Automator for changing system settings?

Question

Here's my issue: I have an external monitor connected to my 2010 Macbook Pro with OSX Snow Leopard. I do all my work when I'm at home on the larger monitor and use the other screen for iTunes. I use spaces alot, and so when using my external monitor, I put iTunes to open on all spaces so that it's always handy. When I go out with my laptop, I have to change the spaces settings back to iTunes only being open in one space.
It's not a big issue, but does anyone know how to use automator (or by any other means) to automatically change the system settings so that my computer can, on detecting I have an external monitor plugged in, change the spaces settings for iTunes? (and preferably back again when it doesn't have the external monitor plugged in).

Answer 1

Hi there :)
You can connect directly to the DB without a DSN like this:
url = "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=<YOUR DB LOCATION HERE>;
try
Class.forName ("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
icuCon = DriverManager.getConnection (url);
catch (Exception e)
You will obviously replace <YOUR DB LOCATION HERE> with the location of your database for example you can set the url of the database like this:
url = "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=" +
System.getProperty ("user.dir") + System.getProperty ("file.separator") +
"DBFolder" + System.getProperty ("file.separator") + "DB.mdb";
Matt