Maintaining high scores after a restore

If I restore my ipod touch, and then use the auto-back ups to put everything back on the ipod, will the highscores in games be deleted? or are they automatically stored in the back up?
Thank you

If you have OS 2.0 or higher, they are stored in your backup. I have done this a couple of times without losing anything. See this for details of what is included in the backup: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

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Hello everyone,
I know this is a subject that gets covered a lot as i have found a ton of tutorials that show a million dfferent ways to create a high scores board on a flash game. So i decided to go out on a limb and pick a tutorial out to try. Well I have now tried 3 different ones and have yet to get a working high scores board with my game.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/How_to_c-Nick_Kuh-771/index.php
That is the link to the most recent attempts to creat my high scores board. When i finished everything the way the tutorial said it seemed like everything would work and then it just didnt. After spending oh about 40 plus hours trying to make a high scores board i am getting very frustrated. My game is scripted in AS2 and i have access to mysql and can set up unlimited databases.
Can anyone please help me by sending an easy to follow tutorial that will work with AS2? I would just like any kind of help right now as I feel ALL of my valid ideas have been ehausted. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!
kapelskic

Okay not a problem.
This is my code on the very first frame of the game that initializes the the highscores.php script
command = "init";
_root.loadVariables("highscores.php?"+int(Math.random()*100000), "POST");
This is the code that I have on a submit button, next to the input text box where the user enters their name for the scoreboard.
on (release) {
if(name ne ""){
command = "update";
_root.loadVariables("highscores.php?"+int(Math.random()*100000), "POST");
gotoAndStop ("highScores");
In every place the code says _root. I have also tried this. and neither of them work. I have also tried a million other things. So far the game plays through, goes to the game over screen where it asks for a user name and tells them their score. Then once they press submit the game goes to the highScores screen but the name and score are not there. The high scores screen cosists of 2 dynamic text fields one named "players" and one named "scores". I hope this helps because I spent another 5 or so hours after my initial posts trying more tutorials with still no luck. (the problem i am having is that i am new to flash, however not to PHP)
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Disp+work process is down after the Restore of the backup
s/m configration: windows 2003 server + oracle 10g
The below is the log file
trc file: "dev_disp", trc level: 1, release: "700"
sysno      01
sid        PRA
systemid   560 (PC with Windows NT)
relno      7000
patchlevel 0
patchno    52
intno      20050900
make:      multithreaded, Unicode, optimized
pid        2928
Thu Apr 07 18:58:10 2011
kernel runs with dp version 210000(ext=109000) (@(#) DPLIB-INT-VERSION-210000-UC)
length of sys_adm_ext is 572 bytes
SWITCH TRC-HIDE on ***
***LOG Q00=> DpSapEnvInit, DPStart (01 2928) [dpxxdisp.c   1231]
     shared lib "dw_xml.dll" version 52 successfully loaded
     shared lib "dw_xtc.dll" version 52 successfully loaded
     shared lib "dw_stl.dll" version 52 successfully loaded
     shared lib "dw_gui.dll" version 52 successfully loaded
rdisp/softcancel_sequence : -> 0,5,-1
use internal message server connection to port 3901
Thu Apr 07 18:58:15 2011
WARNING => DpNetCheck: NiAddrToHost(1.0.0.0) took 5 seconds
***LOG GZZ=> 1 possible network problems detected - check tracefile and adjust the DNS settings [dpxxtool2.c 5233]
MtxInit: 30000 0 0
DpSysAdmExtInit: ABAP is active
DpSysAdmExtInit: VMC (JAVA VM in WP) is not active
DpIPCInit2: start server >pwsap_PRA_01                            <
DpShMCreate: sizeof(wp_adm)          18304     (1408)
DpShMCreate: sizeof(tm_adm)          3954072     (19672)
DpShMCreate: sizeof(wp_ca_adm)          24000     (80)
DpShMCreate: sizeof(appc_ca_adm)     8000     (80)
DpCommTableSize: max/headSize/ftSize/tableSize=500/8/528056/528064
DpShMCreate: sizeof(comm_adm)          528064     (1048)
DpFileTableSize: max/headSize/ftSize/tableSize=0/0/0/0
DpShMCreate: sizeof(file_adm)          0     (72)
DpShMCreate: sizeof(vmc_adm)          0     (1452)
DpShMCreate: sizeof(wall_adm)          (38456/34360/64/184)
DpShMCreate: sizeof(gw_adm)     48
DpShMCreate: SHM_DP_ADM_KEY          (addr: 05C00040, size: 4613144)
DpShMCreate: allocated sys_adm at 05C00040
DpShMCreate: allocated wp_adm at 05C01E28
DpShMCreate: allocated tm_adm_list at 05C065A8
DpShMCreate: allocated tm_adm at 05C065D8
DpShMCreate: allocated wp_ca_adm at 05FCBB70
DpShMCreate: allocated appc_ca_adm at 05FD1930
DpShMCreate: allocated comm_adm at 05FD3870
DpShMCreate: system runs without file table
DpShMCreate: allocated vmc_adm_list at 06054730
DpShMCreate: allocated gw_adm at 06054770
DpShMCreate: system runs without vmc_adm
DpShMCreate: allocated ca_info at 060547A0
DpShMCreate: allocated wall_adm at 060547A8
MBUF state OFF
EmInit: MmSetImplementation( 2 ).
MM diagnostic options set: 0
<ES> client 0 initializing ....
<ES> InitFreeList
<ES> block size is 1024 kByte.
Using implementation flat
<EsNT> Memory Reset disabled as NT default
<ES> 511 blocks reserved for free list.
ES initialized.
Thu Apr 07 18:58:16 2011
J2EE server info
start = TRUE
state = STARTED
pid = 3208
argv[0] = D:\usr\sap\PRA\DVEBMGS01\exe\jcontrol.EXE
argv[1] = D:\usr\sap\PRA\DVEBMGS01\exe\jcontrol.EXE
argv[2] = pf=D:\usr\sap\PRA\SYS\profile\PRA_DVEBMGS01_pwsap
argv[3] = -DSAPSTART=1
argv[4] = -DCONNECT_PORT=1069
argv[5] = -DSAPSYSTEM=01
argv[6] = -DSAPSYSTEMNAME=PRA
argv[7] = -DSAPMYNAME=pwsap_PRA_01
argv[8] = -DSAPPROFILE=D:\usr\sap\PRA\SYS\profile\PRA_DVEBMGS01_pwsap
argv[9] = -DFRFC_FALLBACK=ON
argv[10] = -DFRFC_FALLBACK_HOST=localhost
start_lazy = 0
start_control = SAP J2EE startup framework
DpJ2eeStart: j2ee state = STARTED
rdisp/http_min_wait_dia_wp : 1 -> 1
***LOG CPS=> DpLoopInit, ICU ( 3.0 3.0 4.0.1) [dpxxdisp.c   1617]
***LOG Q0K=> DpMsAttach, mscon ( pwsap) [dpxxdisp.c   11414]
DpStartStopMsg: send start message (myname is >pwsap_PRA_01                            <)
DpStartStopMsg: start msg sent
CCMS: AlInitGlobals : alert/use_sema_lock = TRUE.
CCMS: Initalizing shared memory of size 60000000 for monitoring segment.
Thu Apr 07 18:58:17 2011
CCMS: start to initalize 3.X shared alert area (first segment).
DpJ2eeLogin: j2ee state = CONNECTED
DpMsgAdmin: Set release to 7000, patchlevel 0
MBUF state PREPARED
MBUF component UP
DpMBufHwIdSet: set Hardware-ID
***LOG Q1C=> DpMBufHwIdSet [dpxxmbuf.c   1050]
DpMsgAdmin: Set patchno for this platform to 52
Release check o.K.
Thu Apr 07 18:58:42 2011
***LOG Q0I=> NiIRead: recv (10054: WSAECONNRESET: Connection reset by peer) [nixxi.cpp 4235]
ERROR => NiIRead: SiRecv failed for hdl 4 / sock 1472
     (SI_ECONN_BROKEN; I4; ST; 127.0.0.1:1085) [nixxi.cpp    4235]
DpJ2eeMsgProcess: j2ee state = CONNECTED (NIECONN_BROKEN)
DpIJ2eeShutdown: send SIGINT to SAP J2EE startup framework (pid=3208)
ERROR => DpProcKill: kill failed [dpntdisp.c   371]
DpIJ2eeShutdown: j2ee state = SHUTDOWN
Thu Apr 07 18:58:56 2011
ERROR => W0 (pid 3216) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
ERROR => W1 (pid 3224) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
ERROR => W2 (pid 3232) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
ERROR => W3 (pid 3240) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
ERROR => W4 (pid 3248) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
ERROR => W5 (pid 3256) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
my types changed after wp death/restart 0xbf --> 0xbe
ERROR => W6 (pid 3264) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
my types changed after wp death/restart 0xbe --> 0xbc
ERROR => W7 (pid 3272) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
my types changed after wp death/restart 0xbc --> 0xb8
ERROR => W8 (pid 3280) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
ERROR => W9 (pid 3288) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
ERROR => W10 (pid 3296) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
my types changed after wp death/restart 0xb8 --> 0xb0
ERROR => W11 (pid 3304) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
my types changed after wp death/restart 0xb0 --> 0xa0
ERROR => W12 (pid 3312) died [dpxxdisp.c   14021]
my types changed after wp death/restart 0xa0 --> 0x80
DP_FATAL_ERROR => DpWPCheck: no more work processes
DISPATCHER EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN ***
increase tracelevel of WPs
NiWait: sleep (10000ms) ...
NiISelect: timeout 10000ms
NiISelect: maximum fd=1597
NiISelect: read-mask is NULL
NiISelect: write-mask is NULL
Thu Apr 07 18:59:06 2011
NiISelect: TIMEOUT occured (10000ms)
dump system status
Workprocess Table (long)               Fri Apr 08 01:59:06 2011
========================
No Ty. Pid      Status Cause Start Err Sem CPU    Time Program Cl User         Action                    Table
0 DIA     3216 Ended         no      1   0             0
1 DIA     3224 Ended         no      1   0             0
2 DIA     3232 Ended         no      1   0             0
3 DIA     3240 Ended         no      1   0             0
4 DIA     3248 Ended         no      1   0             0
5 DIA     3256 Ended         no      1   0             0
6 UPD     3264 Ended         no      1   0             0
7 ENQ     3272 Ended         no      1   0             0
8 BTC     3280 Ended         no      1   0             0
9 BTC     3288 Ended         no      1   0             0
10 BTC     3296 Ended         no      1   0             0
11 SPO     3304 Ended         no      1   0             0
12 UP2     3312 Ended         no      1   0             0
Dispatcher Queue Statistics               Fri Apr 08 01:59:06 2011
===========================
--------++++--
+
Typ
now
high
max
writes
reads
--------++++--
+
NOWP
0
2
2000
5
5
--------++++--
+
DIA
5
5
2000
5
0
--------++++--
+
UPD
0
0
2000
0
0
--------++++--
+
ENQ
0
0
2000
0
0
--------++++--
+
BTC
0
0
2000
0
0
--------++++--
+
SPO
0
0
2000
0
0
--------++++--
+
UP2
0
0
2000
0
0
--------++++--
+
max_rq_id          12
wake_evt_udp_now     0
wake events           total     8, udp     6 ( 75%), shm     2 ( 25%)
since last update     total     8, udp     6 ( 75%), shm     2 ( 25%)
Dump of tm_adm structure:               Fri Apr 08 01:59:06 2011
=========================
Term    uid man user    term   lastop mod wp ta   a/i (modes)
Workprocess Comm. Area Blocks               Fri Apr 08 01:59:06 2011
=============================
Slots: 300, Used: 1, Max: 0
--------++--
+
id
owner
pid
eyecatcher
--------++--
+
0
DISPATCHER
-1
WPCAAD000
NiWait: sleep (5000ms) ...
NiISelect: timeout 5000ms
NiISelect: maximum fd=1597
NiISelect: read-mask is NULL
NiISelect: write-mask is NULL
Thu Apr 07 18:59:11 2011
NiISelect: TIMEOUT occured (5000ms)
DpHalt: shutdown server >pwsap_PRA_01                            < (normal)
DpJ2eeDisableRestart
DpModState: buffer in state MBUF_PREPARED

trc file: "dev_w0", trc level: 1, release: "700"
ACTIVE TRACE LEVEL           1
ACTIVE TRACE COMPONENTS      all, MJ
B
B Thu Apr 07 18:58:16 2011
B create_con (con_name=R/3)
B Loading DB library 'D:\usr\sap\PRA\DVEBMGS01\exe\dboraslib.dll' ...
B Library 'D:\usr\sap\PRA\DVEBMGS01\exe\dboraslib.dll' loaded
B Version of 'D:\usr\sap\PRA\DVEBMGS01\exe\dboraslib.dll' is "700.08", patchlevel (0.46)
B New connection 0 created
M sysno      01
M sid        PRA
M systemid   560 (PC with Windows NT)
M relno      7000
M patchlevel 0
M patchno    52
M intno      20050900
M make:      multithreaded, Unicode, optimized
M pid        3216
M
M kernel runs with dp version 210000(ext=109000) (@(#) DPLIB-INT-VERSION-210000-UC)
M length of sys_adm_ext is 572 bytes
M ***LOG Q0Q=> tskh_init, WPStart (Workproc 0 3216) [dpxxdisp.c   1293]
I MtxInit: 30000 0 0
M DpSysAdmExtCreate: ABAP is active
M DpSysAdmExtCreate: VMC (JAVA VM in WP) is not active
M DpShMCreate: sizeof(wp_adm)          18304     (1408)
M DpShMCreate: sizeof(tm_adm)          3954072     (19672)
M DpShMCreate: sizeof(wp_ca_adm)          24000     (80)
M DpShMCreate: sizeof(appc_ca_adm)     8000     (80)
M DpCommTableSize: max/headSize/ftSize/tableSize=500/8/528056/528064
M DpShMCreate: sizeof(comm_adm)          528064     (1048)
M DpFileTableSize: max/headSize/ftSize/tableSize=0/0/0/0
M DpShMCreate: sizeof(file_adm)          0     (72)
M DpShMCreate: sizeof(vmc_adm)          0     (1452)
M DpShMCreate: sizeof(wall_adm)          (38456/34360/64/184)
M DpShMCreate: sizeof(gw_adm)     48
M DpShMCreate: SHM_DP_ADM_KEY          (addr: 05C00040, size: 4613144)
M DpShMCreate: allocated sys_adm at 05C00040
M DpShMCreate: allocated wp_adm at 05C01E28
M DpShMCreate: allocated tm_adm_list at 05C065A8
M DpShMCreate: allocated tm_adm at 05C065D8
M DpShMCreate: allocated wp_ca_adm at 05FCBB70
M DpShMCreate: allocated appc_ca_adm at 05FD1930
M DpShMCreate: allocated comm_adm at 05FD3870
M DpShMCreate: system runs without file table
M DpShMCreate: allocated vmc_adm_list at 06054730
M DpShMCreate: allocated gw_adm at 06054770
M DpShMCreate: system runs without vmc_adm
M DpShMCreate: allocated ca_info at 060547A0
M DpShMCreate: allocated wall_adm at 060547A8
X EmInit: MmSetImplementation( 2 ).
X MM diagnostic options set: 0
X <ES> client 0 initializing ....
X Using implementation flat
M <EsNT> Memory Reset disabled as NT default
X ES initialized.
M
M Thu Apr 07 18:58:17 2011
M ThInit: running on host pwsap
M
M Thu Apr 07 18:58:18 2011
M calling db_connect ...
C Prepending D:\usr\sap\PRA\DVEBMGS01\exe to Path.
C
C Thu Apr 07 18:58:27 2011
C Client NLS settings: AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8
C Logon as OPS$-user to get SAPSR3's password
C Connecting as /@PRA on connection 0 (nls_hdl 0) ... (dbsl 700 240106)
C Nls CharacterSet                 NationalCharSet              C      EnvHp      ErrHp ErrHpBatch
C    0 UTF8                                                      1   0619F158   061A46F4   061A3F7C
C Attaching to DB Server PRA (con_hdl=0,svchp=061A3EC8,svrhp=061B5794)
C Starting user session (con_hdl=0,svchp=061A3EC8,srvhp=061B5794,usrhp=061CA558)
C
C Thu Apr 07 18:58:28 2011
C *** ERROR => OCI-call 'OCISessionBegin' failed: rc = 1033
[dboci.c      4345]
C Detaching from DB Server (con_hdl=0,svchp=061A3EC8,srvhp=061B5794)
C *** ERROR => CONNECT failed with sql error '1033'
[dbsloci.c    10704]
C Try to connect with default password
C Connecting as SAPSR3/<pwd>@PRA on connection 0 (nls_hdl 0) ... (dbsl 700 240106)
C Nls CharacterSet                 NationalCharSet              C      EnvHp      ErrHp ErrHpBatch
C    0 UTF8                                                      1   0619F158   061A46F4   061A3F7C
C Attaching to DB Server PRA (con_hdl=0,svchp=061A3EC8,svrhp=061B5794)
C Starting user session (con_hdl=0,svchp=061A3EC8,srvhp=061B5794,usrhp=061CA558)
C *** ERROR => OCI-call 'OCISessionBegin' failed: rc = 1033
[dboci.c      4345]
C Detaching from DB Server (con_hdl=0,svchp=061A3EC8,srvhp=061B5794)
C *** ERROR => CONNECT failed with sql error '1033'
[dbsloci.c    10704]
B ***LOG BV3=> severe db error 1033      ; work process is stopped [dbsh#2 @ 1199] [dbsh    1199 ]
B ***LOG BY2=> sql error 1033   performing CON [dblink#3 @ 431] [dblink 0431 ]
B ***LOG BY0=> ORA-01033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress [dblink#3 @ 431] [dblink 0431 ]
M ***LOG R19=> ThInit, db_connect ( DB-Connect 000256) [thxxhead.c   1403]
M in_ThErrHandle: 1
M *** ERROR => ThInit: db_connect (step 1, th_errno 13, action 3, level 1) [thxxhead.c   10019]
M
M Info for wp 0
M
M    stat = 4
M    reqtype = 1
M    act_reqtype = -1
M    rq_info = 0
M    tid = -1
M    mode = 255
M    len = -1
M    rq_id = 65535
M    rq_source = 255
M    last_tid = 0
M    last_mode = 0
M    semaphore = 0
M    act_cs_count = 0
M    control_flag = 0
M    int_checked_resource(RFC) = 0
M    ext_checked_resource(RFC) = 0
M    int_checked_resource(HTTP) = 0
M    ext_checked_resource(HTTP) = 0
M    report = >                                        <
M    action = 0
M    tab_name = >                              <
M    vm = V-1
M
M *
M * LOCATION    SAP-Server pwsap_PRA_01 on host pwsap (wp 0)
M * ERROR       ThInit: db_connect
M *
M * TIME        Thu Apr 07 18:58:28 2011
M * RELEASE     700
M * COMPONENT   Taskhandler
M * VERSION     1
M * RC          13
M * MODULE      thxxhead.c
M * LINE        10204
M * COUNTER     1
M *
M
M PfStatDisconnect: disconnect statistics
M Entering TH_CALLHOOKS
M ThCallHooks: call hook >ThrSaveSPAFields< for event BEFORE_DUMP
M *** ERROR => ThrSaveSPAFields: no valid thr_wpadm [thxxrun1.c   720]
M *** ERROR => ThCallHooks: event handler ThrSaveSPAFields for event BEFORE_DUMP failed [thxxtool3.c 260]
M Entering ThSetStatError
M ThIErrHandle: do not call ThrCoreInfo (no_core_info=0, in_dynp_env=0)
M Entering ThReadDetachMode
M call ThrShutDown (1)...
M ***LOG Q02=> wp_halt, WPStop (Workproc 0 3216) [dpnttool.c   327]

Project Server 2010 Reporting database corrupt after Administrative restore of Enterprise Lookup Tables

Hi Guys
Prosperous 2014 to all . I am stuck with a Huge issue that I am unable to resolve. I did a PWA Administrative restore the other day to try to recover some fields that was deleted.
After the restore I got a queue error and since then my reporting database is screwed up. I tried to re-save the lookup tables, fields and views to no avail.
None of my reports are working and every time I publish I get a reporting queue error on the projects.
Your urgent help to sort this issue out will be highly appreciated
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Hello,
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How to maintain high image quality of still images

Hello,
I have been creating flipbooks out of still images shot on a canon MK II. They are 8 mp files and look great blown up large in photoshop, however, once imported into iMovie through iPhoto and played as a sequence in rapid succession they seem to lose quality. They appear slightly compressed or otherwise a little pixelated. A get info on an individual frame says it is is less than 200 KB when the original file is 3 mb. Is there a setting I am missing or other technique for maintaining the images' high quality after being brought into this rapid slideshow? Should I be using final cut to achieve this type of high quality?
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The following works well. Save your images in photoshop as TIFF files, with a resolution of 1920 x 1080, 72 pixels per. Save to the desktop. Drag into imovie. Make sure your imovie is hd 1080i. Use the Ken Burns to expand the picture to fill the black spaces, if you so desire.
At that point, you'll have a super high def show.
Hope this helps.

IPhone High Score Data File/Sort Oddities

Hello all.
I am working on an iPhone game which is nearly complete but I am having trouble with the following high score sort/write code. I am aiming to keep up to 10 scores, sorted from highest to lowest obviously.
The code creates a new data file with the current score added as first entry if there is no existing data file (and this works), or it creates a data file with the current score as first entry if a data file exists but is empty for some reason (and this works as well), or it adds the current score to a data file of existing scores if it is within the top ten or there are less than ten entries (this is where it gets odd).
If there is one existing score in the data file, the current score is added and sorted properly. If there are two scores in the data file, the application crashes BUT the data file shows the current score was correctly added and sorted to the existing scores. If there are three existing scores, the application crashes and the data file remains unchanged.
I have been over the logic many times and tried many different variations of the logic structure to no avail. I suspect it is something simple but I've been staring at it too long to see. Any ideas?
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*CODE START:*
int i, ii;
struct highscoreentry {
NSString *name;
int highScore;
struct highscoreentry structArray(10);
FILE *fin = fopen("highscore.dat", "rb");
if (fin != NULL) { //if the data file exists proceed here
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
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ii = i; //ii will be the last entry of existing data
for (i = ii; i > -1; i--) { //will begin at last entry and work up the list of scores to sort
if (score > structArray(i).highScore) { //if current score is higher than recoded score, recorded score moves down 1 place
structArray(i + 1) = structArray(i);
structArray(i).name = (NSString *)"JESSE";
structArray(i).highScore = score;
if (i == ii && ii < 9) //if there are less than 10 entries we will add another for our new entry
ii = ii + 1;
else if (score < structArray(i).highScore && i == ii) { //if current score is less than last recorded score it becomes new last entry
structArray(i + 1).name = (NSString *)"JESSE";
structArray(i + 1).highScore = score;
if (ii < 9)
ii = ii + 1;
fclose(fin);
if (fin == NULL) { //if the data file does not exist prepare data for new file
ii = 0; //will be used to limit write iterations to this single new entry
structArray(0).name = (NSString *)"JESSE";
structArray(0).highScore = score;
FILE *fout;
fout = fopen("highscore.dat", "wb"); //should create/rewrite data file from scratch
for (i = 0; i <= ii; i++) {
fprintf(fout, "%s %d\n", structArray(i).name, structArray(i).highScore);
fclose(fout);
*CODE END*
As far as I can tell by commenting out different portions of the code, the problem appears to be somewhere in here:
*CODE START:*
if (fin != NULL) { //if the data file exists proceed here
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (fscanf(fin, "%s %d\n", structArray(i).name, &structArray(i).highScore) != EOF) { //if data exists for this iteration proceed
*CODE END*
...but it baffles me that this works with one structure in the data file, crashes with two structures in the data file but correctly processes/sorts them and writes the file properly, and crashes with three structures in the data file without doing any additional work.
Jesse Widener
www.artandstructure.com

Actually I've found online material to be adequately, and sometimes more than adequately, elucidating in learning the language. When I decided to take a stab at this I spent about 40 hours of my spare time the first week reading 2 or 3 different "takes" on the C/C++/Objective C language in addition to Apple's docs on their implementation along with the iPhone SDK. As I mentioned, I've thus far found the language quite clear and concise. I began my application the second week and this is the first time in 7 weeks of coding where I've felt the need to ask assistance. Every other problem I've solved, leaving no errors, warnings or leaks in my software and accomplishing every task I've set to this point.
I find reading several different "takes" on a subject helps fill out an understanding from different perspectives. In this case, one perspective might lead the reader to believe or misunderstand the full use/context of a particular syntax, while reading from multiple sources can show the same syntax used in different contexts, broadening the understanding of its use, and that understanding can be user further to interpolate uses in a variety of situations.
I am new to C/C++/Objective C and the iPhone SDK, but I am not new to programming. It may have been some time (other than hand-coding my website the last few years) and my language experience may be limited to BASIC, HTML, PHP and Javascript, but from my view learning a new language is relatively easy once you know one...even if it is BASIC. The general logic structure remains the same. The overall software design concept remans essentially the same. Both are going to use variables, arrays, subroutines, memory allocation/management, input and output of data, runtime logic, etc. I am 80-90% sure I know exactly how I want to attack a coding problem every time...I just need to know how to "say it in C".
I don't remember when I first started coding, but I know by age 7 I wrote a karaoke style "Happy Birthday" for my great aunt with music playing through a Commodore 16 via "beeps" figuring the particular vibrations per second of the speaker (the hertz values) and durations for each note in time and pitch perfectly along with "lyrics" printed to screen with the music. To me, learning C is like learning a new foreign language. I took 2 years of French in high school and had to study at it but aced it nonetheless. I then opted to take Spanish but after a semester I opted to stop because the pacing was too slow. Learning Spanish after learning French was a piece of cake. They are in the same general language family and the syntax construction is very similar. I only needed the raw data of the words to fit to the rules I already knew. I didn't need to learn the same rules a second time.
The C/Objective C language seems no more complicated than it need be, which is to say it seems simple in doing what it needs to do and I am impressed with that simplicity thus far. I am also impressed with Apple's implementation with regard to the iPhone. Being able to provide music via 4-5 lines of code using AVAudioPlayer is transcendental compared to "beeping" every note monophonically.
Apple's explanations are very clear and concise. It is just, sometimes their examples are sparse or too narrow in scope to get a rounded context. However, their docs are very good and there is a wealth of information here on the net. My biggest complaint with Apple's docs really stems from the fact they seem to want to shove Interface Builder at everything and provide the code to do so but leave the reader stranded if the reader would rather stay within XCode exclusively and do more programmatically rather than leave that much "behind the curtain" work to Interface Builder...but it is a minor complaint.
On pointers...I do understand the use of pointers, perhaps not to the nth degree as I am just starting out, but the concept makes sense to me. I understand they are not "content" but a memory address location of the "content". I also understand why pointing to a location which is undefined or unprotected is damaging to whatever may be in that location already and to the data being pointed since it can be inadvertently overwritten my some other memory using item.
{quote}No. The (i < 9) condition is critical. Writing to structArray[10] will crash, since structArray[9] is the end of the array. In practice such a crash might not happen right away, though. If our program's data allocation actually ended at the end of the array, the crash would be immediate. But what usually happens when we write past the end of an array is that the beginning of some other data is overwritten.{quote}
I need to slap my forehead on this one. I know better than that. I don't know why I missed that. Too many late nights I suppose.
{quote}(NSString*) is called a type cast in that context.{quote}
Yes, which is why I used it to deal with the incompatible type error I thought I had at that point, but I shouldn't have assumed by appeasing the compiler I was necessarily solving the problem.
{quote} The best I can do for now is to caution that an enquiring mind, like all virtues, can be taken too far. I think it's important to compromise and copy good models sometimes. This isn't just to avoid reinventing the wheel. Sometimes it's good to remember we only have a limited time on Earth.{quote}
Agreed...and I don't expect to understand every nuance the first time around. I expect to at least understand how each successful line of code works in its context, but I imagine some processes will take a few times through before it "clicks" how it works in a greater context than its own, and I am all right with that. I also understand deadlines are deadlines whether they be software development or otherwise and a broad eye needs to be kept to remaining on the track forward.
Anyway, off to my day job.
Thank you again...I began reading up on NSDictionary and NSUserDefaults last night. Will post soon.
Jesse Widener
www.artandstructure.com

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Hi,
I did a offline backup of my Oracle 9I database after shutting down the DB. After I restore the offline file system backup, I saw the following error in alter.log:
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ORA-01122: database file 255 failed verification check
ORA-01110: data file 255: '/oracle/SED/sapdata1/temp_1/temp.data1'
ORA-01205: not a data file - type number in header is 0
File 255 not verified due to error ORA-01122"
When I did a query I got the following error :
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select * from dba_temp_files
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ORA-01110: data file 255: '/oracle/SED/sapdata1/temp_1/temp.data1'
I know how to recover it but Why is this so ? Is this normal when I restore the offline backup file including the temp.data1 ?
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Rgds,
WP

Because you did something wrong.
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I have a really high score on a game app on the ipad 2 ... Can I sync or transfer ONLY that game to my ipad 3 somehow ???

I have a really high score on a game app on my ipad 2 ... I want to sync, or transfer, or move somehow, the app with the high score to my ipad 3... Can I do it without syncing the whole ipad?? Or is there another way to get the game app to my "3" ???

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Hello,
I have made i little game in CVI, in the end of the game user get a score base on the levels he passed and the level of difficulty.
As this is a school assignment i have to have a score board. I've made score board using a table and i read arguments from a txt file.
All I read is the name of the player and his score.
The trouble that I'm having is to check the txt file and see if the new score of the user can be put in the score board.
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fputs, to write a string to the file
fgets, to get a string from the file
fseek, to navigate through the file
fclose, to close the file
Here are some suggestions about how you can manage the information in your text file:
Insert each new entry (name, score) on a separate new row, optionally using separators:
John Doe, 10
Kelly Smith, 43
Kevin Brown, 4
After reading these lines from disk, you would have to store the entries in some data structures (e.g. lists, structures) for your application to manage.
For optimization, you can also sort the rows based on the highest score, this way, when you want to retrieve the highest scores, these are already situated at the beginning of the file. However, when you update the rows, you would have to switch places of rows, when a person will have a higher score than the previous item(s).
Best regards!
- Johannes

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Morning all.
I have a game app called Blitz. (It is a version of Bejewelled.) Every week, my high score sets reset to zero. Fair enough ... except no-one else's does. The same other high scores are there week after week, month after month. Now, I think it unlikely that on every reset Splork gets exactly 365,050 again and Wall-nut gets exactly 151,350, etc, etc, so I can only assume they are not being reset.
And my question is ... why would this be? I am mystified.

I'm not near the top score, so I can't think they think I'm cheating.
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The only explanation I can think of is that none of the others on the leader board have played again since recording their last score. Maybe as soon as they do, their old score will go.

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Hello everyone,
I know this is a subject that gets covered a lot as i have found a ton of tutorials that show a million dfferent ways to create a high scores board on a flash game. So i decided to go out on a limb and pick a tutorial out to try. Well I have now tried 3 different ones and have yet to get a working high scores board with my game.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/How_to_c-Nick_Kuh-771/index.ph p
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