Creating Basic Calculator Script - Needs help

I'd like to create a basic calculator script that makes doing calculations a bit easier from the command line. Normally i do:
echo "32*24" | bc
So I built a bash script that I can just type "calc 32*24":
bc << EOF
scale=4
$@
quit
EOF
And it works ok until i try to use parenthesis:
calc (1+49)/5
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `1+49'
if I use parenthesis, directly in the bc command it does ok:
bc
bc 1.06...
(1+49)/5
10
I've tried putting $@ in quotes but not luck. Looks like bash isn't transferring the parenthesis. How can I get the bash script to pass theparenthesis?

Dusty wrote:This is why I always have at least one terminal in an IPython session.
+1!
I normally use a standard python instance in the same way but have just installed ipython and am having a look at it now. Looks cool!

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2. try some data copy.
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For block creation issue:
SET CREATEBLOCKONEQ equation will only work if the left side of an assignment statement is sparse.
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1.
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Okay, this is not my script, one that I found online. The script works by allowing the user to set placeholders within the document and tag each placeholder with specific information such as DATE, TIME, FILENAME, etc.
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{TIME}
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var language="en";   // "de" fuer Deutsch
var WR="WR-DateAndTime v0.9\n\n";
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var format_preset = "{FILENAME}{FILEEXT} ({DATE} - {TIME})";
var MSG_unsetmark = WR+"Dieses Objekt ist als aktuelles Datum/Uhrzeit markiert, soll die Markierung aufgehoben werden?";
var MSG_setmark = WR+"Soll dieses Textobjekt als aktuelles Datum/Uhrzeit markiert werden?";
var MSG_askformat = WR+"Soll das Textobjekt als Datum/Uhrzeit formatiert werden? Formate:\n{DATE}, {TIME}, {FILE}, {FILEPATH}, {FILENAME} und {FILEEXT}:"
var MSG_editformat = WR+"Datums-/Uhrzeitformat bearbeiten (Leer = entfernen). Formate:\n{DATE}, {TIME}, {FILE}, {FILEPATH}, {FILENAME} und {FILEEXT}:"
var MSG_notexto = WR+"Kein Textobjekt!";
var MSG_selectedmany = "Zum Markieren als aktuelles Datum/Uhrzeit darf nur ein Textobjekt ausgew\xE4hlt sein und falls Sie die Daten aktualisieren wollen, darf kein Objekt ausgew\xE4hlt sein.";
var MSG_nodocs = WR+"Kein Dokument ge\xF6ffnet."
var Timeformat = 24;
var TimeSep = ":";
var AM = " am";
var PM = " pm";
var Dateformat = "dd.mm.yyyy";
} else {
var format_preset = "{FILENAME} ({DATE}, {TIME})";
var MSG_unsetmark = WR+"This object is marked as actual date'n'time, do you want to remove the mark?";
var MSG_setmark = WR+"Do you want to mark the selected textobject as actual date'n'time?";
var MSG_askformat = WR+"Do you want to mark the textobject as actual date'n'time? Formats:\n{DATE}, {TIME}, {FILE}, {FILEPATH}, {FILENAME} and {FILEEXT}:"
var MSG_editformat = WR+"Edit date'n'time (empty = remove). Formats:\n{DATE}, {TIME}, {FILE}, {FILEPATH}, {FILENAME} and {FILEEXT}:"
var MSG_notexto = WR+"No textobject!";
var MSG_selectedmany = "To mark as actual date'n'time, you have to select only one textobject. If you want to update the date'n'time-objects, there must be no object selected.";
var MSG_nodocs = WR+"You have no open document."
var Timeformat = 12;
var TimeSep = ":";
var AM = " am";
var PM = " pm";
var Dateformat = "mm/dd/yyyy";
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var Month = Today.getMonth() + 1;
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          theDate = theDate.replace(/yyyy/,Year);
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var Minutes = Today.getMinutes();
var Suffix = "";
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                              Suffix = PM;
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var PreMin = ((Minutes < 10) ? "0" : "");
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var docname = activeDocument.name.replace(/(.*?)(?:\.([^.]+))?$/,'$1');
var extension = activeDocument.name.replace(/(.*?)(?:(\.[^.]+))?$/,'$2');
if (docpath.slice(2,3) == "\\") {
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Okay, here is the entire script with credit lines.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// english //
// -=> WR-DateAndTime <=-
// A Javascript for Adobe Illustrator
// by Wolfgang Reszel ([email protected])
// Version 0.9 from 22.9.2011
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// Sorry for my bad english. For any corrections send an email to:
// [email protected]
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Deutsch //
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var PM = " pm";
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var MSG_editformat = WR+"Edit date'n'time (empty = remove). Formats:\n{DATE}, {TIME}, {FILE}, {FILEPATH}, {FILENAME} and {FILEEXT}:"
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var TimeSep = ":";
var AM = " am";
var PM = " pm";
var Dateformat = "mm/dd/yyyy";
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var PreDay = ((Day < 10) ? "0" : "");
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    theDate = theDate.replace(/m/,Month);
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    theDate = theDate.replace(/yy/,Year.toString().substr(2,2));
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var Hours = Today.getHours();
var Minutes = Today.getMinutes();
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    if (Hours >= 12 ) {
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            Hours = Hours - 12;
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var PreMin = ((Minutes < 10) ? "0" : "");
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var extension = activeDocument.name.replace(/(.*?)(?:(\.[^.]+))?$/,'$2');
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      var textArtItems = activeDocument.textArtItems;
      for (var i = 0 ; i < textArtItems.length; i++)
        if (textArtItems[i].name.slice(0,11) == "actualDate:") {
          textArtItems[i].selected = true;
          textArtItems[i].contents = DateUpdate(textArtItems[i].name);
    } else {
      var textFrames = activeDocument.textFrames;
      for (var i = 0 ; i < textFrames.length; i++)
        if (textFrames[i].name.slice(0,11) == "actualDate:") {
          textFrames[i].selected = true;
          textFrames[i].contents = DateUpdate(textFrames[i].name);

Creating a CBT and Need Help

Hi, I could use some help creating a CBT in flash - I would
like to have different links and use a controller (template built)
to create an easy way to navigate from page to page. Thing is, I
don't know where to start!! I used one of the templates that are
pre-built in flash as a starting point. I have modified the look to
the way I want - now...I don't know where to go from there - do I
need to use different scenes to display my information? what is the
best way to go about this. Any suggestions?

Hi Debi,
Fireworks was designed for web graphics, not for print graphics. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble by designing material for print in Adobe Illustrator. If you don't currently have a copy of Illustrator, download the trial version and rebuild your postcard in it.

OMB Script: Need help to spot what's wrong

I have been trying to find out why the outer foreach loop in the following OMB script (log follows) doesn't go to the next iteration. It just exits after getting the lineage for the first target table (i.e., stderr has nothing). Same behavior against different modules. I am too new to Tcl to know what debugging tool is at my disposal. Any help will be appreciated:
set OMBLOG c:/temp/Lineage.tcl.log
# connect to the OWB repository
OMBCONNECT xxx/xxx@xxx:1521:xxx USE REPOSITORY 'OWB_REP_OWN';
# change context to the module
OMBCC 'xxx/xxx/xxx';
set tableList {}
set tableList [OMBLIST TABLES '.*_FINAL']
set i 1
foreach tableName $tableList {
set columnList {}
set columnList [OMBRETRIEVE TABLE '$tableName' GET COLUMNS]
set j 1
foreach columnName $columnList {
OMBLINEAGE DEPENDENCYTYPE 'DATAFLOW' TABLE '$tableName' COLUMN '$columnName';
incr j
incr i
OMBDISCONNECT;
The first few lines on the log are:
OMBLIST TABLES '.*_FINAL'
AE_FINAL CM_FINAL CO_FINAL DA_FINAL DM_FINAL DP_FINAL DS_FINAL DV_FINAL EG_FINAL EX_FINAL IE_FINAL LB_FINAL LS_FINAL MH_FINAL ML_FINAL PC_FINAL PE_FINAL PP_FINAL PR_FINAL QS_FINAL RELREC_FINAL RS_FINAL SC_FINAL SG_FINAL SS_FINAL SUPPAE_FINAL SUPPDS_FINAL SUPPMH_FINAL SUPPPE_FINAL SUPPQUAL_FINAL SU_FINAL VS_FINAL
OMBRETRIEVE TABLE 'AE_FINAL' GET COLUMNS
STUDYID DOMAIN USUBJID AESEQ AEGRPID AEREFID AESPID AETERM AEMODIFY AEDECOD AECAT AESCAT AEOCCUR AEBODSYS AELOC AESEV AESER AEACN AEACNOTH AEREL AERELNST AEPATT AEOUT AESCAN AESCONG AESDISAB AESDTH AESHOSP AESLIFE AESOD AESMIE AECONTRT AETOXGR AESTDTC AEENDTC AESTDY AEENDY AEDUR AEENRF VISITNUM VISIT OCTA_SEQ
OMBLINEAGE DEPENDENCYTYPE 'DATAFLOW' TABLE 'AE_FINAL' COLUMN 'STUDYID'
{{COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_AE_INTERIM/STUDYID} {MAPPING /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_FINAL_MAP} {COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_FINAL/STUDYID}} {{ATTRIBUTE /xxx/AE_AE_PM/PROT} {MAPPING /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_INTERIM_MAP} {COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_AE_INTERIM/STUDYID}} {{COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_SOURCE/PROT} {MAPPING /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_INTERIM_MAP} {COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_AE_INTERIM/STUDYID}} {{ATTRIBUTE /xxx/AE_AE_PM/PROT} {MAPPING /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_INTERIM_MAP} {COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_AE_INTERIM/STUDYID}} {{COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_SOURCE/PROT} {MAPPING /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_INTERIM_MAP} {COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_AE_INTERIM/STUDYID}} {{ATTRIBUTE /xxx/AE_AE_PM/PROT} {MAPPING /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_INTERIM_MAP} {COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_AE_INTERIM/STUDYID}} {{COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_SOURCE/PROT} {MAPPING /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_INTERIM_MAP} {COLUMN /xxx/xxx_C0402_DEV/AE_AE_INTERIM/STUDYID}} {{COLUMN /xxx/xxx_DEV/AE_SOURCE/PROT} {MAPPING /xxx/xxx_DEV/AE_INTERIM_MAP} {ATTRIBUTE /xxx/AE_AE_PM/PROT}}

I haven't looked in too much detail, but I think you are missing some brackets. You need to close brackets before you increment the loop. Try:
foreach columnName $columnList {
OMBLINEAGE DEPENDENCYTYPE 'DATAFLOW' TABLE '$tableName' COLUMN '$columnName';}
incr j
You will need to do the same thing at the other points in your script.

Task Scheduling Script - Need help with passing the scheduled command (variables are not being evaluated)

Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to get a simple task scheduler script to work for me and can't get the command I need passed to the scheduler to evaluate properly.
Here's the script:
###Create a new task running $Command and execute it Daily at 6am.
$TaskName = Read-Host 'What would you like this job to be named?'
$Proto = Read-Host 'What is the protocol? (FTP/FTPS/SFTP)'
$User = Read-Host 'What is the user name?'
$Pwd = Read-Host 'What is the password?'
$Server = Read-Host 'What is the server address?'
$NetworkDir = Read-Host 'Please input the network location of the file(s) you wish to send. Refer to documentation for more details.'
$RemoteDir = Read-Host 'Please input the REMOTE directory to which you will upload your files. If there is none please input a slash'
$Command = 'winscp.com /command "option batch abort" "option confirm off" "open $Proto://$User:$Pwd@$Server" "put $NetworkDir $RemoteDir" "exit"'
$TaskAction = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "$Command"
$TaskTrigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 6am
Register-ScheduledTask -Action $TaskAction -Trigger $Tasktrigger -TaskName "$TaskName" -User "Administrator" -RunLevel Highest
Write-Host "$TaskName created to run Daily at $TaskStartTime"
What's messing up is the $Command creation, the command needs to have the quotes around "option blah blah", but if I wrap the whole line in single quotes the variables that are evaluated for the "open blah blah" strings (which also need
to be inside quotes) and the "put blah blah" string are not being evaluated properly.
I've dorked about with different bracketing and quoting but can't nail the syntax down, could someone point me in the right direction? My Google-fu seems to be lacking when it comes to nailing down this issue.
Thanks

Hmmn, closer. I'm getting this error now:
+ $Command = $tmpl -f $User, $Pwd, $Server, $NetworkDir, $RemoteDir
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (winscp.com /com...t {4} {5}" exit:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : FormatError
And the command being added to the new task looks like this:
winscp.com /command "option batch abort" "option confirm off" "open ($Proto)://($User):($Pwd)@($Server)" "put $NetworkDir $RemoteDir" "exit"
Here's the current state of the script. I get what you're doing to try to bypass the quotes issue, using an array. I'm just not awesome at this yet sooooooo...
$TaskName = Read-Host 'What would you like this job to be named?'
$Proto = Read-Host 'What is the protocol? (FTP/FTPS/SFTP)'
$User = Read-Host 'What is the user name?'
$Pwd = Read-Host 'What is the password?'
$Server = Read-Host 'What is the server address?'
$NetworkDir = Read-Host 'Please input the network location of the file(s) you wish to send. Refer to documentation for more details.'
$RemoteDir = Read-Host 'Please input the REMOTE directory to which you will upload your files. If there is none please input a slash'
$tmpl = 'winscp.com /command "option batch abort" "option confirm off" "open {0}://{1}:{2}@{3}" "put {4} {5}" exit'
$Command = $tmpl -f $User, $Pwd, $Server, $NetworkDir, $RemoteDir
$TaskAction = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute $Command
$TaskTrigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 6am
Register-ScheduledTask -Action $TaskAction -Trigger $Tasktrigger -TaskName "$TaskName" -User "Administrator" -RunLevel Highest
Write-Host "$TaskName created to run Daily at $TaskStartTime"

Create a back button - need help

Hello JHS Team,
I am using JHeadStart 10.1.2.
I need to create a back button in a specific UIX page on my application.
I'm new to JHeadstart and I really need some help from you. Can anyone help me???
Thanks

Atena,
You can add the button to your page post-generation, using the UIX Visual editor. Make sure you uncheck the Generate Pages switch for this group in your application structure file to protect your change upon regeneration.
May be an unsollicited advice:
I understand that you are new to ADF, JDeveloper and UIX. UIX is superseded by ADF Faces in JDeveloper 10.1.3, and based on the JSF standard.
UIX will not be further developed, JSF and ADF Faces are the technologies to use going forward. Therefore, I would recommend to consider to switch for your application development to JDeveloper and JHeadstart 10.1.3. For JDeveloper/ADF 10.1.3, there is an excellent developers guide available, that provides a lot of useful information, in particular when you are new to the ADF Framework.
Note that a JHeadstart 10.1.2 UIX generated application can easily be migrated to 10.1.3, you will only need to redo your post-generayion changes. So may be you can try to stick (close) to 100% generation for now, and migrate to 10.1.3 at your earliest convenience.
Steven Davelaar,
JHeadstart Team.

Simple hide a layer script need help

Hi,
This will be an easy one for someone. I’m new to scripting so please be patient. All I need to do is have a script that hide a layer named "L2_NonTranslatedParts". I have tried to piece together some code but I have failed. Can anyone help? I'm also not sure why we are defineing "watermark" as a var. It was in the code I cut up.
var myDoc = app.documents.item(0);
var L2_NonTranslatedParts = "Watermark";
try{app.activeDocument.layers.item(L2_NonTranslatedParts).visible = false;}
catch(_){alert("Can't find layer: " + L2_NonTranslatedParts);exit();};

Yes, that is a good question. Really
app.activeDocument.layers.item("L2_NonTranslatedParts").visible = false;
should be sufficient.

Creating breakout game. Need help with thread starting.

Howdy. As the title says, I've got an assignment to make a breakout game. So far it's going alright, but I've run into a rather large snag...I can't get it to animate :P I've got my main applet, then I created a class heirarchy for the paddle, ball, and brick objects. For this question, lets just focus on the ball object.
This is my applet code so far (it is not even close to being done, so don't laugh :P )
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
* Class BreakoutApplet - Plays a simple game of Breakout.
* @author Kris Nelson
* @version November 10, 2004
public class BreakoutApplet extends JApplet implements Runnable
    protected Brick brick; // creates an object of class brick
    protected Ball ball; // creates an object of class ball
    protected Paddle paddle; // creates an object of class paddle
    protected boolean running; // tells the program whether or not the thread is running
    protected ArrayList brickArray = new ArrayList(); // stores all the bricks in the game
    protected Thread timer; // the thread which controls the animation for the applet
    * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this JApplet that it
    * has been loaded into the system. It is always called before the first
    * time that the start method is called.
    public void init()
        // this is a workaround for a security conflict with some browsers
        // including some versions of Netscape & Internet Explorer which do
        // not allow access to the AWT system event queue which JApplets do
        // on startup to check access. May not be necessary with your browser.
        JRootPane rootPane = this.getRootPane();
        rootPane.putClientProperty("defeatSystemEventQueueCheck", Boolean.TRUE);
        createBricks(); // creates the games array of bricks
        ball = new Ball(400, 400, 2, 2); // sets the values for the ball
        paddle = new Paddle(300, 660, 2); // sets the values for the paddle
        // !!!!!!! have tried placing ball.start() here
    * Paint method for applet.
    * @param g   the Graphics object for this applet
    public void paint(Graphics g)
        // draws the background, border, and all the games objects
        g.setColor(Color.lightGray); // sets the drawing color to light gray
        g.fillRect(0, 0, 600, 700); // displays the game screens background
        displayBorder(g); // displays the game screens border
        displayBricks(g); // displays the array of bricks
        ball.display(g); // displays the ball
        paddle.display(g); // displays the paddle
    * Creates the games array of bricks
    public void createBricks()
        int colorNumber = 1; // starts the color of the bricks at orange
        double yPosition = 100; // starts the bricks y screen position at 100
        for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
            double xPosition = 12; // starts the bricks x screen position at 12
            for(int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
                if(colorNumber == 0)
                    colorNumber = 1; // sets the color of the bricks to orange
                else
                    colorNumber = 0; // sets the color of the bricks to green
                brickArray.add(brick = new Brick(xPosition, yPosition, colorNumber)); // adds a brick to the current container in the brick array
                xPosition = xPosition + brick.getWidth(); // move the bricks x screen position to the next column
            yPosition = yPosition + brick.getHeight(); // moves the bricks y screen position to the next row
            if(colorNumber == 0)
                colorNumber = 1; // sets the color of the bricks to orange
            else
                colorNumber = 0; // sets the color of the bricks to green
    * Displays the game screens border
    * @param g   the Graphics object for this applet
    public void displayBorder(Graphics g)
        g.setColor(Color.black); // sets the drawing color to black
        g.fillRect(0, 0, 600, 24); // draws a border on the top of the screen
        g.fillRect(0, 0, 12, 700); // draws a border on the left of the screen
        g.fillRect(588, 0, 12, 700); // draws a border on the right of the screen
    * Displays the array of bricks on the screen
    * @param g   the Graphics object for this applet
    public void displayBricks(Graphics g)
        Brick currentBrick; // holds the brick data from the current ArrayList container
        for(int i = 0; i < 32; i++)
            currentBrick = (Brick)(brickArray.get(i)); // grabs the brick data from the current ArrayList container
            currentBrick.display(g); // displays the current brick
    * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this JApplet that it
    * should start its execution. It is called after the init method and
    * each time the JApplet is revisited in a Web page.
     public void start()
         if(timer == null)
             timer = new Thread(this); // creates a new object of type Thread
             timer.start(); // starts the new thread
             running = true; // tells the program that the new thread is running
    * Runs the code that controls the animation
    public void run()
        do{
            repaint(); // redraws the screen
            try{
                timer.sleep(100); // puts the thread to sleep for 100 milliseconds
            } catch(InterruptedException e) {running = false;}
            // !!!!!!! have tried placing ball.start() here
        } while(running);
        timer = null; // destroys the timer thread
    * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this JApplet that
    * it should stop its execution. It is called when the Web page that
    * contains this JApplet has been replaced by another page, and also
    * just before the JApplet is to be destroyed.
    public void stop()
        running = false; // tells the program that the thread is now done
}These are the bits of code for my class heirarchy, just to (hopefully) make it easier to follow.
import java.awt.*;
* The parent class of all the games objects.
* @author Kris Nelson
* @version November 9, 2004
public class Sprite
    protected double screenX, screenY; // stores the x and y location of the object
    * Constructor for objects of class Sprite
    * @param xPosition   the initial x screen position
    * @param yPosition   the initial y screen position
    public Sprite(double xPosition, double yPosition)
        screenX = xPosition; // sets the initial x screen position
        screenY = yPosition; // sets the initial y screen position
    * Sets new x and y screen locations for an object
    * @param newX   the new x screen location
    * @param newY   the new y screen location
    public void setScreenXY(double newX, double newY)
        screenX = newX; // sets the new x screen location
        screenY = newY; // sets the new y screen location
    * Sends back the current x screen location
    * @return     the current x screen location
    public double getScreenX()
        return screenX; // returns the current x screen location
    * Sends back the current y screen location
    * @return     the current y screen location
    public double getScreenY()
        return screenY; // returns the current y screen location
import java.awt.*;
* Parent class of any game object that moves.
* @author Kris Nelson
* @version November 9, 2004
public class MovingSprite extends Sprite implements Runnable
     protected double speedX, speedY; // stores the speed of an object in the x and y directions
     protected Thread timer; // the thread which controls animation for all moving objects
     protected boolean running; // tells the program whether or not the thread is running
     * Constructor for objects of class MovingSprite
     * @param xPosition   the initial x screen position
     * @param yPosition   the initial y screen position
     * @param xSpeedValue   the speed in the x direction
     * @param ySpeedValue   the speed in the y direction
     public MovingSprite(double xPosition, double yPosition, double xSpeedValue, double ySpeedValue)
          super(xPosition, yPosition); // passes the initial screen positions to Sprite
          speedX = xSpeedValue; // sets the speed in the x direction
          speedY = ySpeedValue; // sets the speed in the y direction
     * Sends back the speed in the x direction
     * @return     the speed in the x direction
     public double getSpeedX()
         return speedX; // returns the speed in the x direction
     * Sends back the speed in the y direction
     * @return     the speed in the y direction
     public double getSpeedY()
         return speedY; // returns the speed in the y direction
     * Starts the thread in order to start animation
     public void start()
         if(timer == null)
             timer = new Thread(this); // creates a new object of type Thread
             timer.start(); // starts the new thread
             running = true; // tells the program that the new thread is running
     * Empty since the child objects have their own run methods
     public void run()
     * Stops the thread from running
     public void stop()
         running = false; // tells the program that the thread is now done
import java.awt.*;
* Creates a single ball who's purpose is to bounce around and destroy the bricks.
* @author Kris Nelson
* @version November 10, 2004
public class Ball extends MovingSprite
    protected static final double BALL_WIDTH = 15; // sets the width of the ball
    protected static final double BALL_HEIGHT = 15; // sets the height of the ball
    * Constructor for objects of class Ball
    * @param xPosition   the initial x screen position
    * @param yPosition   the initial y screen position
    * @param xSpeedValue   the speed in the x direction
    * @param ySpeedValue   the speed in the y direction
    public Ball(double xPosition, double yPosition, double xSpeedValue, double ySpeedValue)
        super(xPosition, yPosition, xSpeedValue, ySpeedValue); // passes the initial screen positions and ball speeds to MovingSprite
        // !!!!!!!! have tried placing timer.start() here
    * Displays a ball onto the screen
    * @param g   the Graphics object for this applet
    public void display(Graphics g)
        g.setColor(Color.blue); // sets the balls color
        g.fillOval((int)(screenX), (int)(screenY), (int)(BALL_WIDTH), (int)(BALL_HEIGHT)); // displays the ball
    * Runs the code that controls the balls animation
    public void run()
        do{
            try{
                timer.sleep(100); // puts the thread to sleep for 100 milliseconds
            } catch(InterruptedException e) {running = false;}
            screenX = screenX + speedX;
            screenY = screenY + speedY; // this is VERY SIMPLE BALL MOVEMENT FOR TESTING PURPOSES, WILL BE CHANGED LATER
        } while(running);
}Sorry if that was too much code. I'm just trying to make this easier to follow.
I placed a // !!!!!!!!!!!!! comment in the places where I have tried starting the ball thread.
So basically, everything is running fine, except that I'm not at all sure of where to start the ball Thread, and thus can't start anything moving. If someone could tell me where I should be starting the thread, I would REALLY appriciate it. Thank you :D
- Kris

Some advice.
1. the start method on the ball should be called from the start method on the applet and should in turn call the start method on the sprite's thread.
2. the run method of the Moveable sprite should have been declare abstract
3. don't implement borders manually. There's a java.awt.Border class for that.
4. probably, you don't want to have the game invoke each sprite by name; just make a big list of all the sprites and invoke all of them every time
5. do you really need provision for a non-circular ball? this isn't rugby.
6. I don't think you ever had a threading problem, just a display problem.
7. Don't write comments like this:     ball.display(g); // displays the ballHere's my (even more simplified version):import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
* Class BreakoutApplet - Plays a simple game of Breakout.
* @author Kris Nelson, modified by Michael Lorton
* @version November 10, 2004
public class BreakoutApplet extends JApplet implements Runnable {
    protected Ball ball;
    protected Paddle paddle;
    public boolean running; // tells the program whether or not the thread is running
    protected Thread timer; // the thread which controls the animation for the applet
    public void init() {
        // this is a workaround for a security conflict with some browsers
        // including some versions of Netscape & Internet Explorer which do
        // not allow access to the AWT system event queue which JApplets do
        // on startup to check access. May not be necessary with your browser.
        getRootPane().putClientProperty("defeatSystemEventQueueCheck",
                                        Boolean.TRUE);
         ball = new Ball(this, GAMEWIDTH / 2, GAMEHEIGHT / 2, 5, 5);
    public final static int GAMEWIDTH = 600;
    public final static int GAMEHEIGHT = 400;
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        g.setColor(Color.lightGray);
        g.fillRect(0, 0,
                   GAMEWIDTH, GAMEHEIGHT);
        ball.display(g); // displays the ball
    * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this JApplet that it
    * should start its execution. It is called after the init method and
    * each time the JApplet is revisited in a Web page.
    public void start() {
        if(timer == null) {
            timer = new Thread(this); // creates a new object of type Thread
            timer.start(); // starts the new thread
            running = true; // tells the program that the new thread is running
        ball.start();
    * Runs the code that controls the animation
    public void run() {
        do{
            repaint(); // redraws the screen
            try{
                Thread.sleep(100);
            } catch(InterruptedException e) {running = false;}
        } while(running);
    public void stop() {
        running = false;
abstract class Sprite {
    protected double screenX, screenY; // stores the x and y location of the object
    protected final BreakoutApplet parent;
    * Constructor for objects of class Sprite
    * @param xPosition   the initial x screen position
    * @param yPosition   the initial y screen position
    public Sprite(BreakoutApplet parent, double xPosition, double yPosition) {
        this.parent = parent;
        screenX = xPosition; // sets the initial x screen position
        screenY = yPosition; // sets the initial y screen position
    * Sets new x and y screen locations for an object
    * @param newX   the new x screen location
    * @param newY   the new y screen location
    public void setScreenXY(double newX, double newY) {
        screenX = newX; // sets the new x screen location
        screenY = newY; // sets the new y screen location
    * Sends back the current x screen location
    * @return     the current x screen location
    public double getScreenX() {
        return screenX; // returns the current x screen location
    * Sends back the current y screen location
    * @return     the current y screen location
    public double getScreenY() {
        return screenY; // returns the current y screen location
    abstract public void display(Graphics g);
* Parent class of any game object that moves.
* @author Kris Nelson
* @version November 9, 2004
abstract class MovingSprite extends Sprite implements Runnable {
    protected double speedX, speedY; // stores the speed of an object in the x and y directions
    protected Thread timer; // the thread which controls animation for all moving objects
    protected boolean running; // tells the program whether or not the thread is running
    * Constructor for objects of class MovingSprite
    * @param xPosition   the initial x screen position
    * @param yPosition   the initial y screen position
    * @param xSpeedValue   the speed in the x direction
    * @param ySpeedValue   the speed in the y direction
    public MovingSprite(BreakoutApplet parent,
                        double xPosition, double yPosition,
                        double xSpeedValue, double ySpeedValue) {
        super(parent, xPosition, yPosition);
        speedX = xSpeedValue; // sets the speed in the x direction
        speedY = ySpeedValue; // sets the speed in the y direction
    * Starts the thread in order to start animation
    public void start() {
        if(timer == null) {
            timer = new Thread(this); // creates a new object of type Thread
            timer.start(); // starts the new thread
            running = true; // tells the program that the new thread is running
    * Runs the code that controls the balls animation
    public void run() {
        while (parent.running) {
            try{
                Thread.sleep(100);
            } catch(InterruptedException e) {
                System.err.println(e);
            step();
    abstract protected void step();
* Creates a single ball whose purpose is to bounce around and destroy the bricks.
* @author Kris Nelson
* @version November 10, 2004
class Ball extends MovingSprite {
    protected static final int BALL_DIAMETER = 15;
    * Constructor for objects of class Ball
    * @param xPosition   the initial x screen position
    * @param yPosition   the initial y screen position
    * @param xSpeedValue   the speed in the x direction
    * @param ySpeedValue   the speed in the y direction
    public Ball(BreakoutApplet parent,
                double xPosition, double yPosition,
                double xSpeedValue, double ySpeedValue) {
        super(parent, xPosition, yPosition, xSpeedValue, ySpeedValue);
    * Displays a ball onto the screen
    * @param g   the Graphics object for this applet
    public void display(Graphics g) {
        g.setColor(Color.blue);
        g.fillOval((int)(screenX),
                   (int)(screenY),
                   BALL_DIAMETER, BALL_DIAMETER);
    protected void step() {
            screenX = screenX + speedX;
            if (screenX < 0) {
                screenX = -screenX;
                speedX = -speedX;
            else if ((screenX + BALL_DIAMETER)> BreakoutApplet.GAMEWIDTH) {
                screenX = 2*(BreakoutApplet.GAMEWIDTH - BALL_DIAMETER) - screenX;
                speedX = -speedX;
            screenY = screenY + speedY;
            if (screenY < 0) {
                screenY = -screenY;
                speedY = -speedY;
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Can't create Word Document report - need help

Hi,
I have been trying to create a report using a word document. I downloaded an example from ni.com that has Export_Info.vi. When I try to run it I get this error:
Error 1003 occurred at Open VI Reference in New Report.vi->Export_Info.vi
I traced the error back to New Report.vi which is a VI that comes with the LabView package. There is a Open VI reference that when it tries to open Word_Open.vi gives an error. So for some reason I can not open Word_Open.vi without an error, and it comes with the Report generation office library.
Does anyone know what could the problem be?
I tried reinstalling everything and i still keep getting the same error. This makes it impossible to create a report now.
Any help would be VERY appreciated.
Thank you

Yes I have it installed. When I went to open up Word_Open.vi it opened with an error and it said that the property was not valid.
I attached a screenshot of the block diagram for Wor_Open.vi with an error message.
Thank you
Attachments:
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Issue with calculation script - please help

There is a script that I am working on that needs to track the changes made by the user on the data form and push the entered value down proportionally to the lower levels.
It’s a signal dimensional spread. It needs to spread the parent level values entered by the users for the product dimension to below levels. The Products are in rows.
The issue is that the users can enter their data at any level for the product dimension i.e. either at Level 0 product members, Level 1 product members or at Level 2 product members. I am using two accounts A & B in sync to track the changes made.
The structure of Product dimension that shows up on the form is similar to this –
~ Products (The user can enter starting at this level and also the below levels)
~ Product A
~ Product A1 (Level 0)
~ Product A2 (Level 0)
~ Product A3 (Level 0)
~ Product B (Level 0)
~ Product C (Level 0)
~ Product D
~ Product D1 (Level 0)
~ Product D2 (Level 0)
This is what I came up with so far but it’s not working in all the cases yet. Please give your suggestions to modify this script further to make it work the right way.
FIX(P, Y, H, E, B, D, C, V, C, S, @Relative(“Products”,-1))
Account(
IF(“AccountA”->@Parent(@Currmbr(“Product”)) <> “AccountB”->@Parent(@Currmbr(“Product”)))
AccountA=AccountB->@Currmbr(“Product”)/AccountB->@Parent(@Currmbr(“Product”)))*AccountA ->@Parent(@Currmbr(“Product”));
ENDIF;
ENDFIX;
FIX(P, Y, H, E, B, D, C, V, C, S, @Relative(“Products”,0))
Account(
IF(“AccountA”->@Parent(@Currmbr(“Product”)) <> “AccountB”->@Parent(@Currmbr(“Product”)))
AccountA=AccountB->@Currmbr(“Product”)/AccountB->@Parent(@Currmbr(“Product”)))*AccountA ->@Parent(@Currmbr(“Product”));
ENDIF;
ENDFIX;
This is not working right in all cases and I am sure I am going wrong somewhere. Please let me know your ideas on how can this be achieved.
Thanks in advance.
-Krrish
Edited by: 928844 on Apr 19, 2012 11:23 AM

Well... sort of fixed it. Apparently my system doesn't like editing images with a color depth of 16bit. If I convert it down to 8 when I'm converting it from RAW, then it allows me to add layers... Is this normal?
Thank you for your time,
-Tony

[AS] Beast of a script needs help converting from Quark 8 to InDesign CS5

First off, THANK YOU for even reading this post. Here's the dilema. I work in a publishing company that used an AppleScript from Quark 8 to automate our pagination from set text we pull from our sales reps worksheets. About 8 months ago we switched fully to InDesign CS5, but have had to hold onto Quark 8 to be able to keep running our pagination. I'd like to see if the geniuses (yes, I've been trolling these forums looking to solve this myself and seen some great problems fixed) on these forums can help me figure out the proper conversion I would need to be able to leave Quark 8 in the rearview.
Here's our current code... (I warned you it was a beast)
set Ad_Props to {¬
     {Ad_Label:"SPREAD – ", Ad_Width:2.495, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"FULL – ", Ad_Width:1.225, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"SPREAD – ", Ad_Width:2.495, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"JUNIOR – ", Ad_Width:0.90625, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/2H – ", Ad_Width:1.225, Ad_Height:0.785, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/2V – ", Ad_Width:0.5875, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/3V – ", Ad_Width:0.5875, Ad_Height:1.2025, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/4 – ", Ad_Width:0.5875, Ad_Height:0.785, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/4 Strip – ", Ad_Width:0.26875, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/8H – ", Ad_Width:0.5875, Ad_Height:0.3675, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/8V – ", Ad_Width:0.26875, Ad_Height:0.785, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"Junior (GOLF) – ", Ad_Width:0.8, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/3V (GOLF) – ", Ad_Width:0.375, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/3sq. (GOLF) – ", Ad_Width:0.8, Ad_Height:0.785, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/6V (GOLF) – ", Ad_Width:0.375, Ad_Height:0.785, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"Directory Listing Only – ", Ad_Width:0.3, Ad_Height:0.3, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"INSERT (# in notes) – ", Ad_Width:0.3, Ad_Height:0.3, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"Other (See Notes) – ", Ad_Width:0.3, Ad_Height:0.3, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"------------ – ", Ad_Width:0.3, Ad_Height:0.3, Ad_Text_Angle:0}}
set Position_Width to number
set Position_Width to 11.375
set Position_Height to number
set Position_Height to 1.875
set Jump_Height to number
set Jump_Height to 0
set Variable_Count to number
set Variable_Count to 0
set Variable_Height to number
set Variable_Height to (1.875 + (1.62 * Variable_Count))
set Last_Ad to number
set Last_Ad to 0
tell application "QuarkXPress"
     activate
     try
          display dialog "WARNING: This version of 'Dummy Square Maker' runs much slower than the last version, a confirmation will tell you when you are finished. Please be patient." & return & return & "Make sure to have the text box selected" buttons {"Cancel", "Accept"} default button 2 with icon caution
          set ThisBox to object reference of current box
          tell story 1 of ThisBox
               set (every paragraph where it is return) to ""
               set style sheet of every text to null
               set style sheet of every text to "DUMMY TEXTS"
               repeat with i from 1 to (count of paragraphs)
                    try
                         tell paragraph i
                              set ThePage to my get_CurrentPage()
                              try
                                   if it contains " – " then
                                        set style sheet to "AD SIZE"
                                        set Ad_Size to contents
                                        set {This_Width, This_Height, this_angle} to {"", "", ""}
                                        repeat with This_Ad in Ad_Props
                                             if Ad_Size contains (Ad_Label of This_Ad) then
                                                  set This_Width to Ad_Width of This_Ad
                                                  set This_Height to Ad_Height of This_Ad
                                                  set this_angle to Ad_Text_Angle of This_Ad
                                                  exit repeat
                                             end if
                                        end repeat
                                        set Ad_Box to my Make_Box(ThePage, {1.875, 10.875, This_Height + 1.875, This_Width + 10.875}, this_angle)
                                        duplicate contents to (end of Ad_Box)
                                   else if it contains "—" then
                                        set style sheet to "AD REP/PLACEMENT"
                                        duplicate contents to (end of Ad_Box)
                                   else if it starts with "©" then
                                        set style sheet to "AD REP/PLACEMENT"
                                        delete (character 1)
                                        duplicate contents to end of Ad_Box
                                        if Position_Width ≤ 19.75 then
                                             set Jump_Height to Jump_Height + This_Height
                                             (*_________________This is where Ad Boxes Stack_________________*)
                                             if (Jump_Height ≤ 1.62) then
                                                  set origin of bounds of Ad_Box to {Position_Height, Position_Width}
                                                  set Position_Height to Position_Height + This_Height
                                                  (*_________________This is where Ad Boxes more right_________________*)
                                             else
                                                  set Position_Height to Variable_Height
                                                  (*set Position_Width to Position_Width + This_Width + 0.05*)
                                                  set Position_Width to Position_Width + Last_Ad + 0.05
                                                  set origin of bounds of Ad_Box to {Position_Height, Position_Width}
                                                  set Jump_Height to This_Height
                                                  set Position_Height to Variable_Height + This_Height
                                             end if
                                             set Last_Ad to This_Width
                                             (*_________________This is where New Row appears_________________*)
                                        else
                                             set Position_Width to 11.375
                                             set Variable_Count to Variable_Count + 1
                                             set Variable_Height to (1.875 + (1.62 * Variable_Count))
                                             set Position_Height to Variable_Height
                                             set origin of bounds of Ad_Box to {Position_Height, Position_Width}
                                             set Position_Height to Position_Height + This_Height
                                             set Jump_Height to This_Height
                                             set Last_Ad to This_Width
                                        end if
                                   else
                                        duplicate contents to (end of Ad_Box)
                                   end if
                              end try
                         end tell
                    on error errmsg number errnum
                         display dialog "There has been an error " & "[" & i & "] (" & errmsg & " [" & errnum & "])" buttons {"Okay"} default button 1 with icon stop
                    end try
               end repeat
               delete contents
               set style sheet of every text to null
          end tell
          beep 2
          display dialog "Automation Finished" & return & return & "IMPORTANT NOTE: Color your Ad Squares according to Sales Rep, and select them all and 'BRING TO FRONT [F5]', this is VITAL." buttons {"Okay"} default button 1 with icon stop
     on error errmsg number errnum
          beep 3
          if errnum ≠ -128 then
               beep
               display dialog errmsg & " [" & errnum & "]" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon stop
          end if
     end try
end tell
on Make_Box(ThePage, TheBounds, this_angle)
     local ThePage, TheBounds, this_angle
     tell application "QuarkXPress"
          tell page ThePage of document 1
               set Ad_Box to make new text box at end with properties {bounds:TheBounds, vertical justification:centered, color:"Rep_Other", shade:100, opacity:10, text angle:this_angle, frame:{style:solid line, color:"Black", shade:60, width:0.1}}
          end tell
     end tell
     (*end tell*)
     return Ad_Box
end Make_Box
on get_CurrentPage()
     tell application "QuarkXPress"
          tell document 1
               return page number of current page
          end tell
     end tell
end get_CurrentPage

Hi,
I think with this, you can already make good progress in your work.
Good luck!
global mydocument
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5.5"
     set mydocument to active document
     tell mydocument
          set myParaStyle to paragraph style "DUMMY TEXTS"
          tell page 1
               set TheBounds to {0, 0, 20, 50}
               set Ad_Box to make text frame
               tell Ad_Box
                    set geometric bounds to TheBounds
                    set vertical justification of text frame preferences to center align
                    set contents to "This is the contents"
               end tell
               set myStory to parent story of Ad_Box
               set applied paragraph style of every paragraph of myStory to myParaStyle
          end tell
     end tell
end tell
Your two handlers then look like this:
on Make_Box(ThePage, TheBounds, this_angle)
     local ThePage, TheBounds, this_angle
     tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5.5"
          tell page ThePage of mydocument
               set Ad_Box to make text frame
               tell Ad_Box
                    set geometric bounds to TheBounds
                    set vertical justification of text frame preferences to center align
               end tell
          end tell
     end tell
     return Ad_Box
end Make_Box
on get_CurrentPage(CurrentTextFrame)
     tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5.5"
          tell mydocument
               return name of parent page of parent page of CurrentTextFrame
          end tell
     end tell
end get_CurrentPage
Shorter version:
on get_CurrentPage(CurrentTextFrame)
     tell mydocument of application "Adobe InDesign CS5.5"
          return name of parent page of parent page of CurrentTextFrame
     end tell
end get_CurrentPage
Ce message a été modifié par: OlivierBerquin

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set recipAddress to {"User 1 <[email protected]>"}
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set recipAddress to {"User 2 <[email protected]>"}
else if result is "User 3" then
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on adding folder items to thefolder after receiving theAddedItems
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