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• Linux termios VTIME not working?

  - by San Jacinto

  We've been bashing our heads off of this one all morning. We've got some serial lines setup between an embedded linux device and an Ubuntu box. Our reads are getting screwed up because our code usually returns two (sometimes more, sometimes exactly one) message reads instead of one message read per actual message sent. Here is the code that opens the serial port. InterCharTime is set to 4. void COMBaseClass::OpenPort() { cerr<< "openning port"<< port <<"\n"; struct termios newtio; this->fd = -1; int fdTemp; fdTemp = open( port, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY); if (fdTemp < 0) { portOpen = 0; cerr<<"problem openning "<< port <<". Retrying"<<endl; usleep(1000000); return; } newtio.c_cflag = BaudRate | CS8 | CLOCAL | CREAD ;//| StopBits; newtio.c_iflag = IGNPAR; newtio.c_oflag = 0; /* set input mode (non-canonical, no echo,...) */ newtio.c_lflag = 0; newtio.c_cc[VTIME] = InterCharTime; /* inter-character timer in .1 secs */ newtio.c_cc[VMIN] = readBufferSize; /* blocking read until 1 char received */ tcflush(fdTemp, TCIFLUSH); tcsetattr(fdTemp,TCSANOW,&newtio); this->fd = fdTemp; portOpen = 1; } The other end is configured similarly for communication, and has one small section of particular iterest: while (1) { sprintf(out, "\r\nHello world %lu", ++ulCount); puts(out); WritePort((BYTE *)out, strlen(out)+1); sleep(2); } //while Now, when I run a read thread on the receiving machine, "hello world" is usually broken up over a couple messages. Here is some sample output: 1: Hello 2: world 1 3: Hello 4: world 2 5: Hello 6: world 3 where number followed by a colon is one message recieved. Can you see any error we are making? Thank you. Edit: For clarity, please view section 3.2 of this resource href="http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Serial-Programming-HOWTO.html. To my understanding, with a VTIME of a couple seconds (meaning vtime is set anywhere between 10 and 50, trial-and-error), and a VMIN of 1, there should be no reason that the message is broken up over two separate messages.

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• JList with JScrollPane and prototype cell value wraps element names (replaces with dots instead of s

  - by Tom

  I've got a Jlist inside a JScrollPane and I've set a prototype value so that it doesn't have to calculate the width for big lists, but just uses this default width. Now, the problem is that the Jlist is for some reason replacing the end of an element with dots (...) so that a horizontal scrollbar will never be shown. How do I disable with "wrapping"? So that long elements are not being replaced with dots if they are wider than the Jlist's width? I've reproduced the issue in a small example application. Please run it if you don't understand what I mean: import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; public class Test { //window private static final int windowWidth = 450; private static final int windowHeight = 500; //components private JFrame frame; private JList classesList; private DefaultListModel classesListModel; public Test() { load(); } private void load() { //create window frame = new JFrame("Test"); frame.setSize(windowWidth, windowHeight); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setUndecorated(true); frame.getRootPane().setWindowDecorationStyle(JRootPane.PLAIN_DIALOG); //classes list classesListModel = new DefaultListModel(); classesList = new JList(classesListModel); classesList.setPrototypeCellValue("prototype value"); classesList.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION); classesList.setVisibleRowCount(20); JScrollPane scrollClasses = new JScrollPane(classesList, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED); for (int i = 0; i < 200; i++) { classesListModel.addElement("this is a long string, does not fit in width"); } //panel JPanel drawingArea = new JPanel(); drawingArea.setBackground(Color.white); drawingArea.add(scrollClasses); frame.add(drawingArea); //set visible frame.setVisible(true); } } Even if you force horizontal scrollbar, you still won't be able to scroll because the element is actually not wider than the width because of the dot (...) wrapping. Thanks in advance.

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• How to make a pause before continuing method

  - by user1766728

  Now, I know that this has been asked, but I need to know how to do this NOT on html or anything. Heres my code, not including all of the other java files. package rtype; import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; import java.util.ArrayList; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; public class aa { private int xd; private int yd; private int dx; private int dy; private int x; private int y; private Image image; private ArrayList missiles; private final int CRAFT_SIZE = 70; public aa() { ImageIcon ii = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource("/aa.png")); image = ii.getImage(); missiles = new ArrayList(); x = 10; y = 10; xd = -14; yd = 140; } public void move() { if(y >=xd) y += dx; else if(y < xd) y += 1; if(y <=yd) y += dy; else if(y > yd) y += -1; } public int getX() { return x; } public int getY() { return y; } public Image getImage() { return image; } public ArrayList getMissiles() { return missiles; } public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) { int key = e.getKeyCode(); if (key == KeyEvent.VK_SPACE) { fire(); } if (key == KeyEvent.VK_UP) { dy = -1; } if (key == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN) { dy = 1; } if (key == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT) { yd++; } if (key == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT) { yd--; } if (key == KeyEvent.VK_W) { xd++; } if (key == KeyEvent.VK_S) { xd--; } } public void fire() { try{ missiles.add(new Missle(x + CRAFT_SIZE, y + CRAFT_SIZE)); }catch(Exception e){} } public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) { int key = e.getKeyCode(); if (key == KeyEvent.VK_UP) { dy = 0; } if (key == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN) { dy = 0; } } } So, at the method, fire(), I want to make it delay between shots. HOW? sorry if this is n00bish

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• Please , Explain these java code ..?

  - by soma

  I want understand these code before java lab exam especially methode import javax.swing.; import java.util.; import java.text.*; public class EnglishCalendar { public static String[] months = { "January" , "February" , "March", "April" , "May" , "June", "July" , "August" , "September", "October" , "November" , "December" }; public static int days[] = { 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 }; private void showMonth(int m, int y) { int lead_spaces = 0; if (m < 0 || m > 11) { System.out.println("It should be 1 to 12"); } else { System.out.println(); System.out.println(" " + months[m] + " " + y); System.out.println(); GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(y, m, 0); System.out.println("Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa "); lead_spaces = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK); int day_of_month = days[m]; if (cal.isLeapYear(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR)) && m == 1){ day_of_month++;} for (int i = 0; i < lead_spaces; i++) { System.out.print(" "); } for (int i = 1; i <= day_of_month; i++) { if (i < 10) System.out.print(" "); System.out.print(i); if ((lead_spaces + i) % 7 == 0) { System.out.println(); } else { System.out.print(" "); } } System.out.println(); } } private static void doSimpleDateFormat() { Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance(); SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E yyyy.MM.dd 'at' hh:mm:ss a zzz"); System.out.print(" \n It is now : " + formatter.format(now.getTime())); System.out.println(); } public static void main(String[] args) { String mo = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Month"); String ye = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Year"); int mon = new Integer(mo).intValue(); int yea = new Integer(ye).intValue(); EnglishCalendar k = new EnglishCalendar(); k.showMonth(mon - 1 , yea); doSimpleDateFormat(); } }

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• EJB / JSF java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ericsantanna.jobFC.dao.DAOFactoryRemote from [Module "com.sun.jsf-impl:main" from local module loader

  - by Eric Sant'Anna

  I'm in my first time using EJB and JSF, and I can't resolve this: 20:23:12,457 Grave [javax.enterprise.resource.webcontainer.jsf.application] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8081-2) com.ericsantanna.jobFC.dao.DAOFactoryRemote from [Module "com.sun.jsf-impl:main" from local module loader @439db2b2 (roots: C:\jboss-as-7.1.1.Final\modules)]: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ericsantanna.jobFC.dao.DAOFactoryRemote from [Module "com.sun.jsf-impl:main" from local module loader @439db2b2 (roots: C:\jboss-as-7.1.1.Final\modules)] I'm getting this when I do an action like a selectOneMenu or a commandButton click. DAOFactory.class @Singleton @Remote(DAOFactoryRemote.class) public class DAOFactory implements DAOFactoryRemote { private static final long serialVersionUID = 6030538139815885895L; @PersistenceContext private EntityManager entityManager; @EJB private JobDAORemote jobDAORemote; /** * Default constructor. */ public DAOFactory() { // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub } @Override public JobDAORemote getJobDAO() { JobDAO jobDAO = (JobDAO) jobDAORemote; jobDAO.setEntityManager(entityManager); return jobDAO; } JobDAO.class @Stateless @Remote(JobDAORemote.class) public class JobDAO implements JobDAORemote { private static final long serialVersionUID = -5483992924812255349L; private EntityManager entityManager; /** * Default constructor. */ public JobDAO() { // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub } @Override public void insert(Job t) { entityManager.persist(t); } @Override public Job findById(Class<Job> classe, Long id) { return entityManager.getReference(classe, id); } @Override public Job findByName(Class<Job> clazz, String name) { return entityManager .createQuery("SELECT job FROM " + clazz.getName() + " job WHERE job.nome = :nome" , Job.class) .setParameter("name", name) .getSingleResult(); } ... TriggerFormBean.class @ManagedBean @ViewScoped @Stateless public class TriggerFormBean implements Serializable { private static final long serialVersionUID = -3293560384606586480L; @EJB private DAOFactoryRemote daoFactory; @EJB private TriggerManagerRemote triggerManagerRemote; ... triggerForm.xhtml (a portion with problem) </p:layoutUnit> <p:layoutUnit id="eastConditionPanel" position="center" size="50%"> <p:panel header="Conditions to Release" style="width:97%;height:97%;"> <h:panelGrid columns="2" cellpadding="3"> <h:outputLabel value="Condition Name:" for="conditionName" /> <p:inputText id="conditionName" value="#{triggerFormBean.newCondition.name}" /> </h:panelGrid> <p:commandButton value="Add Condition" update="conditionsToReleaseList" id="addConditionToRelease" actionListener="#{triggerFormBean.addNewCondition}" /> <p:orderList id="conditionsToReleaseList" value="#{triggerFormBean.trigger.conditionsToRelease}" var="condition" controlsLocation="none" itemLabel="#{condition.name}" itemValue="#{condition}" iconOnly="true" style="width:97%;heigth:97%;"/> </p:panel> </p:layoutUnit> In TriggerFormBean.class if comments daoFactory we get the same exception with triggerManagerRemote, both annotated with @EJB. I'm don't understand the relationship between my DAOFactory and the "Module com.sun.jsf-impl:main"... Thanks.

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• what is the purpose of getEventType() method in XMLStreamReader Class

  - by KItis

  I have sample code written for parsing xml file using javax.xml package. it uses the method called getEventType() , but I can not understand the purpose of this method. i wrote simple application to understand its usefulness, but it output only some random numbers for which I can not make any sense, could some one help me to get this point right. Here is the sample code I have written. public List parseXML(File f) throws XMLStreamException{ xmlInputFactory = new WstxInputFactory(); xmlInputFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory2.IS_REPLACING_ENTITY_REFERENCES, Boolean.FALSE); xmlInputFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory2.IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES, Boolean.FALSE); xmlInputFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory2.IS_COALESCING,Boolean.FALSE); xmlInputFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory2.IS_VALIDATING,Boolean.FALSE); xmlInputFactory.configureForSpeed(); List<Task> tasks = new LinkedList<Task>(); //xmlStreamReader = xmlInputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(new StringReader(dmml)); xmlStreamReader = xmlInputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(f); int eventType = xmlStreamReader.getEventType(); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); eventType = xmlStreamReader.next(); System.out.println(eventType); /*String currentElement = ""; String currentElementText = ""; }

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• Help with simple frame, and graphics in Java

  - by Crystal

  For hw, I'm trying to create a "CustomButton" that has a frame and in that frame, I draw two triangles, and a square over it. It's supposed to give the user the effect of a button press once it is depressed. So for starters, I am trying to set up the beginning graphics, drawing two triangles, and a square. The problem I have is although I set my frame to 200, 200, and the triangles I have drawn I think to the correct ends of my frame size, when I run the program, I have to extend my window to make the whole artwork, my "CustomButton," viewable. Is that normal? Thanks. Code: import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; public class CustomButton { public static void main(String[] args) { EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { CustomButtonFrame frame = new CustomButtonFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setVisible(true); } }); } } class CustomButtonFrame extends JFrame { // constructor for CustomButtonFrame public CustomButtonFrame() { setTitle("Custom Button"); setSize(DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT); CustomButtonSetup buttonSetup = new CustomButtonSetup(); this.add(buttonSetup); } private static final int DEFAULT_WIDTH = 200; private static final int DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 200; } class CustomButtonSetup extends JComponent { public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g; // first triangle coords int x[] = new int[TRIANGLE_SIDES]; int y[] = new int[TRIANGLE_SIDES]; x[0] = 0; y[0] = 0; x[1] = 200; y[1] = 0; x[2] = 0; y[2] = 200; Polygon firstTriangle = new Polygon(x, y, TRIANGLE_SIDES); // second triangle coords x[0] = 0; y[0] = 200; x[1] = 200; y[1] = 200; x[2] = 200; y[2] = 0; Polygon secondTriangle = new Polygon(x, y, TRIANGLE_SIDES); g2.drawPolygon(firstTriangle); g2.setColor(Color.WHITE); g2.fillPolygon(firstTriangle); g2.drawPolygon(secondTriangle); g2.setColor(Color.GRAY); g2.fillPolygon(secondTriangle); // draw rectangle 10 pixels off border g2.drawRect(10, 10, 180, 180); } public static final int TRIANGLE_SIDES = 3; }

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• C# - periodic data reading and Thread.Sleep()

  - by CaldonCZE

  Hello, my C# application reads data from special USB device. The data are read as so-called "messages", each of them having 24 bytes. The amount of messages that must be read per second may differ (maximal frequency is quite high, about 700 messages per second), but the application must read them all. The only way to read the messages is by calling function "ReadMessage", that returns one message read from the device. The function is from external DLL and I cannot modify it. My solution: I've got a seperate thread, that is running all the time during the program run and it's only job is to read the messages in cycle. The received messages are then processed in main application thread. The function executed in the "reading thread" is the following: private void ReadingThreadFunction() { int cycleCount; try { while (this.keepReceivingMessages) { cycleCount++; TRxMsg receivedMessage; ReadMessage(devHandle, out receivedMessage); //...do something with the message... } } catch { //... catch exception if reading failed... } } This solution works fine and all messages are correctly received. However, the application consumes too much resources, the CPU of my computer runs at more than 80%. Therefore I'd like to reduce it. Thanks to the "cycleCount" variable I know that the "cycling speed" of the thread is about 40 000 cycles per second. This is unnecessarily too much, since I need to receive maximum 700 messagges/sec. (and the device has buffer for about 100 messages, so the cycle speed can be even a little lower) I tried to reduce the cycle speed by suspending the thread for 1 ms by Thread.Sleep(1); command. Of course, this didn't work and the cycle speed became about 70 cycles/second which was not enough to read all messages. I know that this attempt was silly, that putting the thread to sleep and then waking him up takes much longer than 1 ms. However, I don't know what else to do: Is there some other way how to slow the thread execution down (to reduce CPU consumption) other than Thread.Sleep? Or am I completely wrong and should I use something different for this task instead of Thread, maybe Threading.Timer or ThreadPool? Thanks a lot in advance for all suggestions. This is my first question here and I'm a beginner at using threads, so please excuse me if it's not clear enough.

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• 2 dimensional arraylists in java

  - by Chris Maness

  So here's the deal I'm working on a project that requires me to have a 2 dimensional arraylist of 1 dimensional arrays. But every time I try to load in my data I get an error: Can't do this opperation because of bad input java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 1, Size: 0 On some of the inputs. I've got no idea where I'm going wrong on this one. A little help please? Source Code: import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Scanner; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import java.io.InputStream; public class Facebull { public static void main (String[] args) { if(args.length != 0){ load(args[0]); } else{ load("testFile"); } } public static void load(String fname) { int costOfMach = 0; ArrayList <Integer> finalMach = new ArrayList<Integer>(); ArrayList <ArrayList<int[]>>machines = new ArrayList<ArrayList<int[]>>(); Scanner inputFile = null; File f = new File(fname); if (f.exists ()) { try { inputFile = new Scanner (f); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Can't find the file\n" + e); } int i = 0; while (inputFile.hasNext ( )) { String str = inputFile.nextLine ( ); String [ ] fields = str.split ("[\t ]"); System.out.println(str); if (!(fields[0].isEmpty() || fields[0].equals (""))){ fields[0] = fields[0].substring(1); fields[1] = fields[1].substring(1); fields[2] = fields[2].substring(1); try { //data to be inputed is 0 and 3 location of data is 1 and 2 int[] item = new int[2]; item[1] = Integer.parseInt(fields[0]); item[0] = Integer.parseInt(fields[3]); if(machines.size() < Integer.parseInt(fields[1])){ ArrayList<int[]> column = new ArrayList<int[]>(); machines.add (Integer.parseInt(fields[1])-1, column); System.out.println("we're in the if"); } machines.get(Integer.parseInt(fields[1])-1).add(Integer.parseInt(fields[2])-1, item); } //catches any exception catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Can't do this opperation because of bad input \n" + e); } } } inputFile.close ( ); } System.out.print(machines); }//end load }

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• calling hibernate callback

  - by vrkmurali

  HibernateCallback callback=new HibernateCallback() { @Override public Object doInHibernate(Session session) throws HibernateException, SQLException { Transaction transaction=session.beginTransaction(); Query query2 = session.createSQLQuery( "select user_id,user_name from usermasterdao where user_id not in('select usermaster_id from LoginHistoryDAO where logindate between :fromdate and :todate')"); ((SQLQuery) query2).addEntity(UserMasterDAO.class); //query.setParameter("stockCode", "7277"); query2.setParameter("todate", toDate); query2.setParameter("fromdate", fromDate); List result2 = query2.list(); listofNotUsing=result2; System.out.println(result2.size()+"sizeeee"); transaction.commit(); return result2;}} while executing the command getting error like as follows com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod$MethodException: Invocation of method notUsingButton in com.iton.ioffice.admin.LoginHistory failed. at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:530) at com.vaadin.event.EventRouter.fireEvent(EventRouter.java:164) at com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent.fireEvent(AbstractComponent.java:1219) at com.vaadin.ui.Button.fireClick(Button.java:567) at com.vaadin.ui.Button.changeVariables(Button.java:223) at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.changeVariables(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:1460) at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.handleVariableBurst(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:1404) at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.handleVariables(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:1329) at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.doHandleUidlRequest(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:761) at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.CommunicationManager.handleUidlRequest(CommunicationManager.java:318) at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractApplicationServlet.service(AbstractApplicationServlet.java:501) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:602) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Caused by: org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateQueryException: could not locate named parameter [todate]; nested exception is org.hibernate.QueryPa rameterException: could not locate named parameter [todate] at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.SessionFactoryUtils.convertHibernateAccessException(SessionFactoryUtils.java:656) at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateAccessor.convertHibernateAccessException(HibernateAccessor.java:412) at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.doExecute(HibernateTemplate.java:411) at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.execute(HibernateTemplate.java:339) at com.iton.ioffice.admin.DAO.impl.UserServiceDAOImpl.outOfProcess(UserServiceDAOImpl.java:304) at com.iton.ioffice.admin.LoginHistory.notUsingButton(LoginHistory.java:298) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:520) ... 23 more Caused by: org.hibernate.QueryParameterException: could not locate named parameter [todate] at org.hibernate.engine.query.ParameterMetadata.getNamedParameterDescriptor(ParameterMetadata.java:99) at org.hibernate.engine.query.ParameterMetadata.getNamedParameterExpectedType(ParameterMetadata.java:105) at org.hibernate.impl.AbstractQueryImpl.determineType(AbstractQueryImpl.java:437) at org.hibernate.impl.AbstractQueryImpl.setParameter(AbstractQueryImpl.java:407) at com.iton.ioffice.admin.DAO.impl.UserServiceDAOImpl$4.doInHibernate(UserServiceDAOImpl.java:285) at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.doExecute(HibernateTemplate.java:406) ... 31 more please help me

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• Illegal Start of Expression

  - by Kraivyne

  Hello there, I have just started to learn the very basics of Java programming. Using a book entitled "Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius". I have had an Illegal Start of Expression error that I can't for the life of me get rid of. I have checked the sample code from the book and mine is identical. The error is coming from the for(int i = difficulty; i = 0; i- - ) line. Thanks for helping a newbie out. import javax.swing.*; public class S1P4 {public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { int difficulty; difficulty = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("How good are you?\n"+ "1 = Great\n"+"10 = Terrible")); boolean cont = false; do { cont = false; double num1 = (int)(Math.round(Math.random()*10)); double num2; do { num2 = (int)(Math.round(Math.random()*10)); } while(num2==0.0); int sign = (int)(Math.round(Math.random()*3)); double answer; System.out.println("\n\n*****"); if(sign==0) { System.out.println(num1+" times "+num2); answer = num1*num2; } else if(sign==1) { System.out.println(num1+" divided by"+num2); answer = num1/num2; } else if(sign==1) { System.out.println(num1+" plus "+num2); answer = num1+num2; } else if(sign==1) { System.out.println(num1+" minus "+num2); answer = num1-num2; } else { System.out.println(num1+" % "+num2); answer = num1%num2; } System.out.println("*****\n"); for(int i = difficulty; i >= 0; i- - ) { System.out.println(i+"..."); Thread.sleep(500); } System.out.println("ANSWER: "+answer); String again; again = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Play again?"); if(again.equals("yes")) cont = true; } while(cont); } }

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• Painting component inside another component

  - by mike_hornbeck

  I've got a task to display painted 'eyes' with menu buttons to change their colors, and background color. Next animate them. But currently I'm stuck at painting, sinc in my JFrame I've Created JPanel containing panels with drawn eyes and buttons. Buttons are rendered properly but my eyes canvas is not shown. I've tried changing paint to paintComponent, setting contentPane differently but still nothing works. import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; public class Main extends JFrame { public static void main(String[] args) { final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Eyes"); frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 450)); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JPanel players = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 3)); players.add(new JButton("Eyes color")); players.add(new JButton("Eye pupil")); players.add(new JButton("Background color")); JPanel eyes = new JPanel(); Eyes e = new Eyes(); eyes.add(e); eyes.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 400)); JPanel content = new JPanel(); content.setLayout(new BoxLayout(content, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); frame.setContentPane(content); content.add(players); content.add(eyes); // frame.getContentPane().add(content); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } } class Eyes extends JPanel { public Eyes(){ } public void paint(Graphics g) { super.paintComponent(g); Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); BasicStroke bs = new BasicStroke(3.0f); g2d.setBackground(Color.green); g2d.setStroke(bs); g2d.setColor(Color.yellow); g2d.fillOval(50, 150, 200, 200); g2d.fillOval( 350, 150, 200, 200); g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK); g2d.drawOval(49, 149, 201, 201); g2d.drawOval(349, 149, 201, 201); g2d.fillOval(125, 225, 50, 50); g2d.fillOval(425, 225, 50, 50); } } This is what I should get : This is what I have : When I've tried painting it directly in JFrame it works almost perfect, apart of background not being set. Why setBackgroundColor doesn't influence my drawing in any way ?

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• java nested for() loop throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

  - by Mike

  I'm working through a JPanel exercise in a Java book. I'm tasked with creating a 5x4 grid using GridLayout. When I loop through the container to add panels and buttons, the first add() throws the OOB exception. What am I doing wrong? package mineField; import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; @SuppressWarnings("serial") public class MineField extends JFrame { private final int WIDTH = 250; private final int HEIGHT = 120; private final int MAX_ROWS = 5; private final int MAX_COLUMNS = 4; public MineField() { super("Minefield"); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); Container mineFieldGrid = getContentPane(); mineFieldGrid.setLayout(new GridLayout(MAX_ROWS, MAX_COLUMNS)); // loop through arrays, add panels, then add buttons to panels. for (int i = 0; i < MAX_ROWS; i++) { JPanel[] rows = new JPanel[i]; mineFieldGrid.add(rows[i], rows[i].getName()); rows[i].setBackground(Color.blue); for (int j = 0; j < MAX_COLUMNS; j++) { JButton[] buttons = new JButton[i]; rows[i].add(buttons[j], buttons[j].getName()); } } mineFieldGrid.setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT); mineFieldGrid.setVisible(true); } public int setRandomBomb(Container con) { int bombID; bombID = (int) (Math.random() * con.getComponentCount()); return bombID; } /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { //int randomBomb; //JButton bombLocation; MineField minePanel = new MineField(); //minePanel[randomBomb] = minePanel.setRandomBomb(minePanel); } } I'm sure I'm over-engineering a simple nested for loop. Since I'm new to Java, please be kind. I'm sure I'll return the favor some day.

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• Flickering Image in Java?

  - by Noah Cagle

  OK so I am coding a game right now to prepair for Ludum Dare SharkJam, and I am using a new method for programming, because the last method I had crashes my PC, so this one should work. Well it does work and all, better too, but the images that I put in it flicker. Here is the whole main class (where the images are drawn) package me.NoahCagle.watermaze; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import javax.swing.JFrame; import me.NoahCagle.watermaze.entity.EntityShark; import me.NoahCagle.watermaze.entity.Player; import me.NoahCagle.watermaze.input.Keys; import me.NoahCagle.watermaze.map.Map; public class Game extends JFrame { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; Map map = new Map(0, 0); Player player = new Player(50, 30); static EntityShark shark = new EntityShark(400, 400); public Image dbImage; public Game() { setSize(800, 600); setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setLocationRelativeTo(null); setVisible(true); setTitle("Water Maze"); setResizable(false); setBackground(Color.blue); addKeyListener(new Keys()); } public static void main(String[] args) { new Game(); Thread s = new Thread(shark); s.start(); } public void paint(Graphics g) { dbImage = new BufferedImage(getWidth(), getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB); g.drawImage(dbImage, map.x, map.y, null); g.drawImage(player.player, player.x, player.y, this); g.drawImage(shark.shark, shark.x, shark.y, this); repaint(); } } What this code does for me is makes the Images work correctly, just flickering, alot. Can anyone help me with my issue? EDIT: I think it has something to do with where I call the repaint method in the paint method, so look there.

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• Methods in Customized View did not get invoke in AppDelegate, Why?

  - by NorthKyut

  I want the methods pauseGame in customized UIView - MyGameView get invoked when the phone is locked or interrupted. So I have a pauseGame method but it can't stop the timer when user lock screen (command+L). The lock screen did appear but the game still running at the background. So I added the testPause method to MyGameView and MyGameAppDelegate and and put a breakpoint to debug it. When screen locked it, the screen lock appeared and the code did stop at the breakpoint. But when I tried to step into the testPause method, it didn't take me to the method in MyGameView (it just passed it, not skipped) and no message was printed on terminal by NSLog. Why? What did I miss? // // MyGameAppDelegate.h // MyGame // #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> @class MyGameViewController; @class MyGameView; @interface MyGameAppDelegate : NSObject { UIWindow *window; MyGameViewController *viewController; MyGameView *view; } @property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window; @property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet MyGameViewController *viewController; @property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet MyGameView *view; @end // // MyGameAppDelegate.m // MyGame // #import "MyGameAppDelegate.h" #import "MyGameViewController.h" #import "MyGameView.h" @implementation MyGameAppDelegate @synthesize window; @synthesize viewController; @synthesize view; - (void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication *)application { /* Sent when the application is about to move from active to inactive state. This can occur for certain types of temporary interruptions (such as an incoming phone call or SMS message) or when the user quits the application and it begins the transition to the background state. Use this method to pause ongoing tasks, disable timers, and throttle down OpenGL ES frame rates. Games should use this method to pause the game. */ [view pauseGame]; [view testPause]; } @end // // MyGameView.h // MyGame @interface MyGameView : UIView { - (void)pauseGame; - (void)testPause; @end // // MyGameView.m // MyGame // #import "MyGameView.h" #import "AtlasSprite.h" #import "MyGameViewController.h" #import "SecondViewController.h" @implementation MyGameView - (void)pauseGame { [theTimer invalidate]; theTimer = nil; } - (void)testPause{ NSLog(@"TestPause"); } @end

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• Firefox all but freezes during large file upload; Ajax progress bar infeasible; IE6 works fine

  - by Sean

  I want to provide a progress bar for my users who upload very large files. I did some reading and implemented what should be a pretty straightforward solution: I have a <form> element that contains an file input element; its target is set to the ID of a hidden iframe. On the server side, there's some Spring magic that attaches an object to the user's session; the progress of the upload can be queried from this object. After submitting the form, I start a repeating Ajax call using setInterval that queries the server for the percent-complete using the aforementioned session object. The call repeats every half-second, skipping the Ajax call if the previous call has not yet completed. I use the data from the call to update the width of an onscreen element. When the server call reports that the upload is complete, I clear the interval timer. I created a 100-megabyte file and uploaded it using my interface. This is using Firefox 3.6.3. What I found is that although the upload takes 20-25 seconds, the progress bar doesn't get updated until the very end. Moreover, the entire browser is basically frozen until the upload completes. I assumed that my method must be flawed, but I tried the same page using IE6, and was utterly amazed when it behaved as I had designed it to--the progress bar got updated every half second, and the whole upload only took about 15 seconds, much faster than Firefox. I don't have many add-ons installed, but I tried disabling Firebug and restarting my browser. This marginally improved the performance--I got perhaps a single additional progress bar update mid-upload--but still far from acceptable. Can anyone tell me what I can do to bring Firefox's performance up to the level of IE6? Ugh, I can't believe I actually typed that. EDIT: I just tried uploading a large file from a Firefox 3.6.3 browser on a different machine than the one that's running my web server, and it worked fine. Huh.

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• Thread won't stop when I want it to? (Java)

  - by Stuart

  I have a thread in my screen recording application that won't cooperate: package recorder; import java.awt.AWTException; import java.awt.Insets; import java.io.IOException; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class RepeatThread extends Thread { boolean stop; public volatile Thread recordingThread; JFrame frame; int count = 0; RepeatThread( JFrame myFrame ) { stop = false; frame = myFrame; } public void run() { while( stop == false ) { int loopDelay = 33; // 33 is approx. 1000/30, or 30 fps long loopStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); Insets insets = frame.getInsets(); // Get the shape we're recording try { ScreenRecorder.capture( frame.getX() + insets.left, frame.getY() + insets.top, frame.getWidth() - ( insets.left + insets.right ), frame.getHeight() - ( insets.top + insets.bottom ) ); } catch( AWTException e1 ) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e1.printStackTrace(); } catch( IOException e1 ) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e1.printStackTrace(); } // Add another picture long loopEndTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); int loopTime = (int )( loopEndTime - loopStartTime ); if( loopTime < loopDelay ) { try { sleep( loopDelay - loopTime ); // If we have extra time, // sleep } catch( Exception e ) { } // If something interrupts it, I don't give a crap; just // ignore it } } } public void endThread() { stop = true; count = 0; ScreenRecorder.reset(); // Once I get this annoying thread to work, I have to make the pictures // into a video here! } } It's been bugging me for ages. It periodically takes screenshots to the specified area. When you start recording, it hides (decativates) the window. On a Mac, when you give an application focus, any hidden windows will activate. In my class WListener (which I have confirmed to work), I have: public void windowActivated(WindowEvent e) { if(ScreenRecorder.recordingThread != null) { ScreenRecorder.recordingThread.endThread(); } } So what SHOULD happen is, the screenshot-taking thread stops when he clicks on the application. However, I must be brutally screwing something up, because when the thread is running, it won't even let the window reappear. This is my first thread, so I expected a weird problem like this. Do you know what's wrong?

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• Is it thread safe to read a form controls value (but not change it) without using Invoke/BeginInvoke from another thread

  - by goku_da_master

  I know you can read a gui control from a worker thread without using Invoke/BeginInvoke because my app is doing it now. The cross thread exception error is not being thrown and my System.Timers.Timer thread is able to read gui control values just fine (unlike this guy: can a worker thread read a control in the GUI?) Question 1: Given the cardinal rule of threads, should I be using Invoke/BeginInvoke to read form control values? And does this make it more thread-safe? The background to this question stems from a problem my app is having. It seems to randomly corrupt form controls another thread is referencing. (see question 2) Question 2: I have a second thread that needs to update form control values so I Invoke/BeginInvoke to update those values. Well this same thread needs a reference to those controls so it can update them. It holds a list of these controls (say DataGridViewRow objects). Sometimes (not always), the DataGridViewRow reference gets "corrupt". What I mean by corrupt, is the reference is still valid, but some of the DataGridViewRow properties are null (ex: row.Cells). Is this caused by question 1 or can you give me any tips on why this might be happening? Here's some code (the last line has the problem): public partial class MyForm : Form { void Timer_Elapsed(object sender) { // we're on a new thread (this function gets called every few seconds) UpdateUiHelper updateUiHelper = new UpdateUiHelper(this); foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView1.Rows) { object[] values = GetValuesFromDb(); updateUiHelper.UpdateRowValues(row, values[0]); } // .. do other work here updateUiHelper.UpdateUi(); } } public class UpdateUiHelper { private readonly Form _form; private Dictionary<DataGridViewRow, object> _rows; private delegate void RowDelegate(DataGridViewRow row); private readonly object _lockObject = new object(); public UpdateUiHelper(Form form) { _form = form; _rows = new Dictionary<DataGridViewRow, object>(); } public void UpdateRowValues(DataGridViewRow row, object value) { if (_rows.ContainsKey(row)) _rows[row] = value; else { lock (_lockObject) { _rows.Add(row, value); } } } public void UpdateUi() { foreach (DataGridViewRow row in _rows.Keys) { SetRowValueThreadSafe(row); } } private void SetRowValueThreadSafe(DataGridViewRow row) { if (_form.InvokeRequired) { _form.Invoke(new RowDelegate(SetRowValueThreadSafe), new object[] { row }); return; } // now we're on the UI thread object newValue = _rows[row]; row.Cells[0].Value = newValue; // randomly errors here with NullReferenceException, but row is never null! }

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• jQuery reference to (this) does not work?

  - by FFish

  I have this href link with text either "attivo" or "non attivo" User can set the item to 'active' or 'closed' in the database with an ajax request $.post() I have 2 questions for these: I can't get the reference to $(this) to work.. I tried it with a normal link and it works, but not wrapped in if/else?? How can I prevent the user from clicking more than one time on the link and submitting several request? Is this a valid concern? Do I need some sort of a small timer or something? First I was thinking about a javascript confirm message, but that's pretty annoying for this function.. HTML: <dl id='album-list'> <dt id="dt-2">some title</dt> <dd id="dd-2"> some description<br /> <div class='links-right'>status: <a class='toggle-active' href='#'>non attivo</a></div> </dd> </dl> <a class="test" href="#">test</a> JS: $('dd a.toggle-active').click(function() { var a_ref = $(this); var id = a_ref.parent().parent().attr('id').substring(3); if (a_ref.text() == "non attivo") { var new_active = "active"; // for db in english $.post("ajax-aa.php", {album_id:id, album_active:new_active}, function(data) { // alert("success"); a_ref.text("non attivo"); // change href text }); } else { var new_active = "closed"; // for db in english $.post("ajax-aa.php", {album_id:id, album_active:new_active}, function(data) { // alert("success"); a_ref.text("attivo"); // change href text }); } return false; }); $('a.test').click(function() { var a_ref = $(this); $.post("ajax-aa.php", {album_id:2, album_active:"active"}, function(data) { a_ref.text("changed"); }); return false; })

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• Teamviewer: cannot control monitor 1, but can control monitor 2

  - by DaveT

  I'm using the web client of Teamviewer from my work computer trying to control my home computer. I have 2 monitors on the remote desktop, but for some reason only have control on the second monitor. When I switch to the main monitor (monitor 1), I cannot do anything and cannot even move the cursor. But I have no issues when I switch over to the second monitor (monitor 2). I used to have no issues with either, but in the past couple of months this has been causing me issues. Anyone have a suggestion? Thanks!! Also... Here is the log from the Teamviewer session. Showing me switching back and forth between the monitors. (just in case this will help). I had to remove the links in order to post the log since I don't have enough reputation points, but they were just teamviewer login weblinks. =============================================================================== 21.08 16:00:41,176: Version: 9.0.15099 21.08 16:00:41,177: Sandbox: remote 21.08 16:00:41,177: SysLanguage: en 21.08 16:00:41,177: VarLanguage: en 21.08 16:00:41,177: Flash Player: PlugIn (WIN 14,0,0,179) 21.08 16:00:41,178: UseLanguage: en 21.08 16:00:41,178: UseLanguage: en 21.08 16:00:41,182: TeamViewer hasPassword: true 21.08 16:00:41,418: ExternalConnect id=910035824 21.08 16:00:41,419: CT connect 910035824 masterURL: , sandbox = remote 21.08 16:00:41,425: MC.requestRoute(910035824) 21.08 16:00:41,426: MC.sendMasterCommand text=F=RequestRoute2&ID1=777&Client=TV& ID2=910035824&SA_AccountID=26641022&SA_PasswordMD5HashBase64Encoded=& SA_SessionSecret=f7H6Z7SYfX5ahQ7SJq/r/K20PBYg9fOZhp+DKLhf5ts=&SA_SessionID=1558929948& V=9.0.15099&OS=Flash 21.08 16:00:41,426: MC wait for ping completion 21.08 16:00:42,064: PS.socket event: [Event type="connect" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2] 21.08 16:00:42,182: PingThread: TCP-Ping ok 21.08 16:00:42,183: MC.socket mode = TCP, MasterURL: 21.08 16:00:42,183: MC.connect: 21.08 16:00:43,058: PS.socket event: [Event type="connect" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2] 21.08 16:00:43,058: MC.connectHandler: [Event type="connect" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2] 21.08 16:00:43,236: MC.requestRouteResponse: [email protected]_10800_128000_762319420_910035824_10000__1_0_16778176_128000_16778176: 128000;2147483647:1280000;4:640000_786297_786297 21.08 16:00:43,239: CT init socket: TCP 21.08 16:00:43,513: PS.socket event: [Event type="connect" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2] 21.08 16:00:43,514: CT.connectHandler: [Event type="connect" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2] 21.08 16:00:43,519: Browser name: Netscape 21.08 16:00:43,936: CMD_IDENTIFY id=910035824 ver=2.41 21.08 16:00:44,666: CMD_CONFIRMENCRYPTION: encryption confirmed 21.08 16:00:44,667: Started resendrequest timer 21.08 16:00:45,063: Remote Version: TV 009.000 21.08 16:00:45,501: start classic authentication 21.08 16:00:45,502: Login::SendRequestToConsole(): url= 21.08 16:00:45,828: start srp authentication 21.08 16:00:46,983: checkFirstPacket ok, m_LastReceivedPacketID =4 21.08 16:00:47,148: Login::SendRequestToConsole(): url= 21.08 16:00:47,478: start srp authentication 21.08 16:00:48,210: Login::SendRequestToConsole(): url= 21.08 16:00:48,485: checkFirstPacket ok, m_LastReceivedPacketID =7 21.08 16:00:48,780: TVCmdAuthenticate_Authenticated: 1 21.08 16:00:49,321: Connected to 910035824, name=NEWMAN, os=14, version=9.0.31064 21.08 16:00:49,329: ConnectionAccessSettings: RemoteControl: AllowedFileTransfer: AllowedControlRemoteTV: AllowedSwitchSides: DeniedAllowDisableRemoteInput: AllowedAllowVPN: AllowedAllowPartnerViewDesktop: Allowed 21.08 16:00:52,195: unexpected TVCommand.CommandType == 56 21.08 16:00:52,231: CW received display params: 1680x1050x8 monitors: 2 (active:0) 21.08 16:00:52,301: Caching active, version=2 21.08 16:03:47,158: CW received display params: 1680x1050x8 monitors: 2 (active:1) 21.08 16:04:24,447: CW received display params: 1680x1050x8 monitors: 2 (active:0) 21.08 16:04:40,609: CW received display params: 3360x1050x8 monitors: 2 (active:-1) 21.08 16:04:59,802: CW received display params: 1680x1050x8 monitors: 2 (active:1) 21.08 16:04:59,933: CW received display params: 1680x1050x8 monitors: 2 (active:1) 21.08 16:05:58,419: CW received display params: 1680x1050x8 monitors: 2 (active:0) 21.08 16:06:36,824: CW received display params: 1680x1050x8 monitors: 2 (active:1) 21.08 16:07:07,232: CW received display params: 1680x1050x8 monitors: 2 (active:0)

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• Fan running continously on HP Pavillion G6 notebook with 12.04.1 LTS, help please?

  - by Ankit

  Fan is running continously on my HP Pavillion G6 notebook with 12.04.1 LTS. My system specifications are:- Ram: 6Gb Graphics Card:- 1 GB (AMD Raedon 64XX). HDD: 540 GB. Please find a list of ACPI errors logs from dmesg as follows:- buffer@ankit:~$ dmesg | grep ACPI -i [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000009cebf000 - 000000009cfbf000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000009cfbf000 - 000000009cfff000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 00000000000fe020 00024 (v02 HPQOEM) [ 0.000000] ACPI: XSDT 000000009cffe120 00084 (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-MPC 00000001 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: FACP 000000009cffc000 000F4 (v04 HPQOEM SLIC-MPC 00000001 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 000000009cfec000 0C132 (v01 HP 1670 00000000 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: FACS 000000009cf6c000 00040 [ 0.000000] ACPI: ASF! 000000009cffd000 000A5 (v32 HP 1670 00000001 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET 000000009cffb000 00038 (v01 HP 1670 00000001 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: APIC 000000009cffa000 0008C (v02 HP 1670 00000001 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: MCFG 000000009cff9000 0003C (v01 HP 1670 00000001 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SLIC 000000009cfeb000 00176 (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-MPC 00000001 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 000000009cfea000 00D52 (v01 HP 1670 00001000 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: BOOT 000000009cfe8000 00028 (v01 HP 1670 00000001 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: ASPT 000000009cfe5000 00034 (v07 HP 1670 00000001 MSFT 01000013) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 000000009cfe4000 00780 (v01 HP 1670 00003000 INTL 20100121) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 000000009cfe3000 00996 (v01 HP 1670 00003000 INTL 20100121) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 000000009cfdd000 0219F (v01 HP 1670 00001000 INTL 20100121) [ 0.000000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000 [ 0.000000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408 [ 0.000000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000 [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled) [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled) [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x02] enabled) [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x03] enabled) [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x05] lapic_id[0x00] disabled) [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x06] lapic_id[0x00] disabled) [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x07] lapic_id[0x00] disabled) [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x08] lapic_id[0x00] disabled) [ 0.000000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x00] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0]) [ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl) [ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level) [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override. [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override. [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override. [ 0.000000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information [ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000 [ 0.005902] ACPI: Core revision 20110623 [ 0.536006] PM: Registering ACPI NVS region at 9cebf000 (1048576 bytes) [ 0.538423] ACPI FADT declares the system doesn't support PCIe ASPM, so disable it [ 0.538429] ACPI: bus type pci registered [ 0.656088] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device) [ 0.656094] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device) [ 0.656098] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions) [ 0.656103] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device) [ 0.660335] ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT [ 0.664416] ACPI: Executed 1 blocks of module-level executable AML code [ 0.728303] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored [ 0.729536] ACPI: SSDT 000000009ce70798 00727 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20100121) [ 0.730622] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: [ 0.730630] ACPI: SSDT (null) 00727 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20100121) [ 0.760829] ACPI: SSDT 000000009ce71a98 00303 (v01 PmRef ApIst 00003000 INTL 20100121) [ 0.761992] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: [ 0.761998] ACPI: SSDT (null) 00303 (v01 PmRef ApIst 00003000 INTL 20100121) [ 0.792451] ACPI: SSDT 000000009ce6fd98 00119 (v01 PmRef ApCst 00003000 INTL 20100121) [ 0.793521] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: [ 0.793528] ACPI: SSDT (null) 00119 (v01 PmRef ApCst 00003000 INTL 20100121) [ 0.872981] ACPI: Interpreter enabled [ 0.872992] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5) [ 0.873064] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing [ 0.882723] ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x16, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62 [ 0.883072] ACPI: No dock devices found. [ 0.883084] PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=nocrs" and report a bug [ 0.883882] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-fe]) [ 0.924187] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] [ 0.924509] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP01._PRT] [ 0.924581] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP02._PRT] [ 0.924659] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP03._PRT] [ 0.924758] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEG0._PRT] [ 0.924973] pci0000:00: Requesting ACPI _OSC control (0x1d) [ 0.925064] pci0000:00: ACPI _OSC request failed (AE_ERROR), returned control mask: 0x1d [ 0.925069] ACPI _OSC control for PCIe not granted, disabling ASPM [ 0.930212] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 10 *11 12 14 15) [ 0.930327] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 10 *11 12 14 15) [ 0.930436] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 10 *11 12 14 15) [ 0.930547] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 *10 11 12 14 15) [ 0.930655] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. [ 0.930764] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. [ 0.930873] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 10 *11 12 14 15) [ 0.930979] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. [ 0.932142] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing [ 0.967119] pnp: PnP ACPI init [ 0.967151] ACPI: bus type pnp registered [ 0.968356] pnp 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0a08 PNP0a03 (active) [ 0.968516] pnp 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0200 (active) [ 0.968586] pnp 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs INT0800 (active) [ 0.968818] pnp 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0103 (active) [ 0.968915] pnp 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c04 (active) [ 0.969206] system 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active) [ 0.969293] pnp 00:06: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active) [ 0.969418] pnp 00:07: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0303 (active) [ 0.969528] pnp 00:08: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs SYN1e3f SYN1e00 SYN0002 PNP0f13 (active) [ 0.969969] system 00:09: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active) [ 0.970574] system 00:0a: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c01 (active) [ 0.970617] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices [ 0.970622] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered [ 1.138064] ACPI: Deprecated procfs I/F for AC is loaded, please retry with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER cleared [ 1.138331] ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (off-line) [ 1.139068] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0] [ 1.139176] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB] [ 1.139286] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF] [ 1.144637] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ01] (0 C) [ 1.144677] ACPI: Deprecated procfs I/F for battery is loaded, please retry with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER cleared [ 1.144693] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present) [ 1.206926] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present) [ 13.176993] acpi device:1a: registered as cooling_device4 [ 13.179931] acpi device:1b: registered as cooling_device5 [ 13.180221] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no) [ 13.219589] acpi device:20: registered as cooling_device6 [ 13.220851] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no) [ 1649.915134] i8042 aux 00:08: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 1649.915147] i8042 kbd 00:07: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [ 1650.931028] r8169 0000:03:00.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [ 1650.954743] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [ 1650.978733] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [ 1651.010950] ACPI: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3 [ 1652.251505] ACPI: Low-level resume complete [ 1652.360953] ACPI: Waking up from system sleep state S3 [ 1652.427581] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 1652.435579] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 1652.437887] r8169 0000:03:00.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 1652.506660] i8042 kbd 00:07: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 1661.238234] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [CMS0] (ffff8801d5035558) [SystemCMOS] (20110623/evregion-373) [ 1661.238253] ACPI Error: Region SystemCMOS (ID=5) has no handler (20110623/exfldio-292) [ 1661.238268] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_._Q33] (Node ffff8801d5054de8), AE_NOT_EXIST (20110623/psparse-536) [ 3151.784288] i8042 aux 00:08: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 3151.784301] i8042 kbd 00:07: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [ 3152.797676] r8169 0000:03:00.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [ 3152.821379] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [ 3152.845367] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [ 3152.877600] ACPI: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3 [ 3154.313213] ACPI: Low-level resume complete [ 3154.422297] ACPI: Waking up from system sleep state S3 [ 3154.489692] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 3154.497667] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 3154.505947] r8169 0000:03:00.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 3154.568985] i8042 kbd 00:07: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [ 3162.745149] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [CMS0] (ffff8801d5035558) [SystemCMOS] (20110623/evregion-373) [ 3162.745168] ACPI Error: Region SystemCMOS (ID=5) has no handler (20110623/exfldio-292) [ 3162.745183] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_._Q33] (Node ffff8801d5054de8), AE_NOT_EXIST (20110623/psparse-536) [ 6775.723501] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [CMS0] (ffff8801d5035558) [SystemCMOS] (20110623/evregion-373) [ 6775.723519] ACPI Error: Region SystemCMOS (ID=5) has no handler (20110623/exfldio-292) [ 6775.723535] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_._Q33] (Node ffff8801d5054de8), AE_NOT_EXIST (20110623/psparse-536) [10388.004760] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [CMS0] (ffff8801d5035558) [SystemCMOS] (20110623/evregion-373) [10388.004778] ACPI Error: Region SystemCMOS (ID=5) has no handler (20110623/exfldio-292) [10388.004801] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_._Q33] (Node ffff8801d5054de8), AE_NOT_EXIST (20110623/psparse-536) [10723.591930] i8042 aux 00:08: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [10723.591942] i8042 kbd 00:07: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [10724.607624] r8169 0000:03:00.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [10724.631349] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [10724.655339] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI [10724.687572] ACPI: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3 [10726.123176] ACPI: Low-level resume complete [10726.232181] ACPI: Waking up from system sleep state S3 [10726.303653] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [10726.311648] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [10726.315734] r8169 0000:03:00.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [10726.379287] i8042 kbd 00:07: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI [10734.393523] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [CMS0] (ffff8801d5035558) [SystemCMOS] (20110623/evregion-373) [10734.393542] ACPI Error: Region SystemCMOS (ID=5) has no handler (20110623/exfldio-292) [10734.393557] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_._Q33] (Node ffff8801d5054de8), AE_NOT_EXIST (20110623/ps Continuous sound from the fan is very annoying, any help would highly appreciated.

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• BIND DNS Master with Zerigo Slaves - BIND won't update the slave servers

  - by Anthony

  I've tried to resolve this myself and have looked through Google and Stack but haven't found the answer I'm looking for. Currently on a VPS server I have BIND DNS installed as a MASTER DNS Server. I use Zerigo's DNS service as SLAVE servers for public use: The Master doesn't receive queries - It's job is to simply create and modify DNS entries locally of which the SLAVE use to serve. Here is an excerpt of the BIND log, I set it to INFO event logging: 14-Apr-2012 23:00:00.234 general: info: received control channel command 'reload' 14-Apr-2012 23:00:00.234 general: info: loading configuration from 'C:\DNS\BIND\etc\named.conf' 14-Apr-2012 23:00:00.234 general: info: using default UDP/IPv4 port range: [1024, 65535] 14-Apr-2012 23:00:00.234 general: info: using default UDP/IPv6 port range: [1024, 65535] 14-Apr-2012 23:00:00.250 general: info: reloading configuration succeeded 14-Apr-2012 23:00:00.250 general: info: reloading zones succeeded 14-Apr-2012 23:16:22.750 xfer-out: info: client 174.36.24.251#47135: transfer of 'ajmakeup.com/IN': AXFR started 14-Apr-2012 23:16:22.750 xfer-out: info: client 174.36.24.251#47135: transfer of 'ajmakeup.com/IN': AXFR ended 14-Apr-2012 23:16:23.015 xfer-out: info: client 68.71.141.22#36212: transfer of 'ajmakeup.com/IN': AXFR started 14-Apr-2012 23:16:23.031 xfer-out: info: client 68.71.141.22#36212: transfer of 'ajmakeup.com/IN': AXFR ended As you can see there is no problem with Zerigo's DNS servers requesting new DNS data, when I force a reload that is; I don't believe, as per the way they are set as SLAVE, that they poll for changes. However the problem is the other way; the MASTER is not updating the SLAVE servers when reload is run (on the MASTER); it is a batch on a 15 minute timer. Below is my NAMED.CONF: key "rndc-key" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "REMOVED FOR SECURITY"; }; acl "trusted" { 174.36.24.251/32; 68.71.141.22/32; localhost; }; options { version "not currently available"; directory "C:\DNS\BIND\etc"; allow-query { trusted; }; }; controls { inet 127.0.0.1 port 953 allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { "rndc-key"; }; }; logging{ channel simple_log { file "C:\DNS\BIND\logging\bind.log" versions 3 size 5m; severity info; print-time yes; print-severity yes; print-category yes; }; category default{ simple_log; }; }; zone "ajmakeup.com" in { type master; file "c:\dns\BIND\zones\db.ajmakeup.com.txt"; allow-transfer { 174.36.24.251; 68.71.141.22; }; allow-update { none; }; }; Does my problem have something to do with 'allow-query' under options? You will notice that 'allow-transfer' is set explicitly on each DNS zone. In case you need it here is my RNDC.CONF: key "rndc-key" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "REMOVED FOR SECURITY"; }; options { default-key "rndc-key"; default-server 127.0.0.1; default-port 953; }; server localhost { key "rndc-key"; }; Note: I am using WebsitePanel as my hosting panel and is such why it creates the zone enteries the way it does. Although I know I can change this behaviour, I do not wish to do so nor do I believe is the root of the problem. Thanks for your help.

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• WWDC and Tech Ed: A Tale of Two DevCons

  - by andrewbrust

  Next week marks the first full week of June.  Summer will feel in full swing and it will be a pretty big season for technology.  In seeming acknowledgement of that very fact, both Apple and Microsoft will be holding large developers conferences starting Monday.  Apple will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in lovely San Francisco and Microsoft will hold its Tech Ed conference in muggy, oil-laden yet soulful New Orleans.  A brief survey of each show reveals much about the differences in each company’s offerings, strategy, and approach to customers and partners. In the interest of full disclosure, I must explain that I will be speaking at Microsoft’s Tech Ed show, and have done so, on and off, since 2003.  I have never been to an Apple conference and, as readers of this blog may know, I acquired my first ever Apple product 2 months ago when I bought an iPad on the day of that product’s launch.  I think I have keen insights into Microsoft’s conference.  My ability to comment on Apple’s event ranges somewhere between backseat driver and naive observer.  Just so you know. Although both shows cater to their respective company’s developers, there are a number of differences in the events’ purposes and content approaches.  First off, let’s consider each show as a news and PR vehicle.  WWDC will feature Steve Jobs’ keynote address and most likely will be where Apple officially reveals details of its 4th-generation iPhone. Jobs will likely also provide deep background information on the corresponding iPhone OS release.  These presumed announcements will make the show a magnet for the tech press and tech blogger elite.  Apple’s customers will be interested too, especially since the iPhone OS release will likely be made available to owners of existing iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices. Tech Ed, on the other hand, may not be especially newsworthy at all.  The keynote address will be given by Bob Muglia, who is President of the company’s Server and Tools Division, and he’ll likely be reviewing things more than previewing them. That’s because the company has, in the last 6-8 months, already released new versions of a majority of its products, including Windows, Office, SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange, its Azure cloud platform, its .NET software development layer, its Silverlight Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology and its Visual Studio developer suite.  Redmond’s product pipeline has functioned more like a firehose of late, and the company has a ton of work to do to get developers up to speed on everything that’s new. I know I keep saying “developers,” but in Tech Ed’s case, that’s not really accurate.  In North America, Tech Ed caters to both developers and IT pros (i.e. technologists who work with physical IT infrastructure, as well as security and administration of the server software that runs on it).  This pairing has, since its inception, struck some as anomalous and others, including many exhibitors, as very smart. Certainly, it means Tech Ed ends up being a confab for virtually all professionals in Microsoft’s ecosystem.  And this year, Microsoft’s Business Intelligence (BI) conference will be co-located with Tech Ed, further enhancing that fusion effect. Clearly then, Microsoft’s show will focus on education, as its name assures us.  Apple’s will serve as both a press event and an opportunity to get its own App Store developer channel synced up with its newest technology advances.  For example, we already know that iPhone OS 4.0 will provide for a limited multitasking capability; that will only work well if people know how to code to it in a capable way.  Apple also told us its iAd advertising platform will be part of the new OS, and Steve Jobs insists that’s to provide a revenue opportunity for developers.  This too, then, needs to be explicated and soaked up buy the faithful. A look at each show’s breakout session lineup provides some interesting takeaways.  WWDC will have very few Mac-specific sessions on offer, and virtually no sessions that at are IT- or “Enterprise-“ related.  It’s all about the phone, music players and tablets.  However, WWDC will have plenty of low-level, hardcore tech coverage of such things as Advanced Memory Analysis and Creating Secure Applications, as well as lots of rich media-related content like Core Animation and Game Design and Development.  Beyond Apple’s proprietary platform, WWDC will also feature an array of sessions on HTML 5 and other Web standards.  In all, WWDC offers over 100 technical sessions and hands-on labs. What about Tech Ed’s editorial content?  Like the target audience, it really runs the gamut.  The show has 21 tracks (versus WWDC’s 5) and more than 745 “learning opportunities” which include breakout sessions, demo stations, hands-on labs and BIrds of a Feather discussion sessions.  Topics range from Architecture talks like Patterns of Parallel Programming to cloud computing talks like Building High Capacity Compute Applications with Windows Azure to IT-focused topics like Virtualization of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Farm Architecture.  I also count 19 sessions on Windows Phone 7.  Unfortunately, with regard to Web standards and HTML 5, only a few sessions are offered, all of them specific to Internet Explorer. All-in-all, Apple’s show looks more exciting and “sexier” than Tech Ed. Microsoft’s show seems a lot more enterprise-focused than WWDC. This is, of course, well in sync with each company’s approach and products.  Microsoft’s content is much wider ranging and bests WWDC in sheer volume of sessions and labs.  I suppose some might argue that less is more; others that Apple’s consumer-focused offerings simply don’t provide for the same depth of coverage to a business audience.  Microsoft has a serious focus on the cloud and  a paucity of coverage on client-side Web standards; Apple has virtually no cloud offering at all.  Again, this reflects each tech titan’s go-to-market strategy. My own take is that employees of each company should attend the other’s event.  The amount of mutual exclusivity in content may make sense in terms of corporate philosophy, but the reality is that each company could stand to diversify into the other’s territory, at least somewhat. My own talk at Tech Ed will focus on competitive analysis around Microsoft’s BI products.  Apple does not today figure into that analysis. Maybe one day it will.

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• You are probably NOT a SharePoint Development Expert if&hellip;

  - by Mark Rackley

  So, all you aspiring SharePoint experts out there (especially those of you who put “expert” in your resumes).  It’s time for a cold cool splash of reality. More than likely you are NOT an expert (I know I’m not). Yes, you may have some expertise in certain aspects in SharePoint (it’s questionable if I have THAT some days), but make sure you’ve got the basics down before you start throwing that word “expert” around. I know that it becomes frustrating to those looking to hire SharePoint people and having to sift through all the resumes of those who think very highly of themselves and their skills only to find those gaping holes in common best practices. I’m much more willing to hire a decent dev who KNOWS they are not an expert than to hire a decent+ dev who THINKS they are an expert.  So… I’ve compiled a small reality check for you SharePoint Devs. and a “red flag” check for those of you wishing to hire a SharePoint developer. If any of these apply to you, you are probably not a SharePoint Development Expert. You are not a SharePoint Development Expert if you manually copy your DLLs Seriously, I don’t care if you write the best code in the world. If you are manually copying files to each web front end you are NOT a SharePoint Development expert. Yes, I realize the admins are generally the ones who do the actual deployments, but if you don’t know how to create solution packages for your admins, you are going to end up doing more damage than good some day. There are TONS of tools out there to help generate deployable solutions for you. You have ZERO excuse. You are not a SharePoint Development expert if you can’t tell me the main artifacts of a solution package Directly related to the first one. If you don’t know what the Manifest, DDF, WSP, and Feature files are and how they are used in a solution package, you are NOT a SharePoint development expert. I’m not asking you to be able to write them all from scratch (heck, I can’t even do that), but you MUST know what they are and how to tweak them if necessary. You are not a SharePoint Development expert if you don’t know what a Content Type or a Site Column is You would be absolutely amazed at how many “Expert” SharePoint Developers have NEVER EVER created a Content Type or Site Column or even know what they are. I mean, why would you ever want to create those when you can just do everything as a custom list or custom field? right???? (that’s sarcasm). You also need to know how to package a Content Type and a Site Column into a deployable package by the way. You are not a SharePoint Development expert if you have not created at least one Web Part, Workflow, Timer Job, and Event Handler. If you haven’t written at least one of each, you don’t fully understand what they do or their limitations. Again, I expect NO ONE to be able to write these things blind. I think the last time I wrote an application from scratch without copying and pasting from another project I had done before was back in 1994? Seriously, coding is like a Sour Dough starter, you get it from someone else and keep adding to it. You are not a SharePoint Development expert if you don’t know how to properly dispose of objects Another biggie with zero excuse for getting it wrong. It is so well known that you must dispose of your SPWeb and SPSite objects that if you aren’t doing it then you are not an expert. Heck, if you utilize “using” when handling SPWeb and SPSite objects and don’t realize that it disposes of those objects for you, then you are not a SharePoint Development expert. You are not a SharePoint Development expert if you do not know how to properly elevate privileges Just one of those development basics that any decent SharePoint Developer has got to have down and understand how and why it’s used You are not a SharePoint Development expert if you don’t know all of the development options available to SharePoint and when they should be used Okay… so all you hard core .NET SharePoint dev geeks take a moment to listen. You may be the most top not SharePoint .NET developer in the world, but if you are opening Visual Studio to solve every problem in SharePoint, then you are NOT a SharePoint development expert. The SharePoint developer’s tool kit is growing every day with tools like Visual Studio, Data View Web Parts, XSL, jQuery, SPServices, etc. etc… If you don’t have the ability to at least recognize that “hey, you can basically do the same thing here but just dropping in Easy Tabs instead of writing some weird web part” then you are NOT a SharePoint Development expert AND you are doing a huge disservice to your clients and customers. You are probably NOT a SharePoint Development expert if you call yourself an Expert So, truth telling time. I’m not an expert. There, I said it. I feel so much better. Now, I realize the word “expert” has been used with my name before, but I am quick to point out that I KNOW the experts and know that they will help me if I need it, but I’m not an expert in all things SharePoint. The minute you take on that moniker you are setting yourself up for a fall. It’s too big, there’s too much to know, and there’s WAY too much you can do wrong. You are not a SharePoint Development expert if you are not involved in the community I expect to get the most flack for this one, but it’s always a huge red flag for me when someone says they are an expert and has ZERO knowledge of the SharePoint community. The SharePoint community is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL to be an effective SharePoint developer, admin, architect, power user or whatever the heck you are!! The community keeps you sane, tells you when you are NOT using a best practice, recommends the best practice, and even knows when Microsoft is giving you the wrong information (*gasp* it does happen). If you can’t tell me who you are following on twitter, who's blog you read, what conferences you attend, or name the experts who you monitor to make sure you are not doing something stupid, then you are probably doing something stupid. Again, not asking you to be a speaker, blogger, or the least bit extroverted but you should be at LEAST stalking the experts. So… what’s the point? So… yeah… what’s my point in all this. Well, first of all let me point out that this is by far not a finished list and I could come up with a LOT more specific “deep dive” questions, but these should be high enough level that even non experts can recognize and ask them. If you have some common ones you run into let me know and add them in the comments below. Also, keep in mind I’m not saying you as a developer HAVE to know EVERYTHING, but you DO need to know what you don’t know and proudly and honestly state “I don’t know, but I’ll learn and find out”.  Those of us hiring SharePoint developers and know and have a passion for SharePoint are not looking for that elusive “expert” who knows everything. We are looking for someone who “gets it”, has a similar passion, great attitude, an understanding that they DON’T know everything, and a desire to do it right.  I would bet money that most SharePoint development disasters happen because of “experts” who think they know everything rather than the developer who is cautious and knows he doesn’t. Lastly, I know there’s a raging debate over what a “SharePoint Developer” is (I should know, as I keep bringing it up). So, obviously this blog post is more closely tied to the .NET side of SharePoint development and less towards the client side, middle tier, or whatever you want to call it. So, let’s please not get that argument going here as well…  Thanks

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• Robotic Arm &ndash; Hardware

  - by Szymon Kobalczyk

  This is first in series of articles about project I've been building  in my spare time since last Summer. Actually it all began when I was researching a topic of modeling human motion kinematics in order to create gesture recognition library for Kinect. This ties heavily into motion theory of robotic manipulators so I also glanced at some designs of robotic arms. Somehow I stumbled upon this cool looking open source robotic arm: It was featured on Thingiverse and published by user jjshortcut (Jan-Jaap). Since for some time I got hooked on toying with microcontrollers, robots and other electronics, I decided to give it a try and build it myself. In this post I will describe the hardware build of the arm and in later posts I will be writing about the software to control it. Another reason to build the arm myself was the cost factor. Even small commercial robotic arms are quite expensive – products from Lynxmotion and Dagu look great but both cost around USD $300 (actually there is one cheap arm available but it looks more like a toy to me). In comparison this design is quite cheap. It uses seven hobby grade servos and even the cheapest ones should work fine. The structure is build from a set of laser cut parts connected with few metal spacers (15mm and 47mm) and lots of M3 screws. Other than that you’d only need a microcontroller board to drive the servos. So in total it comes a lot cheaper to build it yourself than buy an of the shelf robotic arm. Oh, and if you don’t like this one there are few more robotic arm projects at Thingiverse (including one by oomlout). Laser cut parts Some time ago I’ve build another robot using laser cut parts so I knew the process already. You can grab the design files in both DXF and EPS format from Thingiverse, and there are also 3D models of each part in STL. Actually the design is split into a second project for the mini servo gripper (there is also a standard servo version available but it won’t fit this arm).  I wanted to make some small adjustments, layout, and add measurements to the parts before sending it for cutting. I’ve looked at some free 2D CAD programs, and finally did all this work using QCad 3 Beta with worked great for me (I also tried LibreCAD but it didn’t work that well). All parts are cut from 4 mm thick material. Because I was worried that acrylic is too fragile and might break, I also ordered another set cut from plywood. In the end I build it from plywood because it was easier to glue (I was told acrylic requires a special glue). Btw. I found a great laser cutter service in Kraków and highly recommend it (www.ebbox.com.pl). It cost me only USD $26 for both sets ($16 acrylic + $10 plywood). Metal parts I bought all the M3 screws and nuts at local hardware store. Make sure to look for nylon lock (nyloc) nuts for the gripper because otherwise it unscrews and comes apart quickly. I couldn’t find local store with metal spacers and had to order them online (you’d need 11 x 47mm and 3 x 15mm). I think I paid less than USD $10 for all metal parts. Servos This arm uses five standards size servos to drive the arm itself, and two micro servos are used on the gripper. Author of the project used Modelcraft RS-2 Servo and Modelcraft ES-05 HT Servo. I had two Futaba S3001 servos laying around, and ordered additional TowerPro SG-5010 standard size servos and TowerPro SG90 micro servos. However it turned out that the SG90 won’t fit in the gripper so I had to replace it with a slightly smaller E-Sky EK2-0508 micro servo. Later it also turned out that Futaba servos make some strange noise while working so I swapped one with TowerPro SG-5010 which has higher torque (8kg / cm). I’ve also bought three servo extension cables. All servos cost me USD $45. Assembly The build process is not difficult but you need to think carefully about order of assembling it. You can do the base and upper arm first. Because two servos in the base are close together you need to put first with one piece of lower arm already connected before you put the second servo. Then you connect the upper arm and finally put the second piece of lower arm to hold it together. Gripper and base require some gluing so think it through too. Make sure to look closely at all the photos on Thingiverse (also other people copies) and read additional posts on jjshortcust’s blog: My mini servo grippers and completed robotic arm  Multiply the robotic arm and electronics Here is also Rob’s copy cut from aluminum My assembled arm looks like this – I think it turned out really nice: Servo controller board The last piece of hardware I needed was an electronic board that would take command from PC and drive all seven servos. I could probably use Arduino for this task, and in fact there are several Arduino servo shields available (for example from Adafruit or Renbotics).  However one problem is that most support only up to six servos, and second that their accuracy is limited by Arduino’s timer frequency. So instead I looked for dedicated servo controller and found a series of Maestro boards from Pololu. I picked the Pololu Mini Maestro 12-Channel USB Servo Controller. It has many nice features including native USB connection, high resolution pulses (0.25µs) with no jitter, built-in speed and acceleration control, and even scripting capability. Another cool feature is that besides servo control, each channel can be configured as either general input or output. So far I’m using seven channels so I still have five available to connect some sensors (for example distance sensor mounted on gripper might be useful). And last but important factor was that they have SDK in .NET – what more I could wish for! The board itself is very small – half of the size of Tic-Tac box. I picked one for about USD $35 in this store. Perhaps another good alternative would be the Phidgets Advanced Servo 8-Motor – but it is significantly more expensive at USD $87.30. The Maestro Controller Driver and Software package includes Maestro Control Center program with lets you immediately configure the board. For each servo I first figured out their move range and set the min/max limits. I played with setting the speed an acceleration values as well. Big issue for me was that there are two servos that control position of lower arm (shoulder joint), and both have to be moved at the same time. This is where the scripting feature of Pololu board turned out very helpful. I wrote a script that synchronizes position of second servo with first one – so now I only need to move one servo and other will follow automatically. This turned out tricky because I couldn’t find simple offset mapping of the move range for each servo – I had to divide it into several sub-ranges and map each individually. The scripting language is bit assembler-like but gets the job done. And there is even a runtime debugging and stack view available. Altogether I’m very happy with the Pololu Mini Maestro Servo Controller, and with this final piece I completed the build and was able to move my arm from the Meastro Control program.   The total cost of my robotic arm was: $10 laser cut parts $10 metal parts $45 servos $35 servo controller ----------------------- $100 total So here you have all the information about the hardware. In next post I’ll start talking about the software that I wrote in Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4. Stay tuned!

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