When passing a GUID to GenerateHTMLListPage, do we pass it with the curly braces and dashes (just like we got it from the call to GenerateHTML)? I keep getting an "invalid GUID" error.

- Jeff

You should always use the GUID as it is returned by GenerateHTML (including curly braces and dashes).



That is strange. This works fine here:

Of course it's strange. Everything I seem to do with this project is strange.

Any ideas how I can start debugging this?

- Jeff

Does the code above work?

I know I tried late binding, but I don't remember what the code looked like exactly. I haven't re-tried, which I will do later.

- Jeff

Um, GUID is case sensitive?

- Jeff

Yes.

Yes, I found that out. The "string" GUID is actually a (really long) hex number. Case shouldn't matter. Anyway, am I right that it's always all caps? That's what I've seen and my code relies on that fact. Please tell me if I'm wrong about this.

I'm just about done with the basics of the server (I only have searches left to handle). After that, it's on to some more advanced stuff like handling play, playall, cmd's, etc., and then maybe tackling SqueezeCenter (or Slimserver or whatever Logitech is calling it today).

Thanks for all the help, guys.

- Jeff

That is correct.


It does matter if you change the case before callling GenerateHTMLListPage (but you don't do that?).


Yes.

I understand that it matters if I change the case, but that's because of the CATraxx implementation. CATraxx compares GUID's on a case sensitive basis.

A GUID is a hex number, and so case should be irrelevant (i.e., ff=FF same as 255=255). Because CATraxx, treats it as a string (as it should due to its length), FF<>ff. But from a programmer's perspective, ff=FF, and the GUID 6ec5f01c-aac6-473f-80f6-8473744ebd19 is equal to 6EC5F01C-AAC6-473F-80F6-8473744EBD19.

It's an academic point. I'm not suggesting you change anything in your code. Life is good now that I understand the string vs. hex issue. For all my snags, I'm having fun with this project. Hopefully, I'll have some code to share sometime after I'm back from vacation at the end of the month.

- Jeff