After a new user is created they see the screen shown in the screenshot. Where is that "unprintable" coming from and how might I fix it?
Thanks,
doug
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After a new user is created they see the screen shown in the screenshot. Where is that "unprintable" coming from and how might I fix it?
Thanks,
doug
Zen Cart doesn't display "_String is unprintable_" as part of its normal behaviour.
However, I suppose it's possible that your browser or your host server might be causing that to display due to unsupported character set configurations.
I think that would be a PHP thing rather than a browser thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrByte
At any rate, I have never seen that before and my browser can display just about any charset.
doug
in your admin -> tools -> developers toolkit
do a search for trackback in the admin and catalog
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Originally Posted by DrByte
Exactly. What is your host saying about the matter ?Quote:
Originally Posted by douglerner
The host? I don't think it has anything to do with them. It's only an error I've seen in ZC. Doesn't it mean some string is missing or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by DrByte
doug
Sorry - I don't understand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merlinpa1969
doug
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Originally Posted by douglerner
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Originally Posted by DrByte
Sorry, I can't help you find it in Zen Cart .... because the word "unprintable" does not exist in any of the Zen Cart files.Quote:
Originally Posted by douglerner
Perhaps you might try looking at View Source in your browser to determine whether the browser sees the "_String is unprintable_" as special symbols, or specific HTML, or whether maybe the apache (or whatever webserver) engine that's running on your host is sending that text to you.
Or maybe you might try searching your own site's files for the word "unprintable". You could even get explorative and export your database to a text file and search it too, just in case you've entered that as literal text in a customer record.
I wouldn't be surprised to discover that you've got some multibyte character that's not being properly detected by all the systems feeding your browser.
But Zen Cart out of the box isn't causing this.
in your zen cart admin
open the tools link
then choose the developers toolkit
in the last box on the left type in
traceback
in the drop down next to it choose catalog/admin hit go
this will show you where this is located,
Follow my screenshot I have from your zen-cart's admin folder. It should be easier for you to track it.Quote:
Sorry - I don't understand.
Hi. I found the developers toolkit, I just didn't know what to do afterwards. There are so many fields in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOracle
doug
Each fields has their degrees of searching as they're all sectionized. The first part are the textboxes where you can enter the words you're looking for. The dropdown list, aside, are the sections on where they will be targeted for each searches. :wink2:
The Developer's Tool Kit is designed to search for anything in the php files such as text, variables, constants etc. or to search for the configuration_keys of the configuration or product_type_layout tables ...
If you needed to find a constant, this is something in the code written in all caps, it would be in either the configuration or product_type_layout tables or in the php files ... or the constants are created by the define statements in language files ...
To search for the constant in the configuration or product_type_layout tables you would enter it in the top input box and not select anything from the dropdown and click Search ...
For example, enter:
MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS
Click on search ...
You would be shown the setting ... then click on Edit and you would be taken to where in the Configuration this setting exists ...
If you were to take the same constant and enter it in the bottom input box and select Catalog or Catalog/Admin ... it would search the php files for where the constant is "used" ...
Or, say you wanted to find the text definition for:
You can enter any word that you see, such as:Quote:
Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.
Congratulations
in the bottom input box and select the Catalog from the dropdown ...
Note: you can select both Catalog/Admin but selecting one or the other narrows down what files are searched and the resulting display ...
Click search and the files will be listed where this text is used ...
This will find numerous text definitions but only one will match what you are looking for ...
Or you could narrow the search further with a search for:
Congratulations! You have successfully installed
Be careful on searching for things with apostrophes in them as in the php files the defines have extra code to delimit the apostrophes and a search on:
It's Free!
will result in no files as the define is actually written with:
It\'s Free!
You could search on:
free
And while broader it can find this ...
Or, search on:
free!
To again narrow the search ...
NOTE: the searches are not case sensative for text ...
Or, to test the speed of these searches, enter into the bottom input box the letter:
a
And pick Catalog/Admin ... then click search ...
This will result in a huge search and find some 800+ files with matches on over 6500+ lines of code ...
I thought I laid it fairly straight forwardQuote:
Originally Posted by douglerner
in the last box on the left type in
traceback
in the drop down next to it choose catalog/admin hit go
I was just adding clarity as TheOracle left a lot to the imagination and vague, misleading information ... :cool:
And adding on to this - it was no imagination as it was simply a screenshot instruction on how to go to the developpers tool kit.
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Originally Posted by TheOracle
But isn't that string just an error message from the PHP engine itself?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOracle
doug
traceback is a function
what have you added to your cart,
that is not a part of zen cart and will not produce this error on its own