Layer System Overhaul (renaming, soloing)

The Layer System in Muse needs a drastic overhaul that mimics Photoshop's approach. When working with advanced widgets such as complex lightboxes, it becomes a terrible pain to locate layers and work within them. Having multiple targets on a single lightbox means that the main picture content will be hidden underneath of the other targets. Pulling that element off the page to the left, right, or bottom canvas forces you to work zoomed out. This could all be solved by allowing for the soloing of individual layers from within the Layer panel. The ability to rename layers from within compositions and widgets would be a gigantic asset to workflow, instead of seeing two-dozen layers all named "Rectangle" or "Trigger."

Totally agree. In Photoshop we cmd-click on the relatively large "layer-type" icon on the left of the layer to select it. In Muse, and Illustrator I think, we have super-tiny little buttons on the right that that look like indicators rather than buttons.
Can we cmd-alt-click (or something) on the whole layer to select it rather than hunt down a 5x5px button on a 27" screen?

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Good question. I didn't read the fine print. Just assumed that they would sell a product that was more robust, and backward compatible. All our family's old iPods worked just fine. It's basically a device for listening to music. I know Apple wants to 'enhance the user experience' (translation: make it easier for Apple to make gobs of money through iTunes and App store), but the frustrations I had with the iPod touch 4G and all the associated OS, software, & driver issues are beyond maddening. It's just a stinkin' iPod after all. After googling a lot on this issue, looking for how people resolved similar issues, I find the Web littered with complaints on iPod touch 4g. Lot of problems getting iTunes to recognize it. After getting everything up-to-date, iTunes fails to recognize iPod. Re-install iTunes. Completely uninstall iTunes, then re-install it. Next week, same issue. Re-install iTunes. Rinse and repeat. That's been my experience too.

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Is there a solution to this?
I don't mind ever if I have to change most of my code.
Please help - it's for my final year project and this is just the basics of it!!!
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- Kevin

There is quite a bit of information about using layers. Here is one:
http://java.sun.com/developer/Books/2dgraphics/chapter6.html
Just do some searching for more.
The question is not really suitable for forum answers, you need to do some research, study, and experimentation.

How to change or rename the logical system name T90CLNT090 IN BI 7

HI Expert's,
i am really digging for the solution of changing or renaming the logical system name technical name T90CLNT090.
in our company we are using ecc5.0 with bi 3.5 and ecc6 with bi 7. In BW 3.5 having a connection with R/3 and the technical name of the myself bw source system(logical system) is T90CLNT090.
In bi 7 also the logical system name is same as T90CLNT090. Because of the same system name(Logical name) it is not active in BI7 and also it's giving error when i am activating the DSO Object as Transfer structure prefix for source system T90CLNT090 is not defined.
because of this i am not able to create the source system between r/3 also.
so how to change this source system name for T90CLNT090.
regards
harikrishna N

Hi,
Pls follow this OSS note : 325525.
Note 325525 - Copying and renaming systems in a BW environment
Summary
Symptom WARNING: THIS NOTE HAS BEEN REPLACED. FOR MORE CURRENT AND MORE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SEE NEW NOTE 886102.
You want to copy and or rename one or more systems (database or client copy). One or more of the systems is a BW system or is connected to a BW system.
Caution: This note only deals with problems that occur in the BW source system connections. Other problems that occur in the BW environment (indexes) are NOT dealt with. See URL http://www.service.sap.com/bw --> Services & Implementation --> System copy & Migration.
Other terms BW, source system, OLTP, database copy, client copy, system infrastructure, transport system, connections, RFC connection, trfc, transfer structure, IDoc, ALE customizing, logical system name, system changeability, renaming systems, system copy
Solution Several scenarios are possible in this environment. Find the scenario relevant to your situation below and execute the steps listed or read the note(s) specified:
Scenario 1) You do not want to copy a system but only want to rename one (changing a logical system name).
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Scenario 2) You want to copy the entire system infrastructure connected by the BW source system connections (that means the entire system group) by a database copy. SAP recommends this procedure for copying systems.
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Scenario 3) You want to copy a single BW system of the group by database copy.
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Scenario 3)b) You want to keep the original system of the copy so that you have two systems after copying.
                     Solution scenario 3)b): See Note 184754.
Scenario 4) You want to copy a single source system of the group by database copy.
Scenario 4)a) You only want to exchange the hardware of your system but do not want to rename the system.
                     Solution scenario 4)a): You do not need to execute follow-up work regarding the system connections, except for adjusting the IP address in the RFC destinations of the connected system.
Scenario 4)b) You want to keep the original system of the copy so that you have two systems after copying.
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Scenario 5) You want to import a client copy in a source system.
           Solution scenario 5): See Note 325470.
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Suchitra.V

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Keeping the column names consistent in BMM and presntation layer is best suggested as diffrent names in both the layers can lead to confusion .As Aliastair suggested if you rename in presentation layer then it will create aliases to Old names,If someone delete that alias then you will get view display error in report.So follow a simple approach and keep names consistent in both the layesr unless and until its very urgent to rename columns in presentation layer.
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Everytime I click "Rename Layer" the program shuts down.

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Help, I accidentally renamed the system library

I really screwed up. Hope someone can help. I was attempting to copy my entire hard drive to an external drive. During the copy process I thought, "I should rename the library folder so I don't confuse the copied one with the original." Somehow doing so renamed the library on my mac too.
So, now I can't correct the name back to library, can't get any programs to start, and can't shut down or restart.
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This simple perl script just calls the rename(2) library call, which is part of the OS.
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It's not at the os layer, it's at the filesystem
layer. The filesystem you have is not case sensitive.
well, the filesystem is part of the operating system, although it's clearly only one component of it. In fact, one of the primary defining characteristics of unix is how the filesystem works, albeit there are variations of implementation. But this is a nit=picking point.
As to the issue of whether the filesystem truly is case-insensitive, that isn't so clear. I can rename a file from foo.JPG to foo.jpg easily in the Finder (just click and edit a file to change it's name from upper to lower, or mixed), and the new name you give it DOES change. similarly, I can do this with virtually any other app that has a file-finder style dialog box. Why I can't do it with the shell (or at an API level) is the real mystery, and there is no doc on the subject that I'm aware of. Clearly, the OS is preserving the change somewhere, somehow. the question is, who's doing it? (and if it's not part of the filesystem, why?)
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You've had a solution manager set up for a system (lets say system ABC, with DEV, QAS, PRD)
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A script for this requirement is somewhat more complex.
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OK, I assumed a setup like this.
> in 5.5 there was "Output Remote Systems" whereas in 7.1 we don't have
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> "Supress Unchange Records" is checked
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MDM Server creates kind of a change pointer for the changed record AND for each remote system that record belongs to:
Imagine you have a record A with a key for RS1 and RS2 each. You change this record. MDS creates two change pointers A-RS1 and A-RS2.
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If you then connect with Syndicator to the port for RS2 and start the syndication, Syndicator cannot find any change pointers and thus won't create a message.
If you want to send the golden record to different systems, I'd suggest to add each system to MDM Console. Create a syndication map & port FOR EACH system. Within the map use the target system only as "Remote Key Override". Use "Supress Records without key" to exclude those records, that do not have a remote key for the target system. Use "Supress unchanged records" if you want to distribute only the changed records.
If you need a message having all keys of all systems (e.g. to update a BI system with grouping information), create a specific remote system for this purpose. Create a map & port, the map shall now use the "Remote Key Override" for all systems. The "Supress" settings can be made as above, but especially for BI we're recommending to syndicate always all records (do not "Supress unchanged records").
Best regards
Michael

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