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Recent update: 2008-3-21

Smiley pollution

1049 byte By NormanDiamond at 2008-3-7
I saw an earlier thread about this issue but don't really understand it. Surely the person who posted code (more or less quoted below) was trying to post code not smileys. Why should it matter if there are people voting in favour of more smileys or less, when the person was trying to post ...

Can't post to forum when ZoneAlarm is running

144 byte By nwilliams at 2008-3-6
I can post only when ZoneAlarm is turned off. But I have no problem posting the other 99.9% of the internet. Please fix the problem.

RSS Feed Subscription

421 byte By IssamElbaytam at 2008-3-5
The RSS Feed sends out the first post in a thread every time the thread is updated. This of course is useless, it should either send the new post or simply duplicate the whole thread, so it can be read within the RSS Reader without having to go to the post and find which post was the latest ...

Alerts Broken Today (June 1st)?

266 byte By FrankBoyne at 2008-3-3
I just got an e-mail alert for a thread that hasn't changed since May 22nd? The "to read more" link is <a target="_blank" title="/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9303" href="/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9303"> http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9303</a>

search not working properly

667 byte By rpolansky at 2008-3-1
There are several bugs in the search functionality in these forums. First of all, if you enter a search term in a forums main view's search edit box and hit enter, nothing is filtered out. I can search for "delegate" in the VC++ General forum and still see all the posts, and I'm sure that ...

Forum Search Field

209 byte By DavidM.Kean at 2008-2-28
When entering search text at the top of the forum, I keep pressing enter to start the search (as the search button looks like the default by the blue border surrounding it), however this only reloads the page.

Sort order in Forums is screwed up

375 byte By Alle at 2008-2-27
See Forum http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=14785The post order of the last page is completly screwed up. There are posts from yesterday inbetween posts from previous days. IOW there are older posts before and after the posts from ...

Default C# Code Font Doesn't Make Case Differences Clear?

473 byte By FrankBoyne at 2008-2-26
While posting in another thread I noticed that the C# code font doesn't seem to clearly show the difference between a lower case 'v' and an upper case 'V'. For example// Which case is the fifth letter?listView1.Clear(); ...

"Hide Topics I've Read" Filter doesn't work?

128 byte By FrankBoyne at 2008-2-25
Changing the Topic Filter to "Hide Topics I've Read" doesn't seem to have any effect? Neither does the "Mark All Read" button?

Cannot upload files in Product Feedback Centre

232 byte By rgerbig at 2008-2-24
Hi, I actually did not know where to post this, so I decided to post this issue here. Nearly Always when trying to upload files to Product Feedback Center the upload fails. Do only I experience this issue or does everyone do so?

Please explain to me sort mode of posts in threads ? Or maybe there is a bug with Time Zones ?

910 byte By EugeneOstroukhov at 2008-2-23
Hi !Please look at this thread : Microsoft Technical Forums Visual Studio Visual Studio Source Control and SourceSafe What happened SourceSafe web service access in Beta 2? ( http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2774)Page 1 (): There is three posts today (from Russia (GMT ...

Forum stats on home page not correct

205 byte By DavidA.Coursey at 2008-2-22
This makes my seventh post and the stats on the home page don't show my account but show several users with four and five posts. Admittedly, this is not super important, but it cought my attention. dave

A -1 post?

244 byte By PaulDomag at 2008-2-22
Hi, I was just browsing to the Member List when I found a user with a <strong>-1</strong> # of posts. Could this happen? Try checking the Member List, Sort it by No. Of Post, Navigate to the Last record... cheers, Paul June A. Domag

Make search button default button when focus is on search box

209 byte By DavidM.Kean at 2008-2-21
When entering search text at the top of the forum, I keep pressing enter to start the search (as the search button looks like the default by the blue border surrounding it), however this only reloads the page.

Smilies Conflict With XSD Posts

1616 byte By clintonG at 2008-2-20
This forum software is misinterpreting characters used in code such as the colon followed by the letter S as used in xsd syntax. When xsd code is used in this rich text editor those characters are being misinterpreted as a request for a smilie which is then output inline as shown below.If it ...

Strange post that can't be modified

238 byte By DavidM.Kean at 2008-2-19
Have a look at the following post, it can't be modified, replied to, or deleted: <a target="_blank" title="/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=6416" href="ShowPost.aspx@PostID=6416"> http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=6416</a>

Web server time not DST adjusted?

138 byte By VijayeRaji at 2008-2-18
I'm posting this at 12:45AM on Friday, the 13th of May. But my post will show 11:45AM PST - Does the web server not adjust to DST?

Edit post = blank repro

23 byte By JasonMcCulloughMSFT at 2008-2-17
Edit post = blank repro

Why can't I register my display name?

635 byte By LisaAmblerMSFT at 2008-2-16
When you try to register or edit your display name in MSDN Forums, you may receive the following error message: You have entered an invalid display name. Please try another name.Please consult the FAQ for more details. ...

I am not getting Alerts. Help?

51 byte By LisaAmblerMSFT at 2008-2-15
What should I do if I'm not getting Alerts?

Unable to register/edit my desired Display Name in the MSDN Forums

1133 byte By RaminPerumal at 2008-2-15
I am not able register/edit my desired Display Name in the MSDN Forums, the following error message is displayed: You have entered an invalid display name. Please try another name.Please consult the FAQ for more details. Clicking on that FAQ link did not work (without re-entering an alternate ...

My Forums shows nothing

118 byte By Werdna at 2008-2-15
When I click on My Forums, I do not see any topics listed. If I change the url to https://, then I see the topics.

Signup for Alerts does not work

168 byte By MarcD at 2008-2-15
When i choose to sign up for the Alerts when replying to a post the page takes about 30+ seconds to execute and then says that an error occurred and that it was logged.

Error after login

647 byte By Werdna at 2008-2-15
Each time I login I get the following error: Unknown Error We apologize, but an unknown error has occured in the forums. This error has been logged. I just have to click back and click on any forums link and it works after ...

URL's in Firefox?

168 byte By KluchDev at 2008-2-14
Most of the editbox stuff seems to work fine, but for some reason I can't seem to post a URL using firefox. The dialog comes up but nothing ever gets inserted from it.

alert me doesnt work

426 byte By EricJarvi at 2008-2-14
Repro (in this order):1) User A posts question to forum2) User B answers and selects 'Alert Me' when posting the answer3) Moderator (User C) marks the post as the correct answer4) User A replies back saying that answer doesn't 100% solve the problem. Actual:User B doesn't get the ...

NNTP post are *always* duplicated

409 byte By JochenKalmbach at 2008-2-13
Hi Josh,if you are using the NNTP-interface it is a pain since 1 or 2 weeks...All posts in the forum appear 3-4 times in the NNTP-thread. First the original posting, then at least two other posts with the addition: " This post has been edited either by the author or a moderator in the Microsoft ...

Alerts long post trigger test

4133 byte By WbTest1-1 at 2008-2-13
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first time I log in with passport I get an error page

310 byte By EricJarvi at 2008-2-12
Repro: 1) Navigate to initial page on the forum, like an active thread.2) Click sign in button to log in with passport, sign in.Actual:Error Message, although if you go back in history to initial page you are signed in and it will work.Expected:No error, redirect back to initial ...

Split Posts does not use entered subject

101 byte By DavidM.Kean at 2008-2-11
After doing a split post and entering a new subject, the subject of the original post was still used.

Hidden forums don't stay hidden

198 byte By DavidA.Coursey at 2008-2-10
I have hidden several forum categories because I don't ever intend to use them. Every time I come back to the site, they are all expanded again. Windows XP SP2 IE Version 6.0.2900.2180 dave

Unable to choose a display name containing whitespace

248 byte By marcelv at 2008-2-10
For some reason I am not allowed to use my full name Marcel de Vries as my display name. It forces me to use a name wihtout whitespace. I see a lot of other people use whitespaces, so does anybody have any idea whats wrong here? Thanks Marcel

Edit box loses data on multiple edits

359 byte By YairAlanGriver at 2008-2-8
I reported this earlier, but here's another manifestation. If I (as a moderator) go in to change a comment to a question, and I forget to put in a comment describing the change, I get the comment field highlighted as being needed (good), but the original message is gone from its edit box ...

Missing breadcrumb trail

284 byte By SimonSoanes at 2008-2-8
You're missing the breadcrumb trail on pages like: <a target="_blank" title="/msdn/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=9" href="default.aspx@ForumGroupID=9"> http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=9</a> So you can't go back up to the root or any owning forums/groups.

Editing sticky posts does not preserve sticky flag

121 byte By AjaySudanMSFT at 2008-2-7
Editing a sticky post does not preserve the sticky flag. You must reset the sticky flag each time you edit a sticky post.

The Last Post Date in the forum view is off

504 byte By JoshLedgard at 2008-2-7
If you are viewing a forum now (like this one http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=53) the "last post" column lists the correct person, but the date seems to be the date the first post was made. The date there should (and was before the update) be the date the most recent ...

About Time Zone

489 byte By DogaOztuzun at 2008-2-7
Hello, Im from Turkey and I feruquently visit the forum. but I think there is something wrong about posting times. somebody opens a topic in "TODAY 12.00 AM PST" then I post an answer to it in "TODAY 11.00 AM PST" its mean I posted the answer before the answer : ) for example : ...

[toungue emotion]> appears in posts

200 byte By Aidas at 2008-2-7
It seems that after carraige return or tab are entered tongue emotion picture apears with ">" Something like this <img src="/library/msdn/emoticons/emotion-4.gif" alt="Stick out tongue" />>

Common code sequences are translated into emoticons

451 byte By SvenC at 2008-2-6
Please consider some emoticon encoding that doesn't interfer with common code samples: E.g. in System:tring the colon and S are translated to .How about enclosing the emoticons in []. So only [<colon>S] translates to ...

JavaScript error occur when posting a new message

272 byte By DavidM.Kean at 2008-2-6
I get the following JavaScript/JScript error when posting a new message: Object Required <font size="2">var prevIdx = document.getElementById("_ctl0_MainContent__ctl0_PostForm_PostAttribute_0").tabIndex; It occurs as soon as the AddPost.aspx page is loaded.</font>

My Forums' Empty

570 byte By PaulDomag at 2008-2-5
Hi,Having some problems again. My Forums returns no threads...Repro...1. You must not be logged in when you enter the forums...2. Click My Forums3. you then will be redirected to persona wizard page that would log you in...4. After logging in I get an empty My Forums result...5. Try Refreshing, ...

Buggy Search

220 byte By PaulDomag at 2008-2-5
Hi, The search functionality is a little buggy. Sometimes if i search for a keyword it returns a result, and upon searching the same keyword again (on the same forumgroup) it returns nothing... Paul June A. Domag

Cannot Sign Out

793 byte By PaulDomag at 2008-2-4
Hi,I have been experiencing this error in the past few days...When I log in and check the 'Automatically Log-in' or something like that, everything's fine...But when I terminate my connection and return (Maybe after 3 hours) My dilemma occurs...Upon entring the site the first I noticed that ...

Alerts not working

132 byte By AjaySudanMSFT at 2008-2-4
I've never received an Alert. Has anyone else noticed this problem? I'm using a comcast.net address in my Passport. -ajay

Referencing web projects

48 byte By Loreaca at 2008-2-4
Sorry, Just see the description of this forum.

Secure and Non Secure Items

358 byte By KluchDev at 2008-2-4
Anyone else get the "This page contains both secure and non secure items" warning from IE? I get this with every page, should I not be using this address (Not sur how it got on SSL in the first place ...

Mark all Read Button

235 byte By Alle at 2008-2-3
Can someone explain the use of the "Mark all Read" button. I would expect the entire forum to be marked as "read" (similar to "catch up" on newsgroups). But it doesn't do that. The forum still shows unread threads. Thanks Alle

Can Not Set Sort Order in Threads

218 byte By Alle at 2008-2-3
Hi, Whether I set my preferences (by date descending) or not, the sort order inside of the threads is always by date ascending. This is not very usable. Normally one (I) would want the newest replies on top. Alle

Some threads do not appear via NNTP...

333 byte By JochenKalmbach at 2008-2-2
It seems that some threads are not apearing via NNTP. For example: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3156Maybe the replies to the original posts apear, but not the original question...Greetings ...

Some threads do not apear via NNTP...

333 byte By JochenKalmbach at 2008-2-2
It seems that some threads are not apearing via NNTP. For example: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3156Maybe the replies to the original posts apear, but not the original question...Greetings ...