FMS 3 and Xen Virtualization

Has anyone tried using FMS 3 and Xen in a medium to large
production environment ?
I know that FMS and virtualization is not officially
supported, and that using VMware provides several performance
decreases. But is that also relevant to Xen ?
Xen support an option to activate an independant wallclock,
to remove all clock drifts / jitter.
Since this was one of the major problems with VMware, I would
like to know if there could be additional problems in a virtualized
environment.
Versions,
Linux: 2.6.18 (Debian Xen kernel)
Xen 3.2.0
FMS 3.0.2-r217

DVR is supported from FMS 3.5 and not from FMS 3.
Now coming to the question, yes DVR is done via server-side code (though you can do direct client-side record - but its not preferred way of doing it)
There is no built-in player as such but Adobe does provide ready-to-use solution for DVR which is called dvrcast. You can find dvrcast application on FMS tools page - http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/tool_downloads/ . The solution comes with two server-side applications + FLVPlayback component which can be used on client side.

Similar Messages

[svn:fx-trunk] 9225: Fix bug: Rows disappear in Spark List when using negative gap in layout and using virtualization

Revision: 9225
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-08-11 11:36:09 -0700 (Tue, 11 Aug 2009)
Log Message:
Fix bug: Rows disappear in Spark List when using negative gap in layout and using virtualization
Fix: Change H/V layouts first-visible-element lookup logic to accommodate negative gaps.
QE notes: None
Doc notes: None
Bugs: SDK-22497
Reviewer: Hans
Tests run: checkintests,
Is noteworthy for integration: No
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-22497
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/layouts/HorizontalLayout.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/layouts/VerticalLayout.as

sorka;
You can check the LabVIEW Support page.
There is a troubleshooting section called LabVIEW Installation/Getting Started Resources. It also includes a LabVIEW 7.x Frequently Asked Questions that has a link that reads Issues Fixed in LabVIEW 7.1. However, not much information is provided there.
Other places where you can post your findings is at the LAVA Forum (check the Bug list forum) and the Info-LabVIEW mailing list. These are not official places, but usually they li
sten
Enrique
www.vartortech.com

FMS broadcasting and recording

Hey,
I have Adobe Flash Media Server installed on ubuntu.
and I have some questions about operating it...
1. What do I need to do in order to stream a live H.264
broadcast?
will everyone who has a flash player will be able to see it?
do I need to use a special camera for that? or a special
player?
2. How can I record the live broadcast into the server
directly?
3. How can I add text on the live broadcast screen?[like
announcements, headlines and stuff]
4. How do I make the FMS require a password in order to
broadcast? meanwhile, anyone who knows the IP can use the server to
broadcast whatever he wants.
any help will be greatly appreciated,
TMO.

1) Lots of RAM and a decent Camera, the H.264 is better for
streaming pre recorded movies with a slight buffer, Live Streaming
will be slower.
Minimum FMS 3.0.2 as previous versions do not support H.264
2) FME allows you to stream live to the FMS server and also
record the stream for later viewing. I tend to record the stream to
the vod directory with a pre determined file name, this way I can
then built a link in advanve to allow watchers to view again
immediately.
3)Difficult unless you mess with server side scripts etc.
WebCamMax though will provide this solution.
4) Not sure about that one...................

FMS 3 and FMS 3.5

Hi Folks...
What is the difference between FMS 3 and FMS 3.5? Is 3.5 a totally new version or just some kind of service upgrade?

DVR is supported from FMS 3.5 and not from FMS 3.
Now coming to the question, yes DVR is done via server-side code (though you can do direct client-side record - but its not preferred way of doing it)
There is no built-in player as such but Adobe does provide ready-to-use solution for DVR which is called dvrcast. You can find dvrcast application on FMS tools page - http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/tool_downloads/ . The solution comes with two server-side applications + FLVPlayback component which can be used on client side.

FMS Loadbalancing and FMS Cluster Testing

Hey all,
Hey i'm clustering fms and to test it , then i will implement it.
I have installed 3 virtual machines of window's server 2003 with the host os as window's server 2003 itself also.
and i want to cluster fms there test it there .if it's ok there, then i will implement it for my company and if required ,
I have installed fms in these 4 machines including the host os .how would i cluster fms there and .
one problem is how do i load balance the edge servers.
i don't understand , what type of loadbalancing it requires.plz any one can help me step by step how to do that and what do i need to do that ,after that how test my fms cluster. i can't understand it. plz help me step by step , plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....help.....
we will get a licence version of fms.
But is it possible test fms cluster in trial version of fms software or not.if possible how many machines can be clustered.
plz help me.........................
Many Many Thanks in advance.........................

I'd recommend you start here by reading up on the FMS built in scaling solution in edge/origin
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/scaling_securing_fms3_02.html
That should give you a lot of the help you need for starters. Also, yes you can try this out in the developer edition on all.
Asa

MOVED: 785GM-E65 and IOMMU for Xen virtualization

This topic has been moved to Linux/Unix.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=135607.0

Or maybe a dead mobo.
Is the Power Supply able to feed a fan for more than 30 minutes ? It can happen the PSU to start up and because of a failure capacitor to shut down itself after 5-10 minutes by it s own.
You ll need to swap mobo ,CPU and PSU to see what happens.RMA the 3 hardware pieces and see what the reseler tells you.
I would recheck the PSU too having in mind the failure even if it looks good.
When you get all back working stay with the multimeter connected and see if there are any spikes when you boot or when you load heavy aplications.
Any overclocking on the machine ?
Have you tryed with the mobo outside of the case on some wooden surface ?

How to setup grub2 with arch linux and xen, lvm on luks

OK, so I tried downloading this package from AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xen-git/ , but that has patching problems as noted in the comments. It looks like the packagebuild sets up all the xen stuff for you, but I can't seem to get the package to install because of the error's while patching. If anyone can point me in the right direction on what all the extra files in the PKGBUILD are for or how to debug problems with PKGBUILDs not working because of patches.
So next I just tried to compile the latest xen from git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git (with ./configure, make, make install) and that seemed to go fine, but I'm a bit confused:
1. Do I have to do any additional configuration for xen when working with arch linux? On ubuntu I could just compile the source, update grub, and make sure to start the x services at runtime.
2. How do I set up grub to load xen with this setup? Right now this is my /boot/grub/grub.cfg:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:vgStorage"
# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
# Uncomment to enable Hidden Menu, and optionally hide the timeout count
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=5
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors. Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only. Entries specified as foreground/background.
#GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-blue/black"
#GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="light-cyan/blue"
# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/path/to/wallpaper"
#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"
# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"
~
I've tried throwing in a line like: XEN_HYPERVISOR_CMDLINE="cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:vgStorage", but nothing new shows up on the grub boot menu.
First time trying to set up a non-ubuntu system, please help!

As for XEN.... well you could always try QEMU/KVM or LXC.
As for the LVM2-on-LUKS/dm-crypt
My /etc/mkinitcpio.conf looks like this...
MODULES="aesni_intel ata_generic ata_piix nls_cp437 ext4 intel_agp i915 dm-snapshot"
BINARIES=""
FILES=""
HOOKS="base udev autodetect block keymap encrypt lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck shutdown"
/etc/defaults/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:root:allow-discards"
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
The running grub config looks like this
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
9 insmod part_gpt
10 insmod part_msdos
53 if loadfont unicode ; then
54 set gfxmode=auto
55 load_video
56 insmod gfxterm
57 set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
58 set lang=en_US
59 insmod gettext
60 fi
61 terminal_input console
62 terminal_output gfxterm
63 set timeout=3
84 menuentry 'Backup, Arch Linux grsec kernel' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-grsec kernel-true-12341234-8080-8080-8080-332200882255' {
85 load_video
86 set gfxpayload=keep
87 insmod gzio
88 insmod part_msdos
89 insmod ext2
90 set root='hd1,msdos2'
91 if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
92 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos2 BBAAEEAA-FFCC-CCFF-FFCC-AABBCCEEBBAA
93 else
94 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root BBAAEEAA-FFCC-CCFF-FFCC-AABBCCEEBBAA
95 fi
96 echo 'Loading Linux grsec kernel ...'
97 linux /vmlinuz-linux-grsec root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-lvroot rw cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:root:allow-discards quiet
98 echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
99 initrd /initramfs-linux-grsec.img
100 }
Things to note:
Numerical UUID is the UUID of the ROOT partition.
Alphabetical UUIS is the BOOT partition
hd1,msdos2 AND ahci1,msdos2 are how the Grub Bootloader numbers the drives not Linux.
I have my BOOT partition on a USB stick, and it is the Second partition.
So, that would make it, Device 2 and Partition 2
Device numbering starts at 0
Partition numbering starts at 1
Oh, and note that you don't need ":allow-discards" ... at all but certainly if you don't have an SSD. Also note that I included the line numbers so it is very clear that I didn't post the whole thing, but instead what I thought was relevant. Finally, I am loading modules that I don't even need, but what the hell... if it ain't broke, don't fix it
Last edited by hunterthomson (2013-12-04 08:31:45)

10g ASM on Logical Volumes vs. Raw devices and SAN Virtualization

We are looking at setting up our standards for Oracle 10g non-rac systems. We are looking at the value of Oracle ASM in our environment.
As per the official Oracle documentation, raw devices are preferred to using Logical Volumes when using ASM.
From here: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b15658/appa_aix.htm#sthr
ef723
"Note: Do not add logical volumes to Automatic Storage Management disk groups. Automatic Storage Management works best when you add raw disk devices to disk groups. If you are using Automatic Storage Management, then do not use LVM for striping. Automatic Storage Management implements striping and mirroring."
Also, as per Metalink note 452924.1:
"10) Avoid using a Logical Volume Manager (LVM) because an LVM would be redundant."
The issue is: if we use raw disk devices presented to ASM, the disks don't show up as used in the unix/AIX system tools (i.e. smit, lspv, etc.). Hence, when looking for raw devices on the system to add to filesystems/volume groups/etc., it's highly possible that a UNIX admin will grab a raw device that is already in use by Oracle ASM.
Additionally, we are using a an IBM DS8300 SAN with IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) in front of it. Hence, we already have storage virtualization and I/O balancing at the SAN/hardware level.
I'm looking for a little clarification to the following questions, as my understanding of their responses seem to confict:
QUESTION #1: Can anyone clarify/provide additional detail as to why Logical volumes are not preferred when using Oracle ASM? Does the argument still hold in a SAN Virtualized environment?
QUESTION #2: Does virtualization at the software level (ASM) make sense in our environment? As we already have I/O balancing provided at the hardware level via our SVC, what do we gain by adding yet another level of I/O balancing at the ASM level? Or as in the
arguments the Oracle documentation makes against using Lvm, is this an unnecessary redundant striping (double-striped or in our case triple-striped/plaid)?
QUESTION #3: So does SAN Virtualization conflict or compliment the virtualization provided by ASM?

After more research/discussions/SR's, I've come to the following conclusion.
Basically, in an intelligent storage environment (i.e. SVC), you're not getting a 100% bang for the buck by using ASM. Which is the cat's meow in a commodity hardware/unintelligent storage environment.
Using ASM in a SVC environment potentially wastes CPU cycles having ASM balance i/o that is already balanced on the backend (sure if you shuffle a deck of cards that are already shuffled you're not doing any harm, but if they're already shuffled - then why are you shuffling them again??).
That being said, there may still be some value for using ASM from the standpoint of storage management for multiple instances on a server. For example, one could better minimize space wastage by being able to share a "pool" of storage between mulitiple instances, rather than having to manage space on an instance-by-instance (or filesystem by filesystem) level.
Also, in the case of having a unfriendly OS where one is unable to dynamically grow a filesystem (i.e. database outage required), there would be a definite benefit provided by ASM in being able to dynamically allocate disks to the "pool". Of course, with most higher-end end systems, dynamic filesystem growth is pretty much a given.
In the case of RAC, regardless of the backend, ASM with raw is a no-brainer.
In the case of a standalone instance, it's a judgement call. My vote in the case of intelligent storage where one could dynamically grow filesystems, would be to keep ASM out of the picture.
Your vote may be different....just make sure you're putting in a solution to a problem and not a solution that's looking for a problem(s).
And there's the whole culture of IT thing as well (i.e. do your storage guys know what you're doing and vice versa).....which can destroy any technological solution, regardless of how great it is.

FMS: NAT and Firewall

I've run into one roadblock after another with Cirrus (Stratus) - basically, even the Adobe Videophone example refuses to work in the 'real world' where there's a mix of NAT and firewall configurations outside the developer's control. (http://forums.adobe.com/message/1064983#1064983 and thread at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/736422?tstart=0)
My question is whether Flash Media Server 4 has the same sort of issues? We don't want to pay up to install and run our own FMS only to discover that we won't be able to provide a P2P service to our end users because they're scattered around the Internet with a mix of mobile devices and computers lying behind NAT and firewall devices that we can't predict.

FMS4 and Cirrus should behave identically as far as facilitating P2P communications on the open Internet.
as the referenced article describes, with some combinations of NATs and firewalls, P2P communication is impossible. RTMFP tries really hard to establish connections in the cases where direct communication is possible, but will not function in cases where direct communication is not possible.
we believe direct communications should be possible for the majority of Internet users, but recognize that it won't be possible for 100% of users.

Kona 3 [and XENA] for FCP Questions

Is the XENA 2Ke compatible with the Macintosh platform and FCP, and if so which is the recommended version of OSX and FCP?
I have previously read someone stating that you can use this card on both platforms therefor negating the need to purchase a Mac only Kona 3.
I am doubtful of this however your immediate response / confirmation / denial of this is greatly appreciated.
ALSO
Is anyone aware of news relating to an upgrade of the Kona 3 card [ie Kona 4 or a Mac and PC compatible XENA card]?
I am looking at assembling a new HD online capable suite in the next few weeks and am hoping to avoid purchasing ie a Kona 3 card just before the release of [theoretically] a Kona 4 card [possibly at NAB 08]. Being that 4K / Red post are and should be at a premium in the coming months I would like to assemble a post solution that can handle for example a short form 4K online [if possible].
I know I am dealing with a lot of what-ifs but for the investment I need to make I will be asking similar questions to these everywhere I can including the forums such as this.

Anyone / everyone please feel free to comment
Hi Jerry
First and foremost, thank you very much for your detailed reply.
1. Hmmmm. "AJA, is there something in the air too?" [lol].
I just love the thought of new gear and technology... and AJA furthering its hardware support of RED in FCP, looking forward to any NAB developments.
*2. Regarding the Xena-2Ke for Mac.* Just received a reply from AJA Tech Support stating the following:
+"Hi Mitch,+
+The Xena-2Ke is compatible with Mac OSX 10.3.x, 10.4.x and 10.5.x running+
+the appropriate Kona 3 driver.+
+On the other hand A Kona 3 is not compatible with Windows.+
+Let us know if you have more questions.+
+Thank you,+
Rudy
+Rudy Van Ko+
+AJA Video Technical Support+
+Email: [email protected]+
+Phone: 530-271-3190+
+AJA Video Systems+
+443 Crown Point Circle+
+Grass Valley, CA 95945"+
Interesting...
*3. Monitoring 2K?* What are you using to monitor 2K, HD Jerry?
Many guys in similar situations to myself over here in Australia are using Apple Cinema Displays with a Decklink HD-Link Pro box for monitoring. Obviously the 30" Cinema Display has the resolution to handle 2K monitoring but is it suitable in your view?
Realistically I am looking at offering an immediate service based mainly on a HD offline / online workflow. I would however like to future proof myself as best I can by assembling hardware that can handle 2K with reliability, stability and to reasonable levels of accuracy and complexity.
*Up until now [NAB] I've been looking at something in the order of the following setup:*
*Online Machine*
Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core)
8gb RAM
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3GB/s
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 1.5GB (Stereo 3D, two dual-link DVI)
One 16x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme card (Wi-Fi)
Apple wireless Mighty Mouse
Apple Wireless Keyboard
*Third Party Card / Hardware IO:*
Kona 3 with K-Box
*Offline Machine:*
Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core)
4GB (2 x 1GB)
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (Two dual-link DVI)
One 16x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme card (Wi-Fi)
Apple wireless Mighty Mouse
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Monitoring:
JVC DT-V24L1DGE 1920x1080 Pro HD LCD with 1:1 pixel monitoring / no scaling and all the regular / required inputs and features
*BUP / Archival Purposes / Proofs:*
Lacie D2 Ext Blu Ray Burner
Storage:
Caldigit's HD Pro OR G Technology's G Speed OR G Speed es [though not sold on G Speed es - great price point but really doesn't have the sustained drive speeds. Great for online SD, Pro Res and possibly basic DVCPro HD / HD Sequences etc. [www.g-technology.com states "Two G-SPEED eS units and the G-Tech PCIe RAID controller support all of the above plus 10-bit, 1080i/60 HD playback in RAID 0 or RAID 5 mode."]. Will be looking into the new Apple owned Promise RAIDs too; your thoughts on these? Unfortunately I don't really have the budget for SANman, X-Serve, Fibrejet etc solutions at present but for the right job, that would obviously change.
I really appreciate the idea of how you are working with 2K, though your description was not really that detailed it definitely sounds smooth. Do you think that I am heading in the right direction in your opinion with the gear I have in mind, and is the minimum 2K future proofing concept I have a valid one?
Thanks for taking the time to read this post, and hopefully reply to some or all.
Anyone / everyone please feel free to comment.

What is load balancer in fms cluster and how to configure it and testing fms clustering

Hey guys,
I am new to fms and clustering the fms server in origin-edge mode.But i am confused actually what is load balancer and how to configure it .
After configuring , how to test and confirm that fms clustering is working.Is there any one can help me, plz....................
thanks in Advance........

Flash Media Server does not come bundled with a load balancer. In theory, one deploys FMS in an edge/origin configuration like this
1 Origin ----> N Edges ------> Customer Traffic
The idea here is that N edges shoulder the load for most customers with a single origin coordinating resources like VOD content or script access. The issue that remains is "how do I spread customers over the N edges" and that's where load balancing comes in. Most customers use a prepackaged load balancing solution - as an Adobe staffer I can't recommend any of them over the other, but you should be able to get some recommendations here along with just googling for it. The short answer contained here though is, you're going to have to find one outside of FMS if that's needed for your setup.
Asa

FMS 3 and JW Player

Hello, I have been trying to get an answer to my questions
regarding FMS 3 but to no avail...hopefully someone can help me
here..
I have a flash file and use JW Player as my player...I can
stream inside my network. I have a changing IP address so I
assigned 192.xx.x.xx to my server..
I use Apache for web server. I use the code for linking to
the file and works great inside my network...How can i get this to
play outside my network?
here is how the player is setup:
<script type='text/javascript'
src='swfobject.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>var s1 = new
SWFObject('player.swf','player','500','400','9');
s1.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
s1.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
s1.addParam('flashvars','streamer=rtmp://192.xx.x.xx/vod&file=Wedding.flv&image=preview1.j pg');
s1.write('preview');
s1.addParam('salign','sr')
</script>
Any help would be great...

Hi egrogg011,
Your local ip address is often different then the ip address
to the outside world. Between the computer and the internet there
could be a router or something like that. When you want that
someone from the internet could connect to your server you would
have to change 192.xx.x.xx to your internet ip address. Next to
that you will need to configure your router to forward the ports
that the media server uses because they are a lot of times closed
or not redirected to the correct ip.

Building FLV Player for FMS Video and Audio

Hi All,
Am new to flash development. I would need all of your
knowledge to build an application for FLV Streaming.
I need to write a FLV player which dynamically picks the file
from FMS Server by taking the arguments password to the
movie/player.
Please let me know how do i go about it.
Thanks in Advance
Mady

arunbe,
I read the live docs information about NetStream.onMetaData,
and this tells me that it is possible that I might get some
information about an audio codec, but it doesn't really help all
that much in learning if there is a way to tell if there is an
audio track present at all. Does such a possibility exist?
C

FMS Policy and VideoSampleAccess

Hello! I'm trying to access the raw audio and video samples
from an RTMP stream and I've done my research but can't overcome
the last step. I have FMS 3.0 installed locally and authoring in
Flash CS3 with the latest patches and updates. In the
Application.xml file I added the two lines:
<AudioSampleAccess
enabled="true">/</AudioSampleAccess>
<VideoSampleAccess
enabled="true">/</VideoSampleAccess>
inside the <Application> element to allow access from
the client, and rebooted the server to make sure it took hold. (and
the XML is in the standard VOD application folder). Then I fire up
CS3 that is trying to use SoundMixer.computerSpectrum to read the
audio samples, but I keep getting the following sandbox issue.
SecurityError: Error #2123: Security sandbox violation:
SoundMixer.computeSpectrum:
file:///C|/Users/me/Documents/flashstuff/monitor.swf cannot access
rtmp://localhost/vod. No policy files granted access.
at flash.media::SoundMixer$/computeSpectrum()
at monitor_fla::MainTimeline/onEnterFrame()
I'm sure its something simple thats missing. Also, the video
plays in my client without any problems. Any ideas? Thank you very
much for your help!

As described in default live/vod apps that comes with FMS3.0;
you need to explicitly write these to lines in the server-side
script.
// Inside Function :application.onConnect = function(
p_client, p_autoSenseBW ){
p_client.audioSampleAccess = "/";
p_client.videoSampleAccess = "/";
}

What is the use of fms SSF_OPEN and SSF_CLOSE

hi to all experts,
im printing one material id per page .i want the dialog box for printing appear just once and all the records should be printed for that i have used ssf_open and ssf_close. but still the dialog box is coming.Is my code correct
form print_smartform1X3.
DATA : fm_name TYPE RS38L_FNAM.
CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
    EXPORTING
      formname                 = 'ZMM_IM_001'
   IMPORTING
     FM_NAME                  = fm_name
   EXCEPTIONS
     NO_FORM                  = 1
     NO_FUNCTION_MODULE       = 2
     OTHERS                   = 3
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_OPEN'
*   EXPORTING
*     ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS       =
*     USER_SETTINGS            = 'X'
*     MAIL_SENDER              =
*     MAIL_RECIPIENT           =
*     MAIL_APPL_OBJ            =
*     OUTPUT_OPTIONS           =
*     CONTROL_PARAMETERS       =
*   IMPORTING
*     JOB_OUTPUT_OPTIONS       =
*   EXCEPTIONS
*     FORMATTING_ERROR         = 1
*     INTERNAL_ERROR           = 2
*     SEND_ERROR               = 3
*     USER_CANCELED            = 4
*     OTHERS                   = 5
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
LOOP AT it_smart INTO wa_smart.
CALL FUNCTION fm_name
EXPORTING
    wa_display                 = wa_smart
EXCEPTIONS
   FORMATTING_ERROR           = 1
   INTERNAL_ERROR             = 2
   SEND_ERROR                 = 3
   USER_CANCELED              = 4
   OTHERS                     = 5
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
CLEAR wa_smart.
ENDLOOP.
CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_CLOSE'
* IMPORTING
*   JOB_OUTPUT_INFO        =
* EXCEPTIONS
*   FORMATTING_ERROR       = 1
*   INTERNAL_ERROR         = 2
*   SEND_ERROR             = 3
*   OTHERS                 = 4
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
endform.                    " print_smart
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Edited by: mozam khan on Feb 24, 2009 9:15 AM

SSF_OPEN initializes Smart form with below Contril parameters you can pass:
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