Is Flash the Right Program For This?

I have an animation of a product that rotates, then some parts fade to show internal gears turning, then the whole thing rotates back to the starting position. I have that animation as individual frames, and .mp4 (and .avi). I need to add call-outs that appear at certain parts of the animation to explain what is happening with the product, and also to have the animation pause at those parts, while my client explains certain things. He then needs to be able to press a play button to start the animation again. This needs to happen several times during the presentation.
He will be presenting using a Macbook Air, and will not be leaving the presentation behind.
What Adobe product is the correct one to use?Is Flash the right solution?
I was originally planning on adding the call-outs in AE, but when he asked to add the pauses, and "Play" button I wasn't sure what was best anymore. The animation is rendered in HD, and the final output needs to be HD as well.

you could do that all with flash.
you might be able to do it with premiere, too but i'm not a premiere expert,

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Is Flash the right program for this animation...?

Hi All,
Completely new to Flash, so thanks in advance for any advice.
I have to make a short animation from the point of view of travelling along a road, signs and words coming from the horizon line and passing by... also objects coming from far away and then moving 'through' them. It is graphic based - text and line art - rather than photorealist.
Is this the sort of thing I can do in Flash or is it a combo of something else and After Effects?
Any pointers would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
G.

Thanks - great news...
Having re-read my post, just to be clear the POV I mean is travelling 'into' the screen, rather than travelling across the screen [left to right for example]. I can do left to right in Powerpoint, but it is too tedious to use to give the illusion of travelling toward the horizon....
I want Flash to be the answer!
Thanks again...

Is Flash the best program for this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_sy6rBl7Pk
I am attempting to make an animation like this (see above). Is Flash the best software to buy to accomplish this? I am familiar with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere.
Thank you,
Quincy

i don't about the best but all but one of those effects are simple in flash.

Is Premiere Pro CS3 the right program for me?

Is Premiere Pro CS3 the right program for me?
I am looking for a program that I can:
Import files that were recorded on a DVR (mp4 format)
Take two files placed next to each other on one screen and record a DVD
| | | |
| | | |
| image one | | image two |
| | | |
|______________| |_______________|
Also export the files to other file formats, AVi, MOV

Dave,
Premiere can do a PiP, Picture in Picture (basically, your PiP is one half of the frame), BUT your MP4 source is not the best to edit, especially with PP. If you had DV-AVI files, Captured in PP from a miniDV (tape) vid-cam, it would do a great job, but so would its little brother Premiere Elements, which wants the same source files as PP.
I have not used Womble, that Jeff recommends, but think that it has PiP. Ideally, you want to keep any re-compression down to a minimum, as you are already working with compressed MPEG files, and every additional re-compression WILL cause image degredation. Depending on the CODEC used to create your MP4 files, you have probably lost a lot of info already, and when you go to MPEG-2 (DV CODEC), for DVD, you'll loose even more. About the only way that I see you keeping any quality is if your MP4's are coded for Blu-Ray, and you can find a program with Smart Render, leaving them just as they are, allowing you to edit, then burning to a BD. Lot of "if's" in that.
I'd check out Womble and see if it can do PiP and if it works with MP4. If Jeff recommended it, it's very likely to do that. Juat expect a major quality hit, because you're already compressed the heck out of the image data once, and will have to do it again.
You could convert your MP4's to DV-AVI with a 3rd party program, Import them into PP, or PE, edit and then burn to DVD - with Encore in PP, or directly from PE. See above for comments on quality hit. It's those source files that are the problem. That format is meant for distribution/viewing and not for editing. The effect, however, is easy as can be. There are many tutorials on how to do it with variations, on the Web, but nearly all NLE programs want better source material to start, if any quality is to be maintained.
I'd also post on the Premiere Elements forum, as a lot of people there work with less than ideal source files, and might know of good free, or cheap, conversion programs to use. If you have the CODEC on your machine, DigitalMedia Converter can handle the conversion for you, and do it in batch. It's cheap at ~ US$45, and can batch process, but it cannot improve the quality, or get back the data lost in the first compression - nothing can.
If this is all you want to do, with the above comments on conversion first taken seriously, Premiere Elements will cost about US$100 and do it easily.
Sorry for the bad news,
Hunt

Cant find the right forum for this but can i restore my hd from time mch to a year ago and then restore individual files such as logic lprojects that are on same time mchne backup from last week?

cant find the right forum for this but as i am having problems booting my macbook pro, keep having to reser pram etc and now wont boot at all.....
aill this theoretically work?
a. Restore entire macpro hard drive from time machine to a time over a year ago before problems started
b. Restore more recent individual files such as logic projects individually from same time machine backup
c. install any programs manually again only couple of vsts
please answer direct question as i have tried everything else and nonhardware problems just will no longer boot after months of reseting each time
cheers

oops. typo: "I went ahead and befored the restore." should be... I went ahead and performed the restore.

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Does anyone know, if it is necessary to join the affiliate program for this ?? Cause I don`t want to ;-)

Hi Bruce,
I'm getting closer. I actually tried a variety of expressions, such as "== null" and yours, but the problem persists.
I am settling on the following, but there is a hangup related to the field that is being looked at for the condition that I will explain in a minute. Here's the script:
if
(ViolationsTable.ViolCorrSection.ViolationsText.DebitVal.isNull || ViolationsTable.ViolCorrSection.ViolationsText.DebitVal.rawValue.length == 0)
ViolationsTable.ViolCorrSection.instanceManager.removeInstance(parent.parent.index);
else
app.alert ("Warning Statement);
ViolationsTable.ViolCorrSection.instanceManager.removeInstance(parent.parent.index);
What happens is that, no matter which row in my table I'm in when I click the remove instance button, the script is always looking to the DebitVal field in the first row of the table. So, if the first row is empty, the message box won't appear for the removal of any row in my table. If the first row has a value in DebitVal, then the deletion of any row in the table will trigger the message box.
I need a way to specify the script to look at the DebitVal field in the row that I am clicking in, without messing up the remove instance command.
Ideas?
Dave

Is JavaFX the right solution for this scenario...

Hi,
Is JavaFX the right choice for the following implementation choice I have to make? (see below for the requirement)
Requirements:
1. Provide a way to visualise within a web application an entity relationship type diagram (i.e. nodes with relationships between them). The backend database will hold the topology relationship. So to visualise this on a web application will need the ability to draw rectangles/lines/text etc.
2. Provide a way to allow the use to trigger "add a new node", or "edit info in this node". For example a right hand context sensitive menu for example.
3. Ideally will scale as the user resizes the browser window
4. Would like the main functionality of the application to remain web based (is a Ruby on Rails application in fact), but have the visualization of the diagram render within the web application as transparently as possible.
Options / Issues:
* Issues I've struck with some investigation I've done is that whilst the <canvas> tag looks good for Mozilla/Firefox etc, it does not seem to have support on InternetExplorer. Hence cross-browser compatibility seems to be a real issue for the JavaScript type solutions from what I can see. This is why I thought JavaFX may be good?
* Options therefore seem to me to be:
- javascript (e.g. <canvas> tag) => cross-platform issue
- JavaFX / Applet => (this is what I'm asking about)
- Microsoft => costs $$ for development environment etc
- AIR / Flex / Flex => ??? costs $$ again I think
Regards
Greg

thanks - I'm still a little confused re their products and which would fit best so I've sent them some questions (below if you're interested)
Hello,
Could you please assist me in understanding which of your products would satisfy my needs. In fact (a) whether JGraph itself would and if not, or if it's not ideal, (b) which other product would.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Provide a way to visualise within a web application a connectivity type diagram (i.e. nodes with relationships between them, a network connectively type of diagram).
2. The server side (i.e. web application with database) will hold the topology relationship. HTTP type interfaces off the web application can be developed to provide the client side visualizing component with the topology data in the required format (assume this is XML)
3. As well as just visualizing in the browser there would need to be a way for user to trigger a context sensitive "add a new node", or "edit info in this node". For example a right hand context sensitive menu for example.
4. Ideally the diagram will scale as the user resizes the browser window
5. Would like the main functionality of the application to remain web based , but have the visualization of the diagram render within the web application as transparently as possible. The the visualizing component would just take topology data and intelligently display this.
6. DESIRABLE: Basic automated layout would be nice, or as a desirable (depending on cost) more sophisticated auto-mated layout.
QUESTIONS:
As well as your recommendation re which product would suite I had some specific questions which I would appreciate clarification on:
Q1 - I assume if I have a web backend that can deliver topology inforrmation in an appropriate XML format via a HTTP REST type GET call that this could be used as a the source of data for a jGraph visualisation running within an Applet?
Q2 - If running within an Applet, can jGraph cater for a right hand menu option off the nodes/links on the graph, that I could use to trigger other calls back to the backend? (e.g. to trigger an Add New Node call)
Q3 - Following on from Q2 scenario, if I trigger an add new node scenario, if I wanted to visualise the form to type in the attributes for the new node, could this be handled within the applet by jGraph, or would this be a case of just adding your own Swing based dialogs to handle this?
Q4 - Do the basic JGraph do any basic layout without having to go up to the layout Pro package (which I think costs if using it commercially).
Q5 - If the answer to Q4 is No, how difficult would it be using the base JGraph library to do a basic layout? Is this doable/recommended? i.e. how would one "layout" the diagram if using only the base JGraph component? (noting from my requirements I'm really after a component I could send my topology information to in XML form and have it just visualise it for me)
Q6 - Running the visualiation in an Applet in a browser, is the typical usage one where all changes to topology are made as calls to backend? i.e. or is there an approach where one would allow users to make changes to the topology within the applet and build up all the changes here on the client, and then at some point synch these back to the backend? (I'm assuming the keep it simple approach would be not to do this)
Q7 - Is there a sample application/project with source code that implements a JGraph in applet/browser talking to web backend for data?
Q8 - How does JGraphPro & mXGraph fit into the picture re solving my requirements in the most cost effective manner

Is Structured FM12 the right solution for this problem?

I've been tasked with solving a tricky problem at my office. Briefly: We've got a technical manual that needs to be printed each time we sell a piece of equipment. Currently, the manual is produced using a combination of MS Access DB and a convoluted Word doc that uses Mail Merge to pull data from the Access DB into the appropriate fields. The DB has a hundred tables or so, and some of the tables are "calculated" values - i.e. the value in the fields is calculated based on values entered in other tables within the DB. The Word doc uses some kind of "if-then-else" logic to determine which tables to use for which fields when building the doc. This whole setup is currently maintained by the engineering, sales, and marketing departments.
We currently use FM11 (unstructured) in the Technical Writing department, and my boss is asking me to figure out a way to migrate the Access/Word doc described above to a format we can use so we can take ownership of the documentation process for this particular line of equipment. I suspect the variables involved here go way beyond what we can do with conditional text and variables within FM, but I'm wondering if Structured FM (either 11 or 12) is more suited to this project, either by using some sort of conduit between FM and an SQL DB, or directly within FM using conditinal text, variables, or some other organizational function present in either FM11 or FM12.
Any guidance here would be appreciated. I'm not even sure what questions to ask at this point to get a proper shove in the right direction.

I love this line: Get that SQL queries into XML directly or into CSV and transform the CSV into XML via XSLT. Reminds me of that bit in "Good Morning, Vietnam" where Robin Williams goes through the routine about the Vice President: "Well, sir, since the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep his ETA on the QT? Otherwise, he might get KIA and then we'd all be on KP." And now, back to work...
I'm going to try to answer all of the questions above, in order, and add a little info where appropriate.
TW dept may or may not take over all maintenance of the doc. That's one of the recommendations I'm tasked with providing. My current thinking is, engineering should remain in charge of entering relevant tool data to the data repository, sales should provide TW with a "spec sheet" of what was sold, and TW should then use the specs to "build" the document for customer release.
Will a DB still be used? Unknown. That seems the best way to catalog and access the data, but I'm open to alternatives if there are any that make sense.
I am totally unfamiliar with structure, XML, DITA, HTML, etc. Literally 100% of my experience with FM has been in the unstructured workspace. This whole structured FM inquiry was inspired by a blurb in my "Unstructured FrameMaker 11" book (from p474: "If you need to use complex combinations of condition tags, consider setting up a workflow in the structured interface of FrameMaker. Structured documents allow you to create versions based on attributes, which are easier to use and more powerful than expressions.") A quick Google of this blurb didn't turn up much useful information, but this seems to jive with Lynne's input above re: attributes.
Data is not currently in SQL - it's in Access DB. We can migrate to SQL if necessary - that's one of the answers I'm supposed to be providing.
The reason this is all currently being done in Word is because that's what the Sales & Engineering departments understand, and currently they're responsible for these docs. I'm sure this started out as a simple, nerdy solution to a small problem - some engineer didn't want to maintain two separate Word docs when he could create a database and then use mail merge to automagically build the same thing. Since then, it's grown to hundreds of tables and thousands of possible permutations.
We already have FrameMaker installations in the department. If we can do this with FM11, great, but if not, no big deal - boss has already said he wants to move to FM12 as soon as possible. In other words, purchasing software - unless it's something additional needed to make all this work - isn't really a budgetary consideration.
As mentioned, I have no skills with using FM for any kind of structured project, but I'm willing to learn if it seems like a good solution. Just need to figure out how to proceed.
Thanks for your input - looking forward to hearing what else you folks have to say.

Is this the right program for me?

I need a program that'll work very well with all of my audio equipment for recording. I need something that is easy to use, but still has nice results. I plan on uploading my recordings as MP3s to a musician myspace. Is this the right thing to purchase?

Jake, one man's perspective. Your mileage may vary:
I came to Logic via Garageband, and some experience with ProTools from around five or six years ago. After the usual setup headaches that, quite honestly, were more due to my inexperience than any inherent Logic lameness, I am up and running and quite happy with it.
I think I benefit from the fact that I pick up new technologies/gadgets/what have you very quickly. In addition, this being the first pro-level recording application I've worked with, I'm pretty much a blank slate -- I can't say "Man, logic f-in ***** compared to Cubase/ProTools/etc." Maybe it does; maybe it doesn't. I just have no real frame of reference, so it's all new and cool to me.
Also, I suspect my needs are fairly simple relative to the pros on this board. I do guitars/bass/ mando/vox audio, keys and drums (Addictive Drums, yeah!) software instruments, usually about 12-16 tracks. (Musically my stuff is a combo of Django Reinhardt and Black Sabbath, all those minor 6ths doncha know; I also orchestrate stuff written by a friend of mine who's a post-grunge dude from Seattle.)
I'm totally excited with the sonic possibilities Logic has offered. I love tinkering around with the different plugins/instruments etc to achieve just the right little ear tickle *******. I'm now listening to music in a different way -- and having these little "Oh, that's how Jimmy Page did it! I can do that!" moments which is a pretty awesome experience. Being able to listen to old music in new ways is always a good thing.
And seriously, for the price I am not sure you can beat it -- the basic studio environment, plus software instruments, plus loops. For a (fairly accomplished) parkin'-lot picker and DIY'er who's doing the Myspace thing, it's everything I want.
But as to Logic's industrial strength, and applicability to professional environments, I gotta defer to the pros on the board.

Is JMF the right technology for this...

Hi All!
I have a requirement to build a client app that is subscribed to a JMS topic. Based on the published message, the client has to select and play the appropriate video clip from a total of n video clips. Here are my questions:
1) Is JMF the right technology to play video clips (.AVI format)? What are the alternatives?
2) Can I have these play in full-screen mode?
3) During idle time, can I display a default image (.JPEG)?
4) Does Swing or AWT have to also be used?
5) How can I cache the video clips (16MB * 6 clips) in memory to make it more performant? Is this even neccessary?
6) I need this application to run 24*7 with minimum failure rate. Is this a realistic expectation for JMF?
thanx much!
- Ravi

1. yes. depends on what you want to do exactly.
2. why not?
3. what is "idle time"? you mean the time where your video pauses? yes, you can..
4. doesn't matter. The visual component which you'll get from jmf (to show video) is of type java.awt.Component
5. this is not neccessary. You would reach nothing with caching video in memory. Actually, you didn't say if you are talking about sender, server or recipient side..
6. no. I generally don't trust Applets very much. I would use Macromedia Flash with FlashCom server then, although it has less features and parameters, but it seems to be more stable.
Best regards from Germany,
r.v.

Is Oracle Text the right solution for this need of a specific search!

Hi ,
We are on Oracle 11.2.0.2 on Solaris 10. We have the need to be able to do search on data that are having diacritical marks and we should be able to do the serach ignoring this diacritical marks. That is the requirement. Now I got to hear that Oracle Text has a preference called BASIC_LEXER which can bypass the diacritical marks and so solely due to this feature I implemented Oracle Text and just for this diacritical search and no other need.
I mean I set up preference like this:
ctxsys.ctx_ddl.create_preference ('cust_lexer', 'BASIC_LEXER');
ctxsys.ctx_ddl.set_attribute ('cust_lexer', 'base_letter', 'YES'); -- removes diacritics
With this I set up like this:
CREATE TABLE TEXT_TEST
NAME VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)
--created Oracle Text index
CREATE INDEX TEXT_TEST_IDX1 ON TEXT_TEST
(NAME)
INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT
PARAMETERS('LEXER cust_lexer WORDLIST cust_wl SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
--sample data to illustrate the problem
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('muller');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('müller');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('MULLER');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('MÜLLER');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('PAUL HERNANDEZ');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('CHRISTOPHER Phil');
COMMIT;
--Now there is an alternative solution that is there, instead of thee Oracle Text which is just a plain function given below (and it seems to work neat for my simple need of removing diacritical characters effect in search)
--I need to evaluate which is better given my specific needs -the function below or Oracle Text.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION remove_dia(p_value IN VARCHAR2, p_doUpper IN VARCHAR2 := 'Y')
RETURN VARCHAR2 DETERMINISTIC
IS
OUTPUT_STR VARCHAR2(4000);
begin
IF (p_doUpper = 'Y') THEN
   OUTPUT_STR := UPPER(p_value);
ELSE
   OUTPUT_STR := p_value;
END IF;
OUTPUT_STR := TRANSLATE(OUTPUT_STR,'ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ', 'AAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyy');
RETURN (OUTPUT_STR);
end;
--now I query for which name stats with a P%:
--Below query gets me unexpected result of one row as I am using Oracle Text where each word is parsed for search using CONTAINS...
SQL> select * from text_test where contains(name,'P%')>0;
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
CHRISTOPHER Phil
--Below query gets me the right and expected result of one row...
SQL> select * from text_test where name like 'P%';
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
--Below query gets me the right and expected result of one row...
SQL> select * from text_test where remove_dia(name) like remove_dia('P%');
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZMy entire need was only to be able to do a search that bypasses diacritical characters. To implement Oracle Text for that reason, I am wondering if that was the right choice! More so when I am now finding that the functionality of LIKE is not available in Oracle Text - the Oracle text search are based on tokens or words and they are different from output of the LIKE operator. So may be should I have just used a simple function like below and used that for my purpose instead of using Oracle Text:
This function (remove_dia) just removes the diacritical characters and may be for my need this is all that is needed. Can someone help to review that given my need I am better of not using Oracle Text? I need to continue using the functionality of Like operator and also need to bypass diacritical characters so the simple function that I have meets my need whereas Oracle Text causes a change in behaviour of search queries.
Thanks,
OrauserN

If all you need is LIKE functionality and you do not need any of the complex search capabilities of Oracle Text, then I would not use Oracle Text. I would create a function-based index on your name column that uses your function that removes the diacritical marks, so that your searches will be faster. Please see the demonstration below.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE TABLE TEXT_TEST
2    (NAME VARCHAR2(255 BYTE))
3 /
Table created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> Insert all
2 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('muller')
3 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('müller')
4 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('MULLER')
5 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('MÜLLER')
6 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('PAUL HERNANDEZ')
7 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('CHRISTOPHER Phil')
8 select * from dual
9 /
6 rows created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION remove_dia
2    (p_value   IN VARCHAR2,
3      p_doUpper IN VARCHAR2 := 'Y')
4    RETURN VARCHAR2 DETERMINISTIC
5 IS
6    OUTPUT_STR VARCHAR2(4000);
7 begin
8    IF (p_doUpper = 'Y') THEN
9       OUTPUT_STR := UPPER(p_value);
10    ELSE
11       OUTPUT_STR := p_value;
12    END IF;
13    RETURN
14       TRANSLATE
15         (OUTPUT_STR,
16          'ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ',
17          'AAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyy');
18 end;
19 /
Function created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> show errors
No errors.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE INDEX text_test_remove_dia_name
2 ON text_test (remove_dia (name))
3 /
Index created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> set autotrace on explain
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> select * from text_test
2 where remove_dia (name) like remove_dia ('mü%')
3 /
NAME
muller
müller
MULLER
MÜLLER
4 rows selected.
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3139591283
| Id | Operation                   | Name                      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |                           |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEXT_TEST                 |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | TEXT_TEST_REMOVE_DIA_NAME |     1 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - access("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('mü%'))
       filter("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('mü%'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> select * from text_test
2 where remove_dia (name) like remove_dia ('P%')
3 /
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
1 row selected.
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3139591283
| Id | Operation                   | Name                      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |                           |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEXT_TEST                 |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | TEXT_TEST_REMOVE_DIA_NAME |     1 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - access("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('P%'))
       filter("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('P%'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2>

Is Flash the right platform for...

...network-oriented applications? The, perhaps, wrong
impression in my mind is that FlastLite can be used for
display-only applications. Can I, for example, use it to sent,
receieve, read SMS, store data, user-interaction?
Would appreciate a prompt response.
Best,
wirefree101

You can use...
status = FSCommand2( "GetDeviceID” “id” )
... to get the unique identifier of the mobile phone (for
example, serial number).
You need to check if this function is supported by the
device, 'status' will return -1 if it is not supported and 0 if it
is supported.
There are also other fsCommand2 functions to handle Device
and Player identification in the Flash Lite documentation.
Regards

Is JSP the right technology for this project?

I'm heavy into core java, but haven't used JSP before. The project manager suggested JSP for this project, but since I'm writing the spec and the code, I need to determine if it's suitable for the task before committing to it.
Overly-simplified summary:
web-based application
simple form interface, fill in the blanks
user inputs a filename, and a piece of data or two to find within the file
application finds the (binary) file on the server, parses it into a known data structure, and finds the data element that contains the specified information.
application formats the data element and displays it in a web page.
user has the option to save the data in text format or as a binary file on the local machine
That's pretty much it. There are a few things that I'm concerned about, and am not sure whether JSPs are capable of handling:
1. searching the local hard drive (in known directories) for a specific file and opening it
2. creating, for instance, a MappedByteBuffer of a portion of the file and accessing data within it
3. saving data in text or binary format on the user's hard drive
If the JSP can run core java style code on the server, that answers 1 and 2 easily. 3 seems like it should be possible, but like I said, I've never used JSP.
Of course I'll look up the specifics myself, but perhaps someone who has been using this technology for a while can answer my simple question:
Is JSP a suitable tool for this job?

So this project looks like one that could be handled not no roughly using a combination of Servlets and JSP.
web-based application
simple form interface, fill in the blanksUse JSP for the displays. Forms, and such...
user inputs a filename, and a piece of data or two to
find within the file
application finds the (binary) file on the server,The file is on the server right? Good. Then use a Servlet to find the file. Better, actually, to use a Servlet to call some other PlainOldJavaObject that finds the file for you. That way you can test and code outside of the web environment then just integrate into Servlets/JSPs when needed...
parses it into a known data structure, and finds the
data element that contains the specified
information.Again, use Servlet, or a POJO object the Servlet calls to do this stuff.
application formats the data element and displays it
in a web page.Good thing for JSP to do. Just let the Servlet get the results back from the POJO doing the work, then store them such that the JSP can read results and format an HTML page around them.
user has the option to save the data in text format
or as a binary file on the local machineOn the client's local machine? That is doable, I think. Again, use a Servlet to pass what and how to save to a POJO that that does the work. Then the servlet streams the data to the client (using a content type that will ensure the download rather than display...)
That's pretty much it. There are a few things that
I'm concerned about, and am not sure whether JSPs are
capable of handling:
1. searching the local hard drive (in known
directories) for a specific file and opening itLocal meaning Server? Yes, best for Servlet/Data Access Object rather than a JSP though. Local as in Client machine: No.
2. creating, for instance, a MappedByteBuffer of a
portion of the file and accessing data within itServlets have full access to the normal Java API, but they run on the Server, so again, as long as the file is on the server... no problem.
3. saving data in text or binary format on the user's
hard driveYeah, easy. Just a quick download servlet. I believe there are a couple examples here in the forums. Other sites may have better ones...
If the JSP can run core java style code on the
server, that answers 1 and 2 easily.It can, but a little repetition here... this is best to do in Servlets rather than JSP. JSPs should be kept to display only.
3 seems like it
should be possible, but like I said, I've never used
JSP.
Of course I'll look up the specifics myself, but
perhaps someone who has been using this technology
for a while can answer my simple question:
Is JSP a suitable tool for this job?

Is this the right forum for this? Using a foot pedal to control apps?

My girlfriend is doing medical transcription - she listens to audio and she types. People who do this, often use a footpedal to play, pause, rewind, etc. while transcribing. I'm hoping to set her up on the Mac to do this, there are pedals which are Mac compatible, but I don't know what their limitations are, or what is possible.
I found some typical USB pedals, examples here:
http://www.altoedge.com/pedals/
...and I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck using them? Can they be configured to control certain menu functions in any application? such as using the keyboard shortcuts in the System Preferences to control certain commands in other applications? I'm thinking that I could make great use of a pedal like this to control any audio player - iTunes, Garage Band, or a 3rd party app I bought and love, "The Amazing Slow-Downer" so that I can use this to practice with the guitar, playing along with recordings, similar to how she would do the exact same thing while listening to recordings and typing.
I hope this is the right forum to bring this up. I don't have the pedal, I'm thinking of getting one, but I was hoping to get input from someone before springing for one. Thanks!!

Well, this took me a while to get solved, but it is indeed solved.
I tried USB Overdrive and it could, and perhaps should work, but apparently it will not. When adding a device, it seems that USB Overdrive is not set up to handle any input device that does not register itself as either a Mouse or a Joystick. The VEC USB Footpedal that I'm using is "Device type: Other".
So, I went for Quickeys. And Quickeys can do it all. It did recognize the device, I was able to assign it to the scope of the particular audio playback app I wanted to use (Amazing Slow Downer OS X - which is truly amazing. Any musicians reading this who are looking for a way to learn pieces by ear, this does it better than anything else I've seen yet).
I created a shortcut in Quickeys for the ASD app; added the middle button of the foot pedal as the trigger; set one step, entering 'space bar' as the step (which toggles playback, similar to many audio players).
It all worked.
Quickeys is very confusing and seemingly featured with an endless array of options. Enter at your own risk. Ask me for help. This was the only way to get it done that I could find. I did write to the author of USB Overdrive asking him to please support additional devices as I did find some traction from gamers who like to use a foot pedal in addition to other input devices. There was a Windows-only management utility for the foot pedal that was intended for custom input, assigning the buttons to any keyboard input or mouse click event. It would be nice to have a simple and easy to use utility like this. But, Quickeys did do the job.
Thanks for your help, you guys!!!

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