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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,463 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | Thanks for your support.
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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mediadogg: Quote:
Have you seen this post? Yes, but that was five months ago. Surely something as basic as being able to get profile updates without having to refresh the entire online profile list every time could've been fixed by now. The repeated downloading of that largely-the-same block of data using the CTRL trick actually creates unnecessary traffic for the server. |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,463 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
Quoting mediadogg:
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Have you seen this post?
Yes, but that was five months ago. Surely something as basic as being able to get profile updates without having to refresh the entire online profile list every time could've been fixed by now. The repeated downloading of that largely-the-same block of data using the CTRL trick actually creates unnecessary traffic for the server. Well I respect and benefit from your efforts as a major contributor to the database. So if there is anything you think a plugin or tool could do to make things easier for you to do that work, please make the request or suggestion and I promise to do my best as a "tools" guy to do my pert. There are already tools by GSyren that might be able to help. For example, with his tools, you could schedule the refresh overnight or on whatever schedule you choose. Then you would not have to wait when you are ready to work. | | | Thanks for your support.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 4,685 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mediadogg: Quote:
There are already tools by GSyren that might be able to help. For example, with his tools, you could schedule the refresh overnight or on whatever schedule you choose. Then you would not have to wait when you are ready to work. Yeah, I guess it might be possible to cobble together some AutoItX commands that would trigger "Online / Refresh Online Profile List" while simulating Ctrl down, and schedule that from DvdpScheduler. It's not something that I have tried, and the drawback with DvdpScheduler is that you have to keep your PC logged in. There is no way for any program to control DVD Profiler if you're not logged in. It might be worth a try for someone who is really miffed at having to wait for that download. No guarantee that it will work, though. When experimenting with sending commands through AutoItX it might be wise to have a recent backup of you database, just in case. Actually, it's a good idea to always have a recent backup. Better safe than sorry. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote:
It might be worth a try for someone who is really miffed at having to wait for that download. For the record: I have absolutely no problem waiting for a minute while refreshing the online profile list, I'm not craving for an automated process. I merely noted that if a lot of us are downloading those files several times a week, that causes unnecessary traffic to the server. That alone could have been a reason for Ken to fix it. But alas... |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,685 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
Quoting GSyren:
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It might be worth a try for someone who is really miffed at having to wait for that download.
For the record: I have absolutely no problem waiting for a minute while refreshing the online profile list, I'm not craving for an automated process. I merely noted that if a lot of us are downloading those files several times a week, that causes unnecessary traffic to the server. That alone could have been a reason for Ken to fix it. But alas... Yeah, I got that. I just wanted to point out to anyone interested (if any) that it might be technically possible. If anyone is actually interested, give me a shout and I can test it. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,463 |
| | Posted: | | | | I was thinking HTTPJolie, not AutoItX. You can send commands over TCPIP using the TCPSend utility that ships with it. TCPSend could be launched with the scheduler.
Or you could schedule the launch of DVD Profiler itself, with the command file option, which would include the menu command for refreshing profiles.
And then there is DVDPFauxAPI and the CommndOnEventGUI which could probably do the same thing based on a database event, such as opening the database.
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,463 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote:
Yeah, but you need to combine the command with Ctrl-down, and I don't see how you can do that through HTTPJolie. But maybe I'm missing something? Maybe not missing, perhaps overlooking the fact that HTTPJolie is hosted by DVD Profiler internally. There is nothing an external program can do, that HTTPJolie cannot. | | | Thanks for your support.
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,463 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm not finding information on holding down the Ctrl key. Can someone jog my memory on how that changes things? Oh I see now, and I guess it was never officially documented. | | | Thanks for your support.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,440 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sort of documented:
In the Support Knowledge base under Crash / Hang, Floating Point Error, or missing text on buttons.
"This error can also be caused by a corrupted online profile list file. To correct this, from DVD Profiler's main menu, select Online->Refresh Online Profile List while holding CTRL." | | | | Registered: February 10, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,463 |
| | Posted: | | | | This discussion has caused me to review the HTTPJolie command "refresh".
Today it does this:
PerformPendingDownloads();
I plan to change it to:
TriggerMenuItem(PluginConstants.FORMID_Main, PluginConstants.MENUID_Form, "Online", "Refresh Online Profile List...");
PerformPendingDownloads();
TriggerMenuItem(PluginConstants.FORMID_Main, PluginConstants.MENUID_Form, "View", "Refresh Collection List");
And I will add an option equivalent holding down the Ctrl key for the first item.
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,463 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well I was able to write some code to do it inside HTTPJolie. That makes it possible to add to any of GSyren's tools, or to automate from a browser or by using the TCPSend command line utility.
Example for partial refresh:
tcpsend "?cmd=""refresh""
Example for full refresh (control key down):
tcpsend "?cmd=""refresh""&ctrlkey=""true"" | | | Thanks for your support.
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,715 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you are interested in automating this, have a look at the second FAQ... | | | | Complete list of Common Names • A good point for starting with Headshots (and v11.1) |
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mediadogg: Quote:
Well I was able to write some code to do it inside HTTPJolie. That makes it possible to add to any of GSyren's tools Well, none of my current tools can actually run custom HTTPJolie commands directly. However, in order to be able to refresh the online profile list unattended, I wrote a very small program that just runs that refresh command. This program can be launched from DvdpScheduler (or possible some other scheduler), but the catch is that this has to be done while the PC is logged in. I use this program myself to download the full list each night, but I'm not sure if anyone else is interested in it. If anyone is interested, just give me a shout. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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