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Chaining Tool 20/01/2022 at 22:46 #143700
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Online 		Hi Broodje,

Looking in the error log on the web server, you uploaded two copies of KX, rather than a KX and a PBO. It should have sent an error message rather than an XML parsing failure, so I'll find out why error handling didn't work properly.

UPDATE: fixed the error, there was a missing slash in the /HEAD tag

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Chaining Tool 21/01/2022 at 00:31 #143704
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184 posts 		Ah, yes I did upload 2 wrong files once, but that generated the correct error. I'm still getting the same error when I try to compare the two 2012 Olympic timetables. I just tested at 00:30.
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Chaining Tool 21/01/2022 at 10:33 #143712
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Online 		Ooh, I’ll check later.
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Chaining Tool 21/01/2022 at 17:23 #143718
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Online 		Hi,

I couldn't find a logged error (a bug meant that the log wasn't saved - also now fixed).

Did the message say that the file format was invalid?

I've tweaked the script so that file errors should render as HTML not XML. I have also improved the stylesheet to handle errors that occur after unpacking, and further background logging of problems.

Do try again, hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this one :)

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Jamie
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Chaining Tool 21/01/2022 at 22:29 #143731
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184 posts 		I've installed a English language pack for Firefox so I can actually understand what the error message is saying. It is really annoying when dutch translators think it is helpful to translate error messages for these kind of things. Anyway.. the error reads

XML Parsing Error: no root element found
Location: https://SimSig-tools.project76.net/cgi-bin/ttvalidate.php
Line Number 3, Column 1:

The funny thing is, when I intentionally upload files that I know that should not be working I get the proper errors. So the bright side is, your code is actually doing something and from my end the files are actually uploaded.

For example:
Side-By-Side Review
An error occurred
Don't know chaining from motherwell to hongkongeast - PM to JAMS
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Chaining Tool 21/01/2022 at 22:39 #143732
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Online 		Hi Broodje,

Very strange, here are the messages I see:

Jan 21 22:13:46 jovanka ttvalidatephp[1417]: 20091015.wtt: Invalid file format application/octet-stream
Jan 21 22:21:26 jovanka ttvalidatephp[1666699]: Invalid parameters.
Jan 21 22:26:12 jovanka apache[3336984]: ttvalidate Don't know chaining from motherwell to hongkongeast - PM to JAMS

I wonder if some browser plugin is interfering with the upload. Do you get the same problems if you use Edge or Chrome (or Safari, or anything other than Firefox!)
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Chaining Tool 21/01/2022 at 23:15 #143735
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184 posts 		I do not have Chrome, but I do have edge and both should be using the same engine. Edge gives me a completely blank screen as result. When I try to compare an Euston TT with a PBRO tt I do get a result, but all columns are empty.

I do have some plugins in FF, but the result did not change when I disabled them all. I've also lowered all security settings, but this did not change anything.

Has anyone else tried the tool lately? Am I the only one with problems? Could it be a language settings problem? We use dots and commas in numbers differently when the language is set to dutch in windows. I mean 1.000 vs 1,000. In the past some software did brake on my machine because of that. But I assume all parsing of the files is done on the server, so that should not matter shouldn't it?
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Chaining Tool 21/01/2022 at 23:18 #143736
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4869 posts 		broodje in post 143735 said:
I do not have Chrome, but I do have edge and both should be using the same engine. Edge gives me a completely blank screen as result. When I try to compare an Euston TT with a PBRO tt I do get a result, but all columns are empty.

I do have some plugins in FF, but the result did not change when I disabled them all. I've also lowered all security settings, but this did not change anything.

Has anyone else tried the tool lately? Am I the only one with problems? Could it be a language settings problem? We use dots and commas in numbers differently when the language is set to dutch in windows. I mean 1.000 vs 1,000. In the past some software did brake on my machine because of that. But I assume all parsing of the files is done on the server, so that should not matter shouldn't it?
I used it recently on Chrome and never got a result returned, just a blank white screen.
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Chaining Tool 22/01/2022 at 00:42 #143741
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56 posts 		headshot119 in post 143736 said:
broodje in post 143735 said:
I do not have Chrome, but I do have edge and both should be using the same engine. Edge gives me a completely blank screen as result. When I try to compare an Euston TT with a PBRO tt I do get a result, but all columns are empty.

I do have some plugins in FF, but the result did not change when I disabled them all. I've also lowered all security settings, but this did not change anything.

Has anyone else tried the tool lately? Am I the only one with problems? Could it be a language settings problem? We use dots and commas in numbers differently when the language is set to dutch in windows. I mean 1.000 vs 1,000. In the past some software did brake on my machine because of that. But I assume all parsing of the files is done on the server, so that should not matter shouldn't it?
I used it recently on Chrome and never got a result returned, just a blank white screen.
I also used it recently on Chrome and got the same thing as above
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Chaining Tool 22/01/2022 at 21:37 #143764
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Online 		It's client-rendered XML, can take a couple of minutes to load.
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Chaining Tool 23/02/2022 at 19:14 #145333
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Online 		The tool is updated with Crewe and North Kent with the diagram updated.
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Last edited: 23/02/2022 at 19:21 by headshot119
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Chaining Tool 24/02/2022 at 10:14 #145357
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161 posts 		Hi Jamie,
I'm trying to run your chaining tool with several Mids TTs that I'm doing, but getting a blank screen after selecting the two timetables.
Iv'e tried various combinations using Rugby Centre, Rugby North and Coventry but not getting any results.
Iv'e not had any probs in the past when using it

Can you help please ?

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Chaining Tool 24/02/2022 at 15:29 #145371
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Online 		You might need to wait bout 3 minutes for the results to appear, depending on the speed of your PC which has to render the data from XML on your browser.
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Chaining Tool 24/02/2022 at 16:27 #145378
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161 posts 		Ok cheers Jamie. I did wait a few minutes after reading your earlier posting, but nothing happened.
I'll give it another shot later on tho.

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Chaining Tool 24/02/2022 at 17:02 #145381
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101 posts 		I have not had luck using the chaining tool lately. Figured it was something on my end.
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Chaining Tool 24/02/2022 at 21:43 #145384
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Online 		Hi all,

I'm not sure why some of you are getting blank screens, I suspect some plugin or anti-virus software is blocking XML rendering.

I'm working on fixing this with an asynchronous back-end renderer, should improve things. Experimental Version
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Chaining Tool 25/02/2022 at 12:36 #145393
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161 posts 		Hi Jamie,
that experimental version has worked fine this morning, thanks.

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Chaining Tool 25/02/2022 at 18:42 #145400
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101 posts 		Oh my goodness, the experimental version worked literally instantly. Thank you much. Development rages on....
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Chaining Tool 24/05/2022 at 19:23 #146592
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Online 		A couple of minor code improvements have been applied:
- In the chaining tool, timing mismatches greater than 1 minute are flagged with their difference, useful for spotting typos in entry times.
- In the timetable printing tool, all activities are now correctly displayed (e.g. Crew Change, Detach Engine) and related trains show their UID as well as TRN.

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Chaining Tool 21/11/2022 at 22:43 #148891
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Online 		The accompanying diagram has now been updated with data for the sims revealed at the meet. Thanks to Karl for the new data to feed into the tool
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Chaining Tool 22/11/2022 at 15:50 #148893
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Online 		The TT Printing Tool and the Chaining Tool now display the flags relating to their speed classes, where set, in the Properties column.
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Chaining Tool 31/12/2022 at 13:00 #149815
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Online 		Further to the above, dwell times are now printed (where set) in the train properties columns on both tools.

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