foo_whatsnew, Detects added or removed features Options

[gamering]

I have only the window without the informations.
Strange things ...
Thanks for reply!

This post has been edited by gamering: May 2 2009, 15:00

[r0lZ]

Same thing here: just a blank page. Is it a known problem with one of the latest F2K version? I have v1.1.5.
(The plugin worked fine with previous versions. I don't remember exactly what version worked...)

[mazling]

This doesn't seem to be working for me - and just me - with either portable or standard installations, clean or otherwise.
features.dat and features.log are generated in the foobar2000 dir and are not empty, and the balloon tip is triggered on adding/removing things, but the window that displays features is entirely empty.
Foobar 1.1.7, Windoze 7 x64, fully updated. Thanks to IRC lurkers for help btw

[foosion]

Unfortunately, I have not been able to reproduce this issue so far.

[ChaoScythe]

I also have a blank page.
I have a thought, that it might be connected to the coding in the username's profile's path. I have non-English characters (Russian in my case).

[r0lZ]

Same problem here, without foreign characters in the paths.
I'm also running Win7 X64.

[Yirkha]

Hi foosion,

there are some UI extensions out there like, foo_uie_sql_tree or foo_uie_tagger_mod, which return NULL from ui_extension::window service instantiation if they fail to initialize and it crashes foo_whatsnew. Easy to reproduce in portable install with just foo_whatsnew, foo_uie_sql_tree and no foo_ui_columns.

Also I noticed foo_whatsnew is apparently built with /Od. The infamous MSVC project importer having a bad day again?

[foosion]

foo_whatsnew 1.0.7
This is a bug fix release.

• Fixed crash with Columns UI extensions which return NULL from service instantions.

[novembre]

I thought this was a bugfix for the blank window bug, but it's still here.
Same behavior as reported by mazling, foobar 1.1.11, win 7 x64, both standard and portable (full & minimum) installations.

[foosion]

If I had fixed that problem, I would have written about it. Unfortunately I don't know what's causing it at the moment.

[Yirkha]

gamering, r0lZ, mazling, ChaoScythe, novembre or whoever else affected:
  - Does it fail to display anything only when you click the icon in the notification area ("systray") or when you choose the main menu command "Help > What's new?" too?
  - Is the window completely empty, as in gray background everywhere, or are there just no entries/changes visible in the list view?
  - Are there the three columns labeled Name/Type/Change?
  - Is the window title "What's new - foobar2000 v1.x.x" or just "Feature Log"?
  - Is anyone of you capable of running fb2k under any debugger? (Just running it and looking for any exceptions thrown when you show the window would be enough.)

[ChaoScythe]

gamering, r0lZ, mazling, ChaoScythe, novembre or whoever else affected:
  - Does it fail to display anything only when you click the icon in the notification area ("systray") or when you choose the main menu command "Help > What's new?" too?
  - Is the window completely empty, as in gray background everywhere, or are there just no entries/changes visible in the list view?
  - Are there the three columns labeled Name/Type/Change?
  - Is the window title "What's new - foobar2000 v1.x.x" or just "Feature Log"?
  - Is anyone of you capable of running fb2k under any debugger? (Just running it and looking for any exceptions thrown when you show the window would be enough.)

1. Both
2. There are just no entries/changes visible in the list view
3. Yes
4. "What's new - foobar2000 v1.x.x"
5. Unfortunatelly, I can't.

[r0lZ]

Here too exactly as ChaoScythe described: the listbox is present, but empty.

[muxx]

Exactly the same with me (circa at the last 15 stable versions of foobar).

Bye
muxx

[mazling]

gamering, r0lZ, mazling, ChaoScythe, novembre or whoever else affected:
  - Does it fail to display anything only when you click the icon in the notification area ("systray") or when you choose the main menu command "Help > What's new?" too?
  - Is the window completely empty, as in gray background everywhere, or are there just no entries/changes visible in the list view?
  - Are there the three columns labeled Name/Type/Change?
  - Is the window title "What's new - foobar2000 v1.x.x" or just "Feature Log"?
  - Is anyone of you capable of running fb2k under any debugger? (Just running it and looking for any exceptions thrown when you show the window would be enough.)

1. Same behaviour when using balloon popup, systray '+' icon, and help menu item.
2+3+4 Just two columns for me, http://i.imgur.com/iZtC5.png
Also: sort column highlight does not change when selecting a new column, though the header does animate when clicked. No blank items to select.

Thanks for replying!

[Anakunda]

Hi
I don't know how this plugin is intended to work but for me it does holy nothing, except when foobar is updated, it always shows notify icon, clicking on which opens just empty window. I find this component totally useless then

[foosion]

The window should display the added and removed features like menu commands or UI elements. Due to an unresolved defect it only displays a blank window for some people.

[neothe0ne]

The window should display the added and removed features like menu commands or UI elements. Due to an unresolved defect it only displays a blank window for some people.

I have this after moving my portable foobar2000 install from a Windows 7 machine to a Windows 8 machine.

[Case]

Here's a Yirkha-modified version that works under Windows 8:  foo_whatsnew.zip ( 90.5K ) Number of downloads: 67
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[Vectronic]

Thanks for ^ that.

I rarely need this plug-in now that I've more-or-less got a "stable" config, but it's very handy for figuring out *what* a plugin does and where it's features are located.