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  • Workflow: Deploy Operating Systems

    - by Owen Allen
    The Deploy Operating Systems workflow is a workflow document that we added recently. It shows you how to get operating systems up and running in your environment. It's mostly linear, but it's a bit more complicated than some of the others. It's built around a pair of images. In both images, the left side shows the prerequisites for the whole process. Before you can deploy operating systems, you have to have Ops Center fully installed, with libraries set up and hardware already discovered. Once you've done that preparation, the first image walks you through all of the OS deployment steps. First you discover existing operating systems, then you provision Oracle Solaris 10 or Oracle Solaris 11. If you're not planning on using virtualization, then your deployment is done, and you're directed to the operate workflows. If you are interested in virtualization, though, you go on to the second image: The second image walks you through deploying virtualization, sending you to the Deploying Oracle Solaris 10 Zones, Deploying Oracle Solaris 11 Zones, or Deploying Oracle VM Server for SPARC workflows, depending on what kind of virtualization you're planning on using. Once you've done that, you're ready to go on to the operation workflows.

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  • Is there any CSS selector to reach an element outside of the current container?

    - by acidrums4
    (And excuse me for my bad english, for starters...) Sorry if this is a noob question, but I really don't know if the following is possible. I'm doing a html5 portfolio. I'm following a tuto from codrops to visually filter works with only css3 (http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/01/09/filter-functionality-with-css3/). There, user can select which category want to see with some <input type="radio">'s. But those selectors are under the same container (a <section>) and give visibility for the elements via CSS using a general sibling combinator (~). So in that example, the CSS code goes like this: .ff-container input.ff-selector-type-all:checked ~ label.ff-label-type-all, .ff-container input.ff-selector-type-1:checked ~ label.ff-label-type-1, .ff-container input.ff-selector-type-2:checked ~ label.ff-label-type-2, .ff-container input.ff-selector-type-3:checked ~ label.ff-label-type-3{ background: linear-gradient(top, #646d93 0%,#7c87ad 100%); color: #424d71; text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.3); box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 1px #40496e, 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.1) inset; } The thing is I want to put those <input type="radio">'s on the <head> section of my portfolio, but obviously the ~ selector won't work there. So my question is that is there any selector, hack or something that can do that? Something like .ff-container input.ff-selector-type-all:checked $ header > label.ff-label-type-all { awesomeness:100%; } I really don't want to use Javascript/Jquery for that... Thank you so much in advance!

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  • Continuous Retraining Tutorials

    - by foampile
    I am looking for an online resource in which you can sortof design your future professional profile and it would provide you a set of tutorials that you would complete to get a basic level of familiarity with related technologies. One of my professional problems is my learning style: I can learn either by direct hands-on experience OR by following a rigid training program that goes in a linear progression. I have a hard time learning things in a multidimensional environment where the biggest challenge is to determine what needs to be learned and how to pick from a ton of books and the least problem is to go through the actual material. So I am looking for a reputable source that will knock those two confusing questions out for me so I can kick back and continuously be upgrading my skills without having to worry about what and how myself. I have found some decent online tutorials for various technologies but never found a single place that has all or most developer education tutorials that all follow the same or similar interface. I am kindof a lazy learner and would rather follow confirmed learning steps than be figuring my own education path just to realize I did it all wrong down the road. Is there a tutorial mega-boutique like that online?

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  • 2d game view camera zoom, rotation & offset using 'Filter' / 'Shader' processing?

    - by Arthur Wulf White
    I wish to add the ability to zoom-in, zoom-out, rotate and move the view in a top-down view over a collection of points and lines in a large 2d map. I split the map into a grid so I only need to render the points that are 'near' the camera. My question is, how do I render a point A(Xp,Yp) assuming the following details: Offset of the camera pov from the origin of the map is: Xc, Yc Meaning the camera center is positioned on top of that point. If there's a point in Xc, Yc it is positioned in the center of the screen. The rotation angle is: alpha The scale is: S Read my answer first. I am thinking there is more optimized solution, thanks. My question is how to include the following improvement: I read in the AS3 Bible book that: In regards to ShaderInput, You can use these methods to coerce Pixel Bender to crunch huge sets of data masquerading as images, without doing too much work on the ActionScript side to make them look like images. Meaning if I am performing the same linear function on a lot of items, I can do it all at once if I use Shaders correctly and save processing time. Does anyone know how that is accomplished? Here is a sample of what I mean: http://wonderfl.net/c/eFp0/

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  • How to get latitude and longitude position that stored in MySQL and use it in Android map application

    - by gunawan haruna
    I have tried to get the latitude and longitude position that was stored in MySQL. I want use the values to my Android map application. Here is my code: deskripsi.Java Button direction = (Button) findViewById (R.id.btnDir); direction.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){ public void onClick(View arg0) { Intent z = getIntent(); des_lat = z.getExtras().getString("des_lat"); des_long = z.getExtras().getString("des_long"); Intent i = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://maps.google.com/maps?&daddr="+des_lat+","+des_long)); //("geo:37.827500,-122.481670")); startActivity(i); } }); And here is the content.Java private ListView list; int x; private String panjang[]; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.kontent); super.initButtonSearch(); list = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list); JSONObject jo; try { jo = new JSONObject(JsonKontent); JSONArray ja = jo.getJSONArray("result"); System.out.println("Panjang : " + ja.length()); if (ja.length() == 0) { Toast.makeText(Content.this, "Data tidak ada!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); finish(); } content_id = new String[ja.length()]; c_title = new String[ja.length()]; c_telephone = new String[ja.length()]; c_short_description = new String[ja.length()]; c_long_description = new String[ja.length()]; c_image1 = new String[ja.length()]; c_image2 = new String[ja.length()]; l_address = new String[ja.length()]; catagory_id = new String[ja.length()]; Location myLoc = new Location("sharedPreferences"); Location restLoc = new Location("restaurantTable"); l_latitude = new String[ja.length()]; l_longitude = new String[ja.length()]; c_name = new String[ja.length()]; panjang = new String[ja.length()]; for (x = 0; x < ja.length(); x++) { JSONObject joj = ja.getJSONObject(x); content_id[x] = joj.getString("content_id"); catagory_id[x] = joj.getString("catagory_id"); c_title[x] = joj.getString("c_title"); c_telephone[x] = joj.getString("c_telephone"); c_short_description[x] = joj.getString("c_short_description"); c_long_description[x] = joj.getString("c_long_description"); c_image1[x] = HTTPConnection.urlPicture + joj.getString("c_image1"); c_image2[x] = HTTPConnection.urlPicture + joj.getString("c_image2"); l_address[x] = joj.getString("l_address"); l_latitude[x] = joj.getString("l_latitude"); l_longitude[x] = joj.getString("l_longitude"); c_name[x] = joj.getString("c_name"); myLoc.setLatitude(myLatitude); myLoc.setLongitude(myLongitude); restLoc.setLatitude(Double.parseDouble(l_latitude[x])); restLoc.setLongitude(Double.parseDouble(l_longitude[x])); float f = myLoc.distanceTo(restLoc); int f_int = Math.round(f / 100); f = Float.valueOf(f_int) / 10; String dist = new DecimalFormat("#,##0.0").format(f); System.out.println("Panjang " + dist + " km"); panjang[x] = dist + " km"; } } catch (JSONException e) { Toast.makeText(Content.this, "Data yang dicari tidak ada!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); finish(); } PFCAdapter adapter = new PFCAdapter(this, c_image1, c_title, l_address, panjang); list.setAdapter(adapter); list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() { public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int arg2, long arg3) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub System.out.println("Content ID: " + Content.content_id[Deskripsi.id]); Deskripsi.id = arg2; waitDialog = ProgressDialog.show(Content.this, "Memuat", "Harap tunggu, sedang terhubung dengan server"); waitDialog.setIcon(R.drawable.iconnya); waitDialog.show(); new LihatRatingTask().execute(); } }); } class LihatRatingTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> { protected Void doInBackground(Void... Arg0) { Deskripsi.jsonRating = HTTPConnection.openUrl(HTTPConnection.host + "lihat_rating.php?content_id=" + Content.content_id[Deskripsi.id]); Deskripsi.jsonSubCategory = HTTPConnection .openUrl(HTTPConnection.host + "sub_catagory_parameter.php?content_id=" + Content.content_id[Deskripsi.id]); RoutePath.place = HTTPConnection .LoadImageFromWeb(HTTPConnection.host + "Logo/" + image[Integer.valueOf(catagory_id[Deskripsi.id]) - 1]); Intent i = new Intent(Content.this, Deskripsi.class); i.putExtra("des_lat", l_latitude); i.putExtra("des_long", l_longitude); startActivity(i); waitDialog.dismiss(); return null; } protected void onPostExecute(Void result) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub super.onPostExecute(result); waitDialog.dismiss(); } } } The result is in destination EditText in maps application for Android "null,null" How to make it "destination_latitude, destination_longitude"? Help me please.

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  • How to educate business managers on the complexity of adding new features? [duplicate]

    - by Derrick Miller
    This question already has an answer here: How to educate business managers on the complexity of adding new features? [duplicate] 3 answers We maintain a web application for a client who demands that new features be added at a breakneck pace. We've done our best to keep up with their demands, and as a result the code base has grown exponentially. There are now so many modules, subsystems, controllers, class libraries, unit tests, APIs, etc. that it's starting to take more time to work through all of the complexity each time we add a new feature. We've also had to pull additional people in on the project to take over things like QA and staging, so the lead developers can focus on developing. Unfortunately, the client is becoming angry that the cost for each new feature is going up. They seem to expect that we can add new features ad infinitum and the cost of each feature will remain linear. I have repeatedly tried to explain to them that it doesn't work that way - that the code base expands in a fractal manner as all these features are added. I've explained that the best way to keep the cost down is to be judicious about which new features are really needed. But, they either don't understand, or they think I'm bullshitting them. They just sort of roll their eyes and get angry. They're all completely non-technical, and have no idea what does into writing software. Is there a way that I can explain this using business language, that might help them understand better? Are there any visualizations out there, that illustrate the growth of a code base over time? Any other suggestions on dealing with this client?

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  • LINQ – SequenceEqual() method

    - by nmarun
    I have been looking at LINQ extension methods and have blogged about what I learned from them in my blog space. Next in line is the SequenceEqual() method. Here’s the description about this method: “Determines whether two sequences are equal by comparing the elements by using the default equality comparer for their type.” Let’s play with some code: 1: int[] numbers = { 5, 4, 1, 3, 9, 8, 6, 7, 2, 0 }; 2: // int[] numbersCopy = numbers; 3: int[] numbersCopy = { 5, 4, 1, 3, 9, 8, 6, 7, 2, 0 }; 4:  5: Console.WriteLine(numbers.SequenceEqual(numbersCopy)); This gives an output of ‘True’ – basically compares each of the elements in the two arrays and returns true in this case. The result is same even if you uncomment line 2 and comment line 3 (I didn’t need to say that now did I?). So then what happens for custom types? For this, I created a Product class with the following definition: 1: class Product 2: { 3: public int ProductId { get; set; } 4: public string Name { get; set; } 5: public string Category { get; set; } 6: public DateTime MfgDate { get; set; } 7: public Status Status { get; set; } 8: } 9:  10: public enum Status 11: { 12: Active = 1, 13: InActive = 2, 14: OffShelf = 3, 15: } In my calling code, I’m just adding a few product items: 1: private static List<Product> GetProducts() 2: { 3: return new List<Product> 4: { 5: new Product 6: { 7: ProductId = 1, 8: Name = "Laptop", 9: Category = "Computer", 10: MfgDate = new DateTime(2003, 4, 3), 11: Status = Status.Active, 12: }, 13: new Product 14: { 15: ProductId = 2, 16: Name = "Compact Disc", 17: Category = "Water Sport", 18: MfgDate = new DateTime(2009, 12, 3), 19: Status = Status.InActive, 20: }, 21: new Product 22: { 23: ProductId = 3, 24: Name = "Floppy", 25: Category = "Computer", 26: MfgDate = new DateTime(1993, 3, 7), 27: Status = Status.OffShelf, 28: }, 29: }; 30: } Now for the actual check: 1: List<Product> products1 = GetProducts(); 2: List<Product> products2 = GetProducts(); 3:  4: Console.WriteLine(products1.SequenceEqual(products2)); This one returns ‘False’ and the reason is simple – this one checks for reference equality and the products in the both the lists get different ‘memory addresses’ (sounds like I’m talking in ‘C’). In order to modify this behavior and return a ‘True’ result, we need to modify the Product class as follows: 1: class Product : IEquatable<Product> 2: { 3: public int ProductId { get; set; } 4: public string Name { get; set; } 5: public string Category { get; set; } 6: public DateTime MfgDate { get; set; } 7: public Status Status { get; set; } 8:  9: public override bool Equals(object obj) 10: { 11: return Equals(obj as Product); 12: } 13:  14: public bool Equals(Product other) 15: { 16: //Check whether the compared object is null. 17: if (ReferenceEquals(other, null)) return false; 18:  19: //Check whether the compared object references the same data. 20: if (ReferenceEquals(this, other)) return true; 21:  22: //Check whether the products' properties are equal. 23: return ProductId.Equals(other.ProductId) 24: && Name.Equals(other.Name) 25: && Category.Equals(other.Category) 26: && MfgDate.Equals(other.MfgDate) 27: && Status.Equals(other.Status); 28: } 29:  30: // If Equals() returns true for a pair of objects 31: // then GetHashCode() must return the same value for these objects. 32: // read why in the following articles: 33: // http://geekswithblogs.net/akraus1/archive/2010/02/28/138234.aspx 34: // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/371328/why-is-it-important-to-override-gethashcode-when-equals-method-is-overriden-in-c 35: public override int GetHashCode() 36: { 37: //Get hash code for the ProductId field. 38: int hashProductId = ProductId.GetHashCode(); 39:  40: //Get hash code for the Name field if it is not null. 41: int hashName = Name == null ? 0 : Name.GetHashCode(); 42:  43: //Get hash code for the ProductId field. 44: int hashCategory = Category.GetHashCode(); 45:  46: //Get hash code for the ProductId field. 47: int hashMfgDate = MfgDate.GetHashCode(); 48:  49: //Get hash code for the ProductId field. 50: int hashStatus = Status.GetHashCode(); 51: //Calculate the hash code for the product. 52: return hashProductId ^ hashName ^ hashCategory & hashMfgDate & hashStatus; 53: } 54:  55: public static bool operator ==(Product a, Product b) 56: { 57: // Enable a == b for null references to return the right value 58: if (ReferenceEquals(a, b)) 59: { 60: return true; 61: } 62: // If one is null and the other not. Remember a==null will lead to Stackoverflow! 63: if (ReferenceEquals(a, null)) 64: { 65: return false; 66: } 67: return a.Equals((object)b); 68: } 69:  70: public static bool operator !=(Product a, Product b) 71: { 72: return !(a == b); 73: } 74: } Now THAT kinda looks overwhelming. But lets take one simple step at a time. Ok first thing you’ve noticed is that the class implements IEquatable<Product> interface – the key step towards achieving our goal. This interface provides us with an ‘Equals’ method to perform the test for equality with another Product object, in this case. This method is called in the following situations: when you do a ProductInstance.Equals(AnotherProductInstance) and when you perform actions like Contains<T>, IndexOf() or Remove() on your collection Coming to the Equals method defined line 14 onwards. The two ‘if’ blocks check for null and referential equality using the ReferenceEquals() method defined in the Object class. Line 23 is where I’m doing the actual check on the properties of the Product instances. This is what returns the ‘True’ for us when we run the application. I have also overridden the Object.Equals() method which calls the Equals() method of the interface. One thing to remember is that anytime you override the Equals() method, its’ a good practice to override the GetHashCode() method and overload the ‘==’ and the ‘!=’ operators. For detailed information on this, please read this and this. Since we’ve overloaded the operators as well, we get ‘True’ when we do actions like: 1: Console.WriteLine(products1.Contains(products2[0])); 2: Console.WriteLine(products1[0] == products2[0]); This completes the full circle on the SequenceEqual() method. See the code used in the article here.

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  • When creating a GUI wizard, should all pages/tabs be of the same size? [closed]

    - by Job
    I understand that some libraries would force me to, but my question is general. If I have a set of buttons at the bottom: Back, Next, Cancel?, (other?), then should their location ever change? If the answer is no, then what do I do about pages with little content? Do I stretch things? Place them in the lone upper left corner? According to Steve Krug, it does not make sense to add anything to GUI that does not need to be there. I understand that there are different approaches to wizards - some have tabs, others do not. Some tabs are lined horizontally at the top; others - vertically on the left. Some do not show pages/tabs, and are simply sequences of dialogs. This is probably a must when the wizard is "non-linear", e.g. some earlier choices can result in branching. Either way the problem is the same - sacrifice on the consistency of the "big picture" (outline of the page/tab + location of buttons), or the consistency of details (some tabs might be somewhat packed; others having very little content). A third choice, I suppose is putting extra effort in the content in order to make sure that organizing the content such that it is more or less evenly distributed from page to page. However, this can be difficult to do (say, when the very first tab contains only a choice of three things, and then branches off from there; there are probably other examples), and hard to maintain this balance if any of the content changes later. Can you recommend a good approach? A link to a relevant good blog post or a chapter of a book is also welcome. Let me know if you have questions.

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  • How do I make cars on a one-dimensional track avoid collisions?

    - by user990827
    Using three.js, I use a simple spline to represent a road. Cars can only move forward on the spline. A car should be able to slow-down behind a slow moving car. I know how to calculate the distance between 2 cars, but how to calculate the proper speed in each game update? At the moment I simply do something like this: this.speed += (this.maxSpeed - this.speed) * 0.02; // linear interpolation to maxSpeed // the position on the spline (0.0 - 1.0) this.position += this.speed / this.road.spline.getLength(); This works. But how to implement the slow-down part? // transform from floats (0.0 - 1.0) into actual units var carInFrontPosition = carInFront.position * this.road.spline.getLength(); var myPosition = this.position * this.road.spline.getLength(); var distance = carInFrontPosition - myPosition; // WHAT TO DO HERE WITH THE DISTANCE? // HOW TO CALCULATE MY NEW SPEED? Obviously I have to somehow take current speed of the cars into account for calculation. Besides different maxSpeeds, I want each car to also have a different mass (causing it to accelerate slower/faster). But this mass has to be then also taken into account for braking (slowing down) so they don't crash into each other.

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  • Simple (and fast) dices physics

    - by Markus von Broady
    I'm programming a throw of 5 dices in Actionscript 3 + AwayPhysics (BulletPhysics port). I had a lot of fun tweaking frictions, masses etc. and in the end I found best results with more physics ticks per frame. Currently I use 10 ticks per frame (1/60 s) and it's OK, though I see a difference in plus for 20 ticks. Even though it's only 5 cubes (dices) in a box (or a floor with 3 walls really) I can't simulate 20 ticks in a frame and keep FPS at 60 on a medium-aged PC. That's why I decided to precompute frames for animation, finishing it in around 1700 ticks in 2 seconds. The flash player is freezed for these 2 seconds, and I'm afraid that this result will be more of a 5 seconds or even more, if I'll simulate multi-threading and compute frames in background of some other heavy processes and CPU drawing (dices is only a part of this game). Because I want both players to see dices roll in same way, I can't compute physics when having free resources, and build a buffer for at least one throw of each type (where type is number of dices thrown). I'm afraid players will see a "preparing dices........." message too often and for too long. I think the only solution to this problem is replacing PhysicsEngine with something simpler, or creating own physicsEngine. Do You have any formulas for cube-cube and cube-wall collision detection, and for calculating how their angular and linear velocities should change after a collision occurs?

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  • Reading XML Content

    using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Xml.Linq; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Threading; using System.Xml; using System.Reflection; namespace XMLReading { class Program     { static void Main(string[] args)         { string fileName = @"C:\temp\t.xml"; List<EmergencyContactXMLDTO> emergencyContacts = new XmlReader<EmergencyContactXMLDTO, EmergencyContactXMLDTOMapper>().Read(fileName); foreach (var item in emergencyContacts)             { Console.WriteLine(item.FileNb);             }          }     } public class XmlReader<TDTO, TMAPPER> where TDTO : BaseDTO, new() where TMAPPER : PCPWXMLDTOMapper, new()     { public List<TDTO> Read(String fileName)         { XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(fileName); List<TDTO> emergencyContacts = new List<TDTO>(); while (true)             {                 TMAPPER mapper = new TMAPPER(); bool isFound = SeekElement(reader, mapper.GetMainXMLTagName()); if (!isFound) break;                 TDTO dto = new TDTO(); foreach (var propertyKey in mapper.GetPropertyXMLMap())                 { String dtoPropertyName = propertyKey.Key; String xmlPropertyName = propertyKey.Value;                     SeekElement(reader, xmlPropertyName);                     SetValue(dto, dtoPropertyName, reader.ReadElementString());                 }                 emergencyContacts.Add(dto);             } return emergencyContacts;         } private void SetValue(Object dto, String propertyName, String value)         { PropertyInfo prop = dto.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);             prop.SetValue(dto, value, null);         } private bool SeekElement(XmlTextReader reader, String elementName)         { while (reader.Read())             { XmlNodeType nodeType = reader.MoveToContent(); if (nodeType != XmlNodeType.Element)                 { continue;                 } if (reader.Name == elementName)                 { return true;                 }             } return false;         }     } public class BaseDTO     {     } public class EmergencyContactXMLDTO : BaseDTO     { public string FileNb { get; set; } public string ContactName { get; set; } public string ContactPhoneNumber { get; set; } public string Relationship { get; set; } public string DoctorName { get; set; } public string DoctorPhoneNumber { get; set; } public string HospitalName { get; set; }     } public interface PCPWXMLDTOMapper     { Dictionary<string, string> GetPropertyXMLMap(); String GetMainXMLTagName();     } public class EmergencyContactXMLDTOMapper : PCPWXMLDTOMapper     { public Dictionary<string, string> GetPropertyXMLMap()         { return new Dictionary<string, string>             {                 { "FileNb", "XFileNb" },                 { "ContactName", "XContactName"},                 { "ContactPhoneNumber", "XContactPhoneNumber" },                 { "Relationship", "XRelationship" },                 { "DoctorName", "XDoctorName" },                 { "DoctorPhoneNumber", "XDoctorPhoneNumber" },                 { "HospitalName", "XHospitalName" },             };         } public String GetMainXMLTagName()         { return "EmergencyContact";         }     } } span.fullpost {display:none;}

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  • Nested <a> and <span> challenge

    - by PaddyO
    Hi all, Trying in vain to get a nested link working within a nested span. This is a working test page for the code below to explain what I'm trying to do. Any ideas on how to get this working in valid html? I guess it's either a nesting order or style syntax thing but I am at a loss. Any thoughts much appreciated. <div id="greyback"> <ul id="scrollbox"> <li class="listcat">List header</li> <li><a class="menu" href="#freeze">List item 1<span><b>This text has popped up because you have clicked the list item, which has an "a" tag and now has :focus. That "a" tag is the first of two.</b><br><br>What I am trying to do is to set the second "a" tag as a DIFFERENT "embedded" link in this box<span style="color: blue; background-color: yellow;">eg, here<a href="http://www.conservationenterprises.com" target="blank">This is the second (nested) "a" tag in this html nest. It is a link to an external site. Instead of this being an always-visible link, I want it to sit within the yellow box in the first span (click the List item 1 to display).</a></span> </a></span> </li> </a></span> </li> </ul> </div> and the CSS: #scrollbox {margin: 0 auto; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; width:19em; height:auto; max-height: 21em; overflow:auto; border-bottom: 0.1em solid #FFA500; border-top: 0.1em solid #FFA500;} #scrollbox a {float: left; color:#000000; text-decoration:none; width:18em; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:left;} #scrollbox a.menu {} #scrollbox a span {display:none; position:absolute; left:0em; top:0;} #scrollbox a span img {float: right; border:0; max-width:7.5em;} #scrollbox a:hover {border: 0; color: #7ebb11; font-size:0.9em;} #scrollbox a:hover span {border: 0; color: #535353;} #scrollbox a span:focus {color: blue;} #scrollbox a:active {border:none; color: #535353; text-decoration: none;} #scrollbox a:focus {border:0em solid #000; outline:0;} #scrollbox a:active span, #scrollbox li a:active span, #scrollbox a:focus span, #scrollbox li a:focus span {display: block; width: 52.5em; min-height: 20em; height: auto; left: 1.5em; top:18em; z-index:10; font-size:0.9em; text-align: left; padding: 1em; padding-bottom: 0em; background-color: #c3FFe3; color: #535353; border: solid #FFA500 0.25em;} #scrollbox li a:active span span, #scrollbox li a:focus span span{display: block; width: auto; height: auto; min-height: 2em; left: 25em; top:10em; z-index:10; font-size:0.9em; text-align: left; padding: 1em; padding-bottom: 0em; background-color: transparent; color: #535353; border: dashed red 1px;} .ul#scrollbox {padding-left: 0.1em;} #scrollbox li {float:left; list-style: none; background: url(blank.png) no-repeat left center; margin-left: 0em; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em;} #scrollbox li.listcat {float: left; text-align:left; width: 18em; margin-left: 0em; margin-top: 0.1em; margin-bottom: 0.3em; padding-top:0.5em; color: green; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight:bold;} Cheers Patrick.

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  • Added splash screen code to my package

    - by Youssef
    Please i need support to added splash screen code to my package /* * T24_Transformer_FormView.java */ package t24_transformer_form; import org.jdesktop.application.Action; import org.jdesktop.application.ResourceMap; import org.jdesktop.application.SingleFrameApplication; import org.jdesktop.application.FrameView; import org.jdesktop.application.TaskMonitor; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter; import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter; // old T24 Transformer imports import java.io.File; import java.io.FileWriter; import java.io.StringWriter; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Date; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Iterator; //import java.util.Properties; import java.util.StringTokenizer; import javax.swing.; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import javax.xml.transform.Result; import javax.xml.transform.Source; import javax.xml.transform.Transformer; import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory; import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult; import org.apache.log4j.Logger; import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import com.ejada.alinma.edh.xsdtransform.util.ConfigKeys; import com.ejada.alinma.edh.xsdtransform.util.XSDElement; import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.OutputFormat; import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.XMLSerializer; /* * The application's main frame. */ public class T24_Transformer_FormView extends FrameView { /**} * static holders for application-level utilities * { */ //private static Properties appProps; private static Logger appLogger; /** * */ private StringBuffer columnsCSV = null; private ArrayList<String> singleValueTableColumns = null; private HashMap<String, String> multiValueTablesSQL = null; private HashMap<Object, HashMap<String, Object>> groupAttrs = null; private ArrayList<XSDElement> xsdElementsList = null; /** * initialization */ private void init() /*throws Exception*/ { // init the properties object //FileReader in = new FileReader(appConfigPropsPath); //appProps.load(in); // log4j.properties constant String PROP_LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE = "log4j.properties"; // init the logger if ((PROP_LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE != null) && (!PROP_LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE.equals(""))) { PropertyConfigurator.configure(PROP_LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE); if (appLogger == null) { appLogger = Logger.getLogger(T24_Transformer_FormView.class.getName()); } appLogger.info("Application initialization successful."); } columnsCSV = new StringBuffer(ConfigKeys.FIELD_TAG + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_NUMBER + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_DATA_TYPE + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_FMT + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_LEN + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_INPUT_LEN + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_GROUP_NUMBER + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_MV_GROUP_NUMBER + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_SHORT_NAME + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_NAME + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_COLUMN_NAME + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_GROUP_NAME + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_MV_GROUP_NAME + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_JUSTIFICATION + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_TYPE + "," + ConfigKeys.FIELD_SINGLE_OR_MULTI + System.getProperty("line.separator")); singleValueTableColumns = new ArrayList<String>(); singleValueTableColumns.add(ConfigKeys.COLUMN_XPK_ROW + ConfigKeys.DELIMITER_COLUMN_TYPE + ConfigKeys.DATA_TYPE_XSD_NUMERIC); multiValueTablesSQL = new HashMap<String, String>(); groupAttrs = new HashMap<Object, HashMap<String, Object>>(); xsdElementsList = new ArrayList<XSDElement>(); } /** * initialize the <code>DocumentBuilder</code> and read the XSD file * * @param docPath * @return the <code>Document</code> object representing the read XSD file */ private Document retrieveDoc(String docPath) { Document xsdDoc = null; File file = new File(docPath); try { DocumentBuilder builder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder(); xsdDoc = builder.parse(file); } catch (Exception e) { appLogger.error(e.getMessage()); } return xsdDoc; } /** * perform the iteration/modification on the document * iterate to the level which contains all the elements (Single-Value, and Groups) and start processing each * * @param xsdDoc * @return */ private Document processDoc(Document xsdDoc) { ArrayList<Object> newElementsList = new ArrayList<Object>(); HashMap<String, Object> docAttrMap = new HashMap<String, Object>(); Element sequenceElement = null; Element schemaElement = null; // get document's root element NodeList nodes = xsdDoc.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) { if (ConfigKeys.TAG_SCHEMA.equals(nodes.item(i).getNodeName())) { schemaElement = (Element) nodes.item(i); break; } } // process the document (change single-value elements, collect list of new elements to be added) for (int i1 = 0; i1 < schemaElement.getChildNodes().getLength(); i1++) { Node childLevel1 = (Node) schemaElement.getChildNodes().item(i1); // <ComplexType> element if (childLevel1.getNodeName().equals(ConfigKeys.TAG_COMPLEX_TYPE)) { // first, get the main attributes and put it in the csv file for (int i6 = 0; i6 < childLevel1.getChildNodes().getLength(); i6++) { Node child6 = childLevel1.getChildNodes().item(i6); if (ConfigKeys.TAG_ATTRIBUTE.equals(child6.getNodeName())) { if (child6.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_NAME) != null) { String attrName = child6.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_NAME).getNodeValue(); if (((Element) child6).getElementsByTagName(ConfigKeys.TAG_SIMPLE_TYPE).getLength() != 0) { Node simpleTypeElement = ((Element) child6).getElementsByTagName(ConfigKeys.TAG_SIMPLE_TYPE) .item(0); if (((Element) simpleTypeElement).getElementsByTagName(ConfigKeys.TAG_RESTRICTION).getLength() != 0) { Node restrictionElement = ((Element) simpleTypeElement).getElementsByTagName( ConfigKeys.TAG_RESTRICTION).item(0); if (((Element) restrictionElement).getElementsByTagName(ConfigKeys.TAG_MAX_LENGTH).getLength() != 0) { Node maxLengthElement = ((Element) restrictionElement).getElementsByTagName( ConfigKeys.TAG_MAX_LENGTH).item(0); HashMap<String, String> elementProperties = new HashMap<String, String>(); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_TAG, attrName); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_NUMBER, "0"); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_DATA_TYPE, ConfigKeys.DATA_TYPE_XSD_STRING); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_FMT, ""); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_NAME, attrName); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_SHORT_NAME, attrName); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_COLUMN_NAME, attrName); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_SINGLE_OR_MULTI, "S"); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_LEN, maxLengthElement.getAttributes().getNamedItem( ConfigKeys.ATTR_VALUE).getNodeValue()); elementProperties.put(ConfigKeys.FIELD_INPUT_LEN, maxLengthElement.getAttributes() .getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_VALUE).getNodeValue()); constructElementRow(elementProperties); // add the attribute as a column in the single-value table singleValueTableColumns.add(attrName + ConfigKeys.DELIMITER_COLUMN_TYPE + ConfigKeys.DATA_TYPE_XSD_STRING + ConfigKeys.DELIMITER_COLUMN_TYPE + maxLengthElement.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_VALUE).getNodeValue()); // add the attribute as an element in the elements list addToElementsList(attrName, attrName); appLogger.debug("added attribute: " + attrName); } } } } } } // now, loop on the elements and process them for (int i2 = 0; i2 < childLevel1.getChildNodes().getLength(); i2++) { Node childLevel2 = (Node) childLevel1.getChildNodes().item(i2); // <Sequence> element if (childLevel2.getNodeName().equals(ConfigKeys.TAG_SEQUENCE)) { sequenceElement = (Element) childLevel2; for (int i3 = 0; i3 < childLevel2.getChildNodes().getLength(); i3++) { Node childLevel3 = (Node) childLevel2.getChildNodes().item(i3); // <Element> element if (childLevel3.getNodeName().equals(ConfigKeys.TAG_ELEMENT)) { // check if single element or group if (isGroup(childLevel3)) { processGroup(childLevel3, true, null, null, docAttrMap, xsdDoc, newElementsList); // insert a new comment node with the contents of the group tag sequenceElement.insertBefore(xsdDoc.createComment(serialize(childLevel3)), childLevel3); // remove the group tag sequenceElement.removeChild(childLevel3); } else { processElement(childLevel3); } } } } } } } // add new elements // this step should be after finishing processing the whole document. when you add new elements to the document // while you are working on it, those new elements will be included in the processing. We don't need that! for (int i = 0; i < newElementsList.size(); i++) { sequenceElement.appendChild((Element) newElementsList.get(i)); } // write the new required attributes to the schema element Iterator<String> attrIter = docAttrMap.keySet().iterator(); while(attrIter.hasNext()) { Element attr = (Element) docAttrMap.get(attrIter.next()); Element newAttrElement = xsdDoc.createElement(ConfigKeys.TAG_ATTRIBUTE); appLogger.debug("appending attr. [" + attr.getAttribute(ConfigKeys.ATTR_NAME) + "]..."); newAttrElement.setAttribute(ConfigKeys.ATTR_NAME, attr.getAttribute(ConfigKeys.ATTR_NAME)); newAttrElement.setAttribute(ConfigKeys.ATTR_TYPE, attr.getAttribute(ConfigKeys.ATTR_TYPE)); schemaElement.appendChild(newAttrElement); } return xsdDoc; } /** * add a new <code>XSDElement</code> with the given <code>name</code> and <code>businessName</code> to * the elements list * * @param name * @param businessName */ private void addToElementsList(String name, String businessName) { xsdElementsList.add(new XSDElement(name, businessName)); } /** * add the given <code>XSDElement</code> to the elements list * * @param element */ private void addToElementsList(XSDElement element) { xsdElementsList.add(element); } /** * check if the <code>element</code> sent is single-value element or group * element. the comparison depends on the children of the element. if found one of type * <code>ComplexType</code> then it's a group element, and if of type * <code>SimpleType</code> then it's a single-value element * * @param element * @return <code>true</code> if the element is a group element, * <code>false</code> otherwise */ private boolean isGroup(Node element) { for (int i = 0; i < element.getChildNodes().getLength(); i++) { Node child = (Node) element.getChildNodes().item(i); if (child.getNodeName().equals(ConfigKeys.TAG_COMPLEX_TYPE)) { // found a ComplexType child (Group element) return true; } else if (child.getNodeName().equals(ConfigKeys.TAG_SIMPLE_TYPE)) { // found a SimpleType child (Single-Value element) return false; } } return false; /* String attrName = null; if (element.getAttributes() != null) { Node attribute = element.getAttributes().getNamedItem(XSDTransformer.ATTR_NAME); if (attribute != null) { attrName = attribute.getNodeValue(); } } if (attrName.startsWith("g")) { // group element return true; } else { // single element return false; } */ } /** * process a group element. recursively, process groups till no more group elements are found * * @param element * @param isFirstLevelGroup * @param attrMap * @param docAttrMap * @param xsdDoc * @param newElementsList */ private void processGroup(Node element, boolean isFirstLevelGroup, Node parentGroup, XSDElement parentGroupElement, HashMap<String, Object> docAttrMap, Document xsdDoc, ArrayList<Object> newElementsList) { String elementName = null; HashMap<String, Object> groupAttrMap = new HashMap<String, Object>(); HashMap<String, Object> parentGroupAttrMap = new HashMap<String, Object>(); XSDElement groupElement = null; if (element.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_NAME) != null) { elementName = element.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_NAME).getNodeValue(); } appLogger.debug("processing group [" + elementName + "]..."); groupElement = new XSDElement(elementName, elementName); // get the attributes if a non-first-level-group // attributes are: groups's own attributes + parent group's attributes if (!isFirstLevelGroup) { // get the current element (group) attributes for (int i1 = 0; i1 < element.getChildNodes().getLength(); i1++) { if (ConfigKeys.TAG_COMPLEX_TYPE.equals(element.getChildNodes().item(i1).getNodeName())) { Node complexTypeNode = element.getChildNodes().item(i1); for (int i2 = 0; i2 < complexTypeNode.getChildNodes().getLength(); i2++) { if (ConfigKeys.TAG_ATTRIBUTE.equals(complexTypeNode.getChildNodes().item(i2).getNodeName())) { appLogger.debug("add group attr: " + ((Element) complexTypeNode.getChildNodes().item(i2)).getAttribute(ConfigKeys.ATTR_NAME)); 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j++) { Node childLevel2 = (Node) childLevel1.getChildNodes().item(j); if (childLevel2.getNodeName().equals(ConfigKeys.TAG_APP_INFO)) { for (int k = 0; k < childLevel2.getChildNodes().getLength(); k++) { Node childLevel3 = (Node) childLevel2.getChildNodes().item(k); if (childLevel3.getNodeName().equals(ConfigKeys.TAG_HAS_PROPERTY)) { if (childLevel3.getAttributes() != null) { String attrName = null; Node attribute = childLevel3.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_NAME); if (attribute != null) { attrName = attribute.getNodeValue(); elementProperties.put(attrName, childLevel3.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_VALUE) .getNodeValue()); if (attrName.equals(ConfigKeys.FIELD_SHORT_NAME)) { fieldShortName = childLevel3.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_VALUE) .getNodeValue(); } else if (attrName.equals(ConfigKeys.FIELD_COLUMN_NAME)) { fieldColumnName = childLevel3.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_VALUE) .getNodeValue(); } else if (attrName.equals(ConfigKeys.FIELD_DATA_TYPE)) { fieldDataType = childLevel3.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ConfigKeys.ATTR_VALUE) .getNodeValue(); 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  • SQL SERVER – Video – Beginning Performance Tuning with SQL Server Execution Plan

    - by pinaldave
    Traveling can be most interesting or most exhausting experience. However, traveling is always the most enlightening experience one can have. While going to long journey one has to prepare a lot of things. Pack necessary travel gears, clothes and medicines. However, the most essential part of travel is the journey to the destination. There are many variations one prefer but the ultimate goal is to have a delightful experience during the journey. Here is the video available which explains how to begin with SQL Server Execution plans. Performance Tuning is a Journey Performance tuning is just like a long journey. The goal of performance tuning is efficient and least resources consuming query execution with accurate results. Just as maps are the most essential aspect of performance tuning the same way, execution plans are essentially maps for SQL Server to reach to the resultset. The goal of the execution plan is to find the most efficient path which translates the least usage of the resources (CPU, memory, IO etc). Execution Plans are like Maps When online maps were invented (e.g. Bing, Google, Mapquests etc) initially it was not possible to customize them. They were given a single route to reach to the destination. As time evolved now it is possible to give various hints to the maps, for example ‘via public transport’, ‘walking’, ‘fastest route’, ‘shortest route’, ‘avoid highway’. There are places where we manually drag the route and make it appropriate to our needs. The same situation is with SQL Server Execution Plans, if we want to tune the queries, we need to understand the execution plans and execution plans internals. We need to understand the smallest details which relate to execution plan when we our destination is optimal queries. Understanding Execution Plans The biggest challenge with maps are figuring out the optimal path. The same way the  most common challenge with execution plans is where to start from and which precise route to take. Here is a quick list of the frequently asked questions related to execution plans: Should I read the execution plans from bottoms up or top down? Is execution plans are left to right or right to left? What is the relational between actual execution plan and estimated execution plan? When I mouse over operator I see CPU and IO but not memory, why? Sometime I ran the query multiple times and I get different execution plan, why? How to cache the query execution plan and data? I created an optimal index but the query is not using it. What should I change – query, index or provide hints? What are the tools available which helps quickly to debug performance problems? Etc… Honestly the list is quite a big and humanly impossible to write everything in the words. SQL Server Performance:  Introduction to Query Tuning My friend Vinod Kumar and I have created for the same a video learning course for beginning performance tuning. We have covered plethora of the subject in the course. Here is the quick list of the same: Execution Plan Basics Essential Indexing Techniques Query Design for Performance Performance Tuning Tools Tips and Tricks Checklist: Performance Tuning We believe we have covered a lot in this four hour course and we encourage you to go over the video course if you are interested in Beginning SQL Server Performance Tuning and Query Tuning. Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com) Filed under: PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Optimization, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology, Video Tagged: Execution Plan

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  • How to prepare for a telephone interview: ‘Develop an Interview Cheat Sheet’

    - by Maria Sandu
    At Oracle we often do telephone interviews in different stages of the process with candidates, due to the fact that we hire native speakers into other countries. On this blog we already have an article with tips and tricks for phone interviews that can help you during the telephone interviews. To help you prepare even better for a telephone interview we would like to introduce you the basics of developing a cheat sheet. The benefit of a telephone interview is that you will be sitting at home, at your table or desk, during the interview, and not in front of someone. So use this to your advantage. The Monster website has some useful and interesting tips and tricks for developing a cheat sheet. Carole Martin, who wrote this article, says that a cheat sheet will help you feel more prepared and confident when speaking to managers over the phone. Important to keep in mind is that you shouldn't memorise what's on the sheet or check it off during the interview. Only use your cheat sheet to remind you of key facts. Here are some suggestions to include on it: • Divide a piece of paper in 2 by drawing a line. Write on one side of the paper a list of requirements as mentioned in the job description. On the other side list your qualities to fulfill the requirements of the employer. This will help you in answering questions about why you are the best candidate for the job and how you fit the role. • Do research on the company, the industry sector and the competitors, so you will get a feeling for the company’s business and can ask more in-depth questions. • Be prepared for the most used introduction question: “Tell me a bit about yourself”. Prepare a 60-second personal statement or pitch in which you summarise who you are and what you can offer, so you will be able to sell yourself from on the very beginning. • Write down a minimum of 5 good examples to answer behavioral interview questions ("Tell me about a time when..." or "Give me an example of a time..." ). These questions are used by interviewers to see how you deal with similar situations as you might encounter in the job. Interviewers use this question as past behaviour is scientifically proven to be the best predictor for future behaviour. • List five questions to ask the interviewer about the job, the company and the industry to help you get a good understanding if the role and company really fit your needs and wants. To get some inspiration check this article on inc.com • Find out how much you are worth on the job market and determine your needs based on your living expenses, especially when moving abroad. • Ask for permission from the people you plan to use as a reference. Also make sure you have your CV at hand and an overview of your grades. Feel free to comment on this article and let us know what your experience is with developing a cheat sheet for a telephone interview. Good luck with the preparation of your sheet.

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  • How did my email end up in spam? Spam only filters this specific email, other email contents work

    - by mugetsu
    My website has users buy our products and when the purchase completes, it sends the user an email. However, this email always ends up in spam! When the user first registers, the site also sends an email, this email however is not filtered and goes into the normal inbox. I'm not quite sure why this is so, gmail vaguely tells me that " It's similar to messages that were detected by our spam filters." So I'm thinking that I need to reword the following email better. Can I get some tips? Or could something else be causing this? thanks! here's the unformatted email: Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: by 10.112.32.98 with SMTP id h2csp61953lbi; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:09:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.79.72 with SMTP id h8mr22836827wix.1.1332302953175; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:09:13 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from mail26.elasticemail.org (mail26.elasticemail.org. [178.32.180.26]) by mx.google.com with SMTP id 6si518487wiz.41.2012.03.20.21.09.12; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:09:12 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 178.32.180.26 as permitted sender) client-ip=178.32.180.26; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 178.32.180.26 as permitted sender) [email protected]; dkim=pass [email protected] DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; bh=qjc8jxQuGy9pLN1YV9TR2PHQYKg=; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=website.com; s=api; h=DomainKey-Signature:MIME-Version:From:To:List-Unsubscribe:Subject:Date:Reply-To:Message-ID:Content-Type; b=Odt+nYhjntXPl7JPVHeJWjkStemt6so+FPVYY6oMKziMFzmW8YiLhN8WwSLY0faMcn/rirKsO2dOm/kvcHlqUJC7ldhaydE6bPekkBDa9kBovlGwPNm6xy9QWPP9I1fXDLDCwqqeAXv8kN0daXbh3pVyqWNUOk5cgQ35OgpQpKI= DomainKey-Signature: q=dns; a=rsa-sha1; c=simple; d=website.com; s=api; h=MIME-Version:X-Mailer:From:To:X-Priority:List-Unsubscribe:Subject:Date:Reply-To:Message-ID:Content-Type; b=F7NNZIEyEV+64uYD8pVpe91WLP19Tw2Whk4OKpkLeAfkmrNIA7AjP0XYU1JWTlEyibHQJjjbhR62I3MvVJBSGp75eWfOuwb2AqYWZ/jAlMWznnfQLVv7OlYJsErGxYP6GUNNcuJaqlTPFDanJwtaEvR+tqXZRB7xrUisMd8lq2I= MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: email.website.com From: "Website Contact" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] X-Priority: 3 (Normal) List-Unsubscribe: <http://email.website.com/tracking/unsubscribe?msgid=su6g-8kfd0s0g>, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Subject: Website Tickets: event Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:09:17 +0000 Reply-To: "Website Contact" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_3F77_7A0DF805.A8C886C0" ------=_NextPart_000_3F77_7A0DF805.A8C886C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 SGVsbG8hIAoKIEhlcmUgYXJlIHlvdXIgdGlja2V0KHMpIGZvciBDVEFTIGVDc1RBU3kgMjAxMjog CgpodHRwczovL2NhbXB1c2FtcC5jb20vP3RpY2tldHMvNy95aGloZ3Znd3Z3cWR3cXhtdnQKClNp bXBseSBicmluZyBpdCB3aXRoIHlvdSBvbiB5b3VyIHNtYXJ0cGhvbmUsIG9yIHByaW50IHRoZSB0 aWNrZXQgb3V0IHRvIGJlIHNjYW5uZWQgYXQgdGhlIGV2ZW50LiBFbmpveSwgYW5kIHdlIGFwcHJl Y2lhdGUgeW91ciBwdXJjaGFzZS4KClNpbmNlcmVseSwKVGhlIENhbXB1c0FtcCBUZWFt ------=_NextPart_000_3F77_7A0DF805.A8C886C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 SGVsbG8hIDxici8+PGJyLz4gSGVyZSBhcmUgeW91ciB0aWNrZXQocykgZm9yIENUQVMgZUNzVEFT eSAyMDEyOjxici8+PGEgaHJlZj0iaHR0cDovL2VtYWlsLmNhbXB1c2FtcC5jb20vdHJhY2tpbmcv Y2xpY2s/bXNnaWQ9c3U2Zy04a2ZkMHMwZyZ0YXJnZXQ9aHR0cHMlM2ElMmYlMmZjYW1wdXNhbXAu Y29tJTJmJTNmdGlja2V0cyUyZjclMmZ5aGloZ3Znd3Z3cWR3cXhtdnQiPiBodHRwczovL2NhbXB1 c2FtcC5jb20vP3RpY2tldHMvNy95aGloZ3Znd3Z3cWR3cXhtdnQgIDwvYT4gPGJyLz48YnIvPlNp bXBseSBicmluZyBpdCB3aXRoIHlvdSBvbiB5b3VyIHNtYXJ0cGhvbmUsIG9yIHByaW50IHRoZSB0 aWNrZXQgb3V0IHRvIGJlIHNjYW5uZWQgYXQgdGhlIGV2ZW50LiBFbmpveSwgYW5kIHdlIGFwcHJl Y2lhdGUgeW91ciBwdXJjaGFzZS48YnIvPjxici8+U2luY2VyZWx5LDxici8+VGhlIENhbXB1c0Ft cCBUZWFtPGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9lbWFpbC5jYW1wdXNhbXAuY29tL3RyYWNraW5nL29wZW4/ bXNnaWQ9c3U2Zy04a2ZkMHMwZyIgc3R5bGU9IndpZHRoOjFweDtoZWlnaHQ6MXB4IiBhbHQ9IiIg Lz4= ------=_NextPart_000_3F77_7A0DF805.A8C886C0--

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  • JavaOne Tutorial Report - JavaFX 2 – A Java Developer’s Guide

    - by Janice J. Heiss
    Oracle Java Technology Evangelist Stephen Chin and Independent Consultant Peter Pilgrim presented a tutorial session intended to help developers get a handle on JavaFX 2. Stephen Chin, a Java Champion, is co-author of the Pro JavaFX Platform 2, while Java Champion Peter Pilgrim is an independent consultant who works out of London.NightHacking with Stephen ChinBefore discussing the tutorial, a note about Chin’s “NightHacking Tour,” wherein from 10/29/12 to 11/11/12, he will be traveling across Europe via motorcycle stopping at JUGs and interviewing Java developers and offering live video streaming of the journey. As he says, “Along the way, I will visit user groups, interviewing interesting folks, and hack on open source projects. The last stop will be the Devoxx conference in Belgium.”It’s a dirty job but someone’s got to do it. His trip will take him from the UK through the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, and finally to Devoxx in Belgium. He has interviews lined up with Ben Evans, Trisha Gee, Stephen Coulebourne, Martijn Verburg, Simon Ritter, Bert Ertman, Tony Epple, Adam Bien, Michael Hutterman, Sven Reimers, Andres Almiray, Gerrit Grunewald, Bertrand Boetzmann, Luc Duponcheel, Stephen Janssen, Cheryl Miller, and Andrew Phillips. If you expect to be in Chin’s vicinity at the end of October and in early November, by all means get in touch with him at his site and add your perspective. The more the merrier! Taking the JavaFX PlungeNow to the business at hand. The “JavaFX 2 – A Java Developer’s Guide” tutorial introduced Java developers to the JavaFX 2 platform from the perspective of seasoned Java developers. It demonstrated the breadth of the JavaFX APIs through examples that are built out in the course of the session in an effort to present the basic requirements in using JavaFX to build rich internet applications. Chin began with a quote from Oracle’s Christopher Oliver, the creator of F3, the original version of JavaFX, on the importance of GUIs:“At the end of the day, on the one hand we have computer systems, and on the other, people. Connecting them together, and allowing people to interact with computer systems in a compelling way, requires graphical user interfaces.”Chin explained that JavaFX is about producing an immersive application experience that involves cross-platform animation, video and charting. It can integrate Java, JavaScript and HTML in the same application. The new graphics stack takes advantage of hardware acceleration for 2D and 3D applications. In addition, we can integrate Swing applications using JFXPanel.He reminded attendees that they were building JavaFX apps using pure Java APIs that included builders for declarative construction; in addition, alternative languages can be used for simpler UI creation. In addition, developers can call upon alternative languages such as GroovyFX, ScalaFX and Visage, if they want simpler UI creation. He presented the fundamentals of JavaFX 2.0: properties, lists and binding and then explored primitive, object and FX list collection properties. Properties in JavaFX are observable, lazy and type safe. He then provided an example of property declaration in code.  Pilgrim and Chin explained the architectural structure of JavaFX 2 and its basic properties:JavaFX 2.0 properties – Primitive, Object, and FX List Collection properties. * Primitive Properties* Object Properties* FX List Collection Properties* Properties are:– Observable– Lazy– Type SafeChin and Pilgrim then took attendees through several participatory demos and got deep into the weeds of the code for the two-hour session. At the end, everyone knew a lot more about the inner workings of JavaFX 2.0.

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  • How To Apply Online For New Passport Or Renewal Of Your Passport [Indian Websites]

    - by Gopinath
    Are you bored wasting time and energy in standing lengthy queues at Passport offices in India to apply a new passport or renew it? Indian Government Passport Office has an online portal that lets you apply for new passport or renew your expiring passport by filling details online. By filling the details online you can complete half of the required formalities sitting at home and the rest of tasks like submitting required proofs, paying money etc at your regional passport office. Saves lot of time. Advantages of Applying For Passport Online Ask anyone who already obtained a passport by visiting the passport office, they will narrate stories of spending long time in queues. In certain office, the length of queues may require you to stand 3 to 4 hours. And sometimes by the time your turn comes, the officers may break for lunch, coffee or the day if your time is very bad. The main advantage of applying for passport using this online portal is – we can skip the process of standing in long queues to obtain tokens for submitting tokens and also we get a pre booked appointment with passport issuing officer for submitting the proofs and paying fees. When you submit the application online, an appointment will be booked automatically for submitting the required documents and fees so that  you can just walk-in to passport office 15 minutes ahead of your appointment. List Of Passport Offices Accepting Online Application Forms I know that you are excited and all set to apply online, but hold on. The online Passport application submission is supported in 37 regional passport offices across India as I write this post. If you are residing in any of these cities, then only you can apply online – Ahemdabad,  Amritsar, Bareilly, Bhopal, Bhubneswar, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Madurai, Malappuram, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar, Surat, Thane, Trichy, Trivandrum, Visakhapatnam. Others should approach the passport office directly. Government is trying to expand this to other locations, so please check if place accepting online registration by visiting registration page(link given below). Types Of Applications Accepted Online The online system accepts following types of passport applications Fresh Passport / Renewal New Passport in lieu of Damaged/Lost Passport Passport for Children up to 15 Years of Age Re-issue of Passport / Additional Booklet Indian Govt. Passport Office Website And Online Application URL To apply for passport online visit the url https://passport.gov.in/pms/Information.jsp using Internet Explorer browser. This site may not work on your Firefox, Chrome or other browsers as the site request users to use Internet Explorer. Here are few other links that will help you get more details on passport application Govt. Of India Passport Office Website Passport Application Fee Structure Information Passport Application Filling Guidelines Passport Application Check List URL For NRIs To Apply Online If you are an NRI then the above links and the list of supported Passport offices are not for you. NRIs should use the URL http://passport.gov.in/nri/OnlineRegistration.jsp for applying passport related services online. For more details you can visit special NRI section on Passport website. CC Image credit: LucasTheExperience This article titled,How To Apply Online For New Passport Or Renewal Of Your Passport [Indian Websites], was originally published at Tech Dreams. Grab our rss feed or fan us on Facebook to get updates from us.

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  • My ASP.NET news sources

    - by Jon Galloway
    I just posted about the ASP.NET Daily Community Spotlight. I was going to list a bunch of my news sources at the end, but figured this deserves a separate post. I've been following a lot of development blogs for a long time - for a while I subscribed to over 1500 feeds and read them all. That doesn't scale very well, though, and it's really time consuming. Since the community spotlight requires an interesting ASP.NET post every day of the year, I've come up with a few sources of ASP.NET news. Top Link Blogs Chris Alcock's The Morning Brew is a must-read blog which highlights each day's best blog posts across the .NET community. He covers the entire Microsoft development, but generally any of the top ASP.NET posts I see either have already been listed on The Morning Brew or will be there soon. Elijah Manor posts a lot of great content, which is available in his Twitter feed at @elijahmanor, on his Delicious feed, and on a dedicated website - Web Dev Tweets. While not 100% ASP.NET focused, I've been appreciating Joe Stagner's Weekly Links series, partly since he includes a lot of links that don't show up on my other lists. Twitter Over the past few years, I've been getting more and more of my information from my Twitter network (as opposed to RSS or other means). Twitter is as good as your network, so if getting good information off Twitter sounds crazy, you're probably not following the right people. I already mentioned Elijah Manor (@elijahmanor). I follow over a thousand people on Twitter, so I'm not going to try to pick and choose a list, but one good way to get started building out a Twitter network is to follow active Twitter users on the ASP.NET team at Microsoft: @scottgu (well, not on the ASP.NET team, but their great grand boss, and always a great source of ASP.NET info) @shanselman @haacked @bradwilson @davidfowl @InfinitiesLoop @davidebbo @marcind @DamianEdwards @stevensanderson @bleroy @humancompiler @osbornm @anurse I'm sure I'm missing a few, and I'll update the list. Building a Twitter network that follows topics you're interested in allows you to use other tools like Cadmus to automatically summarize top content by leveraging the collective input of many users. Twitter Search with Topsy You can search Twitter for hashtags (like #aspnet, #aspnetmvc, and #webmatrix) to get a raw view of what people are talking about on Twitter. Twitter's search is pretty poor; I prefer Topsy. Here's an example search for the #aspnetmvc hashtag: http://topsy.com/s?q=%23aspnetmvc You can also do combined queries for several tags: http://topsy.com/s?q=%23aspnetmvc+OR+%23aspnet+OR+%23webmatrix Paper.li Paper.li is a handy service that builds a custom daily newspaper based on your social network. They've turned a lot of people off by automatically tweeting "The SuperDevFoo Daily is out!!!" messages (which can be turned off), but if you're ignoring them because of those message, you're missing out on a handy, free service. My paper.li page includes content across a lot of interests, including ASP.NET: http://paper.li/jongalloway When I want to drill into a specific tag, though, I'll just look at the Paper.li post for that hashtag. For example, here's the #aspnetmvc paper.li page: http://paper.li/tag/aspnetmvc Delicious I mentioned previously that I use Delicious for managing site links. I also use their network and search features. The tag based search is pretty good: Even better, though, is that I can see who's bookmarked these links, and add them to my Delicious network. After having built out a network, I can optimize by doing less searching and more leaching leveraging of collective intelligence. Community Sites I scan DotNetKicks, the weblogs.asp.net combined feed, and the ASP.NET Community page, CodeBetter, Los Techies,  CodeProject,  and DotNetSlackers from time to time. They're hit and miss, but they do offer more of an opportunity for finding original content which others may have missed. Terms of Enrampagement When someone's on a tear, I just manually check their sites more often. I could use RSS for that, but it changes pretty often. I just keep a mental note of people who are cranking out a lot of good content and check their sites more often. What works for you?

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  • Windows Phone–A beautiful phone which I admire but I don’t recommend to friends and family

    - by Gopinath
    Microsoft’s Windows Phones are the most beautiful phones I’ve seen. Look at the photo which Microsoft shared on their Facebook page today. It’s gorgeous. Windows Phones come in vibrant colors and the user interface is very lively. When you keep an iPhone, Android Phone & a Windows Phone on a table, Windows Phone definitely stands out. Android and iOS interfaces are routine – a bunch of apps icons arranged in rows and multiple screens. Windows Phone is very different, the live tiles concept mesmerizes us. I love Windows Phone, but neither I buy one nor I recommend to family/friends! Why? Because it does not have all the Apps I need. Microsoft advertises that Windows Phone has 100K apps on its Windows Market Place. It’s true, there are 100K+ apps available for Windows Phone but not many of them are really useful and most of the popular Apps I use on Android are not available. When I say this to my friends at Microsoft, they don’t agree and one of them asked me list the apps that are not available. For him today I spent an hour quickly scanning through the apps installed on my Google Nexus and searched for same apps on Windows Market Place. As expected many of them are not available. Here is the list of my favorite Android apps that are not available for Windows Phone Mint – I use this app more than any of the Banking Apps I’ve installed on my mobile. It’s one app to keep a tab on all the expenses and income, the best money management and tracking app. Google Chrome – Web without Google Chrome is too boring, either on Desktop or on mobile. IE is too heavy and Firefox is loosing its grip. Chrome is the new darling of web. Pulse, Flipboard – Flipboard and Pulse are one of the best apps for reading news and following content of favorite blogs. Dropbox – Sync content across devices and provides access to your content on any device.It really does not matter what is your gadget – mobile, tablet or computer; Dropbox lets you access your content. GMail, Google Maps – Should I say how important are these two apps in our day to day life!! Vonage Extension – For around 30 bucks a month, Vonage provide landline service in USA + unlimited calls to India and many other countries + Vonage Extension App that lets Android/iOS mobile to make unlimited international calls for free. Without Vonage Extension app, I’m almost cutoff from my family and friends back home in India. Instagram – The most popular camera app used from a common man to celebrities. Raaga, Dhingana  – Music is part and parcel of life and these two apps are the most like popular apps to listen to Indian music. Quora – Quora is the place where most of the sensible discussions happen on web. Google Analytics, Google Adsense – I’m a blogger and these two apps mean a lot to me The list goes on and on! There are many useful apps that are not available on Windows Phone – TuneIn, MyTWC, Chrome To Phone, Google Voice, etc. Without all these apps, Windows Phone is just another old Nokia phone. Even though Windows Phone is the most beautiful phone, it needs Apps to attract customers. Without apps a smartphone is more or less a dumb feature phone which we loved to use before release of iPhone. Wish in an year or two the beautiful Windows Phone may have all the missing Apps. When it happens I’ll buy a phone for myself and recommend it to my family & friends. But till then I prefer to stay away.

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  • Getting a Database into Source Control

    - by Grant Fritchey
    For any number of reasons, from simple auditing, to change tracking, to automated deployment, to integration with application development processes, you’re going to want to place your database into source control. Using Red Gate SQL Source Control this process is extremely simple. SQL Source Control works within your SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) interface.  This means you can work with your databases in any way that you’re used to working with them. If you prefer scripts to using the GUI, not a problem. If you prefer using the GUI to having to learn T-SQL, again, that’s fine. After installing SQL Source Control, this is what you’ll see when you open SSMS:   SQL Source Control is now a direct piece of the SSMS environment. The key point initially is that I currently don’t have a database selected. You can even see that in the SQL Source Control window where it shows, in red, “No database selected – select a database in Object Explorer.” If I expand my Databases list in the Object Explorer, you’ll be able to immediately see which databases have been integrated with source control and which have not. There are visible differences between the databases as you can see here:   To add a database to source control, I first have to select it. For this example, I’m going to add the AdventureWorks2012 database to an instance of the SVN source control software (I’m using uberSVN). When I click on the AdventureWorks2012 database, the SQL Source Control screen changes:   I’m going to need to click on the “Link database to source control” text which will open up a window for connecting this database to the source control system of my choice.  You can pick from the default source control systems on the left, or define one of your own. I also have to provide the connection string for the location within the source control system where I’ll be storing my database code. I set these up in advance. You’ll need two. One for the main set of scripts and one for special scripts called Migrations that deal with different kinds of changes between versions of the code. Migrations help you solve problems like having to create or modify data in columns as part of a structural change. I’ll talk more about them another day. Finally, I have to determine if this is an isolated environment that I’m going to be the only one use, a dedicated database. Or, if I’m sharing the database in a shared environment with other developers, a shared database.  The main difference is, under a dedicated database, I will need to regularly get any changes that other developers have made from source control and integrate it into my database. While, under a shared database, all changes for all developers are made at the same time, which means you could commit other peoples work without proper testing. It all depends on the type of environment you work within. But, when it’s all set, it will look like this: SQL Source Control will compare the results between the empty folders in source control and the database, AdventureWorks2012. You’ll get a report showing exactly the list of differences and you can choose which ones will get checked into source control. Each of the database objects is scripted individually. You’ll be able to modify them later in the same way. Here’s the list of differences for my new database:   You can select/deselect all the objects or each object individually. You also get a report showing the differences between what’s in the database and what’s in source control. If there was already a database in source control, you’d only see changes to database objects rather than every single object. You can see that the database objects can be sorted by name, by type, or other choices. I’m going to add a comment such as “Initial creation of database in source control.” And then click on the Commit button which will put all the objects in my database into the source control system. That’s all it takes to get the objects into source control initially. Now is when things can get fun with breaking changes to code, automated deployments, unit testing and all the rest.

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  • How to Browse Without a Trace with an Ubuntu Live CD

    - by Trevor Bekolay
    No matter how diligently you clear your cache and erase your history, web browsing leaves traces on your computer. If you need keep your browsing private, then an Ubuntu Live CD is the answer. The key to this trick is that the Live CD environment runs completely in RAM, so things like your cache, cookies, and history don’t get saved to a persistent storage location. On a hard drive, even deleted files can be recovered, but once a computer is turned off the data stored in RAM is unrecoverable. In addition, since the Ubuntu Live CD environment is the same no matter what computer you use it on, there’s very little identifying information that a website can use to track you! The first step is to either burn an Ubuntu Live CD, or prepare a non-persistent Ubuntu USB flash drive. Ubuntu treats non-persistent flash drives like CDs, so files will not be written to it, but if you’re paranoid, then using a physical CD ensures that nothing gets written to a storage device. Boot up from the CD or flash drive, and choose to Run Ubuntu from the CD or flash drive if prompted (for more detailed instructions on booting from a CD or USB drive, see this article, or our guide on booting from a flash drive even if your BIOS won’t let you). Once the graphical Ubuntu environment comes up, you can click on the Firefox icon at the top of the screen to start browsing. If your browsing requires Flash, then you can install it by clicking on System at the top-left of the screen, then Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. Click on Settings at the top of the Synaptic window, and then select Repositories. Add a check in the checkbox with the label ending in “multiverse”. Click Close. Click the Reload button in the main Synaptic window. The list of available packages will reload. When they’ve reloaded, type “restricted” in the Quick search box. Right-click on ubuntu-restricted-extras and select Mark for Installation. It will note a number of other packages that will be installed. This list includes audio and video codecs, so after installing these, you should be able to play downloaded movies and songs. Click Mark to accept the installation of these other packages. Once you return to the main Synaptic window, click the Apply button and go through the dialogs to finish the installation of Flash and the other useful packages. If you open up Firefox now, you’ll have no problems using websites that use Flash. When you’re done browsing and shut down or restart your computer, all traces of your web browsing will be gone. It’s a bit of work compared to just using a privacy-centric browser, but if it’s very important that your browsing leave no traces on your hard drive, an Ubuntu Live CD is your best bet. Download Ubuntu Similar Articles Productive Geek Tips Reset Your Ubuntu Password Easily from the Live CDAdding extra Repositories on UbuntuHow to Add a Program to the Ubuntu Startup List (After Login)How to install Spotify in Ubuntu 9.10 using WineInstalling PHP4 and Apache on Ubuntu TouchFreeze Alternative in AutoHotkey The Icy Undertow Desktop Windows Home Server – Backup to LAN The Clear & Clean Desktop Use This Bookmarklet to Easily Get Albums Use AutoHotkey to Assign a Hotkey to a Specific Window Latest Software Reviews Tinyhacker Random Tips Xobni Plus for Outlook All My Movies 5.9 CloudBerry Online Backup 1.5 for Windows Home Server Snagit 10 2010 World Cup Schedule Boot Snooze – Reboot and then Standby or Hibernate Customize Everything Related to Dates, Times, Currency and Measurement in Windows 7 Google Earth replacement Icon (Icons we like) Build Great Charts in Excel with Chart Advisor tinysong gives a shortened URL for you to post on Twitter (or anywhere)

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  • Outlook 2010 – My Top 9 features

    - by Daniel Moth
    Office 2010 has reached RTM. Here are my favorite Outlook features. Speed. It is faster than previous versions and hangs much less… Ignore Conversation (Ctrl+Del). Not interested in a conversation? Click this button on the new ribbon and you'll never receive another message on that thread (they all go to your Deleted folder). Calendar Preview. When receiving a Meeting Request, before deciding to accept or not you get to see a preview of your calendar for that day and where the new meeting would fit in. See full description on outlook team blog post. Quick Steps. See full description on outlook team blog post. I have created my own quick steps for filing conversations to folders, various pre-populated reply templates, creating calendar invites and creating TODOs from received emails. Search Interface. Many of us knew the magic keywords for making smart searches (e.g. from:Name), but it is great to learn many more through the search tools contextual ribbon tab. Next 7 days. Out of the many enhancements to the Calendar view, my favorite is to be able with  single click to view the next 7 days – that is now my default view. MailTips. See full description on outlook team blog post. The ones I particularly like are when composing a mail to someone that has their Out Of Office reply set, you get to read it before sending the mail (and hence can decide to postpone sending). when composing a mail to a distribution list, a message informs you of the number of recipients. Hopefully, senders will use that as a clue for narrowing down the recipient list or at least verifying that their mail should indeed be sent to so many people. "You are not responding to the latest message in this conversation. Click here to open it.". When composing a reply to a conversation and you have not picked the last message to reply to (don't you hate it when people split threads like that?), this is the inline message you see (under the MailTips area) and if you click on the message it opens the last mail in the conversation so you can reply to that. Rich "Conversation Settings" and in particular "Show Messages from Other Folders". For example, you can see in your inbox not only the message you received but also the reply you sent (it gets pulled in from the Sent folder). Another example: a conversation has been taking place on a distribution list (so your rules filed it to a folder) and they add you on the TO or CC line, so it appears in a different folder; regardless of which folder you open, you are able to see the entire conversation. Note that messages from other folders than the one you are browsing, appear in grey text so you can easily spot them. Reading them in one folder, obviously marks them as read in the other folder… If you haven't yet, when are you making the move to Outlook 2010? Comments about this post welcome at the original blog.

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  • Why is my machine unable to mount my SMB drives ("CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation", return code -115)?

    - by downbeat
    I have a machine running Precise (12.04 x64), and I cannot mount my SMB drives (I have 3, we'll call them public, private and download). It used to work (a week or two ago) and I didn't touch fstab! The machine hosting the shares is a commercial NAS, and I'm not seeing anything that would indicate it's an issue with the NAS. I have an older machine which I updated to Precise at the same time (both fresh installed, not dist-upgrade), so should have a very similar configuration. It is not having any problems. I am not having problems on windows machines/partitions either, only one of my Precise machines. The two machines are using identical entries in fstab and identical /etc/samba/smb.conf files. I don't think I've ever changed smb.conf (has never mattered before). My fstab entries all basically look like this: //10.1.1.111/public /media/public cifs credentials=/home/downbeat/.credentials,iocharset=utf8,uid=downbeat,gid=downbeat,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755 0 0 Here's the dmesg output on boot: [ 51.162198] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation [ 51.162369] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -115 [ 51.194106] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation [ 51.194250] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -115 [ 51.198120] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation [ 51.198243] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -115 There are no other errors I see in the dmesg output. Originally when I ran 'testparm -s', the output contained these lines ERROR: lock directory /var/run/samba does not exist ERROR: pid directory /var/run/samba does not exist Here's the samba related programs I have installed: $ dpkg --list|grep -i samba ii libpam-winbind 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 Samba nameservice and authentication integration plugins ii libwbclient0 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 Samba winbind client library ii nautilus-share 0.7.3-1ubuntu2 Nautilus extension to share folder using Samba ii python-smbc 1.0.13-0ubuntu1 Python bindings for Samba clients (libsmbclient) ii samba-common 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 common files used by both the Samba server and client ii samba-common-bin 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 common files used by both the Samba server and client ii winbind 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 Samba nameservice integration server $ dpkg --list|grep -i smb ii dmidecode 2.11-4 SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ii libsmbclient 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers ii python-smbc 1.0.13-0ubuntu1 Python bindings for Samba clients (libsmbclient) ii smbclient 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix ii smbfs 2:5.1-1ubuntu1 Common Internet File System utilities - compatibility package $ dpkg --list|grep -i cifs ii cifs-utils 2:5.1-1ubuntu1 Common Internet File System utilities ii libsmbclient 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers ii smbclient 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix I originally noticed that my other machine had "libpam-winbind" and "nautilus-share" installed and the machine with the issue did not. Installing those two packages solved my errors with 'testparm -s', but did not fix my issue. Finally, I tried to purge and reinstall these packages smbclient smbfs cifs-utils samba-common samba-common-bin Still no luck. Again, it used to work; now it doesn't. Very similarly configured machine works (but some packages are out of date on the working machine). The NAS has only one interface/IP address, nmblookup works to find it's IP from it's hostname (from the machine with the issue) and it responds to a ping. Please any help would be great. I've been searching on AskUbuntu, SuperUser, ubuntuforums and plain old search engines for a week now and it's driving me crazy!

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  • How To Delete Built-in Windows 7 Power Plans (and Why You Probably Shouldn’t)

    - by The Geek
    Do you actually use the Windows 7 power management features? If so, have you ever wanted to just delete one of the built-in power plans? Here’s how you can do so, and why you probably should leave it alone. Just in case you’re new to the party, we’re talking about the power plans that you see when you click on the battery/plug icon in the system tray. The problem is that one of the built-in plans always shows up there, even if you only use custom plans. When you go to “More power options” on the menu there, you’ll be taken to a list of them, but you’ll be unable to get rid of any of the built-in ones, even if you have your own. You can actually delete the power plans, but it will probably cause problems, so we highly recommend against it. If you still want to proceed, keep reading. Delete Built-in Power Plans in Windows 7 Open up an Administrator mod command prompt by right-clicking on the command prompt and choosing “Run as Administrator”, then type in the following command, which will show you a whole list of the plans. powercfg list Do you see that really long GUID code in the middle of each listing? That’s what we’re going to need for the next step. To make it easier, we’ll provide the codes here, just in case you don’t know how to copy to the clipboard from the command prompt. Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e  (Balanced) Power Scheme GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c  (High performance)Power Scheme GUID: a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a  (Power saver) Before you do any deleting, what you’re going to want to do is export the plan to a file using the –export parameter. For some unknown reason, I used the .xml extension when I did this, though the file isn’t in XML format. Moving on… here’s the syntax of the command: powercfg –export balanced.xml 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e This will export the Balanced plan to the file balanced.xml. And now, we can delete the plan by using the –delete parameter, and the same GUID.  powercfg –delete 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e If you want to import the plan again, you can use the -import parameter, though it has one weirdness—you have to specify the full path to the file, like this: powercfg –import c:\balanced.xml Using what you’ve learned, you can export each of the plans to a file, and then delete the ones you want to delete. Why Shouldn’t You Do This? Very simple. Stuff will break. On my test machine, for example, I removed all of the built-in plans, and then imported them all back in, but I’m still getting this error anytime I try to access the panel to choose what the power buttons do: There’s a lot more error messages, but I’m not going to waste your time with all of them. So if you want to delete the plans, do so at your own peril. At least you’ve been warned! Similar Articles Productive Geek Tips Learning Windows 7: Manage Power SettingsCreate a Shortcut or Hotkey to Switch Power PlansDisable Power Management on Windows 7 or VistaChange the Windows 7 or Vista Power Buttons to Shut Down/Sleep/HibernateDisable Windows Vista’s Built-in CD/DVD Burning Features TouchFreeze Alternative in AutoHotkey The Icy Undertow Desktop Windows Home Server – Backup to LAN The Clear & Clean Desktop Use This Bookmarklet to Easily Get Albums Use AutoHotkey to Assign a Hotkey to a Specific Window Latest Software Reviews Tinyhacker Random Tips DVDFab 6 Revo Uninstaller Pro Registry Mechanic 9 for Windows PC Tools Internet Security Suite 2010 Gadfly is a cool Twitter/Silverlight app Enable DreamScene in Windows 7 Microsoft’s “How Do I ?” Videos Home Networks – How do they look like & the problems they cause Check Your IMAP Mail Offline In Thunderbird Follow Finder Finds You Twitter Users To Follow

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