Locking object on artboard vs. on layer?

Why would you lock or hide an object on the artboard vs. doing it on the layer?
Thanks.

Whether you lock the object by Object>Lock>Selection or by clicking its lock icon in the object stack in the Layers palette, you're doing the same thing.
Locking by the menu is a convenience. Suppose you have multiple objects you want to lock that may or may not reside on the same Layer. Using the menu command (or keyboard shortcut), you can lock them all in one whack. Why would you want to have to dig through the tedious Layers palette to lock them one by one?
Locking objects is yet another interface element that is poorly implemented in Illustrator. Once an object is locked, you can't select it to unlock it or align objects to it. You either have to dig for it through the tedious Layers palette, or you have to unlock everything that's locked.
JET

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Can i use the SAP standard package for lock object creation ?

Dear Guru ,
I want to create a new lock ojbect for my abap program .
When i completed the creation , SAP required a new request and it said the object only can be imported to SAP standard package .
But i saw the help from SAP said :
>* Package begins with A-S or U-X:
>These packages are for SAP standard objects. Customer objects cannot be created in them. Changes to objects of these packages are recorded by the Transport Organizer (Request management) and can be transported (see field transport layer.
In this case , Can i use one of the SAP standard package for this creation ? Does it will affect the SAP system ( such as the system upgrade ) ?
Thanks .
Best Regards,
Carlos Zhang
Moderator message - Please do not use code tags to format text - it should only be used for code
Edited by: Rob Burbank on May 25, 2010 11:12 AM

Hi Carlos...
First , You will never be able to use any standard SAP Package for your custom programs. So don't go for it.
So in your case what you need to do is , when you save your Lock object ,
- if you want Transport request to be created , then
in the screen shown you need to enter the Z package name (the same package as that of your ABAP Program)
or
-if you want it to be stored as local object , then
specify package as $tmp
Regards,
Uma

InDesign CS5.5 - locked objects and align tools not working together

In earlier versions of InDesign I used the Align palette, spacing 0 mm, and "dragged in" other objects to perfect fit to the center object. InDesign drags in objects from the right this way. So if I needed to drag in objects from the left side I locked the center object first and InDesign understood what I wanted to do.
In CS5 and 5.5 this is not possible anymore. If I lock an object it is not selectable. But there is a preference setting for this so I change it. Now I can select the locked object. But when I try to align it with another object there is an error message saying I can't move this object because it i locked. Well... I am not trying to move it hence the lock I applied...
I don't understand this changed behaviour. If a locked object is out of play I might as well use the layer palette and lock objects that way.
Could someone please shed some light on this?

Apparently the distribute spacing command only uses the top object as a reference. I would say that's a bug.

Lock object is not working automatically

Hi experts,
i have a problem , A table is updated by a program which is used by multiple user . I have used lock function module 'ENQUEUE_E_TABLE ' and 'DEQUEUE_E_TABLE' for that . when updation section occurs first user which come first go through it and for rest users amessage cones 'table is locked by XYZ user' . When first completes the updation resr users is not updating automatically they stand at that position where message comes. How to solve this issue?
Avadhesh Chandra

Hi,
We can lock the table before updating the entries. Two types of locks are there.
1. To lock the entire table. Here when the table is locked by one program, another program will not be able to modify it.
2. To lock the particular record only. Here when the record is locked by one program, the other program can modify records other than the one locked.
For option 1
Use the FM ENQUEUE_E_TABLEE to lock the table and FM DEQUEUE_E_TABLEE to unlock table.
For option 2
Go to SE11. There enter the name of your lock object and create it. Next screen you have to mention which field you want to lock.
For more info. on LOCK OBJECTS go to
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/cf/21eea5446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm
If you want to lock the entire table, then use the FM said in option 1 in DO-ENDDO loop.
Run the loop till it gets successful (sy-subrc = 0)
DO.
*Call the FM.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
EXIT.
ENDIF.
ENDDO.
If you want to just try some number of times rather than keep on looping then can use for eg: DO 100 TIMES.

Ora-04021 timeout occurred while waiting to lock object

Hai All
When adding a column into a table then an error comes error
Error Message:
ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object .....
How it happens ...what is the solution....please help
Shiju..

Hi
Identify the session that is using this object, kill it and then perform the ALTER table... or wait until the session that is accessing this table release it.
Rgds
Adnan

JDAPI Error: ORA-04020: deadlock detected while trying to lock object

I have written a JDAPI program to perform read-only impact analysis and report any problems.
The following error is occurring:
"A deadlock among DDL and parse locks is detected.
This deadlock is usually due to user errors in the design of an application or from issuing a set of concurrent statements which can cause a deadlock.
ORA-04020: deadlock detected while trying to lock object /NSPC6/CHECK_FOR_FORM_CHANGE"
The error refers to a procedure in a PL/SQL library.
In one case the error occurred after my final "end of processing" message, which is followed only by a call to "Jdapi.shutdown()".
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Neville Sweet.

I have written a JDAPI program to perform read-only impact analysis and report any problems.
The following error is occurring:
"A deadlock among DDL and parse locks is detected.
This deadlock is usually due to user errors in the design of an application or from issuing a set of concurrent statements which can cause a deadlock.
ORA-04020: deadlock detected while trying to lock object /NSPC6/CHECK_FOR_FORM_CHANGE"
The error refers to a procedure in a PL/SQL library.
In one case the error occurred after my final "end of processing" message, which is followed only by a call to "Jdapi.shutdown()".
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Neville Sweet.

Unable to delete Transport Request which contain locked objects

Hi all,
I need to delete some unusable transport requests but as they contain locked objects, it's not possible to delete them. Release operation is just allowed. After releasing these transport requests, I can not find them any more in queue. Please help to find these transport requests which are released and also provide a solution to delete instead of releasing them.
Thanks in advance,
Sanaz.

Hi,
Thank you for the reply.
1. What do you mean by transport request , Shipment Request, Shipment Order or Tour.
A. I mean requests which can be transported between SAP Systems using TMS (Transport Management System).
2. What are the objects which has been locked and due to that you are facing this problem.
A. There are diffrent object types. For examle some customizing have booen done or SAP Note correction has been implemented, ... Therefore some objects have been locked due to these operations
3. Let's say if it's an freight Unit, then Pls confirm that System dump / error is not the cause for this.
A. I have no idea about "Freight Unit".
Thanks,
Sanaz.

What is the purpose of the chain (lock symbol) between a solid color layer and its vector mask?

What is the purpose of the chain (lock symbol) between a solid color layer and its vector mask in the layer panel when creating shape layers with a shape tool? I'm just curious when locking or unlocking the solid color layer and its vector mask can make a difference.

I don't understand what you said and your shape layer looks different then mine using CS5.
When the chain is deselected, I can't do anything with the move tool on the shape layer. This is the only difference I can find. Making the solid color uniform or not doesn't change anything.
Your example shows that you moved the position of the solid color, how did you do that? I can create a solid color layer and change its uniform look by applying an effect like gradient but I can't move the solid color itself around. How is this possible?

Error while lock object creation

Hi
When I tried to create a lock object, I get the following error.
Error: "Total length of lock argument for table XXXXXXXXX longer than 150"
I have 3 tables in which Table1 is the check table for the value tables (Table2 & Table3). During the process of deletion of a record from Table1 (CT) I need the lock tobe established on value tables and then I delete all the corresponding entries in value tables are also deleted.
Would like to know If there is any other std ways of doing this ? and
Solution to overcome the error.
Regards
Karthick

Hi,
I think the error is becoz you have given too many LOCK parameters in the lock object. the total length of the PARAMTERS of lock object should not exceed 150.
By default all the KEY fields will be taken as Lock paramters, so your table key's length is more than 150.
Also why dont you create 3 lock objects for each table and then use only KEY's of each table as LOCK PARAMETERS.
Then Lock T1 record first then lock T2 and T3 records, then delete records from T2 and T3.
Then you delete T1 record.
The execute DEQUEUE_ALL.
Regards,
Sesh

Report to find Locked objects in sap system

Hi All,
does anyone know the report to find out the locked objects in an sap system?
or
name of the table that stores locked objects ?
or any other way through which we can find the number of locked objects ?
Thanks and regards
Abdul Hadi

Hi,
You can unlock locked objects in transaction SE03.
Click on Display Repaired objects.
You can see all the objects that are locked.
To unlock you can select the particular object and click on Unlock.
Do reward points if the answer to your question is met.
Regards
Suhas

Patch 9239090 - ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object

Hello Guys,
I need help urgently to comlete an upgrade of ebs 12.1.1 to 12.1.3.
We are upgrading ebs 11i to 12i going live this weekend. We have encountered "ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object" on patch 9239090 with two Workers:
In adctrl:
1 Run AutoPatch R120 AFUTLGRS.pls FAILED
2 Run AutoPatch R120 AFUTLOGS.pls FAILED
sqlplus -s APPS/***** @/u02/applfinp/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/OFPROD/out/p001invok.sql
Connected.
create or replace package wf_bes_cleanup AUTHID CURRENT_USER as
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object
I have done everything everything imaginable but cannot get pass these 2 failed workers.
1) I have checked are there are no locks blocking on any objects:
select s1.username || '@' || s1.machine
|| ' ( SID=' || s1.sid || ' ) is blocking '
|| s2.username || '@' || s2.machine || ' ( SID=' || s2.sid || ' ) ' AS blocking_status
from v$lock l1, v$session s1, v$lock l2, v$session s2
where s1.sid=l1.sid and s2.sid=l2.sid
and l1.BLOCK=1 and l2.request > 0
and l1.id1 = l2.id1
and l2.id2 = l2.id2 ;
2) I also checked and there is space in the database.
3) From adctrl, I have tried restarting the jobs one by one but the worker 1 hangs at and eventually fails on several (12) attempts.
4) The solution on Doc ID 1291064.1 is not the problem:
SQL> select SUPPLEMENTAL_LOG_DATA_MIN, SUPPLEMENTAL_LOG_DATA_PK, SUPPLEMENTAL_LOG_DATA_UI, FORCE_LOGGING
from v$database;
SUPPLEME SUP SUP FOR
NO NO NO NO
5) Manual execution still gave ORA-04021:
sqlplus -s APPS/apps @/u02/applfinp/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/OFPROD/out/p001invok.sql
sqlplus -s APPS/apps @/u02/applfinp/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/OFPROD/out/p002invok.sql
6) The alert log has no related errors
7) I Finally, after over 6 hours of waiting, I could only get the patch to continue after by using adctrl option 8 to skip these two workers.
After proceeding, I have yet hit two more errors and now stuck:
I have hit another error with the same patch:
create or replace package body FND_LOG as
/* $Header: AFUTLOGB.pls 120 ...
AD Worker error:
ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object
Unable to process file in PACKAGE mode.
Not converting file for Invoker's Rights because it appears to be a package body creation script (based on the filename).
File is: /u02/applfinp/apps/apps_st/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/sql/AFUTLOGB.pls
AD Worker warning:
Product Data File
/u02/applfinp/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/xniprod.txt
does not exist for product "xni".
This product is registered in the database but the above file does not exist in APPL_TOP. The product will be ignored without error
AD Worker error:
The following ORACLE error:
ORA-04063: package body "APPS.FND_LOG" has errors
ORA-06508: PL/SQL: could not find program unit being called: "APPS.FND_LOG"
ORA-06512: at "APPS.FND_FUNCTION", line 834
ORA-06512: at "APPS.FND_MENU_ENTRIES_C_DELTRG", line 4
ORA-04088: error during execution of trigger 'APPS.FND_MENU_ENTRIES_C_DELTRG'
Can I stop and restart this patch 9239090?

Hello,
I later executed the failed jobs or scripts manually (successfully) for the patch to continue
sqlplus -s APPS/apps @/u02/applfinp/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/OFPROD/out/p001invok.sql
sqlplus -s APPS/apps @/u02/applfinp/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/OFPROD/out/p002invok.sql
The patch ended with the following :
The following Oracle Reports objects did not generate successfully:
ap reports/US APXARATE.rdf
ar reports/US ARXCTA.rdf
fa reports/US FASRSVED.rdf
ont reports/US OEXOEORD.rdf
pa reports/US PAXACMPT.rdf
pa reports/US PAXALRUN.rdf
pa reports/US PAXACRPT.rdf
pa reports/US PAXCPGAL.rdf
pa reports/US PAXPCRFD.rdf
The patch execution ended but the patch number is not record in apps.ad_bugs table:
select TO_CHAR(CREATION_DATE,'dd-Mon-yyyy, hh24:mm:ss'), BUG_NUMBER from apps.ad_bugs where bug_number in ('9239090');
no rows selected
JFI
Patches located in ad_applied_patches to which there is no a corresponding record in ad_bugs:
SQL> SELECT a.patch_name, TO_CHAR(max(a.last_update_date),'dd-Mon-yyyy, hh24:mm:ss')
2 FROM applsys.ad_applied_patches a
3 WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT '1'
4 FROM ad_bugs b
5 WHERE b.bug_number = a.patch_name)
6 group by a.patch_name;
PATCH_NAME TO_CHAR(MAX(A.LAST_UP
9239090 26-Oct-2013, 00:10:27
AutoConfig 25-Oct-2013, 17:10:51
merger9179588 25-Oct-2013, 11:10:30
merger_post_5903765 27-Apr-2013, 23:04:45
mergeu6678700 25-Oct-2013, 16:10:09
What could have happened that this was not recorded in ad_bugs?
How to I get this recorded in the ad_bugs table?
Thanks
Mathias

Lock objects to text

Does anyone know of a way to lock floating objects to text in a Pages09 document? I love the way Pages deals with floating objects, so much better than Word, but I'd like to be able to lock individual or grouped objects (images, text boxes) to a specific paragraph, so they move together during editing. I see how to lock objects to a specific location on a page, but this is not what I want.

What you are requesting is called an anchor and it is a feature that I too wish Pages had. For now, if you want an object to flow with our edited text, the only choice is an inline object. However I have found that either Pages 09 has better inline text wrapping or I totally missed that Pages 08 got it. Try placing an object inline, setting its text wrapping to on, and then play with the options. You might find that you can get what you want this way.
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Script to align selected objects to artboard

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had a simple solution to aligning selected items to the artboard. I was going to create an action but then realized it would be more convenient for me to include it in my script file....I have a script to align objects with each other but they dont align to the artboard. Any suggestions?

Hello volocitygraphics,
here is a quick&dirty solution.
Note that the result may be different, if clipping masks are exists in the document.
Please test it at first on copies of your documents. Use it on your own risk.
// ArtboardCenterAroundSelectedPaths.jsx
// works with CS5
// http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1336506?tstart=0
// (title: script to align selected objects to artboard)
// quick & dirty, all selected items will be centered at the active artboard
// (include clipping paths !visible result can be different)
// regards pixxxelschubser 19.Nov. 2013
var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
var Sel = aDoc.selection;
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I hope so, the document coordinatesystem is the same as in CS6+
Have fun

Create lock object with fun command

Hallo,
Is it possible to create a lock object with the fun command? I tried to use:
FUN ( ENQUEUE _<lockobject> , <interface> ).
When I fill the importing parameters, execute the script and afterwards refresh the interace than the import parameters are empty. Is there a way to create a lock object with the fun command or at least with inline abap?
regards,
Wolfgang

Hi Wolfgang,
in general your way of including the FUN command was correct.
The loss of import parameter values must have been caused by some other reason, not related to the invoke of enqueue. Maybe try it again.
If, for any reason, using FUN is not possible, it's always an alternative to use ABAP. .... ENDABAP. with correct ABAP coding inbetween (e.g. CALL FUNCTION ...).
Nevertheless regarding enqueue you need to consider, that the lock you set by running eCATT test scripts in this way, will last (only) as long as the session in which the function was called is active. Means, it lasts as long as you do not close the SECATT transaction (/n or similar) and not use commands like RESCON in your test script. Check your locks with transaction sm12.
Be aware, that interfering with an applications lock handling and strategy might also harm running transactions or the data processed by this transactions. Usually there is no need to call the enqueue modules from a test.
Best Regards
Jens

About lock object

I have one TABLE with TABLE MAINTENANCE GENERATOR
and it has also LOCK OBJECT.
Now I have adjusted the table by making some normal fields as primary keys
and regenerated Table maintenance generator ,
It seems to me lock object also adjusted( I am able to see the newly converted primary key fields in lock object( in se11 ) ).
Does the lock object automatically adjusts ????
If lock object adjusts automatically --> what about the function modules ENQUEUE_ztable DEQUEUE_ztable ? these function modules also gets adjusted ?
do I need to check the associated lock object impact ?
How can I check ?

Hi,
No need to delete the Lock object. Just <b>remove</b> the Table which you modified from Lock object & <b>add again</b>. You can add the lock Parameters manually. It will be drived automatically from Table key fields.
You no need to delete the lock object.
Raja T
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