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Simple XML variable returns "0"

- by Warren Haskins

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How do I handle calls to AudioTrack from jni without crashing?

- by icecream

I was trying to write to an AudioTrack from a jni callback, and I get a signal 7 (SIGBUS), fault addr 00000000. I have looked at the Wolf3D example for odroid and they seem to use a android.os.Handler to post a Runnable that will do an update in the correct thread context. I have also tried AttachCurrentThread, but I fail in this case also. It works to play the sound when running from the constructor even if I wrap it in a thread and then post it to the handler. When I do the "same" via a callback from jni it fails. I assume I am braeaking some rules, but I haven't been able to figure out what they are. So far, I haven't found the answer here on SO. So I wonder if anyone knows how this should be done. EDIT: Answered below. The following code is to illustrate the problem. Java: package com.example.jniaudiotrack; import android.app.Activity; import android.media.AudioFormat; import android.media.AudioManager; import android.media.AudioTrack; import android.os.Bundle; import android.os.Handler; import android.util.Log; public class JniAudioTrackActivity extends Activity { AudioTrack mAudioTrack; byte[] mArr; public static final Handler mHandler = new Handler(); /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); mArr = new byte[2048]; for (int i = 0; i < 2048; i++) { mArr[i] = (byte) (Math.sin(i) * 128); } mAudioTrack = new AudioTrack(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 11025, AudioFormat.CHANNEL_CONFIGURATION_MONO, AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_8BIT, 2048, AudioTrack.MODE_STREAM); mAudioTrack.play(); new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { mHandler.post(new Runnable() { public void run() { mAudioTrack.write(mArr, 0, 2048); Log.i(TAG, "*** Handler from constructor ***"); } }); } }).start(); new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { audioFunc(); } }).start(); } public native void audioFunc(); @SuppressWarnings("unused") private void audioCB() { mHandler.post(new Runnable() { public void run() { mAudioTrack.write(mArr, 0, 2048); Log.i(TAG, "*** audioCB called ***"); } }); } private static final String TAG = "JniAudioTrackActivity"; static { System.loadLibrary("jni_audiotrack"); } } cpp: #include <jni.h> extern "C" { JNIEXPORT void Java_com_example_jniaudiotrack_JniAudioTrackActivity_audioFunc(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj); } JNIEXPORT void Java_com_example_jniaudiotrack_JniAudioTrackActivity_audioFunc(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj) { JNIEnv* jniEnv; JavaVM* vm; env->GetJavaVM(&vm); vm->AttachCurrentThread(&jniEnv, 0); jclass cls = env->GetObjectClass(obj); jmethodID audioCBID = env->GetMethodID(cls, "audioCB", "()V"); if (!audioCBID) { return; } env->CallVoidMethod(cls, audioCBID); } Trace snippet: I/DEBUG ( 1653): pid: 9811, tid: 9811 >>> com.example.jniaudiotrack <<< I/DEBUG ( 1653): signal 7 (SIGBUS), fault addr 00000000 I/DEBUG ( 1653): r0 00000800 r1 00000026 r2 00000001 r3 00000000 I/DEBUG ( 1653): r4 42385726 r5 41049e54 r6 bee25570 r7 ad00e540 I/DEBUG ( 1653): r8 000040f8 r9 41048200 10 41049e44 fp 00000000 I/DEBUG ( 1653): ip 000000f8 sp bee25530 lr ad02dbb5 pc ad012358 cpsr 20000010 I/DEBUG ( 1653): #00 pc 00012358 /system/lib/libdvm.so

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Adding interactions to admin pages generated by the admin generator

- by Stick it to THE MAN

I am using Symfony 1.2.9 (with Propel ORM) to create a website. I have started using the admin generator to implement the admin functionality. I have come accross a slight 'problem' however. My models are related (e.g. one table may have several 1:N relations and N:N relations). I have not found a way to address this satisfactorily yet. As a tactical solution (for list views), I have decided to simply show the parent object, and then add interactions to show the related objects. I'll use a Blog model to illustrate this. Here are the relationships for a blog model: N:M relationship with Blogroll (models a blog roll) 1:N relationship with Blogpost (models a post submitted to a blog) I had originally intended on displaying the (paged) blogpost list for a blog,, when it was selected, using AJAX, but I am struggling enough with the admin generator as it is, so I have shelved that idea - unless someone is kind enough to shed some light on how to do this. Instead, what I am now doing (as a tactical/interim soln), is I have added interactions to the list view which allow a user to: View a list of the blog roll for the blog on that row View a list of the posts for the blog on that row Add a post for the blog on tha row In all of the above, I have written actions that will basically forward the request to the approriate action (admin generated). However, I need to pass some parameters (like the blog id etc), so that the correct blog roll or blog post list etc is returned. I am sure there is a better way of doing what I want to do, but in case there isn't here are my questions: How may I obtain the object that relates to a specific row (of the clicked link) in the list view (e.g. the blog object in this example) Once I have the object, I may choose to extract various fields: id etc. How can I pass these arguments to the admin generated action ? Regarding the second question, my guess is that this may be the way to do it (I may be wrong) public function executeMyAddedBlogRollInteractionLink(sfWebRequest $request) { // get the object *somehow* (I'm guessing this may work) $object = $this->getRoute()->getObject(); // retrieve the required parameters from the object, and build a query string $query_str=$object->getId(); //forward the request to the generated code (action to display blogroll list in this case) $this->forward('backendmodulename',"getblogrolllistaction?params=$query_string"); } This feels like a bit of a hack, but I'm not sure how else to go about it. I'm also not to keen on sending params (which may include user_id etc via a GET, even a POST is not that much safer, since it is fairly sraightforward to see what requests a browser is making). if there is a better way than what I suggest above to implement this kind of administration that is required for objects with 1 or more M:N relationships, I will be very glad to hear the "recommended" way of going about it. I remember reading about marking certain actions as internal. i.e. callable from only within the app. I wonder if that would be useful in this instance?

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which control in vs08 aspx c# will be able to take html tags as input and display it formatted accor

- by user287745

i asked a few questions regarding this and got answers that indicate i will have to make an costum build editor using ,markdown, .... to achieve something like stackoverflow.com/questions/ask page. there is time limitation and the requirements are that much, i have to achieve 1) allow users to using html tags when giving input 2) save that complete input to sql db 3) display the data in db withing a contol which renders the formatting as the tags specify. i am aware label and literal controls support html tags, the problem is how to allow the user to input the textbox does not seem the support html tags? thank you Need help in implementing the affect of the WRITE A NEW POST On stackoverflow.com <%--The editor--% <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel7" runat="server"> <ContentTemplate> <asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label> <div id="textchanging" onkeyup="textoftextbox('TextBox3'); return false;"> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server" CausesValidation="True" ></asp:TextBox> </div> <%-- OnTextChanged="textoftextbox('TextBox3'); return false;" gives too man literals error. --%> <asp:Button ID="Button6" runat="server" Text="Post The Comment, The New, Write on Wall" onclick="Button6_Click" /> <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox4" runat="server" CausesValidation="True"></asp:TextBox> <asp:Literal ID="Literal2" runat="server" Text="this must change" here comes the div <div id="displayingarea" runat="server">This area will change</div> </ContentTemplate> </asp:UpdatePanel> <%--The editor ends--%> protected void Button6_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Label3.Text = displayingarea.InnerHtml; } As you see, I have implemented the effect of typing text in textbox which appears as a reflection in the div WITH FULLY FORMATTED TEXT ACCORDIG TO THE HTML TAGS USED The textbox does not allow html! Well the text box doesnot have too, script just extracts what is typed, within letting the server know. The html of the div tag also changes as typed in textbox. Now, There is a “post” button within an update plane a avoid full post back of page What I needis when the button is clicked on the value withing the div tag “innerhtml” is passed on to the label. Yes I know the chnages are only made on the client side, So when the button click event occurs the server is not aware of the new data within the div tag, Therefore the server assign the original html withing the div to the lab. Need help to overcome this, How is it that what we enter text in the textbox press the button with coding like label1.text=textbox1.text; and it works even in update panel, but the aabove code for extracting innerhtml typed at users end similar to yping in textbox does not work?

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Run unit tests in Jenkins / Hudson in automated fashion from dev to build server

- by Kevin Donde

We are currently running a Jenkins (Hudson) CI server to build and package our .net web projects and database projects. Everything is working great but I want to start writing unit tests and then only passing the build if the unit tests pass. We are using the built in msbuild task to build the web project. With the following arguments ... MsBuild Version .NET 4.0 MsBuild Build File ./WebProjectFolder/WebProject.csproj Command Line Arguments ./target:Rebuild /p:Configuration=Release;DeployOnBuild=True;PackageLocation=".\obj\Release\WebProject.zip";PackageAsSingleFile=True We need to run automated tests over our code that run automatically when we build on our machines (post build event possibly) but also run when Jenkins does a build for that project. If you run it like this it doesn't build the unit tests project because the web project doesn't reference the test project. The test project would reference the web project but I'm pretty sure that would be butchering our automated builds as they exist primarily to build and package our deployments. Running these tests should be a step in that automated build and package process. Options ... Create two Jenkins jobs. one to run the tests ... if the tests pass another build is triggered which builds and packages the web project. Put the post build event on the test project. Build the solution instead of the project (make sure the solution contains the required tests) and put post build events on any test projects that would run the nunit console to run the tests. Then use the command line to copy all the required files from each of the bin and content directories into a package. Just build the test project in jenkins instead of the web project in jenkins. The test project would reference the web project (depending on what you're testing) and build it. Problems ... There's two jobs and not one. Two things to debug not one. One to see if the tests passed and one to build and compile the web project. The tests could pass but the build could fail if its something that isn't used by what you're testing ... This requires us to know exactly what goes into the build. Right now msbuild does it all for us. If you have multiple teams working on a project everytime an extra folder is created you have to worry about the possibly brittle command line statements. This seems like a corruption of our main purpose here. The tests should be a step in this process not the overriding most important thing in this process. I'm also not 100% sure that a triggered build is the same as a normal build does it do all the same things as a normal build. Move all the correct files in the same way move them all into the same directories etc. Initial problem. We want to run our tests whenever our main project is built. But adding a post build event to the web project that runs against the test project doesn't work because the web project doesn't reference the test project and won't trigger a build of this project. I could go on ... but that's enough ... We've spent about a week trying to make this work nicely but haven't succeeded. Feel free to edit this if you feel you can get a better response ...

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How to write a bison grammer for WDI?

- by Rizo

I need some help in bison grammar construction. From my another question: I'm trying to make a meta-language for writing markup code (such as xml and html) wich can be directly embedded into C/C++ code. Here is a simple sample written in this language, I call it WDI (Web Development Interface): /* * Simple wdi/html sample source code */ #include <mySite> string name = "myName"; string toCapital(string str); html { head { title { mySiteTitle; } link(rel="stylesheet", href="style.css"); } body(id="default") { // Page content wrapper div(id="wrapper", class="some_class") { h1 { "Hello, " + toCapital(name) + "!"; } // Lists post ul(id="post_list") { for(post in posts) { li { a(href=post.getID()) { post.tilte; } } } } } } } Basically it is a C source with a user-friendly interface for html. As you can see the traditional tag-based style is substituted by C-like, with blocks delimited by curly braces. I need to build an interpreter to translate this code to html and posteriorly insert it into C, so that it can be compiled. The C part stays intact. Inside the wdi source it is not necessary to use prints, every return statement will be used for output (in printf function). The program's output will be clean html code. So, for example a heading 1 tag would be transformed like this: h1 { "Hello, " + toCapital(name) + "!"; } // would become: printf("<h1>Hello, %s!</h1>", toCapital(name)); My main goal is to create an interpreter to translate wdi source to html like this: tag(attributes) {content} = <tag attributes>content</tag> Secondly, html code returned by the interpreter has to be inserted into C code with printfs. Variables and functions that occur inside wdi should also be sorted in order to use them as printf parameters (the case of toCapital(name) in sample source). Here are my flex/bison files: id [a-zA-Z_]([a-zA-Z0-9_])* number [0-9]+ string \".*\" %% {id} { yylval.string = strdup(yytext); return(ID); } {number} { yylval.number = atoi(yytext); return(NUMBER); } {string} { yylval.string = strdup(yytext); return(STRING); } "(" { return(LPAREN); } ")" { return(RPAREN); } "{" { return(LBRACE); } "}" { return(RBRACE); } "=" { return(ASSIGN); } "," { return(COMMA); } ";" { return(SEMICOLON); } \n|\r|\f { /* ignore EOL */ } [ \t]+ { /* ignore whitespace */ } . { /* return(CCODE); Find C source */ } %% %start wdi %token LPAREN RPAREN LBRACE RBRACE ASSIGN COMMA SEMICOLON CCODE QUOTE %union { int number; char *string; } %token <string> ID STRING %token <number> NUMBER %% wdi : /* empty */ | blocks ; blocks : block | blocks block ; block : head SEMICOLON | head body ; head : ID | ID attributes ; attributes : LPAREN RPAREN | LPAREN attribute_list RPAREN ; attribute_list : attribute | attribute COMMA attribute_list ; attribute : key ASSIGN value ; key : ID {$$=$1} ; value : STRING {$$=$1} /*| NUMBER*/ /*| CCODE*/ ; body : LBRACE content RBRACE ; content : /* */ | blocks | STRING SEMICOLON | NUMBER SEMICOLON | CCODE ; %% I am having difficulties on defining a proper grammar for the language, specially in splitting WDI and C code . I just started learning language processing techniques so I need some orientation. Could someone correct my code or give some examples of what is the right way to solve this problem?

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How do I get jqGrid to work using ASP.NET + JSON on the backend?

- by briandus

Hi friends, ok, I'm back. I totally simplified my problem to just three simple fields and I'm still stuck on the same line using the addJSONData method. I've been stuck on this for days and no matter how I rework the ajax call, the json string, blah blah blah...I can NOT get this to work! I can't even get it to work as a function when adding one row of data manually. Can anyone PLEASE post a working sample of jqGrid that works with ASP.NET and JSON? Would you please include 2-3 fields (string, integer and date preferably?) I would be happy to see a working sample of jqGrid and just the manual addition of a JSON object using the addJSONData method. Thanks SO MUCH!! If I ever get this working, I will post a full code sample for all the other posting for help from ASP.NET, JSON users stuck on this as well. Again. THANKS!! tbl.addJSONData(objGridData); //err: tbl.addJSONData is not a function!! Here is what Firebug is showing when I receive this message: • objGridData Object total=1 page=1 records=5 rows=[5] ? Page "1" Records "5" Total "1" Rows [Object ID=1 PartnerID=BCN, Object ID=2 PartnerID=BCN, Object ID=3 PartnerID=BCN, 2 more... 0=Object 1=Object 2=Object 3=Object 4=Object] (index) 0 (prop) ID (value) 1 (prop) PartnerID (value) "BCN" (prop) DateTimeInserted (value) Thu May 29 2008 12:08:45 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) * There are three more rows Here is the value of the variable tbl (value) 'Table.scroll' <TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width: 245px;" class="scroll grid_htable"><THEAD><TR><TH class="grid_sort grid_resize" style="width: 55px;"><SPAN> </SPAN><DIV id="jqgh_ID" style="cursor: pointer;">ID <IMG src="http://localhost/DNN5/js/jQuery/jqGrid-3.4.3/themes/sand/images/sort_desc.gif"/></DIV></TH><TH class="grid_resize" style="width: 90px;"><SPAN> </SPAN><DIV id="jqgh_PartnerID" style="cursor: pointer;">PartnerID </DIV></TH><TH class="grid_resize" style="width: 100px;"><SPAN> </SPAN><DIV id="jqgh_DateTimeInserted" style="cursor: pointer;">DateTimeInserted </DIV></TH></TR></THEAD></TABLE> Here is the complete function: $('table.scroll').jqGrid({ datatype: function(postdata) { mtype: "POST", $.ajax({ url: 'EDI.asmx/GetTestJSONString', type: "POST", contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", data: "{}", dataType: "text", //not json . let me try to parse success: function(msg, st) { if (st == "success") { var gridData; //strip of "d:" notation var result = JSON.parse(msg); for (var property in result) { gridData = result[property]; break; } var objGridData = eval("(" + gridData + ")"); //creates an object with visible data and structure var tbl = jQuery('table.scroll')[0]; alert(objGridData.rows[0].PartnerID); //displays the correct data //tbl.addJSONData(objGridData); //error received: addJSONData not a function //error received: addJSONData not a function (This uses eval as shown in the documentation) //tbl.addJSONData(eval("(" + objGridData + ")")); //the line below evaluates fine, creating an object and visible data and structure //var objGridData = eval("(" + gridData + ")"); //BUT, the same thing will not work here //tbl.addJSONData(eval("(" + gridData + ")")); //FIREBUG SHOWS THIS AS THE VALUE OF gridData: // "{"total":"1","page":"1","records":"5","rows":[{"ID":1,"PartnerID":"BCN","DateTimeInserted":new Date(1214412777787)},{"ID":2,"PartnerID":"BCN","DateTimeInserted":new Date(1212088125000)},{"ID":3,"PartnerID":"BCN","DateTimeInserted":new Date(1212088125547)},{"ID":4,"PartnerID":"EHG","DateTimeInserted":new Date(1235603192033)},{"ID":5,"PartnerID":"EMDEON","DateTimeInserted":new Date(1235603192000)}]}" } } }); }, jsonReader: { root: "rows", //arry containing actual data page: "page", //current page total: "total", //total pages for the query records: "records", //total number of records repeatitems: false, id: "ID" //index of the column with the PK in it }, colNames: [ 'ID', 'PartnerID', 'DateTimeInserted' ], colModel: [ { name: 'ID', index: 'ID', width: 55 }, { name: 'PartnerID', index: 'PartnerID', width: 90 }, { name: 'DateTimeInserted', index: 'DateTimeInserted', width: 100}], rowNum: 10, rowList: [10, 20, 30], imgpath: 'http://localhost/DNN5/js/jQuery/jqGrid-3.4.3/themes/sand/images', pager: jQuery('#pager'), sortname: 'ID', viewrecords: true, sortorder: "desc", caption: "TEST Example")};

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fetching rss feed, mktime problem (wordpress plugin)

- by krike

sorry for the weird question but actually I'm not sure how to ask this. the code works fine but the problem is the following. I fetch items from feeds and compare them to a specific date which is stored into the database as an option. I see if the fetched item is more recent or not and if it is I create a new pending post. however there is one item that just keeps being added because there is something wrong with the date and I don't understand what is wrong because all other items (before and after) are blocked once they are being added as post (so when they are not recent anymore compared with the date I store as an option) I then echo'ed that line and this is the result: yes it exist! 27-03-2010-04-03 Free Exclusive Vector Icon Pack: Web User Interface 29-01-2010-03-01 if(1330732800 < 1335830400) 01 05 2012 the first line is to see if the option still exist and what data was stored in it the second is the actual items that's causing all the problem, it's initial date is less recent then the date but still passes as more recent.... this is the code I use, any help would be great: if(!get_option('feed_last_date')): echo "nope doesn't exist, but were creating one"; $time = time()-60*60*24*30*3; add_option("feed_last_date", date('d-m-Y-h-m', $time)); else: echo "yes it exist! ".get_option('feed_last_date'); endif; //Create new instance of simple pie and pass in feed link $feed = new SimplePie($feeds); //Call function handle_content_type() $feed->handle_content_type(); $last_date = explode("-", get_option('feed_last_date')); $day = $last_date[0]; $month = $last_date[1]; $year = $last_date[2]; $hour = $last_date[3]; $minute = $last_date[4]; $last_date = mktime(0,0,0, $day, $month, $year); //4 - Loop through received items foreach($feed->get_items(0, 500) as $item) : $feed_date = explode("-", $item->get_date('d-m-Y-h-m')); $day = $feed_date[0]; $month = $feed_date[1]; $year = $feed_date[2]; $hour = $feed_date[3]; $minute = $feed_date[4]; $feed_date = mktime(0,0,0,$day, $month, $year); if($last_date < $feed_date): echo $item->get_title()." ". $item->get_date('d-m-Y-h-m') ." if(".$last_date." < ".$feed_date.") <b>".date("d m Y", $feed_date)."</b><br />"; //if datum is newer then stored in database, then create new post $description = "<h3>download the resource</h3><p><a href='".$item->get_permalink()."' target='_blank'>".$item->get_permalink()."</a></p><h3>Resource description</h3><p>".$item->get_description()."</p>"; $new_post = array( 'post_title' => $item->get_title(), 'post_content' => $description, 'post_status' => 'pending', 'post_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), 'post_author' => $user_ID, 'post_type' => 'post', 'post_category' => array(0) ); $post_id = wp_insert_post($new_post); endif; endforeach; update_option("feed_last_date", date('d-m-Y-h-m', time()));

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How can I determine/use $(this) in js callback script

- by Rabbott

I am using Rails and jQuery, making an ajax call initiated by clicking a link. I setup my application.js file to look like the one proposed here and it works great. The problem I'm having is how can I use $(this) in my say.. update.js.erb file to represent the link I clicked? I don't want to have to assign an ID to every one, then recompile that id in the callback script.. EDIT To give a simple example of something similar to what I'm trying to do (and much easier to explain): If a user clicks on a link, that deletes that element from a list, the controller would handle the callback, and the callback (which is in question here) would delete the element I clicked on, so in the callback delete.js.erb would just say $(this).fadeOut(); This is why I want to use $(this) so that I dont have to assign an ID to every element (which would be the end of the world, just more verbose markup) application.js jQuery.ajaxSetup({ 'beforeSend': function(xhr) {xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/javascript,application/javascript,text/html")} }) function _ajax_request(url, data, callback, type, method) { if (jQuery.isFunction(data)) { callback = data; data = {}; } return jQuery.ajax({ type: method, url: url, data: data, success: callback, dataType: type }); } jQuery.extend({ put: function(url, data, callback, type) { return _ajax_request(url, data, callback, type, 'PUT'); }, delete_: function(url, data, callback, type) { return _ajax_request(url, data, callback, type, 'DELETE'); } }); jQuery.fn.submitWithAjax = function() { this.unbind('submit', false); this.submit(function() { $.post(this.action, $(this).serialize(), null, "script"); return false; }) return this; }; // Send data via get if <acronym title="JavaScript">JS</acronym> enabled jQuery.fn.getWithAjax = function() { this.unbind('click', false); this.click(function() { $.get($(this).attr("href"), $(this).serialize(), null, "script"); return false; }) return this; }; // Send data via Post if <acronym title="JavaScript">JS</acronym> enabled jQuery.fn.postWithAjax = function() { this.unbind('click', false); this.click(function() { $.post($(this).attr("href"), $(this).serialize(), null, "script"); return false; }) return this; }; jQuery.fn.putWithAjax = function() { this.unbind('click', false); this.click(function() { $.put($(this).attr("href"), $(this).serialize(), null, "script"); return false; }) return this; }; jQuery.fn.deleteWithAjax = function() { this.removeAttr('onclick'); this.unbind('click', false); this.click(function() { $.delete_($(this).attr("href"), $(this).serialize(), null, "script"); return false; }) return this; }; // This will "ajaxify" the links function ajaxLinks(){ $('.ajaxForm').submitWithAjax(); $('a.get').getWithAjax(); $('a.post').postWithAjax(); $('a.put').putWithAjax(); $('a.delete').deleteWithAjax(); } show.html.erb <%= link_to 'Link Title', article_path(a, :sentiment => Article::Sentiment['Neutral']), :class => 'put' %> The combination of the two things will call update.js.erb in rails, the code in that file is used as the callback of the ajax ($.put in this case) update.js.erb // user feedback $("#notice").html('<%= flash[:notice] %>'); // update the background color $(this OR e.target).attr("color", "red");

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REST WCF service locks thread when called using AJAX in an ASP.Net site

- by Jupaol

I have a WCF REST service consumed in an ASP.Net site, from a page, using AJAX. I want to be able to call methods from my service async, which means I will have callback handlers in my javascript code and when the methods finish, the output will be updated. The methods should run in different threads, because each method will take different time to complete their task I have the code semi-working, but something strange is happening because the first time I execute the code after compiling, it works, running each call in a different threads but subsequent calls blocs the service, in such a way that each method call has to wait until the last call ends in order to execute the next one. And they are running on the same thread. I have had the same problem before when I was using Page Methods, and I solved it by disabling the session in the page but I have not figured it out how to do the same when consuming WCF REST services Note: Methods complete time (running them async should take only 7 sec and the result should be: Execute1 - Execute3 - Execute2) Execute1 -- 2 sec Execute2 -- 7 sec Execute3 -- 4 sec Output After compiling Output subsequent calls (this is the problem) I will post the code...I'll try to simplify it as much as I can Service Contract [ServiceContract( SessionMode = SessionMode.NotAllowed )] public interface IMyService { // I have other 3 methods like these: Execute2 and Execute3 [OperationContract] [WebInvoke( RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, UriTemplate = "/Execute1", Method = "POST")] string Execute1(string param); } [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)] [ServiceBehavior( InstanceContextMode = InstanceContextMode.PerCall )] public class MyService : IMyService { // I have other 3 methods like these: Execute2 (7 sec) and Execute3(4 sec) public string Execute1(string param) { var t = Observable.Start(() => Thread.Sleep(2000), Scheduler.NewThread); t.First(); return string.Format("Execute1 on: {0} count: {1} at: {2} thread: {3}", param, "0", DateTime.Now.ToString(), Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId.ToString()); } } ASPX page <%@ Page EnableSessionState="False" Title="Home Page" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Site.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="RestService._Default" %> <asp:Content ID="HeaderContent" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="HeadContent"> <script type="text/javascript"> function callMethodAsync(url, data) { $("#message").append("<br/>" + new Date()); $.ajax({ cache: false, type: "POST", async: true, url: url, data: '"de"', contentType: "application/json", dataType: "json", success: function (msg) { $("#message").append("<br/>   " + msg); }, error: function (xhr) { alert(xhr.responseText); } }); } $(function () { $("#callMany").click(function () { $("#message").html(""); callMethodAsync("/Execute1", "hello"); callMethodAsync("/Execute2", "crazy"); callMethodAsync("/Execute3", "world"); }); }); </script> </asp:Content> <asp:Content ID="BodyContent" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent"> <input type="button" id="callMany" value="Post Many" /> <div id="message"> </div> </asp:Content> Web.config (relevant) <system.webServer> <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" /> </system.webServer> <system.serviceModel> <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" /> <standardEndpoints> <webHttpEndpoint> <standardEndpoint name="" helpEnabled="true" automaticFormatSelectionEnabled="true" /> </webHttpEndpoint> </standardEndpoints> </system.serviceModel> Global.asax void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) { RouteTable.Routes.Ignore("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}"); RouteTable.Routes.Add(new ServiceRoute("", new WebServiceHostFactory(), typeof(MyService))); }

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dynamic multiple instance of swfupload (firefox vs IE)

- by jean27

We have this dynamic uploader which creates a new instance of swfupload. I'm a little bit confused with the outputs produced by firefox and ie. Firefox have the same output as chrome, safari and opera. Whenever I clicked a button for adding a new instance, the previous instances of swfupload in firefox refresh while IE don't. I have this debug information: For Firefox: SWF DEBUG OUTPUT IN FIREFOX ---SWFUpload Instance Info--- Version: 2.2.0 2009-03-25 Movie Name: SWFUpload_0 Settings: upload_url: /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== flash_url: /content/swfupload.swf?preventswfcaching=1272512466022 use_query_string: false requeue_on_error: false http_success: assume_success_timeout: 0 file_post_name: Filedata post_params: [object Object] file_types: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp file_types_description: Image Files file_size_limit: 1MB file_upload_limit: 1 file_queue_limit: 1 debug: true prevent_swf_caching: true button_placeholder_id: file-1_swf button_placeholder: Not Set button_image_url: /content/images/blankButton.png button_width: 109 button_height: 22 button_text: button_text_style: color: #000000; font-size: 16pt; button_text_top_padding: 1 button_text_left_padding: 30 button_action: -110 button_disabled: false custom_settings: [object Object] Event Handlers: swfupload_loaded_handler assigned: true file_dialog_start_handler assigned: true file_queued_handler assigned: true file_queue_error_handler assigned: true upload_start_handler assigned: true upload_progress_handler assigned: true upload_error_handler assigned: true upload_success_handler assigned: true upload_complete_handler assigned: true debug_handler assigned: true SWF DEBUG: SWFUpload Init CompleteSWF DEBUG: SWF DEBUG: ----- SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: Build Number: SWFUPLOAD 2.2.0 SWF DEBUG: movieName: SWFUpload_0 SWF DEBUG: Upload URL: /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== SWF DEBUG: File Types String: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp SWF DEBUG: Parsed File Types: jpg,gif,png,bmp SWF DEBUG: HTTP Success: 0 SWF DEBUG: File Types Description: Image Files (.jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp) SWF DEBUG: File Size Limit: 1048576 bytes SWF DEBUG: File Upload Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: File Queue Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: Post Params: SWF DEBUG: ----- END SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogStart : Browsing files. Multi Select. Allowed file types: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmpSWF DEBUG: Select Handler: Received the files selected from the dialog. Processing the file list...SWF DEBUG: Event: fileQueued : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogComplete : Finished processing selected files. Files selected: 1. Files Queued: 1---SWFUpload Instance Info--- Version: 2.2.0 2009-03-25 Movie Name: SWFUpload_1 Settings: upload_url: /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== flash_url: /content/swfupload.swf?preventswfcaching=1272512476357 use_query_string: false requeue_on_error: false http_success: assume_success_timeout: 0 file_post_name: Filedata post_params: [object Object] file_types: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp file_types_description: Image Files file_size_limit: 1MB file_upload_limit: 1 file_queue_limit: 1 debug: true prevent_swf_caching: true button_placeholder_id: file-2_swf button_placeholder: Not Set button_image_url: /content/images/blankButton.png button_width: 109 button_height: 22 button_text: button_text_style: color: #000000; font-size: 16pt; button_text_top_padding: 1 button_text_left_padding: 30 button_action: -110 button_disabled: false custom_settings: [object Object] Event Handlers: swfupload_loaded_handler assigned: true file_dialog_start_handler assigned: true file_queued_handler assigned: true file_queue_error_handler assigned: true upload_start_handler assigned: true upload_progress_handler assigned: true upload_error_handler assigned: true upload_success_handler assigned: true upload_complete_handler assigned: true debug_handler assigned: true SWF DEBUG: SWFUpload Init CompleteSWF DEBUG: SWF DEBUG: ----- SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: Build Number: SWFUPLOAD 2.2.0 SWF DEBUG: movieName: SWFUpload_1 SWF DEBUG: Upload URL: /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== SWF DEBUG: File Types String: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp SWF DEBUG: Parsed File Types: jpg,gif,png,bmp SWF DEBUG: HTTP Success: 0 SWF DEBUG: File Types Description: Image Files (.jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp) SWF DEBUG: File Size Limit: 1048576 bytes SWF DEBUG: File Upload Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: File Queue Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: Post Params: SWF DEBUG: ----- END SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: SWF DEBUG: SWFUpload Init CompleteSWF DEBUG: SWF DEBUG: ----- SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: Build Number: SWFUPLOAD 2.2.0 SWF DEBUG: movieName: SWFUpload_0 SWF DEBUG: Upload URL: /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== SWF DEBUG: File Types String: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp SWF DEBUG: Parsed File Types: jpg,gif,png,bmp SWF DEBUG: HTTP Success: 0 SWF DEBUG: File Types Description: Image Files (.jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp) SWF DEBUG: File Size Limit: 1048576 bytes SWF DEBUG: File Upload Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: File Queue Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: Post Params: SWF DEBUG: ----- END SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogStart : Browsing files. Multi Select. Allowed file types: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmpSWF DEBUG: Select Handler: Received the files selected from the dialog. Processing the file list...SWF DEBUG: Event: fileQueued : File ID: SWFUpload_1_0SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogComplete : Finished processing selected files. Files selected: 1. Files Queued: 1SWF DEBUG: StartUpload: First file in queueSWF DEBUG: StartUpload(): No files found in the queue.SWF DEBUG: StartUpload: First file in queueSWF DEBUG: Event: uploadStart : File ID: SWFUpload_1_0SWF DEBUG: ReturnUploadStart(): File accepted by startUpload event and readied for upload. Starting upload to /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== for File ID: SWFUpload_1_0SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress (OPEN): File ID: SWFUpload_1_0SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_1_0. Bytes: 30218. Total: 30218SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadSuccess: File ID: SWFUpload_1_0 Response Received: true Data: 65-AddClassification.pngSWF DEBUG: Event: uploadComplete : Upload cycle complete. For IE: SWF DEBUG OUTPUT IN IE ---SWFUpload Instance Info--- Version: 2.2.0 2009-03-25 Movie Name: SWFUpload_0 Settings: upload_url: /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== flash_url: /content/swfupload.swf?preventswfcaching=1272512200531 use_query_string: false requeue_on_error: false http_success: assume_success_timeout: 0 file_post_name: Filedata post_params: [object Object] file_types: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp file_types_description: Image Files file_size_limit: 1MB file_upload_limit: 1 file_queue_limit: 1 debug: true prevent_swf_caching: true button_placeholder_id: file-1_swf button_placeholder: Not Set button_image_url: /content/images/blankButton.png button_width: 109 button_height: 22 button_text: Browse... button_text_style: color: #000000; font-size: 16pt; button_text_top_padding: 1 button_text_left_padding: 30 button_action: -110 button_disabled: false custom_settings: [object Object] Event Handlers: swfupload_loaded_handler assigned: true file_dialog_start_handler assigned: true file_queued_handler assigned: true file_queue_error_handler assigned: true upload_start_handler assigned: true upload_progress_handler assigned: true upload_error_handler assigned: true upload_success_handler assigned: true upload_complete_handler assigned: true debug_handler assigned: true SWF DEBUG: SWFUpload Init CompleteSWF DEBUG: SWF DEBUG: ----- SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: Build Number: SWFUPLOAD 2.2.0 SWF DEBUG: movieName: SWFUpload_0 SWF DEBUG: Upload URL: /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== SWF DEBUG: File Types String: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp SWF DEBUG: Parsed File Types: jpg,gif,png,bmp SWF DEBUG: HTTP Success: 0 SWF DEBUG: File Types Description: Image Files (.jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp) SWF DEBUG: File Size Limit: 1048576 bytes SWF DEBUG: File Upload Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: File Queue Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: Post Params: SWF DEBUG: ----- END SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: Removing Flash functions hooks (this should only run in IE and should prevent memory leaks)SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogStart : Browsing files. Multi Select. Allowed file types: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmpSWF DEBUG: Select Handler: Received the files selected from the dialog. Processing the file list...SWF DEBUG: Event: fileQueued : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogComplete : Finished processing selected files. Files selected: 1. Files Queued: 1---SWFUpload Instance Info--- Version: 2.2.0 2009-03-25 Movie Name: SWFUpload_1 Settings: upload_url: /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== flash_url: /content/swfupload.swf?preventswfcaching=1272512222093 use_query_string: false requeue_on_error: false http_success: assume_success_timeout: 0 file_post_name: Filedata post_params: [object Object] file_types: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp file_types_description: Image Files file_size_limit: 1MB file_upload_limit: 1 file_queue_limit: 1 debug: true prevent_swf_caching: true button_placeholder_id: file-2_swf button_placeholder: Not Set button_image_url: /content/images/blankButton.png button_width: 109 button_height: 22 button_text: Browse... button_text_style: color: #000000; font-size: 16pt; button_text_top_padding: 1 button_text_left_padding: 30 button_action: -110 button_disabled: false custom_settings: [object Object] Event Handlers: swfupload_loaded_handler assigned: true file_dialog_start_handler assigned: true file_queued_handler assigned: true file_queue_error_handler assigned: true upload_start_handler assigned: true upload_progress_handler assigned: true upload_error_handler assigned: true upload_success_handler assigned: true upload_complete_handler assigned: true debug_handler assigned: true SWF DEBUG: SWFUpload Init CompleteSWF DEBUG: SWF DEBUG: ----- SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: Build Number: SWFUPLOAD 2.2.0 SWF DEBUG: movieName: SWFUpload_1 SWF DEBUG: Upload URL: /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== SWF DEBUG: File Types String: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp SWF DEBUG: Parsed File Types: jpg,gif,png,bmp SWF DEBUG: HTTP Success: 0 SWF DEBUG: File Types Description: Image Files (.jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp) SWF DEBUG: File Size Limit: 1048576 bytes SWF DEBUG: File Upload Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: File Queue Limit: 1 SWF DEBUG: Post Params: SWF DEBUG: ----- END SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ---- SWF DEBUG: Removing Flash functions hooks (this should only run in IE and should prevent memory leaks)SWF DEBUG: ExternalInterface reinitializedSWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogStart : Browsing files. Multi Select. Allowed file types: .jpg;.gif;.png;.bmpSWF DEBUG: Select Handler: Received the files selected from the dialog. Processing the file list...SWF DEBUG: Event: fileQueued : File ID: SWFUpload_1_0SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogComplete : Finished processing selected files. Files selected: 1. Files Queued: 1SWF DEBUG: StartUpload: First file in queueSWF DEBUG: Event: uploadStart : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0SWF DEBUG: StartUpload: First file in queueSWF DEBUG: Event: uploadStart : File ID: SWFUpload_1_0SWF DEBUG: ReturnUploadStart(): File accepted by startUpload event and readied for upload. Starting upload to /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== for File ID: SWFUpload_0_0SWF DEBUG: ReturnUploadStart(): File accepted by startUpload event and readied for upload. Starting upload to /86707/listing/asynchronousuploadphoto/87085/15/E1ptdReNMwcU/cUkx4p689ChPRZYMKkLZQ== for File ID: SWFUpload_1_0SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress (OPEN): File ID: SWFUpload_0_0SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. Bytes: 29151. Total: 29151SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress (OPEN): File ID: SWFUpload_1_0SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_1_0. Bytes: Total: 30218SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadSuccess: File ID: SWFUpload_0_0 Response Received: true Data: 62-Greenwich_-_Branches.pngSWF DEBUG: Event: uploadComplete : Upload cycle complete.

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xVal 1.0 not generating the correct xVal.AttachValidator script in view

- by bastijn

I'm currently implementing xVal client-side validation. The server-side validation is working correctly at the moment. I have referenced xVall.dll (from xVal1.0.zip) in my project as well as the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations and System.web.mvc.DataAnnotations from the Data Annotations Model Binder Sample found at http://aspnet.codeplex.com/releases/view/24471. I have modified the method BindProperty in the DataAnnotationsModelBinder class since it returned a nullpointer exception telling me the modelState object was null. Some blogposts described to modify the method and I did according to this SO post. Next I put the following lines in my global.asax: protected void Application_Start() { // kept same and added following line RegisterModelBinders(ModelBinders.Binders); // Add this line } public void RegisterModelBinders(ModelBinderDictionary binders) // Add this whole method { binders.DefaultBinder = new Microsoft.Web.Mvc.DataAnnotations.DataAnnotationsModelBinder(); } Now, I have made a partial class and a metadata class since I use the entity framework and you cannot create partial declarations as of yet so I have: [MetadataType(typeof(PersonMetaData))] public partial class Persons { // .... } public class PersonMetaData { private const string EmailRegEx = @"^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\""]+" + @"(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\""]+)*)|(\"".+\""))@" + @"((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}" + @"\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+" + @"[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$"; [Required] public string FirstName { get; set; } [Required] public string LastName { get; set; } [Required(ErrorMessage="Please fill in your email")] [RegularExpression(EmailRegEx,ErrorMessage="Please supply a valid email address")] public string Email { get; set; } } And in my controller I have the POST edit method which currently still use a FormCollection instead of a Persons object as input. I have to change this later on but due to time constraints and some strange bug this isnt done as of yet :). It shouldnt matter though. Below it is my view. // // POST: /Jobs/Edit/5 //[CustomAuthorize(Roles = "admin,moderator")] [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] public ActionResult Edit([Bind(Exclude = "Id")]FormCollection form) { Persons person = this.GetLoggedInPerson(); person.UpdatedAt = DateTime.Now; // Update the updated time. TryUpdateModel(person, null, null, new string[]{"Id"}); if (ModelState.IsValid) { repository.SaveChanges(); return RedirectToAction("Index", "ControlPanel"); } return View(person); } #endregion My view contains a partial page containing the form. In my edit.aspx I have the following code: <div class="content"> <% Html.RenderPartial("PersonForm", Model); %> </div> </div> and in the .ascx partial page: <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<WerkStageNu.Persons>" %> <% if (!Model.AddressesReference.IsLoaded) { %> <% Model.AddressesReference.Load(); %> <% } %> <%= Html.ValidationSummary("Edit was unsuccessful. Please correct the errors and try again.") %> <% using (Html.BeginForm()) {%> <fieldset> <legend>General information</legend> <table> <tr> <td><label for="FirstName">FirstName:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("FirstName", Model.FirstName)%><%= Html.ValidationMessage("FirstName", "*")%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="LastName">LastName:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("LastName", Model.LastName)%><%= Html.ValidationMessage("LastName", "*")%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Email">Email:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Email", Model.Email)%><%= Html.ValidationMessage("Email", "*")%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Telephone">Telephone:</label></td><td> <%= Html.TextBox("Telephone", Model.Telephone) %><%= Html.ValidationMessage("Telephone", "*") %></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Fax">Fax:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Fax", Model.Fax) %><%= Html.ValidationMessage("Fax", "*") %></td> </tr> </table> <%--<p> <label for="GenderID"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.gender) %>:</label> <%= Html.DropDownList("GenderID", Model.Genders)%> </p> --%> </fieldset> <fieldset> <legend><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.addressinformation) %></legend> <table> <tr> <td><label for="Addresses.City"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.city) %>:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Addresses.City", Model.Addresses.City)%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Addresses.Street"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.street) %>:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Addresses.Street", Model.Addresses.Street)%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Addresses.StreetNo"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.streetNumber) %>:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Addresses.StreetNo", Model.Addresses.StreetNo)%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Addresses.Country"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.county) %>:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Addresses.Country", Model.Addresses.Country)%></td> </tr> </table> </fieldset> <p> <input type="image" src="../../Content/images/save_btn.png" /> </p> <%= Html.ClientSideValidation(typeof(WerkStageNu.Persons)) %> <% } % Still nothing really stunning over here. In combination with the edited data annotation dlls this gives me server-side validation working (although i have to manually exclude the "id" property as done in the TryUpdateModel). The strange thing is that it still generates the following script in my View: xVal.AttachValidator(null, {"Fields":[{"FieldName":"ID","FieldRules": [{"RuleName":"DataType","RuleParameters":{"Type":"Integer"}}]}]}, {}) While all the found blogposts on this ( 1, 2 ) but all of those are old posts and all say it should be fixed from xVal 0.8 and up. The last thing I found was this post but I did not really understand. I referenced using Visual Studio - add reference -- browse - selected from my bin dir where I stored the external compiled dlls (copied to the bin dir of my project). Can anyone tell me where the problem originates from? EDIT Adding the reference from the .NET tab fixed the problem somehow. While earlier adding from this tab resulted in a nullpointer error since it used the standard DataAnnotations delivered with the MVC1 framework instead of the freshly build one. Is it because I dropped the .dll in my bin dir that it now picks the correct one? Or why?

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xVal 1.0 not generating the correct xVal.AttachValidator

- by bastijn

I'm currently implementing xVal client-side validation. The server-side validation is working correctly at the moment. I have referenced xVall.dll (from xVal1.0.zip) in my project as well as the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations and System.web.mvc.DataAnnotations from the Data Annotations Model Binder Sample found at http://aspnet.codeplex.com/releases/view/24471. I have modified the method BindProperty in the DataAnnotationsModelBinder class since it returned a nullpointer exception telling me the modelState object was null. Some blogposts described to modify the method and I did according to this SO post. Next I put the following lines in my global.asax: protected void Application_Start() { // kept same and added following line RegisterModelBinders(ModelBinders.Binders); // Add this line } public void RegisterModelBinders(ModelBinderDictionary binders) // Add this whole method { binders.DefaultBinder = new Microsoft.Web.Mvc.DataAnnotations.DataAnnotationsModelBinder(); } Now, I have made a partial class and a metadata class since I use the entity framework and you cannot create partial declarations as of yet so I have: [MetadataType(typeof(PersonMetaData))] public partial class Persons { // .... } public class PersonMetaData { private const string EmailRegEx = @"^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\""]+" + @"(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\""]+)*)|(\"".+\""))@" + @"((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}" + @"\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+" + @"[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$"; [Required] public string FirstName { get; set; } [Required] public string LastName { get; set; } [Required(ErrorMessage="Please fill in your email")] [RegularExpression(EmailRegEx,ErrorMessage="Please supply a valid email address")] public string Email { get; set; } } And in my controller I have the POST edit method which currently still use a FormCollection instead of a Persons object as input. I have to change this later on but due to time constraints and some strange bug this isnt done as of yet :). It shouldnt matter though. Below it is my view. // // POST: /Jobs/Edit/5 //[CustomAuthorize(Roles = "admin,moderator")] [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] public ActionResult Edit([Bind(Exclude = "Id")]FormCollection form) { Persons person = this.GetLoggedInPerson(); person.UpdatedAt = DateTime.Now; // Update the updated time. TryUpdateModel(person, null, null, new string[]{"Id"}); if (ModelState.IsValid) { repository.SaveChanges(); return RedirectToAction("Index", "ControlPanel"); } return View(person); } #endregion My view contains a partial page containing the form. In my edit.aspx I have the following code: <div class="content"> <% Html.RenderPartial("PersonForm", Model); %> </div> </div> and in the .ascx partial page: <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<WerkStageNu.Persons>" %> <% if (!Model.AddressesReference.IsLoaded) { % <% Model.AddressesReference.Load(); % <% } % <%= Html.ValidationSummary("Edit was unsuccessful. Please correct the errors and try again.") % <% using (Html.BeginForm()) {%> <fieldset> <legend>General information</legend> <table> <tr> <td><label for="FirstName">FirstName:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("FirstName", Model.FirstName)%><%= Html.ValidationMessage("FirstName", "*")%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="LastName">LastName:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("LastName", Model.LastName)%><%= Html.ValidationMessage("LastName", "*")%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Email">Email:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Email", Model.Email)%><%= Html.ValidationMessage("Email", "*")%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Telephone">Telephone:</label></td><td> <%= Html.TextBox("Telephone", Model.Telephone) %><%= Html.ValidationMessage("Telephone", "*") %></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Fax">Fax:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Fax", Model.Fax) %><%= Html.ValidationMessage("Fax", "*") %></td> </tr> </table> <%--<p> <label for="GenderID"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.gender) %>:</label> <%= Html.DropDownList("GenderID", Model.Genders)%> </p> --%> </fieldset> <fieldset> <legend><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.addressinformation) %></legend> <table> <tr> <td><label for="Addresses.City"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.city) %>:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Addresses.City", Model.Addresses.City)%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Addresses.Street"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.street) %>:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Addresses.Street", Model.Addresses.Street)%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Addresses.StreetNo"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.streetNumber) %>:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Addresses.StreetNo", Model.Addresses.StreetNo)%></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label for="Addresses.Country"><%= Html.Encode(Resources.Forms.county) %>:</label></td><td><%= Html.TextBox("Addresses.Country", Model.Addresses.Country)%></td> </tr> </table> </fieldset> <p> <input type="image" src="../../Content/images/save_btn.png" /> </p> <%= Html.ClientSideValidation(typeof(WerkStageNu.Persons)) %> <% } % Still nothing really stunning over here. In combination with the edited data annotation dlls this gives me server-side validation working (although i have to manually exclude the "id" property as done in the TryUpdateModel). The strange thing is that it still generates the following script in my View: xVal.AttachValidator(null, {"Fields":[{"FieldName":"ID","FieldRules": [{"RuleName":"DataType","RuleParameters":{"Type":"Integer"}}]}]}, {}) While all the found blogposts on this ( 1, 2 ) but all of those are old posts and all say it should be fixed from xVal 0.8 and up. The last thing I found was this post but I did not really understand. I referenced using Visual Studio - add reference -- browse - selected from my bin dir where I stored the external compiled dlls (copied to the bin dir of my project). Can anyone tell me where the problem originates from?

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client problems - misaligned expectations & not following SDLC protocols

- by louism

hi guys, im having some serious problems with a client on a project - i could use some advice please the short version i have been working with this client now for almost 6 months without any problems (a classified website project in the range of 500 hours) over the last few days things have drastically deteriorated to the point where ive had to place the project on-hold whilst i work-out what to do (this has pissed the client off even more) to be simplistic, the root cause of the issue is this: the client doesnt read the specs i make for him, i code the feature, he than wants to change things, i tell him its not to the agreed spec and that that change will have to be postponed and possibly charged for, he gets upset and rants saying 'hes paid for the feature' and im not keeping to the agreement (<- misalignment of expectations) i think the root cause of the root cause is my clients failure to take my SDLC protocols seriously. i have a bug tracking system in place which he practically refuses to use (he still emails me bugs), he doesnt seem to care to much for the protocols i use for dealing with scope creep and change control the whole situation came to a head recently where he 'cracked it' (an aussie term for being fed-up). the more terms like 'postponed for post-launch implementation', 'costed feature addition', and 'not to agreed spec' i kept using, the worse it got finally, he began to bully me - basically insisting i shut-up and do the work im being paid for. i wrote a long-winded email explaining how wrong he was on all these different points, and explaining what all the SDLC protocols do to protect the success of the project. than i deleted that email and wrote a new one in the new email, i suggested as a solution i write up a list of grievances we both had. we than review the list and compromise on different points: he gets some things he wants, i get some things i want. sometimes youve got to give ground to get ground his response to this suggestion was flat-out refusal, and a restatement that i should just get on with the work ive been paid to do so there you have the very subjective short version. if you have the time and inclination, the long version may be a little less bias as it has the email communiques between me and my client the long version (with background) the long version works by me showing you the email communiques which lead to the situation coming to a head. so here it is, judge for yourself where the trouble started... 1. client asked me why something was missing from a feature i just uploaded, my response was to show him what was in the spec: it basically said the item he was looking for was never going to be included 2. [clients response...] Memo Louis, We are following your own title fields and keeping a consistent layout. Why the big fuss about not adding "Part". It simply replaces "model" and is consistent with your current title fields. 3. [my response...] hi [client], the 'part' field appeared to me as a redundancy / mistake. i requested clarification but never received any in a timely manner (about 2 weeks ago) the specification for this feature also indicated it wasnt going to be included: RE: "Why the big fuss about not adding "Part" " it may not appear so, but it would actually be a lot of work for me to now add a 'Part' field it could take me up to 15-20 minutes to properly explain why its such a big undertaking to do this, but i would prefer to use that time instead to work on completing your v1.1 features as a simplistic explanation - it connects to the change in paradigm from a 'generic classified ad' model to a 'specific attributes for specific categories' model basically, i am saying it is a big fuss, but i understand that it doesnt look that way - after all, it is just one ity-bitty field :) if you require a fuller explanation, please let me know and i will commit the time needed to write that out also, if you recall when we first started on the project, i said that with the effort/time required for features, you would likely not know off the top of your head. you may think something is really complex, but in reality its quite simple, you might think something is easy - but it could actually be a massive trauma to code (which is the case here with the 'Part' field). if you also recalled, i said the best course of action is to just ask, and i would let you know on a case-by-case basis 4. [email from me to client...] hi [client], the online catalogue page is now up live (see my email from a few days ago for information on how it works) note: the window of opportunity for input/revisions on what data the catalogue stores has now closed (as i have put the code up live now) RE: the UI/layout of the online catalogue page you may still do visual/ui tweaks to the page at the moment (this window for input/revisions will close in a couple of days time) 5. [email from client to me...] *(note: i had put up the feature & asked the client to review it, never heard back from them for a few days)* Memo Louis, Here you go again. CLOSED without a word of input from the customer. I don't think so. I will reply tomorrow regarding the content and functionality we require from this feature. 5. [from me to client...] hi [client]: RE: from my understanding, you are saying that the mini-sale yard control would change itself based on the fact someone was viewing for parts & accessories <- is that correct? this change is outside the scope of the v1.1 mini-spec and therefore will need to wait 'til post launch for costing/implementation 6. [email from client to me...] Memo Louis, Following your v1.1 mini-spec and all your time paid in full for the work selected. We need to make the situation clear. There will be no further items held for post-launch. Do not expect us to pay for any further items other than those we have agreed upon. You have undertaken to complete the Parts and accessories feature as follows. Obviously, as part of this process the "mini search" will be effected, and will require "adaption to make sense". 7. [email from me to client...] hi [client], RE: "There will be no further items held for post-launch. Do not expect us to pay for any further items other than those we have agreed upon." a few points to consider: 1) the specification for the 'parts & accessories' feature was as follows: (i.e. [what] "...we have agreed upon.") 2) you have received the 'parts & accessories' feature free of charge (you have paid $0 for it). ive spent two days coding that feature as a gesture of good will i would request that you please consider these two facts carefully and sincerely 8. [email from client to me...] Memo Louis, I don't see how you are giving us anything for free. From your original fee proposal you have deleted more than 30 hours of included features. Your title "shelved features". Further you have charged us twice by adding back into the site, at an addition cost, some of those "shelved features" features. See v1.1 mini-spec. Did include in your original fee proposal a change request budget but then charge without discussion items included in v1.1 mini-spec. Included a further Features test plan for a regression test, a fee of 10 hours that would not have been required if the "shelved features" were not left out of the agreed fee proposal. I have made every attempt to satisfy your your uneven business sense by offering you everything your heart desired, in the v1.1 mini-spec, to be left once again with your attitude of "its too hard, lets leave it for post launch". I am no longer accepting anything less than what we have contracted you to do. That is clearly defined in v1.1 mini-spec, and you are paid in advance for delivering those items as an acceptable function. a few notes about the above email... i had to cull features from the original spec because it didnt fit into the budget. i explained this to the client at the start of the project (he wanted more features than he had budget hours to do them all) nothing has been charged for twice, i didnt charge the client for culled features. im charging him to now do those culled features the draft version of the project schedule included a change request budget of 10 hours, but i had to remove that to meet the budget (the client may not have been aware of this to be fair to them) what the client refers to as my attitude of 'too hard/leave it for post-launch', i called a change request protocol and a method for keeping scope creep under control 9. [email from me to client...] hi [client], RE: "...all your grievances..." i had originally written out a long email response; it was fantastic, it had all these great points of how 'you were wrong' and 'i was right', you would of loved it (and by 'loved it', i mean it would of just infuriated you more) so, i decided to deleted it start over, for two reasons: 1) a long email is being disrespectful of your time (youre a busy businessman with things to do) 2) whos wrong or right gets us no closer to fixing the problems we are experiencing what i propose is this... i prepare a bullet point list of your grievances and my grievances (yes, im unhappy too about how things are going - and it has little to do with money) i submit this list to you for you to add to as necessary we then both take a good hard look at this list, and we decide which areas we are willing to give ground on as an example, the list may look something like this: "louis, you keep taking away features you said you would do" [your grievance 2] [your grievance 3] [your grievance ...] "[client], i feel you dont properly read the specs i prepare for you..." [my grievance 2] [my grievance 3] [my grievance ...] if you are willing to give this a try, let me know will it work? who knows. but if it doesnt, we can always go back to arguing some more :) obviously, this will only work if you are willing to give it a genuine try, and you can accept that you may have to 'give some ground to get some ground' what do you think? 10. [email from client to me ...] Memo Louis, Instead of wasting your time listing grievances, I would prefer you complete the items in v1.1 mini-spec, to a satisfactory conclusion. We almost had the website ready for launch until you brought the v1.1 mini-spec into the frame. Obviously I expected you could complete the v1.1 mini-spec in a two-week time frame as you indicated and give the site a more profession presentation. Most of the problems have been caused by you not following our instructions, but deciding to do what you feel like at the time. And then arguing with us how the missing information is not necessary. For instance "Parts and Accessories". Why on earth would you leave out the parts heading, when it ties-in with the fields you have already developed. It replaces "model" and is just as important in the context of information that appears in the "Details" panel. We are at a stage where the the v1.1 mini-spec needs to be completed without further time wasting and the site is complete (subject to all features working). We are on standby at this end to do just that. Let me know when you are back, working on the site and we will process and complete each v1.1 mini-spec, item by item, until the job is complete. 11. [last email from me to client...] hi [client], based on this reply, and your demonstrated unwillingness to compromise/give any ground on issues at hand, i have decided to place your project on-hold for the moment i will be considering further options on how to over-come our challenges over the next few days i will contact you by monday 17/may to discuss any new options i have come up with, and if i believe it is appropriate to restart work on your project at that point or not told you it was long... what do you think?

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Apache Tomcat Ant undeploy task error using

- by Devil Jin

I am using ant 1.7 to deploy and undeploy applications in tomcat //Snippet from my build.xml <target name="deploy" depends="war" description="Install application to the servlet containor"> <deploy url="${tomcat.manager.url}" username="${manager.user}" password="${manager.passwd}" path="/${tomcat.ctxpath}" war="${war.local}" /> </target> <target name="undeploy" description="Removes Web Application from path"> <undeploy url="${tomcat.manager.url}" username="${manager.user}" password="${manager.passwd}" path="/${tomcat.ctxpath}" /> </target> The deploy task works perfectly fine but the undeploy task gives an html output for the undeploy task prefixed with [undeploy] although the application is undeployed successfully The html message also contains the success message 'OK - Undeployed application at context path /MyApplication' OUTPUT: [undeploy] <html> [undeploy] <head> [undeploy] <style> [undeploy] H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tah oma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:whit e;background-color:#525D76;font-size:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;background :white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;} table { [undeploy] width: 100%; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.page-title { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: white; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.title { [undeploy] text-align: left; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-style:italic; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: #D2A41C; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.header-left { [undeploy] text-align: left; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: #FFDC75; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.header-center { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: #FFDC75; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.row-left { [undeploy] text-align: left; [undeploy] vertical-align: middle; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.row-center { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: middle; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.row-right { [undeploy] text-align: right; [undeploy] vertical-align: middle; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] TH { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: #FFDC75; [undeploy] } [undeploy] TD { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: middle; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] </style> [undeploy] <title>/manager</title> [undeploy] </head> [undeploy] <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2"> [undeploy] <a href="http://www.apache.org/"> [undeploy] <img border="0" alt="The Apache Software Foundation" align="left" [undeploy] src="/manager/images/asf-logo.gif"> [undeploy] </a> [undeploy] <a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/"> [undeploy] <img border="0" alt="The Tomcat Servlet/JSP Container" [undeploy] align="right" src="/manager/images/tomcat.gif"> [undeploy] </a> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <hr size="1" noshade="noshade"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="page-title" bordercolor="#000000" align="left" nowrap> [undeploy] <font size="+2">Tomcat Web Application Manager</font> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" width="10%"><small><strong>Message:</strong></small> </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"><pre>OK - Undeployed application at context path /MyApplication [undeploy] </pre></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="4" class="title">Manager</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"><a href="/manager/html/list">List Applications</a></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><a href="/manager/../docs/html-manager-howto.html">HTML Manager Help</a></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><a href="/manager/../docs/manager-howto.html">Manager Help</a></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"><a href="/manager/status">Server Status</a></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="5" class="title">Applications</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="header-left"><small>Path</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-left"><small>Display Name</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>Running</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>Sessions</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-left"><small>Commands</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/">/</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>Welcome to Tomcat</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/" target="_bla nk">0</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/stop?path=/" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Stop</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/reload?path=/" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Reload</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/undeploy?path=/" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Undeploy</a>  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/docs">/docs</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small>Tomcat Documentation</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/docs" target=" _blank">0</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/stop?path=/docs" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Stop</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/reload?path=/docs" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Reload</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/undeploy?path=/docs" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Undeploy</a>  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/docs"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/examples">/examples</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>Servlet and JSP Examples</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/examples" targ et="_blank">0</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/stop?path=/examples" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Stop</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/reload?path=/examples" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Reload</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/undeploy?path=/examples" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Undeploy</a>&n bsp; [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/examples"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/host%2Dmanager">/host-manager</a></small></t d> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small>Tomcat Manager Application</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/host%2Dmanager " target="_blank">0</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/stop?path=/host%2Dmanager" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Stop</a>&nbs p; [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/reload?path=/host%2Dmanager" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Reload</a>   [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/undeploy?path=/host%2Dmanager" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Undeploy </a>  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/host%2Dmanager"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager">/manager</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>Tomcat Manager Application</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/manager" targe t="_blank">3</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  Stop  [undeploy]  Reload  [undeploy]  Undeploy  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/manager"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="title">Deploy</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="header-left"><small>Deploy directory or WAR file located on server</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2"> [undeploy] <form method="get" action="/manager/html/deploy"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy] <small>Context Path (required):</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="text" name="deployPath" size="20"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy] <small>XML Configuration file URL:</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="text" name="deployConfig" size="20"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy] <small>WAR or Directory URL:</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="text" name="deployWar" size="40"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy]   [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="submit" value="Deploy"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="header-left"><small>WAR file to deploy</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2"> [undeploy] <form action="/manager/html/upload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy] <small>Select WAR file to upload</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="file" name="deployWar" size="40"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy]   [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="submit" value="Deploy"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="title">Diagnostics</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="header-left"><small>Check to see if a web application has caused a memory leak on stop, r eload or undeploy</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2"> [undeploy] <form method="post" action="/manager/html/findleaks"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="submit" value="Find leaks"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <small>This diagnostic check will trigger a full garbage collection. Use it with extreme caution on production systems.</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="6" class="title">Server Information</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>Tomcat Version</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>JVM Version</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>JVM Vendor</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>OS Name</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>OS Version</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>OS Architecture</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>Apache Tomcat/6.0.26</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>1.5.0_09-b01</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>Sun Microsystems Inc.</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>Windows XP</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>5.1</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>x86</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <hr size="1" noshade="noshade"> [undeploy] <center><font size="-1" color="#525D76"> [undeploy] <em>Copyright © 1999-2010, Apache Software Foundation</em></font></center> [undeploy] </body> [undeploy] </html>

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ant undeploy task error

- by Devil Jin

I am using ant 1.7 to deploy and undeploy applications in tomcat //Snippet from my build.xml <target name="deploy" depends="war" description="Install application to the servlet containor"> <deploy url="${tomcat.manager.url}" username="${manager.user}" password="${manager.passwd}" path="/${tomcat.ctxpath}" war="${war.local}" /> </target> <target name="undeploy" description="Removes Web Application from path"> <undeploy url="${tomcat.manager.url}" username="${manager.user}" password="${manager.passwd}" path="/${tomcat.ctxpath}" /> </target> The deploy task works perfectly fine but the undeploy task gives an html output for the undeploy task prefixed with [undeploy] although the application is undeployed successfully The html message also contains the success message 'OK - Undeployed application at context path /MyApplication' OUTPUT: [undeploy] <html> [undeploy] <head> [undeploy] <style> [undeploy] H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tah oma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:whit e;background-color:#525D76;font-size:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;background :white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;} table { [undeploy] width: 100%; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.page-title { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: white; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.title { [undeploy] text-align: left; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-style:italic; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: #D2A41C; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.header-left { [undeploy] text-align: left; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: #FFDC75; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.header-center { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: #FFDC75; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.row-left { [undeploy] text-align: left; [undeploy] vertical-align: middle; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.row-center { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: middle; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] td.row-right { [undeploy] text-align: right; [undeploy] vertical-align: middle; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] TH { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: top; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] font-weight: bold; [undeploy] background: #FFDC75; [undeploy] } [undeploy] TD { [undeploy] text-align: center; [undeploy] vertical-align: middle; [undeploy] font-family:sans-serif,Tahoma,Arial; [undeploy] color: black; [undeploy] } [undeploy] </style> [undeploy] <title>/manager</title> [undeploy] </head> [undeploy] <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2"> [undeploy] <a href="http://www.apache.org/"> [undeploy] <img border="0" alt="The Apache Software Foundation" align="left" [undeploy] src="/manager/images/asf-logo.gif"> [undeploy] </a> [undeploy] <a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/"> [undeploy] <img border="0" alt="The Tomcat Servlet/JSP Container" [undeploy] align="right" src="/manager/images/tomcat.gif"> [undeploy] </a> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <hr size="1" noshade="noshade"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="page-title" bordercolor="#000000" align="left" nowrap> [undeploy] <font size="+2">Tomcat Web Application Manager</font> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" width="10%"><small><strong>Message:</strong></small> </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"><pre>OK - Undeployed application at context path /MyApplication [undeploy] </pre></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="4" class="title">Manager</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"><a href="/manager/html/list">List Applications</a></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><a href="/manager/../docs/html-manager-howto.html">HTML Manager Help</a></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><a href="/manager/../docs/manager-howto.html">Manager Help</a></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"><a href="/manager/status">Server Status</a></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="5" class="title">Applications</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="header-left"><small>Path</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-left"><small>Display Name</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>Running</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>Sessions</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-left"><small>Commands</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/">/</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>Welcome to Tomcat</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/" target="_bla nk">0</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/stop?path=/" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Stop</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/reload?path=/" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Reload</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/undeploy?path=/" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Undeploy</a>  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/docs">/docs</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small>Tomcat Documentation</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/docs" target=" _blank">0</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/stop?path=/docs" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Stop</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/reload?path=/docs" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Reload</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/undeploy?path=/docs" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Undeploy</a>  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/docs"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/examples">/examples</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>Servlet and JSP Examples</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/examples" targ et="_blank">0</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/stop?path=/examples" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Stop</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/reload?path=/examples" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Reload</a>  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/undeploy?path=/examples" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Undeploy</a>&n bsp; [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/examples"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/host%2Dmanager">/host-manager</a></small></t d> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small>Tomcat Manager Application</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#C3F3C3" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/host%2Dmanager " target="_blank">0</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/stop?path=/host%2Dmanager" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Stop</a>&nbs p; [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/reload?path=/host%2Dmanager" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Reload</a>   [undeploy]  <a href="/manager/html/undeploy?path=/host%2Dmanager" onclick="return(confirm('Are you sure?'))">Undeploy </a>  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#C3F3C3"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/host%2Dmanager"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager">/manager</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>Tomcat Manager Application</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small>true</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="2"><small><a href="/manager/html/sessions?path=/manager" targe t="_blank">3</a></small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  Start  [undeploy]  Stop  [undeploy]  Reload  [undeploy]  Undeploy  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr><tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> [undeploy] <form method="POST" action="/manager/html/expire?path=/manager"> [undeploy] <small> [undeploy]  <input type="submit" value="Expire sessions"> with idle ≥ <input type="text" name="idle" siz e="5" value="30"> minutes  [undeploy] </small> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="title">Deploy</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="header-left"><small>Deploy directory or WAR file located on server</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2"> [undeploy] <form method="get" action="/manager/html/deploy"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy] <small>Context Path (required):</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="text" name="deployPath" size="20"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy] <small>XML Configuration file URL:</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="text" name="deployConfig" size="20"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy] <small>WAR or Directory URL:</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="text" name="deployWar" size="40"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy]   [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="submit" value="Deploy"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="header-left"><small>WAR file to deploy</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2"> [undeploy] <form action="/manager/html/upload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy] <small>Select WAR file to upload</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="file" name="deployWar" size="40"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-right"> [undeploy]   [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="submit" value="Deploy"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="title">Diagnostics</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2" class="header-left"><small>Check to see if a web application has caused a memory leak on stop, r eload or undeploy</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="2"> [undeploy] <form method="post" action="/manager/html/findleaks"> [undeploy] <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <input type="submit" value="Find leaks"> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] <td class="row-left"> [undeploy] <small>This diagnostic check will trigger a full garbage collection. Use it with extreme caution on production systems.</small> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] </form> [undeploy] </td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td colspan="6" class="title">Server Information</td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>Tomcat Version</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>JVM Version</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>JVM Vendor</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>OS Name</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>OS Version</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="header-center"><small>OS Architecture</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] <tr> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>Apache Tomcat/6.0.26</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>1.5.0_09-b01</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>Sun Microsystems Inc.</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>Windows XP</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>5.1</small></td> [undeploy] <td class="row-center"><small>x86</small></td> [undeploy] </tr> [undeploy] </table> [undeploy] <br> [undeploy] <hr size="1" noshade="noshade"> [undeploy] <center><font size="-1" color="#525D76"> [undeploy] <em>Copyright © 1999-2010, Apache Software Foundation</em></font></center> [undeploy] </body> [undeploy] </html>

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Get data from MySQL to Android application

- by Mona

I want to get data from MySQL database using PHP and display it in Android activity. I code it and pass JSON Array but there is a problem i dont know how to connect to server and my all database is on local server. I code it Kindly tell me where i go wrong so I can get exact results. I'll be very thankful to you. My PHP code is: <?php $response = array(); require_once __DIR__ . '/db_connect.php'; $db = new DB_CONNECT(); if (isset($_GET["cid"])) { $cid = $_GET['cid']; // get a product from products table $result = mysql_query("SELECT *FROM my_task WHERE cid = $cid"); if (!empty($result)) { // check for empty result if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) { $result = mysql_fetch_array($result); $task = array(); $task["cid"] = $result["cid"]; $task["cus_name"] = $result["cus_name"]; $task["contact_number"] = $result["contact_number"]; $task["ticket_no"] = $result["ticket_no"]; $task["task_detail"] = $result["task_detail"]; // success $response["success"] = 1; // user node $response["task"] = array(); array_push($response["my_task"], $task); // echoing JSON response echo json_encode($response); } else { // no task found $response["success"] = 0; $response["message"] = "No product found"; // echo no users JSON echo json_encode($response); } } else { // no task found $response["success"] = 0; $response["message"] = "No product found"; echo json_encode($response); } } else { $response["success"] = 0; $response["message"] = "Required field(s) is missing"; // echoing JSON response echo json_encode($response);} ?> My Android code is: public class My_Task extends Activity { TextView cus_name_txt, contact_no_txt, ticket_no_txt, task_detail_txt; EditText attend_by_txtbx, cus_name_txtbx, contact_no_txtbx, ticket_no_txtbx, task_detail_txtbx; Button btnSave; Button btnDelete; String cid; // Progress Dialog private ProgressDialog tDialog; // Creating JSON Parser object JSONParser jParser = new JSONParser(); ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> my_taskList; // single task url private static final String url_read_mytask = "http://198.168.0.29/mobile/read_My_Task.php"; // url to update product private static final String url_update_mytask = "http://198.168.0.29/mobile/update_mytask.php"; // url to delete product private static final String url_delete_mytask = "http://198.168.0.29/mobile/delete_mytask.php"; // JSON Node names private static String TAG_SUCCESS = "success"; private static String TAG_MYTASK = "my_task"; private static String TAG_CID = "cid"; private static String TAG_NAME = "cus_name"; private static String TAG_CONTACT = "contact_number"; private static String TAG_TICKET = "ticket_no"; private static String TAG_TASKDETAIL = "task_detail"; private static String attend_by_txt; // task JSONArray JSONArray my_task = null; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.my_task); cus_name_txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.cus_name_txt); contact_no_txt = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.contact_no_txt); ticket_no_txt = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.ticket_no_txt); task_detail_txt = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.task_detail_txt); attend_by_txtbx = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.attend_by_txt); attend_by_txtbx.setText(My_Task.attend_by_txt); Spinner severity = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.severity_spinner); // Create an ArrayAdapter using the string array and a default spinner layout ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter3 = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.Severity_array, android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line); // Specify the layout to use when the list of choices appears adapter3.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item); // Apply the adapter to the spinner severity.setAdapter(adapter3); // save button btnSave = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnSave); btnDelete = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnDelete); // getting product details from intent Intent i = getIntent(); // getting product id (pid) from intent cid = i.getStringExtra(TAG_CID); // Getting complete product details in background thread new GetProductDetails().execute(); // save button click event btnSave.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { // starting background task to update product new SaveProductDetails().execute(); } }); // Delete button click event btnDelete.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { // deleting product in background thread new DeleteProduct().execute(); } }); } /** * Background Async Task to Get complete product details * */ class GetProductDetails extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> { /** * Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog * */ @Override protected void onPreExecute() { super.onPreExecute(); tDialog = new ProgressDialog(My_Task.this); tDialog.setMessage("Loading task details. Please wait..."); tDialog.setIndeterminate(false); tDialog.setCancelable(true); tDialog.show(); } /** * Getting product details in background thread * */ protected String doInBackground(String... params) { // updating UI from Background Thread runOnUiThread(new Runnable() { public void run() { // Check for success tag int success; try { // Building Parameters List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(); params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("cid", cid)); // getting product details by making HTTP request // Note that product details url will use GET request JSONObject json = JSONParser.makeHttpRequest( url_read_mytask, "GET", params); // check your log for json response Log.d("Single Task Details", json.toString()); // json success tag success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS); if (success == 1) { // successfully received product details JSONArray my_taskObj = json .getJSONArray(TAG_MYTASK); // JSON Array // get first product object from JSON Array JSONObject my_task = my_taskObj.getJSONObject(0); // task with this cid found // Edit Text // display task data in EditText cus_name_txtbx = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.cus_name_txt); cus_name_txtbx.setText(my_task.getString(TAG_NAME)); contact_no_txtbx = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.contact_no_txt); contact_no_txtbx.setText(my_task.getString(TAG_CONTACT)); ticket_no_txtbx = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.ticket_no_txt); ticket_no_txtbx.setText(my_task.getString(TAG_TICKET)); task_detail_txtbx = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.task_detail_txt); task_detail_txtbx.setText(my_task.getString(TAG_TASKDETAIL)); } else { // task with cid not found } } catch (JSONException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }); return null; } /** * After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog * **/ protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) { // dismiss the dialog once got all details tDialog.dismiss(); } } /** * Background Async Task to Save product Details * */ class SaveProductDetails extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> { /** * Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog * */ @Override protected void onPreExecute() { super.onPreExecute(); tDialog = new ProgressDialog(My_Task.this); tDialog.setMessage("Saving task ..."); tDialog.setIndeterminate(false); tDialog.setCancelable(true); tDialog.show(); } /** * Saving product * */ protected String doInBackground(String... args) { // getting updated data from EditTexts String cus_name = cus_name_txt.getText().toString(); String contact_no = contact_no_txt.getText().toString(); String ticket_no = ticket_no_txt.getText().toString(); String task_detail = task_detail_txt.getText().toString(); // Building Parameters List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(); params.add(new BasicNameValuePair(TAG_CID, cid)); params.add(new BasicNameValuePair(TAG_NAME, cus_name)); params.add(new BasicNameValuePair(TAG_CONTACT, contact_no)); params.add(new BasicNameValuePair(TAG_TICKET, ticket_no)); params.add(new BasicNameValuePair(TAG_TASKDETAIL, task_detail)); // sending modified data through http request // Notice that update product url accepts POST method JSONObject json = JSONParser.makeHttpRequest(url_update_mytask, "POST", params); // check json success tag try { int success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS); if (success == 1) { // successfully updated Intent i = getIntent(); // send result code 100 to notify about product update setResult(100, i); finish(); } else { // failed to update product } } catch (JSONException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } /** * After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog * **/ protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) { // dismiss the dialog once product uupdated tDialog.dismiss(); } } /***************************************************************** * Background Async Task to Delete Product * */ class DeleteProduct extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> { /** * Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog * */ @Override protected void onPreExecute() { super.onPreExecute(); tDialog = new ProgressDialog(My_Task.this); tDialog.setMessage("Deleting Product..."); tDialog.setIndeterminate(false); tDialog.setCancelable(true); tDialog.show(); } /** * Deleting product * */ protected String doInBackground(String... args) { // Check for success tag int success; try { // Building Parameters List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(); params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("cid", cid)); // getting product details by making HTTP request JSONObject json = JSONParser.makeHttpRequest( url_delete_mytask, "POST", params); // check your log for json response Log.d("Delete Task", json.toString()); // json success tag success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS); if (success == 1) { // product successfully deleted // notify previous activity by sending code 100 Intent i = getIntent(); // send result code 100 to notify about product deletion setResult(100, i); finish(); } } catch (JSONException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } /** * After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog * **/ protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) { // dismiss the dialog once product deleted tDialog.dismiss(); } } public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id) { // An item was selected. You can retrieve the selected item using // parent.getItemAtPosition(pos) } public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) { // Another interface callback } } My JSONParser code is: public class JSONParser { static InputStream is = null; static JSONObject jObj = null; static String json = ""; // constructor public JSONParser() { } // function get json from url // by making HTTP POST or GET mehtod public static JSONObject makeHttpRequest(String url, String method, List<NameValuePair> params) { // Making HTTP request try { // check for request method if(method == "POST"){ // request method is POST // defaultHttpClient DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url); httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params)); HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost); HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity(); is = httpEntity.getContent(); }else if(method == "GET"){ // request method is GET DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); String paramString = URLEncodedUtils.format(params, "utf-8"); url += "?" + paramString; HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url); HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet); HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity(); is = httpEntity.getContent(); } } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (ClientProtocolException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } try { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( is, "iso-8859-1"), 8); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); String line = null; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { sb.append(line + "\n"); } is.close(); json = sb.toString(); } catch (Exception e) { Log.e("Buffer Error", "Error converting result " + e.toString()); } // try parse the string to a JSON object try { jObj = new JSONObject(json); } catch (JSONException e) { Log.e("JSON Parser", "Error parsing data " + e.toString()); } // return JSON String return jObj; my all database is in localhost and it is not opening an activity. displays an error "Stopped unexpectedly":( How can i get exact results. Kindly guide me

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WCF REST on .Net 4.0

- by AngelEyes

A simple and straight forward article taken from: http://christopherdeweese.com/blog2/post/drop-the-soap-wcf-rest-and-pretty-uris-in-net-4 Drop the Soap: WCF, REST, and Pretty URIs in .NET 4 Years ago I was working in libraries when the Web 2.0 revolution began. One of the things that caught my attention about early start-ups using the AJAX/REST/Web 2.0 model was how nice the URIs were for their applications. Those were my first impressions of REST; pretty URIs. Turns out there is a little more to it than that. REST is an architectural style that focuses on resources and structured ways to access those resources via the web. REST evolved as an “anti-SOAP” movement, driven by developers who did not want to deal with all the complexity SOAP introduces (which is al lot when you don’t have frameworks hiding it all). One of the biggest benefits to REST is that browsers can talk to rest services directly because REST works using URIs, QueryStrings, Cookies, SSL, and all those HTTP verbs that we don’t have to think about anymore. If you are familiar with ASP.NET MVC then you have been exposed to rest at some level. MVC is relies heavily on routing to generate consistent and clean URIs. REST for WCF gives you the same type of feel for your services. Let’s dive in. WCF REST in .NET 3.5 SP1 and .NET 4 This post will cover WCF REST in .NET 4 which drew heavily from the REST Starter Kit and community feedback. There is basic REST support in .NET 3.5 SP1 and you can also grab the REST Starter Kit to enable some of the features you’ll find in .NET 4. This post will cover REST in .NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010. Getting Started To get started we’ll create a basic WCF Rest Service Application using the new on-line templates option in VS 2010: When you first install a template you are prompted with this dialog: Dude Where’s my .Svc File? The WCF REST template shows us the new way we can simply build services. Before we talk about what’s there, let’s look at what is not there: The .Svc File An Interface Contract Dozens of lines of configuration that you have to change to make your service work REST in .NET 4 is greatly simplified and leverages the Web Routing capabilities used in ASP.NET MVC and other parts of the web frameworks. With REST in .NET 4 you use a global.asax to set the route to your service using the new ServiceRoute class. From there, the WCF runtime handles dispatching service calls to the methods based on the Uri Templates. global.asax using System; using System.ServiceModel.Activation; using System.Web; using System.Web.Routing; namespace Blog.WcfRest.TimeService { public class Global : HttpApplication { void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) { RegisterRoutes(); } private static void RegisterRoutes() { RouteTable.Routes.Add(new ServiceRoute("TimeService", new WebServiceHostFactory(), typeof(TimeService))); } } } The web.config contains some new structures to support a configuration free deployment. Note that this is the default config generated with the template. I did not make any changes to web.config. web.config <?xml version="1.0"?> <configuration> <system.web> <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" /> </system.web> <system.webServer> <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"> <add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> </modules> </system.webServer> <system.serviceModel> <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true"/> <standardEndpoints> <webHttpEndpoint>  <standardEndpoint name="" helpEnabled="true" automaticFormatSelectionEnabled="true"/> </webHttpEndpoint> </standardEndpoints> </system.serviceModel> </configuration> Building the Time Service We’ll create a simple “TimeService” that will return the current time. Let’s start with the following code: using System; using System.ServiceModel; using System.ServiceModel.Activation; using System.ServiceModel.Web; namespace Blog.WcfRest.TimeService { [ServiceContract] [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)] [ServiceBehavior(InstanceContextMode = InstanceContextMode.PerCall)] public class TimeService { [WebGet(UriTemplate = "CurrentTime")] public string CurrentTime() { return DateTime.Now.ToString(); } } } The endpoint for this service will be http://[machinename]:[port]/TimeService. To get the current time http://[machinename]:[port]/TimeService/CurrentTime will do the trick. The Results Are In Remember That Route In global.asax? Turns out it is pretty important. When you set the route name, that defines the resource name starting after the host portion of the Uri. Help Pages in WCF 4 Another feature that came from the starter kit are the help pages. To access the help pages simply append Help to the end of the service’s base Uri. Dropping the Soap Having dabbled with REST in the past and after using Soap for the last few years, the WCF 4 REST support is certainly refreshing. I’m currently working on some REST implementations in .NET 3.5 and VS 2008 and am looking forward to working on REST in .NET 4 and VS 2010.

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How to use jQuery Date Range Picker plugin in asp.net

- by alaa9jo

I stepped by this page: http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/date_range_picker_using_jquery_ui_16_and_jquery_ui_css_framework/ and let me tell you,this is one of the best and coolest daterangepicker in the web in my opinion,they did a great job with extending the original jQuery UI DatePicker.Of course I made enhancements to the original plugin (fixed few bugs) and added a new option (Clear) to clear the textbox. In this article I well use that updated plugin and show you how to use it in asp.net..you will definitely like it. So,What do I need? 1- jQuery library : you can use 1.3.2 or 1.4.2 which is the latest version so far,in my article I will use the latest version. 2- jQuery UI library (1.8): As I mentioned earlier,daterangepicker plugin is based on the original jQuery UI DatePicker so that library should be included into your page. 3- jQuery DateRangePicker plugin : you can go to the author page or use the modified one (it's included in the attachment),in this article I will use the modified one. 4- Visual Studio 2005 or later : very funny :D,in my article I will use VS 2008. Note: in the attachment,I included all CSS and JS files so don't worry. How to use it? First thing,you will have to include all of the CSS and JS files into your page like this: <script src="Scripts/jquery-1.4.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="Scripts/jquery-ui-1.8.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="Scripts/daterangepicker.jQuery.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <link href="CSS/redmond/jquery-ui-1.8.custom.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="CSS/ui.daterangepicker.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <style type="text/css"> .ui-daterangepicker { font-size: 10px; } </style> Then add this html: <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Font-Size="10px"></asp:TextBox><asp:Button ID="SubmitButton" runat="server" Text="Submit" OnClick="SubmitButton_Click" /> <span>First Date:</span><asp:Label ID="FirstDate" runat="server"></asp:Label> <span>Second Date:</span><asp:Label ID="SecondDate" runat="server"></asp:Label> As you can see,it includes TextBox1 which we are going to attach the daterangepicker to it,2 labels to show you later on by code on how to read the date from the textbox and set it to the labels Now we have to attach the daterangepicker to the textbox by using jQuery (Note:visit the author's website for more info on daterangerpicker's options and how to use them): <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { $("#<%= TextBox1.ClientID %>").attr("readonly", "readonly"); $("#<%= TextBox1.ClientID %>").attr("unselectable", "on"); $("#<%= TextBox1.ClientID %>").daterangepicker({ presetRanges: [], arrows: true, dateFormat: 'd M, yy', clearValue: '', datepickerOptions: { changeMonth: true, changeYear: true} }); }); </script> Finally,add this C# code: protected void SubmitButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (TextBox1.Text.Trim().Length == 0) { return; } string selectedDate = TextBox1.Text; if (selectedDate.Contains("-")) { DateTime startDate; DateTime endDate; string[] splittedDates = selectedDate.Split("-".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); if (splittedDates.Count() == 2 && DateTime.TryParse(splittedDates[0], out startDate) && DateTime.TryParse(splittedDates[1], out endDate)) { FirstDate.Text = startDate.ToShortDateString(); SecondDate.Text = endDate.ToShortDateString(); } else { //maybe the client has modified/altered the input i.e. hacking tools } } else { DateTime selectedDateObj; if (DateTime.TryParse(selectedDate, out selectedDateObj)) { FirstDate.Text = selectedDateObj.ToShortDateString(); SecondDate.Text = string.Empty; } else { //maybe the client has modified/altered the input i.e. hacking tools } } } This is the way on how to read from the textbox,That's it!. FAQ: 1-Why did you add this code?: <style type="text/css"> .ui-daterangepicker { font-size: 10px; } </style> A:For two reasons: 1)To show the Daterangepicker in a smaller size because it's original size is huge 2)To show you how to control the size of it. 2- Can I change the theme? A: yes you can,you will notice that I'm using Redmond theme which you will find it in jQuery UI website,visit their website and download a different theme,you may also have to make modifications to the css of daterangepicker,it's all yours. 3- Why did you add a font size to the textbox? A: To make the design look better,try to remove it and see by your self. 4- Can I register the script at codebehind? A: yes you can 5- I see you have added these two lines,what they do? $("#<%= TextBox1.ClientID %>").attr("readonly", "readonly"); $("#<%= TextBox1.ClientID %>").attr("unselectable", "on"); A:The first line will make the textbox not editable by the user,the second will block the blinking typing cursor from appearing if the user clicked on the textbox,you will notice that both lines are necessary to be used together,you can't just use one of them...for logical reasons of course. Finally,I hope everyone liked the article and as always,your feedbacks are always welcomed and if anyone have any suggestions or made any modifications that might be useful for anyone else then please post it at at the author's website and post a reference to your post here.

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Developer’s Life – Summary of Superhero Articles

- by Pinal Dave

Earlier this year, I wrote an article series where I talked about developer’s life and compared it with Superhero. I have got amazing response to this series and I have been receiving quite a lots of email suggesting that I should write more blog post about them. Currently I am not planning to write more blog post but I will soon continue another series. In this blog post, I have summarized the entire series. Let me know if you want me to write about any superhero. I will see what I can do about that hero. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Captain America Captain America was first created as a comic book character in the 1940’s as a way to boost morale during World War II. Aimed at a children’s audience, his legacy faded away when the war ended. However, he has recently has a major reboot to become a popular movie character that deals with modern issues. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is the Incredible Hulk The Incredible Hulk is possibly one of the scariest superheroes out there. All superheroes are meant to be “out of this world” and awe-inspiring, but I think most people will agree with I say The Hulk takes this to the next level. He is the result of an industrial accident, which is scary enough in it’s own right. Plus, when mild-mannered Bruce Banner is angered, he goes completely out-of-control and transforms into a destructive monster that he cannot control and has no memories of. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Wonder Woman We have focused a lot lately on this “superhero series.” I love fantasy books and movies, and I feel like there is a lot to be learned from them. As I am writing this series, though, I have noticed that every super hero I write about is a man. So today, I would like to talk about the major female super hero – Wonder Woman. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Harry Potter Harry Potter might not be a superhero in the traditional sense, but I believe he still has a lot to teach us and show us about life as a developer. If you have been living under a rock for the last 17 years, you might not know that Harry Potter is the main character in an extremely popular series of books and movies documenting the education and tribulation of a young wizard (and his friends). Developer’s Life – Every Developer is Like Transformers Transformers may not be superheroes – they don’t wear capes, they don’t have amazing powers outside of their size and folding ability, they’re not even human (technically). Part of their enduring popularity is that while we are enjoying over-the-top movies, we are learning about good leadership and strong personal skills. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Iron Man Iron Man is another superhero who is not naturally “super,” but relies on his brain (and money) to turn him into a fighting machine. While traditional superheroes are still popular, a three-movie franchise and incorporation into the new Avengers series shows that Iron Man is popular enough on his own. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Sherlock Holmes I have been thinking a lot about how developers are like super heroes, and I have written two blog posts now comparing them to Spiderman and Superman. I have a lot of love and respect for developers, and I hope that they are enjoying these articles, and others are learning a little bit about the profession. There is another fictional character who, while not technically asuper hero, is very powerful, and I also think stands as a good example of a developer. That character is Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a British detective, first made popular at the turn of the 19thcentury by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The original Sherlock Holmes was a brilliant detective who could solve the most mind-boggling crime through simple observations and deduction. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Chhota Bheem Chhota Bheem is a cartoon character that is extremely popular where I live. He is my daughter’s favorite characters. I like to say that children love Chhota Bheem more than their parents – it is lucky for us he is not real! Children love Chhota Bheem because he is the absolute “good guy.” He is smart, loyal, and strong. He and his friends live in Dholakpur and fight off their many enemies – and always win – in every episode. In each episode, they learn something about friendship, bravery, and being kind to others. Chhota Bheem is a good role model for children, and I think that he is a good role model for developers are well. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Batman Batman is one of the darkest superheroes in the fantasy canon. He does not come to his powers through any sort of magical coincidence or radioactive insect, but through a lot of psychological scarring caused by witnessing the death of his parents. Despite his dark back story, he possesses a lot of admirable abilities that I feel bear comparison to developers. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Superman I enjoyed comparing developers to Spiderman so much, that I have decided to continue the trend and encourage some of my favorite people (developers) with another favorite superhero – Superman. Superman is probably the most famous superhero – and one of the most inspiring. Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Spiderman I have to admit, Spiderman is my favorite superhero. The most recent movie recently was released in theaters, so it has been at the front of my mind for some time. Spiderman was my favorite superhero even before the latest movie came out, but of course I took my whole family to see the movie as soon as I could! Every one of us loved it, including my daughter. We all left the movie thinking how great it would be to be Spiderman. So, with that in mind, I started thinking about how we are like Spiderman in our everyday lives, especially developers. I would like to know which Superhero is your favorite hero! Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com)Filed under: PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL Tagged: Developer, Superhero

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New MySQL Cluster 7.3 Previews: Foreign Keys, NoSQL Node.js API and Auto-Tuned Clusters

- by Mat Keep

At this weeks MySQL Connect conference, Oracle previewed an exciting new wave of developments for MySQL Cluster, further extending its simplicity and flexibility by expanding the range of use-cases, adding new NoSQL options, and automating configuration. What’s new: Development Release 1: MySQL Cluster 7.3 with Foreign Keys Early Access “Labs” Preview: MySQL Cluster NoSQL API for Node.js Early Access “Labs” Preview: MySQL Cluster GUI-Based Auto-Installer In this blog, I'll introduce you to the features being previewed. Review the blogs listed below for more detail on each of the specific features discussed. Save the date!: A live webinar is scheduled for Thursday 25th October at 0900 Pacific Time / 1600UTC where we will discuss each of these enhancements in more detail. Registration will be open soon and published to the MySQL webinars page MySQL Cluster 7.3: Development Release 1 The first MySQL Cluster 7.3 Development Milestone Release (DMR) previews Foreign Keys, bringing powerful new functionality to MySQL Cluster while eliminating development complexity. Foreign Key support has been one of the most requested enhancements to MySQL Cluster – enabling users to simplify their data models and application logic – while extending the range of use-cases for both custom projects requiring referential integrity and packaged applications, such as eCommerce, CRM, CMS, etc. Implementation The Foreign Key functionality is implemented directly within the MySQL Cluster data nodes, allowing any client API accessing the cluster to benefit from them – whether they are SQL or one of the NoSQL interfaces (Memcached, C++, Java, JPA, HTTP/REST or the new Node.js API - discussed later.) The core referential actions defined in the SQL:2003 standard are implemented: CASCADE RESTRICT NO ACTION SET NULL In addition, the MySQL Cluster implementation supports the online adding and dropping of Foreign Keys, ensuring the Cluster continues to serve both read and write requests during the operation. This represents a further enhancement to MySQL Cluster's support for on0line schema changes, ie adding and dropping indexes, adding columns, etc. Read this blog for a demonstration of using Foreign Keys with MySQL Cluster. Getting Started with MySQL Cluster 7.3 DMR1: Users can download either the source or binary and evaluate the MySQL Cluster 7.3 DMR with Foreign Keys now! (Select the Development Release tab). MySQL Cluster NoSQL API for Node.js Node.js is hot! In a little over 3 years, it has become one of the most popular environments for developing next generation web, cloud, mobile and social applications. Bringing JavaScript from the browser to the server, the design goal of Node.js is to build new real-time applications supporting millions of client connections, serviced by a single CPU core. Making it simple to further extend the flexibility and power of Node.js to the database layer, we are previewing the Node.js Javascript API for MySQL Cluster as an Early Access release, available for download now from http://labs.mysql.com/. Select the following build: MySQL-Cluster-NoSQL-Connector-for-Node-js Alternatively, you can clone the project at the MySQL GitHub page. Implemented as a module for the V8 engine, the new API provides Node.js with a native, asynchronous JavaScript interface that can be used to both query and receive results sets directly from MySQL Cluster, without transformations to SQL. Figure 1: MySQL Cluster NoSQL API for Node.js enables end-to-end JavaScript development Rather than just presenting a simple interface to the database, the Node.js module integrates the MySQL Cluster native API library directly within the web application itself, enabling developers to seamlessly couple their high performance, distributed applications with a high performance, distributed, persistence layer delivering 99.999% availability. The new Node.js API joins a rich array of NoSQL interfaces available for MySQL Cluster. Whichever API is chosen for an application, SQL and NoSQL can be used concurrently across the same data set, providing the ultimate in developer flexibility. Get started with MySQL Cluster NoSQL API for Node.js tutorial MySQL Cluster GUI-Based Auto-Installer Compatible with both MySQL Cluster 7.2 and 7.3, the Auto-Installer makes it simple for DevOps teams to quickly configure and provision highly optimized MySQL Cluster deployments – whether on-premise or in the cloud. Implemented with a standard HTML GUI and Python-based web server back-end, the Auto-Installer intelligently configures MySQL Cluster based on application requirements and auto-discovered hardware resources Figure 2: Automated Tuning and Configuration of MySQL Cluster Developed by the same engineering team responsible for the MySQL Cluster database, the installer provides standardized configurations that make it simple, quick and easy to build stable and high performance clustered environments. The auto-installer is previewed as an Early Access release, available for download now from http://labs.mysql.com/, by selecting the MySQL-Cluster-Auto-Installer build. You can read more about getting started with the MySQL Cluster auto-installer here. Watch the YouTube video for a demonstration of using the MySQL Cluster auto-installer Getting Started with MySQL Cluster If you are new to MySQL Cluster, the Getting Started guide will walk you through installing an evaluation cluster on a singe host (these guides reflect MySQL Cluster 7.2, but apply equally well to 7.3 and the Early Access previews). Or use the new MySQL Cluster Auto-Installer! Download the Guide to Scaling Web Databases with MySQL Cluster (to learn more about its architecture, design and ideal use-cases). Post any questions to the MySQL Cluster forum where our Engineering team and the MySQL Cluster community will attempt to assist you. Post any bugs you find to the MySQL bug tracking system (select MySQL Cluster from the Category drop-down menu) And if you have any feedback, please post them to the Comments section here or in the blogs referenced in this article. Summary MySQL Cluster 7.2 is the GA, production-ready release of MySQL Cluster. The first Development Release of MySQL Cluster 7.3 and the Early Access previews give you the opportunity to preview and evaluate future developments in the MySQL Cluster database, and we are very excited to be able to share that with you. Let us know how you get along with MySQL Cluster 7.3, and other features that you want to see in future releases, by using the comments of this blog.

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Developer Training – Various Options for Maximum Benefit – Part 4

- by pinaldave

Developer Training - Importance and Significance - Part 1 Developer Training – Employee Morals and Ethics – Part 2 Developer Training – Difficult Questions and Alternative Perspective - Part 3 Developer Training – Various Options for Developer Training – Part 4 Developer Training – A Conclusive Summary- Part 5 If you have been reading this series, by now you are aware of all the pros and cons that can come along with training. We’ve asked and answered hard questions, and investigated them “whys” and “hows” of training. Now it is time to talk about all the different kinds of training that are out there! On Job Training The most common type of training is on the job training. Everyone receives this kind of education – even experts who come in to consult have to be taught where the printer, pens, and copy machines are. If you are thinking about more concrete topics, though, on the job training can be some of the easiest to come across. Picture this: someone in the company whom you really admire is hard at work on a project. You come up to them and ask to help them out – if they are a busy developer, the odds are that they will say “yes, please!” If you phrase your question as an offer of help, you can receive training without ever putting someone in the awkward position of acting as a mentor. However, some people may want the task of being a mentor. It can never hurt to ask. Most people will be more than willing to pass their knowledge along. Extreme Programming If your company and coworkers are willing, you can even investigate Extreme Programming. This is a type of programming that allows small teams to quickly develop code and products that are released with almost immediate user feedback. You can find more information at http://www.extremeprogramming.org/. If this is something your company could use, suggest it to your supervisor. Even if they say no, it will make it clear that you are a go-getter who is interested in new and exciting projects. If the answer is yes, then you have the opportunity to get some of the best on the job training around. In Person Training Click on Image to Enlarge When you say the word “training,” most people’s minds go back to the classroom, an image they are familiar with. While training doesn’t always have to be in a traditional setting, because it is so familiar it can also be the most valuable type of training. There are many ways to get training through a live instructor. Some companies may be willing to send a representative to you, where employees will get training, sometimes food and coffee, and a live instructor who can answer questions immediately. Sometimes these trainers are also able to do consultations at the same time, which can invaluable to a company. If you are the one to asks your supervisor for a training session that can also be turned into a consultation, you may stick in their minds as an incredibly dedicated employee. If you can’t find a representative, local colleges can also be a good resource for free or cheap classes – or they may have representatives coming who are willing to take on a few more students. Benefits of On Demand Developer Training Of course, you can often get the best of all these types of training with online or On Demand training. You can get the benefit of a live instructor who is willing to answer questions (although in this case, usually through e-mail or other online venues), there are often real-world examples to follow along – like on the job training – and best of all you can learn whenever you have the time or need. Did a problem with your server come up at midnight when all your supervisors are safe at home and probably in bed? No problem! On Demand training is especially useful if you need to slow down, pause, or rewind a training session. Not even a real-life instructor can do that! When I was writing this blog post, I felt that each of the subject, which I have covered can be blog posts of itself. However, I wanted to keep the the blog post concise and so touch based on three major training aspects 1) On Job Training 2) In Person Training and 3) Online training. Here is the question for you – is there any other kind of training methods available, which are effective and one should consider it? If yes, what are those, I may write a follow up blog post on the same subject next week. Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.sqlauthority.com) Filed under: Developer Training, PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology

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Using CMS for App Configuration - Part 1, Deploying Umbraco

- by Elton Stoneman

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/EltonStoneman/archive/2014/06/04/using-cms-for-app-configurationndashpart-1-deploy-umbraco.aspxSince my last post on using CMS for semi-static API content, How about a new platform for your next API… a CMS?, I’ve been using the idea for centralized app configuration, and this post is the first in a series that will walk through how to do that, step-by-step. The approach gives you a platform-independent, easily configurable way to specify your application configuration for different environments, with a built-in approval workflow, change auditing and the ability to easily rollback to previous settings. It’s like Azure Web and Worker Roles where you can specify settings that change at runtime, but it's not specific to Azure - you can use it for any app that needs changeable config, provided it can access the Internet. The series breaks down into four posts: Deploying Umbraco – the CMS that will store your configurable settings and the current values; Publishing your config – create a document type that encapsulates your settings and a template to expose them as JSON; Consuming your config – in .NET, a simple client that uses dynamic objects to access settings; Config lifecycle management – how to publish, audit, and rollback settings. Let’s get started. Deploying Umbraco There’s an Umbraco package on Azure Websites, so deploying your own instance is easy – but there are a couple of things to watch out for, so this step-by-step will put you in a good place. Create From Gallery The easiest way to get started is with an Azure subscription, navigate to add a new Website and then Create From Gallery. Under CMS, you’ll see an Umbraco package (currently at version 7.1.3): Configure Your App For high availability and scale, you’ll want your CMS on separate kit from anything else you have in Azure, so in the configuration of Umbraco I’d create a new SQL Azure database – which Umbraco will use to store all its content: You can use the free 20mb database option if you don’t have demanding NFRs, or if you’re just experimenting. You’ll need to specify a password for a SQL Server account which the Umbraco service will use, and changing from the default username umbracouser is probably wise. Specify Database Settings You can create a new database on an existing server if you have one, or create new. If you create a new server *do not* use the same username for the database server login as you used for the Umbraco account. If you do, the deployment will fail later. Think of this as the SQL Admin account that you can use for managing the db, the previous account was the service account Umbraco uses to connect. Make Tea If you have a fast kettle. It takes about two minutes for Azure to create and provision the website and the database. Install Umbraco So far we’ve deployed an empty instance of Umbraco using the Azure package, and now we need to browse to the site and complete installation. My Website was called my-app-config, so to complete installation I browse to http://my-app-config.azurewebsites.net: Enter the credentials you want to use to login – this account will have full admin rights to the Umbraco instance. Note that between deploying your new Umbraco instance and completing installation in this step, anyone can browse to your website and complete the installation themselves with their own credentials, if they know the URL. Remote possibility, but it’s there. From this page *do not* click the big green Install button. If you do, Umbraco will configure itself with a local SQL Server CE database (.sdf file on the Web server), and ignore the SQL Azure database you’ve carefully provisioned and may be paying for. Instead, click on the Customize link and: Configure Your Database You need to enter your SQL Azure database details here, so you’ll have to get the server name from the Azure Management Console. You don’t need to explicitly grant access to your Umbraco website for the database though. Click Continue and you’ll be offered a “starter” website to install: If you don’t know Umbraco at all (but you are familiar with ASP.NET MVC) then a starter website is worthwhile to see how it all hangs together. But after a while you’ll have a bunch of artifacts in your CMS that you don’t want and you’ll have to work out which you can safely delete. So I’d click “No thanks, I do not want to install a starter website” and give yourself a clean Umbraco install. When it completes, the installation will log you in to the welcome screen for managing Umbraco – which you can access from http://my-app-config.azurewebsites.net/umbraco: That’s It Easy. Umbraco is installed, using a dedicated SQL Azure instance that you can separately scale, sync and backup, and ready for your content. In the next post, we’ll define what our app config looks like, and publish some settings for the dev environment.

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CQRS – Questions and Concerns

- by Dylan Smith

I’ve been doing a lot of learning on CQRS and Event Sourcing over the last little while and I have a number of questions that I haven’t been able to answer. 1. What is the benefit of CQRS when compared to a typical DDD architecture that uses Event Sourcing and properly captures intent and behavior via verb-based commands? (other than Scalability) 2. When using CQRS what do you do with complex query-based logic? I’m going to elaborate on #1 in this blog post and I’ll do a follow-up post on #2. I watched through Greg Young’s video on the business benefits of CQRS + Event Sourcing and first let me say that I thought it was an excellent presentation that really drives home a lot of the benefits to this approach to architecture (I watched it twice in a row I enjoyed it so much!). But it didn’t answer some of my questions fully (I wish I had been there to ask these of Greg in person!). So let me pick apart some of the points he makes and how they relate to my first question above. I’m completely sold on the idea of event sourcing and have a clear understanding of the benefits that it brings to the table, so I’m not going to question that. But you can use event sourcing without going to a CQRS architecture, so my main question is around the benefits of CQRS + Event Sourcing vs Event Sourcing + Typical DDD architecture Architecture with Event Sourcing + Commands on Left, CQRS on Right Greg talks about how the stereotypical architecture doesn’t support DDD, but is that only because his diagram shows DTO’s coming up from the client. If we use the same diagram but allow the client to send commands doesn’t that remove a lot of the arguments that Greg makes against the stereotypical architecture? We can now introduce verbs into the system. We can capture intent now (storing it still requires event sourcing, but you can implement event sourcing without doing CQRS) We can create a rich domain model (as opposed to an anemic domain model) Scalability is obviously a benefit that CQRS brings to the table, but like Greg says, very few of the systems we create truly need significant scalability Greg talks about the ability to scale your development efforts. He says CQRS allows you to split the system into 3 parts (Client, Domain/Commands, Reads) and assign 3 teams of developers to work on them in parallel; letting you scale your development efforts by 3x with nearly linear gains. But in the stereotypical architecture don’t you already have 2 separate modules that you can split your dev efforts between: The client that sends commands/queries and receives DTO’s, and the Domain which accepts commands/queries, and generates events/DTO’s. If this is true it’s not really a 3x scaling you achieve with CQRS but merely a 1.5x scaling which while great doesn’t sound nearly as dramatic (“I can do it with 10 devs in 12 months – let me hire 5 more and we can have it done in 8 months”). Making the Query side “stupid simple” such that you can assign junior developers (or even outsource it) sounds like a valid benefit, but I have some concerns over what you do with complex query-based logic/behavior. I’m going to go into more detail on this in a follow-up blog post shortly. He also seemed to focus on how “stupid-simple” it is doing queries against the de-normalized data store, but I imagine there is still significant complexity in the event handlers that interpret the events and apply them to the de-normalized tables. It sounds like Greg suggests that because we’re doing CQRS that allows us to apply Event Sourcing when we otherwise wouldn’t be able to (~33:30 in the video). I don’t believe this is true. I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to apply Event Sourcing without separating out the Commands and Queries. The queries would just operate against the domain model instead of the database. But you’d still get the benefits of Event Sourcing. Without CQRS the queries would only be able to operate against the current state rather than the event history, but even in CQRS the domain behaviors can only operate against the current state and I don’t see that being a big limiting factor. If some query needs to operate against something that is not captured by the current state you would just have to update the domain model to capture that information (no different than if that statement were made about a Command under CQRS). Some of the benefits I do see being applicable are that your domain model might end up being simpler/smaller since it only needs to represent the state needed to process commands and not worry about the reads (like the Deactivate Inventory Item and associated comment example that Greg provides). And also commands that can be handled in a Transaction Script style manner by the command handler simply generating events and not touching the domain model. It also makes it easier for your senior developers to focus on the command behavior and ignore the queries, which is usually going to be a better use of their time. And of course scalability. If anybody out there has any thoughts on this and can help educate me further, please either leave a comment or feel free to get in touch with me via email:

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SnagIt Live Writer Plug-in Updated

- by Rick Strahl

Ah, I love SnagIt from TechSmith and I use the heck out of it almost every day. So no surprise that I've decided some time ago to integrate SnagIt into a few applications that require screen shots extensively. It's been a while since I've posted an update to my small SnagIt Windows Live Writer plug-in. There have been a few nagging issues that have crept up with recent changes in the way SnagIt handles captures in recent versions and they have been addressed in this update of SnagIt. Personally I love SnagIt and use it extensively mostly for blogging, but also for writing documentation and articles etc. While there are many other (and also free) tools out there to do basic screen captures, SnagIt continues to be the most convenient tool for me with its nice built in capture and effects editor that makes creating professional looking captures childishly simple. And maybe even more importantly: SnagIt has a COM interface that can be automated and makes it super easy to embed into other applications. I've built plugins for SnagIt as well as for one of my company's own tools, Html Help Builder. If you use the Windows Live Writer offline WebLog Editor to write blog posts and have a copy of SnagIt it's probably worth your while to check this out if you haven't already. In case you haven't, this plugin integrates SnagIt with Live Writer so you can easily capture and edit content and embed it into a post. Captures are shown in the SnagIt Preview editor where you can edit the image and apply image markup or effects, before selecting Finish (or Cancel). The final image can then be pasted directly into your Live Writer post. When installed the SnagIt plug-in shows up on the PlugIn list or in the Plug-Ins toolbar shortcut: Once you select the Plug in you get the capture window that allows you to customize the capture process which includes most of the useful SnagIt capture options: Once you're done capturing the image shows up in the SnagIt Image Editor and you can crop, mark up and apply effects. When done you click the Finish button and the image is embedded right into your blog post. Easy - how do you think the images in this blog entry got in here? The beauty of SnagIt is that it's all easily integrated - Capturing, editing and embedding, it only takes a few seconds to do it all especially if you save image effect presets in SnagIt. What's updated The main issue addressed in this update has to do with the plug-in updates the Live Writer window. When a capture starts Live Writer gets minimized to get out of the way to let you pick your capture source. When the capture is complete and the image has been embedded Live Writer is activated once again. Recent versions of SnagIt however had changed the Window positioning of SnagIt so that Live Writer ended up popping up back behind the SnagIt window which was pretty annoying. This update pushes Live Writer back to the top of the window stack using some delaying tactics in the code. There have also been a few small changes to the way the code interacts with the COM object which is more reliable if a capture fails or SnagIt blows up or is locked because it's already in a capture outside of the automation interface. Source Code SnagIt Automation is something I actually use a lot. As mentioned I've integrated this automation into Live Writer as well as my documentation tool Html Help Builder, which I use just about daily. The SnagIt integration has a similar interface in that application and provides similar functionality. It's quite useful to integrate SnagIt into other applications. Because it's quite useful to embed SnagIt into other apps there's source code that you can download and embed into your own applications. The code includes both the dialog class that is automated from Live Writer, as well as the basic capture component that captures images to a disk file. Resources Download the SnagIt Capture Plug-in Installer An MSI installer that you can run that will install the plug-in into Live Writer's PlugIns directory. Source Code to the SnagIt Capture Plug-in Contains the plug-in assembly, as well as the source code to the plug-in and the setup project.© Rick Strahl, West Wind Technologies, 2005-2011Posted in Live Writer WebLog Tweet (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();

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