"documents to translate" select button not working

[microsofttranslator]

"documents to translate" select button not working

[chriswendt1]

I can come up with two possibilities that could cause this failure:

1. The dialog depends on the app being able to enumerate the supported file formats form the document translation service: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/translator/document-translation/reference/get-supported-document-formats. If that fails, the document picker doesn't show. Normally the configuration "Test" should have found that though.
2. The dialog itself is a regular operating system call from .Net 5 libraries. Can you try reinstalling the .Net 5 runtime from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0? If you are running Visual Studio 2019, you get it with Visual Studio 16.11.0 and no need to install the runtime separately.

[chriswendt1]

If you are in a bind translating something right now, you can use the command line version to translate.

[chriswendt1]

@MarcMoeHx: Did any of this help? Note there is also a new version of the compiled binary out there, version 0.8.5.0. I don't think any of the changes affect the bug you observed, but worth a try.
Let me know what you find.

[MarcMoeHx]

Hello,

will updtae my visual studio to 2019 16.11
Had an older version installed, maybe this will solve the problem.
I will come back after testing.

Thank you very much for your fast reply

[chriswendt1]

Hi Marc,
can you let me know if the update had the desired effect?

The code in question is quite simple. It is in the DocumentBrowseButton_Click method in Mainwindow.xaml.cs:
private async void DocumentBrowseButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
ResetUI();
ViewModel.FilesToTranslate.Clear();
OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new() { RestoreDirectory = true, CheckFileExists = true, Multiselect = true };
if (ViewModel.UISettings.lastDocumentsFolder is not null) openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = ViewModel.UISettings.lastDocumentsFolder;
try
{
openFileDialog.Filter = await ViewModel.GetDocumentExtensionsFilter();
}
catch (Azure.RequestFailedException ex)
{
StatusBarText1.Text = Properties.Resources.msg_Error;
if (ex.Status == 401 || ex.Status == 403) StatusBarText2.Text = Properties.Resources.msg_S1OrHigherTierRequired;
else StatusBarText2.Text = ex.Message;
await Task.Delay(2000);
StatusBarText1.Text = string.Empty;
StatusBarText2.Text = string.Empty;
return;
}
openFileDialog.ShowDialog();
foreach (var filename in openFileDialog.FileNames)
ViewModel.FilesToTranslate.Add(filename);
FilesListBox.ItemsSource = ViewModel.FilesToTranslate;
if (ViewModel.FilesToTranslate.Count > 0)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TargetTextBox.Text)) TargetTextBox.Text = Path.GetDirectoryName(ViewModel.FilesToTranslate[0]) + "." + toLanguageBoxDocuments.SelectedValue as string;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(TargetTextBox.Text)) translateDocumentsButton.IsEnabled = true;
}
else translateDocumentsButton.IsEnabled = false;
return;
}

I suspect the failure happens in this line:
openFileDialog.Filter = await ViewModel.GetDocumentExtensionsFilter();

Can you step through it and see where it fails in your situation?

[chriswendt1]

Also, can you have a look at the output window? It should show something like this:

Note the GetFormats: Response: value. Are you getting this line?
GetFormats: Response: {"Value":[{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"PlainText","FileExtensions":[".txt"],"ContentTypes":["text/plain"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"OpenXmlWord","FileExtensions":[".docx"],"ContentTypes":["application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"OpenXmlPresentation","FileExtensions":[".pptx"],"ContentTypes":["application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"OpenXmlSpreadsheet","FileExtensions":[".xlsx"],"ContentTypes":["application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"OutlookMailMessage","FileExtensions":[".msg"],"ContentTypes":["application/vnd.ms-outlook"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"HtmlFile","FileExtensions":[".html",".htm"],"ContentTypes":["text/html"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"PortableDocumentFormat","FileExtensions":[".pdf"],"ContentTypes":["application/pdf"]},{"FormatVersions":["1.0","1.1","1.2"],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"XLIFF","FileExtensions":[".xlf"],"ContentTypes":["application/xliff\u002Bxml"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"TSV","FileExtensions":[".tsv",".tab"],"ContentTypes":["text/tab-separated-values"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"CSV","FileExtensions":[".csv"],"ContentTypes":["text/csv"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"RichTextFormat","FileExtensions":[".rtf"],"ContentTypes":["application/rtf"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"WordDocument","FileExtensions":[".doc"],"ContentTypes":["application/msword"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"PowerpointPresentation","FileExtensions":[".ppt"],"ContentTypes":["application/vnd.ms-powerpoint"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"ExcelSpreadsheet","FileExtensions":[".xls"],"ContentTypes":["application/vnd.ms-excel"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"OpenDocumentText","FileExtensions":[".odt"],"ContentTypes":["application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"OpenDocumentPresentation","FileExtensions":[".odp"],"ContentTypes":["application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"OpenDocumentSpreadsheet","FileExtensions":[".ods"],"ContentTypes":["application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"Markdown","FileExtensions":[".markdown",".mdown",".mkdn",".md",".mkd",".mdwn",".mdtxt",".mdtext",".rmd"],"ContentTypes":["text/markdown","text/x-markdown","text/plain"]},{"FormatVersions":[],"DefaultFormatVersion":null,"Format":"Mhtml","FileExtensions":[".mhtml",".mht"],"ContentTypes":["message/rfc822","application/x-mimearchive","multipart/related"]}]}

[MarcMoeHx]

Hello,

thank you for your help and sorry about late response.
I have created a new Azure Ressource for translation, now it works with the DocumentTranslation.

Interesting part:
the old ressource which not work with this repo is working with the older translator...

So, problem is solved for me :-)

Thank you

[chriswendt1]

Thanks for letting me know.
Was the old resource a free one? Document translation does require paid, S1 or higher.
I thought I had tested with free resource though, and the app should have produced a warning.

[chriswendt1]

Added exception handlers around it, added checks into the "Test" function in the Settings page, bubbled up server error messages to the status bar and to the error log. In 0.8.7.5.