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I remember repping a post from way back in 2001 or something just for the hell of it. To my surprise it was allowed as I assumed I would not have been able too since it was so long ago. Ever since I've always held that any post could be rated regardless of how old it was. Guess that has changed.

There seems to be a problem with the highlight tags! Here is an example.

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Originally Posted by Nightwalker83

There seems to be a problem with the highlight tags! Here is an example.

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The double quotes character you used there is wrong !

vb Code:

‘Launch Windows Add/Remove Programs Dialog
Dim dblReturn As Double
dblReturn = Shell(“rundll32.exe shell32.dllControl_RunDLL appwiz.cpl1″ 5)

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vb Code:

‘Launch Windows Add/Remove Programs Dialog
Dim dblReturn As Double
dblReturn = Shell("rundll32.exe shell32.dllControl_RunDLL appwiz.cpl1" 5)

See ? Thus the forum software seems to be converting it to html entities.

I think you copy-pasted it from some website isn't it ?

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Originally Posted by akhileshbc

I think you copy-pasted it from some website isn't it ?

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Yeah, but on the website here it displays correctly.

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The source code of that page has:

vb Code:

<p>‘Launch Windows Add/Remove Programs Dialog<br />
Dim dblReturn As Double<br />
dblReturn = Shell(“rundll32.exe shell32.dllControl_RunDLL appwiz.cpl1″ 5)</p>

The strange thing is that in the post I linked to on the forum the first quotation mark displays correct while the second does not. :confused: I reckon I have made the same mistake in the past. :lol:

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Originally Posted by Nightwalker83

Yeah, but on the website here it displays correctly.

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The source code of that page has:

vb Code:

<p>‘Launch Windows Add/Remove Programs Dialog<br />
Dim dblReturn As Double<br />
dblReturn = Shell(“rundll32.exe shell32.dllControl_RunDLL appwiz.cpl1″ 5)</p>

The strange thing is that in the post I linked to on the forum the first quotation mark displays correct while the second does not. :confused: I reckon I have made the same mistake in the past. :lol:

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I think it is Wordpress(seen in Wordpress sites) that converts normal quotes into fancy manner. Normally, the quotes would be vertical. But Wordpress might automatically convert it to make it look more fancier, ie, the starting quotes would be like it's tail pointing right and the ending quotes would look like it's tail pointing towards left.

So, when you copy code from sites like these, make sure that your copied code don't have any substitutes in characters.

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The only error that I still see is the highlight tags, where the numbered lines are off when it gets to double/triple digits. Otherwise everything as far as I'm concerned is back to normal... Other than I'd like to see the code tags back :P

Look at this screen shot. I just posted a REPLY to DBASSNET in a thread - but on this page he is still showing as the LAST POST - with a time of 12:17. If I push the link button to go to the last post in the thread you can see that it has my post as the last post.

I bet he never ever gets notified of this post - it's lilke lost somehow...

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Originally Posted by szlamany

Look at this screen shot. I just posted a REPLY to DBASSNET in a thread - but on this page he is still showing as the LAST POST - with a time of 12:17. If I push the link button to go to the last post in the thread you can see that it has my post as the last post.

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Check your daylight saving setting here under Date & Time Options.

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Originally Posted by Nightwalker83

Check your daylight saving setting here under Date & Time Options.

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DST options are all fine - the last date and time of that post did finally update on all screens in the forum - it just take a couple of minutes now.

That is different behavior - the forum did not work that way before.

Actually - it's bad behavior. This forum is basically a front end for a database and if you can go to one screen in your web page and see new data and on another screen old, different or stale data then you simply have a bug.

I don't think it's a bug — I believe the "Last Post" field is updated on an interval, rather than immediately.

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Originally Posted by penagate

I don't think it's a bug — I believe the "Last Post" field is updated on an interval, rather than immediately.

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There are a number of things updated at intervals rather than immediately updated. That is how the software was written.

Brad!

Ah - the old bug vs design-feature...

When viewing a thread that contains posts by members on your ignore list, those posts are hidden and a link provided to view the post. Clicking that link opens the thread in a new window and scrolls to that post but the post is still hidden.

You actually have people on ignore ?

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Originally Posted by Niya

You actually have people on ignore ?

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To remind me of the people who are just too much trouble. Check out this thread:

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...-was-unhandled

I took that OP off my ignore list to respond to that thread but they soon reminded me why they were on my ignore list in the first place and they're back there now.

He seemed pleasant enough if not a little stubborn....I was expecting some epic drama there lol.

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Originally Posted by Niya

He seemed pleasant enough if not a little stubborn....I was expecting some epic drama there lol.

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Perhaps you need to know the history. Did he bother to read the information I linked to? You have no ideas how many times I've provided advice that has been staunchly ignored while more and more information is requested.

I've gotten upset with you at times JMc, you come off as all knowing sometimes(which we all know you are with just about every programming languages :P). But then I realized that I can't get upset when you're providing me with the information that I need to progress as a programmer. I've just come to appreciate you help.

I'm quite prepared to admit that I'm rather blunt and some people don't like that. Some like it less than others, but they're usually the ones who don't feel that they should have to make any effort on they're own behalf. I have no issue with people not knowing something. It's just a lack of effort that bothers me. That includes effort to post clearly, not just research information. How many times have I said "do X" and several posts later it still hasn't been done and finally the person says "I don't understand what you mean by X" and I have to wonder why they just didn't say that in the first place and save us both a lot of time. Anyway, I've gone way off topic here.

Oddly enough that was one of your more verbose responses and you were still falling on deaf ears. I know we often come from different sides of the argument on this sort of thing but sometimes you're definitely in the right.

Anyway, back on topic, key strokes no longer seem to be working to insert formatting tags. eg, if I press <ctrl-I> it doesn't give me italics tags but calls up my favourites bar instead. The formatting options seem to have dissapeared from the Quick Reply pane at the same time and I'm guessing they're linked.

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Originally Posted by Niya

I'm still having trouble rating VB.Net CodeBank OPs. You guys look into that yet ?

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So you're not receiving the message about needing to spread reputation around before repping that poster again?

No, it just says I can't rep that post. It gives no reason why.

Woah! Hang on... did the Quick Reply actually just work like it was supposed to? ....

nope... and wow.... some how this post got in faster than my next post, which was posted FIRST?! :eek:

-tg

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It gives no reason why.

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Nice to see that we're following Microsoft standards at least...

-tg

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Originally Posted by techgnome

Woah! Hang on... did the Quick Reply actually just work like it was supposed to? ....

nope... and wow.... some how this post got in faster than my next post, which was posted FIRST?! :eek:

-tg

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Quick reply was re-enabled a couple of days ago. I don't know how your posts got submitted out of order.

I'd still like to see the Code tag buttons added to quick reply.

By the way, I think I should mention that it has been days since I've seen the forum hang after posting. That's some notable improvement. Something must be going right.

I've stopped getting the email notifications for new posts to this thread. I see there are a dozen or so new posts since my last notification. Anyone else seeing this?

I don't use email notification, so I wouldn't notice if it wasn't working or not. I use my user panel for notifications... which does seem to be working.


-tg

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Originally Posted by techgnome

I don't use email notification, so I wouldn't notice if it wasn't working or not. I use my user panel for notifications... which does seem to be working.

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Well apparently something is broken because I didn't get a notification for your last post where I would have in the past. I rechecked my setting & it's still set to instant email notification. The notification system has been hit or miss for me ever since the upgrade.

I am not getting any notable issues with email notifications. Mine is set to instant mode.

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I've noticed that some username links are non links while others are links to the users profile. You can see what I'm referring to on the index page.

What's the best way to view your old posts? I used to go to advanced search, and search by my user name. It doesn't look like that's working anymore.

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Originally Posted by wild_bill

What's the best way to view your old posts? I used to go to advanced search, and search by my user name. It doesn't look like that's working anymore.

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Since the forum upgrade the show all posts function would only show your posts since the forum upgrade. The old posts do not show up in the search.

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Originally Posted by Nightwalker83

Since the forum upgrade the show all posts function would only show your posts since the forum upgrade. The old posts do not show up in the search.

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That is not true. You can search for your name in the advanced search. The difference is in how posts are displayed. The system no longer displays all of them at once. For example, I can search for my name "brad jones" choose "any date" and set sort to ascending, then I get my oldest messages (back in 2002). I get the first 5 pages. If I start scrolling forward on the pages, more pages will be pulled and displayed.

Brad!

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Originally Posted by brad jones

I get the first 5 pages. If I start scrolling forward on the pages, more pages will be pulled and displayed.
Brad!

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That's what confuse peole - I had someone approached me regarding number of posts I had in the past year.
The question (or the statement) was there is only few dozens of them... Of course I had to do the search myself and follow up with that person.
However, if I am not mistaken we used to have "go to last page" functionality (or button) wich is now gone.
This new software is far from being logical.

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Originally Posted by brad jones

That is not true. You can search for your name in the advanced search. The difference is in how posts are displayed. The system no longer displays all of them at once. For example, I can search for my name "brad jones" choose "any date" and set sort to ascending, then I get my oldest messages (back in 2002). I get the first 5 pages. If I start scrolling forward on the pages, more pages will be pulled and displayed.

Brad!

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Thank you, I see any thread I've started. Is there a search that returns threads I posted in, but did not start?

@BradJones

I tried the advance search but when I tried it the subforum selection was missing. Thanks for clearing that up! I thought there was a bug in the system.

After a couple weeks of excellent behavior, the forum has started backsliding in the last few days. Several recent posts got posted, but then took me right to the Advanced post page, or perhaps the edit page (I don't use either enough to tell them apart). If I were to hit the Submit button on whatever page that is, I'd end up with a double post. This must be happening to others, too, since I'm seeing LOTS more double posts lately, including an impressive triple post (you have to be a bit overeager to do that).

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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

After a couple weeks of excellent behavior, the forum has started backsliding in the last few days. Several recent posts got posted, but then took me right to the Advanced post page, or perhaps the edit page (I don't use either enough to tell them apart). If I were to hit the Submit button on whatever page that is, I'd end up with a double post. This must be happening to others, too, since I'm seeing LOTS more double posts lately, including an impressive triple post (you have to be a bit overeager to do that).

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It would be good if there was a countdowntimer when submitting posts so you know how long it would be until the reply has been posted. A blank white page is not really informative.