web page builder for Homeseer 3 & Homeseer 4 won't compile

[Isk82]

You should be able to view the demo page that comes with the download. The URL you would use for this is /Buildpage.aspx?val=qv

Initially, it would serve the page but it was blank. Then all of a sudden without my changing anything, this happened:
System.Web.HttpException

The resource cannot be found.

Description: HTTP 404.The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Details: Requested URL: /buildpage.aspx
Exception stack trace:
at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.AssertVirtualPathExists (System.Web.VirtualPath virtualPath) [0x00075] in <3871f67f23f64678a82b5d3506d6a5db>:0 at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.Build (System.Web.VirtualPath vp) [0x00000] in <3871f67f23f64678a82b5d3506d6a5db>:0 at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetCompiledType (System.Web.VirtualPath virtualPath) [0x00037] in <3871f67f23f64678a82b5d3506d6a5db>:0 at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CreateInstanceFromVirtua lPath (System.Web.VirtualPath virtualPath, System.Type requiredBaseType) [0x0000f] in <3871f67f23f64678a82b5d3506d6a5db>:0 at System.Web.UI.PageParser.GetCompiledPageInstance (System.String virtualPath, System.String inputFile, System.Web.HttpContext context) [0x00021] in <3871f67f23f64678a82b5d3506d6a5db>:0 at System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.GetHandler (System.Web.HttpContext context, System.String requestType, System.String virtualPath, System.String path) [0x00000] in <3871f67f23f64678a82b5d3506d6a5db>:0 at System.Web.HttpApplication.GetHandler (System.Web.HttpContext context, System.String url, System.Boolean ignoreContextHandler) [0x00059] in <3871f67f23f64678a82b5d3506d6a5db>:0 at System.Web.HttpApplication.GetHandler (System.Web.HttpContext context, System.String url) [0x00000] in <3871f67f23f64678a82b5d3506d6a5db>:0 at System.Web.HttpApplication+<Pipeline>d__225.MoveNext () [0x00564] in <3871f67f23f64678a82b5d3506d6a5db>:0
Version Information: 6.8.0.105 (tarball Tue Feb 4 22:00:05 UTC 2020); ASP.NET Version: 4.0.30319.42000

[jon00]

Remember Linux is case sensitive and that includes URL's for Homeseer's web server (wrong I know). So you need to call /Buildpage.aspx?val=qv and NOT /buildpage.aspx?val=qv

[Isk82]

Remember Linux is case sensitive and that includes URL's for Homeseer's web server (wrong I know). So you need to call /Buildpage.aspx?val=qv and NOT /buildpage.aspx?val=qv

Thank you. I copied the link right out of the doc so I don't know what happened but I'm back to displaying blank pages. Inspecting the page this is all the html contains. This is http://myip:81/Buildpage.aspx

[jon00]

That's not right. Can you display /test.aspx

[Isk82]

That's not right. Can you display /test.aspx

Yes. 3 buttons.

[jon00]

Looks like there were a few issues running under Linux. Please try V1.0.6

I've sorted out a couple of filename case issues as well and updated the documentation so everything should now tally.

[Isk82]

Looks like there were a few issues running under Linux. Please try V1.0.6

I've sorted out a couple of filename case issues as well and updated the documentation so everything should now tally.

I deleted all the old files and copied the new. I'm still getting blanks pages.

We have the .aspx serving worked out but is it possible the scripts aren't running on my Pi to build the pages? Here is some more info about my system.

HomeSeer Version: HS3 ZEE S2 Edition 3.0.0.548 (Linux) on a CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3B

~ $ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
VERSION_CODENAME=stretch
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian

[jon00]

Is there anything showing in the HS3 log?

[jon00]

I think I have found another case issue. Open up Buildpage.aspx in a text editor.

Change Jon00BuildPageASPX.vben to Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben

[Isk82]

Is there anything showing in the HS3 log?

Here is the log. Sorry for the loss of continuity. I realize it's getting late over there for you.

Mar-31 12:51:30 PM

Error

Loading script Jon00BuildPageASPX.vben :File not found: Jon00BuildPageASPX.vben

Mar-31 12:50:15 PM

Warning

File does not exist: /usr/local/HomeSeer/html/js/jquery.min.map

Mar-31 12:49:33 PM

Error

Loading script Jon00BuildPageASPX.vben :File not found: Jon00BuildPageASPX.vben

Mar-31 12:49:17 PM

Startup

ASP.NET application host created

Mar-31 12:49:15 PM

Startup

Creating ASP.NET application host...

Mar-31 12:48:27 PM

Web Server

Web Server authorized local login successful from: 192.168.1.187 User: Bill_admin

[Isk82]

I think I have found another case issue. Open up Buildpage.aspx in a text editor.

Change Jon00BuildPageASPX.vben to Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben

I posted these into a text editor and did a find, they are identical.


Edit: I see the case difference now.

[Isk82]

Page still renders as blank. Here is the log from last attempt at Buildpage.aspx Note: I did not get these errors before when it was rendering a blank page.

Mar-31 3:50:09 PM

Error

Compiling script Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben: Function without an 'As' clause; Object return type assumed.

Mar-31 3:50:09 PM

Error

Compiling script Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben: Value of type 'Object' cannot be converted to 'System.Object[]'.

Mar-31 3:50:09 PM

Error

Compiling script Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben: Variable declaration without an 'As' clause; Object type assumed.

Mar-31 3:50:09 PM

Error

Compiling script Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben: 42021

Mar-31 3:50:09 PM

Error

Compiling script Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben: 42021

Mar-31 3:50:09 PM

Error

Compiling script Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben: The import 'System.Core' could not be found.

[jon00]

I've just copied all the files from the download zip (which I updated with the problem identified earlier) to my old Zee and the page displays correctly.

Are you sure you replaced the script Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben? It has a date/time stamp of 31st March 2020 at 2:49:41 PM

[Isk82]

I've just copied all the files from the download zip (which I updated with the problem identified earlier) to my old Zee and the page displays correctly.

Are you sure you replaced the script Jon00BuildpageASPX.vben? It has a date/time stamp of 31st March 2020 at 2:49:41 PM

OKay. That worked. It is indeed slower than on Windows but I know that's not your fault. I may have mistakenly copied the scripts into the html/scripts folder at one point. Thank you. This gives me something to do while I'm quarantined. I'll send you a donation like I did years ago when I used it and your weather scripts on my HS2 Windows version. I'm not sold on this Linux thing but HS3 was giving it away free and all I had to do was buy the CanaKit Pi. I've pre-paid for HS4 upgrade, but that seems to be slow coming to Linux. I may get a fanless Windows computer and go back to that. Thanks again.

[jon00]

Many thanks. Linux support for HS4 is available and Rich has finally sorted out getting ASPX web pages working on beta version 4.0.3.2 with the latest Mono version.

Whilst I totally understand why people want to run Homeseer under Linux (No OS cost, low power processors), it is still a native Windows application and a fudge running under Mono. Most of the issues I see resolve around buggy builds of Mono as people upgrade. I will probably get shot down in flames but IMO you will always get a better experience running Homeseer under Windows.