With the recent push of Internet Explorer 8 updates some are experiencing problems downloading data from Hattrick using Hattrick Manager.

This and some more issues are upcoming v2.57 that is now available as beta here.

Hattrick just changed their layout. If you receive an error similar to “No Hattrick Server address found!” when performing a download, like this:

Please do the following to solve this. In the Download window, click Settings then click the Connection tab. Locate the section Hattrick Server and change from Auto-Detect to manually entering “www.hattrick.org” (without quotes).

It seems like there is an error affecting some users of v2.56. Therefore I’ve reverted back to v2.55 instead.

If you are experiencing an error dialog, download the old v2.55 instead.

This release contains a few fixes. As you may have noticed, since the previous version many non a-z characters appears wrong. This is due to a change in how Hattrick encodes the files compared to the old way of retrieving data from Hattrick.

The way to fix this is to replace the way the XML-files are read and parsed by Hattrick Manager. In this version I’ve done that for the player-data file. This will make the player names appear as they should in the main player list (they may appear scrambled elsewhere). Hopefully this change didn’t cause anything else to break.

I’m going to continue working replacing the XML-parser for the different data files, but I thought it was a good idea to get the fix for the player names out already now.

A new version is now available for download. This version supports the new CHPP procedure and fixes the errors related to downloading data from Hattrick.

I’m sorry for the inconvenience the late released of this version has caused. In front of the computer, with internet access, together with about 15 still not unpacked boxes in a small room - this version was finally released.

I’m aware of the issue that non standard english characters will currently appear scrambled in several places of the application.

Due to recent changes on www.hattrick.org related to CHPP Hattrick Manager has stopped working when downloading new data. The symptom is that several data file fails.

I intend to provide an update to fix this. Due to my current personal situation (I’m moving this weekend, resulting in no internet access at home among other things) I’m not able to provide an immediate fix.

As soon as the dust have settled I will release a new version, before the start of the next season.

I’m sorry for the inconvenience this has caused.

Update 9/30: The moving went well. Now everything is in boxes with two kids running around (+ one baby). I hope to find my computer somewhere now…