Randall J. Paske Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 After I do an update of ComicBase, I am forced to click through a couple hundred error messages stating that certain images are "not a valid image file." Why is this happening and how can it be fixed? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew d’Entremont Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) I'm getting something similar with the screensaver. It's happened a few times over the last couple of days when the screensaver is running. Is it possible it has something to do with the way variant covers are being handled now? Edited October 19, 2021 by Andrew d’Entremont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 may want to re-download the latest update (hold down shift then select the 'check for updates' option) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 you can also search the Pictures folder for files with zero bytes (size:0) to find bad image files that you can remove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall J. Paske Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 I have no zero-byte image files. My error messages do not cascade like Andrew's, though that did happen to me once as a seemingly separate issue. The last two times I have updated, I have had to click through the hundreds of error messages similar to the one I posted. (I wish there were a "Yes to All" option.) I don't want to go through that again if I don't have to, so I'll wait for the next update to see if it happens again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall J. Paske Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 Well, it happened again with the latest update: nearly 800 "not a valid image file" error messages that I had to click through, one after another, before the update was complete. Not fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Are you guys using our latest CB 2021 version (v21.0.4.1906), it's available here if you need it: https://www.comicbase.com/mycb/Registrations.aspx -this version should auto-delete bad images when they try to load. -if the problem still occurs, give Pete our lead programmer a call at 408-266-6883 ext 403 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall J. Paske Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 My CB 2021 version was older. Upgrading now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew d’Entremont Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I upgraded a few days ago. I haven’t seen the error on the screensaver since then. At least not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew d’Entremont Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 It happened again just a few hours ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven L. Dasinger Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 This may be related. For the past three weeks, the covers downloaded had 'problems'. This has been fixed but you may still have these bad cover on your disk. One easy (but very slow) way to get rid of them is to use File Tools->Rebuild Lists and use 'Picture Files List (slow)' (and it is very slow for my Archive pictures took several hours to finish (4-6? I didn't time it but it was a very long time.) Alternately, you can look at the last 3 log files and use the Pictures downloaded paths to find all the pictures (but this is both slow and manual). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew d’Entremont Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Thanks. I'l give the rebuild lists a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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