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Has anyone seen this problem with WCA? Amin did everything he could to duplicate it but could not and therefore could not come up with any answers. I'm hoping someone out there has seen it and has a solution as it is getting very frustrating for me to use WCA.

For some reason on certain keywords I get an "Unhandled exception error" This usually happens when it is puling the data from Google (top listings, results, pr, etc.). It happens only on certain keywords and I can usually repeat it again and again. I cannot predict which keywords it is as number of words varies and text varies as well. Usually it seems that mostly it happens when the phrase is 3 words or longer.

I have tried two different laptops, two different operating systems, and two different routers. The only thing that I have not tried is a different ISP.

On occasion I also will get one that gives me a different exception error while pulling the data from Yahoo (backlinks).

I rely on WCA quite heavily and this has put a real bottle neck into my efforts. This just started within the last 3 months. Any help or suggestions is appreciated.

Here's the details of the main issue I'm having:


Unhandled exception....."conversion from string "1 result<NOBR> (0.18 seceonds)nb" to type 'Long' is not valid

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.InvalidCastException: Conversion from string "1 result<NOBR> (0.18 seconds)&nb" to type 'Long' is not valid. ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ParseDecimal(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat)
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToLong(String Value)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToLong(String Value)
   at WebComp_Analyst.MainForm.GoogleResultCount(String keywords)
   at WebComp_Analyst.MainForm.BtnAnalyzeClick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3603 (GDR.050727-3600)
    CodeBase: file:///c:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
WebComp Analyst
    Assembly Version: 1.0.3779.32032
    Win32 Version: 1.0.3779.32032
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/WebCompAnalyst/WebCompAnalyst.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
    Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3614 (GDR.050727-3600)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.3082 (QFE.050727-3000)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Tried WCA with 3 queries, "I need to study", "hire model tools" and "hire hobby model tools" (Because the first one was getting me the wrong kind of "models"   

No problem with any of these. Used USA

O/S Win XP SP3

LOL!

Try this one: replacing bruno stairlift batteries

It's one of my latest ones. I have not tried other countries, but I have tried changing number of results and the time to no avail.

I get the same symptoms. Glad it's not just me!

It gets very frustrating when you have a big list of keywords and it's humming along and BAM! one of these shows up. 

Yes, I get same hassle. Have to keep saving in-between individual searches to be sure I get everything. No point entering more than one phrase a time until this is fixed.

Okay, I've corrected this problem in v1.37.  I'm going to do a bit more maintenance coding and push this out in a bit.

Okay, this should be fixed and is pushed out.  Let me know if you still run into the problem.

Working ok for me now. Tried the bruno stairlift query (from above) and it flew through it.

Jon,

I haven't downloaded the fix yet but I wanted to say thanks for getting on top of it. I've been insanely busy with my J-O-B the last several days and this has been the first chance I've had to check in. I'll let you know what I've found.

Stone

I am still getting the same error message. 

Even with the update, WCA is not able to complete a successful run.

Likewise with me. I always not able to close the software except I restart my system.