MSDN Reader

COMMENTED ISSUE: msdnreader.exe stopped working

turhal — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:19:07 GMT

When trying to start msdn reader i get the following exception:
SQL Server Compact has encountered two different versions of the product accessing the same database file. Ensure that each application accessing the same database file is using the same version of SQL Server Compact Edition.
Comments: When trying to start msdn reader i get the following exception: SQL Server Compact has encountered two different versions of the product accessing the same database file. Ensure that each application accessing the same database file is using the same version of SQL Server Compact Edition.

NEW POST: Program is not responding

rajeshaz09 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:04:49 GMT

Is it compatable with vista 64 bit? erliar i used vista 32 bit. Architecture reader working fine. Now i am using vista 64bit. Both MSDN reader and architecture reader are not working. Below are error details

MSDN Reader
------------------------------

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: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

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Architecture reader
--------------------------

Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: journalreader.exe
Problem Signature 02: 0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 473266bd
Problem Signature 04: JournalReader
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 473266bd
Problem Signature 07: 2e
Problem Signature 08: 5
Problem Signature 09: System.NullReferenceException
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

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NEW POST: Debugging the application

rybisch — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:48:26 GMT

I can't even hit my breakpoint in the Main method. I am a bit puzzled, I have even toggled the attribute ( System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute() ) on/off with no luck.

It seems the app launches a splash screen (it's doing bunch of interop with native code), then calls StartApplication();

To sum it up, I can't break into Main() or StartApplication() in Debug. The app just pops up and starts loading content, and no breakpoints are hit.

Any one else have problem/suggestions?

Vista 32bit Ulitmate : VS 2008 SP1 (.net 3.5sp1)

NEW POST: MSDN Reader not working

rybisch — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:38:06 GMT

This is posted on the front page (below). Follow these suggestions, if it doesn't work post requested system/.net details here.

GazSam wrote Nov 18 2008 at 7:52 PM

Ok, sorry for the delay guys. Looks like the app installs and runs fine on a box with .NET Framework 3.0 (plain old Vista) and should run with .NET Framework 3.5 RTM. Can you guys confirm the version of the framework you've got installed?

I believe there is some conflict with SQL CE in 3.5 SP1 that is breaking this app. I’ve been able to fix this problem by removing all references to SQLCE dlls from the project:

<Install location>\MsdnReaderSourceCode\MsdnReaderSourceCode\References\

SQLCE35EN.dll
SQLCEME35.dll
SQLCEQP35.dll
SQLCESE35.dll

I’ve also replaced these with the newest versions for good measure (should be installed on a 3.5SP1 machine):
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5

The compiled binaries (\Debug, \Release) run fine with this fix. The current installer will probably still lay down the old dlls so you might need to jump into your appdata folder c:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\<guid>\msdn..exe and remove/replace these files to get the app to stop crashing from the default install.

Please give this a shot and let me know if it works.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Fails to start on Vista x64

VermeulB — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:54:53 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: Deinstalling MSSQL 3.5 Compact components resolved the issue on Windows Server 2008.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Fails to start on Vista x64

hcanfly — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:31 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: I am having the same problem with Vista Ultimate x86. Tried it on two different machines.

NEW POST: MSDN Reader not working

bhroberts52 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:37:50 GMT

i get a message "MSDN Reader has stopped working". I get an opportunity to debug and in the debugger (VS2008) I get:

"Unhandled exception at 0x04041902 in MsdnReader.exe: 0x0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000."

I am using Vista Ultimate. I have tried uninstalling, downloading and re-installing.

CREATED ISSUE: msdnreader.exe stopped working

peancor — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:53:33 GMT

COMMENTED ISSUE: Fails to start on Vista x64

VermeulB — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:58:02 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 12:22:49 GMT

NEW POST: reader is not getting updated

saju — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:43:06 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 08:12:46 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 08:12:13 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 08:00:57 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 06:34:30 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 23:25:25 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 06:35:59 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 03:09:27 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 22:23:36 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 16:46:17 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.