UKCinemaListings - Error:Object reference..

[grazbo]

Hi,

I have installed UKCinemaListings and it normally works great, but every so often when obtaining details of a specific movie I get the error :

- Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Once the error is acknowledged, I can browse as usual, except that the first movie entry always produces the same result.

This has been happening with the "Harry Potter...." listing, so I am not sure if this specific entry has broken the scraper or whether it is something less obvious.

Also - is there anyway to speed up (by caching data ?) the plugin initialisation ?

Otherwise its all great

Thanks

grazbo

[McBainUK]

Please note that UK Cinema Listings should be treated as beta (ie still in testing). As there seems to be some interest in this plugin, over the next few weeks I will be doing a lot of code reviewing and testing with as many cinemas/films and possible. Will also add error checking so it will cope better.

Thanks for your patience - McBainUK (16th November 2005)

This thread has a bit of history you might want to read.

Yes you're right, Harry Potter did break the scraper. On your note about speeding up the startup of the plugin Im going to save data locally and have a refresh button. This will cut down network traffic to britinfo.net and also speed things up alot. Dial-up users wont have to wait 10mins to load up anymore either