A funny thing happened on the way to becoming a Mac owner...

I won't bore you with more PC user gone Mac (which I am) questions. I would like to thank all of you that have unknowingly provided me with a wealth of information about the Mac world.
A funny thing happened - I began enjoying sitting in front of a computer screen again (after 15 years in the IT industry). I bought this machine with full intentions of installing boot camp to give me the flexibility of running some of my Windows software and games - I can't bring myself to do it. I resolved myself to stick with the software and games that are available for the Mac, and see where that leads me.
Obviously the new romance will wear off and I may yet have to revisit the boot camp solution. However, I would truly like to thank Apple and this community for bringing a smile to my face and reminding me that owning a PC doesn't always have to be about racing to the next best piece of hardware or searching for 3rd-party drivers to make peripherals work correctly.
Thank you all, and I look forward to many years entrenched in the Mac world.
iMac 24" Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2gb Ram, 7600GT

Oh, you sound a bit like me. My shiny new iMac is on it's way. Had never even touched one until a couple of weeks ago (after many months of shopping and looking for ways to have a new machine and NOT Vista). Went to an Apple store and am Mac-smitten.
I recently invested a bunch on some Office 2007 programs, and thought I just HAD to get Parallels and XP installed, but you know what? The more I think about it, the more I think I want to just let my Mac be a Mac!!!
So I'll just continue using the older laptop with the Office stuff for my business and give myself time to explore the Mac world. Even bought it it's own little computer desk. Sooner or later I'll be "all Mac" and make somebody happy at Christmas with the Office software (can't convert 'em all to Mac all at once).
Intel iMac 20" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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A funny thing happened on the way to the forum

So being stuck in Pittsburgh airport (which is rather nice, although they need some more trash cans) i decided to wander around and shop. While wandering and waiting i did what any MP3 player owner would do, listen to music. People asked me about this thing that played music, this "not-iPod." I told them, good and bad... i think they'll be buying one.
And while walking among the myriad of ipod shaped accessories, what did i rarely see. AN iPOD! I saw a shuffle and a mini, belonging to middle schoolers. But what i did see, and talk about was the Touch. Of the few dozen people i saw walking around that airport, i saw more touches than iPods.
Creative, get your stuff together. Advertise and update the Touch. If i saw in an airport that it outnumbered the iPod almost 0:, think of what you could do. Advertise to business people: "Business or Pleasure? Both - Pocketsized." A portable harddri've and MP3 player.
Do not go quietly into the night... rage against the dying of the light! Gi've people a reason to want the product and want to return.

Turns out that what I saw was momentary in other Adobe forums, but lingered in the PE forum. JerryK got right on it and had it fixed.
In other Adobe forums, just closing those, and coming right back did not yield the problem, except for PE, but now all is right. Except for the recent slowdown... but that's another story.
Thanks for the replies,
Hunt

A funny thing happened on the way to installing 10.5: my email disappeared

I had a machine running 10.4.11. I installed 10.5.6 and my email disappeared (I'm using the Apple mail application -- I could see evidence of the email existing the filesystem, just not from the application). I upgraded to 10.5.8, and all was fixed, somehow magically.
I had another machine that was, until a week ago, running some version of 10.3. The recent upgrade to 10.4.11 left the email on it in a corrupted state - the messages appeared to be there but they were empty. Upgrading to 10.5.6, then 10.5.8 did not fix the problem. Luckily we had backed up the email before any of the upgrades, so we were able to re-import the mail. However, the Inbox was still corrupted and had to be rebuilt to get rid of the empty messsages.
I don't know, it seems like this should be one of the FIRST things to be made robust in the upgrade process. Is this problem really THAT difficult? Since all the email was handled by Apple applications, it's not like there was some horrible third party vendor compatibility problem to worry about.

sig wrote:
What kind of installation did you do? E&I? A&I?
Sorry, I don't know what that means... please translate!

A funny thing happened on the way to my new car

Yesterday (on my birthday) I bought a new car and used all I have learned here. I went in with all my FICO scores and the interest rate I wanted. We had a good discussion and I was offered a slightly higher rate and all these extras. After thinking about it, I said no to all the extras and lo and behold he made a counter offer and lowered my interest rate to 1.9, which I wanted in the first place. Then he offered me all those pricey extras for practically nothing! Thanks to all my FICO friends! I am one happy camper! Oh, and my new car is an Acura RDX fully loaded! Yay! Happy Birthday to me!

asbinjax wrote:
A belated Happy Birthday and a current Congrats on the new car! You are a model citizen of the myFico Community and you represented us well! I need you to go with me and be my 'buyers agent' next time. Acura RDX is a great car, nice choice! Thank you for all your kind words. It was a terrific day! I am loving the car!

Funny thing happens at the logon window after waking up

Hello,
After my MacBook (Mountain Lion installed to latest update) wakes up, the logon screen is dark and as I move the mouse over it, it reveals the various icons and user names. Thsi happens every time after the computer sleeps. I attach a screenshot for your review.
This does not happen when the computer is powered on "from scratch" (i.e., after it was completely shut down), just upon waking up.
Also, this has happened for a while, even before the upgrade to Mountain Lion.
Any ideas what I can do?
Thanks.

If Leopard came pre-installed and this is a new machne, then the disks that came in the box should let you archive install preserving users & network settings. The disks have a grey label, and if you get more than one use disk #1 for this procedure.
Hold down the "option" (also known as "alt" on the new keyboards) key when starting up with disk #1 in the optical drive. Select the install disk icon on the grey screen and click the arrow. Then when you get to the "select destination pane, click the options button after selecting your hard drive as the destination. In options A& I preserving should be checked by default, if not, select them. Click "ok" to dismiss the options pane, then run the installation.
If this does not work for you, call apple support. They want everything to work. Be patient, they are real busy these days.
Slim

A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Forum

I realize that there has been some work on the forum structures, with the release of a couple of new Adobe products.
Today, however, I cannot "Reply" to any of the forums. Checked that I am logged-in and I am. All I can do is "Bookmark," or "Return to Top."
I'll try a re-boot and start over, but wonder if anyone else has this problem. Of course, if they do, they can't Reply to this thread, can they?
Hope that it's an anamoly and not signs of things breaking...
Hunt

Turns out that what I saw was momentary in other Adobe forums, but lingered in the PE forum. JerryK got right on it and had it fixed.
In other Adobe forums, just closing those, and coming right back did not yield the problem, except for PE, but now all is right. Except for the recent slowdown... but that's another story.
Thanks for the replies,
Hunt

A funny thing happend on the way to iTunes...

Okay, I just had to share this with someone. We all need a laugh now and then. Maybe it's just funny to me.
Searching on iTunes for song by the band Journey, I came across the song "Don't stop Believin" which is a pretty cool song.
I clicked on the first listing to sample it and the song starts! Cool I thought! Then in the back ground I hear Arnold Schwarzenegger counting. "14, 15, 16, keep going! keep pressing, up! down! up! down!, Now we're going to do calf raises!"
Laughing histarically, I'm like what the heck?
Then I realized it's an track from Arnold's Total Body Workout!" HA!
It really sounds funny when you expect to hear a rock song and you here THAT!
LOL

Oh, you sound a bit like me. My shiny new iMac is on it's way. Had never even touched one until a couple of weeks ago (after many months of shopping and looking for ways to have a new machine and NOT Vista). Went to an Apple store and am Mac-smitten.
I recently invested a bunch on some Office 2007 programs, and thought I just HAD to get Parallels and XP installed, but you know what? The more I think about it, the more I think I want to just let my Mac be a Mac!!!
So I'll just continue using the older laptop with the Office stuff for my business and give myself time to explore the Mac world. Even bought it it's own little computer desk. Sooner or later I'll be "all Mac" and make somebody happy at Christmas with the Office software (can't convert 'em all to Mac all at once).
Intel iMac 20" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I have several layers for this image: Background, Moon, Tree, Grass and Clouds. When I try to use the Move tool to move the Moon, the tool jumps to the Tree layer. The same thing happens with the other layers as well (except the background layer). How

I have several layers for my image: Background, Moon, Tree, Grass and Clouds. When I try to use the Move tool to move the Moon, the tool jumps to the Tree layer. The same thing happens with the other layers as well (except the background layer). How can I keep the move tool from jumpimg to the Tree layer?

1. Pre-select (highlight) the layer to move in the Layers panel. or-
2. [ALT+Right mouse click] to select the wanted layer in the image window.
and maybe
3. Set the PS option to "Auto-select" a layer with cursor hover. (can be very confusing!)

Up next doesn't seem to work properly with multiple speakers over airplay. The status bar on the computer shows the song playing, but not over airplay. When I restart the song it plays, but the same thing happens when the next song cues up. Any ideas?

Up next doesn't seem to work properly with multiple speakers over airplay. The status bar on the computer shows the song playing, but not over airplay. When I restart the song it plays, but the same thing happens when the next song cues up. Any ideas?

Hey briannagrace96,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities! I'd check out the following article, it looks like it applies to your situation:
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1363
You'll want to go through the following troubleshooting steps, and for more detail on each step follow the link to the article above:
Try the iPod troubleshooting assistant:
If you have not already done so, try the steps in the iPod Troubleshooting Assistant (choose your iPod model from the list).
If the issue remains after following your iPod's troubleshooting assistant, follow the steps below to continue troubleshooting your issue.
Restart the iPod Service
Restart the Apple Mobile Device Service
Empty your Temp directory and restart
Verify that the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is installed
Change your iPod's drive letter
Remove and reinstall iTunes
Disable conflicting System Services and Startup Items
Update, Reconfigure, Disable, or Remove Security Software
Deleting damaged or incorrect registry keys
Take care,
David

Funny Thing Happened on Way to Forum

Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 - MST (-8 GMT?), the forum sign in page went dead, at about 1:00PM. OK, stuff happens, and the whole Adobe Forum went down the previous Friday - the 13th!!! The screen that I got, for many hours (gave up at ~ 10:00PM MST, but all is good today, Saturday, Jan. 21.
What was funny, was that I was seeing new posts from other parts of the globe, when I would go to a product forum page. Some were from the UK, at least one was from Europe, and two were from the US, but in a different TMZ - Central. It seems that the US Pacific, and Mountain TMZ users were out of luck. Perhaps a particular node going down?
I kept looking on the Forum Comments main page, to see if some maintenance notification would be posted, but then maybe Adobe was locked out too, being in the Pacific Standard TMZ?
Anyone else have this issue?
Thanks,
Hunt
PS - I also tried several browsers, and several IP accounts, just in case, but got the same error screen, so did not seem to be computer, browser, or IP specific.

Your observations seem to be correct. Originally, I had considered geography, but that theory was quickly shot down.
Seems (yes, realize that Rick's observations in the other thread, are speculation, but good ones) that it was a matter of who was already logged-in, when the problem started. For me, the inability to log-in (log-in page unavailable) ran for about 8 hours +/-.
As you note, the forums, themselves, were still active, but only for those, who stayed logged-in. While the activity was way, way down, I kept seeing new posts (those were some of the people, who I contacted), from time to time. I kept reading, though I was not logged-in. Got not auto log-in, but maybe I did not stick around reading long enough for such a thing to happen.
Appreciate the reply, and until Adobe has a different answer, I'll just go with the theory that those, who stayed logged-in, were not hit, and even unaware of a problem, while those who logged-out, could not get back in, for some period of time.
Thanks,
Hunt

Mail-form from dB Masters + reCaptcha - Things wont work the way i want.

I used a mail-form from dB Masters because someone here gave me the tip.
And its great! But it uses a simplefied Captcha script.
I tryd to change the code myself and got to this: http://www.wientjesvoegwerk.nl/PHP/form.php
If you try to send mail it wont work.....
form.php
<!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>Email Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<form id="form" method="post" action="../formmailer.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="verify">
<table cellpadding="4">
<tr><td style="text-align: left;" valign=top><font size="2" FACE="Verdana" color="#000000">Uw naam:</font><small><span style="color:#E00000;" title="Required field">*</span></small></td><td align="left">
<input type="text" name="Naam" value=""/>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;" valign=top><font size="2" FACE="Verdana" color="#000000">Email:</font><small><span style="color:#E00000;" title="Required field">*</span></small></td><td align="left">
<input type="text" name="Email" value="" />
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;" valign=top><font size="2" FACE="Verdana" color="#000000">Telefoonnummer:</font><small><span style="color:#E00000;" title="Required field">*</span></small></td><td align="left">
<input type="text" name="Telefoonnummer" value="" />
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;" valign=top><font size="2" FACE="Verdana" color="#000000">Onderwerp:</font><small><span style="color:#E00000;" title="Required field">*</span></small></td><td align="left">
<select name="Onderwerp">
    <option value="0">Algemene Informatie</option>
    <option value="1">Offerte</option>
    <option value="2">Overige</option>
    </select>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;" valign=top><font size="2" FACE="Verdana" color="#000000">Bericht:</font><small><span style="color:#E00000;" title="Required field">*</span></small></td><td align="left">
<textarea name="Bericht" rows="7" cols="40"></textarea>
</td></tr>
<tr><td align=right>CAPTCHA TXT</td>
<td align="left">
<form method="post" action="verify.php">
   <?php
     require_once('recaptchalib.php');
     $publickey = "I hide the key on this forum dont know if its ok to show";
     echo recaptcha_get_html($publickey);
   ?>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td></td><td align="left">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
<input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Clear Form" />
<input type="hidden" name="config" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="nospam" value="" />
</td></tr>
</table>
<div style="height:1px; display: none; visibility: hidden;">
<input type="text" name="email">
</div>
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>
formmailer.php
<?php
// dB Masters' PHP FormM@iler, Copyright (c) 2007 dB Masters Multimedia
// http://www.dbmasters.net/
// FormMailer comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
// Licensed under the AGPL
// See license.txt and readme.txt for details
// General Variables
     $check_referrer="no";
     $referring_domains="www.wientjesvoegwerk.nl";
// options to use if hidden field "config" has a value of 0
// recipient info
     $charset[0]="UTF-8";
     $tomail[0]="[email protected]";
     $cc_tomail[0]="";
     $bcc_tomail[0]="";
// Mail contents config
     $subject[0]="Onderwerp van de Email";
     $reply_to_field[0]="Email";
     $reply_to_name[0]="Naam";
     $required_fields[0]="Naam,Email,Telefoonnummer,Onderwerp,Bericht";
     $required_email_fields[0]="Email";
     $attachment_fields[0]="";
     $return_ip[0]="yes";
     $mail_intro[0]="Er is een bericht gestuurd vanuit Wientjesvoegwerk.nl:";
     $mail_fields[0]="Naam,Email,Telefoonnummer,Onderwerp,Bericht";
     $mail_type[0]="text";
     $mail_priority[0]="1";
     $allow_html[0]="no";
// Send back to sender config
     $send_copy[0]="yes";
     $copy_format[0]="vert_table";
     $copy_fields[0]="Naam,Onderwerp,Bericht";
     $copy_attachment_fields[0]="";
     $copy_subject[0]="Kopie van uw bericht naar Wientjesvoegwerk.nl";
     $copy_intro[0]="Dank u voor uw bericht!<br />Om veiligheidsredenen is uw email adres en telefoonnummer niet in deze mail te zien.<br /> Het volgende is verstuurd;";
     $copy_from[0]="[email protected]";
     $copy_tomail_field[0]="Email";
// Result options
     $header[0]="";
     $footer[0]="";
     $error_page[0]="";
     $thanks_page[0]="";
// Default Error and Success Page Variables
     $error_page_title[0]="Errors:";
     $error_page_text[0]="Ga a.u.b. terug naar de vorige pagina om alle benodigde velden in te vullen.";
     $thanks_page_title[0]="Bericht verzonden.";
     $thanks_page_text[0]="Dank u voor uw bericht!";
// Antispam Options
     $empty_field[0]="nospam";
     $character_scan[0]="Bericht,Naam,Email,Telefoonnummer,Onderwerp";
     $time_delay[0]="2";
     $captcha_codes[0]="9C2449,EEADC8,77A585,D72838";
     $max_urls[0]="2";
     $max_url_fields[0]="Bericht";
     $flag_spam[0]="";
// options to use if hidden field "config" has a value of 1
// recipient info
     $charset[1]="";
     $tomail[1]="";
     $cc_tomail[1]="";
     $bcc_tomail[1]="";
// Mail contents config
     $subject[1]="";
     $reply_to_field[1]="";
     $reply_to_name[1]="";
     $required_fields[1]="";
     $required_email_fields[1]="";
     $attachment_fields[1]="";
     $return_ip[1]="";
     $mail_intro[1]="";
     $mail_fields[1]="";
     $mail_type[1]="";
     $mail_priority[1]="";
     $allow_html[1]="";
// Send back to sender config
     $send_copy[1]="";
     $copy_format[1]="";
     $copy_fields[1]="";
     $copy_attachment_fields[1]="";
     $copy_subject[1]="";
     $copy_intro[1]="";
     $copy_from[1]="";
     $copy_tomail_field[1]="";
// Result options
     $header[1]="";
     $footer[1]="";
     $error_page[1]="";
     $thanks_page[1]="";
// Default Error and Success Page Variables
     $error_page_title[1]="";
     $error_page_text[1]="";
     $thanks_page_title[1]="";
     $thanks_page_text[1]="";
// Antispam Options
     $empty_field[1]="bait";
     $character_scan[1]="Naam,Email,Telefoonnummer,Onderwerp,Bericht";
     $time_delay[1]="";
     $captcha_codes[1]="";
     $max_urls[1]="";
     $max_url_fields[1]="";
     $flag_spam[1]="";
// Don't muck around past this line unless you know what you are doing //
ob_start();
$config=$_POST["config"];
$debug=0;
$debug_text="";
// fix for Windows email server security
ini_set("sendmail_from",$tomail[$config]);
// email validation regular expression
$regex = "^[-a-z0-9!#$%&\'*+/=?^_`{|}~]+(\.[-a-z0-9!#$%&\'*+/=?^_`{|}~]+)*@(([a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9]+)?){1,63}\.)+([a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9]+)?){2,63}$";
$header_injection_regex = "(\r|\n)";
if($header[$config]!="")
     include($header[$config]);
if($_POST["submit"] || $_POST["Submit"] || $_POST["submit_x"] || $_POST["Submit_x"])
// begin global functions //
// get visitor IP
     function getIP()
          if(getenv(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR))
               $user_ip=getenv("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR");
          else
               $user_ip=getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
          return $user_ip;
// get value of given key
     function parseArray($key)
          $arrayvalue=$_POST[$key];
          $count=1;
          extract($array_value);
          foreach($array_value as $part_value)
               if($count > 1){$value.=", ";}
               $value.=$part_value;
               $count=$count+1;
          return $value;
// stripslashes and autolink url's
     function parseValue($value)
          $value=preg_replace("/(http:\/\/+.[^\s]+)/i",'<a href="\\1">\\1</a>', $value);
          return $value;
// html header if used
     function htmlHeader()
          $htmlHeader="<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN\">\n<html>\n<head><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=".$charset[$config]."\"></head>\n<body>\n<table cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\">\n";
          return $htmlHeader;
// html footer if used
     function htmlFooter()
          $htmlFooter="</table>\n</body>\n</html>\n";
          return $htmlFooter;
// build verticle table format
     function buildVertTable($fields, $intro, $to, $send_ip)
          $message=htmlHeader();
          if($intro != "")
               $message.="<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"2\">".$intro."</td>\n</tr>\n";
          $fields_check=preg_split('/,/',$fields);
          $run=sizeof($fields_check);
          for($i=0;$i<$run;$i++)
               $cur_key=$fields_check[$i];
               $curvalue=$_POST[$cur_key];
               if(is_array($cur_value))
                    $curvalue=parseArray($cur_key);
               $curvalue=parseValue($cur_value);
               if($allow_html[$config]=="no")
                    $curvalue=htmlspecialchars(nl2br($cur_value));
               else
                    $curvalue=nl2br($cur_value);
               $message.="<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><b>".$cur_key."</b></td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">".$cur_value."</td>\n</tr>\n";
          if($send_ip=="yes" && $to=="recipient")
               $user_ip=getIP();
               $message.="<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><b>Sender IP</b></td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">".$user_ip."</td>\n</tr>\n";
          $message.=htmlFooter();
          return $message;
// build horizontal table format
     function buildHorzTable($fields, $intro, $to, $send_ip)
          $message=htmlHeader();
          $fields_check=preg_split('/,/',$fields);
          $run=sizeof($fields_check);
          if($intro != "")
               $message.="<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"".$run."\">".$intro."</td>\n</tr>\n";
          $message.="<tr>\n";
          for($i=0;$i<$run;$i++)
               $cur_key=$fields_check[$i];
               $message.="<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><b>".$cur_key."</b></td>\n";
          if($send_ip=="yes" && $to=="recipient")
               $message.="<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><b>Sender IP</b></td>\n";
          $message.="</tr>\n";
          $message.="<tr>\n";
          for($i=0;$i<$run;$i++)
               $cur_key=$fields_check[$i];
               $curvalue=$_POST[$cur_key];
               if(is_array($cur_value))
                    $curvalue=parseArray($cur_key);
               $curvalue=parseValue($cur_value);
               if($allow_html[$config]=="no")
                    $curvalue=htmlspecialchars(nl2br($cur_value));
               else
                    $curvalue=nl2br($cur_value);
               $message.="<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">".$cur_value."</td>\n";
          $message.="</tr>\n";
          $message.="<tr>\n";
          if($send_ip=="yes" && $to=="recipient")
               $user_ip=getIP();
               $message.="<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">".$user_ip."</td>\n";
          $message.="</tr>\n";
          $message.=htmlFooter();
          return $message;
// build plain text format
     function buildTextTable($fields, $intro, $to, $send_ip)
          $message="";
          if($intro != "")
               $message.=$intro."\n\n";
          $fields_check=preg_split('/,/',$fields);
          $run=sizeof($fields_check);
          for($i=0;$i<$run;$i++)
               $cur_key=$fields_check[$i];
               $curvalue=$_POST[$cur_key];
               if(is_array($cur_value))
                    $curvalue=parseArray($cur_key);
               $curvalue=parseValue($cur_value);
               if($allow_html[$config]=="no")
                    $curvalue=htmlspecialchars($cur_value);
               else
                    $curvalue=$cur_value;
               $message.="".$cur_key.": ".$cur_value."\n";
          if($send_ip=="yes" && $to=="recipient")
               $user_ip=getIP();
               $message.="Sender IP: ".$user_ip."\n";
          return $message;
// get the proper build fonction
     function buildTable($format, $fields, $intro, $to, $send_ip)
          if($format=="vert_table")
               $message=buildVertTable($fields, $intro, $to, $send_ip);
          else if($format=="horz_table")
               $message=buildHorzTable($fields, $intro, $to, $send_ip);
          else
               $message=buildTextTable($fields, $intro, $to, $send_ip);
          return $message;
// referrer checking security option
     function checkReferer()
          if($check_referrer=="yes")
               $ref_check=preg_split('/,/',$referring_domains);
               $ref_run=sizeof($ref_check);
               $referer=$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
               $domain_chk="no";
               for($i=0;$i<$ref_run;$i++)
                    $cur_domain=$ref_check[$i];
                    if(stristr($referer,$cur_domain)){$domain_chk="yes";}
          else
               $domain_chk="yes";
          return $domain_chk;
// checking required fields and email fields
     function checkFields($text_fields, $email_fields, $regex)
           $error_message="";
          if($debug==1)
               $error_message.="<li>text_fields: ".$text_fields."<br />email_fields: ".$email_fields."<br />reply_to_field: ".$reply_to_field."<br />reply_to_name: ".reply_to_name."</li>";
          if($text_fields != "")
               $req_check=preg_split('/,/',$text_fields);
               $req_run=sizeof($req_check);
               for($i=0;$i<$req_run;$i++)
                    $cur_field_name=$req_check[$i];
                    $cur_field=$_POST[$cur_field_name];
                    if($cur_field=="")
                         $error_message.="<li>You are missing the <b>".$req_check[$i]."</b> field</li>\n";
          if($email_fields != "")
               $email_check=preg_split('/,/',$email_fields);
               $email_run=sizeof($email_check);
               for($i=0;$i<$email_run;$i++)
                    $cur_email_name=$email_check[$i];
                    $cur_email=$_POST[$cur_email_name];
                    if($cur_email=="" || !eregi($regex, $cur_email))
                         $error_message.="<li>You are missing the <b>".$email_check[$i]."</b> field or it is not a valid email address.</li>\n";
          return $error_message;
// attachment function
     function getAttachments($attachment_fields, $message, $content_type, $border)
          $att_message="This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\r\n";
          $att_message.="--{$border}\r\n";
          $att_message.=$content_type."\r\n";
          $att_message.="Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n";
          $att_message.=$message."\r\n\r\n";
          $att_check=preg_split('/,/',$attachment_fields);
          $att_run=sizeof($att_check);
          for($i=0;$i<$att_run;$i++)
               $fileatt=$_FILES[$att_check[$i]]['tmp_name'];
               $fileatt_name=$_FILES[$att_check[$i]]['name'];
               $fileatt_type=$_FILES[$att_check[$i]]['type'];
               if (is_uploaded_file($fileatt))
                    $file=fopen($fileatt,'rb');
                    $data=fread($file,filesize($fileatt));
                    fclose($file);
                    $data=chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
                    $att_message.="--{$border}\n";
                    $att_message.="Content-Type: {$fileatt_type}; name=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\r\n";
                    $att_message.="Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\r\n";
                    $att_message.="Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n".$data."\r\n\r\n";
          $att_message.="--{$border}--\n";
          return $att_message;
// function to set content type
     function contentType($charset, $format)
          if($format=="vert_table")
               $content_type="Content-type: text/html; charset=".$charset."\r\n";
          else if($format=="horz_table")
               $content_type="Content-type: text/html; charset=".$charset."\r\n";
          else
               $content_type="Content-type: text/plain; charset=".$charset."\r\n";
          return $content_type;
// end global functions //
// begin procedural scripting //
     // anti-spam empty field check
     if($_POST[$empty_field[$config]] != "")
          $empty_message = "<li>This submission failed and was flagged as spam.</li>\n";
     // anti-spam character scan check
     if(strlen($character_scan[$config]) > 0)
          $spam_message="";
          $field_check=preg_split('/,/',$character_scan[$config]);
          $field_run=sizeof($field_check);
          for($i=0;$i<$field_run;$i++)
               $cur_field_name=$field_check[$i];
               $cur_field=$_POST[$cur_field_name];
               if(preg_match("/<(.|\n)+?>/", $cur_field) || preg_match("/\[(.|\n)+?\]/", $cur_field))
                    $spam_message.="<li>This message contains disallowed characters.</li>\n";
     // anti-spam time delay check
     if((strlen($time_delay[$config]) > 0 && strlen($_POST["time"]) > 0) || (strlen($time_delay[$config]) > 0 && (strlen($_POST["time"]) == 0 || !$_POST["time"])))
          if((time() - $_POST["time"]) < $time_delay[$config])
               $time_message = "<li>This has been stopped by the timer, and is likely spam.</li>\n";
     // anti-spam CAPTCHA check
     if(strlen($captcha_codes[$config]) > 0)
          $captcha_check=preg_split('/,/',$captcha_codes[$config]);
          if(strtolower($_POST["captcha_entry"]) != strtolower($captcha_check[$_POST["captcha_code"]]))
               $captcha_message = "<li>CAPTCHA test did not match.</li>\n";
     // anti-spam max URL check
     if(strlen($max_url_fields[$config]) > 0)
          $max_url_message="";
          $field_check=preg_split('/,/',$max_url_fields[$config]);
          $field_run=sizeof($field_check);
          for($i=0;$i<$field_run;$i++)
               $cur_field_name=$field_check[$i];
               $cur_field=$_POST[$cur_field_name];
               preg_match_all("/http:/", $cur_field, $matches);
               if(count($matches[0]) > $max_urls[$config])
                    $max_url_message.="<li>This message contains too many URL's.</li>\n";
     // set anti-spam flagging option
     if(strlen($empty_message.$spam_message.$time_message.$captcha_message.$max_url_message) > 0 && strlen($flag_spam[$config]) == 0)
          $set_flag = 2;
     else if(strlen($empty_message.$spam_message.$time_message.$captcha_message.$max_url_message) > 0 && strlen($flag_spam[$config]) > 0)
          $set_flag = 1;
     else
          $set_flag = 0;
     // header injection check
        $security_filter="";
     if(strlen($_POST[$reply_to_field[$config]]) > 0)
          if(eregi($header_injection_regex,$_POST[$reply_to_field[$config]]))
               $security_filter.="<li>Header injection attempt detected, mail aborted.</li>\n";
          else
               $reply_to_field_checked=$_POST[$reply_to_field[$config]];
     if(strlen($_POST[$reply_to_name[$config]]) > 0)
          if(eregi($header_injection_regex,$_POST[$reply_to_name[$config]]))
               $security_filter.="<li>Header injection attempt detected, mail aborted.</li>\n";
          else
               $reply_to_name_checked=$_POST[$reply_to_name[$config]];
     // check domain referrer and continue
     $domain_chk=checkReferer();
     if($domain_chk=="yes")
          $error_message=checkFields($required_fields[$config], $required_email_fields[$config], $regex);
          if(strlen($error_message) < 1 && strlen($security_filter) < 1 && $set_flag < 2)
               // build appropriate message format for recipient
               $content_type=contentType($charset[$config], $mail_type[$config]);
               $message=buildTable($mail_type[$config], $mail_fields[$config], $mail_intro[$config], "recipient", $return_ip[$config]);
               // build header data for recipient message
               //$extra="From: ".$_POST[$reply_to_field[$config]]."\r\n";
               $extra="From: ".$reply_to_name_checked." <".$reply_to_field_checked.">\r\n";
               if($cc_tomail[$config]!="")
                    $extra.="Cc: ".$cc_tomail[$config]."\r\n";
               if($bcc_tomail[$config]!="")
                    $extra.="Bcc: ".$bcc_tomail[$config]."\r\n";
               if($mail_priority[$config]!="")
                    $extra.="X-Priority: ".$mail_priority[$config]."\r\n";
               // get attachments if necessary
               if($attachment_fields[$config]!="")
                    $semi_rand=md5(time());
                    $border="==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";
                    $extra.="MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
                    $extra.="Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"{$border}\"";
                    $message=getAttachments($attachment_fields[$config], $message, $content_type, $border);
               else
                    $extra.="MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n".$content_type;
               // send recipient email
               if($debug==1)
                    if($set_flag == 1)
                         $debug_text.="<p><b>Mail would have sent flagged for spam if not in debug mode.</b></p>";
                    else
                         $debug_text.="<p><b>Mail would have sent if not in debug mode.</b></p>";
               else if($debug==0)
                    if($set_flag == 1)
                         $subject = $flag_spam[$config]." ".$subject[$config];
                    else
                         $subject = $subject[$config];
                    mail("".$tomail[$config]."", "".stripslashes($subject)."", "".stripslashes($message)."", "".$extra."");
               // autoresponse email if necessary
               if($send_copy[$config]=="yes")
                    // build appropriate message format for autoresponse
                    $content_type=contentType($charset[$config], $copy_format[$config]);
                    $message=buildTable($copy_format[$config], $copy_fields[$config], $copy_intro[$config], "autoresponder", $return_ip[$config]);
                    // build header data for autoresponse
                    $copy_tomail=$_POST[$copy_tomail_field[$config]];
                    $copy_extra="From: ".$copy_from[$config]."\r\n";
                    // get autoresponse attachments if necessary
                    if($copy_attachment_fields[$config]!="")
                         $semi_rand=md5(time());
                         $border="==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";
                         $copy_extra.="MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
                         $copy_extra.="Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"{$border}\"";
                         $message=getAttachments($copy_attachment_fields[$config], $message, $content_type, $border);
                    else
                         $copy_extra.="MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n".$content_type;
                    // send autoresponse email
                    if($debug==1)
                         if($set_flag == 1)
                              $debug_text.="<p><b>Autoresponder would have sent flagged for spam if not in debug mode.</b></p>";
                         else
                              $debug_text.="<p><b>Autoresponder would have sent if not in debug mode.</b></p>";
                    else if($debug==0)
                         $send_copy = 1;
                         if($copy_tomail=="" || !eregi($regex,$copy_tomail))
                              $send_copy = 0;
                         if($send_copy == 1)
                              if($set_flag == 1)
                                   $copy_subject = $flag_spam[$config]." ".$copy_subject[$config];
                              else
                                   $copy_subject = $copy_subject[$config];
                              mail("$copy_tomail", "".$copy_subject."", "$message", "$copy_extra");
               // showing thanks pages from a successful submission
               if($thanks_page[$config]=="")
                    echo "<h3>".$thanks_page_title[$config]."</h3>\n";
                    echo "<p>".$thanks_page_text[$config]."</p>\n";
                    if(strlen($debug_text) > 0)
                         echo "<p><b><i>".$debug_text."</i></b></p>\n";
               else
                    header("Location: ".$thanks_page[$config]);
          else
               // entering error page options from missing required fields
               if($error_page[$config]=="")
                    echo "<h3>".$error_page_title[$config]."</h3>\n";
                    echo "<ul>\n";
                    echo $security_filter.$empty_message.$error_message.$spam_message.$time_message.$captcha_message.$max_url_message;
                    echo "</ul>\n";
                    echo "<p>".$error_page_text[$config]."</p>\n";
               else
                    header("Location: ".$error_page[$config]);
     else
          echo "<h3>".$error_page_title[$config]."</h3>\n";
          // message if unauthorized domain trigger from referer checking option
          echo "<p>Sorry, mailing request came from an unauthorized domain.</p>\n";
// end procedural scripting //
else
     echo "<h3>Error</h3>";
     echo "<p>No form data has been sent to the script</p>\n";
if($footer[$config]!="")
     include($footer[$config]);
ob_end_flush();
?>
verify.php
<?php
require_once('recaptchalib.php');
$privatekey = "i hide this on the forum";
$resp = recaptcha_check_answer ($privatekey,
                               $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"],
                               $_POST["recaptcha_challenge_field"],
                               $_POST["recaptcha_response_field"]);
if (!$resp->is_valid) {
   // What happens when the CAPTCHA was entered incorrectly
   die ("The reCAPTCHA wasn't entered correctly. Go back and try it again." .
        "(reCAPTCHA said: " . $resp->error . ")");
} else {
   // Your code here to handle a successful verification
?>
We have a saying in the Netherlands; "Not being abled to see the tree's trough the forest"
Well i dont see it anymore...
I managed to get it in the code but it doesnt work.
I hope someone can help me out!

@Nancy O.
Thanks for your support i appreciate it that you helped me out a many times.
However i have read all of the topics you posted.
I know in the mail form i can disable the "sort of Captcha". I wanted to disable it and insert reCaptcha instead.
I will re-make the form because like you said (and i already figured it out myself) ;
"b) Don't modify forms until you get a very basic form working on your server."
And youre right, im taking too much work at once.
@CowboyInAZ
Im a hobbyist that learns really really fast.
Before March 23 i never used CSS, Javascript and XHTML. And never combined them all together with PHP. (never ever created a php based file from scratch)
The reason why i use other persons code is because i learn faster with examples, and because i dont need to reinvent the wheel if someone already invented it. The only thing i do with it is learn the workings, customise it and at last, rewrite the code when i understand it.
If you look at my current site: http://www.wientjesvoegwerk.nl/
You will notice that the site is validated by W3C with no errors and warnings.
I think it was Nancy O. that gave me the link to the validator. Thats how i discovered the service.
You need to know that in 1 day (from 63 errors and 12 warnings) i removed all errors. And i didnt knew much about it, and why errors happend while the site looks fine.
So im just curious how things work and thats why i "steal" codes and adjust them to learn myself.
I also want a education like you spoke of, but im interested in a different media.
I want to be abled to create my dream project wich involves new ways for game studios to earn money.
This is just a simple start, im also taking tutorials in C#, C++.

HT201177 My Macbook pro: After sleeping, the screen comes on momentarily then blacks out. When I close the lid and reopen it the same thing happens. The screen only does this after waking up from sleeping. Help, thanks!

Macbook Pro:
When I raise the lid after sleeping, the screen comes on momentarily then backs out. If I close the lid and raise it again, the same thing happens. It is sometimes necessary to force quit. Once restarted, there is no problem unless the lid is closed for a short time and the machinge goes to sleep.
Help! Hesperia fire captain

Hi ...
Try Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

Something Strange happened to the Way to DOOM3

I am very annoyed and all my good mood in playing DOOM 3 is spoiled by this problem here...
I have an MSI k7n420D nForce 1 board using soundstorm (Analog Devices AD1885 codec) connected to an Analog quadraphonic 4.1 speaker system, thus Logitech Z-540.
The problem is that i can not enable the in game menu option "surround Speakers" !! it keeps telling me that no surround h/w is detected in my system... so i just hear normal 2 -channel stereo sound with the 2 front speakers replicated to the two rear. This is not surround positional sound.... you can recognize this easily because dialogs are coming equally from all 4 speakers this should not be the way.
I have try a solution a guy suggested this is, not using nvmixer but instead going "sounds and Audio" in the control panel and in the speaker tab selecting the "surround speakers" instead of quadraphonic . I have try that and yes i could now enable the in game surround option but nothing changed... again 2 - channel stereo with the front speakers sound replicated to the rear speakers.
Any ideas here?!!! ....please i am frustrated with this.... does it mean that DOOM 3 supports only 5.1 speaker systems and not 4.1 speakers???....
I use the 4.24 nForce Drivers (4.31 Audio Driver), with directX v9.0b and windows XP Pro SP1.
Please help,
Markoul

update:
I have listen more carefully and yes you finally get surround positional sound from all 4 of my speakers. I initially got confused and stated false conclusion. But it seems that id designed dialogs and you own gun fire to be heard from L/R front and L/R rear speakers simultaneously and not the center speaker in a 5.1 speaker configuration. This is actually good news for 4.1 speaker system owners because this way even that Doom3 supports only 5.1 speaker systems 4.1 speaker systems are just fine and you will loose nothing from the game sounds and dialogs.
All of you that have 4.1 quadraphonic speaker systems just make sure in the
windows control panel in the "Sounds and Audio Devices" , "speaker settings", "Advanced", you have selected "Surround Speakers" (or "5.1 Surround Speakers" no difference really). Now you should be able to enable the in game "Surround Speakers" option and enjoy Doom 3 sound to its full potential
Take Care,
Markoul
p.s. Dandruff thanks for the links

HT1349 My songs in iTunes are not playing all the way through on my MAC or my iPod?

My songs in itunes are not playing all the way through on my MAC

Quicktime Player should already be installed on the Mac. If you transferred Quicktime from a VAIO it will not run on a Mac -- no PC software will without using a special interface.
Right click or control+click on one of the files, then > Open with Quicktime Player.
I already suspect that since these files will not play completely on any of your devices that you have an incomplete download.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519 - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not available in all countries; only apps, books (not audiobooks), music, and t.v. shows (not movies). Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list, or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid. Apple notes it is your responsibility to back up your purchases.
Select the store on the left side of iTunes.
Click on Purchased on the right side under Quick Links.
You can redownload your available previous purchases.

Exact things happen in the implementation time.

Dear Cons
We know the configuration. consultants prepares their CV as if they know end to end implimentation. In real time 60% don't know the exact scenario occured in implimetnation. so my question is from particularly while doing initial entry of stock what will happen for excisable material. how we will upload it. pl. help.

Hi,
For RG1 and RG23 A Part I and RG23 C Part I
Go to SE16, here enter Table Name - J_2IRG1BAL and Click on "Create" button in initial screen, it will give the maintenance screen. Here mainatin following;
For each of these materials, you have maintained the material form in table J_2IRG1BAL as below. Do not make any entries in fields that are not listed below:
EXGRP - Materialu2019s excise group
DATUM - Date from which RG1 report is required, normally the date of going live
MATNR - Material
FORM - Enter P (Packed) or L (Loose). Do not leave this field blank.
WERKS - Leave this field blank.
OP FN UOM, OP BN UOM, CB FN UOM - Leave these fields blank. All quantities in this table are updated in the base unit of measure of the material
USNAM - User ID of the person filling out the table.
CPUDT - Date of entry
CPUTM - Time of entry
Note: - This is to be done before J1I5, J2I5.
The same option can be used for creating entries in RG 23A or RG 23C Part I registers. While creating entries in the register, system will pick up only those material documents for which Part I posting has not been done yet.
Also refer link;
[Update of Registers RG 1 and RG 23 (Part I)|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/1e/f4a1a011d811d4b5af006094b9ec21/content.htm]
For RG23 A Part II, RG23 C Part II and PLA
Go to SE16, here enter Table Name - J_2IACCBAL and Click on "Create" button in initial screen, it will give the maintenance screen. And maintain following;
Excise Group
Data element for Register names
Date
Plant
Basic duty      (OP BAL)
Basic duty      (CL BAL)
Basic duty      (EXAMT)
Extract Indicator
User name
Entry Date
Entered at
Note: -
1. Enter OP BAL, CL BAL and EXAMT all as same as opening balance. For e.g. opening balance for RG23ABED is 1400 then this value is to be entered in all the 3 fields.
2. You have to enter separate line items for all the accounts;
RG23ABED
RG23ASED
RG23AAED
RG23CBED
RG23CSED
RG23CAED
PLABED
PLASED
PLAAED
PLACESS
RG23AECS
RG23CECS
PLAECS
RG23AAT1
RG23CAT1
PLAAT1
3. Enter Date is one day before of the opening. For e.g. if opening date is 01.04.2008 then enter it in 31.03.2008
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