ExternalDisplay - Beta Testers Wanted

[iwan]

Had a bit of spare time today, so here's a new installer that adds some new properties that might address some of the requests of Iwan and Barsk.

Good news ! Works (almost) perfectly:

Code:

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[color=red]      <Property Value="#date, #shorttime" />[/color]
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This statement gives me a blank line on my display while either #date or #shorttime alone work well.

Sorry Iwan, did not include a threshold on the recording time.

I assume this is on the to-do list ?!

[ralphy]

Code:

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[color=red]      <Property Value="#date, #shorttime" />[/color]
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OOPS:o Should be
<Parse Value="#date, #shorttime" />

OP Corrected

[iwan]

OOPS:o Should be
<Parse Value="#date, #shorttime" />

OP Corrected

Works !
Thanks for the immediate reply, ralphy !

[Barsk]

Had a bit of spare time today, so here's a new installer that adds some new properties that might address some of the requests of Iwan and Barsk.

Oh, and on the instabilty issues you mentioned Barsk, ensure the the extensive logging is disabled in the ExternalDisplay configuration. You could also disable the property browser also, as really this is a debugging tool.

Thanks a lot Ralphy!

I will look into this new version ASAP!

[Barsk]

Had a bit of spare time today, so here's a new installer that adds some new properties that might address some of the requests of Iwan and Barsk.

Sorry to say it does not work at all now!

The config program does not seem able to write the XML file at all. All I get in the xml file is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

Enabling logging does not give anything either, probbaly as that setting goes in the xml to start with. As far as I can tell I have the same preconditions as the last time(s) I installed previous versions.

Confused...

/Barsk

[ralphy]

Barsk -

Please post the logs (ExternalDisplayConfig.exe.log and PVRX2.exe.log) as I am otherwise guessing at what might be going on.

You could try deleting the xml and re-running the ExternalDisplay Config. That will recreate a default xml file (but unfortunately, it sounds like any changes you may have made have been lost.

[Barsk]

Barsk -

Please post the logs (ExternalDisplayConfig.exe.log and PVRX2.exe.log) as I am otherwise guessing at what might be going on.

You could try deleting the xml and re-running the ExternalDisplay Config. That will recreate a default xml file (but unfortunately, it sounds like any changes you may have made have been lost.

Sorry, I thought the logs should be in the plugin dir. They were in the logs directory obviously. Here they are. The PVRX2.exe.log is not neccessary as the bug appears instantly when I push Ok in the config app. So neither PVRX2 or the recording process was on.

I have a copy of my original xml so nothing is lost. However the bug appears on an initial install. There were no xml file that could be faulty.
And if I remove the xml file that only has that xml header I still get the same result when restarting the config app.

Also If I put my old xml file int the dir and start PVRX2 it seems to work. But If I start the config app the xml is gone again. So the config app cannot READ the xml data either.

[ralphy]

Sorry, I thought the logs should be in the plugin dir. They were in the logs directory obviously. Here they are.

Thanks for this, but nothing obvious. Can you please post your xml file.

However the bug appears on an initial install.

The installer does not overwrite an existing xml file, so if there is a problem with the xml file, it will persist.

Also If I put my old xml file int the dir and start PVRX2 it seems to work.

I suspect there is a problem with the xml file. Did you edit it? If there is a problem, then the PVRX2 log would show an error message, and then use a default configuration (Hence, users should always post the PVRX2 log as well).


I am pretty sure that if you run the uninstaller, and reinstall, things should work properly, but please let me see your xml file.

[Barsk]

Thanks for this, but nothing obvious. Can you please post your xml file.

I am pretty sure that if you run the uninstaller, and reinstall, things should work properly, but please let me see your xml file.

Hi Ralphy,

to be clear. I uninstalled all previous stuff, cleaned the plugin dir, stopped the recording service and then ran install. So there was NO previous xml file in the dir at all.

When the config app runs it always shows the default settings, i.e the Debug form. I select my driver and push Ok. The resulting xml file contains only the xml header and no root tag etc.

If I restart the config app - the same thing happens. It shows with the default settings again and produces again the epmty xml file.

If I put my old xml file in the plugin dir and run GBPVR it works as before - displaying stuff as usual. But if I start the config app - defualt settings again and back to an empty xml file.

Someting is really wrong here. Probably an easy oversight on your part or perhaps something with my Swedish locale settings? I am a developer too on Java, so I have a deep understanding of your problems dechiphering this...

Or do the recording service need to run during config?

I did not see any log traces in PVRX2.log regarding this plugin therefore I did not send it but you can get the whole shebang if you like.

Regards
Barsk

[ralphy]

Hi Ralphy,

to be clear. I uninstalled all previous stuff, cleaned the plugin dir, stopped the recording service and then ran install. So there was NO previous xml file in the dir at all.

When the config app runs it always shows the default settings, i.e the Debug form. I select my driver and push Ok. The resulting xml file contains only the xml header and no root tag etc.

If I restart the config app - the same thing happens. It shows with the default settings again and produces again the epmty xml file.

If I put my old xml file in the plugin dir and run GBPVR it works as before - displaying stuff as usual. But if I start the config app - defualt settings again and back to an empty xml file.

Someting is really wrong here. Probably an easy oversight on your part or perhaps something with my Swedish locale settings? I am a developer too on Java, so I have a deep understanding of your problems dechiphering this...

Or do the recording service need to run during config?

I did not see any log traces in PVRX2.log regarding this plugin therefore I did not send it but you can get the whole shebang if you like.

Regards
Barsk

Sorry Barsk, I clearly misunderstood what you were doing. Thank you for this more detailed description.

I have repeated the steps you describe and could not repeat the problem on my main development system. However, I did experience a similar problem on secondary development system that happened to have an older copy of ExternalDisplay.dll lying around in the gbpvr folder.

Could you please search for ExternalDisplay.dll. There should be only one copy - in Plugins\ExternalDisplay. If there is one in the gbpvr folder, it will cause an error as you describe. If you have copies elsewhere, they may also cause problems and should be deleted.

Maybe this is the problem.