More questions from E71 owner

I am really disappointed with this phone- maybe I was expecting too much?
1. When downloading the pc suite the computer is not recognising the usb lead, also should it change the appearance of the applications and `desktop` of the phone?
2. The downloads for it are so boring- I want something to cheer it up like emoticon texting- but that download is not compatible, any suggestions to make it more fun?
Bored!

I am a little concerned to heat the '7300 is closer to the Radeon 9800 on the MDD'. What is the point of all the Intel processors if the video card is not that much faster than a two to three year old ATI card?
I will have to look for some comparison somewhere to find out. I may have to consider getting the next level video card if possible if the 7300 is not as good as I thought, and the RAM will have to wait a little longer.
Also ADC to DVI converters are available on Ebay, I was not thinking of paying new price for these. Apple price is way over-the-top, eBay prices are far better.
I think adding RAM is more important than anything, disk space I have with an external FW400 RAID, slow I know but its the best way of protecting those 1000 of digital photos. Its a hardware RAID, do not trust software RAIDs!
What I may do is look to reduce the noise in my MDD, replace the aging boot disk, new fans etc. And put that on the end of a piece of CAT 7 gigabit Ethernet and use it as file storage, i'll look for Tiger server prices on eBay. I am used to the noise level in my home office now and if the Pro makes no noise then I loose nothing. I already use two displays in the MDD, so no difference there either.
Just one more note: can I take my Superdrive out of my MDD, into the Pro? I have the stock CD-RW in the MDD? DVD burning on my MDD is slooowww, another reason for upgrading.

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Few questions from new owner

Hi all.
not been on for a while but im back now its upgrade time.
had my previous 9800 torch for 3 years and it was starting to show its age so i went for an upgrade.
first got a samsung s4 on saturday and within an hour put it back in its box and took it back to vodafone.
reason im so used to a real keyboard. so i changed it for a Q10
it wasnt the best move as im blind in one eye and the smaller screen is a bit of a strain. managed to enlarge text so things are on the right track.
questions i need advice on this time is:
1) how can i extend the ring when a call is coming in as ive only had 2 calls so far. the first time it rang 4 times and then went to answer phone. today it rang once and went to answer phone. on my torch i had it set to 6 rings but so far cannot find how to change it on the Q10
2) how can i change the background colour of the callender. default is black and im so used to white background on the torch. also for some reason only birthdays transfered across using vodafones little red box. no appointments,meetings or anything else i had on weekly repeat. instead of entering one by one ive started adding them into yahoo callender which are syncing to the phone but now yahoo callender has started crashing with problems. will get there one day.
3) how do i delete contacs from BBM as the only option i can find is clear chat.
4) why the heck did they remove the back button and the scroll.
5) i didnt go for 4G even though its only £5 a month more. is it really worth it. what will it speed up. if its just web brousing then i wont bother as i use a computer for that.
thanks in advance
Jim

[quote]Barrery drain: Try to switch off the WiFi overnight (or when you don't need it). Helps a lot.
Enjoy your Q10,
Mako[/quote]
thanks Mako
not used the wifi at all so its not that. thanks anyway.
[quote]For question 1 this must be an operator setting (not phone to my knowledge). At least this is the case in my country
For question 2 you can do it in the app settings of calendar and contacts since the 10.2 update
For question 3 ???
For question 4 it is a clear choice made by BB (related to the new OS10 interface/gestures and touchscreen of Z10)
For question 5 yes 4G is really a blast compared to 3G[/quote]
thanks Messagepads.
will get onto vodafone about rings. sure it was on the handset for the torch but of course new OS so different.
sure i updated when i got the phone on sunday but cant see any options. will double check it loaded properly as i had to connect to computer to download it and every few seconds the connection would disconnect. it said failed to download but then rebooted and then said sucessfull.
BBM i not that important as most people use whats app now.
i will still pass on 4G for now but may upgrade in the future.
thanks for the replys.

8 questions from new owner of Satellite Pro L300

Hello all forum users!
I bought a new Toshiba laptop, the Satellite Pro L300, and have until 14 January to test it - if it looks like it isn't working properly I'll return it to the store where I purchased it.
Here's a list of questions I have:
1. Every time I turn on the laptop or it comes out of suspended or hibernation mode, and when I turn it off, the cd/dvd drive makes a loud mechanical clunky noise.
It sounds to me like the carriage that carries the laser and optics is running into a mechanical stop.
Is this normal?
2. There is one hot subpixel on the display (blue) and according to the Toshiba info in the box, this is normal and is not cause for return.
Should I be concerned about this?
3. When I run the memory test at system boot, it states that it will start windows automatically at test termination, and show me the results of the test.
It runs the test, starts Vista, but I don't see any results report.
Where do I find this report?
Is there a known problem with this test?
4. The Toshiba utility program to perform diagnostics from within Vista does not work. Every time I run the test (PCdiag.exe) I get a Vista error message saying a fault was found in KERNEL32.dll.
Where can I get a fix for this?
I've already installed the updated files on Toshiba's web site for the 'Value Added Pack', which is where this utility is located, but still get the error message.
5. I would like to access the bios settings at boot, but haven't found the way to do it yet.
F2 gives me a menu for memory test or normal system boot.
Esc doesn't get me into bios setup either.
There is a Toshiba bios utility I can run from Vista, and from what I see any bios firmware upgrades are also to be done through Vista.
Is there a way to access bios at boot?
6. I would like to run XP on this system and understood that this model (Pro L300 PSLB1E) was XP compatible, and that I should be able to download all drivers from Toshiba to run on XP.
Has anyone done this?
7. The laptop installed and configured Vista basic when I did the first power on, but the license sticker on the bottom of the laptop has a product key for 'Vista Business OEMAct'. I was sold this laptop as having Vista Business with the option to downgrade to XP Pro. The box didn't come with any cds or dvds, and no manuals explaining how to install Vista Business.
This is enough reason to return the laptop to the store where I bought it, which is a hassle I would prefer to avoid if I can install Vista Business.
Can anyone help me understand what is happening here?
8. Is there a way to contact technical support by email?
Thanks in advance to anybody that can answer any of the above questions!

> 1. Every time I turn on the laptop or it comes out of suspended or hibernation mode, and when I turn it off, the cd/dvd drive makes a loud mechanical clunky noise.
My CD/DVD drives make similar noise too from time to time. Not always but sometimes. I think this appears because the drives laser lens calibrates in the right position.
> 2. There is one hot subpixel on the display (blue) and according to the Toshiba info in the box, this is normal and is not cause for return.
Well, you need an certain amount of dead pixels to get a screen replacement
Please check this FAQ:
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB5400ZD0002R01.htm
> 3. When I run the memory test at system boot, it states that it will start windows automatically at test termination, and show me the results of the test.
There is no problem. I believe you mean the memory test while POST (power on self test). If there would be a memory fault then your notebook would not boot up properly.
> 4. The Toshiba utility program to perform diagnostics from within Vista does not work. Every time I run the test (PCdiag.exe) I get a Vista error message saying a fault was found in KERNEL32.dll.
Hmm the Value Added Package contains the PC diagnostic tool for Vista. I would recommend removing the old VAP and reinstalling the new downloaded from the page.
> 5. I would like to access the bios settings at boot, but haven't found the way to do it yet. F2 gives me a menu for memory test or normal system boot. Esc doesn't get me into bios setup either. There is a Toshiba bios utility I can run from Vista, and from what I see any bios firmware upgrades are also to be done through Vista.
The notebook seems to use the Phoenix BIOS and therefore pressing the F2 button should enable the BIOS. Press the F2 immediately after notebook has been powered up.
> 6. I would like to run XP on this system and understood that this model (Pro L300 PSLB1E) was XP compatible, and that I should be able to download all drivers from Toshiba to run on XP.
Such XP drivers are placed on the Toshiba European page.
>7. The laptop installed and configured Vista basic when I did the first power on, but the license sticker on the bottom of the laptop has a product key for 'Vista Business OEMAct'. I was sold this laptop as having Vista Business with the option to downgrade to XP Pro. The box didn't come with any cds or dvds, and no manuals explaining how to install Vista Business.
Never hear that this notebook would be delivered with Vista business As far as I know this series has been preinstalled with Vista Home Premium
> 8. Is there a way to contact technical support by email?
If you have some problems with your notebook you can contact your ASP in your country.

More questions from a noob (Volume 2)

I started using Arch yesterday. I got most stuff set up already.
Except:
1. Sounds not working (No idea about sound stuff at all )
2. Can't get OpenDNS working (Automatically overwrites any changes to /etc/resolv.conf)
3. XChat says everything I type is misspelled
4. Compiz gets rid of my window boarders (Using GNOME BTW)
5. Need to run `sudo /sbin/dhcpcd eth0` every startup or internet doesn't work
And more as they come.

I'm a bit of a noob myself, but I'll try where I can:
1. All I did for sound was follow the ALSA section of the beginner's guide. Have you already tried that? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … igure_ALSA (This is less detailed but easier to follow (IMHO) than the main ALSA wiki page)
2. Sorry, can't help there.
3. I've hopped so many distros recently I don't recall if this was Arch or not, but at least one distro I tried was spell checking everything using German. I'm not familiar with XCHAT at all, but if there's a way to configure what it uses to spell check, I think that's where you should be looking.
4. I made the mistake of starting to follow the wiki page for "Compiz", not "Compiz-Fusion". (because I'm so used to referring to it that way) Could you have done the same? I had the same problem as you when using straight Compiz.
If you did, use "pacman -Qs compiz" to find out what compiz-related packages you installed.
Then use "pacman -Rsn package_name" to remove those packages. This will try to remove dependencies, and may throw an error on that part depending on what order you remove them in. Don't worry about it. If you hit every package that comes up with -Qs with the -Rsn command, they'll all be fully removed.
Use -Qs to double check when you are done.
Then try following http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compiz-Fusion. I use fusion-icon to start it, you may want to do differently. You may also have some bigger problem, but having done it myself I could see using the wrong wiki page as a common noob error.
5. I use wicd for both my wireless and wired connections, and it makes it pretty easy (and automatic). I know there are other methods, but wicd worked with ease for me. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wicd
I hope some of this is helpful for you!
Last edited by arch_nemesis (2008-12-23 15:15:53)

More questions from super newbie

I figured out how to get the connection between the form and a database So, (I am a super newbie) I am not sure how to get it to insert into the database.please links on how to do this? The data is going to a sql 2005 express database.

Hi Jay,
For non logistics, you mean master data tables? e.g. 0MATERIAL, 0MAT_PLANT? these objects use different approach in DELTA extraction and they are much simplier.
These objects get DELTA Updates from Change Pointer Objects, table <b>BDCPV, CDPOS, CDHDR</b>. If you activate them both in R/3 and BW, it creates a system generated <b>MESSAGE TYPE</b> in this table. Change Pointer in R/3 is not new. They have been there for quite some time. It is used for historical purposes to determine what was the previous value of certain R/3 fields and can be use for Audit, it can even be used to transfer IDOCS to other legacy systems dependent on R/3 for master data updates and it includes BW.
The BW function modules installed by the BW Plugin in R/3 does the extraction process.
Hope it helps; if it did, please grant points...
Bye,
--Jkyle

Anyone moved from e71 to n97 mini?

Hello,
I've been a faithful fan of the Eseries line for several years (E61i->e71). The phones are rock solid except for some issues with VOIP. The e72 isn't getting much love these days on the Nokia Discussion pages or on in the Amazon Reviews. Sure some people love it but way too many "Don't buy it posts" out there from e71 owners.
So, have any of you Eseries fans moved over to the N97 mini? The N97 (Big Brother) doesn't get much good press but several people have mentioned the N97 mini is great and as good as an Eseries phone. I need something small since I use my e71 with Sportstracker while running and biking. Anyone out there switch from a e71 or Eseries to the n97 mini and love it?
Thanks

Just do it, you won't regret it, check out Steve Litchfield on AAS or the phone show !
http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/sshow/ss99.html
have used, but not owned an E-Series, and no-one else has replied yet so do a bit of research and take a chance, it's a completely different experience, but will do your 'E' stuff and a LOT more
Good Luck
If I have helped at all, a click on the White Star is always appreciated :
you can also help others by marking 'accept as solution'

Firefox 4b7 does not complete «More Answers from-» action on Formspring.me userpages; previous Firefox (3.6) was able to load more questions and answers

Even in safe mode, Firefox 4b7 is not able to complete «More Answers from…» action on Formspring.me userpages, it just displays «loading more questions…» for a seemingly endless amount of time. (Firefox 3.6 and any other browser, such as Safari, displays «loading more questions…» for a short period of time when AJAX works, then the questions and answers are actually loaded and displayed.) In order to reproduce, load Firefox 4b7 in Safe Mode, visit www.formspring.me/krylov and click on «More Answers from Konstantin Krylov» (the bottom link). You may try any other user, www.formspring.me/teotmin or www.formspring.me/anandaya for example.

what a waste of money sending an engineer to "fix a fault" which does not exist. Precisely.
In my original BE post to which Tom so helpfully responded, I began: It seems to me that DLM is an excellent concept with a highly flawed implementation, both technically and administratively. I think that sending out an engineer to fix an obviously flawed profile is the main example of an adminastrative flaw. I understand (I can't remember source, maybe Tom again) that they are sometimes relaxing the requirement for a visit before reset.
Maybe the DLM system is too keen on stability vs speed. This will keep complaints down from many people: most users won't notice speed too much as long as it is reasonable, but will be upset if their Skype calls and browsing are being interrupted too often.
However, it does lead to complaints from people who notice the drops after an incidence (as in your thread that has drawn lots of interest), or who only get 50 instead of 60. The main technical flaw is that DLM can so easily be confused by drops from loss of power, too much modem recycling, etc, and then takes so long to recover.

Thanks.. can u please help me out in one more question. how can i transfer files like pdf, .docx and ppt from my laptop to iPhone 5 ? please its urgent.

thanks.. can u please help me out in one more question. how can i transfer files like pdf, .docx and ppt from my laptop to iPhone 5 ? please its urgent.

See your other post
First, i want to know how can i pair my iPhone 5 with my lenovo laptop?

Questions from a new MacBook Pro owner

Hey everyone! Just a few questions.
1. My friend has his Mac set up so when you double click the top of a window, it minimizes. How do I set this up?
2. Can I mak Safari (and other windows) fit the whole screen, so there isn't black bars on the sides?
Thanks! I'll probably have more questions later.

I will try to answer your questions:
1. Go to system preference --> appearance --> then you will see an option to double click title bar to minimize.
2. You can drag the window to maximize safari and it should "learn" this preference though I have a bookmark titled resize that I click on that maximizes my window. If you add a book mark and make the address this: javascript:self.moveTo(0,0);self.resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availHeight) ;

IBook questions from a total noob.

Well, greetings to all of you! I am the most proud owner of an iBook "Snow" Dual USB, 500 mhz, 320mb RAM, 10gb HDD. I won this on eBay 3 weeks ago for $15 with a supposedly dead HDD and since it was local there was no shipping charges! Since I'm actually using it to type this, the hard drive is in fact fine, a bit small but fine. There is no Airport Card, but I see from the antenna it is possible to put one in there. Anyway, my question has probably been asked a billion times, but from what I read nobody has an explanation just a simple "No". Obviously I want to upgrade the Hard Drive, BUT, if I'm going to be in there anyway I want to put a combo drive in. However, I've seen 700-900mhz Logic Boards on eBay, not cheap but not outrageous either. I want to swap out the old 500mhz one with a 700-900mhz replacement. The Form factor is the same, all the screw holes are identical, other then the possible display incompatibility I see no reason why it can't be done. Please, explain to me, in vast detail, why this cannot be done and cannot work. Other then the amount of time....I see no issues. Thank you for your' time, I look forward to the responses! =^)

See now we're getting somewhere, obviously there's more to it then just swapping out the Logic Board and having it just work. Yet apparently it can be done. Of course, it would seem to be more of an annoyance then it is worth, but I figured to try and squeeze a bit more juice from this apple...ha ha ha. I had figured if I was going to have it apart to put in a replacement Hard Drive, then why not just go ahead and go for the full monty, right? I suppose a stick of 512mb RAM and a larger, faster spinning hard drive will be all I'll be doing to this machine. The simple fact that I only paid $15 for the unit and $35.00 for the OS X 10.3 Panther CD's and it works has me thrilled, really! It is my first Apple computer and I love being able to mess around with it, but I'm quickly becoming aware of the severity of it's limitations. Many of the applications I see require either OS X 10.4 Tiger, or it'll work with Panther but I need a G4 800mhz cpu....etc, etc, etc. I guess it's hard to take on the world when one is only 3 feet tall, figuratively speaking. But I'm glad to have an Apple computer and I'm only sorry I wasted so much time with Windows PC's and that I shelled out for Crappy VISTA and went back to XP!!!! Grrr.

How can I change game centre and iCloud account information from previous owner of my iPad?

How can I change game centre and iCloud account information from previous owner to me?

You can't do it on your own. The previous owner has to erase the device for you. You would need his Apple ID and password in order to delete his iCloud account. This is due to the Activation Lock in iOS 7 - assuming that your iPad is running iOS 7.
Contact the owner and ask home to erase it remotely using iCloud, or return the device and ask for your money back. If you can't contact the pervious owner, you will have a useless iPad on your hands.
Read this for more information. This is what you need the previous owner to do.
What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod ...

Why can't I post a question from my new system?

Hello All:
I was just trying to post a question from my new mbp but it wouldn't allow me to do anything. It continually gave me a message highlighted in 'red' that i was;t allowed to modify or post anything. I've been asking questions for quite a while and have never seen this. I also happen to have my older bmp, also logged onto the 'Apple Discussions' site, open beside me. Can anyone explain this to me please? BTW, my new system obviously has Yosemite on it while my older bmp has Lion. Thanks in advance, to all those who respond.
Regards,
Ciaochiao

ChitlinsCC, I'm adding your reloaders to my article on how to make using ASC easier.
Here is my ASC work flow...
1) I login.
2) Block the automatic 30 minute logout.
     Unless you do something every thirty minutes you get logged out. The forum software waits to tell you this as long as it can to keep you in suspense ;-) . Filling out a reply is the exception to the thirty minute window.
        Start an auto reloader.
Safari = SafariTabReloader
Firefox = ReloadEvery: "Reload web pages automatically"
Others = Reloaders | Cerberus - Support Center
You need to pick a page that will reload over time without stalling out. It's ASC. I've found my profile display the best to use. I get my Profile page after some logins. It's ASC. Change rccharles to your apple id.
https://discussions.apple.com/people/rccharles?view=discussions
Reply technique
Open a new browser window. Pick some discussion. Open a reply window. As long as this reply window is open, you will stay logged in. The 30 minute times is reset as needed by the ASC software.
3) I open another window to do my normal ASC browsing.
4) I have a FireFox bookmark to goto the discussions that I have participated in. I've modified it to add on the content stuff.
         turingtest2 recommends. Change rccharles to your apple id:
https://discussions.apple.com/people/rccharles/content?filterID=participated~obj ecttype~objecttype%5Bthread%5D
5) Use turingtest2's generated links with the /content suffix as browser bookmark to the ASC discussions:
Site map of Communities and Categories
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2463
6) Adjust the ASC web page layout.
For FireFox
I run with Hiroto's modification to user content. This is the only way these forums are readable for me. How to adjust the format and layout of ASC Web Pages:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7501
For Safari
"ASCPowerTools is a Safari Extension designed to give more control"
http://www.etresoft.com/ascpowertools
7) Read and answer my old posts. I kind of memorize the time I last posted. ( It's way bad that apple eliminated the last poster to a thread. )
8) I use tabbed browsering. From a list of discussions, hold down the command key then click on the link. You get two tabs this way. The original window will keep where you have been.

ColdFusion 11: custom serialisers. More questions than answers

G'day:
I am reposting this from my blog ("ColdFusion 11: custom serialisers. More questions than answers") at the suggestion of Adobe support:
@dacCfml @ColdFusion Can you post your queries at http://t.co/8UF4uCajTC for all cfclient and mobile queries.— Anit Kumar Panda (@anitkumar85) April 29, 2014
This particular question is not regarding <cfclient>, hence posting it on the regular forum, not on the mobile-specific one as Anit suggested. I have edited this in places to remove language that will be deemed inappropriate by the censors here. Changes I have made are in [square brackets]. The forums software here has broken some of the styling, but so be it.
G'day:
I've been wanting to write an article about the new custom serialiser one can have in ColdFusion 11, but having looked at it I have more questions than I have answers, so I have put it off. But, equally, I have no place to ask the questions, so I'm stymied. So I figured I'd write an article covering my initial questions. Maybe someone can answer then.
ColdFusion 11 has added the notion of a custom serialiser a website can have (docs: "Support for pluggable serializer and deserializer"). The idea is that whilst Adobe can dictate the serialisation rules for its own data types, it cannot sensibly infer how a CFC instance might get serialised: as each CFC represents a different data "schema", there is no "one size fits all" approach to handling it. So this is where the custom serialiser comes in. Kind of. If it wasn't a bit rubbish. Here's my exploration thusfar.
One can specify a custom serialiser by adding a setting to Application.cfc:
component { this.name = "serialiser01"; this.customSerializer="Serialiser"; }
In this case the value - Serialiser - is the name of a CFC, eg:
// Serialiser.cfccomponent { public function canSerialize(){ logArgs(args=arguments, from=getFunctionCalledName()); return true; } public function canDeserialize(){ logArgs(args=arguments, from=getFunctionCalledName()); return true; } public function serialize(){ logArgs(args=arguments, from=getFunctionCalledName()); return "SERIALISED"; } public function deserialize(){ logArgs(args=arguments, from=getFunctionCalledName()); return "DESERIALISED"; } private function logArgs(required struct args, required string from){ var dumpFile = getDirectoryFromPath(getCurrentTemplatePath()) & "dump_#from#.html"; if (fileExists(dumpFile)){ fileDelete(dumpFile); } writeDump(var=args, label=from, output=dumpFile, format="html"); } }
This CFC needs to implement four methods:
canSerialize() - indicates whether something can be serialised by the serialiser;
canDeserialize() - indicates whether something can be deserialised by the serialiser;
serialize() - the function used to serialise something
deserialize() - the function used to deserialise something
I'm being purposely vague on those functions for a reason. I'll get to that.
The first [issue] in the implementation here is that for the custom serialisation to work, all four of those methods must be implemented in the serisalisation CFC. So common sense would dictate that a way to enforce that would be to require the CFC to implement an interface. That's what interfaces are for. Now I know people will argue the merit of having interfaces in CFML, but I don't really give a [monkey's] about that: CFML has interfaces, and this is what they're for. So when one specifies the serialiser in Application.cfc and it doesn't fulfil the interface requirement, it should error. Right then. When one specifies the inappropriate tool for the job. What instead happens is if the functions are omitted, one will get erratic behaviour in the application, through to outright errors when ColdFusion goes to call the functions and cannot find it. EG: if I have canSerialize() but no serialize() method, CF will error when it comes to serialise something:
JSON serialization failure: Unable to serialize to JSON.
Reason : The method serialize was not found in component C:/wwwroot/scribble/shared/git/blogExamples/coldfusion/CF11/customerserialiser/Serialiser .cfc.
The error occurred inC:/wwwroot/scribble/shared/git/blogExamples/coldfusion/CF11/customerserialiser/testBasic.c fm: line 4
2 : o = new Basic();
3 :
4 : serialised = serializeJson(o);5 : writeDump([serialised]);
6 :
Note that the error comes when I go to serialise something, not when ColdFusion is told about the serialiser in the first place. This is just lazy/thoughtless implementation on the part of Adobe. It invites bugs, and is just sloppy.
The second [issue] follows immediately on from this.
Given my sample serialiser above, I then run this test code to examine some stuff:
o = new Basic(); serialised = serializeJson(o); writeDump([serialised]); deserialised = deserializeJson(serialised); writeDump([deserialised]);
So all I'm doing is using (de)serializeJson() as a baseline to see how the functions work. here's Basic.cfc, btw:
component { }
And the test output:
array
1
SERIALISED
array
1
DESERIALISED
This is as one would expect. OK, so that "works". But now... you'll've noted I am logging the arguments each of the serialisation methods receives, as I got.
Here's the arguments passed to canSerialize():
canSerialize - struct
1
XML
My reaction to that is: "[WTH]?" Why is canSerialize() being passed the string "XML" when I'm trying to serialise an object of type Basic.cfc?
Here's the docs for canSerialize() (from the page I linked to earlier):
CanSerialize - Returns a boolean value and takes the "Accept Type" of the request as the argument. You can return true if you want the customserialzer to serialize the data to the passed argument type.
Again, back to "[WTH]?" What's the "Accept type" of the request? And what the hell has the request got to do with a call to serializeJson()? You might think that "Accept type" references some HTTP header or something, but there is no "Accept type" header in the HTTP spec (that I can find: "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1: 14 Header Field Definitions"). There's an "Accept" header (in this case: "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8"), and other ones like "Accept-Encoding", "Accept-Language"... but none of which contain a value of "XML". Even if there was... how would it be relevant to the question as to whether a Basic.cfc instance can be serialised? Raised as bug: 3750730.
serialize() gets more sensible arguments:
serialize - struct
1
https://www.blogger.com/nullserialize - component scribble.shared.git.blogExamples.coldfusion.CF11.customerserialiser.Basic
2
JSON
So the first is the object to serialise (which surely should be part of the question canSerialize() is supposed to ask, and the format to serialise to. Cool.
canDeserialize() is passed this:
canDeserialize - struct
1
JSON
I guess it's because it's being called from deserializeJson(), so it's legit to expect the input value is indeed JSON. Fair enough. (Note: I'm not actually passing it JSON, but that's beside the point here).
And deserialize() is passed this:
deserialize - struct
1
SERIALISED
2
JSON
3
[empty string]
The first argument is the value to work on, and the second is the type of deserialisation to do. I have no idea what the third argument is for, and it's not mentioned directly or indirectly on that docs page. So dunno what the story is there.
The next issue isn't a code-oriented one, but an implementation one: how the hell are we expected to work with this?
The only way to work here is for each function to have a long array of IF/ELSEIF statements which somehow identify each object type that is serialisable, and then return true from canSerialise(), or in the case of serialize(), go ahead and do the serialisation. So this means this one CFC needs to know about everything which can be serialised in the entire application. Talk about a failure in "separation of concerns".
You know the best way of determining if an object can be seriaslised? Ask it! Don't rely on something else needing to know. This can be achieved very easily in one of two ways:
Check to see if the object implements a "Serializable" interface, which requires a serialize() method to exist.
Or simply take the duck-typing approach: if a CFC implements a serialize() method: it can be serialised. By calling that method. Job done.
Either approach would work fine, keeps things nicely encapsulated, and I see merits in both. And either make far more sense than Adobe's approach. Which is like something from the "OO Failures Special Needs" class.
Deserialisation is trickier. Because it relies on somehow working out how to deserialise() an object. I'm not sure of the best approach here, but - again - how to deserialise something should be as close to the thing needing deserialisation as possible. IE: something in the serialised data itself which can be used to bootstrap the process.
This could simply be a matter of specifying a CFC type at a known place in the serialised data. EG: Adobe stipulates that if the serialised data is JSON, and at the top level of the JSON is a key eg: type, and the value is an extant CFC... use that CFC's deserialize() method. Or it could look for an object which contains a type and a method, or whatever. But Adobe can specify a contract there.
The only place I see a centralised CFC being relevant here is for a mechanism for handling serialised data that is neither a ColdFusion internal type, nor identifiable as above. In this case, perhaps they could provide a mechanism for a serialisation router, which basically has a bunch of routes (if/elseifs if need be) which contains logic as to how to work out how to deserialise the data. But it should not be the actual deserialiser, it should simply have the mechanism to find out how to do it. This is actually pretty much the same in operation as the deserialize() approach in the current implementation, but it doesn't need the canDeserialize() method (it can return false at the end of the routing), and it doesn't need to know about serialising. And also it's not the main mechanism to do the deserialisation, it's just the fall back if the prescribed approach hasn't been used.
TBH, this still sounds a bit jerry-built, and I'm open for better suggestions. This is probably a well-trod subject in other languages, so it might be worth looking at how the likes of Groovy, Ruby or even PHP (eek!) achieve this.
There's still another issue with the current approach. And this demonstrates that the Adobe guys don't actually work with either CFML applications or even modern websites. This approach only works for a single, stand-alone website (like how we might have done in 2001). What if I'm not in the business of building websites, but I build applications such as FW/1 or ColdBox or the like? Or any sort of "helper" application. They cannot use the current Adobe implementation of the customserializer. Why? Because the serialisation code needs to be in a website-specific CFC. There's no way for Luis to implement a custom serialiser in ColdBox (for example), and then have it work for someone using ColdBox. Because it relies on either editing Application.cfc to specify a different CFC, or editing the existing customSerializer CFC. Neither of which are very good solutions. This should have been immediately apparent to the Adobe engineer(s) implementing this stuff had they actually had any experience with modern web applications (which generally aren't just a single monolithic site, but an aggregation of various other sub applications). Equally, I know it's not a case of having thought about this and [I'm just missing something], because when I asked them the other day, at first they didn't even get what I was asking, but when I clarified were just like "oh yeah... um... err... yeah, you can't do that. We'll... have to... ah yeah". This has been raised as bug 3750731.
So I declare the intent here valid, but the implementation to be more alpha- / pre-release- quality, not release-ready.
Still: it could be easily deprecated and rework fairly easily. I've raised this as bug 3750732.
Or am I missing something?
Adam

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HT201272 I have recently picked up an Apple TV. When I go to the movies tab, there are less movies available there than there are in my i-Tunes account. I've done some looking around at questions from others, but haven't found an answer that works for me.

I have recently picked up an Apple TV. When I go to the movies tab, there less movies available there than what is available in my i-Tunes library. I have 38 movies showing in my library but only 23 are showing in the Movies tab on the Apple TV. After researching this a little, there are only 23 movies showing under Purchased in the Quicklinks of my i-Tunes account. The majority of my collection are digital copy downloads that came from DVD purchases. Some of the missing movies were added in the past couple of months, the rest are a year-or-so old. I have done some looking around at questions from others, but I have not found an answer that will fix my situation. How do I update my library to get ALL of my movies to reflect that they were "Purchased"(as it says they were in their Properties)?

Biggles Lamb wrote:
Chill out guys, getting personal will never ever change another persons view, right or wrong, they are entitled to them .
The pros and cons of to CC or not to CC have been done to death
Its a fact the CC model will work for some, especially newbies and small businesses.
The risks associated with the CC model have been well documented.
For long term users of CS perpetuals its generally a large hike up in cost compared to the upgrade system.
Then there are the....... Adobe can rot it hell...... group who will never subscribe
To each their own, you do the math to suit your cashflow whatever that is and then make an informed decision
To those on the CC model, I'd like to offer some practical advice.........do not allow automatic updates.........make regular backups............develop an exit strategy of alternatives for when you can no longer afford the subscription costs............never ever assume that the Adobe update is bug free
Enjoy your cloud
Col
Thank you for that post, and the advice. I just happen to be one of those who it does work for. I've been around long enough to know that CC isn't going to work for everyone(the large publishing/radio/web company I work for isn't upgrading to CC because of the costs involved). But it does for me as I potentially venture out into the full-time freelancing world and away from the more structured big office environment. I can't make decisions based on what is best for anyone else, or what will hurt or help Adobe. Just what affects me, and that's all.
Brent

Several Questions from a Seasoned Itunes User...

1) Is there a way to delete all my duplicates, but keep songs with the same title from different albums?
For example, how do I keep Phish's "Bouncing Around The Room" from Lawn Boy, AND "Bouncing Around The Room" from A Live One, but delete one of the two copies of Clapton's "Layla" from Unplugged?
2) How do I make all the songs by the same artist from the same album only show up once under artist?
For example, I have the soundtrack to "Coraline" by Bruno Colias (sp?). All the songs are ONLY credited to him, and all the album, track, cover, and artist info is the same. However, when I scroll through the "B's" in my Artist folder, Bruno shows up 16 times, once for each track. How do I fix this.
3) Where can I find a program that will convert my .avi's, WMVs, MPEG4s, and other video files into a file type itunes will recognize?
4) When I change album artwork on a track, how do I undo it?
For example, I uploaded a CD by an indie band, and itunes couldn't find the artwork. So I found it on google. But I accidentally pasted the cover of an Amy Winehouse album on one of the tracks. When I copied the new album artwork, it stays until I click another track. Then when I go back to the track I changed, there's Amy again. No matter how many times I delete the tracks, and files, AND itunes, and re-install all of it, the cover art for said track is ALWAYS Amy Winehouse, even though it says it's been changed. How do I fix this?
More questions to come.
-Jackflap

when I want to get rid of duplicates I usually use File / new smart playlist for the artist or song, You cannot though delete from a smart playlist so I unselrct the tracks I want to get rid of. When I go back to Music I will search by song or artist and look for the unchecked tracks and delete them as usual
As for changing artwork that is wrongly attached, you abviously know how to use Google to get artwork (minimum 300 x 300 resolution). Highlight all tracks of an album /right click /get info / right click in artwork square and paste as usual
I don't know about video files... sorry

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