5:57

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7-Sep-20 5:57

We are having database issues. We got things up and running and are in the process of determining the cause of the problem.

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honey the codewitch5-Sep-20 22:48

5-Sep-20 22:48

This appears to be a different problem than the last one I posted. All of my articles seemed to work again, but then I went to edit the one at the link below - I edited it and submitted it and since then it gives me a 404 trying to get to it.

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Richard MacCutchan6-Sep-20 2:29

6-Sep-20 2:29

Seems OK now.

honey the codewitch6-Sep-20 3:42

6-Sep-20 3:42

Nor for me. I just tried it again.

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Richard MacCutchan6-Sep-20 4:08

6-Sep-20 4:08

Still there for me. But see Luc's post above.

User 110609796-Sep-20 4:29

6-Sep-20 4:29

I also can't see the article, returns '404'. Maybe you have it in the browser cache?

It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions

modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.

Richard MacCutchan6-Sep-20 4:41

6-Sep-20 4:41

Maybe, but I can also find it in a different browser (Edge instead of default Chrome).

honey the codewitch6-Sep-20 5:40

6-Sep-20 5:40

That's bizarre. Anyway, I hope someone can fix it, since the article is really long and I put a lot of work into it. Unsure | :~

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Richard MacCutchan6-Sep-20 6:07

6-Sep-20 6:07

It also shows up in the latest articles list. Whatever is happening for you, I am fairly sure your article is safe, and the admins will fix things tomorrow.

User 110609796-Sep-20 6:12

6-Sep-20 6:12

Strange:

It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions

modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.

User 110609796-Sep-20 6:11

6-Sep-20 6:11

Strange, when I like to list your articles I get

It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions

modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.

honey the codewitch6-Sep-20 6:14

6-Sep-20 6:14

This site has been so dodgy lately. I wonder what's going on with the back end.

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User 110609796-Sep-20 6:27

6-Sep-20 6:27

With Shift&F5 the list appears, but clicking one of your articles I get '404'. Same as you reported allready Frown | :(

It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions

modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.