DDE with Forte/Express

Subject: DDE with Forte/Express 7/28/97 1:01 PM
Has anyone tried feeding data into Forte via an external system? The manual has a few pages containing command etc but I would like to find some actual code/examples. We are looking into feeding data from perhaps Reuter into Forte. At this point I am not familiar with DDE nor Reuter. Is there somebody who have experience in this? How much work is involved and can you send me any examples or documentations?
Internet: [email protected]

I had a problem similar to this trying to install Express 1.0.c. with Forte
2.f installed. I had to reinstall E2 and then install Express and then
reinstall 2F
It appears to be working now.
Chris Capadouca,
Forte First Strike Team
SHL Systemhouse Inc
[email protected]
From: Garry Fong[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 11:03 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Forte express installation
RE: Forte express v. 1.0.c.2
Does anyone would give a hand regarding Forte express installation?
I encount a problem where the setup.exe always returns a message
--"...Unable to find forte directory, installation is unable to
continue..",
despite the fact that I have had a up-and-running versin of Forte.
In the warming message, it also mentions that they need version of
2.0.E.2. I only have Forte system software v2.0.F.2. Does it matter? Is it
because I have a latter version of the software which makes Forte
express unable to detect?
Many thks!
Garry
[email protected]

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Locking with Forte Express and Sybase

Hello,
We are developing a program in Forte Express with data in Sybase as
RDBMS. An other program (developed in Smalltalk) also uses this data in
Sybase. In our situation both the program in Smalltalk and in Forte
Express need to view and change the same data.
I think it is possible to use Forte's native locking. This actually
means using Sybase's locking features, but in our situation we currently
don't use Sybase's locking features. So using Forte's native locking is
not an option.
How do we guarantee that both the user of the Smalltalk program and the
user of the Forte Express program are able to view and change the
correct data? Does anybody also has the problem or (better) has a
solution for this?
I want to thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Greetings,
Hein Baan
Hein Baan E-mail: [email protected]
Mediasystemen BV, a Triple P Company Phone: +31 23 5259010
PO Box 32, 2060 AA Bloemendaal, Fax: +31 23 5260072
Netherlands

Hello,
We are developing a program in Forte Express with data in Sybase as
RDBMS. An other program (developed in Smalltalk) also uses this data in
Sybase. In our situation both the program in Smalltalk and in Forte
Express need to view and change the same data.
I think it is possible to use Forte's native locking. This actually
means using Sybase's locking features, but in our situation we currently
don't use Sybase's locking features. So using Forte's native locking is
not an option.
How do we guarantee that both the user of the Smalltalk program and the
user of the Forte Express program are able to view and change the
correct data? Does anybody also has the problem or (better) has a
solution for this?
I want to thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Greetings,
Hein Baan
Hein Baan E-mail: [email protected]
Mediasystemen BV, a Triple P Company Phone: +31 23 5259010
PO Box 32, 2060 AA Bloemendaal, Fax: +31 23 5260072
Netherlands

Problem with Forte Express, on priorities of the ORDERBYconstraints .

In my businessModel I've got 2 Tables :
Table MACHINE : - MACHINE_ID, MACHINE_NAME, MACHINE_BRAND, MACHINE_MODEL,
USERS_ID (which is a foreign key of the table USERS.)
Table ACTIVITY : - ACTIVITY_ID, ACTIVITY_NAME.
In my applicationModel I've got a businessClass : MACHINE -> OutlineField.
In this Outlinefield, I display : MACHINE_NAME, MACHINE_BRAND,
MACHINE_MODEL, ACTIVITY_NAME (Which is a joint with the table ACTIVITY, made
by
Express).
So, the MACHINEQuery contains 6 constants : ATTR_MACHINE_ID,
ATTR_MACHINE_NAME, ATTR_MACHINE_BRAND, ATTR_MACHINE_MODEL, ATTR_USERS_ID,
ATTR_ACTIVITY
With your help, last time I've been able to order data by every kinds of
field.
But, when I put several ORDERBY restrictions in the restricUserSearch(),the
priority is not respected any more.
Here I want to order data first by ACTIVITY and then by MACHINE_NAME.
So I've writen this code :
in the RestrictUserSearch(searchCriteria:BusinessQuery) event of MACHINE :
/* ******** Here I Order MACHINE DATA by activity *********************** */
myActivityQ : ACTIVITYQuery = new() ;
myActivityQ.AddConstraint(
attr = ACTIVITYQuery.ATTR_ACTIVITY_NAME,
operation = ConstraintOperation.OP_ORDERBY);
//Set fields to retrieve from USERS table
myActivityQ.AddAttr(attr = ACTIVITYQuery.ATTR_ACTIVITY_NAME ) ;
searchCriteria.AddAttr(
attr = MACHINEQuery.ATTR_ACTIVITY
query = myUsersQ);
/* ******** Here I order MACHINE by MACHINE_NAME *********************** */
searchCriteria.AddConstraint(
attr = MACHINEQuery.ATTR_MACHINE_NAME,
operation = ConstraintOperation.OP_ORDERBY);
The result of this code is that DATA are ordered only by MACHINE_NAME. I
don't understand why .
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks for your help. :o)
Sébastien MARIE
E-MAIL : [email protected]
TEL : 04.93.95.40.62

I suppose you don't use qualified parameters.
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_13/portal.1014/b14135/pdg_java_adv.htm#CBBGHHDC
7.2.3.3.2 URL Parameters
"The portlet developer must ensure that the portlet:
properly qualifies its own parameters when they are built into links and forms.
leaves unchanged any parameters that do not belong to it.
The following API call transforms an unqualified parameter name into a qualified parameter name:
HttpPortletRendererUtil.portletParameter(HttpServletRequest request, String param);
HttpPortletRendererUtil is in the package oracle.portal.provider.v2.render.http.
For example:
qualParamQ = HttpPortletRendererUtil.portletParameter(r, "q");
To fetch the value of a portlet parameter from the incoming request, you can use the following API:
Note:
The API converts the parameter name into the qualified parameter name before fetching the value from the incoming request. Hence, you need not perform this step.
PortletRenderRequest.getQualifiedParameter(String name)"

Interacting with Forte's Express repository

Has anyone had any experience with Forte's GenericRepository or AppModel
Library ?
Specifically I want to be able to commit changes I have made using the
abRepositoryClass (from AppModel) in addition to the ability to use an
instantiation of an abRepositoryClass to move between workspaces.
Thanks for your attention!
Geoffrey Whittington
Software Engineer, Descartes Systems Group Inc.
[email protected]
(519)746-8110 x2333

Hello Forte-User,
i have this problem inside access also. Because if the where-clause have too much conditions, i got an error: .. too complex... .
My solution for you is:
Test the Query-Statement (Database Statement) directly with access in an SQL-Command. If it works, may be the ODBC-Driver is not flexible enough.
If not, than you have a problem using Access with Express. This means you may change the method in which manner Express makes Database Access.
The default manner Express makes database accesses is 'Optimistic Verify'.
This means before Update insert or delete occures Express make a re-Read of the data's with its last contents to secure that no other user makes changes on the data before (See Details on Concurrency Manager).
You may test the same sample with 'Pessimistic-Verify' perhaps it works fine.
Sorry for this bad message.
Joseph Mirwald

Re: Forte Express Question

I tend to agree with Chris Kelly's earlier posting that
the problem is not with date, but rather with the other
fields. Forte takes care of date format that Oracle can
understand.
Oracle's will allow year entry of between -4713 and +4713.
Forte chose October 1582 as the zero date because it
represents the beginning of the modern calendar as we
know it, called the Gregorian Calendar.
Some interesting reading follows...
From http://www.sprinc.com/marktime.htm
Imagine that for an entire year you were twelve minutes
early for your appointments. This would be a good thing right?
Aren't we told to be early for our appointments -- that it is
courteous to be early and usually unacceptable to be late?
Well, if we agree on these things, then why on Earth would the
twelve minutes between the old Julian Calendar and the New Style
Gregorian Calendar be such a big deal? The answer lies in time
itself. You see, those twelve minutes accumulated over the years,
decades, and centuries so that by the 1500's the Julian Calendar
had raced ahead of the Sun by ten days!
In October, 1582 Pope Gregory XIII implemented the following
changes to the old Julian Calendar:
- New Year's day changed from March 25 to January 1.
- The calendar advanced by 10 days, making the day after Oct 4,
1582 into Oct 15, 1582.
- Updated and refined Leap Year rules:
1.Years evenly divisible by four are to be
considered Leap Years.
2.Century years (double 00) must be evenly divisible by
400 (2000 is a leap year).
3.The years 4000, 8000, and 12000 are considered to be
"common years" (not leap years).
4.Century years divisible by 900 will be leap years only
if the remainder is 200 or 600 (2000 is a leap year).
The changes above make the calendar accurate to 1 day in 44,000 years.
At 06:21 PM 3/31/97 -0500, you wrote:
Dan Elias wrote:
I am incurring the following error message when I go to insert a
record in a Forte Express application. I think the message relates to a
DATE field? Forte Express apparently reads the Oracle db and creates a
DATE field which include DATE&TIME, and Oracle cannot read this! At any
rate can you please contact me when you get a chance.
******** ERROR MESSAGE ********
=======================================================================
SYSTEM ERROR: Execute failed for dynamic SQL statement 3, error from
database
is:
ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allows for this
column
Class: qqdb_ValueException with ReasonCode: DB_ER_CONVERSION
Detected at: qqdb_OracleVendorInfo::DoOexn
Last TOOL statement: method BusinessDBMgr.ExecuteSql
Error Time: Tue Mar 25 15:22:53
Oracle error: 1438, Server: devsrv1, Database: oratest, UserName:
prc
Database Statement: insert into MPRC(MPRC_SERVICE_TYPE,
MPRC_EFFECT_DATE_AGREED, MPRC_EFFECT_DATE_NEGOTIATED,
MPRC_EFFECT_DATE_REQUESTED, MPRC_DATE_RECEIVED,
MPRC_RAW_MATERIAL_DOLLARS,
MPRC_RAW_MATERIAL_TYPE, MPRC_RAW_MATERIAL, MPRC_INCREASE_TYPE,
MPRC_PCT_INCREASE_NEGOTIATED, MPRC_PCT_INCREASE_REQUESTED,
MPRC_TIME_RECORD_CHANGED, MPRC_DATE_RECORD_CHANGED,
MPRC_WHO_CHANGED_RECORD, MPRC_DANA_TYPE_SAVINGS,
MPRC_PROB_PROJECT_SUCCESS, MPRC_OTHER_COST, MPRC_TOOLING_COST,
MPRC_PROJECT_STATUS, MPRC_PROJECT_COMPLETED,
MPRC_MATERIAL_PRICE_VAR,
MPRC_ENGINEERING_HOURS, MPRC_PIRO_REJECTED_DATE,
MPRC_PIRO_APPROVED_DATE,
MPRC_PIRO_SUBMITTED_DATE, MPRC_IRR, MPRC_TRUCK_WEIGHT_CHANGE,
MPRC_PLANT_IMPACT_EXPLAIN, MPRC_PLANT_IMPACT,
MPRC_WARRANTY_IMPACT_EXPLAIN, MPRC_WARRANTY_IMPACT,
MPRC_QUALITY_IMPACT_EXPLAIN, MPRC_QUALITY_IMPACT,
MPRC_PIRO_NUMBER,
MPRC_YEAR, MPRC_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION, MPRC_INCREASE_DECREASE,
BUYR_BUYER_ID, CMTM_COMMODITY_TEAM, RESC_REASON_CODE,
SLOC_SUPPLIER_CODE,
MPRC_PROJECT_ID) values
(:p1,:p2,:p3,:p4,:p5,:p6,:p7,:p8,:p9,:p10,:p11,:p12,:p13,:p14,:p15,:p16,:p17
,:p18,:p19,:p20,:p21,:p22,:p23,:p24,:p25,:p26,:p27,:p28,:p29,:p30,:p31,:p32,
:p33,:p34,:p35,:p36,:p37,:p38,:p39,:p40,:p41,:p42)
with input values: , 14-Oct-1582 19:00:00, 14-Oct-1582 19:00:00,
14-Oct-1582 19:00:00, 14-Oct-1582 19:00:00, 0, , , , 0, 0, , , , ,
0, 0,
0, , , , , , , , 2, 1, test P, 0, test W, 0, test Q, 0, 12345,
1997,
Desc., I, A, 20, I, 002100, 12300
Exception occurred (remotely) on partition
"prcMaterialPriceChangeAMWindows_CL0_Part", (partitionId =
C039E19E-6D81-11D0-A5BB-B3F4D289AA77:0x6db:0x1c, taskId =
[C039E19E-6D81-11D0-A5BB-B3F4D289AA77:0x6fb:0x2.12]) in
application "Forte
Runtime", pid 13255 on node devsrv1 in environment CentralEnv.Hi Dan,
You and I spoke briefly about this problem early last week, but now that
I see the actual error message printed out in your posting here, I think
I see where your difficulties are coming from. Take a look at the
actual date values that you are attempting to insert into your Oracle
table (about 10-15 lines up from the bottom of your error message
above). "14-Oct-1582 19:00:00." When you create a DateTimeData object
in Forte and do not assign a value to it, this is the value that it is
given by default. Pretty much all systems have some date that they
consider to be the beginning of time - apparently Forte chose
mid-October, 1582. My suspicion is that 1582 is before the dawn of
Oracle time, and thus Oracle rejects the attempted insert. I didn't
think of it when we last spoke, but I have seen this exact problem
before with Microsoft SQL Server - 1582 is too early a date for it to
recognize. Try going into SQL*Plus and doing an insert with the 14 Oct,
1582 date and see what happens.
Hope this helps!
Dale

Lee Wei wrote:
>
I tend to agree with Chris Kelly's earlier posting that
the problem is not with date, but rather with the other
fields. Forte takes care of date format that Oracle can
understand.
Oracle's will allow year entry of between -4713 and +4713.After testing a few things out today, I have to say I agree with you.
Oracle was perfectly happy with Oct 14, 1582 as a date, and even when I
got the format wrong, I never saw the "value larger than specified
precision" error that Dan Elias was seeing. Thus, it probably IS one of
the other fields causing the problem. My db experience has primarily
been Microsoft SQL Server, where 1582 is NOT a valid date.
Forte chose October 1582 as the zero date because it
represents the beginning of the modern calendar as we
know it, called the Gregorian Calendar.
Some interesting reading follows...And thanks for the interesting facts! I was vaguely aware of some of
it, but didn't know the exact date, for one thing.
Dale

Forte Express 2.0

Hi
Has anyone managed to install Forte Express 2.0 over Forte 3.0.E.0 as a
complete standalone running under Windows 95 with no other nodes connected.
Everything seems OK until I try to connect to Oracle Lite with an ODBC
connection, it says it cannot find or run the DB Browser.
Thanks
Mike

The reverse engineering for SQL Server is possible as long as the owner of
the table is not DBO.
Create the tables as a non dbo user. I our case we actually had to set one
up especially for this purpose.
---------------------- Forwarded by Amos G. Radford on 09/26/97 12:38 PM
[email protected]
09/26/97 12:05 PM MST
Please respond to [email protected]
To: [email protected]
cc: [email protected] (bcc: Amos G. Radford)
Subject: Re: Forte Express 2.0
Classification: Internal Use Only
Hi David,
Below you say that the reverse engineering through ODBC is not
supported, then how is the reverse engineering achieved with SQL Server?
I assume most ODBC drivers are not capable but the one for SQL Server
is. Do you know of any other ODBC drivers that are capable of reverse
engineering a database?
Cheers,
Allister
From: David Muskatel <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 10:18:47 -0700
Subject: Re: Forte Express 2.0
Mike,
Forte Express will work with an ODBC database. However, the reverse
engineering feature of importing table schemas into the Express business
model is not supported with ODBC. So you need to follow the path of
creating your business model classes and filling in the attributes. Once
complete, you can generate an application to run against the ODBCdatabase.
If you have NT with native access to Oracle instead of ODBC, you would
be able to use the reverse engineering feature.
The message you received was attempting to start the reverse engineering
table browser.
- -Dave Muskatel
David Muskatel 15245 Shady GroveRoad
Eastern Region Manager, Forte Consulting Suite 490
Forte Software Rockville, MD 20850
phone: 301-721-1916 fax: 301-564-9891
email: [email protected]
At 01:33 PM 9/26/97 +0200, you wrote:
Hi
Has anyone managed to install Forte Express 2.0 over Forte 3.0.E.0 as a
complete standalone running under Windows 95 with no other nodes
connected.
>>
Everything seems OK until I try to connect to Oracle Lite with an ODBC
connection, it says it cannot find or run the DB Browser.
Thanks
Mike
David Muskatel 15245 Shady GroveRoad
Eastern Region Manager, Forte Consulting Suite 490
Forte Software Rockville, MD 20850
phone: 301-721-1916 fax: 301-564-9891
email: [email protected]

Forte Express

Have anyone ever experienced any problem working on a multi-layer
interface?. Express sometimes raises ExpressConcurrencyException
error while I am saving. I wonder if is something to do with invalid object
pointers. Your help is appreciated.
Garry

hi :
Espenlas, thank you for help us. it worked. But we have a question :
For what there is the repository local
c:\forte\userapp\express\cl1\reposcpy\exseed ?
Regardless,
Bruno Muñoz
GMD S.A.
[email protected]
Lima, Perú
From: [email protected][SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 1996 9:22 PM
To: Ronald Celis; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Forte Express
Ronald,
When I first installed Forte Express on my MSWindows client I found
that the
parameters on the command line for the icons were set up incorrectly.
This
might be your problem.
In order to rectify it I had to change the parameters on the FTEXEC to
the
following:
-fs -fi ct:C:\FORTE\USERAPP\EXPRESS\CL1\EXPRESS -fr
ct:c:\forte\repos\local
(where c:\forte\repos\local.dat and .idx are my local repository).
I've also set up two other icons. One is to run distibuted using the
local
repository (note the absence of the -fs option):
-fi ct:C:\FORTE\USERAPP\EXPRESS\CL1\EXPRESS -fr
ct:c:\forte\repos\local
The second one is used to run distibuted using a central repository:
-fi ct:C:\FORTE\USERAPP\EXPRESS\CL1\EXPRESS -fr CENTRAL_REPOS
(where CENTRAL_REPOS is the name of the central repository).
Regards,
Shawn Espenlaub ([email protected])
Sealcorp Holdings Ltd.
Level 38 Central Park
152-158 St. George's Terrace
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6000
61 9 265 5454
______________________________ Reply Separator
Subject: Forte Express
Author: Ronald Celis <[email protected]> at INTERNET
Date: 05/6/96 9:37 AM
I need help, somebody now how can i execute forte express in
standalone, the message that i have is that can't open de repository (
but i trying to execute in standalone ). I have de Forté 2.0.D.2
version.
Wich somebody can help me.
Ronald Celis B.
GMD S.A.
[email protected]
Lima - Perú

Forte Express - Transaction control

Hi
In our current model, the database automatically generates a key
for our objects when we insert them into the database (we are
using the Informix Serial type to do this - but it could be any
similar mechanism).
The problem we encounter is that within Forte Express, we want
to be able to create several related objects simultaneously and
then commit the whole thing in one transaction. However, the
objects reference eachother by their key and until the Insert
has been committed to the database, we don't know what the key is.
Has anyone encountered a similar problem?
Thank you,
Veronika Irvine
CrossKeys Systems Corporation
[email protected]

Yes, and for this reason we have decided against using Informix or Sybase
serial types. Oracle Sequences
are ok since you can prefetch them and, hence, "know" what they are before
and after your transaction.
For keys which are used in object traversals, we implement a table-based key
generation system. We have
a table with two columns, table-name and next-key. Each kind of key has a
row in this table, and we access the table in the following way: (I think it
is a pretty standard approach)
begin transaction
update keytable set nextkey = nextkey + 1 where tablename = :sometablename
select nextkey from keytable where tablename = :sometablename
end transaction
This ensures protection in a concurrent environment, and is a small enough
transaction to handle lots of
requests. Note the downside to this approach is that if the key isn't used
you will end up with "holes" in the key sequences.
Another technique you can try is to have a temporary key between the
objects. A timestamp to millisecond
resolution might serve you in this case.
-John
At 02:20 PM 8/2/96 -0400, you wrote:
Hi
In our current model, the database automatically generates a key
for our objects when we insert them into the database (we are
using the Informix Serial type to do this - but it could be any
similar mechanism).
The problem we encounter is that within Forte Express, we want
to be able to create several related objects simultaneously and
then commit the whole thing in one transaction. However, the
objects reference eachother by their key and until the Insert
has been committed to the database, we don't know what the key is.
Has anyone encountered a similar problem?
Thank you,
Veronika Irvine
CrossKeys Systems Corporation
[email protected]
John Jamison
Sage Solutions, Inc.
353 Sacramento Street, Suite 1360
San Francisco, CA 94111
415 392 7243 x 508
[email protected]

Forte Express Application performance

Greetings,
We are in the process of developing an application using Forte Express.
We have approx. 20 windows, each of which may have 4-5 folders or a nested array
window. The windows work in pairs. One window will show a brief version of
records in an array window. When we double-click on a row, we popup a detailed
version of the record which also has folders to show associations with this
record.
Our development is taking place on a Dec Alpha 2100 and two 250's. The
performance was not that bad considering we were in development mode and several
instances of Express was running on each machine.
We recently had to give a demo of what we had accomplished so far. We
deployed the application and ran it on a 486 66Mhz running Win95 and it was
incredibly slow. We also ran it on a Pentium-133 and was not much better.
The delay for popping up detailed windows after double clicking in an array
field could easily take 10 seconds. We have to run our application on an
Dec Alpha 2100 to get descent performance!
Has anybody else experienced this poor performance? What is your
performance like? Any comments/suggestions appreciated.
Note: Our database server was a Sparc 5 with 64Meg. Pretty slow but
we only had one user accessing the database. The Server was also
not compiled since we were told by the Forte people that the gain
in performance did not warrant the extra trouble required to
compile.
Regards,
____ \ / ____ CrossKeys Systems Corporation
___ \ X / ___
\ X X / Crosskeys Centre Peter Kelly
X X X 350 Terry Fox Drive Software Designer
___/ X X \___ Kanata, Ontario
____/ X \____ Canada K2K 2P5 [email protected]
_____/ \_____ (613) 591-1600 Ext. 8247

Gunnar, I had dbms_snapshot.refresh embedded on one page as "after submit" process and it was enough to crash the application. Apex pages are rendered on-the-fly and the (materialized) view refresh takes somehow too long.
The same thing happens if you create a regular view that selects from remote database. Connection speed between the host and remote database doesn't seem to matter.
My solution is NOT to refresh materialized views in Apex pages at all. I've recreated my materialized views with the following parameters
REFRESH COMPLETE ON DEMAND START WITH sysdate+0 NEXT sysdate+1/24
so that it refreshes every hour and it works perfectly. Let me know if it helps.
Przemek

How do i use my time capsule and extend the network with airport express

I have a new iMac and Time Capsule, how do i extend the network with airport express. My time capsule does have a guest net work, and logins and passwords? I am no computer person. So for me it would have to be spelled out.

Use the search as this has been done to death ..
Bob Timmons is the expert on this.. look at his answers here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4274187?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21856077#21856077
This has been automated in the v6 utility. I am used to doing it manually in v5 utility which is also fairly easy.
Apple doco is also good to read.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259
Note.
You cannot extend the guest network unless everything is up to date 7.6.3 firmware. And that is only with the TC as the main router in the network.
All apple routers can be configured as the main wireless or as the extend wireless.. so don't worry if a post uses express or extreme or TC.. they are for wireless, the same thing.

Setting up a multi-zone stereo system in my home with Airport Express

I'm trying to set up an in-home stereo system using iTunes as my main hub. I want to play iTunes as well as Pandora and possibly Sirius. Can I set this up with Airport Express? Would I control everything through iTunes on my MacBook or an iPad? How is this all wired if I have some existing external speakers with a receiver in my family room, built-in ceiling speakers in the kitchen, and outdoor external speakers? I am comparing this to a Sonos system, but the Sonos is not really in my budget.
Also, what is the difference between Airport Express and Airport Extreme? What would I need for this situation? Thanks in advance for your help.

>I want to play iTunes as well as Pandora and possibly Sirius. Can I set this up with AirPort Express?
From iTunes you can stream a single audio source to one or multiple 802.11n AirPort Express Base Stations (AXn), but you cannot stream multiple audio sources to separate AXns. You would need a third-party product, like Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil to stream audio sources other than from iTunes.
>Would I control everything through iTunes on my MacBook or an iPad?
You could do either.
>How is this all wired if I have some existing external speakers with a receiver in my family room, built-in ceiling speakers in the kitchen, and outdoor external speakers?
Of the speakers you mentioned, only the ones connected to the receiver would work directly connected to an AXn. The audio output port on the AXn is a combo 3.5 mm stereo analog/optical digital port. Assuming your receiver accepts either analog or digital audio input, you can feed the output of iTunes or Airfoil from the AXn to the receiver. In turn, the receiver (if configured for whole home stereo) can feed the kitchen and outdoor speakers.
>Also, what is the difference between AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme?
What's similar: Both are Internet routers that provide wireless. Both provide the ability to share an attached USB printer. What's different: The Extreme has a built-in Ethernet switch. The Extreme supports sharing HDDs and printers together or separately via a USB hub. The Express has a built-in audio circuitry, the Extreme does not.
>What would I need for this situation?
Only the Express can accomplish providing an audio stream.

HT4259 I have been trying for hours to extend my Extreme Gen 5 network with an Express Gen 2. But no matter what I do or try, it doesn't work. What does happen is my internet gets block somehow when the Express looks like it's set up and 'green' - no in

I have been trying for hours to extend my Extreme Gen 5 network with an Express Gen 2. But no matter what I do or try, it doesn't work. What does happen is my internet gets blocked somehow when the Express is online and looks like it's set up perfect and 'green' - but no internet connection for anything even though the Extreme is green and the modem is good. Once I disconnect the Express, everything is good again.
I've tried LAN, WAN, though a switch, direct connect, Extreme set to Extend the network, the Express set to be an extension. Most of the time I get an error trying to update the Express. But when it seems to be set up perfect, the entire house can't get to the internet. Just when it looks right, it is so wrong.
If anyone can give me exact steps (e.g., "...from the Base Station menu, select the Restore Default Setting option" vice "...just restore the defaults..."), I would greatly appreciate it. I'm left to the conclusion that the Express is faulty. I've been using Airport Utility 6.2 from Mountain Lion on one computer and Airport Utility 5.6.1 from Snow Leopard on another computer (the latter give more control while the former just want you to 'forget' the Express).

I finally got it working. I was trying to set it up ethernet. My biggest mistake was when the new Express came on, I did not select 'Continue' - I went straight to manual thinking that I would get the most setup options in manual mode. So everything I initially tried always resulted in 'wireless'. Even when I would update or restore default settings, the Express would not completely restart. Or sometimes I would get an error. So most of the time I had to unplug it. So when it came back up, none of my changes were retained. But there were a lot of times when everything was green and appeared to be fine. But anytime the ethernet cable was plugged in, no more internet.
So here's the weird part. When I finally tried 'continue' (vice manual), I would get 4 options. One would be 'ethernet' extended. So I would select it, it gave me green lights, all looked good, and still the same problem. This is when I got frustrated. I thought I had exhausted all possible combinations.
But somehow when trying continue again after another restore, I only got 3 options. One was the same ethernet extended option (can't remember what the missing 4th one was). And this time it worked - it gave me the big green circle with the checkmark saying it was successful. I don't know what I did different, but I know now that it won't work if 4 options come up to choose from. It will work if only 3 options come up. And success if only verified by the big checkmark. Had anyone anywhere said the checkmark declaring success is validation, then maybe I wouldn't have gone down so many rabbit holes thinking it should have been successful.
As for which Airport Utility I prefer, 6.2 looks nice, but it would just ignore the Express and would want me to 'forget' it and would not let me edit it. Airport Utility 5.6.1 was the one that I ended up using the most and finally had success with. It still strikes me as odd that there is no manually way to pick ethernet, it can only be choosen following a 'restore defaults', and only from the 3-option list (the 4-option list had the same ethernet choice, but it no worky).
Thanks for the response. I really do appreciate it.
Aiport Extreme Gen5 - internet access and router
Airport Express Gen2 - connected via ethernet, extending my wireless
- configured while connect directly to the Extreme, but now on a switch (16-port hub)
Using Airport 5.6.1
1) Restore Defaults from Base Station menu
2) Following restart, Select Continue
3) Of the 3 option presented, select 'ethernet.... extend network...'
- if 4 options are present, may not work
4) Wait for the green circle with the big white checkmark.
5) Connected Express to the switch where a cable went to other end of house - works.
Dead-zone went from 2mbps to 24mbps.
I probably spent 4 hours chasing my tail in anger. The correct way took about 5 minutes total.
Thanks again.

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This is a little bit out of my depth, so I'm hoping that someone can help me.
I've been accessing Comcast High Speed Internet through my Airport Express connection for more than a year. Things were great until last week when my connection stopped working. The only way I'm able to access the internet is by connecting my iBook directly to the modem.
I tried resetting my Airport Express. I even did it manually so I could manually enter the DNS Servers and Domain Name. That worked for about two days, but now I'm back to where I need to connect directly to the modem.
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gerasco, welcome to the discussions,
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Normally, you would reset this device by plugging it in and holding in the reset button until the amber light flashes rapidly.
This time, try a hard reset as follows:
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Release the reset button after approx 10 seconds.
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