ljArchive, an open source LiveJournal archive tool's Journal

Monday, April 15th, 2013

Subject:	Please help. Can't syn LjArchive 0.9.7
Posted by:	rilliyah.
Time:	10:46 am.

ljArchive Error: System.Xml.XmlException: '\' is an unexpected token. The expected token is '"' or '''. Line 38, position 379.
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.ParseAttributes()
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()

What can I do with this?

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Saturday, January 5th, 2013

Subject:	Exceptions on comment sync
Posted by:	cy6jiumamop.
Time:	11:00 pm.

Hello everybody!
I've just installed 0.9.7 sourceforge edition, it sync posts but throws exception on comment sync:

I'm think about encoding problems with russian or something.

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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

Subject:	Another massive error message
Posted by:	kayshapero.
Time:	11:37 pm.

Downloaded the latest ljarchive program, ran it, right in the middle of the comment index loading it came out with this monstrosity:

System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
   at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Net.ConnectStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributeValueSlow(Int32 curPos, Char quoteChar, NodeData attr)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributes()
   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()

Wondering if the host decided it was taking too long and blew up or something. Personally I would LIKE to be able to archive my LJ; I do have older backups, maybe it could be set to a more recent string or something?

I see a lot of posts like this. I see no indication whatsoever that anybody knows what to do about them, intends to do anything about them, or has done anything about them. Do any of the folks involved with the construction of this program read this community?

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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

Subject:	A problem, while creating an archive.
Posted by:	hroft_clone3.
Time:	10:43 am.

I wanted to create an archive. While I was creating an archive, I've received the following error while downloading entries. 600 entries of 699 were downloaded, and I've received this message/

[An error text here]

ljArchive Error: System.ArgumentException: Cannot remove the specified item because it was not found in the specified Collection.
at System.Collections.CollectionBase.System.Collections.IList.Remove(Object value)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Collections.SyncItemCollection.RemoveDownloaded(Event[] events)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.GetEvents(OptionsRow or, ILJServer iLJ, SyncItemCollection& sic, SyncItemCollection& deletedsic, EventCollection& ec)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ThreadStart()

No archive was created.

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Saturday, November 24th, 2012

Subject:	Problem trying to create an archive
Posted by:	tigerofsiberia.
Time:	1:12 pm.

Hi,

Tried to create an archive of my livejournal using v. 0.9.7, but got the following error stack:

My system: Windows XP SP3, I have .NET frameworks installed: 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0.

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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Subject:	Problem with ljArchive
Posted by:	erming.
Time:	3:46 pm.

Hi,

I get the sync items saying things like Downloaging syc items 12000 of 5845... and keep going.

Any ideas how I can get it to download the archive successfully?

Ian

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Saturday, September 1st, 2012

Subject:	Exporting
Posted by:	dahliablue.
Time:	2:23 pm.

I recently installed the updated version of LJ Archive (thank you, btw!) and it works like a charm. Now I have a question about exporting. I'm a little confused about the best way to export to keep for offline use. Ideally, I'd like to print out my journal to keep, but I don't know the best way to do this.

Thanks for any help!

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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Subject:	A Question About Deletion
Posted by:	the_zero_kid.
Time:	5:56 pm.

Hey, I joined this community to ask a question and the question is this: If I were too delete my Livejournal, would the ljArchive program still keep/archive/save my entries? In other words, will my old LJ still be archived if there is no longer a journal on livejournal.com to sync from? I'd like to keep them on my computer through the program but I'm unsure what deletion would do. I had planned on using ljArchive to keep all my old entries on my hard drive, and then deleting my LJ from the internet and starting fresh, with a new blog. I couldn't find the answer to this anywhere, so I turn to you. Thanks in advance for any answers you can provide.

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Saturday, July 7th, 2012

Subject:	ljArchive FIXED! Comments Now Archive
Posted by:	alobar.
Time:	3:09 pm.

       It works! IT WORKS!

       I never would have discovered this fix if it were not for a locked post on a new friend's LJ.

       Pass on the link!

http://syredronning.livejournal.com/1530901.html

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Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Subject:	LJArchive Fix
Posted by:	bandicoot.
Time:	5:20 pm.

http://syredronning.livejournal.com/1530901.html has a link to a fixed version of LJArchive. I've run it and it now works fine, both syncing entires and comments.

If you download it, be sure to thank the journal owner

syredronning, who paid a coder to fix it.

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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Subject:	Anything?
Posted by:	mossytangle.
Time:	11:27 am.

Has there been any progress getting LJArchive running again?

Not having my LJ backed up is really freaking me out.

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Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Subject:	A plan?
Posted by:	sarahs_muse.
Time:	6:02 pm.

I'm getting this error:

ljArchive Error: System.Xml.XmlException: '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line 108, position 99.
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.ParseAttributeValueSlow(Int32 curPos, Char quoteChar, NodeData attr)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributes()
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()

I've thought about this... the data's there... it's just the XML parser throwing a tantrum.

Why not amend the data coming in, so that it's stored as text, rather than in an XML parsing object? Problem solved then!

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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Subject:	Problem's being worked on
Posted by:	schnee.
Time:	12:13 pm.

Just as a heads-up: coffeechica just said (in a comment on a post in lj_releases) that the ljArchive problems are being worked on:

We have an engineer assigned to this, and we think we know where it's going wrong (it only happens when comments are exported, so it's something in a comment). Yes, it's the same problem as what's affecting Wordpress and Dreamwidth import plugins. Unfortunately I don't have any information beyond that. I'm sorry, I wish I did. I use ljarchive too for my backups & searching and it's really frustrating not to have it.

So there's hope yet! :)

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Friday, September 16th, 2011

Subject:	My new Windows 7 computer won't run LJ Archive
Posted by:	fuzzbearmark.
Time:	4:53 pm.

I have tried three times to download LJ Archive for my new Windows 7 computer and it simply will not work - repeatedly get a Sync Error.

Sad - I used it ALL THE TIME on my previous computer. Any suggestions? Thanks

--Fuzz

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Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Subject:	Just my postmenopausal 2-1/2 cents worth of frustration
Posted by:	eppylover.
Time:	1:35 am.
Mood:	At the end of my dubious wits.

Yeah, it's been refusing for weeks to download the comments. Almost enough to make me avoid LiveJournal altogether. What's the point if they won't cooperate with the best LJ archiving utility ever created (even though it's unmanned/unsupported right now)?

Just from yesterday:

Error message #1 was ~

ljArchive Error: System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transp=
ort connection. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connec=
tion was forcibly closed by the remote host
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.BeginReceive(Byte[] buffer=2C Int32 offset=
=2C Int32 size=2C SocketFlags socketFlags=2C AsyncCallback callback=2C Obje=
ct state)
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.BeginRead(Byte[] buffer=2C Int32 off=
set=2C Int32 size=2C AsyncCallback callback=2C Object state)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.BeginRead(Byte[] buffer=2C Int32 off=
set=2C Int32 size=2C AsyncCallback callback=2C Object state)
at System.Net.Connection.BeginRead(Byte[] buffer=2C Int32 offset=2C Int3=
2 size=2C AsyncCallback callback=2C Object state)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.InternalBeginRead(Int32 bytesToRead=2C Neste=
dSingleAsyncResult castedAsyncResult=2C Boolean fromCallback)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.BeginReadWithoutValidation(Byte[] buffer=2C =
Int32 offset=2C Int32 size=2C AsyncCallback callback=2C Object state)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.BeginRead(Byte[] buffer=2C Int32 offset=2C I=
nt32 size=2C AsyncCallback callback=2C Object state)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.Read(Byte[] buffer=2C Int32 offset=2C Int32 =
size)
at System.Xml.XmlEntityStream.Read(Byte[] buffer=2C Int32 offset=2C Int3=
2 count)
at System.Xml.XmlStreamReader.Read(Byte[] data=2C Int32 offset=2C Int32 =
length)
at System.Xml.XmlScanner.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlScanner.ScanComment()
at System.Xml.XmlScanner.ScanDtdContent()
at System.Xml.Schema.DtdParser.ScanDtdContent()
at System.Xml.Schema.DtdParser.ParseDtdContent()
at System.Xml.Schema.DtdParser.ParseDocTypeDecl()
at System.Xml.Schema.DtdParser.Parse()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseDtd(XmlScanner scanner)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseTag()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseRoot()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ExportCommentsMeta(OptionsRow or=2C ILJServe=
r iLJ=2C SessionGenerateResponse sgr=2C Int32& serverMaxID=2C UserMapCollec=
tion umc)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ThreadStart()

About an hour or so later, I tried again.
Error message #2 was ~

ljArchive Error: System.Xml.XmlException: The 'img' start tag on line '113' does not match the end tag of 'A'. Line 113, position 67.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseTag()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseBeginTagExpandCharEntities()
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()

Just FYI.
I REALLLLY think LiveJournal oughta get a clue and make their coding LJ Archive-friendly ~~ don't you?

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Monday, September 12th, 2011

Subject:	Error...
Posted by:	toxic_bitch.
Time:	8:30 pm.

I keep on getting errors while trying to sync...

ljArchive Error: System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.BeginReceive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.BeginRead(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.BeginRead(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Net.Connection.BeginRead(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.InternalBeginRead(Int32 bytesToRead, NestedSingleAsyncResult castedAsyncResult, Boolean fromCallback)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.BeginReadWithoutValidation(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.BeginRead(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
at System.Xml.XmlStreamReader.Read(Byte[] data, Int32 offset, Int32 length)
at System.Xml.XmlScanner.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlScanner.ScanLiteral()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.SetLiteralValues(XmlAttributeTokenInfo fld)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.SetAttributeValues()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseElement()
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()

Any insight?

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Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Subject:	Image tag error?
Posted by:	kengr.
Time:	11:34 pm.

LJarchive started giving me this error a week or three back. At first I thought it might be because I'd flagged a comment as spam, but I'm still getting it, so that's unlikely...

ljArchive Error: System.Xml.XmlException: The 'img' start tag on line '105' does not match the end tag of 'A'. Line 105, position 67.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseTag()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseBeginTagExpandCharEntities()
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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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Posted by:	rheasilvia.
Time:	10:16 pm.

Hi everyone,

LJarchive has always worked great for me - until several weeks ago. Now, I keep getting this error message when it tries to sync:

System.Xml.XmlException: 'lj' ist ein undeklarierter Namespace. Zeile 106, Position 146.
at System.Xml.XmlNSAttributeTokenInfo.FixNames()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseElement()
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()

"ist ein undeklarierter Namespace. Zeile 106, Position 146" means
"is an undeclared namespace. Line 106, position 146"

Sometimes it crashes my Firefox, too. :-/

Does anyone have an idea what the prolem could be? I haven't changed anything about my system that I know of...

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Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Subject:	How come I can sync other accounts but not this one?
Posted by:	chaosphaere.
Time:	11:49 pm.

I maintain several accounts and communities. I am able to sync *all* of them... except for *this* one.

What is the problem?

This is my largest account - 10 years worth of material. I'd like to be able to back it up, because I plan to delete my account.

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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Subject:	synch stopped working
Posted by:	alobar.
Time:	5:54 am.

ljArchive worked fine for me up until April 8. Now it refuses to work. No idea if the problem arose because of a Windows update, or because LJ's problems with denial of service attacks. I can post to my LJ just fine. I can read my LJ just fine.

=======================================

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 XmlRpcProxy8185054d-b214-401b-b847-ac4a8a2335b4.Login(LoginParams )
   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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