Heavy Duck

Most recent edit on 2008-02-16 13:05:10 by WillRogers [added Q about blueprints]

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Q. Can you please add more information about blueprints, such as whether they are copies, ME/PE, etc.?

Unfortunately, none of this information is available from the API. It is impossible to distinguish blueprint originals from copies.

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Edited on 2008-02-12 09:17:10 by WillRogers [updated blank location question to reflect latest info]

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These items are inside an “Office” item with a locationID attribute that does not correspond to any station or solar system in the static data dump. I had an educated guess about what this means, but then I had another thought, so for now I will just say that I haven’t discovered how to fill in the location of these items correctly.
I have been informed of a likely workaround for this problem, and it should be fixed in the next version.

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These items are inside an “Office” item with a locationID attribute that does not correspond to any station or solar system in the static data dump. I had an educated guess about what this means, but then I had another thought, so for now I will just say that I haven’t discovered how to fill in the location of these items correctly.

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Edited on 2008-02-12 09:14:18 by WillRogers [added proxy authentication question contributed by Dimitry Turevsky]

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Q. My PC is behind a proxy server that requires authentication, how can I configure EVE Asset Manager to use my proxy settings?

First, set up your proxy and authorization credentials in Windows’s “Internet Settings” control panel.
Then create a file named EVE Asset Manager.exe.config in the same folder as EVE Asset Manager with this content:
<configuration>
<system.net>

<defaultProxy enabled=”true” useDefaultCredentials=”true” />

</system.net>
</configuration>
Thanks to Dimitry Turevsky for this question and answer.

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Edited on 2008-02-09 09:57:59 by WillRogers [added question about security level error]

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Q. I’m running a 64-bit version of Windows, and I got an error at startup, what’s wrong?

Q. I got an error “(200) HeavyDuck.Eve.AssetManager: Current security level not high enough.”

This error means you are using a Limited Access API Key. You must use a Full Access API Key for the application to work. You can read more about this and get your key at http://myeve.eve-online.com/api/.

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Q. I got an error at startup, what’s wrong?

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Edited on 2008-02-03 09:02:32 by WillRogers [added Q about 32/64 bit errors]

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Q. I got an error at startup, what’s wrong?

If your error looks something like this:
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'HeavyDuck.Eve.AssetManager.SearchClauseControl' threw an exception. ---> System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.48.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
…then it probably means you are running a 64-bit version of Windows, but you downloaded the 32-bit version of EVE Asset Manager. Please download the zip file labeled “(x64) (for 64-bit Windows)” and try again.

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Edited on 2008-01-29 22:42:12 by WillRogers [changed answer to the blank locations question due to new thoughts]

Additions:
These items are inside an “Office” item with a locationID attribute that does not correspond to any station or solar system in the static data dump. I had an educated guess about what this means, but then I had another thought, so for now I will just say that I haven’t discovered how to fill in the location of these items correctly.
I’ve replaced blank locations with “???” in HTML reports, because it’s better than nothing. If you find an item in your asset list that you do not think is inside an “Office” but has a blank location, please e-mail me, because that’s probably a bug. Include as much information about the item and its container as you can!

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These items are inside an “Office” item with a locationID attribute that does not correspond to any station or solar system in the game. My educated guess is that this is how the game represents corporation hangars in capital ships. Your ship is really a station in game terms, fancy that. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any way to discover which ship (and thus which location) this “Office” is associated with. (Side note: it’s likely that CCP can’t provide this information, because the ship belongs to a character but the hangar belongs to a corporation, which makes it impossible to include the character’s ship in the corporation’s asset XML. Doh!)
I’ve replaced blank locations with “???” in HTML reports, because it’s better than nothing. If you find an item in your asset list that you do not think is inside a capital ship’s hangar but has a blank location, please e-mail me, because that’s probably a bug. Include as much information about the item and its container as you can!

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Edited on 2008-01-28 16:58:16 by WillRogers [add Q about blank locations]

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When the error dialog pops up, press CTRL-C on your keyboard to copy the error message to the clipboard. Then paste it into an e-mail to wjrogers at gmail. Please put “EVE” in the subject line somewhere. Also be sure to mention the version of EVE Asset Manager you are running, to help preserve my sanity. Thanks!

Q. What’s up with items that have blank Locations and “???” locations in my reports?

These items are inside an “Office” item with a locationID attribute that does not correspond to any station or solar system in the game. My educated guess is that this is how the game represents corporation hangars in capital ships. Your ship is really a station in game terms, fancy that. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any way to discover which ship (and thus which location) this “Office” is associated with. (Side note: it’s likely that CCP can’t provide this information, because the ship belongs to a character but the hangar belongs to a corporation, which makes it impossible to include the character’s ship in the corporation’s asset XML. Doh!)
I’ve replaced blank locations with “???” in HTML reports, because it’s better than nothing. If you find an item in your asset list that you do not think is inside a capital ship’s hangar but has a blank location, please e-mail me, because that’s probably a bug. Include as much information about the item and its container as you can!

Deletions:
When the error dialog pops up, press CTRL-C on your keyboard to copy the error message to the clipboard. Then paste it into an e-mail to wjrogers at gmail. Please put “EVE” in the subject line somewhere. Thanks!

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Edited on 2008-01-27 07:51:38 by WillRogers [added info on caching]

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Q. I clicked “Refresh Assets,” but my assets didn’t update?

When you click “Refresh Assets,” the application checks the cache time on each asset XML file in your local cache. It will only contact the EVE API to retrieve updated data if the cache has expired. For asset data, the results are cached for 23 hours. Wait until at least 23 hours have passed since the last time you refreshed your assets and try again.

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Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2008-01-27 07:24:51 by WillRogers [created page, first two questions]

EVE Asset Manager FAQ

Q. How do I report bugs?

When the error dialog pops up, press CTRL-C on your keyboard to copy the error message to the clipboard. Then paste it into an e-mail to wjrogers at gmail. Please put “EVE” in the subject line somewhere. Thanks!

Q. How do the search field And/Or choices work?

This is slightly unintuitive but ultimately the simplest way to do this, so please bear with me. If the first field is set to Or, then all Ands will be grouped together. If the first field is set to And, then all Ors will be grouped together. Some examples will probably help:

Note that using a single Or when the first field is And (or vice versa) will have no effect whatsoever. You have to group two or more of the alternate operator together.