[Rssbandit-developers] [ rssbandit-Bugs-1236526 ] Doesn't recover from feed error on startup

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Bugs item #1236526, was opened at 2005-07-12 07:36
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Doesn't recover from feed error on startup

Initial Comment:
On startup I get the following error message:
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RSS Bandit 1.3.0.29
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The feed file was invalid. Please have a look to the file at 

  'C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\Application 
Data\RssBandit\error.log' 

for detailed information about the error occured.
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OK   
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That is fine - the feed has an error in it. However, I 
expect the app to handle it gracefully and proceed with 
the other feeds. Instead it stops there and fails to load 
the treeview.

If I select a treeview item I get:
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RSS Bandit 1.3.0.29
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Sorry, but an error occured:
'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'
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OK   
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Note: If I download my last feed upload from my server it 
handles it fine. It is just a problem on startup.


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General Information

RSS Bandit 1.3.0.29
OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0
Framework Version: .NET CLR v1.1.4322
Additonal Info:
ExceptionManager.MachineName: MYNAME
ExceptionManager.TimeStamp: 12/07/05 08:25:14
ExceptionManager.FullName: 
Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.ExceptionManagement, 
Version=1.0.1521.25102, Culture=neutral, 
PublicKeyToken=null
ExceptionManager.AppDomainName: RSSBandit.exe
ExceptionManager.ThreadIdentity: 
ExceptionManager.WindowsIdentity: 
MYDOMAIN\MYNAME

Exception Information
System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaException: 
The 'http://www.25hoursaday.com/2004/RSSBandit/feed
s/:link' element has an invalid value according to its data 
type. An error occurred at , (358, 64).
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Comment By: Stuart Campbell (scumbies)
Date: 2005-07-19 08:32

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DOH...in my last comment I meant to say "I read quite a few 
BLOGS" not BUGS.

:o)

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Comment By: Stuart Campbell (scumbies)
Date: 2005-07-19 08:29

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(I originally posted this bug)
Guys, this is a bit of a show stopper! If just one blog "goes 
down" I cannot start RSSBandit successfully. I have to 
download my last upload of feeds (kiss goodbye to any 
changes since then) and then delete the offending feed. 

But I read quite a few bugs and my experience is that 
peoples' blogs go down from time to time. I don't want that to 
take down RSSBandit - and I also don't want to have to 
remove the feed. I want it to just flag the problem in "Feed 
Errors" as it is supposed to and carry on doing it's job. 
Eventually when the blog comes back online I can carry on 
reading it. For now, I would have to make a note of the feed 
somewhere and keep monitoring it until it comes back and 
then add it back into RSSBandit.

If this isn't fixed I fear I can't use RSSBandit anymore - which 
is a crying shame because it is (apart from this bug) the best 
RSS aggregator I have found.

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Comment By: Will R (herky05)
Date: 2005-07-17 15:43

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I have the same problem after adding a Microsoft newsgroup 
feed "Most Active CMS Discussion".  Here is the url:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/rss.aspx?
&Title=Most+Active+CMS+Discussions&RssTitle=TechNet+M
ost+Active+CMS+Discussions&MatchPattern=ContextThread
ActivityDataSet%2fContextThreadActivity%5b%40DGName%
3d'microsoft.public.cmserver.general'+or%0a%40DGName%
3d'microsoft.public.cmserver.evaluation'%
5d&CMTYSvcSource=CMTYTopics&WebNewsURL=http%
3a%2f%2fwww.microsoft.com%2ftechnet%2fcommunity%
2fnewsgroups%2fdgbrowser%2fen-us%2fdefault.mspx%3fdg%
3d&CMTYRawShape=list&NumberOfItems=100


I have to edit the xml file and remove the feed.  

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