vault.exe returns bad xml

[flyswacker]

SourceGear Vault Command Line Client 4.1.4.18402

cases (so far) where returned XML is invalid:

1) Error return on UNSETWORKINGFOLDER

C:\icidev\vault>"C:\Program Files\SourceGear\Vault Client\vault.exe" UNSETWORKINGFOLDER -host stunner -username mikemu -repository ICI
<vault>
<error xmlns="The UNSETWORKINGFOLDER command requires 1 argument.">
<result>
<success>False</success>
</result>
</error>

2) Actual error in the node namespace, we want to display it, how can we get to the text?
<error xmlns="The UNSETWORKINGFOLDER command requires 1 argument.">

[lbauer]

You need another argument in the command -- the repository folder where you want to unset the workingfolder. Documentation is online here, or type vault.exe helphtml on your client machine from the command line.

http://download.sourcegear.com/misc/vau ... KINGFOLDER

So the command would be: C:\Program Files\SourceGear\Vault Client\vault.exe" UNSETWORKINGFOLDER -host stunner -username mikemu -repository ICI $/<some repository folder>

Sorry the error message isn't clear.

Note: this command only works on explicitly set working folders, not inherited working folders.

[flyswacker]

The problem is this is a wrapper in powershell, and the invalid XML is killing me. The missing parm was deliberate.
I have to be able to rely on the return XML being properly formed.

Is there a more current release?

[jeremy_sg]

If you're writing a powershell extension that talks to Vault, you should probably be using the IntegrationLib, instead of parsing XML, since powershell is very friendly to handling .Net objects.

For examples of doing things, see our API forum http://support.sourcegear.com/viewforum.php?f=31

Another powershell and Vault related topic is at: http://blog.roub.net/2008/05/vault-awar ... rompt.html

[flyswacker]

This is a conversion from VSS, and the examples you list have not fleshed these topics out to a degree that i can use them in a short time frame.

Getting back to my point, what about the invalid XML that vault.exe is returning?

[jeremy_sg]

I fixed the namespace error printing. If you want a prerelease 4.1.5 with this fix, please email support at sourcegear.com ATTN: jeremy with a link to this thread.

[flyswacker]

Yes, i'd like the pre-release. When will it be official? What else was fixed/changed?

[flyswacker]

I had downloaded the client api previously, and the biggest issue was the help file, none of the topics resolve. They all display this message:

This program cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
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What you can try:
Check your Internet connection. Try visiting another website to make sure you are connected.

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Go back to the previous page.

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[jeremy_sg]

This Microsoft posting may help you...

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums ... 530b8c4530

[flyswacker]

All my other .CHM files work.

I found a copy in the NAntTasks folder that works
ms-its:C:\icidev\vault\NAntTasks\VaultClientIntegrationLib.chm::/T_VaultClientIntegrationLib_BackupOption.html

This encoding doesn't work
mk:@MSITStore:C:\Install\sourcegear\VaultClientAPI_4_1_2_18185\VaultClientIntegrationLib.chm::/T_VaultClientIntegrationLib_BackupOption.html