A lot of CS4 bugs I need help with....
The list of bugs I am about to post that are ongoing issues with my CS4... I have tried searching for solutions but to no avail...
Corrupt frames Sometimes for no reason, a frame in the timeline will corrupt. everytime you 'scrub' or try to edit a certain frame it crashes. even if you restart flash, open the fle again, without fail that frame will cause it to crash. meaning you
have to back step and get rid of the offending frame. and start again. I knows so many people that ths has happened to. resulting n drasticlly closely missing deadlines.
Ghost frames: It will, for me, CONSTANTLY leave ghost frames. a solid 'onion' frame as if you have accidentally copied and pasted a previous frame
over the top, there is no way of getting rid of it unless you leave the symbol and re-renter, but it will shortly return.it's a solid image that doesnt move, you just can't see what you're doing.
The onion skin often refuses to work also. - I worked out for myself this was a problem with other layers being locked below it. which is ridiculous. I can work around this but it still shouldn't happen.
Deleting fills: When I move shapes with more than one fill, it will often delete a fill, or fill some in a different colour. If I am drawing with the brush tool it sometimes will delete other sections I have drawn with the same tool.
Not to mention the thousands of times it will crash unexpectedly. and I mean this happens a LOT.
These all happen with no correlation to previous things I have done.
I'm a professional animator and I'm sure everyone has heard this all the time but I think it's very important. I rely on Flash as my main piece of software. As a freelancer affording software (as everyone knows) is VERY difficult so when you shell out the thousands, you expect to be given
good quality software that you can rely on. I can't afford an upgrade right now. and certainly don't want to upgrade purely because Adobe has decided to issue a faulty product.
I am close to missing deadlines because of the bugs. I have downloaded EVERY update hoping they will fix this stuff but it doesn't. CS3 was mainly fine, why is this so bad? I really think they should offer a free upgrade to CS5 for people with CS4 issues. I am reduced to tears with stress when working on projects that are corrupting and crashing for no apparent reason. If you bought any other peice of equipment that was faulty you wouldn't be expected to pay for one that works.
Anyone know of any answers to any of the above bugs? MAINLY avoiding the corrupt frame problem?
iWork is probably not the best way to keep track of photos if you want to have clickable thumbnails and links to full size images. I say that only because I once had such an idea and after playing with it for some time I reverted to using the tools in iPhoto; Events, People, Keywords, etc.
As an adjunct to iPhoto or Aperture to reference events and photos it might be useful to keep track of photo shoot sessions in Numbers. What types of information are you seeking to track?
Jerry
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Is it just me..or lots of unanswered posts? need help with sync/restore...
nearly lost everything off my iPhone, due to a computer problem which holds primary iTunes library...I believe I'm finally having success right now in restoring.....
But just in case......
my question is whether I can connect my iPhone to a second computer which has a separate library, and let it back up in iTunes on that computer......
if I do this routinely, and if the primary computer dies on me, I'd still have the option to restore from computer#2,,,, correct? and not lose all my current data on the iPhone...... correct?
thanks.From your post it would seem that your iTunes Library files (or rather backups of them) are on your external drives. This is the most important thing from the point of preserving your library if you should need to rebuild the computer. What is not so clear is if the files that iTunes opens each time you use it are the ones on the external drive or a set of internal copies. One way of checking is to run the script iTunesXMLPath which tells you which .xml file iTunes is updating, and therefore the folder containing the other active library files. If this folder is the parent folder of the *iTunes Media* folder, (See *Edit > Preferences > Advanced* tab) then the library is portable and can survive being moved or having the drive letter changed.
If you are currently using the "internal" copy of the library files then, having updated the copy on your primary "external" drive, you can switch the active library by clicking on the icon to start iTunes and immediately pressing & holding down the shift key until asked to *Create or choose a library*. Click choose and navigate to the folder on the external drive. Check everything works properly.
SyncToy would be ideal for you to manage keeping the two external copies of the library updated. The first time you run it a wizard navigates you through the task of choosing two folders to pair up. It can be used for any general folder mirroring backup so you can easily create other folder pairs to take care of your downloads, documents, email stores etc.
Once you've confirmed that your library is running from the external drive then you can rebuild your Windows installation, install iTunes and use the SHIFT-start-iTunes method to open the library on the external.
What virus do you think you have? If it's one of those "Your computer is infested with 123 different suspect files, click here to give us some money to clean it for you!" types then http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix may be a good place to start, assuming of course that the URL-redirection element of the virus lets you get to the correct site.
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I am usung the Captivate reviewer to distribute draft modules.
The problem I am havving is the .LOCK file - when someone goes to review the module, they have to specify the location of a temp file. (the .lock file). When they have finished that module, then they have to either specify a new location for the next module, ot manually delete the lock file.
Is there a way to disable the comments logging feature, or have the lock file automatically deleted?
Thanks
TerryThank you.
Regards,
Michael J. Sheehan allelois
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:48:09 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Need help with Flash CS4 buttons/can't get buttons to control anything
Hi there
I'm not sure how you wound up where you did. But you wound up in the Adobe Captivate forums. Please stand by as I move your thread to the Flash forums.
Cheers... Rick
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Need help with CS4 transitions
Hi,
I am trying to use a cross dissolve transition. To make it simple, I have two clips. I'm obviously doing something wrong here. I've watched the Adobe TV tutorial and all the guy does is to select cross dissolve from the effects box, and drags it over to the clip on the timeline. I think I am doing the exact same thing, but when I play my clip back, I can see no transition effect played back.
Maybe I'm putting it in the wrong place I thought, so I tried putting it in front of the split between the two clips. Then again at the beginning of the second clip. Neither of them worked, so I shut CS4 down, and booted it up again. I started a new project, and put two new clips in it. I put the dissolve transition at the beginning of the second clip, and it worked like a charm. Then to see if that was a fluke, went to a point about 3 minutes earlier in the timeline. So now I am on clip one. I go and make a cut in the timeline, and try to place another Cross dissolve at this spot. It appears to place the transition there because it creates the rectangular box, and it has the name cross dissolve in that rectangular box,but when I try to play it to see the transition, it isn't working. Go back to the beginning of the second clip, and that one still works perfectly.
I noticed that there is a difference in the appearance of the two cross dissolve rectangular boxes. The one that works has a single diagonal line that goes from lower left to upper right in the cross dissolve box, and then there are a whole series of diagonal lines that go from upper left to lower right all across the cross dissolve box . It looks like a whole bunch of dark gray and white backslashes. In the one that doesn't work, there is just that single diagonal line that goes from lower left to upper right. No backslashes on this one. What am I doing right in the first one, but not in the second?
I find that it will work perfectly if I put in a new clip. If I put in the Cross Dissolve at the beginning of a new clip that I add to the timelime, it will work perfectly. It is only when I try to split a clip that is already on the timeline, and then put the cross dissolve in at that point.
Perhaps it is not possible to do what I am attempting to do. Maybe you can't split a clip and place the transition at that point?When I am shooting video, it is not unusual for me to be taping a scene of a mountain, for example, and then put the camera on pause, while I briefly position myself to take video of the river that is flowing at my feet. That is what is happened on this clip that I am attempting to put the transition in between. Rather than having the scene just instantly change at this point, from the mountain to the river, it would be nice to have a smoother transition then that.
My mind was working on the problem while sleeping last night, and I think I might understand how to handle it. It might have been too simple for me to think about yesterday. I haven't tried it yet, but would it not work, to insert the mountain scene from my source monitor into the timeline, and then go back and insert the river scene into the time line instead of inserting both of them at the same time. Would these not now be two separate clips on the timeline, and the transition could now be applied?
Your analogy with the DJ is very good, but it isn't quite the same. You are correct in that he would be only fading from one song to the same spot on the same song. In my case I am going from an image of a mountain to an image of a river. Same clip, but different images. I appreciate the help, and your thoughts.
Terry Lee Martin
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:15:55 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Need help with CS4 transitions
From a creative standpoiint, I don't understand the desire to transition from one clip to the exact same spot on that same clip. That's like a DJ at a night club fading from one song to the exact same spot on that same song being played on a second CD player. What's the point?
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I need help with activating Adobe MC CS4
Good day! I need help with activating Adobe MC CS4. Recent installation was not deactivated.I have Adobe License Certificate ID and other data and can provide it. Now activation not accept serial number provided in certificate.
What message do you get when the serial number is not accepted?
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Need help with Flash CS4 buttons/can't get buttons to control anything
Hello,
I need help with Flash CS4. I am making a banner with an animation (Image change into movie clip "3D Spiral") and added buttons but I cannot get the buttons to control the animation. Please help I am frustrated! If someone could help I would be most appreciated.Thank you.
Regards,
Michael J. Sheehan allelois
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:48:09 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Need help with Flash CS4 buttons/can't get buttons to control anything
Hi there
I'm not sure how you wound up where you did. But you wound up in the Adobe Captivate forums. Please stand by as I move your thread to the Flash forums.
Cheers... Rick
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Need help with almost completed plugin engine project
Hi all,
For a while now I have been working on a plugin engine. After a few iterations, the engine is similar to the Eclipse engine, in that plugins use extension points and extensions to allow contributions. Unlike the eclipse engine I have added the ability for plugins to fire events through the engine and other plugins can add listeners, all through the plugin.xml manifest. Dependencies are mostly handled automatically at plugin load time (when extensions get resolved to extension points, and listeners get resolved to events). For the case where a plugin needs to use classes from another plugin, dependencies are also allowed to be declared. Like the eclipse engine, activation of plugins occurs the first time a class is used within the plugin's classpath, OR a plugin can be activated after it is loaded.
What I need help with is testing, working on examples to provide with the engine project, and feedback/suggestions before we release the M1 build. I am asking for those that are interested in this type of work to volunteer to help where applicable and possible. I want to provide a solid plugin engine to the java community, one that is easy to use, works well, and is pretty effecient in terms of resource usage and performance.
Of particular interest to me right at the moment is dealing with multiple versions. As I see it, the engine will be used within an application and as such plugins would be distributed with a specific application version. The plugin version itself is more of a notification as to what version a plugin is, although I imagine it will help when updating at runtime as well.
Just a few other details of the engine. It handles (or will soon) dynamic load, unload and reload of plugins at runtime. Plugins can be distributed in an archive file format, we call .par (Plugin ARchive), with additional plugin filename extensions configurable at runtime. The plugins can be developed and deployed in an expanded directory format as they are in Eclipse as well, or in the archive format. In the archive format they do not need to be unzipped when deployed, and they can contain embeded jar/zip libraries. The engine handles finding and creating classes directly out of the .par file at runtime.
Multiple locations to find plugins are configurable before the engine starts, and even after it starts more could be added to allow additional locations to find plugins. URLs are supported, and soon the HTTP protocol will be supported so that plugins can be downloaded and installed at runtime.
The project can be found at www.sourceforge.net/projects/genpluginengine. If you would like to get involved and help out, please sign up on the dev mail list and send an email to introduce yourself to the rest of the members on the list.
I'll also add that I am working on a Swing UI Framework built entirely from plugins. It provides a ready-to-launce UI application that developers can simply add their plugins to, extending various extension points of the framework to have menu items, toolbar buttons, status bar access, help and preferences dialog additions, file i/o choosers, tons of open-source components ready to use (or extend to add on to), and like Eclipse, hopefully... draggable window frames that can be dropped on any other frame to form a tabbed frame of windows. Some of this is a ways off, some is getting there now. Presently you can add menu items that do allow plugin activation when first clicked, so plugins can be loaded but not activated until needed. The Preference dialog works but is not completed, and a plugin that adds a plugin control panel to view all loaded plugins, activate them, load/unload/reload, view extension points, extensions, dependencies, etc is partially completed. The point is, to allow a ready to run UI framework in Swing with an easy path for developers to quickly build applications with. If you are interested in this, when you join the mail list and introduce yourself, indicate that you are interested in this as well, as we need help with plugin development for it and would appreciate more help here too.
Look forward to some replies.Might I suggest setting up a project at a known project-site? I've seen your progress and questions posted here from time to time, but one of the drawbacks is that you have to fill each post with the entirity of your vision to explain what you're doing. That's a lot of text to read - and most folks will skip right over it.
On the other hand, a well-crafted, good-looking project web-site, with appropriate links and docs and vision statements, diagrams, etc. will have more likelyhood of attracting volunteers. java.net and sourceforge.net are likely spots to set up shop. In addition, you get CVS and bug-tracking systems, which can be quite valuable in such a large-scale project where there are lots of pieces. -
Need help with a currently "in-use" form we want to switch to Adobes hosting service
Hi, I am in desperate need of help with some issues concerning several forms which we currently use a paid third party (not Adobe) to host and "re-distribute through email"...Somehow I got charged $14.95 for YOUR service, (signed up for a trial, but never used it)..and now I am paying for a year of use of the similar service which Adobe is in control of. I might want to port my form distribution through Adobe in the hopes of reducing the errors, problems and hassles my customers are experiencing when some of them push our "submit button". (and I guess I am familiar with these somewhat from reading what IS available in here, and I also know that, Adobe is working to alleviate some of these " submit" issues, so let's don't start by going backwards, here) I need solutions now for my issues or I can leave it as is, If Adobe's solution will be no better for my end users...
We used FormsCentral to code these forms and it works for the most part (if the end-user can co-operate, and thats iffy, sometimes), but I need help with how to make it go through your servers (and not the third party folks we use now), Not being cruel or racist here, but your over the phone "support techs" are about horrible & I cannot understand them or work with any of them, so I would definitely need someone who speaks English and can understand the nuances of programming these forms, to please contact me back. (Sorry, but both those attributes will be required to be able to help me, so, no "newbie-interns" or first week trainees are gonna cut it).... If you have anyone who fits the bill on those items and would be willing to help us, please contact me back at your earliest convenience. If we have to communicate here, I will do that & I can submit whatever we need to & to whoever we need to.
I need to get this right and working for the majority of my users and on any platform and OS.
You may certainly call me to talk about this, and I have given my number numerous times to your (expletive deleted) time wasting - recording message thingy. So, If it's not available look it up under [email protected]
(and you will probably get right to me, unlike my and I'm sure most other folks', "Adobe phone-in experiences")
Thank You,
Michael Corman
VinylCouture
Phenix City, Alabama 36869Well, thanks for writing back...just so you know...I started using Adobe products in 1987, ...yeah...back then...like Illustrator 1 & 9" B&W Macs ...John Warnock's Helvetica's....stuff like that...8.5 x 11 LaserWriters...all that good stuff...I still have some of it working on a mac...much of it was stuff I bought. some stuff I did not...I'm not a big fan of this "cloud" thing Adobe has foisted upon the creatives of the world...which I'm sure you can tell...but the functionality and usefulness of your software can not be disputed, so feel free to do whatever we will continue to pay for, ...I am very impressed with CC PS on the 64 bit PC and perhaps I will end up paying you the stipend that you demand for the other services.
So I guess that brings us to our problem.. a few years back and at the height of the recession and near bankruptcy myself, I was damn lucky and hit on something and began a small arts and crafts supply service to sell my products online to a very "niche market" ...I had a unique product and still sell that product (plus others) online...My website is www.vinylcouture.com...Strange? Yes...but there is a market it seems, for everything now, and this is the market I service...Catagorically, these are 99%+ women that use these "adhesive, sticky backed vinyl products" to make different "craft items" that are just way too various and numerous to go into... generally older women, women who are computer illiterate for the most part...and all this is irrelevant to my problem, but I want you to have every bit of background on this and especially the demographic we are dealing with, so we can get right to the meat of the problem.
OK...So about two years ago, I decided to offer a "plain sheet" product of a plain colored "stick back" vinyl... it is available in multiple quantities of packs ( like 5 pieces, 10 pieces, 15 pieces, in a packi & so on)...and if you are still on my site.. go to any "GO RIGHT TO OUR ORDER PAGE" button, scroll down a little...and then to the "PLAIN VINYL" section...you will see the Weebly website order process.) You can back out from here, I think,..but, anyway this product is available in 63 colors + or - a few. So then the problem is, how do they select their individual colors within that (whatever) pack?... .
So my initial idea was to enable a "selection form" for these "colors" that would be transmitted to me via email as 'part" of the "order process".. We tried getting our customers to submit a " a list" ( something my competitiors still do, lol, poor bastards)......but that..is just unbelievable..I can't even begin to tell you what a freakin' nightmare that was...these people cannot even count to 10, much less any higher... figuring out what colors to list and send me... well, lets just say, it wasn't working......I had to figure out a better way...Something had to be done.
So after thinking this all out, and yeah...due to my total ignorance, i figured that we could make a form with Live Cycle Designer (Now Forms Central)...(back then something that was bundled with Adobe Acrobat Pro), I believe, and thats what this thing was authored in... and it would be all good...LOL!
Well not so simple...as you well know, Adobe Acrobat would NOT LET YOU EMAIL anything from itself.....it just wouldn't work (and I know why, and all that hooey), but not being one to take NO for answer,.I started looking for a way to make my little gizmo work.. So I found this company that said they can "hijack" (re-direct actually) the request to email, bypass the wah-wah, and re-transmit it to the proper parties.....for less than $100 a year, I think...its called http://pdf-fillableforms.com/.
A nice gentleman named Joseph Silva helped us program the thing to go to his servers and back out. Please dont hassle them...I need them...for now..it basically does work...try it...you should get back a copy of the form that you filled out...good luck however, if you're on MAC OSX or similar...
I have included a copy of both of our forms (and feel free to fill it out and play with it)...just put test somewhere on it...(and you must include YOUR email or it will balk)..they are supposed to be mostly identical, except one seems to be twice as large....generating a 1.7 meg file upon submission, while the other one only generates a 600K file or so...thats another issue for another day or maybe you can advise on that also...
OK so far so good......In our shop, once Grandma buys a 10 pack (or whatever), Only then she gets to the link on her receipt page ro the relevant "selection form" ,(this prevents "Filling and Sending" with "no order" and "no payment", another early problem we had)... which they can click on and it will usually download and open up on their device if all goes well...Then our little form is supposed to be fillable and is supposed to ADD UP all the quantities, so grandma knows how many she is buying and so forth right on the fly, and even while she changes her mind..., and IT'S LARGE so grandma can see it, and then it TOTALS it all up for them, ( cause remember, they can NOT add).., except there is a programming bug (mouse-click should be a mouse-up probably or something..) which makes you click in the blank spaces to get to a correct TOTAL...about 70-80% of our customers can enable all these features and usually the process completes without problems for them especially on PC's running Windows OS and Acrobat Reader X or XI...at least for most... Unfortunately it is still not the "seamless process" I would like or had envisioned for the other folks out there that do have trouble using our form.... Many folks report to us the following issues that we know of. First of all it takes too much time to load up...We know its HUGE...is there anyway that you can see, to streamline this thing? I would love for it to be more compact...this really helps on the phones and pads as I'm sure you well know.
Some just tell us,"it WON'T work"....I believe this is because they are totally out of it and dont even have Adobe Reader on their machine, & don't know how to get it ( yes, we provide the links).....or it's some ancient version....no one can stop this one...
It almost always generates some kind ( at least one time) of "error message" which we do warn them about..., telling one, basically that "Acrobat doesnt even like this happening at all, and it could be detrimental to ones computer files", blah-blah...(this freaks grandma out really bad)...& usually they end up not even trying to send it... and then I get calls that even you wouldn't believe...& If they DO nut up and push the Red "Submit Form" button, it will usually send the thing to us (and also back to them at the "required email address" they furnished on the form, thats what the folks at the "fillable forms place" do) so, if it's performing it's functions, why it is having to complain?. What are we doing wrong?....and how can I fix it?...Will re-compiling it or saving it as a newer version of "FormsCentral" correct any of these problems ?
Ok, so that should keep you busy for a minute and we can start out with those problems...but the next thing is, how can I take advantage of YOUR re-direct & hosting services?, And will it get rid of the error messages, and the slowness, and the iOS incompatibilities ? (amazingly, the last iOS Reader version worked almost OK.. but the newest version doesnt seem to work with my form on my iphone4) If it will enable any version of the iOS to send my form correctly and more transparently, then it might be worth the money...$14.95 a MONTH you say. hmmmmm...Better be good.
Another problem is, that I really don't need 5000 forms a month submitted. I think its like 70-100 or less....Got any plans for that? Maybe I'm just not BIG ENOUGH to use Adobe's services, however in this case, I really don't care whose I do use as long as the product works most correctly for my customers as well as us. Like I said, If I'm doing the best I can, I won't change anything, and still use the other third party, If Adobe has a better solution, then i'm all for that as well. In the meantime, Thanks for any help you can provide on this...
Michael Corman
VinylCouture.com
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Need Help With File Matching Records
I need help with my file matching program.
Here is how it suppose to work: FileMatch class should contain methods to read oldmast.txt and trans.txt. When a match occurs (i.e., records with the same account number appear in both the master file and the transaction file), add the dollar amount in the transaction record to the current balance in the master record, and write the "newmast.txt" record. (Assume that purchases are indicated by positive amounts in the transaction file and payments by negative amounts.)
When there is a master record for a particular account, but no corresponding transaction record, merely write the master record to "newmast.txt". When there is a transaction record, but no corresponding master record, print to a log file the message "Unmatched transaction record for account number ..." (fill in the account number from the transaction record). The log file should be a text file named "log.txt".
Here is my following program code:
// Exercise 14.8: CreateTextFile.java
// creates a text file
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.lang.SecurityException;
import java.util.Formatter;
import java.util.FormatterClosedException;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import org.egan.AccountRecord;
import org.egan.TransactionRecord;
public class CreateTextFile
private Formatter output1; // object used to output text to file
private Formatter output2; // object used to output text to file
// enable user to open file
public void openTransFile()
try
output1 = new Formatter("trans.txt");
catch (SecurityException securityException)
System.err.println("You do not have write access to this file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end catch
catch (FileNotFoundException filesNotFoundException)
System.err.println("Error creating file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end method openTransFile
// enable user to open file
public void openOldMastFile()
try
output2 = new Formatter("oldmast.txt");
catch (SecurityException securityException)
System.err.println("You do not have write access to this file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end catch
catch (FileNotFoundException filesNotFoundException)
System.err.println("Error creating file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end method openOldMastFile
// add transaction records to file
public void addTransactionRecords()
// object to be written to file
TransactionRecord record1 = new TransactionRecord();
Scanner input1 = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n\n",
"To terminate input, type the end-of-file indicator",
"when you are prompted to enter input.",
"On UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X type <ctrl> d then press Enter",
"On Windows type <ctrl> z then press Enter");
System.out.printf("%s\n%s",
"Enter account number (> 0) and amount.","? ");
while (input1.hasNext()) // loop until end-of-file indicator
try // output values to file
// retrieve data to be output
record1.setAccount(input1.nextInt()); // read account number
record1.setAmount(input1.nextDouble()); // read amount
if (record1.getAccount() > 0)
// write new record
output1.format("%d %.2f\n", record1.getAccount(), record1.getAmount());
} // end if
else
System.out.println("Account number must be greater than 0.");
} // end else
} // end try
catch (FormatterClosedException formatterClosedException)
System.err.println("Error writing to file.");
return;
} // end catch
catch (NoSuchElementException elementException)
System.err.println("Invalid input. Please try again.");
input1.nextLine(); // discard input so user can try again
} // end catch
System.out.printf("%s %s\n%s", "Enter account number (> 0) ",
"and amount.","? ");
} // end while
} // end method addTransactionRecords
// add account records to file
public void addAccountRecords()
// object to be written to file
AccountRecord record2 = new AccountRecord();
Scanner input2 = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n\n",
"To terminate input, type the end-of-file indicator",
"when you are prompted to enter input.",
"On UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X type <ctrl> d then press Enter",
"On Windows type <ctrl> z then press Enter");
System.out.printf("%s\n%s",
"Enter account number (> 0), first name, last name and balance.","? ");
while (input2.hasNext()) // loop until end-of-file indicator
try // output values to file
// retrieve data to be output
record2.setAccount(input2.nextInt()); // read account number
record2.setFirstName(input2.next()); // read first name
record2.setLastName(input2.next()); // read last name
record2.setBalance(input2.nextDouble()); // read balance
if (record2.getAccount() > 0)
// write new record
output2.format("%d %s %s %.2f\n", record2.getAccount(), record2.getFirstName(),
record2.getLastName(), record2.getBalance());
} // end if
else
System.out.println("Account number must be greater than 0.");
} // end else
} // end try
catch (FormatterClosedException formatterClosedException)
System.err.println("Error writing to file.");
return;
} // end catch
catch (NoSuchElementException elementException)
System.err.println("Invalid input. Please try again.");
input2.nextLine(); // discard input so user can try again
} // end catch
System.out.printf("%s %s\n%s", "Enter account number (> 0),",
"first name, last name and balance.","? ");
} // end while
} // end method addAccountRecords
// close file
public void closeTransFile()
if (output1 != null)
output1.close();
} // end method closeTransFile
// close file
public void closeOldMastFile()
if (output2 != null)
output2.close();
} // end method closeOldMastFile
} // end class CreateTextFile--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: CreateTextFileTest.java
// Testing class CreateTextFile
public class CreateTextFileTest
// main method begins program execution
public static void main( String args[] )
CreateTextFile application = new CreateTextFile();
application.openTransFile();
application.addTransactionRecords();
application.closeTransFile();
application.openOldMastFile();
application.addAccountRecords();
application.closeOldMastFile();
} // end main
} // end class CreateTextFileTest-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: TransactionRecord.java
// A class that represents on record of information
package org.egan; // packaged for reuse
public class TransactionRecord
private int account;
private double amount;
// no-argument constructor calls other constructor with default values
public TransactionRecord()
this(0,0.0); // call two-argument constructor
} // end no-argument AccountRecord constructor
// initialize a record
public TransactionRecord(int acct, double amt)
setAccount(acct);
setAmount(amt);
} // end two-argument TransactionRecord constructor
// set account number
public void setAccount(int acct)
account = acct;
} // end method setAccount
// get account number
public int getAccount()
return account;
} // end method getAccount
// set amount
public void setAmount(double amt)
amount = amt;
} // end method setAmount
// get amount
public double getAmount()
return amount;
} // end method getAmount
} // end class TransactionRecord -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: AccountRecord.java
// A class that represents on record of information
package org.egan; // packaged for reuse
import org.egan.TransactionRecord;
public class AccountRecord
private int account;
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
private double balance;
// no-argument constructor calls other constructor with default values
public AccountRecord()
this(0,"","",0.0); // call four-argument constructor
} // end no-argument AccountRecord constructor
// initialize a record
public AccountRecord(int acct, String first, String last, double bal)
setAccount(acct);
setFirstName(first);
setLastName(last);
setBalance(bal);
} // end four-argument AccountRecord constructor
// set account number
public void setAccount(int acct)
account = acct;
} // end method setAccount
// get account number
public int getAccount()
return account;
} // end method getAccount
// set first name
public void setFirstName(String first)
firstName = first;
} // end method setFirstName
// get first name
public String getFirstName()
return firstName;
} // end method getFirstName
// set last name
public void setLastName(String last)
lastName = last;
} // end method setLastName
// get last name
public String getLastName()
return lastName;
} // end method getLastName
// set balance
public void setBalance(double bal)
balance = bal;
} // end method setBalance
// get balance
public double getBalance()
return balance;
} // end method getBalance
// combine balance and amount
public void combine(TransactionRecord record)
balance = (getBalance() + record.getAmount());
} // end method combine
} // end class AccountRecord -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: FileMatch.java
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.lang.IllegalStateException;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Formatter;
import java.util.FormatterClosedException;
import org.egan.AccountRecord;
import org.egan.TransactionRecord;
public class FileMatch
private Scanner inTransaction;
private Scanner inOldMaster;
private Formatter outNewMaster;
private Formatter theLog;
// enable user to open file
public void openTransFile()
try
inTransaction = new Scanner(new File("trans.txt"));
} // end try
catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException)
System.err.println("Error opening file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end catch
} // end method openTransFile
// enable user to open file
public void openOldMastFile()
try
inOldMaster = new Scanner(new File("oldmast.txt"));
} // end try
catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException)
System.err.println("Error opening file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end catch
} // end method openOldMastFile
// enable user to open file
public void openNewMastFile()
try
outNewMaster = new Formatter("newmast.txt");
catch (SecurityException securityException)
System.err.println("You do not have write access to this file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end catch
catch (FileNotFoundException filesNotFoundException)
System.err.println("Error creating file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end method openNewMastFile
// enable user to open file
public void openLogFile()
try
theLog = new Formatter("log.txt");
catch (SecurityException securityException)
System.err.println("You do not have write access to this file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end catch
catch (FileNotFoundException filesNotFoundException)
System.err.println("Error creating file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end method openLogFile
// update records
public void updateRecords()
TransactionRecord transaction = new TransactionRecord();
AccountRecord account = new AccountRecord();
try // read records from file using Scanner object
System.out.println("Start file matching.");
while (inTransaction.hasNext() && inOldMaster.hasNext())
transaction.setAccount(inTransaction.nextInt()); // read account number
transaction.setAmount(inTransaction.nextDouble()); // read amount
account.setAccount(inOldMaster.nextInt()); // read account number
account.setFirstName(inOldMaster.next()); // read first name
account.setLastName(inOldMaster.next()); // read last name
account.setBalance(inOldMaster.nextDouble()); // read balance
if (transaction.getAccount() == account.getAccount())
while (inTransaction.hasNext() && transaction.getAccount() == account.getAccount())
account.combine(transaction);
outNewMaster.format("%d %s %s %.2f\n",
account.getAccount(), account.getFirstName(), account.getLastName(),
account.getBalance());
transaction.setAccount(inTransaction.nextInt()); // read account number
transaction.setAmount(inTransaction.nextDouble()); // read amount
else if (transaction.getAccount() != account.getAccount())
outNewMaster.format("%d %s %s %.2f\n",
account.getAccount(), account.getFirstName(), account.getLastName(),
account.getBalance());
theLog.format("%s%d","Unmatched transaction record for account number ",transaction.getAccount());
} // end while
System.out.println("Finish file matching.");
} // end try
catch (NoSuchElementException elementException)
System.err.println("File improperly formed.");
inTransaction.close();
inOldMaster.close();
System.exit(1);
} // end catch
catch (IllegalStateException stateException)
System.err.println("Error reading from file.");
System.exit(1);
} // end catch
} // end method updateRecords
// close file and terminate application
public void closeTransFile()
if (inTransaction != null)
inTransaction.close();
} // end method closeTransFile
// close file and terminate application
public void closeOldMastFile()
if (inOldMaster != null)
inOldMaster.close();
} // end method closeOldMastFile
// close file
public void closeNewMastFile()
if (outNewMaster != null)
outNewMaster.close();
} // end method closeNewMastFile
// close file
public void closeLogFile()
if (theLog != null)
theLog.close();
} // end method closeLogFile
} // end class FileMatch-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: FileMatchTest.java
// Testing class FileMatch
public class FileMatchTest
// main method begins program execution
public static void main( String args[] )
FileMatch application = new FileMatch();
application.openTransFile();
application.openOldMastFile();
application.openNewMastFile();
application.openLogFile();
application.updateRecords();
application.closeLogFile();
application.closeNewMastFile();
application.closeOldMastFile();
application.closeTransFile();
} // end main
} // end class FileMatchTest-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sample data for master file:
Master file
Account Number Name Balance
100 Alan Jones 348.17
300 Mary Smith 27.19
500 Sam Sharp 0.00
700 Suzy Green -14.22Sample data for transaction file:
Transaction file Transaction
Account Number Amount
100 27.14
300 62.11
300 83.89
400 100.56
700 80.78
700 1.53
900 82.17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My FileMatch class program above has bugs in it.
The correct results for the newmast.txt:
100 Alan Jones 375.31
300 Mary Smith 173.19
500 Sam Sharp 0.00
700 Suzy Green 68.09The correct results for the log.txt:
Unmatched transaction record for account number 400Unmatched transaction record for account number 900------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My results for the newmast.txt:
100 Alan Jones 375.31
300 Mary Smith 111.08
500 Sam Sharp 0.00
700 Suzy Green -12.69My results for the log.txt
Unmatched transaction record for account number 700-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am not sure what is wrong with my code above to make my results different from the correct results.
Much help is appreciated. Please help.From the output, it looks like one problem is just formatting -- apparently you're including a newline in log entries and not using tabs for the newmast output file.
As to why the numbers are off -- just from glancing over it, it appears that the problem is when you add multiple transaction values. Since account.combine() is so simple, I suspect that you're either adding creating transaction objects incorrectly or not creating them when you should be.
Create test input data that isolates a single case of this (e.g., just the Mary Smith case), and then running your program in a debugger or adding debugging code to the add/combine method, so you can see what's happening in detail.
Also I'd recommend reconsidering your design. It's a red flag if a class has a name with "Create" in it. Classes represent bundles of independant state and transformations on that state, not things to do. -
I need help with illustrator 10
I need help with illustrator 10, I have artwork I need to finish in it and it keep kicking me off.
I have added transparency, using SVG effects, a lot more detail and that is when it started kicking me off. I just added 2 gb of ram thinking it was ram I needed but it keeps kicking me off.
I think there is something I need to change in how I save it???
I have a mini mac, 10.5.8
The screen also turns white while I am working and when it does kick me off it says there is an error.I know I am behind the times but I am just trying to get this deadline done and be able to update my computer and such in a few months. Help!I have very simple artwork and when I add any textures or transparency or
any type of detail from SVG effects it will not let me copy it and paste or
when I do try to move it everything turns white or it just kicks me off.
Then I cannot get back onto illustrator. It takes a very long time to save
it or move things. This has not happened before. I have been designing
for 25 years and am self taught. I can get on my simple designs. I am
saving my artwork as AI document. I just have to finish the designs and
put them into dropbox. I do not need to print. I did add 2 GB of ram
thinking the extra memory would help. I think I need to turn something off
and turn something on. There is an error window that comes up the says the
application illustrator has quit unexpectedly. I am at a dead end on what
to do! -
Need help with calculator project for an assignment...
Hi all, I please need help with my calculator project that I have to do for an assignment.
Here is the project's specifications that I need to do"
"""Create a console calculator applicaion that:
* Takes one command line argument: your name and surname. When the
program starts, display the date and time with a welcome message for the
user.
* Display all the available options to the user. Your calculator must include
the arithmetic operations as well as at least five scientific operations of the
Math class.
-Your program must also have the ability to round a number and
truncate it.
-When you multiply by 2, you should not use the '*' operator to perform the
operation.
-Your program must also be able to reverse the sign of a number.
* Include sufficient error checking in your program to ensure that the user
only enters valid input. Make use of the String; Character, and other
wrapper classes to help you.
* Your program must be able to do conversions between decimal, octal and
hex numbers.
* Make use of a menu. You should give the user the option to end the
program when entering a certain option.
* When the program exits, display a message for the user, stating the
current time, and calculate and display how long the user used your
program.
* Make use of helper classes where possible.
* Use the SDK to run your program."""
When the program starts, it asks the user for his/her name and surname. I got the program to ask the user again and again for his/her name and surname
when he/she doesn't insert anything or just press 'enter', but if the user enters a number for the name and surname part, the program continues.
Now my question is this: How can I restrict the user to only enter 'letters' (and spaces of course) but allow NO numbers for his/her surname??
Here is the programs code that I've written so far:
{code}
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class Project {
private static String nameSurname = "";
private static String num1 = null;
private static String num2 = null;
private static String choice1 = null;
private static double answer = 0;
private static String more;
public double Add() {
answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) + Double.parseDouble(num2));
return answer;
public double Subtract() {
answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) - Double.parseDouble(num2));
return answer;
public double Multiply() {
answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) * Double.parseDouble(num2));
return answer;
public double Divide() {
answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) / Double.parseDouble(num2));
return answer;
public double Modulus() {
answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) % Double.parseDouble(num2));
return answer;
public double maximumValue() {
answer = (Math.max(Double.parseDouble(num1), Double.parseDouble(num2)));
return answer;
public double minimumValue() {
answer = (Math.min(Double.parseDouble(num1), Double.parseDouble(num2)));
return answer;
public double absoluteNumber1() {
answer = (Math.abs(Double.parseDouble(num1)));
return answer;
public double absoluteNumber2() {
answer = (Math.abs(Double.parseDouble(num2)));
return answer;
public double Squareroot1() {
answer = (Math.sqrt(Double.parseDouble(num1)));
return answer;
public double Squareroot2() {
answer = (Math.sqrt(Double.parseDouble(num2)));
return answer;
public static String octalEquivalent1() {
int iNum1 = Integer.parseInt(num1);
String octal1 = Integer.toOctalString(iNum1);
return octal1;
public static String octalEquivalent2() {
int iNum2 = Integer.parseInt(num2);
String octal2 = Integer.toOctalString(iNum2);
return octal2;
public static String hexadecimalEquivalent1() {
int iNum1 = Integer.parseInt(num1);
String hex1 = Integer.toHexString(iNum1);
return hex1;
public static String hexadecimalEquivalent2() {
int iNum2 = Integer.parseInt(num2);
String hex2 = Integer.toHexString(iNum2);
return hex2;
public double Round1() {
answer = Math.round(Double.parseDouble(num1));
return answer;
public double Round2() {
answer = Math.round(Double.parseDouble(num2));
return answer;
SimpleDateFormat format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, dd MMMM yyyy");
Date now = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat format2 = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a");
static Date timeIn = new Date();
public static long programRuntime() {
Date timeInD = timeIn;
long timeOutD = System.currentTimeMillis();
long msec = timeOutD - timeInD.getTime();
float timeHours = msec / 1000;
return (long) timeHours;
DecimalFormat decimals = new DecimalFormat("#0.00");
public String insertNameAndSurname() throws IOException{
boolean inputCorrect = false;
while (inputCorrect == false) {
while (nameSurname == null || nameSurname.length() == 0) {
for (int i = 0; i < nameSurname.length(); i++) {
if ((nameSurname.charAt(i) > 'a') && (nameSurname.charAt(i) < 'Z')){
inputCorrect = true;
else{
inputCorrect = false;
break;
try {
BufferedReader inStream = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("Please enter your name and surname: ");
nameSurname = inStream.readLine();
inputCorrect = true;
}catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println("You did not enter your name and surname, " + nameSurname + " is not a name, please enter your name and surname :");
inputCorrect = false;
System.out.println("\nA warm welcome " + nameSurname + " ,todays date is: " + format1.format(now));
System.out.println("and the time is now exactly " + format2.format(timeIn) + ".");
return nameSurname;
public String inputNumber1() throws IOException {
boolean inputCorrect = false;
while (inputCorrect == false) {
try {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("\nPlease enter a number you want to do a calculation with and hit <ENTER>: ");
num1 = br.readLine();
double number1 = Double.parseDouble(num1);
System.out.println("\nThe number you have entered is: " + number1);
inputCorrect = true;
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
System.out.println("\nYou did not enter a valid number: " + "\""+ num1 + "\" is not a number!!");
inputCorrect = false;
return num1;
public String calculatorChoice() throws IOException {
System.out.println("Please select an option of what you would like to do with this number from the menu below and hit <ENTER>: ");
System.out.println("\n*********************************************");
System.out.println("---------------------------------------------");
System.out.println("Please select an option from the list below: ");
System.out.println("---------------------------------------------");
System.out.println("1 - Add");
System.out.println("2 - Subtract");
System.out.println("3 - Multiply");
System.out.println("4 - Divide (remainder included)");
System.out.println("5 - Maximum and minimum value of two numbers");
System.out.println("6 - Squareroot");
System.out.println("7 - Absolute value of numbers");
System.out.println("8 - Octal and Hexadecimal equivalent of numbers");
System.out.println("9 - Round numbers");
System.out.println("0 - Exit program");
System.out.println("**********************************************");
boolean inputCorrect = false;
while (inputCorrect == false) {
try {
BufferedReader inStream = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("Please enter your option and hit <ENTER>: ");
choice1 = inStream.readLine();
int c1 = Integer.parseInt(choice1);
System.out.println("\nYou have entered choice number: " + c1);
inputCorrect = true;
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
System.out.println("You did not enter a valid choice number: " + "\""+ choice1 + "\" is not in the list!!");
inputCorrect = false;
return choice1;
public String inputNumber2() throws IOException {
boolean inputCorrect = false;
while (inputCorrect == false) {
try {
BufferedReader br2 = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("\nPlease enter another number you want to do the calculation with and hit <ENTER>: ");
num2 = br2.readLine();
double n2 = Double.parseDouble(num2);
System.out.println("\nThe second number you have entered is: " + n2);
System.out.println("\nYour numbers are: " + num1 + " and " + num2);
inputCorrect = true;
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
System.out.println("You did not enter a valid number: " + "\""+ num2 + "\" is not a number!!");
inputCorrect = false;
return num2;
public int Calculator() {
int choice2 = (int) Double.parseDouble(choice1);
switch (choice2) {
case 1 :
Add();
System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " + " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
break;
case 2 :
Subtract();
System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " - " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
break;
case 3 :
Multiply();
System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " * " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
break;
case 4 :
Divide();
System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " / " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
Modulus();
System.out.print(" and the remainder is " + decimals.format(answer));
break;
case 5 :
maximumValue();
System.out.println("The maximum number between the numbers " + num1 + " and " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
minimumValue();
System.out.println("The minimum number between the numbers " + num1 + " and " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
break;
case 6 :
Squareroot1();
System.out.println("The squareroot of value " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
Squareroot2();
System.out.println("The squareroot of value " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
break;
case 7 :
absoluteNumber1();
System.out.println("The absolute number of " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
absoluteNumber2();
System.out.println("The absolute number of " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
break;
case 8 :
octalEquivalent1();
System.out.println("The octal equivalent of " + num1 + " is: " + octalEquivalent1());
octalEquivalent2();
System.out.println("The octal equivalent of " + num2 + " is: " + octalEquivalent2());
hexadecimalEquivalent1();
System.out.println("\nThe hexadecimal equivalent of " + num1 + " is: " + hexadecimalEquivalent1());
hexadecimalEquivalent2();
System.out.println("The hexadecimal equivalent of " + num2 + " is: " + hexadecimalEquivalent2());
break;
case 9 :
Round1();
System.out.println("The rounded number of " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
Round2();
System.out.println("The rounded number of " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
break;
case 0 :
if (choice2 == 0) {
System.exit(1);
break;
return choice2;
public String anotherCalculation() throws IOException {
boolean inputCorrect = false;
while (inputCorrect == false) {
try {
BufferedReader br3 = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("\nWould you like to do another calculation? Y/N ");
more = br3.readLine();
String s1 = "y";
String s2 = "Y";
if (more.equals(s1) || more.equals(s2)) {
inputCorrect = true;
while (inputCorrect = true){
inputNumber1();
System.out.println("");
calculatorChoice();
System.out.println("");
inputNumber2();
System.out.println("");
Calculator();
System.out.println("");
anotherCalculation();
System.out.println("");
inputCorrect = true;
} else {
System.out.println("\n" + nameSurname + " thank you for using this program, you have used this program for: " + decimals.format(programRuntime()) + " seconds");
System.out.println("the program will now exit, Goodbye.");
System.exit(0);
} catch (IOException ex){
System.out.println("You did not enter a valid answer: " + "\""+ more + "\" is not in the list!!");
inputCorrect = false;
return more;
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Project p1 = new Project();
p1.insertNameAndSurname();
System.out.println("");
p1.inputNumber1();
System.out.println("");
p1.calculatorChoice();
System.out.println("");
p1.inputNumber2();
System.out.println("");
p1.Calculator();
System.out.println("");
p1.anotherCalculation();
System.out.println("");
{code}
*Can you please run my code for yourself and have a look at how this program is constructed*
*and give me ANY feedback on how I can better this code(program) or if I've done anything wrong from your point of view.*
Your help will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advanceSmirre wrote:
Now my question is this: How can I restrict the user to only enter 'letters' (and spaces of course) but allow NO numbers for his/her surname??You cannot restrict the user. It is a sad fact in programming that the worst bug always sits in front of the Computer.
What you could do is checking the input string for numbers. If it contains numbers, just reprompt for the Name.
AND you might want to ask yourself why the heck a calculator needs to know the users Name. -
Need help with Berkeley XML DB Performance
We need help with maximizing performance of our use of Berkeley XML DB. I am filling most of the 29 part question as listed by Oracle's BDB team.
Berkeley DB XML Performance Questionnaire
1. Describe the Performance area that you are measuring? What is the
current performance? What are your performance goals you hope to
achieve?
We are measuring the performance while loading a document during
web application startup. It is currently taking 10-12 seconds when
only one user is on the system. We are trying to do some testing to
get the load time when several users are on the system.
We would like the load time to be 5 seconds or less.
2. What Berkeley DB XML Version? Any optional configuration flags
specified? Are you running with any special patches? Please specify?
dbxml 2.4.13. No special patches.
3. What Berkeley DB Version? Any optional configuration flags
specified? Are you running with any special patches? Please Specify.
bdb 4.6.21. No special patches.
4. Processor name, speed and chipset?
Intel Xeon CPU 5150 2.66GHz
5. Operating System and Version?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Relase 4 Update 6
6. Disk Drive Type and speed?
Don't have that information
7. File System Type? (such as EXT2, NTFS, Reiser)
EXT3
8. Physical Memory Available?
4GB
9. Are you using Replication (HA) with Berkeley DB XML? If so, please
describe the network you are using, and the number of Replica’s.
No
10. Are you using a Remote Filesystem (NFS) ? If so, for which
Berkeley DB XML/DB files?
No
11. What type of mutexes do you have configured? Did you specify
–with-mutex=? Specify what you find inn your config.log, search
for db_cv_mutex?
None. Did not specify -with-mutex during bdb compilation
12. Which API are you using (C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, other) ?
Which compiler and version?
Java 1.5
13. If you are using an Application Server or Web Server, please
provide the name and version?
Oracle Appication Server 10.1.3.4.0
14. Please provide your exact Environment Configuration Flags (include
anything specified in you DB_CONFIG file)
Default.
15. Please provide your Container Configuration Flags?
final EnvironmentConfig envConf = new EnvironmentConfig();
envConf.setAllowCreate(true); // If the environment does not
// exist, create it.
envConf.setInitializeCache(true); // Turn on the shared memory
// region.
envConf.setInitializeLocking(true); // Turn on the locking subsystem.
envConf.setInitializeLogging(true); // Turn on the logging subsystem.
envConf.setTransactional(true); // Turn on the transactional
// subsystem.
envConf.setLockDetectMode(LockDetectMode.MINWRITE);
envConf.setThreaded(true);
envConf.setErrorStream(System.err);
envConf.setCacheSize(1024*1024*64);
envConf.setMaxLockers(2000);
envConf.setMaxLocks(2000);
envConf.setMaxLockObjects(2000);
envConf.setTxnMaxActive(200);
envConf.setTxnWriteNoSync(true);
envConf.setMaxMutexes(40000);
16. How many XML Containers do you have? For each one please specify:
One.
1. The Container Configuration Flags
XmlContainerConfig xmlContainerConfig = new XmlContainerConfig();
xmlContainerConfig.setTransactional(true);
xmlContainerConfig.setIndexNodes(true);
xmlContainerConfig.setReadUncommitted(true);
2. How many documents?
Everytime the user logs in, the current xml document is loaded from
a oracle database table and put it in the Berkeley XML DB.
The documents get deleted from XML DB when the Oracle application
server container is stopped.
The number of documents should start with zero initially and it
will grow with every login.
3. What type (node or wholedoc)?
Node
4. Please indicate the minimum, maximum and average size of
documents?
The minimum is about 2MB and the maximum could 20MB. The average
mostly about 5MB.
5. Are you using document data? If so please describe how?
We are using document data only to save changes made
to the application data in a web application. The final save goes
to the relational database. Berkeley XML DB is just used to store
temporary data since going to the relational database for each change
will cause severe performance issues.
17. Please describe the shape of one of your typical documents? Please
do this by sending us a skeleton XML document.
Due to the sensitive nature of the data, I can provide XML schema instead.
18. What is the rate of document insertion/update required or
expected? Are you doing partial node updates (via XmlModify) or
replacing the document?
The document is inserted during user login. Any change made to the application
data grid or other data components gets saved in Berkeley DB. We also have
an automatic save every two minutes. The final save from the application
gets saved in a relational database.
19. What is the query rate required/expected?
Users will not be entering data rapidly. There will be lot of think time
before the users enter/modify data in the web application. This is a pilot
project but when we go live with this application, we will expect 25 users
at the same time.
20. XQuery -- supply some sample queries
1. Please provide the Query Plan
2. Are you using DBXML_INDEX_NODES?
Yes.
3. Display the indices you have defined for the specific query.
XmlIndexSpecification spec = container.getIndexSpecification();
// ids
spec.addIndex("", "id", XmlIndexSpecification.PATH_NODE | XmlIndexSpecification.NODE_ATTRIBUTE | XmlIndexSpecification.KEY_EQUALITY, XmlValue.STRING);
spec.addIndex("", "idref", XmlIndexSpecification.PATH_NODE | XmlIndexSpecification.NODE_ATTRIBUTE | XmlIndexSpecification.KEY_EQUALITY, XmlValue.STRING);
// index to cover AttributeValue/Description
spec.addIndex("", "Description", XmlIndexSpecification.PATH_EDGE | XmlIndexSpecification.NODE_ELEMENT | XmlIndexSpecification.KEY_SUBSTRING, XmlValue.STRING);
// cover AttributeValue/@value
spec.addIndex("", "value", XmlIndexSpecification.PATH_EDGE | XmlIndexSpecification.NODE_ATTRIBUTE | XmlIndexSpecification.KEY_EQUALITY, XmlValue.STRING);
// item attribute values
spec.addIndex("", "type", XmlIndexSpecification.PATH_EDGE | XmlIndexSpecification.NODE_ATTRIBUTE | XmlIndexSpecification.KEY_EQUALITY, XmlValue.STRING);
// default index
spec.addDefaultIndex(XmlIndexSpecification.PATH_NODE | XmlIndexSpecification.NODE_ELEMENT | XmlIndexSpecification.KEY_EQUALITY, XmlValue.STRING);
spec.addDefaultIndex(XmlIndexSpecification.PATH_NODE | XmlIndexSpecification.NODE_ATTRIBUTE | XmlIndexSpecification.KEY_EQUALITY, XmlValue.STRING);
// save the spec to the container
XmlUpdateContext uc = xmlManager.createUpdateContext();
container.setIndexSpecification(spec, uc);
4. If this is a large query, please consider sending a smaller
query (and query plan) that demonstrates the problem.
21. Are you running with Transactions? If so please provide any
transactions flags you specify with any API calls.
Yes. READ_UNCOMMITED in some and READ_COMMITTED in other transactions.
22. If your application is transactional, are your log files stored on
the same disk as your containers/databases?
Yes.
23. Do you use AUTO_COMMIT?
No.
24. Please list any non-transactional operations performed?
No.
25. How many threads of control are running? How many threads in read
only mode? How many threads are updating?
We use Berkeley XML DB within the context of a struts web application.
Each user logged into the web application will be running a bdb transactoin
within the context of a struts action thread.
26. Please include a paragraph describing the performance measurements
you have made. Please specifically list any Berkeley DB operations
where the performance is currently insufficient.
We are clocking 10-12 seconds of loading a document from dbd when
five users are on the system.
getContainer().getDocument(documentName);
27. What performance level do you hope to achieve?
We would like to get less than 5 seconds when 25 users are on the system.
28. Please send us the output of the following db_stat utility commands
after your application has been running under "normal" load for some
period of time:
% db_stat -h database environment -c
% db_stat -h database environment -l
% db_stat -h database environment -m
% db_stat -h database environment -r
% db_stat -h database environment -t
(These commands require the db_stat utility access a shared database
environment. If your application has a private environment, please
remove the DB_PRIVATE flag used when the environment is created, so
you can obtain these measurements. If removing the DB_PRIVATE flag
is not possible, let us know and we can discuss alternatives with
you.)
If your application has periods of "good" and "bad" performance,
please run the above list of commands several times, during both
good and bad periods, and additionally specify the -Z flags (so
the output of each command isn't cumulative).
When possible, please run basic system performance reporting tools
during the time you are measuring the application's performance.
For example, on UNIX systems, the vmstat and iostat utilities are
good choices.
Will give this information soon.
29. Are there any other significant applications running on this
system? Are you using Berkeley DB outside of Berkeley DB XML?
Please describe the application?
No to the first two questions.
The web application is an online review of test questions. The users
login and then review the items one by one. The relational database
holds the data in xml. During application load, the application
retrieves the xml and then saves it to bdb. While the user
is making changes to the data in the application, it writes those
changes to bdb. Finally when the user hits the SAVE button, the data
gets saved to the relational database. We also have an automatic save
every two minues, which saves bdb xml data and saves it to relational
database.
Thanks,
Madhav
[email protected]Could it be that you simply do not have set up indexes to support your query? If so, you could do some basic testing using the dbxml shell:
milu@colinux:~/xpg > dbxml -h ~/dbenv
Joined existing environment
dbxml> setverbose 7 2
dbxml> open tv.dbxml
dbxml> listIndexes
dbxml> query { collection()[//@date-tip]/*[@chID = ('ard','zdf')] (: example :) }
dbxml> queryplan { collection()[//@date-tip]/*[@chID = ('ard','zdf')] (: example :) }Verbosity will make the engine display some (rather cryptic) information on index usage. I can't remember where the output is explained; my feeling is that "V(...)" means the index is being used (which is good), but that observation may not be accurate. Note that some details in the setVerbose command could differ, as I'm using 2.4.16 while you're using 2.4.13.
Also, take a look at the query plan. You can post it here and some people will be able to diagnose it.
Michael Ludwig -
Need help with my usecase based on transient ViewObject
I am using 11.1.1.4.0 Jdev version. I need help with my usecase.Been trying it for 2 days but couldn't figure out the issue.
I have a transientVO . In this VO Rows will be populated programmatically. CountryId is an attribute of this VO. I have created a viewAccessor "CountriesVA" from Country VO of HR schema.
I have a LOV for the countryId which is based on this VA ,getting countries from CountryTable.
This is the model part which works fine.
Before the page load i have called a method to create a row for this transientVO.Once the row is created i can see the SOC in my page which i have created as below.
Now i want to insert a row in the transientVO if user selects a country and restrict duplicate entry . (As One row is already created 1st time there will be no rows created.after that rows will be inserted)
The issue is :: Suppose there are 2 countries. A & B .When user does the following actions :
Insert A . Done //as 1st entry
Insert B . Done //as 1st time entry
Insert A . duplicate not inserted
Insert B . getting inserted // the bug.
<af:selectOneChoice value="#{bindings.CountryId.inputValue}"
label="#{bindings.CountryId.label}"
required="#{bindings.CountryId.hints.mandatory}"
shortDesc="#{bindings.CountryId.hints.tooltip}" id="soc1"
immediate="true" autoSubmit="true"
valueChangeListener="#{pageFlowScope.managedBean.countryIdVC}">
public void countryIdVC(ValueChangeEvent valueChangeEvent) {
// Add event code here...
String oldValue=null;
setEL("#{bindings.CountryId.inputValue}", valueChangeEvent.getOldValue());
if(evaluateEL("#{bindings.CountryId.attributeValue}")!=null)
oldValue =evaluateEL("#{bindings.CountryId.attributeValue}").toString();
setEL("#{bindings.CountryId.inputValue}", valueChangeEvent.getNewValue());
String newValue=evaluateEL("#{bindings.CountryId.attributeValue}").toString();
BindingContainer bindings = BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry();
DCIteratorBinding dciter = (DCIteratorBinding) bindings.get("ViewObj1Iterator");
//access the underlying RowSetIterator
RowSetIterator rsi = dciter.getRowSetIterator();
boolean duplicate=true;
if(oldValue!=null){
rsi.getCurrentRow().setAttribute("CountryId", oldValue);
// Row row= rsi.findByKey(new Key(new Object[] { newValue}), 1)[0];
Key key =new Key(new Object[] { newValue});
Row row=rsi.getRow(key);
if(row==null){
System.err.println(duplicate);
duplicate=false;
}else{
rsi.setCurrentRow(row);
if(!duplicate){
//get handle to the last row
Row lastRow = rsi.last();
//obtain the index of the last row
int lastRowIndex = rsi.getRangeIndexOf(lastRow);
//create a new row
Row newRow = rsi.createRow();
newRow.setAttribute("CountryId", newValue);
//initialize the row
newRow.setNewRowState(Row.STATUS_INITIALIZED);
//add row to last index + 1 so it becomes last in the range set
rsi.insertRowAtRangeIndex(lastRowIndex +1, newRow);
//make row the current row so it is displayed correctly
rsi.setCurrentRow(newRow);I read the reply from Andrejus Baranovskis and thought of studying and implementing that in my useCase.Well it worked . I implemented the same Logic but rowIteration was done in AppModule.
Con-Fusion, Bugs, Facts &amp; Workarounds: Iterating through View Object RowIterator Bug.(NOT ADF BUG, Development B…
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E15523_01/web.1111/b31974/bcservices.htm#sm0206
9.7.6 What You May Need to Know About Programmatic Row Set Iteration
The problem is solved ,the above links helped me solve the problem.
what i did is i have created a method in appmodule to iterate rows and all the method y operation bindings and my logic works fine ....
MY Advice to all Adf developers ,though i am not an expert but i can assure you to follow the above process for rowIteration.If you use the iterator binding in the manage bean to navigate the rows u'll face issues which are unexpected.
In AppModule :::::
public boolean createRow(String oldValue,String newValue){
System.err.println(oldValue+""+newValue);
ViewObjectImpl vo=getViewObj1();
boolean duplicate=false;
if(oldValue!=null){
RowSetIterator iter = vo.createRowSetIterator(null);
System.err.println("iterating rows ");
while (iter.hasNext()) {
Row r = iter.next();
System.err.println(iter.getRangeIndexOf(r)+" row is "+r.getAttribute("CountryId"));
if(r.getAttribute("CountryId").toString().equals(newValue)){
duplicate=true;
break;
// Do something with the current row.
// close secondary row set iterator
iter.closeRowSetIterator();
return duplicate;
In ManageBean :::::
public void countryIdVC(ValueChangeEvent valueChangeEvent) {
// Add event code here...
String oldValue=null;
System.err.println("Old Value"+valueChangeEvent.getOldValue());
setEL("#{bindings.CountryId.inputValue}", valueChangeEvent.getOldValue());
if(evaluateEL("#{bindings.CountryId.attributeValue}")!=null)
oldValue =evaluateEL("#{bindings.CountryId.attributeValue}").toString();
setEL("#{bindings.CountryId.inputValue}", valueChangeEvent.getNewValue());
String newValue=evaluateEL("#{bindings.CountryId.attributeValue}").toString();
BindingContainer bindings = BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry();
//access the name of the iterator the table is bound to. Its "allDepartmentsIterator"
//in this sample
DCIteratorBinding dciter = (DCIteratorBinding) bindings.get("ViewObj1Iterator");
//access the underlying RowSetIterator
RowSetIterator rsi = dciter.getRowSetIterator();
if(oldValue!=null){
rsi.getCurrentRow().setAttribute("CountryId", oldValue);
OperationBinding operation = bindings.getOperationBinding("createRow");
operation.getParamsMap().put("oldValue", oldValue);
operation.getParamsMap().put("newValue", newValue);
if(!(Boolean)operation.execute()){
//get handle to the last row
Row lastRow = rsi.last();
//obtain the index of the last row
int lastRowIndex = rsi.getRangeIndexOf(lastRow);
//create a new row
Row newRow = rsi.createRow();
newRow.setAttribute("CountryId", newValue);
//initialize the row
newRow.setNewRowState(Row.STATUS_INITIALIZED);
//add row to last index + 1 so it becomes last in the range set
System.err.println("Inserting row at index "+lastRowIndex+1);
rsi.insertRowAtRangeIndex(lastRowIndex +1, newRow);
//make row the current row so it is displayed correctly
rsi.setCurrentRow(newRow);
else{
System.err.println("Data found So not inserting,only setting current Row");
Key key =new Key(new Object[] { newValue});
rsi.setCurrentRow(rsi.getRow(key)); -
I need help with my I tunes billing
itunes can play a LOT! more formats then the appletv can unsupported files will not show
http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs/
H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline Profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format -
HOW DO YOU GUYS DEAL WITH APPLE.. SO CONFUSING...NEED HELP WITH SPECS FOR PURCHASE OF IMAC 21.5
Hi guys, been reading your forums, blogposts, etc and am getting more confused. I'm just a video girl trying to produce meaningful content through web videos for small to mid sized businesses and want to come over from the dark side.
Good news,, I dont need a super giant system, I do simple editing for web videos, minimal graphics, no motion graphics, no animation etc. currently using CS4, will probably end up with 5.5.
I want to get imac 21.5 or 27 if i have to.. So here's the question we all have,,, what do I really need besides an Apple fairy godmother to figure this crazy stuff out?????
I want to be able to have firewire add on, but the rest is what I need help with. So i've been looking at cs6 specs, even though im not there yet, eventually will be,, so just need to run cs4 now and build from there. I also want to eventually move to final cut down the road so I want imac able to upgrade to final cut.
WHAT DO I REALLY NEED MINIMALLY FOR NOW? WHAT CAN I GET LATER IF i CHOOSE TO DO MORE AND NEED MORE POWER?
cs6:
Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8, v10.7, or v10.8**
4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
4GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
Additional disk space required for preview files and other working files (10GB recommended)
1280x900 display
7200 RPM hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance
Any responses would be great. I know you guys are busy answering the really high end tech questionsAll the current iMac models (both 21.5" and 27" with OS X Mt. Lion 10.8) will run CS4, 5.5 and 6 just fine. They will also run Final Cut Pro X just fine. Ditto for most any application you may want to use.
Below are some notes (specific to your apparent requirements) that may help you with your purchase decision:
Notes on purchasing a 21.5" iMac
All 21.5" iMacs come with 8GB RAM but you cannot add more later. I strongly suggest getting the maximum RAM (16GB) when you order the iMac.
The basic hard drive is a 1TB 5400rpm drive. It will work fine with Adobe CS but you will probably want the added speed of the optional 1TB Fusion drive for better performance. Some people will recommend/argue for one of the optional SSD drives instead, but they are very expensive and still only come in relatively small capacities - I don't recommend the SSD drives. Get the Fusion drive and spend any extra money on a good external hard drive for backup and/or extra storage instead of an SSD.
Notes on purchasing a 27" iMac
All 27" iMacs come with 8GB RAM and you can add more later, up to 32GB
The basic hard drive is a 1TB 7200rpm drive - it will be fine with Adobe CS. There are upgrade options to a 3TB 7200rpm drive or a 1TB or 3TB fusion drive - these will be fine also. There are also SSD drive options, but I do not recommend them. (Same comments as above.)
Notes on all the current iMacs
iMacs no longer come with built-in CD/DVD drives. If you need one, you will need to purchase the Apple Superdrive accessory drive ($79)
All of the iMac graphic processors (GPU's) are compatible with Adobe CS 4, 5.5, 6
It is very difficult to impossible to change or upgrade the hard drive later on, so don't buy low-end thinking you can add a better internal hard drive later.
Be aware that Macs always come with the latest (most recent) version of OS X. And OS X Mavericks (10.9) is due to be released soon (in the next month or two). There is no guarantee that the older Adobe CS 4 or 5.5 versions will run on OS X Mavericks. If you cannot upgrade to CS 6 in the near future, you may want to purchase now rather than after OS X Mavericks is released.
For what it's worth, I'd recommend the 27" iMac if your budget can afford it. You will appreciate the larger screen size and added capabilities over the years you will use the computer.
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