Crazy error message

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After opening the Duplicati main page, this error message popped up:

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After setting the Duplicati main interface to English, the error message stays in Dutch.
Translating back to English (Google) results in “The author of a copy method can not have this that is null.”
Note that “this” and “null” seem to be placeholders and are not translated.

As I’m the translator to Dutch, I supposed I should be able to find this string in Transifex, but I can’t find it. I guess I’m doing something wrong, or enter an incorrect search term, otherwise some weird automatic translation is taking place somewhere.

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Heh, looks to me like a Dutch version of the dreaded “null object reference” error.

Is this on beta, canary, or something else?

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2.0.2.3_canary_2017-09-08

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If the operating system is Dutch, then maybe the message is from the .Net library:
http://finderr.net/clr/nl/De-gemachtigde-van-een-exemplaarmethode-kan-geen-this-hebben-die-null-is-/316769196

I think this is the error that I fixed with 2.0.2.4.

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You hit the nail on its head, explains why it cannot be found in translation files. Thanks!

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Would it be possible of including a hint towards the source of the error message if it is not a genuine duplicati error message?

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Not sure how that would help. The error message from a library (or .Net) is supposed to be more accurate than error messages in Duplicati.

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Wasn’t the point of this topic that the error message behaves strangely and could not be found in transifex?

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True… but that is more of a translator trying to debug I guess…

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:rofl::joy:
@kenkendk’s answer explains it: My Dutch .NET framework on my Dutch OS running Duplicati presents me a Dutch error message. I assumed it was generated by Duplicati, but that’s not true. Case closed!