Must Maximize to view parser, Parser Will not Parse

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Load KParser
2. Give Permission to run
3. KParser seems to be Minimized to Task Bar
4. Left Click on KParser in the Task bar, nothing appears to happen.
5. Right Click KParser, select Maximize KParser displays as maximzed. 
6. Click the resize button (not sure if thats the proper name, the one
between the minimize and close when the window is already maximized at the
top right of the window), KParser behaves as though I minimized it.
7. Maximize KParser again, begin parsing.
8. No Parsing occurs (no party chat, damage, buffs, etc) 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The Parser should be able to viewed unmaximized, and should be able to
properly parse.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Windows Vista 64bit
Tried using versions 1.3.7 and 1.3.4

Please provide any additional information below.
Originally occured with 1.3.4, so I tried downloading 1.3.7, unzipped the
file and copied the new files over the previous ones. Still had problems. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by cynicalsaint1@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2009 at 10:18

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Another note - KParser was working fine for me at first, then this started 
occuring
out of nowhere seemingly, can't remember the first time I had the issue with 
having
to maximize it, at first I thought it just wasn't loading properly, a couple 
days
later I discovered I could view it by maximizing it, first time I attempted 
parsing
after this problem first occurred was April 9th. 

Original comment by cynicalsaint1@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2009 at 10:25

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Ok, the problem here is that the location of the window has somehow been set to 
some
extreme value that are outside the range of the normal viewport.  It happens 
rarely,
when Windows flakes out for no particular reason I've been able to determine.  
I'll
be adding code to watch for it and reset the base position.

To fix it manually, go to the following directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Wayward_Gamers\KParser.exe_Url_<randomString>\1.3.7.0

In that directory is an XML file called user.settings.  Edit it with a text 
editor,
and change the mainWindowPosition coordinates to reasonable values (and 
optionally
the window size values, if they're out of line as well).

Original comment by Kinemati...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2009 at 6:00

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Alright, that fixed the problem with the window not showing up unless 
maximized, but
I'm still unable to Parse.

1. Load KParser
2. Load FFXI
3. Set to parse from memory, have not manually changed the memloc
4. Begin Parse
5. Kill a couple random enemies, say a few things in chat
6. Alt-tab to parser to check, nothing has been parsed
7. Stop Parsing
8. Switch to parse from chat logs
9. Ensure that its pointing to my FFXI TEMP folder
10. Begin Parse
11. Kill a couple random enemies, say a few things in chat
12. Alt-tab to check parser, nothing has been parsed. 

Original comment by cynicalsaint1@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2009 at 6:13

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I've double checked the memory settings and everything appears to be running OK.

Rereading the initial bug, I realized you're upgrading from 1.3.4.  1.3.5 added 
a
feature to upgrade settings values (ie: remember open tabs and window location)
across versions.  Because of that, simply copying in the new version of the 
parser
will not automatically update the memloc value for you; it will copy the value 
from
the previous version.

To fix that, you can manually modify the value (the new value is 0x0057d768), 
or hit
Reset to restore settings to the defaults.  The default value for the new 
version is
the correct memloc.  You may need to adjust the other settings after that, 
though.

Have also updated the window code to force the window to be visible if it ends 
up in
a location out of normal visible range.

Original comment by Kinemati...@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2009 at 10:32

• Changed title: Must Maximize to view parser, Parser Will not Parse

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Still having trouble, I'm wondering if some obscure setting somewhere hasn't 
been
messed up, like the window location, b/c the two seemed to start occurring at 
the
same time. Also I don't think its the memloc as it wasn't parsing from the log 
files
either. 

What would I need to do to completely uninstall the program and start with a 
fresh
install? Anything other than delete the current directory?

Original comment by cynicalsaint1@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2009 at 9:07

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Delete the directory that you extracted KParser to, and also delete the 
mentioned
Wayward_Gamers directory and subdirectories.

Original comment by Kinemati...@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2009 at 7:59

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Doing a fresh install worked. I had to take an additional step however to get 
things
working: Delete the directory c:\Program Data\Wayward Gamers

Here's the detailed steps:
1. Deleted the extraction directory
2. Deleted the <user_name>\App_Data\local\Wayward_Gamers (this is where the 
settings
xml is for Vista)
3. Download latest version of KParser and extract it
4. Set the .exe to run as admin
5. Load FFXI and attempt to parse
6. No parsing occurs

7. Repeat step 1-2
8. Delete directory c:\Program Data\Wayward_Gamers (this is where default parse 
file
is located)
9. Repeat steps 3-5
10. Parsed Successfully

Maybe the default Parse file was corrupted somehow?

Original comment by cynicalsaint1@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2009 at 6:42

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Closing this bug as fixed.  More changes have been made to the settings/install,
including dealing with certain Vista/Win7 requirements.  As such any new 
incidences
should open a new bug.

Original comment by Kinemati...@gmail.com on 2 Nov 2009 at 8:53

• Changed state: Fixed