New VisualBlogger 2004 Beta Posted

I just posted a new build of VisualBlogger 2004. This build fixes the following issues:

  • Drop-down list of configured blogs does not update after changing blog configurations. [Brian Desmond]
  • Dialogs and subforms were not modal. [Brian Desmond]
  • Post Title box did not clear when your cursor entered the box. [Brian Desmond]
  • Feedback system did not submit your name or e-mail address.
  • DotText96 provider removed.
  • Upgraded Sandbar.dll assembly to version 1.0.8

If you've already registered, you should be automatically redirected to the downloads page from this link. To upgrade from the previous release, unzip all the files EXCEPT for VisualBlogger.exe.config and Configuration.xml. If you overwrite these files, you will have to re-configure VisualBlogger 2004 as per the directions in readme.txt.

Earlier, it was brought to my attention that VB2004 takes up about as much memory as VS.NET when running. I need to reiterate the fact that while this beta was tested for basic functionality, it is not performance tuned at all. I'm not cleaning up objects when I'm done with them. All subcomponents are compiled in debug mode, and there are 9 different dependencies, all of which load up debugger files along with the main assembly. I'm not caching any data to the hard drive. At any rate, the memory footprint will be much smaller once all subcomponents are compiled in release mode, and I do my obsessive-compulsive "Java-Powered Code Review" (that's the coffee not the virtual machine) to clean up all the code.

Please send any feedback through the built-in system (the last button on the toolbar). This goes into our central tracking system, powered by OnTime, so that I can see what needs to be done, and when features.bugs are closed.

Thanks for all the help guys!

1 Comment

  • I get the following error when trying to submit a bug when the program throws an exception etc.



    Server was unable to process request. --> SqlDateTime overflow. Must be between 1/1/1753 12:00:00 AM and 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM.

    at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)

    at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)

    at Interscape.WebServices.Feedback.Defects.DefectHandler.AddDefect(Guid securityToken, Defect defect, CustomFieldValue[] customValues) in D:\Vault\VisualBlogger\UserInterface\Web References\WebServices.Feedback.Defects\Reference.vb:line 43

    at Interscape.VisualBlogger.Forms.Feedback.btnSubmit_Activate(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\Vault\VisualBlogger\UserInterface\Forms\Feedback.vb:line 462

    at TD.SandBar.ButtonItemBase.OnActivate()

    at TD.SandBar.ToolBar.OnItemActivate(ToolbarItemBase item)

    at TD.SandBar.ToolBar.OnItemRelease(ToolbarItemBase item, Point position)

    at TD.SandBar.ToolBar.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)

    at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

    at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

    at TD.SandBar.ToolBar.WndProc(Message& m)

    at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

    at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

    at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

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