Has anyone managed to get Authorware 7 Content Working on the Web

Hi I get this message when I try to get the web player working
Can anyone help!!
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I used classes12.jar with a 9.2 database without any problems. JDBC calls, XA Datasources as well as CMP calls worked fine.
I think the ojdbc14.jar is required for use with a 1.4 JDK.
Of course, there might be features in 9.1 that might require the new jar.
Just mentioning that the jar did not pose me problems. Adding this information so it might help the OP narrow down the source of error.

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Has anyone managed to get HP Warranty Information into SCCM?
I have tried a few scripts that I found on the net but none of them seem to work as I believe HP updated there site this year..

OK, I played around a bit (scripting from a web page isn't way beyond me) but... a few caveats. My lab isn't available right now; so all I could test was that the script ran on an HP laptop. A single HP laptop. and created the regkeys in
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Anyway, below is the script. Other caveats: It drops a log, and then continuously adds to the log file in %temp% (of the SYSTEM, which is using %windir%\temp). So depending upon what you want/need--you may want to change the EnableLogging
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Edit: and... even using Regkeytomof sometimes regkeys can be tricky. If the mof edit doesn't work right to pull the data back, post what you've added. someone here can usually spot if there's something not right about it and help you fix
the mof edit.
Edit #2: removed bad space, and bad copy/paste job as discovered by sevengs. Thanks!
on error resume next
EnableLogging = True
sCompanyName = "CompanyName"
Set oShell = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
Set fso = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
strTemp = oshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%temp%")
If EnableLogging Then
Set oLogFile = fso.OpenTextFile(strTemp & "\WarrantyInfo.log", 8, True)
oLogFile.WriteLine "*********************************************************"
End If
WriteLog "Beginning warranty information lookup."
sWebServiceHost = "http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport"
sWebServiceURL = "WarrantyResults.jsp"
sWebService = sWebServiceHost & "/" & sWebServiceURL
'Get the system's serial number from WMI
Set oWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = oWMIService.ExecQuery("Select SerialNumber from Win32_BIOS",,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
sSerialNumber = objItem.SerialNumber
Next
WriteLog "Serial number of system is " & sSerialNumber
'Get the Product ID from WMI
Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = 16
Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = 32
lFlags = wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly
strService = "winmgmts:{impersonationlevel=impersonate}//./root/HP/InstrumentedBIOS"
strQuery = "select * from HP_BIOSSetting"
Set objWMIService = GetObject(strService)
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(strQuery,,lFlags)
sProductNumber = ""
For Each objItem In colItems
If objItem.Name = "SKU Number" Then
sProductNumber = objItem.Value
End If
If objItem.Name = "Product Number" Then
sProductNumber = objItem.Value
End If
Next
If Len(sProductNumber) = 0 Then
WriteLog "ERROR: Product Number could not be determined."
oLogFile.WriteLine "*********************************************************"
oLogFile.Close
WScript.Quit(9)
Else
WriteLog "Product number of the system is " & sProductNumber
End If
Set colItems = oWMIService.ExecQuery("Select AddressWidth from Win32_Processor",,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
sAddressWidth = objItem.AddressWidth
Next
WriteLog "Operating system is " & sAddressWidth & " bit."
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sParameters = "nickname=&sn=" & sSerialNumber & "&country=US&lang=en&cc=us&pn=" & sProductNumber & "&find=Display+Warranty+Information+%C2%BB&"
WriteLog "Opening the web site URL " & sWebService & "?" & sParameters
'Define and call the web site
Set oHTTP = CreateObject("Microsoft.xmlhttp")
oHTTP.open "GET", sWebService & "?" & sParameters, False
'oHTTP.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
oHTTP.send
If oHTTP.Status = 200 Then
WriteLog "Successful response from the web site."
'WriteLog oHTTP.ResponseText
Process oHTTP.ResponseText
Else
WriteLog "ERROR: the web site returned status code " & oHTTP.Status
WriteLog "Returning exit code 1."
nExitCode = 1
End If
If EnableLogging Then
oLogFile.WriteLine "*********************************************************"
oLogFile.Close
End If
WScript.Quit (nExitCode)
Function Process (HTML)
WriteLog "Processing the HTML returned from the site."
intSummaryPos = InStr(LCase(html), "serial number")
If intSummaryPos = 0 Then
Process = ""
Exit Function
End If
intSummaryTable1Start = InStrRev(LCase(html), "<table", intSummaryPos)
intSummaryTable1End = InStr(intSummaryPos, LCase(html), "</table>") + 8
intSummaryTable2Start = InStr(intSummaryTable1End, LCase(html), "<table")
intSummaryTable2End = InStr(intSummaryTable2Start, LCase(html), "</table>")
table1 = getStr(intSummaryTable1Start, intSummaryTable1End, html)
table2 = getStr(intSummaryTable2Start, intSummaryTable2End, html)
const HKLM = &H80000002
Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\default:StdRegProv")
sKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\" & sCompanyName & "\WarrantyInformation"
WriteLog "Registry key path is HKLM\" & sKeyPath
oReg.CreateKey HKLM,sKeyPath
WriteLog "Processing the first table from the web page."
arrGeneral = processTables(table1,1)
'arrGeneal should be in the form Serial Number, Product Number, Product Line, Product Description, Warranty Check Date
WriteLog "Processing the second table from the web page."
arrContracts = processTables(table2,2)
'arrContracts should be in the format Warranty Type, HW Warrenty Start Date, HW Warranty End Date, HW Warranty Status, Setup Warranty Start Date, Setup Warranty End Date, Setup Warranty Status
WriteLog "Setting registry values."
WriteLog "SerialNumber is " & arrGeneral(0)
oReg.SetStringValue HKLM, sKeyPath, "SerialNumber", arrGeneral(0)
WriteLog "ProductNumber is " & arrGeneral(1)
oReg.SetStringValue HKLM, sKeyPath, "ProductNumber", arrGeneral(1)
WriteLog "SerialLine is " & arrGeneral(2)
oReg.SetStringValue HKLM, sKeyPath, "ProductLine", arrGeneral(2)
WriteLog "SerialDescription is " & arrGeneral(3)
oReg.SetStringValue HKLM, sKeyPath, "ProductDescription", arrGeneral(3)
WriteLog "WarrantyCheckDate is " & CStr(CDate(arrGeneral(4)))
oReg.SetStringValue HKLM, sKeyPath, "WarrantyCheckDate", CStr(CDate(arrGeneral(4)))
WriteLog "WarrantyType is " & arrContracts(0)
oReg.SetStringValue HKLM, sKeyPath, "WarrantyType", arrContracts(0)
WriteLog arrContracts(1)
WriteLog "HardwareWarrantyStartDate is " & CStr(CDate(arrContracts(1)))
oReg.SetStringValue HKLM, sKeyPath, "HardwareWarrantyStartDate", CStr(CDate(arrContracts(1)))
WriteLog "HardwareWarrantyEndDate is " & CStr(CDate(arrContracts(2)))
oReg.SetStringValue HKLM, sKeyPath, "HardwareWarrantyEndDate", CStr(CDate(arrContracts(2)))
End Function
Function getStr(startpos, endpos, data)
Dim tmp
'Get the substring
tmp = Mid(data, startpos, endpos - startpos)
' Remove end of line
tmp = Replace(Replace(Replace(tmp, VbCrLf, ""), vbCr, ""), vbLf, "")
getStr = tmp
End Function
Function processTables(table, ttype)
' Remove HTML Tags and replace with "|"
Set re = New RegExp
re.Pattern = "<[^>]+>"
re.IgnoreCase = True
re.Global = True
table = re.Replace(table, "|")
table = Replace(table, " ", "")
table = Replace(table, ":", "")
table = Replace(table, " ", "")
' Remove excess |
re.Pattern = "[|]+"
table = re.Replace(table, "|")
' Clean up a bit more
re.Pattern = "\|\s+\|"
table = re.Replace(table, "|")
' Remove | from start and end of string
re.Pattern = "^\||\|$"
table = re.Replace(table, "")
arrTable = Split(table, "|")
arrTmp = ""
If ttype = 1 Then ' General Info Table
i = 1
For Each cell in arrTable
Select Case LCase(Trim(cell))
Case "serial number"
sSerialNumber = arrTable(i)
Case "product number"
sProductNumber = arrTable(i)
Case "product line"
sProductLine = arrTable(i)
Case "product description"
sProductDescription = arrTable(i)
Case "date of warranty check"
sCheckDate = arrTable(i)
End Select
i = i + 1
Next
arrTmp = sSerialNumber & "|" & sProductNumber & "|" & sProductLine & "|" & sProductDescription & "|" & sCheckDate
ElseIf ttype = 2 Then ' Contract Info
i = 0
For Each cell in arrTable
cell = Replace(cell," ","")
if Instr(lcase(trim(cell)),"wty hp hw maintenance onsite support") > 0 then
cell = "wty hp hw maintenance onsite support"
end if
if Instr(lcase(trim(cell)),"wty hp hw maintenance offsite support") > 0 then
cell = "wty hp hw maintenance offsite support"
end if
if Instr(lcase(trim(cell)),"wty hp support for initial setup") > 0 then
cell = "wty hp support for initial setup"
end if
Select Case LCase(Trim(cell))
Case "warranty type"
sWarrantyType = arrTable(i+8)
Case "wty hp hw maintenance onsite support"
sHWStartDate = arrTable(i+1)
sHWEndDate = arrTable(i+2)
sHWStatus = arrTable(i+3)
Case "wty hp hw maintenance offsite support"
sHWStartDate = arrTable(i+1)
sHWEndDate = arrTable(i+2)
sHWStatus = arrTable(i+3)
Case "wty hp support for initial setup"
sISStartDate = arrTable(i+1)
sISEndDate = arrTable(i+2)
sISStatus = arrTable(i+3)
case else
End Select
i = i + 1
Next
arrTmp = sWarrantyType & "|" & sHWStartDate & "|" & sHWEndDate & "|" & sHWStatus & "|" & sISStartDate & "|" & sISEndDate & "|" & sISStatus
End If
' Remove | from start and end of string
re.Pattern = "^\||\|$"
arrTmp = re.Replace(arrTmp, "")
'wscript.echo arrTmp
arrResult = Split(arrTmp, "|")
Set re = Nothing
processTables = arrResult
End Function
Function WriteLog (sText)
If EnableLogging Then
oLogfile.WriteLine Now() & " " & sText
End If
End Function
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Has anyone managed to get a 3TB dynamic disk on Windows 2003 Server?

I just got a pair of new 3TB disks that I wanted to put on my Windows 2003 server enterprise x64 system, SP2, all updates installed.
When I first tried to convert to dynamic, I got the error "The operation did not complete" as described in this KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826823
It says there is a patch, but there is not one for x64, just x86 and ia64
I found another technet discussion here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/cb62238c-b3d0-4989-b45a-ae6de6701a7b?stoAI=10
However its best suggestion is to use a product from AOMIE, but I tried that and it didn't even recognize the disk. It also suggests that one needs a better version of diskpart.exe and to try to the 32 bit version. Anyone have any experience
with that?
I also tried creating moving the disk to Windows 7 x64, making it dynamic there, but when I move the disk back to 2K3 it does not recognize it, and goes back to a 2TB partition. I also saw something about needing a 512 block size for 2K3, but W7 does
not allow anything smaller than 1K.

Hi,
During my research, if found the following artcle which also mentioned a 3TB disk should be supported in Windows 2003 SP1:
Has anyone managed to get a 3TB dynamic disk on Windows 2003 Server?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/a720ae72-0c04-44dd-94c0-2e6aecce530e
So I contact the author about this issue. He said it could be caused if your hard disk is a 512e drive as the 3TB drives on the market today are normally 512e drives.
However manufacturers stopping identifying this, and if the controller is old, FSUtil will not able to identify a 512 drive but recognized it as a normal 512n drive.
Thus please provide the drive model so we could search on manufacturer's website for exact information.
Also please paste the screenshot in your reply which Satish mentioned if available.
In addition, here is an article Robert provided:
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Can I get my InDesign work to the web or to Dreamweaver?

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So, how can I get all of these hundreds of pages that are already done in ID, over to DW without having to recreate them all?
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We tried copy and paste and we tried export (that got us the text but nothing else) and we've tried everything else we can think of.
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Has anyone managed to get Authorization working with JAAS from CusLoginMod?

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I am on a standalone oc4j 10.1.3.1.0
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The authentication part works just fine but the authorization doesn't seem to happen.
Both login() and commit() from my LoginModule are called and after authentication takes place, the subject is populated with the right Principals, in my case "testers".
This Subject then it should be matched against the <security-role> defined in my application's web.xml
This is the part from my application's web.xml which holds the security information.
<security-role>
<description>Online User</description>
<role-name>testers</role-name>
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<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
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<url-pattern>/faces/user/*</url-pattern>
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<auth-constraint>
<role-name>testers</role-name>
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<user-data-constraint>
<transport-guarantee>NONE</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<login-config>
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>protected.htm</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>error.jspx</form-error-page>
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Has anyone faced this scenario before?
Any advices much appreciated
thank you.

I can't see what am I missing if I'm missing something.
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<property name="custom.loginmodule.provider" value="true"></property>
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<jazn-loginconfig>
<application>
<name>JAAS</name>
<login-modules>
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<control-flag>required</control-flag>
<options>
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Has anyone managed to get play count/last played to sync?

I can live with the podcasts being borked, it's prompted me to use an app (hello iCatcher!) which I had been planning to do for a while. I'm still learning its ways, but it feels a lot more comfortable already.
The thing that I absolutely cannot understand is how ratings, playcount and last played times are not synchronising. I've a number of smart playlists based on these attributes and I haven't been able to get them to sync up since I enabled Match on my iPhone.
So I've got an iPhone which I sync with iTunes on a Mac. Everything's patched up to the latest version.
Has anyone successfully had any successful syncs? The smart playlists are just a joke - I'd expect the track listings to be comparable between devices, but they just aren't.
This is a beta product which some glaring functionality holes. How Apple can think it's worth paying for is beyond me. The smart playlist functionality has been working seamlessly for years on iTunes ... but it's broken. And I paid for the product that broke it. I'm feeling very let down.

I haven't managed to get any playcount, ratings etc to sync. There are so many issues with this version of iTunes Match I cannot believe Apple released it.
The order of tracks in playlists doesn't match iTunes on my Mac, selecting a folder of playlists in iTunes on my iPhone hangs the phone and sometimes crashes it, metadata doesn't sync, some albums are split into 2, etc.
Looking forward to an update soon.

Has anyone managed to get icloud to synchronise properly with outlook calendar?

I have an iphone 5 and am running outlook 2010 on windows 7 32 bit.
I can get icloud to do the intial upoload of the calendar but then after that it won't synchronise new calendar entries.
The phone and icloud syc, but icloud won't sync with outlook whether the entry is put in outlook or in icloud.
I have spoken with Apple support and over many weeks have de-installed and re-installed icloud several times.
I have sent various diagnostiocs and screen shots.
The icloud outlook addin does not appear in the outlook add-ins section, although I can see what might be the add-in sitting on the c drive in the apple folder.
Support have also told me that there is no way to download the icloud add-in seperately.
Apple support are now telling me that I need to de-install and re-install outlook to try and get the add-in to install correctly.
That would be a real pain and I can see on this forum that other people have already tried that without success.
They also say that if that doesn't work I will need to completely re-install the OS.
I don't think they know what the problem is and are just trying anything that might work.
I really don't want to lose all my business data from outlook and certainly don't want to trash my whole PC.
Has anyone any idea where the problem might be?
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Do I gather by the lack of answers that nobody has?

Anyone manage to get ColdFusion to work under Apache on OS X 10.10 Yosemite?

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Here is a description of what I've faced and a little of what I've done to solve my problem
Problem 1
Apache httpd.conf file gets messed up
Solution: copy original httpd.conf file from /etc/apache2/original/ to /etc/apache2/
Problem 2
No Java Virtual Machine is installed!
Solution: install Java (version 6 or 7 is better) you may only be able to install version 8
Problem 3
ColdFusion doesn't know where your Java installation is so find and update your ColdFusion configuration files
/Applications/ColdFusion10/cfusion/bin/jvm.config
/Applications/ColdFusion10/cfusion/bin/coldfusion
/Applications/ColdFusion10/cfusion/runtime/bin/wsconfig_jvm.config
change the source to whatever your current Java is and where it's located
for example if you have version 7 installed:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home
if you have version 8 installed:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_25.jdk/Contents/Home
Problem 4
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: YOUR PATH HERE!
Solution:Still working on this one!

I think you should try Pacifist http://www.charlessoft.com/
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Khafaga

Has somebody managed to get cpufreqd to work in duke(2007.05)?

I have attempt several times to get it to work, but it fails.
And how can i se if it works correktly?
I have an core duo e6400 cpu

fernux wrote:I have attempt several times to get it to work, but it fails.
Any error messages? It's working fine for me (used the wiki page to set it up: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SpeedStep)
fernux wrote:And how can i se if it works correktly?
You can look at your current governor, current frequencies, available frequencies, scaling driver, etc... in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1,...}/cpufreq
fernux wrote:I have an core duo e6400 cpu
Are you using the acpi_cpufreq module?
Last edited by arbrown (2007-06-05 04:16:54)

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Last semester, I took a Java programming class. While polishing up my resume recently, I decided that a couple of assignments I did for the class would look good in my porfolio, and attempted to upload them to my website.
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1) IMO, Java that doesn't work in a web browser pretty much defeats the purpose of using Java. Since my local college's Comp Sci program is obviously failing in this regard, what are good resources to learn the Right Way to program in Java (ie, the way that works in web browsers)?
2) Are any of the things I did in class salvagable by any means short of starting over from scratch? Below is a cut-n-paste of a typical applet we wrote for the class, using the teacher's reccomended methods. If someone could point me in the right direction for getting this to work in a browser, I'd be very grateful.:
<code>
// Java Programming - CSCI-267
// Assignment for week # 13
// Filename AutoDatabase
// Written by Mike 'siece' Gilmore
// Written on Nov. 23 2k3
import java.sql.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.*;
public class AutoDatabase extends Frame implements ItemListener, ActionListener{
Connection conEmployees;
Statement cmdEmployees;
ResultSet rsEmployees;
boolean blnSuccessfulOpen = false;
Choice lstVehicle = new Choice();
TextField txtInvID = new TextField(10);
TextField txtMan = new TextField(10);
TextField txtModName = new TextField(9);
TextField txtYear = new TextField(14);
TextField txtVID = new TextField(14);
TextField txtCost = new TextField(14);
Button btnAdd = new Button("Add");
Button btnEdit = new Button("Edit");
Button btnCancel = new Button("Cancel");
Button btnDelete = new Button("Delete");
Label lblMessage = new Label(" ");
public static void main(String args[])
AutoDatabase thisApp = new AutoDatabase();
thisApp.createInterface();
public void createInterface()
loadDatabase();
if(blnSuccessfulOpen)
setTitle("Java Class Week 13 Assingment");
addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent event)
stop();
System.exit(0);
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
Panel pnlTop = new Panel(new GridLayout(2,2,10,10));
pnlTop.add(new Label("Inventory ID"));
lstVehicle.insert("Select a Vehicle to Display", 0);
lstVehicle.addItemListener(this);
pnlTop.add(lstVehicle);
pnlTop.add(new Label(" "));
add(pnlTop, "North");
Panel pnlMiddle = new Panel(new GridLayout(7,2,10,10));
pnlMiddle.getInsets();
pnlMiddle.add(new Label("Inventory ID"));
pnlMiddle.add(txtInvID);
pnlMiddle.add(new Label("Manufacturer"));
pnlMiddle.add(txtMan);
pnlMiddle.add(new Label("Model Name"));
pnlMiddle.add(txtModName);
pnlMiddle.add(new Label("Year"));
pnlMiddle.add(txtYear);
pnlMiddle.add(new Label("Vehicle ID"));
pnlMiddle.add(txtVID);
pnlMiddle.add(new Label("Cost"));
pnlMiddle.add(txtCost);
setTextToNotEditable();
Panel pnlLeftButtons = new Panel (new GridLayout(0,2,10,10));
Panel pnlRightButtons = new Panel(new GridLayout(0,2,10,10));
pnlLeftButtons.add(btnAdd);
btnAdd.addActionListener(this);
pnlLeftButtons.add(btnEdit);
btnEdit.addActionListener(this);
pnlRightButtons.add(btnDelete);
btnDelete.addActionListener(this);
pnlRightButtons.add(btnCancel);
btnCancel.addActionListener(this);
btnCancel.setEnabled(false);
pnlMiddle.add(pnlLeftButtons);
pnlMiddle.add(pnlRightButtons);
add(pnlMiddle,"Center");
add(lblMessage, "South");
lblMessage.setForeground(Color.red);
setSize(400, 350);
setVisible(true);
else {
stop();
System.exit( -1);
public Insets insets()
return new Insets(40, 15, 15, 15);
public void loadDatabase()
try
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
catch(ClassNotFoundException err)
try
Class.forName("com.mx.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
catch(ClassNotFoundException error)
lblMessage.setText("Drivers did not load properly");
try
conEmployees = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:AutoDatabase");
cmdEmployees = conEmployees.createStatement();
rsEmployees = cmdEmployees.executeQuery("Select * from Vehicle;");
loadNames(rsEmployees);
blnSuccessfulOpen = true;
catch(SQLException error)
lblMessage.setText("Error: " + error.toString());
public void loadNames(ResultSet rsEmployees)
try
while(rsEmployees.next())
lstVehicle.add(rsEmployees.getString("InventoryID"));
catch(SQLException error)
lblMessage.setText("Error in Display Record." + "Error: " + error.toString());
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent event)
String strInventoryID = lstVehicle.getSelectedItem();
lblMessage.setText("");
try
rsEmployees = cmdEmployees.executeQuery(
"Select * from Vehicle where [InventoryID] ='" + strInventoryID + "';");
txtInvID.setText(strInventoryID);
displayRecord(rsEmployees);
setTextToEditable();
catch(SQLException error)
lblMessage.setText("Error in result set." + "Error: " + error.toString());
public void displayRecord(ResultSet rsEmployees)
String strFormat;
float fltCost;
try
if(rsEmployees.next())
txtInvID.setText(rsEmployees.getString("InventoryID"));
txtMan.setText(rsEmployees.getString("Manufacturer"));
txtModName.setText(rsEmployees.getString("ModelName"));
txtYear.setText(rsEmployees.getString("Year"));
txtVID.setText(rsEmployees.getString("VehicleID"));
NumberFormat fmtCurrency = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
NumberFormat fmtDecimal = NumberFormat.getInstance();
fltCost = Float.valueOf(rsEmployees.getString("CostValue")).floatValue();
strFormat = fmtCurrency.format(fltCost);
txtCost.setText(strFormat);
lblMessage.setText("");
catch (SQLException error)
lblMessage.setText("Error: " + error.toString());
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
Object objSource = event.getSource();
if(objSource == btnAdd && event.getActionCommand()=="Add")
Add();
else if(objSource == btnAdd)
Save();
else if (objSource == btnEdit)
Edit();
else if(objSource == btnDelete)
Delete();
else if(objSource == btnCancel)
Cancel();
public void setTextToNotEditable()
txtInvID.setEditable(false);
txtMan.setEditable(false);
txtModName.setEditable(false);
txtYear.setEditable(false);
txtVID.setEditable(false);
txtCost.setEditable(false);
public void setTextToEditable()
txtInvID.setEditable(true);
txtMan.setEditable(true);
txtModName.setEditable(true);
txtYear.setEditable(true);
txtVID.setEditable(true);
txtCost.setEditable(true);
public void clearTextFields()
txtInvID.setText("");
txtMan.setText("");
txtModName.setText("");
txtYear.setText("");
txtVID.setText("");
txtCost.setText("");
public void Add()
lblMessage.setText(" ");
setTextToEditable();
clearTextFields();
txtInvID.requestFocus();
btnAdd.setLabel("OK");
btnCancel.setEnabled(true);
btnDelete.setEnabled(false);
btnEdit.setEnabled(false);
public void Save()
if (txtInvID.getText().length() == 0 || txtModName.getText().length() == 0)
lblMessage.setText("The Inventory ID or Model Name is blank");
else
try
cmdEmployees.executeUpdate("Insert Into Vehicle"
+ "([InventoryID], [Manufacturer], [ModelName], [Year], [VehicleID], [CostValue])"
+ "Values('"
+ txtInvID.getText() + "', '"
+ txtMan.getText() + "', '"
+ txtModName.getText() + "', '"
+ txtYear.getText() + "', '"
+ txtVID.getText() + "', '"
+ txtCost.getText() + "')");
lstVehicle.add(txtInvID.getText());
Cancel();
catch(SQLException error)
lblMessage.setText("Error: " + error.toString());
public void Edit()
int intIndex = lstVehicle.getSelectedIndex();
if(intIndex == 0 )
lblMessage.setText("Please select the record to change");
else
String strInventoryID = lstVehicle.getSelectedItem();
try
cmdEmployees.executeUpdate("Update Vehicle "
+ "Set [InventoryID] = '" + txtInvID.getText() + "', "
+ "[Manufacturer] = '" + txtMan.getText() + "', "
+ "[ModelName] = '" + txtModName.getText() + "', "
+ "[Year] = '" + txtYear.getText() + "', "
+ "[VehicleID] = '" + txtVID.getText() + "', "
+ "[CostValue] = '" + txtCost.getText() + "' "
+ "Where [InventoryID]= '" + strInventoryID + "';");
if(!strInventoryID.equals(txtInvID.getText()))
lstVehicle.remove(intIndex);
lstVehicle.add(txtInvID.getText());
catch(SQLException error)
lblMessage.setText("Error during Edit. " + "Error: " + error.toString());
public void Delete()
int intIndex = lstVehicle.getSelectedIndex();
String strInventoryID = lstVehicle.getSelectedItem();
if(intIndex == 0)
lblMessage.setText("Please select the record to be deleted");
else
try
cmdEmployees.executeUpdate(
"Delete from Vehicle where [InventoryID] = '" + strInventoryID + "';");
clearTextFields();
lstVehicle.remove(intIndex);
lblMessage.setText("Record deleted");
catch(SQLException error)
lblMessage.setText("Error during Delete." + "Error: " + error.toString());
public void Cancel()
btnDelete.setEnabled(true);
btnEdit.setEnabled(true);
btnCancel.setEnabled(false);
btnAdd.setLabel("Add");
clearTextFields();
lblMessage.setText("");
lstVehicle.select(0);
public void stop()
try
if(conEmployees != null)
conEmployees.close();
catch(SQLException error)
lblMessage.setText("Unable to disconnect");
</code>

1) Applets that run in web browsers used to be "hip" in at one point in the dark 1990's. That time is forever gone and good riddance. Today big enterprise applications and sophisticated special purpose desktop applications are the Right Way™ to go with Java.
If you want action in your browser, look into Macromedia's Flash technology.
If you want to deploy your application easily in an applet-like fashion (one click from a browser), look into Java Webstart.
Demos: http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/demos.html
Documentation: http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/developers.html
2) It's a trivial task to write a launcher applet for any given application so that the applet starts the application in a new window. The security restrictions imposed on applets ("sandbox") might make it impossible to use the application; for instance you cannot write or read files on the local hard drive or make network connections to other servers than where the applet was loaded from. You cannot call System.exit to quit the virtual machine.
At its simplest the lancher applet code would look ilke:public class Launcher extends java.applet.Applet {
public void start() {
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}and in the html you would write:<applet code="Launcher" height="1" width="1">
</applet>See the "Writing applets" tutorial for further information http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/applet/index.html

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