Newest version (17-22) locks ComicRack

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DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM:Running ComicRack09121 on Windows7 with all updates as
of 5/4/10.  I can run ComicVineScraper 1.0.6 with no issues.  When I try to
upgrade the script to any of the versions here (1.0.17 - 22) they will
upgrade fine but when I run them they lock up ComicRack and I have to
CTRL-ALT-DEL to Task Manager and manually abend ComicRack.

WHAT STEPS WILL REPRODUCE THIS PROBLEM? (Please include the exact name of
the eComic book that you were trying to scrape, if possible.)
1.Upgrade to any of the versions here
2.Right-Click, Automation, ComicVineScraper on Action Comics 887
3.ComicRack shows spinning circle (hourglass) for a second and then
hourglass goes away and ComicRack locks up.  

WHAT VERSION OF COMICVINESCRAPER ARE YOU USING?

09121

PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OF USE

I have also completely uninstalled ComicRack and all scripts and
re-installed everything and still get error.  I would be happy to provide
any more details as you need them.  

Original issue reported on code.google.com by cdkn...@gmail.com on 4 May 2010 at 10:41

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Thanks for the (refreshingly complete!) bug report.

A few questions:

Did you mean to type 1.0.16 and not 1.0.6?

Does this problem happen with any comic book that you scrape, or just Action 
Comics 887?

There's a couple of things you could try that I recently described for someone 
else
who was having trouble:  

http://comicrack.cyolito.com/user-forum/32-news-and-announcements/7360-comic-vin
e-scraper-1022#7375

In particular, I describe how you can get a debug log when running comic 
rack--if
that log contains anything in it, it could really help me track down the cause 
of the
problem that you are experiencing.

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 4 May 2010 at 4:17

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No, funny enough I do mean 1.0.6.  It took me a while to get round to 
upgrading.  I
have tried about 15 - 20 comics.  Same results.  All of them are ones that 
worked
with my old version of comic scrape.  I will look at the link tonight and let 
you
know.  Thanks!  Great script BTW, thanks for all the time and effort you put 
into it.

Original comment by cdkn...@gmail.com on 4 May 2010 at 4:28

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Ah, 1.0.6, eh?  That gives me hope that one of the things I suggest in the link
(deleting the Comic Vine Scraper user data) will permanently solve your 
problem.   

Also, make extra sure that you are using the version of ComicRack that you 
think you
are (i.e. the latest version, 0.9.122.)  If memory serves, there was a fairly 
big
change to ComicRack at one point a while back, so I wouldn't expect 1.0.6 to 
work at
all with the most recent Comic Rack (though I'm not positive about that.)

I'm happy to hear that you're finding the script useful (aside from this bug!)  
Let
me know how things go.

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 4 May 2010 at 4:37

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Just double checked 0.9.121 is what I am running and the only one I can find as 
per
this link:  http://comicrack.cyolito.com/downloads  although the homepage does
mention a 122 running on Win7.  and the script was 1.0.6 just did American 
Vampire
and it worked fine.  I will try your link tonight though and see what I can do. 

Bugs are a nasty essential step toward progress so no biggie! Haha

Original comment by cdkn...@gmail.com on 4 May 2010 at 4:54

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OK, So this is weird.  I blew out everything just as your link said.  Loaded it 
all
back up.  Same problem.  Invoked the switches to get the script dump and . . . 
. No
Failure!  Weird.  So I closed the program and re-opened it without the script 
dump .
. . Fail.  Turned the script dump back on . . . Fail.  Couldn't get to the error
because ComicRack was locked and that window must me attached . . . couldn't 
bring it
into focus.  Unbound the all the windows with "reader in own window" option and 
set
everything so I could see the output window in the case of another abend.  No
failure.  Put everything back . . . now windows bar with close minimize etc 
stayed
persistant (with the new version of ComicRack I had noticed that the standard 
windows
bar at the top had gone away, after I re-bound everything it came back) . . . no
failure.  I can't get the error to come back.  In short . . . I have nothing 
else to
give you but everything seems to be working again.  Very odd.  

BTW . . . the new version of the script is AWESOME!  Sorry, I can't give you 
more to
go on.  Not even sure this can be classified as a bug anymore.  Very odd. Glad 
it's
working though.  Sorry to take up your time. 

Original comment by cdkn...@gmail.com on 4 May 2010 at 11:30

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Well, at least it's working for you now, and I'm glad you like the new
version--there's definitely been a lot of changes since 1.0.6!

I'm somewhat concerned that you might be experiencing an on-and-off bug related 
to
the way I do windows and graphics threads.  I think I'll leave this bug report 
open
for a little while, and maybe you can let me know if you see this problem 
again?  If
I don't hear from you for a while, I'll eventually close the bug report.

That debug window text (when the scraper fails) will be super valuable, so if 
you do
see this bug start to happen again, I'd still really appreciate a copy of that 
log if
you can manage to get one.

Then again, it would also be cool if nobody ever sees this problem again. :)

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 5 May 2010 at 2:16

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Have you seen this bug show up again?   If everything's been working fine for 
you, I think I'll close this bug now.

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2010 at 11:16

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Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 4 Jul 2010 at 10:28

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