I am working with an online game that allows editing of its code for testers and / or customers who want to mess around on a private level. The game is called Choice of Game: Rebels Uprising. It is a text based game where you build a character and the story/character change based on your decisions. I am trying to test different things and I am having trouble editing the stats which would allow me to easily control testing different options of play. I got this method from their approved forums and have used it on multiple games. However this one has been very tricky and refuses to work.
Once I open Storage Inspector, I normally can go right to local storage and select the data to change, and then refresh the page to enter the changes.
For this game, I have to go to session storage, select the only option there, then go back to local storage which then reveals the data I wish to change. Otherwise it is invisible. The following pops up and what I would like to change:
{"version":"12169","stats":{"fname":"Balin","lname":"de Brackii","orig_lname":"de Brackii","epithet":"","liebreaker":false,"openhanded":false,"eclect":false,"slur":"","shameveined":false,"filthborn":false,"childkiller":false,"alias":"","crest":"Great Elder Tree","wisard":"Theurge","wisardry":"Theurgy","wisardric":"Theurgic","aristo":true,"helot":false,"female":false,"male":true,"femalepref":true,"malepref":false,"acepref":false,"aropref":false,"kuria":"Captain","milady":"Captain","he":"he","him":"him","his":"his","hers":"his","woman":"man","girl":"boy","sister":"brother","daughter":"son","ruth":32,"skep":24,"natl":46,"ruthreal":32,"skepreal":24,"natlreal":54,"cha":"1","com":"0","int":"2","wealth":35,"loot":"0","followers":336,"kids":178,"nonkids":158,"dead":"0","kidsdead":"0","sa_foll":"12","sc_foll":"21","needfood":88,"foodstore":10,"mules":"4","sickmules":0,"freemules":4,"arms":10,"blood":4,"usedblood":"0","theurgy":"1","theu_spread":"0","theuknown":"0","religion":"0","literate":"10"
I tested by simply editing mules and freemules from 4 to 34. I then tried exiting tab and reopening and it, as well as just refreshing the page and both times I get this error:
JSON.parse: end of data after property value in object at line 1 column 1003 of the JSON data
I have even tried editing the temp one as well before closing/refreshing and this did the same thing.
Ideally, I would like to be able to change the wealth, the mules, the arms, and data like that. Please advise on how to correct/avoid this error. Thank you!
https://www.choiceofgames.com/rebels/#utm_medium=web&utm_source=ourgames
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Sorry - I'm a total newbie with InstallShield. I've inherited an InstallShield 2013 project that presents the user with a dialog that let's the user select a SQL Server and based on their selection sets a value in a config file. That's not working, so I opened the project in IS and looked in the Text File Changes under System Configuration and there's nothing there that would do this. So how do I figure out where this is happening (or not happening in my case), and then how do I get it to work? I need to set both data source and initial catalog in a file called server.config.
So how do I determine what the user selected and then save that in this file? It looks like I can set up a Text File Change, but how do I access the values selected by the user? And how can I figure out where the "code" is that is supposed to be doing this?
Thanks,
Ben
I would try to track this from the dialog and controls in question, or by following the value through a verbose log. Since you say it doesn't work today, there will probably be an interruption in the flow I describe below, and since you don't know the full state of the installation project, it may be hard to identify. So search from what you know.
Top down: what gets configured
First, find the dialog that you fill out as a user making the selection. Then figure out the property that the particular control is associated with. Now you've got a thread; pull on it.
Search in the direct editor for references to the property. If the property is named MYCONFIG search for just that: MYCONFIG. You'll probably find some sort of use that looks like [MYCONFIG] instead, which is typically a format string specifying to use the value of MYCONFIG. You may also have to search all the files related to your project, as Custom Action implementations can be code stored outside of your InstallShield project.
The use may be in a ControlEvent, CustomAction, or some other table. If it's in a ControlEvent, it may be used to set another property. Ditto if it's in a CustomAction that sets properties (type 51) which may be easier to understand in the Custom Actions and Sequences view. In that case, also search for the property that gets set.
If you find it in a table like ISSearchReplace* or ISXml*, or IniFile, it's probably part of the Text Files Changes, XML File Changes, or INI File Changes, and that view should make it easier to understand.
Maybe that thread dead-ends somewhere. A property gets set, but never referenced. So try to search from the other end.
Bottom up: what gets written
If there are text file changes, xml file changes, ini file changes, or custom actions that reference the file you need updated, see where they get their information. Try to follow it back. If they're well written, you should be able to identify the property (noting that one called CustomActionData comes from a property matching the name of the custom action it's used in), and then trace that further back using the same ideas as above, but in the other direction.
Where's the problem?
If the threads don't connect, that's probably the problem. It's also possible that a custom action lacks permissions but doesn't reports a failure, or that the file name or path got misconfigured somewhere along the way. Look for small things like that if things look like they should work but don't.
It turns out that I misunderstood the problem and the project was never set up to change that value, so all I had to do was set up a Text File Change and it works perfectly. Thanks #Michael Urman for the thorough response - I really appreciate it!
I'm currently familiarizing myself with Google BigQuery by working through the examples at https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/web-ui-quickstart. Doing a query over the pubic datasets runs fine.
I run into problems when uploading custom data into a new table through the WebUI. I create a new dataset and table, and upload the csv file provided with the example case. As in the example I input the schema and submit the file. Now the upload window stays on top and turns grey as if it's working. Nothing seems to happen afterwards though. When clicking away the upload window after a long wait, the table seems to be created in the tree on the left. However, when clicking on the table an error is shown:
"Unable to find table: ndwtest-984:csvtest.csvdata"
This seems like a trivial action, however I cannot seems to get it to work. I've tried varies different files, uploaded the file to Google Cloud Storage first and played around with the advanced options the last two days, but keep getting the same error.
Help would be much appreciated.
Some steps to help you:
billing must be enabled
you need to choose to upload one single TXT file from the example eg: yob2013.txt and not the zip file
make sure the schema is entered as text: name:string,gender:string,count:integer
on the last screen of the wizard you don't need to change the default CSV option parameters (for demo purposes works as it is)
I just tried the example, and it does work for me. In case you still have errors, than you can check your Job History menu in the Web UI, direct link would be, warning you need to put your Id in the link.
https://bigquery.cloud.google.com/jobs/YOUR_ANONYMOUS_PROJECT_ID_HERE?pli=1
I have a very strange problem. I load my app, switch to the correct tab and then press the button I need to press. This runs a function and when I first load the page it may only provide part of the correct result. However if I wait a few seconds it produces the correct result in full. Any ideas why this might be happening?
Additional Information
The button simply checks through a list of objects returned via ScriptDB. Objects that are valid are displayed and objects that are in-valid are not. If the object appears again in updates the text to display how many have been found in the list (eg: the label would change from "Object A" to "Object A (2)").
It seems to me like it doesn't have the rest of the list somehow as it doesn't always stop at the same object. It's Very strange and not something I've experienced before. The other features of my app using ScriptDB work completely regardless of how quickly I use them.
I've figured it out now. I somehow had some erroneous data in the database which was returning a null field. I can only assume that this was from a import that I did last week from a spreadsheet.
This was copied from my comment to show that it has been resolved.
I keep commenting out my queries in the SquirreL SQL client, but I also have been opening new connections using other Aliases, however it all gets a bit crowded in the tab area.
I've also been able to save my queries in files, which works great except for the fact that the entire path to the file (often very long) appears in the tab.
Is it possible to just have another SQL tab opened, or might there be a way to simplify how many SQL query tabs I open?
I hope, the answer will be still useful, although the question is asked some times ago :-)
Is it possible to just have another SQL tab opened, or might there be a way to simplify how many SQL query tabs I open?
You can open a new SQL-Worksheet for the current session.
Try one of the following:
Shortcut CTRL+N
Menu Session >> New SQL-Worksheet
In the toolbar, the icon right of the rollback button.
I've also been able to save my queries in files, which works great except for the fact that the entire path to the file (often very long) appears in the tab.
This changed in 3.4.0. Please see the changes
Instead of displaying the file paths in Session tabs a small button is displayed when an open file exists.
Clicking the button will open a popup menu that gives access to several information and functions concerning the file.
I was wondering if there was any way of changing the background in access. The standard grey is ok but I would like to change it to an image that shows instructions or what was updated last. Also, if I can allow a user to change the background to an image of their choice that would be cool as well.
Can this be done
To be honest, I'm not sure if this is possible or not, but if it is, I'd advise you not to do it. Why?
Users will expect instructions under a help menu or on an intro
splash form
They will expect info. like what was updated last to appear in more
conventional places like the status bar
Allowing users to personalise your application with their photos can
make your application look pretty bad and increase load times.
Only advice though - good luck with it!
I have been able to allow users to change the background of the database. It works great and it works no matter what computer they log onto the database from. I did have a problem with remote users so I added a macro that allows them to disable the functionality. It works great. It was a little complicated to se up initially. Some of the modules below may have more stuff contained in them then what is needed for the purpose of this question. But here is what I did to make it work:
Add the Following modules to your database: modChangeMDI, SetBackgroundImage, and clsCommonDialog
Link to a zip file containing the code for the above modules: http://www.filedropper.com/changebackgroundimage
You can set the default location that a users sees when the search for file dialog pops up. This is located in the ThisFileToOpen function of the SetBackgroundImage module.
clsCommonDialog <-- Used to open the find file dialog box
modChangeMDI <--Used to change the background image
Create a table called $BackgroundLocation with the following fields. On my database this is contained in the backend database.
ID (AutoNumber, Primary Key)
UserID (Text, Required, 250 in length, don't allow zero lengths)
BackgroundLocation (Text, 255 in length, not required)
DisableBackground (boolean)
Create an AutoExec macro and add an action that runs the code SetTheBackgroundPictureOnStartup (1)
Create a BackgroundDisableEnable macro and add an action that runs the code DisableEnableBackground()
Create a BackgroundSet macro and add an action that runs the code SetTheBackgroundPictureOnStartup(2)
Then assign the BackgroundDisableEnable and the BackgroundSet macro to their own menu item.
When the database opens it will run the AutoExec by default.
You can use a start-up form as I suggested above. You can even base the start-up form on a comments table that can be edited by the users and will display the most recent and / or relevant information. The form can be displayed at start-up and then referred to at any time by the users.
In the past, I have included a ? button on forms that open such a form at the relevant page.