[8i] Need help with some workday calculations

At the beginning of the month, I got help with a workday calculation in: [8i] Help with function with parameters (for workday calculation)
Now, as it turns out, I was able to locate a function in the database that does what I want, however, it is much slower to use the function than to join two copies of the CALN table (Please see referenced thread for details. I can copy them to this thread if necessary.) I need to verify that the pre-existing function has 'DETERMINISTIC' in it, as I would guess that if it doesn't, it would be much slower than it could be.
But now, I've come across a situation where I have to do multiple workday calculations in the same query--enough that I have to join 6 copies of my CALN table. I can't imagine that is at all efficient. I believe it was Frank K. who said (in the original thread) that if the function was slow, I should consider alternatives. Can anyone help me identify some of those alternatives? I'm definitely at that point now. (This query is one I'm using as the base for a report in Oracle BI, and let's just say it doesn't like my query, even though my syntax appears to be correct, and I would guess that joining 6 copies of one table is at least partly to blame for this).
Note: I'm working with Oracle 8i

OK, I finally have some sample data... I tried to make it thorough. I've included data in the CALN table YTD + tomorrow, so that any workday calculations using SYSDATE will work.
CREATE TABLE caln
(     clndr_dt     DATE          NOT NULL
,     clndr_yr     NUMBER
,     shop_day     NUMBER
,     shop_dt          DATE
,     shop_wk          NUMBER
,     shop_yr          NUMBER
,     shop_days     NUMBER
,     clndr_days     NUMBER
     CONSTRAINT caln_pk PRIMARY KEY (clndr_dt)
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('12/23/2009','mm/dd/yyyy'),2009,247,To_Date('12/23/2009','mm/dd/yyyy'),51,2009,7631,10950);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/01/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('12/23/2009','mm/dd/yyyy'),52,2009,7631,10959);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/02/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('12/23/2009','mm/dd/yyyy'),52,2009,7631,10960);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/03/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('12/23/2009','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,2010,7631,10961);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/04/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,1,To_Date('01/04/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,2010,7632,10962);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/05/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,2,To_Date('01/05/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,2010,7633,10963);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/06/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,3,To_Date('01/06/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,2010,7634,10964);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/07/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,4,To_Date('01/07/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,2010,7635,10965);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/08/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,5,To_Date('01/08/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,2010,7636,10966);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/09/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('01/08/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,2010,7636,10967);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/10/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('01/08/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,2010,7636,10968);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,6,To_Date('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,2010,7637,10969);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,7,To_Date('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,2010,7638,10970);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/13/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,8,To_Date('01/13/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,2010,7639,10971);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/14/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,9,To_Date('01/14/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,2010,7640,10972);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/15/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,10,To_Date('01/15/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,2010,7641,10973);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/16/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('01/15/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,2010,7641,10974);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/17/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('01/15/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),3,2010,7641,10975);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/18/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,11,To_Date('01/18/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),3,2010,7642,10976);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/19/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,12,To_Date('01/19/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),3,2010,7643,10977);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/20/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,13,To_Date('01/20/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),3,2010,7644,10978);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/21/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,14,To_Date('01/21/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),3,2010,7645,10979);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/22/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,15,To_Date('01/22/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),3,2010,7646,10980);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/23/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('01/22/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),3,2010,7646,10981);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/24/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('01/22/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),4,2010,7646,10982);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/25/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,16,To_Date('01/25/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),4,2010,7647,10983);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/26/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,17,To_Date('01/26/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),4,2010,7648,10984);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/27/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,18,To_Date('01/27/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),4,2010,7649,10985);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/28/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,19,To_Date('01/28/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),4,2010,7650,10986);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/29/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,20,To_Date('01/29/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),4,2010,7651,10987);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/30/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('01/29/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),4,2010,7651,10988);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('01/31/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('01/29/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),5,2010,7651,10989);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/01/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,21,To_Date('02/01/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),5,2010,7652,10990);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/02/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,22,To_Date('02/02/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),5,2010,7653,10991);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/03/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,23,To_Date('02/03/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),5,2010,7654,10992);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/04/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,24,To_Date('02/04/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),5,2010,7655,10993);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/05/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,25,To_Date('02/05/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),5,2010,7656,10994);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/06/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('02/05/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),5,2010,7656,10995);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/07/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('02/05/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),6,2010,7656,10996);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/08/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,26,To_Date('02/08/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),6,2010,7657,10997);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/09/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,27,To_Date('02/09/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),6,2010,7658,10998);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/10/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,28,To_Date('02/10/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),6,2010,7659,10999);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,29,To_Date('02/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),6,2010,7660,11000);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,30,To_Date('02/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),6,2010,7661,11001);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/13/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('02/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),6,2010,7661,11002);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/14/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('02/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),7,2010,7661,11003);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/15/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,31,To_Date('02/15/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),7,2010,7662,11004);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/16/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,32,To_Date('02/16/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),7,2010,7663,11005);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/17/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,33,To_Date('02/17/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),7,2010,7664,11006);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/18/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,34,To_Date('02/18/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),7,2010,7665,11007);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/19/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,35,To_Date('02/19/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),7,2010,7666,11008);
INSERT INTO     caln
VALUES (To_Date('02/20/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2010,0,To_Date('02/19/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),7,2010,7666,11009);
CREATE TABLE ords
(     ord_nbr          NUMBER          NOT NULL
,     sub_nbr          NUMBER          NOT NULL
,     ord_stat     VARCHAR2(2)
,     ord_qty          NUMBER
,     part_nbr     VARCHAR2(5)
     CONSTRAINT ords_pk PRIMARY KEY (ord_nbr, sub_nbr)
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (1,1,'CL',10,'PART1');
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (1,2,'CL',5,'PART1');
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (25,1,'CL',15,'PART2');
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (14,1,'OP',12,'PART3');
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (33,1,'CL',25,'PART1');
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (33,2,'CL',15,'PART1');
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (33,3,'OP',10,'PART1');
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (7,1,'PL',18,'PART2');
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (96,1,'PL',10,'PART3');
INSERT INTO     ords
VALUES (31,1,'CL',20,'PART2');
CREATE TABLE oops
(     ord_nbr          NUMBER          NOT NULL
,     sub_nbr          NUMBER          NOT NULL
,     op_nbr          VARCHAR2(4)     NOT NULL
,     mach_id          VARCHAR2(4)
,     oper_stat     VARCHAR2(2)
,     plan_start_dt     DATE
,     plsu          NUMBER
,     plrn          NUMBER
     CONSTRAINT ords_pk PRIMARY KEY (ord_nbr, sub_nbr, op_nbr)
-- NOTE:
-- for the orders with a status of 'CL' or 'PL' in the 'ords' table, I'm not bothering to put
-- in more than two operations (though in reality more would be there) since they should be
-- ignored in the final result anyway
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (1,1,'0010','123A','CL',TO_DATE('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,0.2);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (1,1,'0015','259B','CP',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,0.15);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (1,2,'0010','123A','CP',TO_DATE('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,0.2);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (1,2,'0015','259B','CP',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,0.15);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (25,1,'0005','123A','CP',TO_DATE('01/18/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,0.25);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (25,1,'0030','110C','CL',TO_DATE('01/19/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),4,0.1);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (14,1,'0010','127A','CP',TO_DATE('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,0.25);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (14,1,'0025','110C','CL',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,0.1);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (14,1,'0040','050C','CP',TO_DATE('01/13/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1.3,0.15);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (14,1,'0050','220B','WK',TO_DATE('01/14/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),4,0.25);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (14,1,'0065','242B','AV',TO_DATE('01/18/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1.5,0.1);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (14,1,'0067','150G','NA',TO_DATE('01/19/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,0.1);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (14,1,'0100','250G','NA',TO_DATE('01/20/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2.1,0.2);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (33,1,'0010','123A','CL',TO_DATE('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1.9,0.2);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (33,1,'0015','259B','CP',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,0.1);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (33,2,'0010','123A','CL',TO_DATE('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1.9,0.2);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (33,2,'0015','259B','CP',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,0.1);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (33,3,'0010','123A','CL',TO_DATE('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1.9,0.2);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (33,3,'0015','259B','CP',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,0.1);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (33,3,'0020','220B','NA',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1.7,0.15);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (33,3,'0030','150G','NA',TO_DATE('01/13/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1.3,0.05);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (33,3,'0055','150G','NA',TO_DATE('01/15/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2.1.,0.1);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (7,1,'0005','123A','NA',TO_DATE('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,0.2);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (7,1,'0030','110C','NA',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,0.15);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (96,1,'0010','127A','NA',TO_DATE('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),2,0.25);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (96,1,'0025','110C','NA',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,0.1);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (31,1,'0005','123A','CL',TO_DATE('01/11/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1.9,0.2);
INSERT INTO     oops
VALUES (31,1,'0030','110C','CP',TO_DATE('01/12/2010','mm/dd/yyyy'),1,0.1);
CREATE TABLE mach
(     mach_id          VARCHAR2(4)     NOT NULL
,     desc_short     VARCHAR2(9)
,     group          VARCHAR2(7)
     CONSTRAINT ords_pk PRIMARY KEY (mach_id)
INSERT INTO     mach
VALUES     ('123A','desc here','GROUPH1');
INSERT INTO     mach
VALUES     ('259B','desc here','GROUPH2');
INSERT INTO     mach
VALUES     ('110C','desc here','GROUPJ1');
INSERT INTO     mach
VALUES     ('050C','desc here','GROUPK2');
INSERT INTO     mach
VALUES     ('220B','desc here','GROUPH2');
INSERT INTO     mach
VALUES     ('242B','desc here','GROUPH2');
INSERT INTO     mach
VALUES     ('150G','desc here','GROUPL1');
INSERT INTO     mach
VALUES     ('250G','desc here','GROUPL2');
INSERT INTO     mach
VALUES     ('242B','desc here','GROUPH2');

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Just got a UK N900 rx-51_2009se_2.2009.51-1.203.2_pr_203 and I'm rather struggling with some things:
MMS; didnt get any operator settings for MMS, and can't find any way of creating an MMS. Can someone enlighten me?
Can this thing not be used in portrait mode other than for the phone dial pad?
When connecting to e.g. the wireless network they have in the pub, it wants me to push a button on the router, or type a pin into the router - why can't we just have the old fashioned way of "ask the pub staff what the key is, they tell me, and i type it in" - how do I enter the wpa key as a word without this pin/button pushing nonsense?
How can I type my SMS etc with a 3x3 key pad (like a phone) - I really don't like qwerty on phones.. I'm after a portrait mode, can-be-operated-with-just-a-thumb, 3x3 button layout with predictive text (i.e. like every phone in the history of the world) - how do I do that?
I can't find any form of Switch app (to copy contacts and messages off my old device) - how do we do this painlessly?
How do I make the phone forget all the badly spelled words the previous owner seems to have entered?
Can the thing that organises the main screen snap the icons to a larger grid or must I mess around nudging with the stylus till they line up? (They tend to jump out of line just as I remove the stylus from the screen)
I'm sure I'll have more questions later..
Thanks

Answers to my own Qs for the benefits of others:
MMS; didnt get any operator settings for MMS, and can't find any way of creating an MMS. Can someone enlighten me?
No, use fMMS but be aware it's very beta, only allows picture sending with very rudimentary settings and you must change APN manually
Can this thing not be used in portrait mode other than for the phone dial pad?
No, apps have to be portrait specific and only dial pad and the browser (experimental) know of it
When connecting to e.g. the wireless network they have in the pub, it wants me to push a button on the router, or type a pin into the router - why can't we just have the old fashioned way of "ask the pub staff what the key is, they tell me, and i type it in" - how do I enter the wpa key as a word without this pin/button pushing nonsense?
No - a WONTFIX bug. Configure the connection manually in settings instead and you can type the key
How can I type my SMS etc with a 3x3 key pad (like a phone) - I really don't like qwerty on phones.. I'm after a portrait mode, can-be-operated-with-just-a-thumb, 3x3 button layout with predictive text (i.e. like every phone in the history of the world) - how do I do that?
No can do until someone on the maemo team etc creates an on screen keyboard that functions in this way
I can't find any form of Switch app (to copy contacts and messages off my old device) - how do we do this painlessly?
No. Transfer and Sync in Settings can retrieve only what Nokia Content Copier can (contacts, calendar, notes) but it's slightly more painless
How do I make the phone forget all the badly spelled words the previous owner seems to have entered?
Delete the .xxx.dictionary files from /home/user/.osso/dictionaries dir. May need to be root for this, see sites for info on adding repositories, installing rootsh etc
Can the thing that organises the main screen snap the icons to a larger grid or must I mess around nudging with the stylus till they line up? (They tend to jump out of line just as I remove the stylus from the screen)

Need help with some JS installing Bumpbox 2.0

I am trying to add a lightbox effect to a pdf on my website, I found a Javascript plugin at http://www.artviper.net/bumpbox-demo/index.html that looks like it should do the trick, but I am having trouble getting it to work.
To narrow down the problem I created a test.html file that I stuck in the root directory of the folder I downloaded from their site (so I am working locally off my desktop at this point)
My code is as follows... I feel like I am missing something super obvious, does anyone see it? (do I need to define the .bump class in the css file?)
Thank you in advance for the much needed help!
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
      <a href="http://www.artviper.net/test.pdf" class="bump" rel="800-350">PDF File »</a><br />
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/mootools.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/bumpbox-2.0.1.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"> doBump( '.bump',750, 500, '111', '900', '0.8', 5, 1 ,'333', 15,'000', 4,
                 Fx.Transitions.Bounce.EaseOut,
                 Fx.Transitions.Bounce.EaseOut,
                 'images/demo_bg_bumpbox.png',
                 'top left',
                 'repeat-x' ); </script>
</body>
</html>

These paths won't work because they point to files on your local hard drive.
<script type="text/javascript" src="file:///Macintosh HD/Users/Robert/Downloads/bumpbox Folder copy/js/mootools.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="file:///Macintosh HD/Users/Robert/Downloads/bumpbox Folder copy/js/bumpbox-2.0.1.js"></script>
Are you working within a properly defined local site?
Did you save those javascript files to the js folder in your local site root?
Correct path to scripts for this test page should look like this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/mootools.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/bumpbox-2.0.1.js"></script>
PS. Do not add spaces to folder or file names. It can create problems for web files.
Nancy O.

Need help with crazy custom calculations code in Acrobat XI pro

Im trying to calculate some text feilds together and just cant figure it out. I have two text feild boxes that I would input certain numbers to calculate in, Textfeild D5 and D6, once the user supplies the numbers in the D5 and D6 I need a text feild (D9) to calculate and produce a number thats used in another calculation. Any help would be greatly appriciated. Im good at HTML and CSS but only begining with javascript. Im using acrobat XI pro and I put this code in the custom javascript area within the text feld "D9" properties.
var Dsix = +getField("D6").value;
var Dfive = +getFeild("D5").value;
var B2 = 0.37;
var B3 = 0.45;
var B4 = 0.53;
if (Dsix = 15){
D9.value = B2*Dfive;
if (Dsix = 30){
D9.value = B3*Dfive;
if (Dsix = 45){
D9.value = B4*Dfive;

Well thats makes since but unfortunitly it didnt work. The green text feild D9 is where im placing code at. they will be hiiden feilds. the red outlined text feilds are all input feilds. seconds is D6 and nozzels is D5.

I need help with this program ( Calculating Pi using random numbers)

hi
please understand that I am not trying to ask anymore to do this hw for me. I am new to java and working on the assignment. below is the specification of this program:
Calculate PI using Random Numbers
In geometry the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is known as �. The value of � can be estimated from an infinite series of the form:
� / 4 = 1 - (1/3) + (1/5) - (1/7) + (1/9) - (1/11) + ...
There is another novel approach to calculate �. Imagine that you have a dart board that is 2 units square. It inscribes a circle of unit radius. The center of the circle coincides with the center of the square. Now imagine that you throw darts at that dart board randomly. Then the ratio of the number of darts that fall within the circle to the total number of darts thrown is the same as the ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the square dart board. The area of a circle with unit radius is just � square unit. The area of the dart board is 4 square units. The ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the square is � / 4.
To simuluate the throwing of darts we will use a random number generator. The Math class has a random() method that can be used. This method returns random numbers between 0.0 (inclusive) to 1.0 (exclusive). There is an even better random number generator that is provided the Random class. We will first create a Random object called randomGen. This random number generator needs a seed to get started. We will read the time from the System clock and use that as our seed.
Random randomGen = new Random ( System.currentTimeMillis() );
Imagine that the square dart board has a coordinate system attached to it. The upper right corner has coordinates ( 1.0, 1.0) and the lower left corner has coordinates ( -1.0, -1.0 ). It has sides that are 2 units long and its center (as well as the center of the inscribed circle) is at the origin.
A random point inside the dart board can be specified by its x and y coordinates. These values are generated using the random number generator. There is a method nextDouble() that will return a double between 0.0 (inclusive) and 1.0 (exclusive). But we need random numbers between -1.0 and +1.0. The way we achieve that is:
double xPos = (randomGen.nextDouble()) * 2 - 1.0;
double yPos = (randomGen.nextDouble()) * 2 - 1.0;
To determine if a point is inside the circle its distance from the center of the circle must be less than the radius of the circle. The distance of a point with coordinates ( xPos, yPos ) from the center is Math.sqrt ( xPos * xPos + yPos * yPos ). The radius of the circle is 1 unit.
The class that you will be writing will be called CalculatePI. It will have the following structure:
import java.util.*;
public class CalculatePI
public static boolean isInside ( double xPos, double yPos )
public static double computePI ( int numThrows )
public static void main ( String[] args )
In your method main() you want to experiment and see if the accuracy of PI increases with the number of throws on the dartboard. You will compare your result with the value given by Math.PI. The quantity Difference in the output is your calculated value of PI minus Math.PI. Use the following number of throws to run your experiment - 100, 1000, 10,000, and 100,000. You will call the method computePI() with these numbers as input parameters. Your output will be of the following form:
Computation of PI using Random Numbers
Number of throws = 100, Computed PI = ..., Difference = ...
Number of throws = 1000, Computed PI = ..., Difference = ...
Number of throws = 10000, Computed PI = ..., Difference = ...
Number of throws = 100000, Computed PI = ..., Difference = ...
* Difference = Computed PI - Math.PI
In the method computePI() you will simulate the throw of a dart by generating random numbers for the x and y coordinates. You will call the method isInside() to determine if the point is inside the circle or not. This you will do as many times as specified by the number of throws. You will keep a count of the number of times a dart landed inside the circle. That figure divided by the total number of throws is the ratio � / 4. The method computePI() will return the computed value of PI.
and below is what i have so far:
import java.util.*;
public class CalculatePI
public static boolean isInside ( double xPos, double yPos )
     double distance = Math.sqrt( xPos * xPos + yPos * yPos );
public static double computePI ( int numThrows )
    Random randomGen = new Random ( System.currentTimeMillis() );
    double xPos = (randomGen.nextDouble()) * 2 - 1.0;
    double yPos = (randomGen.nextDouble()) * 2 - 1.0;
    int hits = 0;
    int darts = 0;
    int i = 0;
    int areaSquare = 4 ;
    while (i <= numThrows)
        if (distance< 1)
            hits = hits + 1;
        if (distance <= areaSquare)
            darts = darts + 1;
        double PI = 4 * ( hits / darts );
        i = i+1;
public static void main ( String[] args )
    Scanner sc = new Scanner (System.in);
    System.out.print ("Enter number of throws:");
    int numThrows = sc.nextInt();
    double Difference = PI - Math.PI;
    System.out.println ("Number of throws = " + numThrows + ", Computed PI = " + PI + ", Difference = " + difference );
}when I tried to compile it says "cannot find variable 'distance' " in the while loop. but i thought i already declare that variable in the above method. Please give me some ideas to solve this problem and please check my program to see if there is any other mistakes.
Thanks a lot.

You've declared a local variable, distance, in the method isInside(). The scope of this variable is limited to the method in which it is declared. There is no declaration for distance in computePI() and that is why the compiler gives you an error.
I won't check your entire program but I did notice that isInside() is declared to be a boolean method but doesn't return anything, let alone a boolean value. In fact, it doesn't even compute a boolean value.

I'm new to flash and need help with some controls

I'm builidng a site that has a portfiolio of work to display.
When the visitor arrives at the portfolio page he (or she) is
faced with a split panel. The right panel displays a summary of a
client and the work. The left panel displays the work examples
attributed to that client. By clicking forward and backward arrows
in the right panel, the visitor can call the summaries of the
different clients. Landing on a client page 'opens' a separate swf,
called using loader component, that contains the portfolio of that
client's work into the left panel
1. I want forward and backward arrows located on the main
movie in the left panel to control the progress of the loaded swf,
rather than using forward and backward arrows on the loaded swf.
2. I want to prevent the forward and backward arrows in both
panels from clicking beyond frames in the Portfolio area of the
timeline.
3. I want the backward arrow to be innactive on the first
frame, and the forward arrow to be innactive on the last frame.
I have no problems making the arrows work on the main movie
controlling the client summaries. What I don't know how to do is
make them control the movement of the loaded swf, or #2 and #3.
Any help will be greatefully appreciated. Thanks in advance,
Art

"Art Lazaar" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> Tralfaz,
>
> Thanks for your response. I must be missing something
very simple here, but I
> can't make this work no matter what I do. Let me see if
I understand some of it:
>
> On my main movie I put the fwd_btn and rew_butn
codes...do I put these on the
> actual buttons, or in an actions time line? When I put
them on the buttons, I
> get an error report saying they need to be in an 'on'
event handler. I thought
> that's what 'onRelease' was.
>
> On my loaded movie, I place the 'one.swf' code. I'm not
sure what you mean by
> placing the code inside a loop, I don't seem to be able
to find a reference to
> using 'loop' anywhere. When I use an 'onEnterFrame', I
presume I do that with
> onEventClip(enterFrame). When I do that, if I run the
'one.swf' by itself, i
> get an error report saying onEeventClip is for movies
only. But there's no
> error report when it loads from the main movie. What
happens tho' is it loops
> continuously, even if there are stops() in it.
>
> Boy, am I confused ;)
>
> I am really baffled by this seemingly simple little
task. Your help is
> gratefully appreciated.
>
> Art
>
>
>
Hi Art,
There are different coding methods, depending on where you
put code..
1) Frame code
Click on a frame of the timeline to enter frame code
2) Attached code for movieclips and buttons
Click once on a movieclip or a button then enter attached
code
To make an onEnterFrame event for a movieclip, first chose
either frame code or attached code method. I personally rarely ever
use
attached code because it hides code in places that can be
hard to find. Almost all my coding is frame code, but it's a
personal
choice.
Frame code method to make an onEnterFrame for the main
timeline..
// put this code into a frame on the main timeline
this.onEnterFrame = function()
// do something once per frame at the frame rate
checkMyButtons(); // once per frame we will check on the
button status
OR
Attached Code method to attach an onEnterFrame event to a
movieclip
// click once on the movieclip (don't dbl click it .. stay at
the root timeline level)
onClipEvent(enterFrame)
// do something once per frame at the frame rate
Those two types of code are not interchangeable. One type
must be entered into a frame and the other style must be attached
to a
movieclip or you will get errors.
Then there is the DOT syntax way to write frame code that is
equivalent to attaching code..
myMovieClip.onRelease = function()
trace("release");
myMovieClip.onPress = function()
trace("press");
myMovieClip.onDragOut = function()
trace("drag out");
tralfaz

I need help with some technical YouTube Settings, third party tools page

How can I add ios mobile Safari, back to my google + third-party tools page? I updated my ipad 2 to ios7 and could no longer upload videos to youtube for my blog. YouTube had been saying unrecognized file type because it's not longer compatible with ios mobile photos app.
I went into settings via the google/youtube help files and removed some old stuff from the third party apps, like blogger-an inactive blog and obviously deleted the ios moblie too that was right underneath blogger. tried jumping through their hoops, add a phone number, verify your account, lengthen your video time, add 2 step verification (which was horrible and I went back in and removed it), add a password for ipad, etc.
They (youtube/google??) have been working on stuff because there is all kinds of new things the second day I tried to figure this out via their help/redirect links. ios mobile was there before and now it's gone, even though I did not choose/select it. But I have noticed that the ipad screen is much more sensitive than it was before the ios7 update. I don't even have to touch the screen for some things, it accepts and goes on it's own while my finger is hovering over the screen.
ipad2
ios7.0.2
Safari
YouTube
Google+

The Title of my post, should really be....I have ipad2 with ios7.0.3 and Safari, I can't upload videos to YouTube because of Google? or ios7?
It's now November 1st. LOL 53 folks have read my problem and it only gets better. I pleaded with Google/YouTube via Feedback form (because they are one and the same now) to please add ios mobile back to Google 3rd party apps and after checking every single day, someone finally added it back for me. Yay! Then I asked if I needed to "revoke" Google+ in the 3rd party apps because some of the help files suggested Google+ is attached to your YouTube channel and might affect uploading of videos? For the life of me, I could not figure out how to get it off my YouTube channel. And the help files didn't take me to a place to change it. Upon checking 3rd party apps, I could no longer find the page they were on, and the Google+ app icon now goes no where.
Hey, but there are new menus with all kinds of statistics now about your account, like how many subscribers you have, what the average number of minutes people watch your videos,etc. Hmm... so I tried uploading a video and it worked. I got the message that ios7.0.3 with bug fixes was available a few days ago and updated to that. I'm back to, no longer upload videos, yesterday it was still freezing on the upload screen, where you add the title of your video and all of the specs, it appears to be half uploaded with a solid blue bar half way and goes no where. I have to close the app after an hour or more. I have rebooted a couple of times every day. Today it says, we could not upload your video, we did not recognize the format of this file. And when I go to YouTube and can see all of my videos, my subscriptions, I can not remove the videos that tried to upload, they are blank gray squares. A few days ago I could edit them out. I guess they are still working on it. These are the same self recorded videos, that I have been uploading for a year, same ipad. I have sent feedback to Google/YouTube once again.
I'm completely at their mercy. I have yahoo mail, so I can't send my videos via email, even though my channel has a special email address to send videos to for upload. Yahoo will not send a video more than a minute or so. I created an AT&T email address today, and it's the same there, will not send a 15 minute video. The upload link on YouTube no longer works, there on the same page with your special email address to mail your videos in, even though there is no email that supports a 15 minute video. My husband suggested video compressing program. I have not tried to upload from a PC, I do have icloud, so that may be my next route. Other forums say they/Google/YouTube are fully aware of it and are working on it. Still 30+ days in...
It's a shame these companies can't work together, it's a shame that there is no answer, because we all have these devices we spent hundreds of dollars on and want them to work. I have been searching the web for 30+ days and no one knows the answer. Hard to believe I'm the only person having this ipad issue.

I need help with some simple code! Please read!

hi everyone.
I'm having problems with a piece of code, and i'd be extremely greatful if somebody could give me a hand with it. I'm totally new to java and have to make a program for my university degree, but i'm finding it extremely difficult, mainly due to my total lack of apptitude for this type of thing. I know this is easy stuff, but the books I have are no use so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have to write a program which uses two class files. I want one with the code to produce a simple button, and one to invoke it several times at different locations. I decided to write the program as one class file at first, and thought i'd be able to split it up at later. The program works fine when it is one class file. My book said that to split the two classes up, all i needed to do was change the second class to public, although this seems to not work at all. I'm at my wits end on this, and if anyone could correct my code I'd be eternally greatful.
Here is the first class... (sorry about the lack of indentation)
>>>>>>>>>>
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.Applet;
public class Phone extends Applet {
private Image image;
public void init() {
setLayout(null);
image = getImage(getDocumentBase(), "phone.jpg");}
public void paint (Graphics g) {
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, 700, 530, this);
PhoneButton myButton;
myButton = new PhoneButton(20,20);
>>>>>>>
This is the second class....
>>>>>>>
public class PhoneButton {
private Button butt;
public PhoneButton(int a, int b, int c){
setLayout(null);
butt = new Button();
butt.setBounds(a,b,20,20);
add(butt);
>>>>>>>>
My compiler generates errors relating to Button, but i can't do anything to please it.
Also, could anyone give me some pointers on how to add a different number or symbol to each button. That is what I added int c for, but i couldn't get it to work.
Cheers in advance.
Michael Morgan

I found that there are 5 error in your code.
1. You should import the "java.awt" package to the PhoneButton.java
2. The PhoneButton is not a kind of Component. You cannot not add it to the Phone class
3. the myButton = new PhoneButton(20, 20) does not provide enough parameters to create PhoneButton
4. You cannot add a Button to a PhoneButton. Becaue the PhoneButton is not a kind of Container
Fixed code:
import java.awt.*;
public class PhoneButton extends Button {
public PhoneButton(int a, int b, int c){
setBounds(a, b, 20, 20);
setLabel(String.valueOf(c));
===========================================
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.Applet;
public class Phone extends Applet {
private Image image;
public void init() {
setLayout(null);
image = getImage(getDocumentBase(), "phone.jpg");}
public void paint (Graphics g) {
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, 700, 530, this);
PhoneButton myButton;
myButton = new PhoneButton(20,20, 1);
======================
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New to Flash AS3, Need help with some weird issues, have .fla link attached...

Basically, the buttons are not visible when siteplan_mc is replayeed after floorplan closes, but they still work. Most things are only working on double click for soe reason, tho I have them to function on click. and the back button only woorks on unit 1 floorplan, tho the code it the same for all floorplans. I have a feeling it has something to do with levels... but I really have no idea... hopefully someone can help!
thanks in advance,
Sarah
http://www.30eastroosevelt.com/RRHA_SITE.fla

There are at least two things you're doing wrong. You can't go to a frame where something exists for the first time, and immediately do something to it. Like in your playunit functios for example:
gotoAndStop("unit1")
unit1_mc.alpha = 1
unit1_mc hasn't yet drawn itself on stage to have its alpha set, and so there's an error. That is something that was improved in Flash 10, so if you had set the Flash to publish for Flash 10 and not Flash 9, then the floor plans and the back buttons appears ok. It would sometimes work with double clicks because by the second time you clicked, the movieclip now existed. You might be able to do what you want by having all of the room units on frame 1 of the siteplan_mc, and then set their visible to true or false as you need them, instead of doing the gotoAndStop().
The other problem is that you're trying to set listeners on the Back buttons that don't yet exist. Wait until you're on the frame where the buttons exists, and then set its listener for the mouse click.
Other things you're doing could be improved too, but really you might want to get together with someone who has done more AS3, to help you become more familiar with how it works.

Need help with a form calculation

I am trying to create a form in Acrobat that will support a calculation of percentages. I have the
following formula:
if (a1.value == "" || a1.value == "" && b1.value == "") {c1=0} else {b1/a1}
The percentage is not calculating and is remaining at 0% when numbers are entered on the form. I am trying to avoid the error messages we receive if we just enter the basic calculation in to the simplified (because some of the cells may have a value of 0).
Can anyone help?

Try this:
// Get the field values
var v1 = getField("a1").value;
var v2 = getField("b1").value;
//. Perform the calculation
if (v1) {
event.value = v2 / v1;
} else {
event.value = 0;
Edit: corrected typo

Really Need Help with Some Basics!

I've done Adobe's flash tutorials, and made a numbef of
animations, and feel comfortable with that, but am having trouble
finding a good source on how to best implement a full flash site
for the web. Is there an Adobe tutorial I am missing?
Specifically, I've made an animation using the new Flash
screens feature, but am having a few problems with it. For one, the
animation is 443 kb for the full animation. Is this acceptable if I
add a preloader? (website is for a Swiss audience only - so pretty
good bandwidth)
Here's the site: (use forward and back to navigate as one of
the problems I"m having is with the buttons on the top)
http://www.genevanotebook.com/BUFFET/test.html
I've also had some problems with the navigation. Forward and
Back work, but I can't get the buttons to work (is this a limiation
in the "linear" screens feature?)
Or would someone divide this up in some way. I've though of
different possibilities like using frames (which I haven't touched
for years) and having buttons in an simple html frame, which then
opens and plays the flash files in the frame just below it. Or
would Iframes be a way of proceeding? Or is there something else I
am missing. I would be very curious to hear how you experts would
proceed with putting together a site like the one above!
Many thanks for any suggestions, including websites with good
examples of the different ways a site like mine could be
implemented for the web.

Here is the link.
http://www.matthewpavkov.com/buffetscreens_edited.fla
Now, I'm going to try and explain what I did as best I can.
But please understand that I do not know very much about
actionscript, I just know how to feel my way through syntax and
where code should and shouldn't be.
First, I renamed the slides on the left. b-b-q ----> bbq1,
and so forth. This is what I believe was the main problem for the
buttons not working. My guess is you may have used the instance
name somewhere and that could affect it. The second part to the
main reason why your buttons weren't working is that you had
different code on the word buttons than the code on the picture
buttons. The code on the word buttons was the correct code. So, I
copied and pasted that code on each of the word buttons AND each of
the picture buttons, correspondingly. Then I changed each code to
match up with the new names for the slides. Doing this alone fixed
all the buttons so everything worked correctly. I also found that
you had actionscript associated with the bbq slide. If you click on
the slide on the left, you'll see the actionscript, I deleted that
as it was unnecessary. Also, make sure to use the "Auto format"
button in the actionscript plane, it's very useful for keeping
things looks clean and consistent. I did that for all the code.
Aside from this, I found nothing else wrong.
I'd also like to point out that I've never used slides
before. In fact, I only became aware of them after looking at your
file. They look like a useful feature if you're going to have many
simple pages, but I think it'd be much easier to do what you're
doing now...just have each button point to a frame (or set of
frames) in the timeline. These slides seem a little cumbersome for
a small project, not to mention I'm sure you'll have no problems
whatsoever using the frames method instead of slides.
Hope this helped.

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