How to create a bootabale clone?
My Mac Book Air [MBA] has 128GB solid-state drive.
I have bought an Iomega External Portable Hard Drive Mac edition for the back up through Time Mechine and to create a bootable clone.
Can some one help me or direct me to a manual that will help me organise my steps in creating
Partitions on the Iomega eGo Portable Mac Edition 320GB Hard Drive so one partition could be reserved for Bootable Clone and the secon partition for the Time Mechine back up?
The Iomega Portable External HD comes with the following software: MozyHome, Iomega QuikProtect, EMC Retrospect, If those of any help in me creating Partitions.
I would very greatly appereciate your helpful guidance
Regards
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Hello Neil,
Thank you for that tip.
Do you feel I would need any special software to create a bootable clone on my external HD? OR is there a built-in facility in the Snow Leopard OS to create a bootyable clone to external HD?
Thank you in advance for a reply.
Regards
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fields.Add(dbField);
dbField = new DBField();
fieldName = "IDLEGITIMATIEBEWIJS";
dbField.Description = fieldName;
dbField.HeadingText = fieldName;
dbField.Name = fieldName;
dbField.Type = CrFieldValueTypeEnum.crFieldValueTypeInt64sField;
fields.Add(dbField);
// More code for more tables to add.
table.DataFields = fields;
//CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel.ConnectionInfo info =
// new CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel.ConnectionInfo();
//info.Attributes.Add("Databse DLL", "xxx.dll");
//table.ConnectionInfo = info;
// Here an error occurs.
databaseController.AddTable(table, null);
ReportDoc.SetDataSource( [MyFilledDataSet] );
//object path = @"d:\logfiles\";
//ClientDoc.SaveAs("test.rpt", ref path, 0);
The object ClientDoc referes to a ISCDReportClientDocument in a base class:
internal abstract class Worker
private ReportDocument _ReportDoc;
private ISCDReportClientDocument _ClientDoc;
private string _ReportFileName;
public Worker(string reportFileName)
_ReportFileName = reportFileName;
_ReportDoc = new ReportDocument();
// Load the report from file path passed by the designer.
_ReportDoc.Load(reportFileName);
// Create a RAS Document through In-Proc RAS through the RPTDoc.
_ClientDoc = _ReportDoc.ReportClientDocument;
public string ReportFileName
get
return _ReportFileName;
public ReportDocument ReportDoc
get
return _ReportDoc;
public ISCDReportClientDocument ClientDoc
get
return _ClientDoc;
But I get an "Unspecified error" on the line databaseController.AddTable(table, null);
What am i doing wrong? Or is there another way to create a new report based on a DataSet in C# code?Hi,
Have a look at the snippet code below written for version 9 that you might accommodate to CR 2008, it demonstrates how to create a report based on a DataSet programmatically.
//=========================================================================
+ * the following two string values can be modified to reflect your system+
+ ************************************************************************************************/+
+ string mdb_path = "C:
program files
crystal decisions
crystal reports 9
samples
en
databases
xtreme.mdb"; // path to xtreme.mdb file+
+ string xsd_path = "C:
Crystal
rasnet
ras9_csharp_win_datasetreport
customer.xsd"; // path to customer schema file+
+ // Dataset+
+ OleDbConnection m_connection; // ado.net connection+
+ OleDbDataAdapter m_adapter; // ado.net adapter+
+ System.Data.DataSet m_dataset; // ado.net dataset+
+ // CR variables+
+ ReportClientDocument m_crReportDocument; // report client document+
+ Field m_crFieldCustomer;+
+ Field m_crFieldCountry;+
+ void CreateData()+
+ {+
+ // Create OLEDB connection+
+ m_connection = new OleDbConnection();+
+ m_connection.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + mdb_path;+
+ // Create Data Adapter+
+ m_adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("select * from Customer where Country='Canada'", m_connection);+
+ // create dataset and fill+
+ m_dataset = new System.Data.DataSet();+
+ m_adapter.Fill(m_dataset, "Customer");+
+ // create a schema file+
+ m_dataset.WriteXmlSchema(xsd_path);+
+ }+
+ // Adds a DataSource using dataset. Since this does not require intermediate schema file, this method+
+ // will work in a distributed environment where you have IIS box on server A and RAS Server on server B.+
+ void AddDataSourceUsingDataSet(+
+ ReportClientDocument rcDoc, // report client document+
+ System.Data.DataSet data) // dataset+
+ {+
+ // add a datasource+
+ DataSetConverter.AddDataSource(rcDoc, data);+
+ }+
+ // Adds a DataSource using a physical schema file. This method require you to have schema file in RAS Server+
+ // box (NOT ON SDK BOX). In distributed environment where you have IIS on server A and RAS on server B,+
+ // and you execute CreateData above, schema file is created in IIS box, and this method will fail, because+
+ // RAS server cannot see that schema file on its local machine. In such environment, you must use method+
+ // above.+
+ void AddDataSourceUsingSchemaFile(+
+ ReportClientDocument rcDoc, // report client document+
+ string schema_file_name, // xml schema file location+
+ string table_name, // table to be added+
+ System.Data.DataSet data) // dataset+
+ {+
+ PropertyBag crLogonInfo; // logon info+
+ PropertyBag crAttributes; // logon attributes+
+ ConnectionInfo crConnectionInfo; // connection info+
+ CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel.Table crTable;+
+ // database table+
+ // create logon property+
+ crLogonInfo = new PropertyBag();+
+ crLogonInfo["XML File Path"] = schema_file_name;+
+ // create logon attributes+
+ crAttributes = new PropertyBag();+
+ crAttributes["Database DLL"] = "crdb_adoplus.dll";+
+ crAttributes["QE_DatabaseType"] = "ADO.NET (XML)";+
+ crAttributes["QE_ServerDescription"] = "NewDataSet";+
+ crAttributes["QE_SQLDB"] = true;+
+ crAttributes["QE_LogonProperties"] = crLogonInfo;+
+ // create connection info+
+ crConnectionInfo = new ConnectionInfo();+
+ crConnectionInfo.Kind = CrConnectionInfoKindEnum.crConnectionInfoKindCRQE;+
+ crConnectionInfo.Attributes = crAttributes;+
+ // create a table+
+ crTable = new CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel.Table();+
+ crTable.ConnectionInfo = crConnectionInfo;+
+ crTable.Name = table_name;+
+ crTable.Alias = table_name;+
+ // add a table+
+ rcDoc.DatabaseController.AddTable(crTable, null);+
+ // pass dataset+
+ rcDoc.DatabaseController.SetDataSource(DataSetConverter.Convert(data), table_name, table_name);+
+ }+
+ void CreateReport()+
+ {+
+ int iField;+
+ // create ado.net dataset+
+ CreateData();+
+ // create report client document+
+ m_crReportDocument = new ReportClientDocument();+
+ m_crReportDocument.ReportAppServer = "127.0.0.1";+
+ // new report document+
+ m_crReportDocument.New();+
+ // add a datasource using a schema file+
+ // note that if you have distributed environment, you should use AddDataSourceUsingDataSet method instead.+
+ // for more information, refer to comments on these methods.+
+ AddDataSourceUsingSchemaFile(m_crReportDocument, xsd_path, "Customer", m_dataset);+
+ +
+ // get Customer Name and Country fields+
+ iField = m_crReportDocument.Database.Tables[0].DataFields.Find("Customer Name", CrFieldDisplayNameTypeEnum.crFieldDisplayNameName, CeLocale.ceLocaleUserDefault);+
+ m_crFieldCustomer = (Field)m_crReportDocument.Database.Tables[0].DataFields[iField];+
+ iField = m_crReportDocument.Database.Tables[0].DataFields.Find("Country", CrFieldDisplayNameTypeEnum.crFieldDisplayNameName, CeLocale.ceLocaleUserDefault);+
+ m_crFieldCountry = (Field)m_crReportDocument.Database.Tables[0].DataFields[iField];+
+ // add Customer Name and Country fields+
+ m_crReportDocument.DataDefController.ResultFieldController.Add(-1, m_crFieldCustomer);+
+ m_crReportDocument.DataDefController.ResultFieldController.Add(-1, m_crFieldCountry);+
+ // view report+
+ crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = m_crReportDocument;+
+ }+
+ public Form1()+
+ {+
+ //+
+ // Required for Windows Form Designer support+
+ //+
+ InitializeComponent();+
+ // Create Report+
+ CreateReport();+
+ //+
+ // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call+
+ //+
+ }+//========================================================================= -
How to create a group calendar?
Hello,
i am sorry but this is one more question on wiki-group-calendars.
*In short:*
I am not able to create a group calendar with the wiki frontend. the calendar that is created with a wiki is owned by the admin of the wiki. So it is always a personal calendar that cannot be shared in iCal.
LONG:
I want to create a group calendar that is viewed and edited through iCal.app and the web service. Apple´s "wiki deployment" guide says on page 57:
+"The web calendar allows you to easily schedule events for yourself or your group. ...+
+There are *two types of web calendars: personal and group*. You can send and receive event invitations through the personal calendar but not through the group calendar. Also, *while anyone in a group can create or edit events in a group calendar*, you can edit only events in your own personal calendar or event invitations you send to other people.+
+The web calendar uses iCal Server to store events and invitations. ..."+
But there is not mentioned how to create a group calendar. The calendar created with the wiki web-frontend belongs to the admin of that particular wiki. This is why the calendar data ist stored in folder named with the UUID of the wiki admin. Also the alias "http://server.fqdn:8008/principals/groups/mygroupname/" which i provided in iCal turns into ..._uids_UUID-of-the-wiki-admin and only the wiki-admin can access this calendar in iCal.app.
My research on this topic reveals that there were in issue that should be resolved in 10.6.4 (that is running on our Server). So, again, how to create a group calendar?
Thanks, Philipp.
10.6.4 OSX Server
10.6.x Clientsfarmer tan wrote:
you need to go to the wiki page and add the wiki's there and then in the setting of the wiki is where you set permissions and services such as calendar, blog, and podcast you can also set all permissions for the wiki in the settings tab
fyi none of my groups were available unless i logged into the wiki as the Directory Admin not Server Admin
migrated from 10.5.7 to 10.6
Message was edited by: farmer tan
Could you be more specific farmer tan, please?
You said "you need to go to the wiki page and add the wiki's there...." What is the "wiki page" you mention? Is that some place I go to via the browser or the Server Admin tool?
I went to http://ical.mysite.com/ical/ and logged in as the Directory Administrator but didn't see anything resembling what you described.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
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