ljArchive, an open source LiveJournal archive tool's Journal

Subject:	Syncing to a new archive file fails - "Downloading sync index" goes beyond indicated maximum
Posted by:	schnee.
Time:	11:55 pm.

Is anyone else having trouble syncing their journal to a new archive file (as opposed to updating an existing one), using

sharpc's v0.9.10? When I try to do this, the Downloading sync index message in the status bar goes (way) beyond the maximum specified — in my case, Downloading sync index - XXX of 15088, with XXX ever increasing (I stopped it at about 100000, reasoning that this was likely a malfunction).

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Subject:	Sync Error: The server is not responding
Posted by:	calzephyr77.
Time:	9:42 pm.

Hi group, the last time LJArchive synced for me was September 21. Here's the error message below. I have the comments box unchecked.

ljArchive Error: EF.ljArchive.Engine.ExpectedSyncException: An expected exception occurred: ServerNotResponding ---> System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. ---> System.IO.IOException: Received an unexpected EOF or 0 bytes from the transport stream.
at System.Net.FixedSizeReader.ReadPacket(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartReadFrame(Byte[] buffer, Int32 readBytes, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)
at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartReceiveBlob(Byte[] buffer, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)
at System.Net.Security.SslState.CheckCompletionBeforeNextReceive(ProtocolToken message, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)
at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartSendBlob(Byte[] incoming, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)
at System.Net.Security.SslState.ForceAuthentication(Boolean receiveFirst, Byte[] buffer, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)
at System.Net.Security.SslState.ProcessAuthentication(LazyAsyncResult lazyResult)
at System.Net.TlsStream.CallProcessAuthentication(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Net.TlsStream.ProcessAuthentication(LazyAsyncResult result)
at System.Net.TlsStream.Write(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
at System.Net.PooledStream.Write(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.WriteHeaders(Boolean async)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientProtocol.GetWebResponse(WebRequest request)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcClientProtocol.Invoke(Object clientObj, String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcClientProtocol.Invoke(String MethodName, Object[] Parameters)
at XmlRpcProxy7f2e236b-1e2e-4ec6-9f04-81cab9087dae.GetChallenge()
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.Login(OptionsRow or, ILJServer iLJ, LoginResponse& lr, String& communityPicURL)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ThreadStart()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

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Subject:	All icons on the entries set to default in the archive
Posted by:	matrixmann.
Time:	10:16 pm.

Hello to everyone who will read this here and which still lurk around on the platform!

I stumbled over something in LJArchive and want to ask if anyone experiences the same.

If using it for Livejournal (as it was originally intended), as of recently, it doesn't carry over the corresponding icons for an individual entry anymore.
It just puts the default one in place for all of them.

I can recognize it doing this because of my mirrored journal over at Dreamwidth where this behavior doesn't occur if I make an archive of it using the program LJArchive.

As of recently, if using DWs importer for Livejournal, you also see it setting the default icon for every entry you import and not the specific one you selected for the entry - so my guessing is that this change in behavior of LJArchive has to do with some code change in Livejournal itself, affecting the icon selection or setting (which one it will be for an entry), which all the known automated programs don't carry over as this function, which now rules the icon setting, wasn't implemented in them.

But, to be sure, I send the report of my perception into a round, just to see if somebody else pops up and experiences the same.
So that I know it isn't a quirk of just my computer.

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Subject:	Syncing with Dreamwidth
Posted by:	akkismos.
Time:	6:42 pm.

Hello everyone -

I was wondering if it's still possible to use LJArchive to back up entries on Dreamwidth? I used it successfully for this in 2012, but haven't used the app since then.

If it works for you, or if you're able to get it to work, please let me know what you did (on which version)! :)

Thank you~

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Subject:	Stuck downloading comments
Posted by:	bigkid.
Time:	1:36 pm.

Hi folks. I have the "updated" ljarchive where it fixes the error when it gets to downloading comments (which I had before) but now it just hangs at "Downloading Comments -- 1 of 5623..."

I'm using Windows 10, up to date. Just curious if its actually downloading all of them but not updating... or if it really is just hanging and if there is a fix. It's been like that for about 2.5 hours now. It seems to zip through the first part which I'm assuming is all the main entries.

Hoping there are still people around this community :)

Thank you.

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Subject:	Help!
Posted by:	sandrine.
Time:	12:10 pm.

I never had any issues with LJ archive before but I just installed it on a new computer running on Windows 10 and suddenly I'm getting this error message:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: A generic error occurred in GDI+..
bei System.Drawing.Graphics.CheckErrorStatus(Int32 status)
bei System.Drawing.Graphics.DrawString(String s, Font font, Brush brush, RectangleF layoutRectangle, StringFormat format)
bei EF.ljArchive.WindowsForms.Controls.DataGridTextViewColumn.Paint(Graphics g, Rectangle bounds, CurrencyManager source, Int32 rowNum, Brush backBrush, Brush foreBrush, Boolean alignToRight)
bei System.Windows.Forms.DataGridRelationshipRow.PaintCellContents(Graphics g, Rectangle cellBounds, DataGridColumnStyle column, Brush backBr, Brush foreBrush, Boolean alignToRight)
bei System.Windows.Forms.DataGridRow.PaintData(Graphics g, Rectangle bounds, Int32 firstVisibleColumn, Int32 columnCount, Boolean alignToRight)
bei System.Windows.Forms.DataGridRelationshipRow.Paint(Graphics g, Rectangle bounds, Rectangle trueRowBounds, Int32 firstVisibleColumn, Int32 numVisibleColumns, Boolean alignToRight)
bei System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.PaintRows(Graphics g, Rectangle& boundingRect)
bei System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.PaintGrid(Graphics g, Rectangle gridBounds)
bei System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pe)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEventArgs e, Int16 layer)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Does anyone have an idea what to do?

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Subject:	Help me archive before the purge
Posted by:	caestus.
Time:	3:29 pm.
Mood:	frustrated.

I can never get the archive software to complete. Any help O Fellow Archivists?

This is the error message I get:

ljArchive Error: EF.ljArchive.Engine.ExpectedSyncException: An expected exception occurred: ServerNotResponding ---> CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcIllFormedXmlException: Response from server does not contain valid XML. ---> System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed out.
at System.Net.ConnectStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
at System.IO.StreamReader.ReadBuffer(Char[] userBuffer, Int32 userOffset, Int32 desiredChars, Boolean& readToUserBuffer)
at System.IO.StreamReader.Read(Char[] buffer, Int32 index, Int32 count)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseQName(Boolean isQName, Int32 startOffset, Int32& colonPos)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElement()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(TextReader txtReader)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcSerializer.DeserializeResponse(TextReader trdr, Type returnType)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcSerializer.DeserializeResponse(TextReader trdr, Type returnType)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcSerializer.DeserializeResponse(Stream stm, Type returnType)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcClientProtocol.ReadResponse(XmlRpcRequest req, WebResponse webResp, Stream respStm, Type returnType)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcClientProtocol.Invoke(Object clientObj, String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcClientProtocol.Invoke(String MethodName, Object[] Parameters)
at XmlRpcProxybb724d5a-4882-4f0f-ab4a-8aff46286dd9.SyncItems(SyncItemsParams )
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.SyncItems(OptionsRow or, ILJServer iLJ, SyncItemCollection& sic, SyncItemCollection& deletedsic, DateTime& lastSync)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ThreadStart()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

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Subject:	comment icons?
Posted by:	avashida.
Time:	11:26 am.

I don't suppose there's any way for ljarchive to save the icons of comments?

I'm incredibly grateful to have just the comments themselves saved, but I just wondered.

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Subject:	Export to PDF?
Posted by:	6cubed.
Time:	4:58 pm.

I'm new to this and haven't been able to find an answer... is there a way to export to PDF? I'm using version 0.9.7 thanks!

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Subject:	Trojan??
Posted by:	canadanne.
Time:	12:00 am.
Mood:	worried.

I've been using ljArchive with no problems for ages, but while I was downloading some entries just now, my antivirus popped up with this message:

Application performing dangerous activity characteristic of malware

Application performing dangerous activity characteristic of malware

What the hell?? Has anyone else had this? I don't know if it's a false positive and I should just ignore it, or if the program has somehow become infected, or if it was a Trojan all along and Kaspersky has only just identified it as such. 8/

I really like ljArchive and don't want to lose it! (Especially if there's any truth to the rumours about LJ being in trouble - this is my only backup.)

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Subject:	Trying LJArchive and getting an Error every time...
Posted by:	diadexxus.
Time:	10:05 pm.

Hello, not sure if anyone reads this LJ anymore but I really would like to backup my LJ.
I am getting this error every time.
Help
-J

System.Xml.XmlException: 'doctype' is an unexpected token. The expected token is 'DOCTYPE'. Line 1, position 3.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowUnexpectedToken(String expectedToken1, String expectedToken2)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDoctypeDecl()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()

OMG THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! It looks like this link WORKS and fixes the bug!!!
http://www.memory-prime.de/lja/ljarchive_setup.zip

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Subject:	My friends, i deside a pay money freelancer, which repair ljarchive.
Posted by:	fixin.
Time:	10:17 pm.

wait a week, it will be work soon! -)

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Subject:	Can't download comments
Posted by:	ffutures.
Time:	1:19 am.

For some time now I've been unable to download comments to messages posted after 10/24/2012.

When I try to sync the messages download, but the comments don't, and I get an error message saying that the server doesn't allow comments to be downloaded. The details are as follows:

ljArchive Error: EF.ljArchive.Engine.ExpectedSyncException: An expected exception occurred: ExportCommentsNotSupported ---> System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (502) Bad Gateway.
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ExportCommentsBody(OptionsRow or, ILJServer iLJ, SessionGenerateResponse sgr, Int32 serverMaxID, Int32 localMaxID, CommentCollection cc)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ThreadStart()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

I thought that this was a problem with Livejournal, but I'm told that the software is working for others. As far as I know I have the latest version, the one that was hacked after official development stopped.

I've tried renaming the archive and starting again, but that just got me the same result - all messages downloaded, but comments stopped in 2012.

Anyone know what's wrong?

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Subject:	ljarchive is broken/wontfix, right?
Posted by:	springheel_jack.
Time:	11:24 pm.

LJArchive seems to have been crippled since the last LJ API update and there's no sign it's being maintained or that maintainers are even paying attention to this comm, right? I should consider it permanently dead?

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Subject:	Sync Error
Posted by:	losthemlock.
Time:	6:56 pm.

Hi!

I just downloaded LJ Archive after I started getting the cold sweats about losing my old journal entries. I haven't tried to do this for a few years, so I really like the look of the new program!

My only concern is that I get the following sync error, which stops me from downloading anything. It looks like I could successfully download when I deselected "comments," so I guess it's a comment problem, but I'd like to download comments if I can.

Any help?

ljArchive Error: System.Xml.XmlException: Name cannot begin with the '1' character, hexadecimal value 0x31. Line 49, position 12.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Int32 pos, String res, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseQName(Boolean isQName, Int32 startOffset, Int32& colonPos)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElement()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ExportCommentsMeta(OptionsRow or, ILJServer iLJ, SessionGenerateResponse sgr, Int32& serverMaxID, UserMapCollection umc)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ThreadStart()

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Subject:	Newest Download for LJ Archive
Posted by:	fuzzbearmark.
Time:	8:21 am.

Can someone recommend the latest version of the LJ Archive - and a link to download?

My Norton indicated that my program was infected and recommended that I remove it.

Thanks for your help.
--Mark

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Subject:	Server not responding
Posted by:	china_shop.
Time:	9:48 am.

I'm consistently getting a "The server is not responding. Please try again later." error message when I try to sync.

Tried re-installing, but it didn't help. Anyone?

ETA:
1. I'm using the version from http://www.memory-prime.de/lja/ljarchive_setup.zip
2. It actually stopped syncing on April 1 (suspicious date!), but I kept thinking it would come right, so I didn't do anything about it till now.

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Subject:	exception, apparently while importing comments
Posted by:	steve98052.
Time:	5:47 pm.

Judging from the timing of this error message, it's happening while trying to import comments, but I haven't dug into the code on Sourceforge.

Is there a good work-around for this?

Edit: put code behind lj-cut.

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Subject:	Problem connecting
Posted by:	tearsarevain.
Time:	9:21 am.

Hi, I mostly use InsaneJournal these days, but they moved servers a few weeks ago and ever since then I've found that LJArchive isn't able to connect to IJ to back up my journal. I've tried creating a new archive file but it still doesn't work. Am I being really stupid, or is there a way around this? I'm using version 0.9.7 which seems to be the latest version. This is the error message that comes up when I open LJArchive:

CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcFaultException: Server returned a fault (Client): Failed to access class (LJ::XMLRPC): Can't locate LJ/XMLRPC.pm in @INC (@INC contains: CODE(0x7746510) /home/lj/cgi-bin /home/lj/Inline/lib /home/lj/src/s2 CODE(0x2156d88) /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl . /usr/local/apache/ /usr/local/apache/lib/perl) at (eval 1583)[/usr/share/perl5/SOAP/Lite.pm:2744] line 2.

at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcSerializer.DeserializeResponse(TextReader trdr, Type returnType)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcSerializer.DeserializeResponse(Stream stm, Type returnType)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcClientProtocol.ReadResponse(XmlRpcRequest req, WebResponse webResp, Stream respStm, Type returnType)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcClientProtocol.Invoke(Object clientObj, String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at CookComputing.XmlRpc.XmlRpcClientProtocol.Invoke(String MethodName, Object[] Parameters)
at XmlRpcProxy908c1190-4d24-48e0-9f84-b8c56e78a19f.GetChallenge()
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.Login(OptionsRow or, ILJServer iLJ, LoginResponse& lr, String& communityPicURL)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ThreadStart()

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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