Topic: That's SO beta! / Not sure what to expect with My JBidwatcher

What the status on My JBidwatcher. I have an account but have several old items in current and I’m not seeing a great deal of synchrinization for 2.1.6.

Topic: That's SO beta! / Not sure what to expect with My JBidwatcher

I created a My JBidwatcher account, received the activation code, and successfully (it appears) connected according to the Preferences settings. I have one Snipe session currently running. However, when I go to the My JBidwatcher site, all I see is a single screen titled “current Auctions” but no other information or listing. What should I expect to see in the “current Auctions” window?

Topic: That's SO beta! / pre8 exe doesn't seem to be signed

Greetings,
A code signing certificate costs around $199/year or more, unfortunately. Nothing has changed in JBidwatcher’s method of making an executable, though, so something may have changed in your Windows setup.

— Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!

Topic: That's SO beta! / pre8 exe doesn't seem to be signed

I load JBidwatcher on startup in the startup folder; indeed, this is the technique recommended in the FAQ.

Upon upgrading to pre8 I have found that Windows now complains that the exe isn’t signed and I have to manually confirm startup. I’m sure I didn’t have to do this in past versions…

Topic: That's SO beta! / 2 issues in JBidwatcher (2.1pre7-8-g61363f2)

We have a winner! I tried disabling MyJbidwatcher by editing the configuration file and now 2.1pre8 runs normally. Thank you, Budney! I kind of suspected that this was due to some obscure difference in my configuration or in how I use JBidwatcher since evidently not everyone is having this problem.

I played around with MyJbidwatcher a little about 6 months ago but never got it working properly. So maybe my particular non-functional setup is partly to blame.

Topic: That's SO beta! / 2 issues in JBidwatcher (2.1pre7-8-g61363f2)

Update: now I’m fairly convinced that it was caused by “My JBidwatcher.” I tried turning it off many times in the preferences and it would be right back on after restarting… but after editing the config file directly and deleting my username and password, performance has been solid for the last 18 hours.

Topic: That's SO beta! / 2 issues in JBidwatcher (2.1pre7-8-g61363f2)

I’m seeing this slowness, and it’s driving me nuts because I’m using JBidwatcher to buy diabetic care supplies, and it keeps missing auctions because it’s so dog slow.

Here’s how I observed the problem. First, I created a new tab and called it “Test Strips.” Then I created a search, updated hourly, for “aviva strips,” that put the results on that tab. I enabled the setting to remember deleted auctions. So every hour, more auctions appear on the tab for test strips for my Accu-Check Aviva. I look them over, delete the ones I don’t want, and set a snipe amount for the rest. It didn’t take long before this incredibly awful performance started showing itself. Killing and restarting helps, but you have to do that once an hour, which defeats the entire purpose of running JBidwatcher.

I’m using 2.1-pre8 on a Macbook.

Topic: That's SO beta! / pre8 eating memory, maxing out computer

Hi there,

using 2.1pre8 with “Sun Microsystems Inc. Java, version 1.6.0_20 on Windows XP”:

After starting up JBidwatcher, it is loading the auctions fine, but then it maxes out the computer for about one minute, quickly eating up over 500MB of memory, although there are only maybe 100 auctions in total. Since the computer is a bit old, JBidwatcher is not really usable. In the error.log, I found this:

Sun Jun 27 12:20:32 CEST 2010: setServer: 0.0 × 93(0)
Sun Jun 27 12:20:32 CEST 2010: addEntry: 8.913978494623656 × 93(829)
Sun Jun 27 12:20:32 CEST 2010: findAll: 94.0 × 1(94)
Sun Jun 27 12:20:32 CEST 2010: getAuction: 3.5161290322580645 × 93(327)
Sun Jun 27 12:20:32 CEST 2010: addEntry-current: 25.642857142857142 × 14(359)
Sun Jun 27 12:20:32 CEST 2010: addEntry-My eBay: 3.7721518987341773 × 79(298)
Sun Jun 27 12:20:32 CEST 2010: counts: 94.0 × 1(94)
Sun Jun 27 12:20:32 CEST 2010: Last 10 from addEntry: 0, 16, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Sun Jun 27 12:20:36 CEST 2010: Time delta with ebay.com is -1718
Sun Jun 27 12:20:36 CEST 2010: Getting the sign in cookie for ebay.com
Sun Jun 27 12:20:36 CEST 2010: Time delta with ebay.co.uk is -1507
Sun Jun 27 12:20:39 CEST 2010: Done getting the sign in cookie for ebay.com
Sun Jun 27 12:20:39 CEST 2010: Getting the sign in cookie for ebay.co.uk
Sun Jun 27 12:20:41 CEST 2010: There was a problem parsing the title.
Sun Jun 27 12:20:41 CEST 2010: Done getting the sign in cookie for ebay.co.uk
Sun Jun 27 12:21:54 CEST 2010: Serious error, consider dying.
Java heap space
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at java.util.HashMap.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.HashMap.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.LinkedHashMap.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.util.resources.TimeZoneNamesBundle.createMap(Unknown Source)
at sun.util.resources.OpenListResourceBundle.loadLookup(Unknown Source)
at sun.util.resources.OpenListResourceBundle.loadLookupTablesIfNecessary(Unknown Source)
at sun.util.resources.OpenListResourceBundle.handleGetObject(Unknown Source)
at sun.util.resources.TimeZoneNamesBundle.handleGetObject(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getStringArray(Unknown Source)
at sun.util.TimeZoneNameUtility.retrieveDisplayNames(Unknown Source)
at sun.util.TimeZoneNameUtility.retrieveDisplayNames(Unknown Source)
at java.util.TimeZone.getDisplayNames(Unknown Source)
at java.util.TimeZone.getDisplayName(Unknown Source)
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.subFormat(Unknown Source)
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.format(Unknown Source)
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.format(Unknown Source)
at java.text.DateFormat.format(Unknown Source)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.server.ebay.ebayServer.getTime(ebayServer.java:688)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.server.AuctionServerManager.getDefaultServerTime(AuctionServerManager.java:300)
at com.jbidwatcher.app.UIBackbone.checkClock(UIBackbone.java:412)
at com.jbidwatcher.app.UIBackbone$1.check(UIBackbone.java:50)
at com.jbidwatcher.util.queue.TimerHandler.run(TimerHandler.java:62)
Sun Jun 27 12:21:54 CEST 2010: Serious error, consider dying.
Java heap space
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at sun.text.resources.FormatData.getContents(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ListResourceBundle.loadLookup(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ListResourceBundle.handleGetObject(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getStringArray(Unknown Source)
at java.text.DateFormatSymbols.initializeData(Unknown Source)
at java.text.DateFormatSymbols.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.text.DateFormatSymbols.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.jbidwatcher.util.HashBacked.<init>(HashBacked.java:23)
at com.jbidwatcher.util.HashBacked.<init>(HashBacked.java:30)
at com.jbidwatcher.util.db.ActiveRecord.<init>(ActiveRecord.java:16)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.event.EventStatus.<init>(EventStatus.java:31)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor57.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at com.jbidwatcher.util.db.ActiveRecord.convertResultsToList(ActiveRecord.java:160)
at com.jbidwatcher.util.db.ActiveRecord.findAllBy(ActiveRecord.java:145)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.event.EventStatus.findAllByEntry(EventStatus.java:88)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.event.EventLogger.<init>(EventLogger.java:116)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.AuctionEntry.getEvents(AuctionEntry.java:820)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.AuctionEntry.setLastStatus(AuctionEntry.java:787)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.AuctionEntry.logError(AuctionEntry.java:53)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.server.AuctionServer.checkLogError(AuctionServer.java:357)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.server.AuctionServer.doParse(AuctionServer.java:322)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.server.AuctionServer.loadAuction(AuctionServer.java:219)
at com.jbidwatcher.auction.server.AuctionServer.reload(AuctionServer.java:189)

(BTW, in the configuration I’ve set “ebay.de”, but it seems to be using ebay.co.uk?)

Regards,
David

Topic: That's SO beta! / Selection Error in pre8

Hi,

I just installed 2.1pre8 and found a nasty bug.
If you made a selection of auctions on a tab (like my ebay) and continue to do something on this selection (like multisnipe) and the underlying list in the tab changes (like when an auction ends and is moved to the complete tab) the selection stays at the same positions as before which almost alway leads to the action being perfomed on the wrong items.

This also happens when you refresh the viewed items from myebay and some new get added. They are added at the bottom of the list regardless of the sorting of the table and only after all are updated get sorted in the right order. As the GUI is not locked during retrieval you can make a selection during the fetch of the data and start to create a multisnipe (even on the newly added auctions) and when the sorting finally kicks in before you finish the creation of the multisnipe and the newly added auctions do not stay at the end of the list you again make a multisnipe on the wrong items.

As you are using Java I guess you use a JTable and the function jTable.getSelectedRows() to get the selection and the convert function for the indexes to the underlying List of auctions.
I guess you either
a) only store the jTable.getSelectedRows() and not the converted list of indexes the the underlying auctionlist and when adding the new auctions the mapping (and the output of jTable.getSelectedRows()) changes and you multisnipe the wrong auctions or
b) you sort the underlying datastructure and not the jTable which might lead to the same problem.

Topic: That's SO beta! / 2 issues in JBidwatcher (2.1pre7-8-g61363f2)

Has anybody else noticed that pre7 and pre8 seems to be really, really slow? It starts out being pretty responsive to UI interactions like changes in the tab, entering new auctions, etc. but then it just gets slower & slower. After a couple of hours it takes >5 seconds to respond to a click on the scrollbar. I haven’t tried sniping with this version yet so I don’t know how much the slowdown will affect that. I had a large number of expired auctions and since the loading of finished auctions never completed I suspected that that was the cause but I deleted a large number of those and it is still slow even tho now it completes.

I’m using the Windows executable and Java 1.6.0.70.

Topic: That's SO beta! / Is this a bug?

Greetings,
It might be a bug; upgrade to 2.1pre8 (make sure by looking in the ‘About’ dialog), update the auction (right-click or ctrl-click on it, and select ‘Update’), and see if it shows up right.

If not, it’d be useful to know what it shows.

— Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!

Topic: That's SO beta! / Pre7 working well thus far

Greetings,
The API is reasonably stable; you might like the fact that there’s a Multicast DNS service I’ve built into it recently. If you have the internal web server enabled, it can advertise itself as a service using Bonjour. I’ve even written an iPhone app that uses it to let me pull up all my current items wirelessly, as long as I’m on the same network as it.

There are two lines that are commented out in 2.1pre8 that enable that feature; I’m hoping to uncomment them out during the 2.1 final release. :)

— Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!

Topic: That's SO beta! / JBidWatcher 2.1pre7 Shows 0 Watched Items

Greetings,
Yeah, this should be resolved in the most recent version (2.1pre8 at this time).

— Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!

Topic: That's SO beta! / 2 issues in JBidwatcher (2.1pre7-8-g61363f2)

Greetings,
@Liam – This should be fixed in the most recent version (2.1pre8 at this time).

— Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!

Topic: That's SO beta! / Can't do text or URL load search in v2.1pre7 windows

Greetings,
For most people 2.1pre8 has resolved the My eBay and search issues. Can you check your logs and tell me what kind of messages are popping up when you try to do a URL load or text search?

— Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!

Topic: That's SO beta! / Can't do text or URL load search in v2.1pre7 windows

I’m seeing the same thing with 2.1pre8 that was just released a few days ago. It’s been that way (for me) since 2.1pre6 came out! :(

How does the rest of the jbidwatcher world get auction lists to load?!

Topic: That's SO beta! / Is this a bug?

Hi Morgan
I’m using 2.1pre7 and I’ve just successfuly sniped an auction at the minimum bid, however the auction is not showing any indication of having been won. Is this a bug or have I something setup incorrectly?

Topic: That's SO beta! / JBidWatcher 2.1pre7 Shows 0 Watched Items

works with JBidwatcher (2.1pre8-0-g1a6aac8)

sorry found it to late ….

Topic: That's SO beta! / JBidWatcher 2.1pre7 Shows 0 Watched Items

same here, no items!
latest JBidwatcher (2.1pre7-29-g519c99a) run on Mac OSX 10.5.8 Jar Laucher 12.6
ebay = ebay.de

1. -— snipp -—
   Mon Jun 07 19:53:31 CEST 2010: Done getting the sign in cookie for ebay.com
   Mon Jun 07 19:53:31 CEST 2010: Getting the sign in cookie for ebay.co.uk
   Mon Jun 07 19:53:33 CEST 2010: Time delta with ebay.com is 8804
   Mon Jun 07 19:53:34 CEST 2010: Time delta with ebay.co.uk is -991
   Mon Jun 07 19:53:34 CEST 2010: Done getting the sign in cookie for ebay.co.uk
   Mon Jun 07 19:53:57 CEST 2010: Loading page 1 of My eBay for user xxxxxx
   Mon Jun 07 19:53:57 CEST 2010: URL: http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyEbayBeta&…
   Mon Jun 07 19:54:03 CEST 2010: Bad input tag (ignoring): button id=“EditButton_9524” class=“sfbtn” onclick=“return vjo.dsf.EventDispatcher.run(this,event,‘click’)”
   Mon Jun 07 19:54:03 CEST 2010: Loading page: http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyEbayBeta&…
   Mon Jun 07 19:54:04 CEST 2010: No items on page!

Topic: That's SO beta! / Can't do text or URL load search in v2.1pre7 windows

I’m seeing the same thing on v2.1pre7-29-g519c99a using Mac OS X 10.5.8.

Topic: That's SO beta! / Can't do text or URL load search in v2.1pre7 windows

I’m trying to do text or URL load searches tonight and it is giving me no new results even though it has returned NO results.

EDIT: Topic should read CAN’T.

Topic: That's SO beta! / 2 issues in JBidwatcher (2.1pre7-8-g61363f2)

Hi Morgan – I downloaded from the link above, and am running JBidwatcher (2.1pre7-29-g519c99a) . Auction 190400691880 is showing in JBidwatcher as a Buy it Now, and not as an auction.

Cheers, Liam

Topic: That's SO beta! / JBidWatcher 2.1pre7 Shows 0 Watched Items

i’m having issues, too. previously (2.1pre6) my ebay items sync’d fine, now they won’t sync completely (only one of 5 or so was actually added to the “my ebay” list in jbw) and thus i had to manually add them. next time i started jbw they were transferred to the “finished” items even though they’re still going auctions. i’ve kept my jbw DB for years now and i’d hate to reset it because it contains a lot of information about past prices, so deleting the DB files is not really an option for me…

Topic: That's SO beta! / Pre7 working well thus far

Multi-snipe seems to work now

Topic: That's SO beta! / Pre7 working well thus far

Three cheers for Morgan! Pre7 fixes a few bugs I’ve mentioned.

If the API is stable enough, I may even write a native Mac interface for it.