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| Author: | Linse  | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 04:30 | | Subject: | BL part changes destroy valid XMLs | | Viewed: | 3 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| Hi guys,
sadly the process of changing and merging parts on Bricklink (BL) is going on
and on, which is in some cases good and in some very bad.
I am a MOC designer and doing MODs of existing MOCs. For those modifications
I normally provide Studio generated Bricklink wanted list XMLs next to my instruction
pdfs.
In the last months I received more and more emails that complain about those
XML files.
I always test those XMLs right after I create them by importing them into my
default BL wanted list. So I know the XMLs are valid and work on BL at the moment
I created them.
But the strange way (at least in my opinion) of changing the parts lib on BL
and the way the poor implemented XML importer works on BL, those XMLs are suddenly
invalid.
So I have to regenerate the XMLs or cause Studio and BL are not synchronized
on the part changes, I have to manually fix the XMLs. This means I have to spend
a serious amount of my spare time for something that should really not be my
task.
My question is, why does it have to work this way?
All other tools and platforms, like Rebrickable, are still able to import those
"invalid" XML files.
I would expect BL just sets the old part numbers to "deprecated" or adds
the old numbers as valid alternatives to the new ones. So the import tool can
automatically switch those parts to the new valid number while the import process
Or another simple solution, the import tool has a "whitelist" of those
old parts integrated. So if the part is not found in the BL database, it checks
the "whitelist" and if the part is found there it automatically converts
it to the new number.
Really strange that such a situation is reality in 2024 with all that AI around
us.
Kind regards
Joerg aka Linse
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 04:10 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Book b11cty10 | | Viewed: | 4 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Set 11900-1 Parts for City - Brickmaster (Book b11cty10) polybag (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
Item name states origin.
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There is already a note on the set entry concerning where it comes from because
the inventory system cannot handle this situation correctly.
Therefore, this request will not be accepted.
Cheers,
Randy
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Aren't there many books on the catalog that only have 1 set as inventory?
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| Author: | NalasBricks | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 02:13 | | Subject: | SALE FOR TWO DASE ONLY! 25% ON EVERITHING | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| | SALE FOR TWO DASE ONLY! 25% ON EVERITHING |
| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 00:31 | | Subject: | Re: CONTEST WINNER | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
| In Contests, popsicle writes:
| | Congratulations go to SilverStateBric with winning entry:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1468499
Go ahead and hit us up with your choice of prize
Thanks to all that took part, especially the jokesters Hope it added some small
amount of fun and excitement to your day
~ConstrucToys
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Off by 9 stinkin' minutes. Grr.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 8, 2024 23:31 | | Subject: | Re: Order placed | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| In Problem, Kathleen_55 writes:
| | In Problem, Nubs_Select writes:
| | sorry if im misunderstanding something but if I understand it went like this:
buyer asks for pictures - pictures sent - worried buying trying to hack into
your account - item sold - buyer ghosted.
I know I'm probably missing something but if not what made you think they
were trying to get into your account and not just another NPB case?
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Hi Nubs, I don't thing you are missing anything, I really don't know,
gut feeling I guess. My problem is I'm not that good with what is going on
in the hacking world🙄 and I hope it was nothing
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No worries then you should be all good. The current hacking issue with bricklink
is thru fake emails sent to sellers which have links that bring them to fake
login pages where phishers steal logging details which they then use to sign
into your account. So long as you don’t follow and email links and you have OTP
on bricklink enabled your store should be all good to go (and as a safeguard
to also have a backup of your inventory saved)
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| Author: | Kathleen_55 | | Posted: | May 8, 2024 23:08 | | Subject: | Re: Order placed | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| In Problem, Nubs_Select writes:
| | sorry if im misunderstanding something but if I understand it went like this:
buyer asks for pictures - pictures sent - worried buying trying to hack into
your account - item sold - buyer ghosted.
I know I'm probably missing something but if not what made you think they
were trying to get into your account and not just another NPB case?
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Hi Nubs, I don't thing you are missing anything, I really don't know,
gut feeling I guess. My problem is I'm not that good with what is going on
in the hacking world🙄 and I hope it was nothing
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 8, 2024 22:58 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io upload to wanted list | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, greg_sawisky writes:
| | So I am finally getting to know Stud.io and saved a .io file and uploaded it
to a new wanted list. But the autofill doesn't like the wanted list I've
created. The parts are all very basic bricks and tiles but it won't fill
the cart. If I click 'easy buy' it will tell me a bunch of very basic
bricks aren't available when clearly they are very generic parts.
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try navigating to the wanted list and choosing "buy all" rather then
easy buy. you have more options with it. but if the "basic bricks and tiles"
are in colors that dont exist then they wont be avlaible (as in studio you can
use parts in colors that dont exist)
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| Author: | greg_sawisky | | Posted: | May 8, 2024 22:53 | | Subject: | Stud.io upload to wanted list | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| So I am finally getting to know Stud.io and saved a .io file and uploaded it
to a new wanted list. But the autofill doesn't like the wanted list I've
created. The parts are all very basic bricks and tiles but it won't fill
the cart. If I click 'easy buy' it will tell me a bunch of very basic
bricks aren't available when clearly they are very generic parts.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 8, 2024 22:50 | | Subject: | Re: Order placed | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| sorry if im misunderstanding something but if I understand it went like this:
buyer asks for pictures - pictures sent - worried buying trying to hack into
your account - item sold - buyer ghosted.
I know I'm probably missing something but if not what made you think they
were trying to get into your account and not just another NPB case?
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