Did you know-? Animation Tips & Tricks

Did you know that you can animate any object you create in Project ROME – and that it's easy to do too? Just follow these quick steps (and be sure to have your timeline showing – View > Show Timeline):
1.Select the object you want to animate
2.Click on the stop watch in the upper left of the timeline
3.Drag the top arrow within the timeline to indicate how long you want the animation to talk place (e.g., 10 seconds)
4.Animate!
You can drag the selected object to create an animation path, change the object's color or even transparency. Check out this latest video on more about creating animation: http://bit.ly/9m4ug4. Let us know how this works for you and if you have any suggestions or questions along the way!
Thanks again for your feedback!
Sarah
Sarah
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Hi Romans,
Did you all get a chance to experiment with the tips & tricks we posted yesterday? If you did, what did you think? Did you discover anything interesting or find something you didn't like? What tips & trick can you share? Please keep providing us with your feedback. It's great to hear everyone's concerns, praises and suggestions, and it's immensely valuable!
And for those of you who haven't experimented yet….get rolling and try it out now!
Thanks,
Sarah
Sarah
Forum Moderator

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Did you know that the carrier Verizon offer the merge conference call or internet while on call on the iphone? Only AT

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Hi All,
DID YOU KNOW??
The IDE ships with the following Advanced Components in the Palette.
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to make it XHTML compliant.
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http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/reference/docs/help/2update1/components/advanced_list.html
We would like to know the following from you :-
1) Are you using these Advanced Components in applications you are building? If so How and Where?
2) Did you face any challenges while using them?
3) Did you find any special usages/scenarios for using these components?
Thanks for all your inputs and for joining in the discussion.
K
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What would you like in the documentation? Do you have specific questions about particular components? Do you want examples? What's missing from the online help at http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/reference/docs/help/2update1/components/advanced_list.html?

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http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/reference/docs/help/2update1/connect_data/jdbc_type_conversions.html
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http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/learning/tutorials/2/converters.html
We would like to know the following from you :-
1) Why and How are you using Converters in applications you are building?
2) Did you face any challenges while using them?
3) Did you find any cool ways of using these or build any cool custom converters?
4) Any feedback you might want to share about converters to make it easier in using them.
Thanks for all your inputs and for joining in the discussion.
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DID YOU KNOW ?? - Number Converters?

Hi All,
DID YOU KNOW??
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When you bind a component, the IDE normally identifies the data type for you and sets the appropriate converter when you establish a binding to the value property. However, you can also add a converter manually by setting the component's converter property.
We would like to know the following from you :-
1) Why and How are you using Converters in applications you are building?
2) Did you face any challenges while using them?
3) Did you find any cool ways of using these or build any cool custom converters?
4) Any feedback you might want to share about converters to make it easier in using them.
Thanks for all your inputs and for joining in the discussion.
(Note :- This is the continuation of the Threadinar Series - see index at
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5103424)
K

I'm having problems converting from text input with a NumberConvertor back to text. I'm trying to take a pay amount, annualize it (x * 24), and convert it back to text for a database query. I got the following to work, but is there a better way?
Input field is "grossPay", output is "apay".
public String button1_action() {
Number n = (Number) grossPay.getValue();
float f = n.floatValue() * 24;
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}

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