MSDN Reader

COMMENTED ISSUE: Fails to start on Vista x64

VermeulB — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:58:02 GMT

Hi,

I am using Vista Ultimate X64 and app fails to start.
Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: MsdnReader.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 479509a9
Fault Module Name: sqlceqp35.dll
Fault Module Version: 3.5.5365.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 46683752
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00011902
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

Any ideas?
Comments: Same experience using MSDN Reader on Win2K8 Std Svr. Exception isn't raised when running the downloaded SCE project in debug mode, but . . . MSDN Reader appears to hang!

CREATED ISSUE: Fails to start on Vista x64

DrGigabit — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:22:49 GMT

NEW POST: reader is not getting updated

saju — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:43:06 GMT

Hi,
I really like the application, everything working perfectly except the contents are not getting updated. It remains the same since I installed it. I tried to update it several times but nothing.

I have two feature requests

1) make it possible to read older editions from the msdn magazine site
2) An RSS reader would be great

I know there are many RSS readers but, since it is an msdn 'Reader' I thought it would be a cool feature to have. It makes the msdn reader more usable :-) it is just my view.

COMMENTED ISSUE: MSDN Reader fails to sync.

Kangkan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:12:46 GMT

I am using XP SP2. MSDN reader fails to sync. It shows an small warning icon by the side of the sync progress bar saying that the sync failed to cache certain items.

The pages of any item is blank.
Comments: Section of the log shows: 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12007;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:21 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12020;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:31 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12033;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:32 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12060;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:32 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12073;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:33 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12086;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:33 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12107;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12140;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12179;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12192;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12205;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12226;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12265;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM' 2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: '[cat.xml;LINE:12292;POS:8]/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM'

NEW POST: Doesn't Work, Articles Come Up Blank

Kangkan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:12:13 GMT

Same problem at my end (Win XP SP2 32-bit).

The log shows:

2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12007;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:21 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12020;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:31 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12033;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:32 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12060;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:32 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12073;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:33 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12086;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:33 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12107;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12140;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12179;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12192;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12205;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12226;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12265;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM'
2008-07-08T10:27:57+05:30,Warning,CsxRss: Invalid element value. Element: 'cat.xml;LINE:12292;POS:8/rss/channel/item/csx:lastBuildDate'. Value: '1/25/2008 10:40:34 AM'

CREATED ISSUE: MSDN Reader fails to sync.

Kangkan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:00:57 GMT

I am using XP SP2. MSDN reader fails to sync. It shows an small warning icon by the side of the sync progress bar saying that the sync failed to cache certain items.

The pages of any item is blank.

NEW POST: Trouble Viewing XAML in 2008 Designer

anuj — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:34:30 GMT

Hi jmarsch,
did you have any luck with {Binding Source={x:Static SceReader:ServiceProvider.ViewManager}?
If you did please pass it on. Thanks.

NEW POST: Doesn't Work, Articles Come Up Blank

msdn_usr — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:25:25 GMT

exactly the same prob on a win xp SP2 32bit machine

NEW POST: Doesn't Work, Articles Come Up Blank

stimpy77 — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:35:59 GMT

ifeanyie wrote:
Something may have gone wrong with the Windows Imaging Component on your machine. Window Presentation Foundation depends on WIC to decode images for display. Try reinstalling WIC

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8E011506-6307-445B-B950-215DEF45DDD8&displaylang=en

--Ifeanyi Echeruo [MSFT]

Thanks. But WPF is generally working except for this app. That link does not work, I get an install error. I'm using Windows Server 2008 x64. Tried both the 32-bit and 64-bit WIC installer. New ideas?

NEW POST: Doesn't Work, Articles Come Up Blank

ifeanyie — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:09:27 GMT

Something may have gone wrong with the Windows Imaging Component on your machine. Window Presentation Foundation depends on WIC to decode images for display. Try reinstalling WIC

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8E011506-6307-445B-B950-215DEF45DDD8&displaylang=en

--Ifeanyi Echeruo [MSFT]

NEW POST: Doesn't Work, Articles Come Up Blank

stimpy77 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:23:36 GMT

I'm not getting any artwork, and the articles are coming up blank.

There's a log.txt file under ~\AppData\Local\MSDN Reader\MsdnReader\ that looks like this:

2008-04-30T11:48:31-07:00,Information,Count: 1
2008-04-30T11:48:31-07:00,Information,Arg: C:\Users\jdavis\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\X7NV95L0.T5E\RLV22R41.MKX\msdn..tionc3bce3770c238a490000.0005_6dc707e38b72a451\MsdnReader.exe
2008-04-30T11:48:37-07:00,Information,DataManager: Load from local cache started
2008-04-30T11:48:37-07:00,Information,ViewManager: Navigated to path: cat.xml/Web
2008-04-30T11:48:37-07:00,Information,DataManager: Load from local cache completed
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/09/ScriptManager/fig04.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/08/01/ExtremeASPNET/fig08.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/08/CuttingEdge/fig02.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/08/01/CuttingEdge/fig02.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/12/CuttingEdge/fig05.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/05/Groove/fig01.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/07/CuttingEdge/fig02.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/04/ASPNET20/fig05.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/04/ASPNET20/fig05.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/12/ServiceStation/fig01.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/08/01/WickedCode/fig01.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/08/ExtremeASPNET/fig01.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:38-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/09/CuttingEdge/fig07.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:39-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/03/IIS7/fig02.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:39-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/06/Silverlight/fig08.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:48:39-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create ImageSource from data stream. URI: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/05/JavaScript/fig03.gif, Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.
2008-04-30T11:49:04-07:00,Information,ViewManager: Navigated to path: cat.xml/Web/http%3A%2F%2Fmsdn.microsoft.com%2Fmsdnmag%2Fissues%2F07%2F04%2FASPNET20
2008-04-30T11:49:04-07:00,Error,DataFeedSource: Unable to create XML document from data stream. URI: /msdnmag/issues/07/04/ASPNET20/Article.xml, Error: Unexpected XML declaration. The XML declaration must be the first node in the document, and no white space characters are allowed to appear before it. Line 3, position 3.

Repeating the above several times.

NEW POST: Experiment gone dead?

Kojacked — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:46:17 GMT

I love the reader but it seems like the content is a bit stale. Most of the articles are from 2007 or earlier. The newest one I can find is from February 2008. Is this like the Max project?

At least it provides a great example of what you can do with WPF.

NEW POST: Issue with Open "Figure (n)" dialog

SoeMoe — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:02:57 GMT

Hi All,
It's happening since MSDN magazine upgraded to new style. When I open dialog for Figure (n) Links, now it opens the whole article not only the figure i want to see. "See all code figures for this article" Link also doesn't work anymore. It make me sick when i want to print the article with (code) Figures. I hope Microsoft will fix this issue in next release.

Thanks,
Soe Moe

NEW POST: What do you think?

GazSam — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:37:36 GMT

Hi James, I'd be happy to point you in the right direction. If you're interested in writing a converter to extend the existing app, let me know. I'd be happy to add you as a 'coordinator' so that you can post the source.

For the time being check out the MsdnStoryToFlowDocumentConverter class. Here you can add the branching logic to decide which converter to use (you'll need some identifying criteria to distinguish between content types; msdn mag, msdn library, blog, etc). Then you can create a new version of MsdnMagazineDocumnetConverter for the new content type. You'll have to implement the convert method to go from XPathDocument to FLowDocument.

Feel free to email me if you have any quesitons. Thanks for the interest!

NEW POST: What do you think?

JamesR — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:30:56 GMT

GazSam, I'd be interested in finding out where the code location is to 'drop in a new converter'. I think the idea of supporting other MSDN content is a great idea.

I'd also be interested in the possibility of specifying a custom installation location for the MSDN Reader; I like to keep installation of non-critical applications on a different drive (physical and logical) to allow for optimal drive space for Windows and critical applications.

NEW POST: What do you think?

GazSam — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:24:05 GMT

There are a few great tutorials and walkthroughs about building 'syndicated client experiences' like the MSDN Reader here: http://windowsclient.net/wpf/starter-kits/sce-get-started.aspx . Good luck! Let me know if you're looking for anything else.

NEW POST: What do you think?

MatthijsKrempel — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:15:00 GMT

Really nice!

I would like to build an RSS feed reader in my subscription center, but I have no idea where to start.

And I would like to see compression of the database fields (image and html), SQLCe can only handle so much.

NEW POST: What do you think?

GazSam — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:14:10 GMT

Absolutely binneys...we're looking into extending it to support different content types. If you're interested in helping to make this happen, let me know and I can point you to the place in the code where you can drop in a new converter.

NEW POST: What do you think?

binneys — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:32:45 GMT

Great app.

Can it be extended to to view MSDN blogs and regular MSDN content in addition to MSDN magazine?

NEW POST: What do you think?

calloncampbell — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:53:37 GMT

I like it very much. A few suggestions though.

1. Add a Home buttont to take you to the Home Screen.
2. Add an Options Section for saving, sycn schedule, other, etc.
3. Change default behaviour for the mouse wheel. When viewing an article, it seems intuitive for the mouse wheel scroll to browse through the pages in the article. Instead it browses articles, very annoying.
4. Add a News section.

That's all for now. I'm looking forward to future updates. Speaking of updates, I hope it will automatically update itself since it's using ClickOnce deployment.

Callon