Gray object is set to overprint

When I try to run the preflight on a PDF/X-4: 2008 I get a warning/error message that a "Gray object (black below 96%) is set to overprint (l match on 1 page). This has been a recurring error even though the paragraph style (picture caption) and font in question were set for 100% Black (CMYK). I thought it was a glitch with the font, so I changed that font to a new one, different size (but maintaining the same physical size on the page so I wouldn't have to readjust every page.) I assumed (hoped) that when the original font was no longer embedded in the file, the error would disappear. NOPE! It just changed the font that the error is related to, abandoning the caption font and identifying a font in a size that is not on the page as the culprit. The main text on the page is Georgia, size 11. There is no size 10 anywhere on the page. I have checked the text letter by letter and find no Georgia, size 10. Nor can I find any letters in the text that are less than 100% black. It appears that the error is determined to remain even though it points to absolutely nothing in the file. Can I assume that this will not cause the printer to reject the file when it is submitted for online, digital printing?

I want to let you know that I finally found the offending character in the InDesign file. You will recall how, after I decided to replace the caption fonts with a different font because somewhere hidden in the captions must have been a character of less than 100% black, that suddenly, another offender showed up in the main text font--one that had not been identified before. Today, the preflight Snap window showed me the location--something it consistently refused to do with the caption font. It was a blank space after a period which had font attributes assigned. No doubt the fault of a gremlin since nowhere in the body text had there ever been any text sized at 10 points or at less than fully black. I deleted it and HOORAY! all preflight features are announcing "No problems." Again, thanks for the great help at this forum. You are indispensible!!

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ID CS6 RGB objects set to overprint = KO in PDF

Hello:
While I wait on the phone for Adobe support (+60 minutes now) I thought I'd post here to see if anyone in the community had any feedback on this topic.
We recently discovered that objects created with an RGB build but set to overprint in InDesign will end up as KO type in an exported PDF file. I'm trying to find out if this is the expected behavior or if this is some type of bug in CS6. This even ocurs when all colors must be converted to CMYK or spot color, such as when exporting to X1a.
From a technical standpont, RGB objects set to overprint are tagged with 'OPM 0' and CMYK objects are tagged as 'OPM 1'
From our Enfocus resources:
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Standard overprint mode, also known as “OPM 0”
Illustrator overprint mode, also known as “OPM 1” or “nonzero overprint mode”
The difference between both modes lies in the effect of the tint value 0 for one of the CMYK inks:
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I'm trying to find out if this is the expected behavior or if this is some type of bug in CS6.
Seems like expected behaviour to me. What happens on an overprint depends on the CMYK values of the over and underlying object. So the results of 0|65|0|0 and 0|65|0|1 are very different
An RGB version of the pink would have unknown CMYK output values because any CMYK profile could be used in the CMYK conversion for print.

BACKGROUND PROCESSING, REPORT NOT LOADING, "OBJECT NOT SET TO INSTANCE..."

Post Author: thecoffeemachine
CA Forum: .NET
I already posted this message in other Web sites, but I am almost getting crazy here and I need help:
HI:
The Web application I am testing was having several issues related to loading Crystal Reports. It was fixed and I do not know which of the 1000 things I did to fix it; but now it began, again, to have the same behavior after I had a conflict with another Web site that was in the same server.
The thing is that I had another virtual directory where resided a copy of the same Web app. for testing purposes/working with the Visual Studio. The reports were loading all fine, very fast, all perfect... And suddenly the assemblies of one Web site and the other began to "blend" together and..... well the same behaviors appeared again. I tried to copy the last stable backup and rebuild the Web app... but it did not work.
At the very first time that one requests the report, it shows without problem. At the second time it shows an error message related to "cannot submit to background processing", and sometimes "object not set to an instance.." ... and on the third time it just never shows up and the app. becomes unresponsive. I have to close the window and request the Web site again in another browser window. If I wish to see the report again I have to wait for hours until it shows it.
I am using Visual Studio 2003 and the Crystal Report version that was shipped with that Visual Studio version. I am working with Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000. Below is the VB code:
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"Access Control - Do Not Inherit" Grayed out when setting up a backup on Server 2008 R2 when trying to use remote NAS

I see one response here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/c99eead0-e2fc-4c83-8cb2-959d03512667/server-2008-r2-dc-backup-greys-out-do-not-inherit-option-for-file-share-backup
But it makes no sense to me. Running that command doesn't do anything.
How do I make the box stop graying out when setting up a backup with the GUI interface? This should be really simple I would think and for some reason the backup utility is graying out the "Do Not Inherit" option so I can backup to the NAS
device that has access control enabled in order to backup to the NAS.
Thanks in advance!

Hi,
From this article, it mentioned that it is by design that we cannot choose "do not inherit" in backup schedule when backup target is a remote shared folder.
Checklist: Schedule Automatic Backups
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732540.aspx
If you use a remote shared folder, make sure that the folder is available, that you have write access to the folder, and that you are a member of the Administrators group or Backup Operators group on the computer hosting the folder. Each time you create
a backup, it will overwrite the older backups so that you will only have one backup at a time.
The backup will inherit the access control list (ACL) permissions of the folder.
For the account it required, as mentioned above, it should be "a member of Admin group or Backup Operators group, and it should have write permission on target folder".
Also map a network folder as a drive will not help show the mapped drive letter in backup destination. It is still a remote shared folder.
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Document(object, node-set)

Using xsql 1.0.4.1, I'm having some trouble using the document(object, node-set) function defined in the XSLT 1.0 recommendation, sect 12.1:
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I'm doing something like this:
Source Document:
<blah>
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<xsl:template match="blah/some-tag">
<xsl:variable name="redir" select="document(@redirect, / )" />
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Brian

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91 object not set in SAP BPC NW7.0

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I am facing problem while logging on to BPC Administration
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Object set to overprint in InDesign CS5.5, but in fact knocks out

Hi
I created a document in InDesign CS5.5 that had a background image and, on top of that, a small circle to act as a cutter guide so that the printer knew where to drill a hole for binding. I set the circle to 'overprint' in the attributes pane, and then exported the layout under the PDF/X-1a:2001 setting in Acrobat. Later, the printer said that the circle was in fact knocking out from the background image, even though separations printed from my laser showed the circle on its own separation and no hole knocked out of the image. Any idea what I've done wrong?
Many thanks if anyone can put me right - Andi

Hi Rob, Thanks for your reply.
Yep the cutter is set up as two different colour Pantone + CMYK spots in Illustrator- (I did CMYK+CMYK coated because you can't seem to change the name of the Pantone Coated colours).
I have looked at the Object inspector above ( I was relying on turning on and off the pantone colours to see if the overprint was working - when I turned them off the photo below was knocked out).
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Inconsistent view object result set (REPOST ... no response since 23/07/2002)

(1)In JSP front-end, I have the following code:
<%
ComUtil c = new ComUtil();
String sAppConfig = c.getAppConfigStr();
%>
<jbo:ApplicationModule id="am" configname="<%=sAppConfig%>" releasemode="Stateless" />
// A datatag is put here to print out a combo box for user selection with all places defined in table
<MyTagLib:PrintSelectForAllPlaces strTagName="v_CheckPlace" strAmId="am" blnDisplayHyphen="false" />
<jbo:ReleasePageResources />
(2) The ComUtil.getAppConfigStr() code is as follows:
// Configurations parameters
String _cfPkg = "MyPkg"; // Configuration package name
String am = cfPkg + ".MyAppMod"; // Fully-qualified application module name
String _cf = "MyPkgAppModLocal"; // Configuration name for connection info
String IP_ADDR = "xxx.xxx.xx.xxx"; // x stands for number
String SID = "MySid";
String PORT = "xxx"; // x stands for number
/** Connection string used by front-end JSP for Jbo to obtain configuration name for
an application module **/
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// Create an instance of the application module by name, using local mode
String sAppConfigStr = am + "." + cf;
return sAppConfigStr;
(3) My data tag code:
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public int doStartTag() {
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ComUtil c = new ComUtil();
ApplicationModuleRef amRef = Utils.getAMRefFromContext(pageContext, strAmId);
ApplicationModule am = amRef.useApplicationModule();
JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
try {
ViewObject vo = am.findViewObject("ViewMyPlaces");
if (vo != null) {
vo.executeQuery();
int j = 0;
out.println("<select name=" + strTagName + " " + strActionList + ">");
if (blnDisplayHyphen) {
out.println("<option value = '' selected>--</option>");
while (vo.hasNext()) {
r = (ViewMyPlacesRowImpl)vo.next();
String sPlaceCode = (String)r.getPlaceCode();
String sPlaceDesc = (String)r.getDescription();
out.print("<option value = '" + sPlaceCode + "' ");
System.out.println("sPlaceCode: " + sPlaceCode);
if (strDefaultValue != null) {
if (strDefaultValue.length() > 0) {
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out.print("selected");
out.print(">");
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sPlaceCode: PLACE2
sPlaceCode: PLACE3
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sPlaceCode: PLACE2
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Why is "POP or IMAP" grayed out in setting up a new email account in Outlook 2013?

Can anyone share with me how to make it avail? Thanks.

Hi,
Do you mean the "POP or IMAP" bullet is grayed out?
If this is the case, please open your registry editor and check if the following registry values exist and the value data is set to 1:
Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Options
Name: DisableIMAP
Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Options
Name: DisablePOP3
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Please let me know the result.
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Authorization object for "set TECO" and "undo TECO"

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Hi,
Under one user ID the auth object B_USERSTAT will have the authorization key in which user will be responsible to change the TECO user status.
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                                .ExpensesAccount = "_SYS00000000003"
                                .SalesCreditAcc = "_SYS00000000209"
                                .PurchaseCreditAcc = "_SYS00000000003"
                                .Add()
                            End With
                        Next
                    End If 'oRows
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                    If RetVal <> 0 Then
                        oCompany.GetLastError(errCode, errMsg)
                        Throw New Exception("[Import Item Master]: " & errCode & "-" & errMsg)
                    End If
                    'Change GLMethods from ItemLevel to Warehouse
                    If oITM.GetByKey(objDataRow("Item")) = True Then
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                        If oITM.Update() <> 0 Then
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                        End If
                    End If
                Next
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Cherine

Hello,
This code is working on 2007. What is the error message you get when you change the G/L method by WH?
Try it to change in SAP B1 GUI an item G/L Method tp WH which has been added via your code , I think settings of G/L Account is missing.....
And check that the Addd all warehouse is not checked in the System Settings.
Regards,
J.

Getting object from Set

Hi guys, first post, needless to say im a student :].
Here's my problem:
Firstly i create an ArraySet as follows: SetADT myDeckOfCards = new ArraySet();I then add 52 "playing cards" to the set like so : myDeckOfCards = CreateCards(myDeckOfCards, "Hearts");The CreateCards method creates objects of type Card and adds them to the Deck set.
The Cards class has three values: type, value and suite.
Now my problem is I need to remove cards and then gain access to their attributes.
I thought i could go:
Card myNewCard = Card();
myNewCard = myDeckOfCards.removeRandom();...but this has an error 'incompatible types'. If i assign the randomCard to an object is works fine but then i don't have access to the Card methods.
How would I get the Cards stored in myDeckOfCards as Card objects and not just Objects?
I tried casting but had no luck there either.
Any help would be much appreciated, I realise this is probably something really stupid ><.
Thanks
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Edited by: EnduranceMan on Nov 26, 2008 3:47 PM

Doh!
Just got it working, my casting syntax was a bit off. Until next time :]

Changing hashCode object in Set

I store many object in a HashSet, but hashCode of these objects maybe changed during stored in HashSet. After hashCode changed, I can not remove it from HashSet correctly. How to solve it?

That is the porblem of multiple threads accesing it
internally.. soThat's not the problem here.
The solution jverd is describing requires making the Objects you are storing in your HashSet implment the Observable pattern. Look at the PropertyChangeListener and PropertyChangeSupport classes. That takes some general design and requires some casting etc.
Assuming you can manage a way to determine if the hashCode has changed, then you can do this:
public class RehashSet extends AbstractSet
     private Set set = new HashSet();
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            set = new HashSet(set);
      public synchronized boolean add(Object o)
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            return set.remove(Object o);
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             return set.iterator();
      public synchronized int size()
             return set.size();
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Object Visibility Setting

Ok, I'm not sure what I am doing wrong and could use a new
set of eyes. I have a button that has the following script that
toggles the visibility of an object instance called "Next":
on (release) {
this._root.Next._visible=!this._root.Next._visible;
The toggling works fine. The problem is I cannot find a way
to start Next's visibility to false. I would like it to be
invisible until the button is clicked making it visible.
Thanks in advance!

Well, thanks, I got it anyways. For some reason, I had to put
this script in the second frame instead of trying to put it in the
first:
Next._visible=false;
Not sure if it just couldn't be in the 1st for some reason or
if it had to be in the same frame that the MC "Next" started
in.

Change the colour of a gray object to white

Hi - I'm wanting to alter an image grey moulded piece of resin, to white. Hows the best way to do this?

Hi Dean.
I'll try to be more specific starting from the un-altered version of your picture:
Go to the channels tab.
Drag the Red channel to the New Channel icon in the bottom of the panel - this will give you a copy.
Think this way: 100% Black equals non-selected and 100% White equals selected. 50% grey equals 50% selected.
The Red channel already has a significant difference in black vs. white, enabling you to quickly tweek the difference even more.
While in the Red copy channel, hit Command+L (for Levels).
Move the black slider towards the middle of the histogram to darken the shadows until you see important information dissapear.
Then use the middle slider to tweek the background further towards black.
Stop when you feel that you are starting to remove wanted pixels in the image.
Select the Dodge/Burn tool by hitting O (as in Oxford) - you don't need the deasturation tool, so make sure you've got the right tool. You can toggle the tool by hitting Shift+O.
For the Burn tool, set it's Range to Shadows and Exposure to 50%.
Select the Dodge tool, set it's Range to Highlights and Exposure to 50%.
Now, choose fairly large soft brush.
With the Dodge tool selected, paint on the teeth - and you wil them lightening as you paint along.
If you feel the tool has a too strong effekt, lower the Exposure.
Select the Burn tool, and paint in the background areas, where it's still not black.
Keep painting suddle as you're toggling the Burn/Dodge.
When you've tweeked the image so that the edges of the teeth are almost white and you can still see a suddle transition from the teeth to the background, you've produced your basic mask.
Select the Lasso tool (hit L) and draw a selection inside teeth and fill it with white, so that everything but the grey edges is completely white.
Hit the RGB channel and return to your layers (F7).
With the background layer selected, make a new layer (Command+Option+Shift+N).
Fill it with black (Hit D then Command+Backspace).
Then hit Command+Option+4, this will load your Red copy channel. Hold down the Option key and click the Add Layer Mask icon in the Layers palette.
Click on the Layermask you've just created on the layer to make it active. You can now make the final tweeking on the mask by very, very suddle dodge/burn the edges until you see a result you like.
Finally remove some the blue colorcasting in the teeth-plaster.
Hope this explanation made it more clear to you.
Have fun.
Torben.

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