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  • Bringing Google Docs to the Desktop

    - by Jonathan Sampson
    Is there a stable way of accessing Google Docs (application) from my desktop without having to use a browser on Windows? On my accepted answer... While I did stipulate that I wanted to not use my browser, I didn't really mean I wanted to avoid browser technology. I meant I didn't want to open my browser, type in the web address for google docs, etc. TheTXI's answer required me to download/install nothing more than what I already had (Chrome) to acheive this. It created a desktop icon (similar to an application) that launches me right into my docs (similar to an application), without extra browser-items on the screen. This was an excellent suggestion, and won by virtue of parsimony.

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  • Open a popup window from Silverlight

    - by Emanuele Bartolesi
    Silverlight has a method called HtmlPage.PopupWindow() that opens new web browser window with a specific page. You can find this method in the namespace System.Windows.Browser. If you haven’t in your project, add a reference to System.Windows.Browser. The method HtmlPage.PopupWindow() has three parameters: Uri – location to browse String – the target window HtmlPopupWindowOptions – a class with the window options (full list of properties http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.browser.htmlpopupwindowoptions(v=vs.95).aspx) For a security reason of Silverlight the call to HtmlPage.PopupWindow() is allowed through any user input like a button, hyperlink, etc. The code is very simple: var options = new HtmlPopupWindowOptions {Left = 0, Top = 0, Width = 800, Height = 600}; if (HtmlPage.IsPopupWindowAllowed) HtmlPage.PopupWindow(new Uri("http://geekswithblogs.net/"), "new", options); The property IsPopupWindowAllowed is used to check whether the window is enabled to open popup.

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  • Are there any inline code validation libraries available for something similar to TryRuby.org or CodeSchool.com? [closed]

    - by Forkrul Assail
    Recently a lot of browser-based training sites have been spawned. These include tryruby.org, codeacademy.org, codeschool.org and the Udacity site uses something seemingly similar. They allow the user to type code in say Ruby or Python, this is then sent to the server and the output posted back to the browser. Are there libraries available for in-browser code validation? How would you approach this? Suggestions?

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  • How can I make Liferea to open links in the background?

    - by sup
    I have Opera set as my default browser but it is the same for Firefox. When opening a link in Liferea, the link open in an external browser and the browser gets focus. I would like to open the links in background (so that the browser does not get focus). The only solution is to set Focus prevention level to Normal in the Focus & Raise Behaviour tab of General options in CCSM. But this messes things for other things. DO you have any other idea? I am using Unity on 11.10.

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  • Mobile Game Engine

    - by Jason Crosby
    I am trying to track down a game engine for developing mobile games for ios and android. I have been looking for weeks now and havent found what i am looking for. I like jmonkey engine for making desktop games. Its easy to use and it comes with everything you need. Its more that just some libraries. I'm looking for something similar for developing mobile games. I'd like it to be easy to use and have everything included not just a collection of libraries. And I would prefer to write in c++. I'm not looking for "the best". I'm just looking for some engines that match my criteria so I can try them out and see which one works best for me.

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  • Benefits and Future of Web Applications

    A web application is an application that is contacted in excess of a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term should also mean a computer software application that is hosted in a browser-controlled environment or coded in a browser-supported language and dependent on a frequent web browser to provide the application executable.

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  • C++ game architecture

    - by rxc
    I'm trying to make a game, but I'm not sure of the best way to set up the main loop and classes. For really small games, I could put everything in the main() loop, including event handling, collision checking, etc. However, for large games, that's seems like a highly inefficient way to get things done. The architecture I want is kind like the way the Minecraft coders did it (I quote Minecraft code because I've seen the source code when downloading MCP). They have objects entity classes EntityCow and EntityChicken and they have methods like onDeath(), onLivingUpdate(); and item classes like ItemSword have methods like onItemUse(). I've never seen these methods get called directly, but apparently, they get stored in a class called DataWatcher, which, I think "watches" all the data (as the name implies) and calls the appropriate methods in the objects. Is that how most games do it? If so, how is the DataWatcher class implemented? Any help or alternate suggestions is really appreciated.

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  • Accessing Server-Side Data from Client Script: Using Ajax Web Services, Script References, and ...

    Today's websites commonly exchange information between the browser and the web server using Ajax techniques. In a nutshell, the browser executes JavaScript code typically in response to the page loading or some user action. This JavaScript makes an asynchronous HTTP request to the server. The server processes this request and, perhaps, returns data that the browser can then seamlessly integrate into the web page. Typically, the information exchanged between the browser and server is serialized into JSON, an open, text-based serialization format that is both human-readable and platform independent.Adding such targeted, lightweight Ajax capabilities to your ASP.NET website requires two steps: first, you must create some mechanism on

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  • How to remove a node based on contents of a subnode and then convert to CSV with headers intact

    - by Morris Cox
    I'm downloading a 10MB zipped XML file with wget, unzipping it to 40MB, trying to weed out test and expired entries (if the text of a certain node is "This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!" or if is in the past), and then convert to CSV. However, I get this error: PHP Notice: Array to string conversion in /home/morris/projects/grantsgov/xml2csv.php on line 46 I get Array errors because some entries in the XML file have more than one occurrence of a node (different text contents). The test entries are still present. Contents of grantsgov.sh: #!/bin/bash wget --clobber "http://www.grants.gov/search/downloadXML.do;jsessionid=1n7GNpNF2tKZnRGLyQqf7Tl32hFJ1zndhfQpLrJJD11TTNzWMwDy!368676377?fname=GrantsDBExtract$(date +'%Y%m%d').zip" -O GrantsDBExtract$(date +"%Y%m%d").zip unzip GrantsDBExtract$(date +"%Y%m%d").zip php xml2csv.php zip GrantsDBExtracted$(date +"%Y%m%d").zip GrantsDBExtracted$(date +"%Y%m%d").csv Contents of xml2csv.php: <? $current_date = date("Ymd"); //$getfile=fopen("http://www.grants.gov/search/downloadXML.do;jsessionid=GqJNNmdLyJyMlsQqTzS2KdzgT5NMdhPp0QhG946JTmHzRltNTpMQ!368676377?fname=GrantsDBExtract$current_date.zip", "r"); $zip = zip_open("GrantsDBExtract$current_date.zip"); if(is_resource($zip)) { while ($zip_entry = zip_read($zip)) { $fp = fopen("./".zip_entry_name($zip_entry), "w"); if (zip_entry_open($zip, $zip_entry, "r")) { $buf = zip_entry_read($zip_entry, zip_entry_filesize($zip_entry)); fwrite($fp,"$buf"); zip_entry_close($zip_entry); fclose($fp); } } zip_close($zip); } // For future potential use $xml = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'ascii'); $xpath = new DOMXpath($xml); $xslFile = "feddata.xsl"; $filexml="GrantsDBExtract$current_date.xml"; if (file_exists($filexml)) { $xml = simplexml_load_file($filexml); echo "Loaded $filexml\n"; $xslt = new XSLTProcessor(); $xsl = new DOMDocument(); //$XSL->load('feddata.xsl', LIBXML_NOCDATA); $xsl->load($xslFile, LIBXML_NOCDATA); $xslt->importStylesheet($xsl); $xslt->transformToXML($xml); $f = fopen("GrantsDBExtracted$current_date.csv", 'w'); // create the CSV header row on the first time here $first = FALSE; $fields = array(); foreach($record as $key => $value) { $fields[] = $key; } fwrite($f,implode(";",$fields)."\n"); foreach ($xml->FundingOppSynopsis as $fos) { fputcsv($f, get_object_vars($fos),',','"'); } } fclose($f); } else { exit('Failed to open file.'); } ?> Contents of feddata.xsl: <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="xml"/> <xsl:template match="node()|@*"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="FundingOppSynopsis[AgencyMailingAddress = 'This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!']"> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet><xsl:strip-space elements="*"/> Part of the XML file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE Grants SYSTEM "http://www.grants.gov/search/dtd/XMLExtract.dtd"> <Grants> <FundingOppSynopsis> <PostDate>08312007</PostDate> <UserID>None</UserID> <Password>None</Password> <FundingInstrumentType>CA</FundingInstrumentType> <FundingActivityCategory>DPR</FundingActivityCategory> <OtherCategoryExplanation>This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!</OtherCategoryExplanation> <NumberOfAwards>5</NumberOfAwards> <EstimatedFunding>4</EstimatedFunding> <AwardCeiling>2</AwardCeiling> <AwardFloor>1</AwardFloor> <AgencyMailingAddress>This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!</AgencyMailingAddress> <FundingOppTitle>This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!</FundingOppTitle> <FundingOppNumber>IVV-08312007-RG-OPP5</FundingOppNumber> <ApplicationsDueDate>09102007</ApplicationsDueDate> <ApplicationsDueDateExplanation>This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!</ApplicationsDueDateExplanation> <ArchiveDate>10102007</ArchiveDate> <Location>None</Location> <Office>None</Office> <Agency>None</Agency> <FundingOppDescription>This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!</FundingOppDescription> <CFDANumber>000000</CFDANumber> <EligibilityCategory>21</EligibilityCategory> <AdditionalEligibilityInfo>This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!</AdditionalEligibilityInfo> <CostSharing>N</CostSharing> <ObtainFundingOppText FundingOppURL="">Not Available</ObtainFundingOppText> <AgencyContact AgencyEmailDescriptor="This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!" AgencyEmailAddress="This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!">This is a test opportunity. Please DO NOT apply!</AgencyContact> </FundingOppSynopsis> How can I fix the error and remove expired entries (based on ArchiveDate)? I suspect the second to last line in feddata.xsl needs to be fixed.

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  • Add UIView and UILabel to UICollectionViewCell. Then Segue based on clicked cell index

    - by JetSet
    I am new to collection views in Objective-C. Can anyone tell me why I can't see my UILabel embedded in the transparent UIView and the best way to resolve. I want to also segue from the cell to several various UIViewControllers based on the selected index cell. I am using GitHub project https://github.com/mayuur/MJParallaxCollectionView Overall, in MJRootViewController.m I wanted to add a UIView with a transparency and a UILabel with details of the cell from a array. MJCollectionViewCell.h // MJCollectionViewCell.h // RCCPeakableImageSample // // Created by Mayur on 4/1/14. // Copyright (c) 2014 RCCBox. All rights reserved. // #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> #define IMAGE_HEIGHT 200 #define IMAGE_OFFSET_SPEED 25 @interface MJCollectionViewCell : UICollectionViewCell /* image used in the cell which will be having the parallax effect */ @property (nonatomic, strong, readwrite) UIImage *image; /* Image will always animate according to the imageOffset provided. Higher the value means higher offset for the image */ @property (nonatomic, assign, readwrite) CGPoint imageOffset; //@property (nonatomic,readwrite) UILabel *textLabel; @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *textLabel; @property (nonatomic,readwrite) NSString *text; @property(nonatomic,readwrite) CGFloat x,y,width,height; @property (nonatomic,readwrite) NSInteger lineSpacing; @property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UIView* overlayView; @end MJCollectionViewCell.m // // MJCollectionViewCell.m // RCCPeakableImageSample // // Created by Mayur on 4/1/14. // Copyright (c) 2014 RCCBox. All rights reserved. // #import "MJCollectionViewCell.h" @interface MJCollectionViewCell() @property (nonatomic, strong, readwrite) UIImageView *MJImageView; @end @implementation MJCollectionViewCell - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame { self = [super initWithFrame:frame]; if (self) [self setupImageView]; return self; } - (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder { self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder]; if (self) [self setupImageView]; return self; } /* // Only override drawRect: if you perform custom drawing. // An empty implementation adversely affects performance during animation. - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect { // Drawing code } */ #pragma mark - Setup Method - (void)setupImageView { // Clip subviews self.clipsToBounds = YES; // Add image subview self.MJImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.bounds.origin.x, self.bounds.origin.y, self.bounds.size.width, IMAGE_HEIGHT)]; self.MJImageView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor]; self.MJImageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill; self.MJImageView.clipsToBounds = NO; [self addSubview:self.MJImageView]; } # pragma mark - Setters - (void)setImage:(UIImage *)image { // Store image self.MJImageView.image = image; // Update padding [self setImageOffset:self.imageOffset]; } - (void)setImageOffset:(CGPoint)imageOffset { // Store padding value _imageOffset = imageOffset; // Grow image view CGRect frame = self.MJImageView.bounds; CGRect offsetFrame = CGRectOffset(frame, _imageOffset.x, _imageOffset.y); self.MJImageView.frame = offsetFrame; } - (void)setText:(NSString *)text{ _text=text; if (!self.textLabel) { CGFloat realH=self.height*2/3-self.lineSpacing; CGFloat latoA=realH/3; // self.textLabel=[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10,latoA/2, self.width-20, realH)]; self.textLabel.layer.anchorPoint=CGPointMake(.5, .5); self.textLabel.font=[UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-ultralight" size:38]; self.textLabel.numberOfLines=3; self.textLabel.textColor=[UIColor whiteColor]; self.textLabel.shadowColor=[UIColor blackColor]; self.textLabel.shadowOffset=CGSizeMake(1, 1); self.textLabel.transform=CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(-(asin(latoA/(sqrt(self.width*self.width+latoA*latoA))))); [self addSubview:self.textLabel]; } self.textLabel.text=text; } @end MJViewController.h // // MJViewController.h // ParallaxImages // // Created by Mayur on 4/1/14. // Copyright (c) 2014 sky. All rights reserved. // #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> @interface MJRootViewController : UIViewController{ NSInteger choosed; } @end MJViewController.m // // MJViewController.m // ParallaxImages // // Created by Mayur on 4/1/14. // Copyright (c) 2014 sky. All rights reserved. // #import "MJRootViewController.h" #import "MJCollectionViewCell.h" @interface MJRootViewController () <UICollectionViewDataSource, UICollectionViewDelegate, UIScrollViewDelegate> @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UICollectionView *parallaxCollectionView; @property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray* images; @end @implementation MJRootViewController - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib. //self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden=YES; // Fill image array with images NSUInteger index; for (index = 0; index < 14; ++index) { // Setup image name NSString *name = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"image%03ld.jpg", (unsigned long)index]; if(!self.images) self.images = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:0]; [self.images addObject:name]; } [self.parallaxCollectionView reloadData]; } - (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning { [super didReceiveMemoryWarning]; // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated. } #pragma mark - UICollectionViewDatasource Methods - (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section { return self.images.count; } - (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { MJCollectionViewCell* cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"MJCell" forIndexPath:indexPath]; //get image name and assign NSString* imageName = [self.images objectAtIndex:indexPath.item]; cell.image = [UIImage imageNamed:imageName]; //set offset accordingly CGFloat yOffset = ((self.parallaxCollectionView.contentOffset.y - cell.frame.origin.y) / IMAGE_HEIGHT) * IMAGE_OFFSET_SPEED; cell.imageOffset = CGPointMake(0.0f, yOffset); NSString *text; NSInteger index=choosed>=0 ? choosed : indexPath.row%5; switch (index) { case 0: text=@"I am the home cell..."; break; case 1: text=@"I am next..."; break; case 2: text=@"Cell 3..."; break; case 3: text=@"Cell 4..."; break; case 4: text=@"The last cell"; break; default: break; } cell.text=text; cell.overlayView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.0f alpha:0.4f]; //cell.textLabel.text = @"Label showing"; cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:22.0f]; cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; //This is another attempt to display the label by using tags. //UILabel* label = (UILabel*)[cell viewWithTag:1]; //label.text = @"Label works"; return cell; } #pragma mark - UIScrollViewdelegate methods - (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView { for(MJCollectionViewCell *view in self.parallaxCollectionView.visibleCells) { CGFloat yOffset = ((self.parallaxCollectionView.contentOffset.y - view.frame.origin.y) / IMAGE_HEIGHT) * IMAGE_OFFSET_SPEED; view.imageOffset = CGPointMake(0.0f, yOffset); } } @end

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  • Why is this unwanted ">" character being displayed when displaying this PHP document in a browser?

    - by CT
    This page takes an asset id from $_GET of the url and displays some info about the asset after querying a mysql database. When I view the page in my browser there is an unwanted "" character within the page and I have no idea why. I've commented where it appears. It appears before the < table create tag right afterward. The < table tag was originally outside the php script section but I threw it in to see if it made a difference. It did not. Thank you all. I am viewing the page in Firefox. The web server is running on an Ubuntu Server 10.04 virtual machine on my laptop. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> <title>Wagman IT Asset</title> </head> <body> <div id="page"> <div id="header"> <img src="images/logo.png" /> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <div id="container"> <div id="main"> <div id="menu"> <ul> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td><li><a href="index.php">Search Assets</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="browse.php">Browse Assets</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="add_asset.php">Add Asset</a></li></td> <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </ul> </div> <div id="text"> <ul> <li> <h1>View Asset</h1> </li> </ul> //UNWANTED > CHARACTER APPEARS HERE <?php echo "<table width='100%' border='0' cellpadding='2'>"; //make database connect mysql_connect("localhost", "asset_db", "asset_db") or die(mysql_error()); mysql_select_db("asset_db") or die(mysql_error()); //get asset $id = $_GET["id"]; //get type of asset $sql = "SELECT asset.type From asset WHERE asset.id = $id"; $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); $type = $row['type']; switch ($type){ case "Server": $sql = " SELECT asset.id ,asset.company ,asset.location ,asset.purchase_date ,asset.purchase_order ,asset.value ,asset.type ,asset.notes ,server.manufacturer ,server.model ,server.serial_number ,server.esc ,server.user ,server.prev_user ,server.warranty FROM asset LEFT JOIN server ON server.id = asset.id WHERE asset.id = $id "; $result = mysql_query($sql); while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Asset ID:</td><td>"; $id = $row['id']; setcookie('id', $id); echo "$id</td></tr>"; echo "<tr<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>><td>Company:</td><td>"; $company = $row['company']; setcookie('company', $company); echo "$company</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Location:</td><td>"; $company = $row['location']; setcookie('location', $location); echo "$location</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Purchase Date:</td><td>"; $purchase_date = $row['purchase_date']; setcookie('purchase_date', $purchase_date); echo "$purchase_date</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Purchase Order:</td><td>"; $purchase_order = $row['purchase_order']; setcookie('purchase_order', $purchase_order); echo "$purchase_order</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Value:</td><td>"; $value = $row['value']; setcookie('value', $value); echo "$value</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Type:</td><td>"; $type = $row['type']; setcookie('type', $type); echo "$type</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Notes:</td><td>"; $notes = $row['notes']; setcookie('notes', $notes); echo "$notes</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Manufacturer:</td><td>"; $manufacturer = $row['manufacturer']; setcookie('manufacturer', $manufacturer); echo "$manufacturer</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Model / Description:</td><td>"; $model = $row['model']; setcookie('model', $model); echo "$model</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Serial Number / Service Tag:</td><td>"; $serial_number = $row['serial_number']; setcookie('serial_number', $serial_number); echo "$serial_number</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Express Service Code:</td><td>"; $escy = $row['esc']; setcookie('esc', $esc); echo "$esc</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>User:</td><td>"; $user = $row['user']; setcookie('user', $user); echo "$user</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Previous User:</td><td>"; $prev_user = $row['prev_user']; setcookie('prev_user', $prev_user); echo "$prev_user</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Warranty:</td><td>"; $warranty = $row['warranty']; setcookie('warranty', $warranty); echo "$warranty</td></tr></table>"; } break; case "Laptop": $sql = " SELECT asset.id ,asset.company ,asset.location ,asset.purchase_date ,asset.purchase_order ,asset.value ,asset.type ,asset.notes ,laptop.manufacturer ,laptop.model ,laptop.serial_number ,laptop.esc ,laptop.user ,laptop.prev_user ,laptop.warranty FROM asset LEFT JOIN laptop ON laptop.id = asset.id WHERE asset.id = $id "; $result = mysql_query($sql); while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Asset ID:</td><td>"; $id = $row['id']; setcookie('id', $id); echo "$id</td></tr>"; echo "<tr<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>><td>Company:</td><td>"; $company = $row['company']; setcookie('company', $company); echo "$company</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Location:</td><td>"; $company = $row['location']; setcookie('location', $location); echo "$location</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Purchase Date:</td><td>"; $purchase_date = $row['purchase_date']; setcookie('purchase_date', $purchase_date); echo "$purchase_date</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Purchase Order:</td><td>"; $purchase_order = $row['purchase_order']; setcookie('purchase_order', $purchase_order); echo "$purchase_order</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Value:</td><td>"; $value = $row['value']; setcookie('value', $value); echo "$value</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Type:</td><td>"; $type = $row['type']; setcookie('type', $type); echo "$type</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Notes:</td><td>"; $notes = $row['notes']; setcookie('notes', $notes); echo "$notes</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Manufacturer:</td><td>"; $manufacturer = $row['manufacturer']; setcookie('manufacturer', $manufacturer); echo "$manufacturer</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Model / Description:</td><td>"; $model = $row['model']; setcookie('model', $model); echo "$model</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Serial Number / Service Tag:</td><td>"; $serial_number = $row['serial_number']; setcookie('serial_number', $serial_number); echo "$serial_number</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Express Service Code:</td><td>"; $escy = $row['esc']; setcookie('esc', $esc); echo "$esc</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>User:</td><td>"; $user = $row['user']; setcookie('user', $user); echo "$user</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Previous User:</td><td>"; $prev_user = $row['prev_user']; setcookie('prev_user', $prev_user); echo "$prev_user</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Warranty:</td><td>"; $warranty = $row['warranty']; setcookie('warranty', $warranty); echo "$warranty</td></tr></table>"; } break; case "Desktop": $sql = " SELECT asset.id ,asset.company ,asset.location ,asset.purchase_date ,asset.purchase_order ,asset.value ,asset.type ,asset.notes ,desktop.manufacturer ,desktop.model ,desktop.serial_number ,desktop.esc ,desktop.user ,desktop.prev_user ,desktop.warranty FROM asset LEFT JOIN desktop ON desktop.id = asset.id WHERE asset.id = $id "; $result = mysql_query($sql); while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Asset ID:</td><td>"; $id = $row['id']; setcookie('id', $id); echo "$id</td></tr>"; echo "<tr<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>><td>Company:</td><td>"; $company = $row['company']; setcookie('company', $company); echo "$company</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Location:</td><td>"; $company = $row['location']; setcookie('location', $location); echo "$location</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Purchase Date:</td><td>"; $purchase_date = $row['purchase_date']; setcookie('purchase_date', $purchase_date); echo "$purchase_date</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Purchase Order:</td><td>"; $purchase_order = $row['purchase_order']; setcookie('purchase_order', $purchase_order); echo "$purchase_order</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Value:</td><td>"; $value = $row['value']; setcookie('value', $value); echo "$value</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Type:</td><td>"; $type = $row['type']; setcookie('type', $type); echo "$type</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Notes:</td><td>"; $notes = $row['notes']; setcookie('notes', $notes); echo "$notes</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Manufacturer:</td><td>"; $manufacturer = $row['manufacturer']; setcookie('manufacturer', $manufacturer); echo "$manufacturer</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Model / Description:</td><td>"; $model = $row['model']; setcookie('model', $model); echo "$model</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Serial Number / Service Tag:</td><td>"; $serial_number = $row['serial_number']; setcookie('serial_number', $serial_number); echo "$serial_number</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Express Service Code:</td><td>"; $escy = $row['esc']; setcookie('esc', $esc); echo "$esc</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>User:</td><td>"; $user = $row['user']; setcookie('user', $user); echo "$user</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Previous User:</td><td>"; $prev_user = $row['prev_user']; setcookie('prev_user', $prev_user); echo "$prev_user</td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Warranty:</td><td>"; $warranty = $row['warranty']; setcookie('warranty', $warranty); echo "$warranty</td></tr></table>"; } break; } ?> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="footer" align="center"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> <div id="tagline"> Wagman Construction - Bridging Generations since 1902 </div> </body> </html>

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  • Rspec Selenium. Test to check certain Ajax functions passes when i expect it to fail.

    - by alokswain
    I am testing a Ajax action using Rspec and Selenium. My story is as follows: it "should create a new User with any input" do @browser.open "/people" @browser.wait_for_page_to_load "2000" @browser.type "user_name", "Alok Swain" @browser.click "user_submit" @browser.text?("Alok Swain").should be_true end The action i am testing is: def add_user @users = User.all User.create(params[:user]) render :update do |page| page.alert "Created User" page.replace_html "users", :partial => '/people/users_list', :locals => {:users => @users} end end The test fails and the error I get is: 'User should create a new User with any input' FAILED expected false to be true. This test should pass right ? I also kept an alert and tried @browser.is_alert_present.should be_true but i got the same error. I tried @browser.is_text_present("test") and this test succeeded. In the test database a record was created for Alok Swain but when I tried the above assertion it passed when i expected it to fail. Is there any thing else to be done here. What am I missing ?

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  • .htaccess file on localhost throwing an error when using a Virtual Host config on my Localhost!!

    - by Chris
    I am trying to set-up my localhost development server. I have everything working but when I try to add an .htaccess it throws this error: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [no address given] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. I dont know exactly why this is, this is pretty much the exact same setup as the other developers machine, but when using my .htaccess file I get that error. Here is my .htaccess file (NOTE: They are commented because I left my site with this setup. It only lets me view the index page. Without this .htaccess file, I can navigate.): Options -indexes RewriteEngine On ErrorDocument 404 /404 RewriteRule ^battery/([^/]+)$ /browser/product?sku=BATTERY+$1&type=battery RewriteRule ^vehicles/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/product([0-9]+)$ /browser/index.php?make=$1&model=$2&id=$3 [L,NC] RewriteRule ^vehicles/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([0-9]+)$ /browser/product.php?make=$1&model=$2&year=$3&id=$4 [L,NC] RewriteRule ^vehicles/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /browser/index.php?make=$1&model=$2&year=$3 [L,NC] RewriteRule ^vehicles/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /browser/index.php?make=$1&model=$2 [L,NC] RewriteRule ^vehicles/([^/]+)$ /browser/index.php?make=$1 [L,NC] RewriteRule ^vehicles/$ /browser/index.php [L,NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

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  • CheckBOX ASP MVC

    - by NewmanASPMVC
    Hi i am new to ASP.NET MVC. I am not sure how to deal with Check box or Radio Button to get values when they are clicked. Can any one help me? I am providing a simple code that might help you understand what i meant to be. Please share examples. <script type="text/javascript" > function check(browser) { document.getElementById("answer").value=browser; } </script> <form action=""> <input type="radio" name="browser" onclick="check(this.value)" value="Internet Explorer"/>Internet Explorer<br /> <input type="radio" name="browser" onclick="check(this.value)" value="Firefox"/>Firefox<br /> <input type="radio" name="browser" onclick="check(this.value)" value="Netscape"/>Netscape<br /> <input type="radio" name="browser" onclick="check(this.value)" value="Opera"/>Opera<br /> <br /> Your favorite browser is: <input type="text" id="answer" size="20"/> </form>

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  • Using ext4 in VMware machine

    First of all, using a journaling filesystems like NTFS, ext4, XFS, or JFS (not to name all of them) is a very good idea and nowadays unthinkable not to do. Linux offers a good variety of different option as journaling filesystem for your system. Since years I am using SGI's XFS and I am pretty confident with stability, performance and liability of the system. In earlier years I had to struggle with incompatibilities between XFS and the boot loader. Using an ext2 formatted /boot solved this issue. But, wow, that is ages ago! Lately, I had to setup a fresh Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) system for a change of our internal groupware / messaging system. Therefore, I fired up a new virtual machine with almost standard configuration in VMware Server and run through our network-based PXE boot and installation procedure. At a certain step in this process, Ubuntu asks you about the partitioning of your hard drive(s). Honestly, I have to say that only out of curiousity I sticked to the "default" suggestion and gave my faith and trust into the Ubuntu installation routine... Resulting to have an ext4 based root mount point ( / ). The rest of the installation went on without further concerns or worries. Note:I really can't remember why I chose to go away from my favourite... Well, it should turn out to be the wrong decision after all. Ok, let's continue the story about ext4 in a VMware based virtual machine. After some hours installing additional packages and configuring the new system using LDAP for general authentication and login, I had an "out-of-the-box" usable enterprise messaging system based on Zarafa 6.40 Community Edition inclusive proper SSL-based Webaccess interface and Z-Push extension for ActiveSync with my Nokia mobile. Straightforward and pretty nice for the time spent on the setup. Having priority on other tasks I let the system just running and didn't pay any further attention at all. Until I run into an upgrade of "Mail for Exchange" on Symbian OS. My mobile did not bother me at all with the upgrade and everything went smooth, but trying to re-establish the ActiveSync connection to the Zarafa messaging system resulted in a frustating situation. So, I shifted my focus back to the Linux system and I was amazed to figure out that the root had been remounted readonly due to hard drive failures or at least ext4 reported errors. Firing up Google only confirmed my concerns and it seems that using ext4 for VMware based virtual machines does not look like a stable and reliable candidate to me. You might consider reading those external resources: ext4 fs corruption under VMWare Server 2.01Bug #389555 - ext4 filesystem corruption Well, I learned my lesson and ext{2|3|4} based filesystems are not going to be used on any of my Linux systems or customer installations in the future. Addendum: I did not try this setup in other virtualization environments like VirtualBox, qemu, kvm, Xen, etc.

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  • WebCenter Customer Spotlight: Marvel

    - by me
    Author: Peter Reiser - Social Business Evangelist, Oracle WebCenter  Solution SummaryMarvel Entertainment, LLC (Marvel) is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. The customer wanted to optimize their brand licensing process, so Marvel worked with Oracle WebCenter partner Fishbowl Solutions and implemented a centralized Content Hub based on Oracle WebCenter Content. The 100% web based secure Intranet/Partner Extranet solution is now managing the entire life cycle of the brand licensing process. Marvel and their brand licensees have  now complete visibility of brand license operations including the history of approval request and related content.  Company OverviewMarvel Entertainment, LLC (Marvel) a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years.  Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing.   Sample  characters:    - Spider-Man    - Iron Man    - Captain America    - X-MEN    - Thor    - Avengers    - And a host of others  Business ChallengesMarvel wanted to optimize their brand licensing process for their characters and had following business requirements : Facilitating content worldwide Scalable and flexible infrastructure to manage multiple content types and huge file sizes Optimize the licensing process workflow trough automatic notifications, tracking reviews, issuing approvals, etc. Solution DeployedMarvel worked with Oracle WebCenter partner Fishbowl Solutions and implemented a centralized Content Hub based on Oracle WebCenter Content. The 100% web based secure Intranet/Partner Extranet solution is now managing the entire life cycle of the brand licensing process. The internal users can now manage all digital assets related to a character trough proper categorization of all items, workflow based review and approval of branding styles and a powerful search and retrieval service. The licensees of Marvel brands can now online develop and submit  concepts and prototypes which are reviewed and approved using a collaborative process. Business ResultMarvel and their brand licensees have now complete visibility of brand license operations including the history of approval request and related content. The character brand related content is now in the right place, at the right time at the user's fingertips with highly improved quality. Additional Information Marvel Open World Presentation Oracle WebCenter Content

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  • List of available whitepapers as at 04 May 2010

    - by Anthony Shorten
    The following table lists the whitepapers available, from My Oracle Support, for any Oracle Utilities Application Framework based product: KB Id Document Title Contents 559880.1 ConfigLab Design Guidelines Whitepaper outlining how to design and implement a ConfigLab solution. 560367.1 Technical Best Practices for Oracle Utilities Application Framework Based Products Whitepaper summarizing common technical best practices used by partners, implementation teams and customers.  560382.1 Performance Troubleshooting Guideline Series A set of whitepapers on tracking performance at each tier in the framework. The individual whitepapers are as follows: Concepts - General Concepts and Performance Troublehooting processes Client Troubleshooting - General troubleshooting of the browser client with common issues and resolutions. Network Troubleshooting - General troubleshooting of the network with common issues and resolutions. Web Application Server Troubleshooting - General troubleshooting of the Web Application Server with common issues and resolutions. Server Troubleshooting - General troubleshooting of the Operating system with common issues and resolutions. Database Troubleshooting - General troubleshooting of the database with common issues and resolutions. Batch Troubleshooting - General troubleshooting of the background processing component of the product with common issues and resolutions. 560401.1 Software Configuration Management Series  A set of whitepapers on how to manage customization (code and data) using the tools provided with the framework. The individual whitepapers are as follows: Concepts - General concepts and introduction. Environment Management - Principles and techniques for creating and managing environments. Version Management - Integration of Version control and version management of configuration items.  Release Management - Packaging configuration items into a release.  Distribution - Distribution and installation of  releases across environments  Change Management - Generic change management processes for product implementations. Status Accounting -Status reporting techniques using product facilities.  Defect Management -Generic defect management processes for product implementations. Implementing Single Fixes - Discussion on the single fix architecture and how to use it in an implementation. Implementing Service Packs - Discussion on the service packs and how to use them in an implementation. Implementing Upgrades - Discussion on the the upgrade process and common techniques for minimizing the impact of upgrades. 773473.1 Oracle Utilities Application Framework Security Overview Whitepaper summarizing the security facilities in the framework. Updated for OUAF 4.0.1 774783.1 LDAP Integration for Oracle Utilities Application Framework based products Whitepaper summarizing how to integrate an external LDAP based security repository with the framework.  789060.1 Oracle Utilities Application Framework Integration Overview Whitepaper summarizing all the various common integration techniques used with the product (with case studies). 799912.1 Single Sign On Integration for Oracle Utilities Application Framework based products Whitepaper outlining a generic process for integrating an SSO product with the framework. 807068.1 Oracle Utilities Application Framework Architecture Guidelines This whitepaper outlines the different variations of architecture that can be considered. Each variation will include advice on configuration and other considerations. 836362.1 Batch Best Practices for Oracle Utilities Application Framework based products This whitepaper oulines the common and best practices implemented by sites all over the world. Updated for OUAF 4.0.1 856854.1 Technical Best Practices V1 Addendum  Addendum to Technical Best Practices for Oracle Utilities Application Framework Based Products containing only V1.x specific advice. 942074.1 XAI Best Practices This whitepaper outlines the common integration tasks and best practices for the Web Services Integration provided by the Oracle Utilities Application Framework. Updated for OUAF 4.0.1 970785.1 Oracle Identity Manager Integration Overview This whitepaper outlines the principals of the prebuilt intergration between Oracle Utilities Application Framework Based Products and Orade Identity Manager used to provision user and user group secuity information 1068958.1 Production Environment Configuration Guidelines (New!) Whitepaper outlining common production level settings for the products

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  • Where to start with game development?

    - by steven_desu
    I asked this earlier in this thread at stackoverflow.com. One of the early comments redirected me here to gamedev.stackexchange.com, so I'm reposting here. Searching for related questions I found a number of very specific questions, but I'm afraid the specifics have proved fruitless for me and after 4 hours on Google I'm no closer than I started, so I felt reaching out to a community might be in order. First, my goal: I've never made a game before, although I've muddled over the possibility several times. I decided to finally sit down and start learning how to code games, use game engines, etc. All so that one day (hopefully soon) I'll be able to make functional (albeit simple) games. I can start adding complexity later, for now I'd be glad to have a keyboard-controlled camera moving in a 3D world with no interaction beyond that. My background: I've worked in SEVERAL programming languages ranging from PHP to C++ to Java to ASM. I'm not afraid of any challenges that come with learning the new syntax or limitations inherent in a new language. All of my past programming experience, however, has been strictly non-graphical and usually with little or extremely simple interaction during execution. I've created extensive and brilliant algorithms for solving logical and mathematical problems as well as graphing problems. However in every case input was either defined in a file, passed form an HTML form, or typed into the console. Real-time interaction with the user is something with which I have no experience. My question: Where should I start in trying to make games? Better yet- where should I start in trying to create a keyboard-navigable 3D environment? In searching online I've found several resources linking to game engines, graphics engines, and physics engines. Here's a brief summary of my experiences with a few engines I tried: Unreal SDK: The tutorial videos assume that you already have in-depth knowledge of 3D modeling, graphics engines, animations, etc. The "Getting Started" page offers no formal explanation of game development but jumps into how Unreal can streamline processes it assumes you're already familiar with. After downloading the SDK and launching it to see if the tools were as intuitive as they claimed, I was greeted with about 60 buttons and a blank void for my 3D modeling. Clicking on "add volume" (to attempt to add a basic cube) I was met with a menu of 30 options. Panicking, I closed the editor. Crystal Space: The website seemed rather informative, explaining that Crystal Space was just for graphics and the companion software, CEL, provided entity logic for making games. A demo game was provided, which was built using "CELStart", their simple tool for people with no knowledge of game programming. I launched the game to see what I might look forward to creating. It froze several times, the menus were buggy, there were thousands of graphical glitches, enemies didn't respond to damage, and when I closed the game it locked up. Gave up on that engine. IrrLicht: The tutorial assumes I have Visual Studio 6.0 (I have Visual Studio 2010). Following their instructions I was unable to properly import the library into Visual Studio and unable to call any of the functions that they kept using. Manually copying header files, class files, and DLLs into my project's folder - the project failed to properly compile. Clearly I'm not off to a good start and I'm going in circles. Can someone point me in the right direction? Should I start by downloading a program like Blender and learning 3D modeling, or should I be learning how to use a graphics engine? Should I look for an all-inclusive game engine, or is it better to try and code my own game logic? If anyone has actually made their own games, I would prefer to hear how they got their start. Also- taking classes at my school is not an option. Nothing is offered.

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  • Where to start with game development?

    - by steven_desu
    Searching for related questions I found a number of very specific questions, but I'm afraid the specifics have proved fruitless for me and after 4 hours on Google I'm no closer than I started, so I felt reaching out to a community might be in order. First, my goal: I've never made a game before, although I've muddled over the possibility several times. I decided to finally sit down and start learning how to code games, use game engines, etc. All so that one day (hopefully soon) I'll be able to make functional (albeit simple) games. I can start adding complexity later, for now I'd be glad to have a keyboard-controlled camera moving in a 3D world with no interaction beyond that. My background: I've worked in SEVERAL programming languages ranging from PHP to C++ to Java to ASM. I'm not afraid of any challenges that come with learning the new syntax or limitations inherent in a new language. All of my past programming experience, however, has been strictly non-graphical and usually with little or extremely simple interaction during execution. I've created extensive and brilliant algorithms for solving logical and mathematical problems. However in every case input was either defined in a file, passed form an HTML form, or typed into the console. Real-time interaction with the user is something with which I have no experience. My question: Where should I start in trying to make games? Better yet- where should I start in trying to create a keyboard-navigable 3D environment? In searching online I've found several resources linking to game engines, graphics engines, and physics engines. Here's a brief summary of my experiences with a few engines I tried: Unreal SDK: The tutorial videos assume that you already have in-depth knowledge of 3D modeling, graphics engines, animations, etc. The "Getting Started" page offers no formal explanation of game development but jumps into how Unreal can streamline processes it assumes you're already familiar with. After downloading the SDK and launching it to see if the tools were as intuitive as they claimed, I was greeted with about 60 buttons and a blank void for my 3D modeling. Clicking on "add volume" (to attempt to add a basic cube) I was met with a menu of 30 options. Panicking, I closed the editor. Crystal Space: The website seemed rather informative, explaining that Crystal Space was just for graphics and the companion software, CEL, provided entity logic for making games. A demo game was provided, which was built using "CELStart", their simple tool for people with no knowledge of game programming. I launched the game to see what I might look forward to creating. It froze several times, the menus were buggy, there were thousands of graphical glitches, enemies didn't respond to damage, and when I closed the game it locked up. Gave up on that engine. IrrLicht: The tutorial assumes I have Visual Studio 6.0 (I have Visual Studio 2010). Following their instructions I was unable to properly import the library into Visual Studio and unable to call any of the functions that they kept using. Manually copying header files, class files, and DLLs into my project's folder - the project failed to properly compile. Clearly I'm not off to a good start and I'm going in circles. Can someone point me in the right direction? Should I start by downloading a program like Blender and learning 3D modeling, or should I be learning how to use a graphics engine? Should I look for an all-inclusive game engine, or is it better to try and code my own game logic? If anyone has actually made their own games, I would prefer to hear how they got their start. Also- taking classes at my school is not an option. Nothing is offered.

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  • Oracle GoldenGate Active-Active Part 1

    - by Nick_W
    My name is Nick Wagner, and I'm a recent addition to the Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) product management team.  I've spent the last 15+ years working on database replication products, and I've spent the last 10 years working on the Oracle GoldenGate product.  So most of my posting will probably be focused on OGG.  One question that comes up all the time is around active-active replication with Oracle GoldenGate.  How do I know if my application is a good fit for active-active replication with GoldenGate?   To answer that, it really comes down to how you plan on handling conflict resolution.  I will delve into topology and deployment in a later blog, but here is a simple architecture: The two most common resolution routines are host based resolution and timestamp based resolution. Host based resolution is used less often, but works with the fewest application changes.  Think of it like this: any transactions from SystemA always take precedence over any transactions from SystemB.  If there is a conflict on SystemB, then the record from SystemA will overwrite it.  If there is a conflict on SystemA, then it will be ignored.  It is quite a bit less restrictive, and in most cases, as long as all the tables have primary keys, host based resolution will work just fine.  Timestamp based resolution, on the other hand, is a little trickier. In this case, you can decide which record is overwritten based on timestamps. For example, does the older record get overwritten with the newer record?  Or vice-versa?  This method not only requires primary keys on every table, but it also requires every table to have a timestamp/date column that is updated each time a record is inserted or updated on the table.  Most homegrown applications can always be customized to include these requirements, but it's a little more difficult with 3rd party applications, and might even be impossible for large ERP type applications.  If your database has these features - whether it’s primary keys for host based resolution, or primary keys and timestamp columns for timestamp based resolution - then your application could be a great candidate for active-active replication.  But table structure is not the only requirement.  The other consideration applies when there is a conflict; i.e., do I need to perform any notification or track down the user that had their data overwritten?  In most cases, I don't think it's necessary, but if it is required, OGG can always create an exceptions table that contains all of the overwritten transactions so that people can be notified. It's a bit of extra work to implement this type of option, but if the business requires it, then it can be done. Unless someone is constantly monitoring this exception table or has an automated process in dealing with exceptions, there will be a delay in getting a response back to the end user. Ideally, when setting up active-active resolution we can include some simple procedural steps or configuration options that can reduce, or in some cases eliminate the potential for conflicts.  This makes the whole implementation that much easier and foolproof.  And I'll cover these in my next blog. 

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