[cvsnt] CVSNT Control Panel not working

[Webmaster33]

> They are called stable because they do work "the way to work".

We know, clicking an icon should display a window, and when you 
click on it, doesn't happen anything. This is serious bug, facing 
the case, that it is the configuration panel of CVSNT. 
A blocking bug, so I can not call such release as stable.

Also this bug seems to be live since a long time. 
cvsnt-2.0.51d.exe was relased in 15-Sep-2004, which had 
a working Control Panel. I consider this as stable release, 
since it is the last version, where CP was working.


> It's got known security issues and bugs. That's my definition of "it
> doesn't work"..

Interesting, that a blocker bug doesn't matter in 2.5.x and 2.6.x.


> > And yes, I have the Simple File Sharing enabled. 
> You cannot run the SERVER and have this enabled.

I'm single developer, so currently I do not need remote 
repository feature. I'm using just :local: connection.


> I understand the "need to vent" - but this list is contributed to by
> people who work very hard for no gain, who would much prefer to spend
> their time with friends and family than listening to you abuse their
> work, their morals and their competence.  

I understand your point. 
I really appreciate the hard development work all of you do for 
the public domain, and the good support on this list.
However I'm also a developer, and it's shocking to meet a product,
which defines itself as stable, when the 2.5.x and 2.6.x versions
has a serious blocker feature.

Sorry for my critics, but we developers are living with user critics.
That's how the world is progressing. As web developer I also get 
different critics, in different habits, and I try to tolerate - no matter
in what style was written - and I try to fix them.

If this is not a bug, and I did something wrong, accept my deepest
apologies. However I tried to close out every possible disturbing
factor, but unfortunately it seems the bug is reproducible several 
times, for all the mentioned versions.

Installer built by Bo Berglund gave me big hopes, because it was 
supposed that will fix the Control Panel issues. His website was 
the first place, where I got information about this bug, telling:
"This installer now includes the MFC71U.dll file that was missing 
before and caused the Control Panel icon to not show up."
http://web.telia.com/~u86216177/cvsntinstaller.html

Maybe I did something wrong, but the 
http://web.telia.com/~u86216177/cvsnt-2.5.3.2330.zip
package still did not fix my Control Panel issue.
I hope that this problem will be solved soon.


> In future just skip all that
> "venting" and just ask the question "I do this, but this unexpected
> thing happens.  Does someone have any advice for what else I could try
> doing?".

If I ask it mildly, would anybody feel how disappointed am I?
I installed a product, hearing a lot good opinions about it,
but I need to face with trivial install bug, which is blocking me
to continue exploring the real software features.


WINCVS Latest Development Release, WinCvs 2.0.3 was released 
on 2006-02-21. It still has the cvsnt-2.0.51d server version bundled
into the package, which was relased in 15-Sep-2004.
They must have a very good reason, to still pack the 2 year old
2.0.51d server setup, and I think this is the Control Panel issue.


> I'll answer that question:  The control panel needs to be ran as a
> windows administrator.

I run the control panel as windows administrator.
Other suggestion to fix the problem?

BTW: 
Is this bug happens rarely? 
Or everybody under Windows XP is affected by it?


Thanks your help in advance,
Webmaster33


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On 2006.05.27. at 13:24 Arthur Barrett wrote:

> > It is awful, that the so called "stable" releases can not 
> > install the software the way to work. 
> 
> They are called stable because they do work "the way to work".
> 
> > And yes, I have the Simple File Sharing enabled. 
> 
> You cannot run the SERVER and have this enabled.
> 
> > I want to keep this setting. 
> 
> Hmmm...
> 
> > I can not believe, that displaying a config 
> > window depends on such change.
> 
> It doesn't AFAICT.
> 
> > I was asked, why do I still use the old 
> > CVSNT v2.0.51d version. Here is the 
> > answer.  Because this works. 
> 
> It's got known security issues and bugs. That's my definition of "it
> doesn't work"..
> 
> > I hope somebody knows what the problem is, 
> > so I could fix it, and install the latest 
> > stable version.
> 
> I understand the "need to vent" - but this list is contributed to by
> people who work very hard for no gain, who would much prefer to spend
> their time with friends and family than listening to you abuse their
> work, their morals and their competence.  In future just skip all that
> "venting" and just ask the question "I do this, but this unexpected
> thing happens.  Does someone have any advice for what else I could try
> doing?".
> 
> I'll answer that question:  The control panel needs to be ran as a
> windows administrator.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Arthur Barrett
> .
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Webmaster33
> 
> 
> 
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