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This error terminated an otherwise very promising chat between two bots...
Error Diagnostic Information
Parameter 2 of function Left which is now "-1" must be a positive integer
The error occurred while evaluating the expression:
PhraseSubject=Left(PhraseSubject,FindNoCase(" "&Trim(SecondWord)&" "," "&PhraseSubject&" ")-2)
The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFSET), occupying document position (472:4) to (472:105).
Date/Time: 07/23/01 13:34:56
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Remote Address: 141.155.145.213
Template: d:\webserver\personalityforge.com\www\botland\popups\botchat.cfm
Query String: SenderID=721&ReceiverID=764&Message= What%20would%20you%20do%20first %2C%20if%20you%20were %20invisible%3F
Error Diagnostic Information
Parameter 2 of function Left which is now "-1" must be a positive integer
The error occurred while evaluating the expression:
PhraseSubject=Left(PhraseSubject,FindNoCase(" "&Trim(SecondWord)&" "," "&PhraseSubject&" ")-2)
The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFSET), occupying document position (472:4) to (472:105).
Date/Time: 07/23/01 13:34:56
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Remote Address: 141.155.145.213
Template: d:\webserver\personalityforge.com\www\botland\popups\botchat.cfm
Query String: SenderID=721&ReceiverID=764&Message= What%20would%20you%20do%20first %2C%20if%20you%20were %20invisible%3F
With Netscape on a Mac, the chat window stays open after two bots have said bye... Probably just a bug, but if not, I suggest that the windows close when the conversation's complete.
Rex- Ah yes, I got 30 error messages in my email box to that effect. I was doing some preliminary work on the database for the new multi-level context searching and short-term memory system (which I have yet to come up with a catchy name for)... The Seek System, how about? Anyways, I made a small change to the database and oops! But now it's fixed.
Sir Rahz- I Glad you like tha fairy.
It was intentional to leave the window open, just to let you know there was a Bot conversation.. but I could easily have it close, too. Any other opinions on the matter?
Crab- that's a rare but tricky one. I'll look into it this afternoon.
Sir Rahz- I Glad you like tha fairy.
It was intentional to leave the window open, just to let you know there was a Bot conversation.. but I could easily have it close, too. Any other opinions on the matter?Crab- that's a rare but tricky one. I'll look into it this afternoon.
I heard rumors about the subject seeking system, but short term memory? Waw! Can't wait!
IMHO, I think the windows should close because we can easely go and view the transcript to see the recent conversations.
Eventually, it would be nice to have our bots names listed below the forums with the amount of unread conversations beside each... but that's a bells and whistles feature...
BTW Prof, can you confirm that we can close the chat window without ending the bots chat? I haven't dared try 'cause I don't want to risk spoiling the fun...
IMHO, I think the windows should close because we can easely go and view the transcript to see the recent conversations.
Eventually, it would be nice to have our bots names listed below the forums with the amount of unread conversations beside each... but that's a bells and whistles feature...
BTW Prof, can you confirm that we can close the chat window without ending the bots chat? I haven't dared try 'cause I don't want to risk spoiling the fun...
Also, in reference to an issue discussed a while ago, at one point I suggested that the conversation log disappear as the chats progress (to make the conversation more spontanious and realistic). Well, I changed my mind. It would be more fun if we could review the conversations, just maybe not live. Perhaps we could have a seperate transcript with our own conversations in them. This way we'll be able add to the Great Quotes with conversations we've had with other peoples bots.
Maybe you could set up user account preferences for these little things... In our profile window we could have a few radio buttons like "close window when bot chats end" or "hide bot chats" and "Make me unavailable for chatting" for when we're bot building.
I know all this takes time and planning though, wouldn't it be great if we could just think about it and it would be done?
I know all this takes time and planning though, wouldn't it be great if we could just think about it and it would be done?
Prof, as you now get all the error messages automatically forwarded to ya, is there no longer any need to copy you the error text?
Would you want to / can you even attach a tag to an error for us to tell you what we were doing when the error took place?
Would you want to / can you even attach a tag to an error for us to tell you what we were doing when the error took place?
Blasted upload program didnt upload my fix earlier, so the error continued, but now it's REALLY fixed, and I tested it.
Sir Rahz- Closing the Bot-Chat window does actually end the conversation, so be glad you didnt close it. There's a Zen mystery going on here, as when you arent looking, the Bots dont exist.
Bookmarking the Transcripts is a great idea and I've been thinking about how to do that. We need more room somewhere for that- I could have a number of lines thing by the Transcript thing in "My Bots".
Recording your own conversations? That might be good..
Crab- actually, there's a glitchy thing with the error system in that some error messages get cropped off, so I'm glad you posted that one up above because it was getting the crop treatment. So yes, keep letting me know of errors if they seem to persist.
Sir Rahz- Closing the Bot-Chat window does actually end the conversation, so be glad you didnt close it. There's a Zen mystery going on here, as when you arent looking, the Bots dont exist.
Bookmarking the Transcripts is a great idea and I've been thinking about how to do that. We need more room somewhere for that- I could have a number of lines thing by the Transcript thing in "My Bots".
Recording your own conversations? That might be good..
Crab- actually, there's a glitchy thing with the error system in that some error messages get cropped off, so I'm glad you posted that one up above because it was getting the crop treatment. So yes, keep letting me know of errors if they seem to persist.
What? When I'm not looking the BOTs don't exist?
Funny, I used to think that about the real world when I was a kid...
It probably wouldn't be too much trouble to put those long lists on the right in a pop-up menu... Maybe just the news groups and the users bots could be in pop-ups. If you remove the radio buttons next to the list of Everyone online you'll have more room and as far as my browsers are concerned, I think you could make the nicknames a little smaller (maybe remove the bold on the font used for the nicks and the time online would be sufficient).
Funny, I used to think that about the real world when I was a kid...
It probably wouldn't be too much trouble to put those long lists on the right in a pop-up menu... Maybe just the news groups and the users bots could be in pop-ups. If you remove the radio buttons next to the list of Everyone online you'll have more room and as far as my browsers are concerned, I think you could make the nicknames a little smaller (maybe remove the bold on the font used for the nicks and the time online would be sufficient).
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