A little help with my first 2 column liquid hybrid effort.

Hello all:
I am attempting my first liquid hybrid layout using DW's "2 column hybrid, left column, header, footer". layout and it's going pretty good but... I can't seem to get rid of the black line just below the top area that contains the two samle graphics. I believe it may be an gap between the "topcontainer" div and the "container" div below it. I just can't figure out how to fix it.
Here's a link to show you what I am trying to accomplish. http://reynolds-marketing.com/twotest/atest.html
Attached are the html and css files.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. TIA!

Hi
No, that is what I was expecting.
You will have to use IE conditional comments (also called conditional statements), they go just above the closing </head> in your html or place the IE only css in a separate css file (what I normally do), and link to them inside the IECC in your html file.
My previous suggestions apply for correcting the problem, and for IECC usage see - http://www.quirksmode.org/css/condcom.html,
(use initially)
<!--[if IE]>
I get nothing for the following, but -
Have you checked out the 'css anthology' book from sitepoint, as this will help with such problems, see the post from Nadia - http://forums.adobe.com/thread/497065?tstart=0, these are an excellent help (and on offer at the moment), I can personally recommend the "Everything you know about css is wrong" book, especially once you are happy creating 'standard' css layouts, and there is a plug-in for IE6 & 7 to enable the css layout mode it discusses.
PZ

Similar Messages

Need a little Help with my new xfi titanium

+Need a little Help with my new xfi titanium< A few questions here.
st question? Im using opt out port on the xfi ti. card and using digital li've on a windows 7 64 bit system,? I would like to know why when i use 5. or 7. and i check to make sure each speakear is working the rear speakers wont sound off but the sr and sl will in replace of the rear speakers. I did a test tone on my sony amp and the speaker are wired correctly becasue the rear speakers and the surrond? left and right sound off when they suppose too. Also when i try to click on? the sl and sr in the sound blaster control panel they dont work but if i click on the rear speakers in the control panel the sl and sr sound off. Do anyone know how i can fix this? So i would like to know why my sl and sr act like rears when they are not?
2nd question? How do i control the volume from my keyboard or from windows period when using opt out i was able to do so with my on board? sound max audio using spidf? Now i can only control the audio using the sony receiver.
Thank you for any help..

/Re: Need a little Help with my new xfi titanium? ?
ZDragon wrote:
I'm unsure about the first question. Do you even have a 7. system and receiver? If you just have 5., you should be able to remap the audio in the THX console.
I do have a sony 7. reciever str de-995 its an older one but its only for my cpu. At first i didnt even have THX installed because it didnt come with the driver package for some reason until i downloaded the daniel_k support drivers and installed it. But it doesnt help in anyway.
I have checked every where regarding the first question and alot of people are having problems getting sound out of there rear channels and the sound being re-mapped to the surround right and the surround left as if there rear left and rear right.
I read somewhere that the daniel_k support drivers would fix this but it didnt for me and many others.
For the second question i assumed it would be becasue of the spidf pass through and that my onboard sound card was inferior to the xfi titaniums. But i wasnt sure and i was hopeing that someone would have a solution for that problem because i miss controlling the volume with my keyboard.

Need a little help with syncing my iPod.

I got a new macbook pro for cristmas and a few cds. After i tried to sync my ipod to itunes i put a symbol next to each song that i got from other cds saying that they were downloading but they werent. Also the cds i downloaded to my ipod for the first time didnt appear at all. Need help.

/Re: Need a little Help with my new xfi titanium? ?
ZDragon wrote:
I'm unsure about the first question. Do you even have a 7. system and receiver? If you just have 5., you should be able to remap the audio in the THX console.
I do have a sony 7. reciever str de-995 its an older one but its only for my cpu. At first i didnt even have THX installed because it didnt come with the driver package for some reason until i downloaded the daniel_k support drivers and installed it. But it doesnt help in anyway.
I have checked every where regarding the first question and alot of people are having problems getting sound out of there rear channels and the sound being re-mapped to the surround right and the surround left as if there rear left and rear right.
I read somewhere that the daniel_k support drivers would fix this but it didnt for me and many others.
For the second question i assumed it would be becasue of the spidf pass through and that my onboard sound card was inferior to the xfi titaniums. But i wasnt sure and i was hopeing that someone would have a solution for that problem because i miss controlling the volume with my keyboard.

Need help with Pivoting rows to columns

Hi,
I need help with pivoting rows to columns. I know there are other posts regarding this, but my requirement is more complex and harder. So, please give me a solution for this.
There are two tables say Table 1 and Table 2.
Table1
name address email identifier
x e g 1
f s d 2
h e n 3
k l b 4
Table2
identifier TRno zno bzid
1 T11 z11 b11
1 T12 z12 b12
1 T13 z13 b13
2 T21 z21 b21
2 T22 z22 b22
As you can see the identifier is the column that we use to map the two tables. The output should be like below
output
name address email identifier TRno1 zno1 bzid1 TRno2 zno2 bzid2 TRno3 zno3 bzid3
x e g 1 T11 z11 b11 T12 z12 b12 T13 z13 b13
f s d 2 T21 z21 b21 t22 z22 b22
Also we do not know exactly how many TRno's, zno's, etc each value in the identifier will have. There may be only 1 TRNO, zno and bzid, or there may be four.
All the values must be in separate columns, and not be just comma delimitted. There are also other conditions that i have to add to restrict the data.
So, can you please tell me what is should use to get the data in the required format? We are using Oracle 10g. Please let me know if u need any more information

Something like this ?
SCOTT@orcl> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 select a.name,
2 a.address,
3 a.email,
4 b.* from (
5 select distinct identifier
6 ,max(trno1) trno1
7 ,max(zno1) zno1
8 ,max(bzid1) bzid1
9 ,max(trno2) trno2
10 ,max(zno2) zno2
11 ,max(bzid2) bzid2
12 ,max(trno3) trno3
13 ,max(zno3) zno3
14 ,max(bzid3) bzid3
15 ,max(trno4) trno4
16 ,max(zno4) zno4
17 ,max(bzid4) bzid4
18 from (select identifier
19 ,decode(rn,1,trno,null) trno1
20 ,decode(rn,1,zno,null) zno1
21 ,decode(rn,1,bzid,null) bzid1
22 ,decode(rn,2,trno,null) trno2
23 ,decode(rn,2,zno,null) zno2
24 ,decode(rn,2,bzid,null) bzid2
25 ,decode(rn,3,trno,null) trno3
26 ,decode(rn,3,zno,null) zno3
27 ,decode(rn,3,bzid,null) bzid3
28 ,decode(rn,4,trno,null) trno4
29 ,decode(rn,4,zno,null) zno4
30 ,decode(rn,4,bzid,null) bzid4
31 from (select identifier,
32 trno,bzid,zno,
33 dense_rank() over(partition by identifier order by trno,rownum) rn
34 from table2)
35 order by identifier)
36 group by identifier) b,table1 a
37* where a.identifier=b.identifier
SCOTT@orcl> /
NAME       ADDRESS    EMAIL      IDENTIFIER TRNO1      ZNO1       BZID1      TRNO2      ZNO2       BZID2      TRNO3      ZNO3       BZID3      TRNO4      ZNO4       BZID4
x          e          g          1          T11        z11        b11        T12        z12        b12        T13        z13        b13
f          s          d          2          T21        z21        b21        T22        z22        b22
SCOTT@orcl> select * from table1;
NAME       ADDRESS    EMAIL      IDENTIFIER
x          e          g          1
f          s          d          2
h          e          n          3
k          l          b          4
SCOTT@orcl> select * from table2;
IDENTIFIER TRNO       ZNO        BZID
1          T11        z11        b11
1          T12        z12        b12
1          T13        z13        b13
2          T21        z21        b21
2          T22        z22        b22
SCOTT@orcl>Regards
Girish Sharma

First 3 Column Liquid Center Try

Hi:
I'm trying out my first First 3 Column Liquid Center using
the design provided by:
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perfect-3-column.htm
and I hope I'm going in the right direction. So far it all
validates, and looks good except for the ugly background colors
I've put in for my own coding references.
I bought Project Sevens Pop Menu Magic 2 and want to put a
horizontal image below the header and above the 3 column div but I
cant figure out how to let the drop down menus show up.
Here is the test URL:
http://reynolds-marketing.com/3colperfect2.html
and I'm attaching the code. Thank you in advance and in
arrears for your excellent help!

"zmurman" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:go1j3k$d25$[email protected]..
> Hi:
>
> I'm trying out my first First 3 Column Liquid Center
using the design
> provided
> by:
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perfect-3-column.htm
> and I hope I'm going in the right direction. So far it
all validates, and
> looks good except for the ugly background colors I've
put in for my own
> coding
> references.
>
> I bought Project Sevens Pop Menu Magic 2 and want to put
a horizontal
> image
> below the header and above the 3 column div but I cant
figure out how to
> let
> the drop down menus show up.
>
> Here is the test URL:
http://reynolds-marketing.com/3colperfect2.html
This should help:
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=258
You know, you are entitled to free support so you can email
or telephone us
if you like.
Al Sparber - PVII
http://www.projectseven.com
The Finest Dreamweaver Menus | Galleries | Widgets
http://www.projectseven.com/go/pop
The Ultimate DW Menu System

Little help with complex XML data as data provider for chart and adg

Hi all,
I've been trying to think through a problem and Im hoping for
a little help. Here's the scenario:
I have complex nested XML data that is wrapped by subsequent
groupings for efficiency, but I need to determine if each inner
item belongs in the data collection for view in a data grid and
charts.
I've posted an example at the bottom.
So the goal here is to first be able to select a single
inspector and then chart out their reports. I can get the data to
filter from the XMLListCollection using a filter on the first layer
(ie the name of the inspector) but then can't get a filter to go
deeper into the structure in order to determine if the individual
item should be contained inside the collection. In other words, I
want to filter by inspector, then time and then tag name in order
to be able to use this data as the basis for individual series
inside my advanced data grid and column chart.
I've made it work with creating a new collection and then
looping through each time there is a change to the original
collection and updating the new collection, but that just feels so
bloated and inefficient. The user is going to have some buttons to
allow them to change their view. I'm wondering if there is a
cleaner way to approach this? I even tried chaining filter
functions together, but that didn't work cause the collection is
reset whenever the .refresh() is called.
If anyone has experience in efficiently dealing with complex
XML for charting purposes and tabular display purposes, I would
greatly appreciate your assistance. I know I can get this to work
with a bunch of overhead, but I'm seeking something elegant.
Thank you.

Hi,
Please use the code similar to below:
SELECT * FROM DO_NOT_LOAD INTO TABLE IT_DO_NOT_LOAD.
SORT IT_DO_NOT_LOAD by WBS_Key.
    IF SOURCE_PACKAGE IS NOT INITIAL.
      IT_SOURCE_PACKAGE[] = SOURCE_PACKAGE[].
LOOP AT IT_SOURCE_PACKAGE INTO WA_SOURCE_PACKAGE.
        V_SYTABIX = SY-TABIX.
        READ TABLE IT_DO_NOT_LOAD into WA_DO_NOT_LOAD
        WITH KEY WBS_Key = WA_SOURCE_PACKAGE-WBS_Key
        BINARY SEARCH.
        IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
          IF ( WA_DO_NOT_LOAD-WBS_EXT = 'A' or WA_DO_NOT_LOAD-WBS_EXT = 'B' )
          DELETE IT_SOURCE_PACKAGE INDEX V_SYTABIX.
        ENDIF.
ENDIF.
      ENDLOOP.
      SOURCE_PACKAGE[] = IT_SOURCE_PACKAGE[].
    ENDIF.
-Vikram

Need a little help with dial setup on CME

I've got a CME I'm using for testing and I think I need a little help figuring out the proper config to get the system to accept numbers I dial and have those numbers be passed on to an Avaya system (including the leading 9 for ARS in Avaya) via H.323 IP trunks.   I have it working well for internal 5 digit extension calls across the H.323 trunks and I also have it working well for some types of outside calls that gets passed on to the Avaya and then the Avaya dials the call out to the PSTN.   My only real problem is, I can't figure out how to correctly configure CME to examine the digits I'm dialing and only send the digits once I'm finished dialing....not as soon as it sees an initial match.
What's happening is this. I can dial local numbers in my area as 7 digits or 10 digits. The phone company doesn't yet force us to dial area code and number for local calls (10 digits). I can still dial 7 digits.   But...if I put an entry in CME that looks like this....
(by the way, the 192.168.1.1 IP is not the real IP address, that's just an example, but the rest of this entry is what I really have entered in CME)
dial-peer voice 9 voip
description Outside 7 Dig Local Calls Via Avaya
destination-pattern 9.......
session target ipv4:192.168.1.1
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
no vad
...Then it will always try to dial out immediately after seeing the first 8 digits I dial (9 plus the 7 digit number I called)...even though I have a speicifc entry in the system that accounts for calls to 9 plus area code 513. I would have assumed that if I put the specific entry in for 9513....... it would see that and wait to see if I was actually dialing something to match 9513....... instead of 9.......   Understand what I mean?   Because 9513....... is more specific than 9....... but it still tries to send the call out immediately after seeing the first 8 digits I dialed.
dial-peer voice 9513 voip
description Outside 10 Dig Local Calls Via Avaya
destination-pattern 9513.......
session target ipv4:192.168.1.1
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
no vad
...BUT...here's the interesting thing. If I trace the 10 digit call in Avaya, I see that the number being presented to the Avaya PBX is only the first 7 digits of the number....not the full 10 digits...BUT I see a few more of the digits I dialed (like the 8th and 9th digits) after the call is already setup and sent to the PSTN. It's like the CME is trying to send the rest of the 10 digits I dialed, but at that point it's already too late.   It setup the call as a 7 digit call (9 plus 7 digits), not 10 digit like I wanted.
I'm more familiar with how to setup dialing in the Avaya via ARS. My background is Avaya, not Cisco, so this dial-peer config is a little difficult for me until I understand the reasoning of how it examines the numbers and what I should do to make it wait for me to finish dialing....or to tell the system that what I'm dialing will be a minimum or a certain amount of digits and maximum of a certain amount of digits, like the Avaya does. I just need some pointers and examples to look at :-)   I think I've almost got it....but I'm just missing something at the moment.
Just so you understand, the call flow should be like this: Cisco phone registered to CME > CME to Avaya via H.323 trunks > Avaya to PSTN via ISDN PRI trunks connected to Avaya. I have to be sure I send the 9 to the Avaya also, because 9 triggers ARS in the Avaya.
Thanks for your help

Here is a good document that explains how dial-peers are matched in the Cisco world:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk652/tk90/technologies_tech_note09186a008010fed1.shtml#topic7
In your case, it is variable length dial plan you are trying to implenent. To fix it, you need to add a T to force the system to wait for more digits to be entered if there is any.
dial-peer voice 9 voip
description Outside 7 Dig Local Calls Via Avaya
destination-pattern 9.......T
session target ipv4:192.168.1.1
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
no vad
dial-peer voice 9513 voip
description Outside 10 Dig Local Calls Via Avaya
destination-pattern 9513.......
session target ipv4:192.168.1.1
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
no vad
You can also configure the inter-digits timeout using the command timeouts interdigit under telephony-service.
Please rate helpful answers!

Need a little help with Slimbox (Lightbox clone) and Spry data sets

Hello guys!
First of all let me say that I'm not a programmer in any way,
shape or form, and somehow I managed to build me a dynamic
thumbnail gallery that reads data from an XML file and displays it
on my webpage using a Spry data set and a slider widget (yay!)
This is of course only thanks to the many great examples
provided by the Adobe Spry team, and me being stubborn enough to
keep at it, even though I don't really understand what I'm doing :D
But I got to this point where I have basically everything
working, except that I can't get the Slimbox (Lightbox clone)
script to work with the Spry-generated thumbnail gallery.
From what I could understand from other threads on this
forum, is that I need to add an observer somewhere, only that I'm
not sure where and how (those threads are pretty old and the
examples aren't available anymore).
I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about, anyway, here's
what I got so far:
http://www.riotdesign.com.ar/misc/gallery/test1.html
I have the thumbnail gallery populated from the external XML
file, a basic page navigation using the Sliding Panels widget, and
the Slimbox script which works only on the static test image.
Okay I guess that's it for now, sorry for the long post and
of course any help with this will be GREATLY appreciated :)
Thanks & bye!

Kev,
Where exactly does the .evalScripts = true; text need to go?
Does it go in the href call?
<a href="ManageNotes.asp" title="Manage Notes" onClick="this.blur();
Modalbox.show(this.href, {title: 'Manage Notes', width: 575}); return false;">View your notes.</a>
Thanks for any assistance.
J Bishop

Help with two DIVs as columns at 100% page height

I've got two DIVs side by side on my page and I want both columns to fill the page from top to bottom.
The left DIV stops about half way down the page.
There are DIVs inside of each column.
My test link is: http://faceworks.webtestingsite.net/pages/facials.html
Here's the CSS I used for the columns,
#leftSideBkgd {
          position:absolute;
          min-height:100%;
          background-color: #f0f0f0;
          width: 25%;
          left: 0px;
          top: 0px;
          z-index: 0;
          background-image: url(../img/bkgd/leftMenu.jpg);
          background-repeat: repeat-y;
          background-position: 100% 0px;
#rightSideBkgd {
          position: absolute;
          background-color: #FFFFFF;
          width: 75%;
          left: 25%;
          top: 0px;
          z-index: 0;
          min-height:100%;
          background-image: url(../img/bkgd/pageBkgd.jpg);
          background-repeat: repeat-x;
          background-position: 0px 0px;
html {
          height:100%;
body {
          height:100%;
          background-image: url(../img/bkgd/pageBkgd.jpg);
          background-repeat: repeat-x;
          margin-left: 0px;
          margin-top: 0px;
          margin-right: 0px;
          margin-bottom: 0px;
          background-color: #FFF;
          font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
          font-size: 14px;
          font-style: normal;
          line-height: 1.75em;
          font-weight: normal;
          color: #000;
Thanks for your help with this

You cannot safely force the height on those divs, without also getting ugly vertical scrollbars.
Your choices are three -
1. Use Faux columns (Google it) to make it *look* like the divs are the same height.
2. Use javascript to actually dynamically determine what height to use for the columns.
3. Use CSS3 to make the adjacent columns behave as if they were two adjacent cells in a table, resulting in them being the same height.
My preference is #1 - it's easy and VERY effective. I don't like #2 as a solution, and #3 works beautifully if you are not worried about supporting IE6 or 7.

I require help with my first website

As you can see from many of my recent posts, I am new to web development, and I have decided that I am going to need some help.
This forum has been a huge help, and I will continue using it, but the reality of the situation is that progress is slow as I am learning as I go, each junction I reach and require help with is holding up progress, which wouldn't be a problem if I had more spare time, but I simply don't.
Is anybody willing to help me? It would be paid work so I would need to discuss how this would work with rates etc... here are some details:
The domain is already setup, and you can see the first page I have been working on here: http://www.elliotnewman.com/index/test7.html
The closet website I can find for your reference is: http://www.jaspaljandu.com/home/
My site will initially not be quite as established as Jaspal's, but in essence the functionality will be similar. The things I know of that I will need help on are:
Setting up the ordering and payment process when a customer wants to order a print, including automated email notifications, and check out forms ( this may also require membership fields or maybe through paypal)
Setting up the interactive framing graphics - ref - http://www.markgray.com.au/gallery/limited-edition-prints/forgotten-island.php
Potentially helping to setup a blog
Work with me on integration - and updates (ie build the all the templates needed so updates and new images can be posted by myself easily)
Automation of the counts of the limited editions
Setting up links to Facebook, twitter, linkedin etc
Reviewing and testing any code that I create
Along with these points I will also need standby help with the code I am directly working on, so file sharing may have to be setup. It is also worth noting that I will supply all the graphics and the design elements for every page, I will also be very specific with briefs as I know exactly what I want to achieve.
If anybody is interested please send me a private message, I would need to see some examples of your experience, details on your availability and your rate - whether thats per day, per hour and a rough estimate on how long you think the work will take.
Also, if anybody knows somebody outside this forum that you think could help me then please also forward this on.
Apologies if this is not the best place to post this.
Elliot.

Hi
In addition to Nancy s comments, reading the following line -
Along with these points I will also need standby help with the code I am
directly working on, so file sharing may have to be setup.
What you are basically after is a tutor, to guide you in what you are doing. In this respect it may be worth your while to read-up on designing web pages,as after a quick glance of the code, (from your previous post regarding the background image ) the main problem you are having is that you are not 'implementing' a consistent design/development procedure.
Try reading the following -
General tutorials on html, css, etc - http://www.w3schools.com/.
Design of web site, general - http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/principles-beautiful-web-design.
PZ
www.pziecina.com

Help with my first PKGBUILD script [solved]

Hi There
I am trying to write my first PKGBUILD script and I am landing in a bit of trouble. The script is short and is:
#Contributor: iKevin <kellwood-at-ameritech.net>
pkgname=fpm
pkgver=0.60
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A password manager for gnome"
url="http://fpm.sourceforge.net"
license="GPL"
depends=('xorg' 'gtk' 'glibc' 'libgnome' 'libxml2' 'glib')
source=(http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=(be7655d300c306c8f962f6aad0a60cc5)
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/bin
make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
I haven't reach the point where it compiles. It failes to download the file. Oddly, when I type:
wget http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/source … .60.tar.gz
it downloads fine. When running makepkg, the contents of ./src/fpm-0.60.tar.gz is some kind of web page.
I have eyeballed this PKGBUILD script for a while and I can't see any problems. Is there something special about sourceforge files? I feel that I must have a typo because makepkg is using wget, which works by hand.
Thanks
Kev

Well,
I installed kedpm with my first working PKGBUILD script. I was able to import my "fpm" password file. Once I get my gnucash stuff transfered into grisbi, I will be able to switch my main machine completely to archlinux.
I know it is trivial for you guys, but here is my script -- it might save you some typing.
Kev
pkgname=kedpm
pkgver=0.4.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Ked Password Manager helps to manage large amounts of passwords and related information"
url="http://kedpm.sourceforge.net/"
depends=(python pygtk pycrypto)
makedepends=()
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
install=
source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('6b83a646873f8ea00af9c6403aa259bc')
build() {
cd $startdir
mkdir -p pkg/usr
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
python setup.py install --prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr

Need a little help with AE

Hi all, I’m having a little issue with After Effects. I’m a second year Computer Games Design Student and I’m in the process of wrapping up my various modules for the year.
One of my modules is 3D and animation, I’ve rendered my final animation out as PNG’s. There are enough to run at 24 frames a second to suit the 22 second audio clip. When I put the images into After Effects as a PNG sequence the sequence is only 18 seconds long, and renders out at 18 seconds.
I set the composition to 22 seconds long and made the frame rate 24 seconds when I first started the comp. I have a layer of the PNG’s ( The frames you’ll see) and a second layer of PNG’s (A Zdepth render from 3D Studio Max) to create a depth of field effect.
How do I get those PNG’s to render out at the speed I want? They always render out too quickly.
This will probably turn out to be something really simple, I apologise if it is! I tried looking online for other people asking, but I’ve got too many deadlines in the next week and can’t afford to spend time looking around. I’d greatly appreciate if someone could give me a hand.
Thank you.

Make sure that you're interpreting the still-image sequence footage item at the right frame rate. Read this page.

Need a little help with RAF logic

So Im making a program to give different users, different rights. This is the method that appends them to file and Map
     * Writes the players rights to the appendages
     * @param playerName Player to update
     * @param playerRights Rights to give the player
     * @param pointer The lines index in the files
     * @throws IOException If a read/write error occours
    public void writeRights(String playerName, Rights playerRights, long pointer) throws IOException {
        rightsRAF.seek(pointer);
        rightsRAF.write(("\n" + playerName + "::" + playerRights).getBytes());
        if(rightsRAF.read() != '\n') {
            rightsRAF.seek(rightsRAF.getFilePointer()-1);
            rightsRAF.write("\n".getBytes());
        rightsMap.put(playerName, playerRights);
    }1. The RAF goes to the predetermined index in the file, pointer, which is the line the users name starts on. Entries are stored in the file as "name::RIGHTS"
2.It writes out the players name, and rights
3. It checks to see if it accidentally wrote over the \n
My problem now, is that some rights are longer than others. For example, if there was already an entry, "name::MODERATOR" and you overwrite it, with "name::OWNER" then it would turn into "name::OWNERATOR" because the rest of the line wasn't overwritten.
I need some help with logic to determine how to overwrote the entire line, because sometimes you could go from a short one, to a long one, and need to append a new \n character, and sometimes you could go the other way around from long to short and end up with two words fused, I cant figure out how to determine whats a word that got partially overwritten and whats a new line totally.
Thanks

As pointed out you need to have fixed size records, or at least a maximum size.
You also have another problem nobody commented on yet (I don't think) with the getBytes() calls. At that point in your code you will mangle most unicode Strings.
All things being equal here I think your best solution is to use an embedded database like JavaDB with JDBC. I think you will find an XML solution to slow for your purposes.
If you decide to continue the RAF route though here is an example. I know this is not exactly what you are doing but you can extrapolate from this...
public void updatePlayerName(String playerName, int playerIndex){
   int recordlength = 200;
   byte[] buff = playerName.getBytes("UTF-8");
   if(buff.length>recordlength){
      //truncate bytes. this is also not great because a character at the end could be mangled
      byte[] temp = new byte[recordlength];
      System.arraycopy(buff,0,temp,0,temp.length);
      buff = temp;
   long pointer = playerIndex * (recordlength+4);// plus 4 bytes per record for actual length
   raf.seek(pointer);
   raf.writeInt(buff.length);
   raf.write(buff);
public String getPlayerName(int playerindex){
    int recordlength = 200;
    long pointer = playerIndex * (recordlength+4);
    raf.seek(pointer);
    int lengthToRead = raf.readInt();
    //length to read should be checked for sanity or bad things will happen next
    byte[] buff = new byte[lengthToRead];
    raf. readFully(buff);
    return new String(buff,"UTF-8");
}And then of course you'd have to add storing the "rights". It gets complicated in a hurry. I do really recommend the JDBC route.

Need a little help with some errors.

Receiving some errors..
btn2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
and also
frame.setLocation(400,400);
frame.setVisible(true);
}<<~~has 2 errors here...
Both above have class or interface expected errors..clueless on what i'm missing at the moment.
Anyone mind pointing out what {'s and }'s i'm missing?
     btn1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                              btn1actions();
          private void btn1actions() {
               if (radio1.isSelected()) System.out.println("Radio Button 1 is selected.");
               if (radio2.isSelected()) System.out.println("Radio Button 2 is selected.");
     btn2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                                        btn2actions();
                    private void btn2actions() {
                         if (radio1.isSelected()) System.out.println("Radio Button 1 is selected.");
                         if (radio2.isSelected()) System.out.println("Radio Button 2 is selected.");
               btn3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                                        btn1actions();
                    private void btn3actions() {
                         txt1.setText("");
                         txt1.requestFocus();
public static void main(String[] args) {
    Test2 frame = new Test2();
    frame.setTitle("Test Frame");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setSize(400, 300);
    frame.setLocation(400,400);
    frame.setVisible(true);
}

All my code..finally posted...just need help with more errors.
F:\DocumentsTest2.java:169: ';' expected
          btn1.addActionListener(new ActionListener()) {
^
F:\Documents\Test2.java:176: illegal start of expression
          private void btn1actions() {
^
F:\Documents\Test2.java:191: illegal start of expression
          private void btn2actions() {
^
F:\Documents\.java:202: illegal start of expression
          private void btn3actions() {
^
4 errors
Tool completed with exit code 1
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Test2 extends JFrame{
     static JButton btn1,btn2,btn3;
     static JTextField txt1;
     static JRadioButton radio1,radio2;
     public Test2() {
         Container container = getContentPane();
         container.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          //Create Panels
          JPanel Panel1 = new JPanel();
          JPanel Panel2 = new JPanel();
          JPanel Panel3 = new JPanel();
          JPanel Panel4 = new JPanel();
          JPanel Panel5 = new JPanel();
          JPanel Panel6 = new JPanel();
          JPanel Panel7 = new JPanel();
          JPanel Panel8 = new JPanel();
          JPanel Panel9 = new JPanel();
          JPanel Panel10 = new JPanel();
          //Set Layout for Panels
          Panel3.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          Panel4.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          Panel5.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          Panel6.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          Panel10.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          //Create the Various Fonts and Colors for this GUI
          Font font1 = new Font("SansSerif", Font.BOLD, 20);
          Font font2 = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 15);
          Color color1 = new Color(3,15,125);//A Dark Blue Color
          Color color2 = new Color(201,29,10);//A Red Color
          Color color3 = new Color(127,127,127);//A Grey Color
          //Create Buttons and Labels
         btn1 = new JButton("Submit");
         btn2 = new JButton("Display Schedule");
         btn3 = new JButton("Enter New Name");
         JLabel label1 = new JLabel("Student Name");
         JLabel label2 = new JLabel("Course Number");
          JLabel label3 = new JLabel("Welcome to the Java Community College");
          JLabel label4 = new JLabel("Registration System!");
          //Declare Text Field For Entering Student Names
          txt1 = new JTextField(15);
          //"Put Course Number from another Method Here"
          String[] courseStrings = { "CISM2230 A", "CISM2230 B", "CISM1110 A", "CISM1110 B", "CISM1120 A", "CISM1120 B" };
          JComboBox Combo1 = new JComboBox(courseStrings);
          //Declare Radio Buttons for Add and Drop Course
          radio1 = new JRadioButton("Add a Course", false);
          radio2 = new JRadioButton("Drop a Course", false);
          ButtonGroup radioButtons = new ButtonGroup();
          radioButtons.add(radio1);
          radioButtons.add(radio2);
          //Panel 10 is the Main Displaying Panel
          Panel10.add(Panel3, BorderLayout.NORTH);
          Panel10.add(Panel4, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          Panel10.add(Panel8, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          //Panel 3 Used to Display Label 3 and 4 using Panels 1 and 2
          Panel3.add(Panel1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
          Panel3.add(Panel2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          Panel1.add(label3);
         Panel2.add(label4);
          //Panel 4 Used to Display Student Name, Txt1, Course Number, Combo Box and Radio Buttons
         Panel5.add(label1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
         Panel5.add(txt1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
         Panel6.add(label2, BorderLayout.NORTH);
          Panel6.add(Combo1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          Panel7.add(radio1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
          Panel7.add(radio2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          Panel4.add(Panel5, BorderLayout.NORTH);
          Panel4.add(Panel6, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          Panel4.add(Panel7, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          //Panel 8 Used to Display the Buttons
          Panel9.add(btn1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          Panel9.add(btn2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          Panel9.add(btn3, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          Panel8.add(Panel9, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          //Setting Background, ForeGround and Font of all Text.
         Panel1.setBackground(color3);
         Panel2.setBackground(color3);
         Panel3.setBackground(color3);
         Panel4.setBackground(color3);
         Panel5.setBackground(color3);
         Panel6.setBackground(color3);
         Panel7.setBackground(color3);
         Panel8.setBackground(color3);
         Panel9.setBackground(color3);
         Panel10.setBackground(color3);
         btn1.setBackground(color3);
         btn2.setBackground(color3);
         btn3.setBackground(color3);
         radio1.setBackground(color3);
         radio2.setBackground(color3);
         btn1.setFont(font2);
         btn2.setFont(font2);
         btn3.setFont(font2);
         Combo1.setFont(font2);
         Combo1.setBackground(color3);
         Combo1.setForeground(color1);
         label1.setFont(font2);
         label2.setFont(font2);
         label3.setFont(font1);
         label4.setFont(font1);
         label1.setForeground(color2);
         label2.setForeground(color2);
         label3.setForeground(color1);
         label4.setForeground(color1);
         container.add(Panel10);
          //Setting Keyboard Shortcuts to Radio Buttons and Regular Buttons
          btn1.setMnemonic('S');
          btn2.setMnemonic('D');
          btn3.setMnemonic('E');
          radio1.setMnemonic('A');
          radio2.setMnemonic('C');
          //ActionListener
          btn1.addActionListener(new ActionListener()) {
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                    btn1actions();
          private void btn1actions() {
               if (radio1.isSelected()){ System.out.println("Radio Button 1 is selected. Button 1")};
               if (radio2.isSelected()){ System.out.println("Radio Button 2 is selected. Button 1")};
          btn2.addActionListener(new ActionListener()) {
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                                        btn2actions();
          private void btn2actions() {
               if (radio1.isSelected()) System.out.println("Radio Button 1 is selected(Button 2).");
               if (radio2.isSelected()) System.out.println("Radio Button 2 is selected.Button 2");
          btn3.addActionListener(new ActionListener()) {
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                    btn1actions();
          private void btn3actions() {
               txt1.setText("");
               txt1.requestFocus();
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         JavaCollegeTest2 frame = new JavaCollegeTest2();
         frame.setTitle("Project 4");
         frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         frame.setSize(400, 300);
         frame.setLocation(400,400);
         frame.setVisible(true);
}

Help with "clearing" in three column format

The code is pasted in below of a three column page I have created. However, the background color in the sidebars does not reach to the footer it follows the content. I know that I need to "clear" the columns but as a newbie I'm not sure how to do so. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
<!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>
<style type="text/css">

</style></head>
<body class="thrColLiqHdr">
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
    <h1>Header</h1>
</div>
<div id="sidebar1">
<h3>Today's Top Health News</h3>
    <p>Vitmains C and E cleared in melanoma scare. </p>
<p>Older men often binge drink, too</p>
<p>Short kids are psychologically OK</p>
<p>New drug for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder approved</p>
<p>Mediterrenean Diet plus exercise lowers risk of Alzheimer's Disease</p>
<p>Not enough sleep may raise the risk of diabetes</p>
</div>
<div id="sidebar2">
    <h3>Podcasts: In-depth, awarding winning Radio Health Journal Reporting</h3>
    <p><img src="../graphics/I-am-safe-now.jpg" width="106" height="80" align="left" />
<p>Perinatal Hospice: Giving meaning and easing grief when birth to death is measured in hours </p>
<p>Medical Mystery Shoppers: Fake patient who keep healthcare quality high</p>
<p>Pediatric Live Transplants: Children can receive a slice from a living adult donor</p>
<p>The Selling of healthcare reform: Why revved up rhetoric matters more than facts</p>
<p>Early Alzheimer's diagnosis: The benefits of early treatment</p>
<p>Dementia drugs: Are medications too common in nursing homes?</p>
<p>Pregorexia: Anorexia while pregnant-more common than we think</p>
<p>Mop men: People who clean up after unexpected death</p>
<p>Gout: The return of the "disease of kings"</p>
<p>Prevention and healthcare reform: How much money can prevention really save?</p>
</div>
<div id="mainContent">
    <h1> Featured Content </h1>
    <p><a href="http://speakaboutbipolardepression.com/">The economy is leadiny many Americans to feel additional stress. This is particularly concerning for the more than 8 million Americans with bipolar disorder.</a></p>
    <p>As modern medicine extends life expectancy, prevelance of Alzheimer's Disease in the U.S. is expected to skyrocket from about 5 million to 16 million in 2050. Understanding risk factors is more important than ever. </p>
    <p>You might thing a blood transfusion ordered by a physician would be safe and effective. But a new analysis by an international panel sbows most transfusions have little benefit. In fact, they may be dangerous.</p>
    <h2>Information about our program's guests </h2>
    <p>Developing A Brain Eraser: Dr. Andre Fenton</p>
<p>Too sexy, Too soon: Kids, the media, and sex: Dr. Diane Levin, author of "So Sexy So Soon: The new sexualized childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids"</p>
<p>Everything You Always Wanted To Know About...Death: Harold Schechter, author of "The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide To The Bitter End"</p>
<p>Borderline Personality Disorder: Randi Kreger, cofounder of BPDcentral.com</p>
</div>
<br class="clearfloat" />
<div id="footer">
    <p>Footer</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Are you posting to the right forum? This is a Designer form where we are working with PDF forms. This looks like HTML!
Paul

A little help with my first 2 column liquid hybrid effort.

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for