Moving 20 or more Files in Icon Form to a New Folder

Hey everyone, I've finally gotten around to hitting the forums to inquire about this.
I like to organize many of my folder, file, and desktop files in Icon view and put them together according to their grouping. Once my desktop would get too cluttered I would go through and clean it up by placing it into sub-folders.
This use to be dandy until the time of one of the OS upgrades, I think from Snow Leopard, but it could have been Leopard. Now, whenever I move 21 or more files into a new folder, the first 20 are fine, but everything after the 20th start to be placed into a grid type of mode. [The pictures below will kind of help demonstrate, I've talked to AppleCare where they repeated the conundrum, and suggested these forums]
Anyways, is there some cap or limit I could change either via Terminal or something? Its really annoying having to move and make icons in 20 file increments, so any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
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First, I have a question: your profile says you're on Tiger (10.4.x), but you mention Leopard and Snow Leopard - what is the current OS version you are using?
And, before I try to understand and help, I wonder why you appear to be using the desktop as your filing cabinet so to speak? Or do you file your folders elsewhere after the content has been organized? Having that many files on your desktop will slow down your startup - Finder has to open each and every one of those. I created a folder within the Documents folder which has thousands of files and many sub folders in it - it is not on the desktop though; I dragged its' alias to the dock for one click access.
Now, to your issue - did you make sure that you have your view preferences set correctly for all the folders? Even if that is so, I can see that dragging 20 or more folders containing more than 30 GB all at once could result in some glitches. I never use icon view myself (preferring column view) because it would sometimes just not wind up in the order I wanted. So, unless someone can come up with a more definitive idea, I'd say you need to drag fewer folders or try list or column view to see if it works better.

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 pst.setInt(2, day);
 pst.setInt(3, year);
 ResultSet results = pst.executeQuery();
 while (results.next()){
 String name = results.getString(1);
 String startTime = results.getString(2);
 String endTime = results.getString(3);
 String totalTime = results.getString(4);
 String comment = results.getString(5);
 String category = results.getString(6);
 m_vector.addElement(new DDData(name, startTime, endTime, totalTime, comment, category, category));
 sortData();
 finally{
 if (pst != null )
 pst.close();
 if (conn != null)
 conn.close();
 private void saveData() {
 try {
 File f = new File("appointments.dat");
 FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(f);
 ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
 oos.writeObject(m_vector);
 oos.close();
 fos.close();
 } catch(IOException ex) {
 private void sortData() {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 static final public ColumnData m_columns[] = {
 new ColumnData("Name", 100, JLabel.LEFT),
 new ColumnData("Date", 100, JLabel.LEFT),
 new ColumnData("Start Time", 100, JLabel.RIGHT),
 new ColumnData("End Time", 100, JLabel.RIGHT),
 new ColumnData("Total Time", 100, JLabel.RIGHT),
 new ColumnData("Comment", 200, JLabel.RIGHT),
 new ColumnData("Category", 100, JLabel.RIGHT),
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 protected Vector<DDData> m_vector = new Vector<DDData>();
 protected Date m_date;
 public DDTableData(){
 m_frm = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
 setDefaultData();
 public void setDefaultData(){
 try{
 m_date = m_frm.parse("07/31/2007");
 catch (java.text.ParseException ex){
 m_date = null;
 m_vector.removeAllElements();
 m_vector.addElement(new DDData("Jerome", null, "Dan", null, null, null, null));
 public int getRowCount(){
 return m_vector==null ? 0 : m_vector.size();
 public int getColumnCount(){
 return m_columns.length;
 public String getColumnName(int column){
 return m_columns[column].m_title;
 public boolean isCellEditable(int nRow, int nCol){
 return false;
 public Object getValueAt(int nRow, int nCol){
 if (nRow < 0 || nRow>=getRowCount())
 return "";
 DDData row = m_vector.elementAt(nRow);
 switch (nCol){
 case 0: return row.m_name;
 case 1: return row.m_date;
 case 2: return row.m_startTime;
 case 3: return row.m_endTime;
 case 4: return row.m_totalTime;
 case 5: return row.m_comment;
 case 6: return row.m_category;
 return "";
 public String getTitle(){
 if (m_date==null)
 return "Daily Dairy";
 return "Daily Dairy at "+m_frm.format(m_date);

here is code to collect the data pls what can i do to get the data on the form display on the JTable in the all categories as on the form pls...
private String collectData()
 String toPrint = "";
 for (int i = 0; i < rowData.length; i++)
 Component[] currentRowComps = rowData;
 for (int j = 0; j < currentRowComps.length; j++)
 Component currentComp = currentRowComps[j];
 if (currentComp instanceof TextField)
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 toPrint += tf.getText() + " - ";
 else if (currentComp instanceof JComboBox)
 JComboBox box = (JComboBox) currentComp;
 Object selection = box.getSelectedItem();
 if (selection != null)
 toPrint += selection.toString() + " - ";
 toPrint += "\n";
 return toPrint;
 private File newFile(String data)
 File newfile = null;
 try
 newfile = new File("I:\\ouput.doc");
 System.out.println("DATA? - " + data);
 FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(newfile);
 fos.write(data.getBytes());
 fos.close();
 // JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Save File");
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "File saved.", "Success",
 JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
 catch (IOException ioexc)
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error while saving file: " + ioexc,
 "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
 return null;
private void addLabelTextRows(JLabel[] labels,
JTextField[] textFields,
GridBagLayout gridbag,
Container container) {
GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
int numLabels = labels.length;
for (int i = 0; i < numLabels; i++) {
c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE; //next-to-last
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE; //reset to default
c.weightx = 0.0; //reset to default
container.add(labels[i], c);
c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.weightx = 1.0;
container.add(textFields[i], c);
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Can't open INDD file from icon

I have an installation of InDesign CS3 (upgraded from CS2) that won't let the user open a file from it's icon. You get the error message of "<filename> is not a valid win32 application" The file will open if you open InDesign and use the file open menu. The icon isn't the InDesign icon either-looks like a doc file icon without Word installed. I've gone into File Types (from the Tools-Folder Options-File Type window) and tried to manually made the indd file open with CS3 but that still didn't work (oddly when I try to use the CS3 icon it too has a generic .exe icon). If I log in as myself (admin rights on the Windows XP) and once I did the above it worked for me. I gave the user full rights and tried the above again but it didn't work-still wouldn't open by clicking on the icon-just keep getting that error message. Any help would be great as I can't seem to come across anything googled that is helping.

This is a follow-up. My question has been answered in that did get to open the file as follows:
By trial and error (based on responses) basically I was able to open the file as a copy from inside InDesign. There are three options in the lower left had corner of the window, I picked copy after trying the other two. Up until this time I could not find any idlk file.
Once I opened the file I backed it up and made another copy that I opened. I went back to the original file and tried to open it from finder. It would not open. Still no sign of the idlk file. But when I went back to open the work copy it opened but now the idlk file popped up in the finder and it continues to do so every time I open any file associated. This idlk file comes up with an icon that says "Locked"
My only question now: Is there a way to unlock this file from whatever it is linking to? Does it make any difference at this point?
I have learned this is a temp file of sorts that prevents changes to the original file. I would like to unlock the file so that it not connected to anything.
I have moved or deleted all files that it might be linking to. I have shut down other computers and hard drives using the same network. The idlk file come up every time. It goes away when I close the file. I have also deleted it while the file is open. I deleted all attempts at creating Book files. I'v been through preferences and checked Assignments. It seems like once you make a copy of a file, the original is always looking for the copy? Or the copy for the original?
So I'm working and making separate files for each chapter so that I can set up a book and have back-up and maybe create a whole new Book file that isn't linked to anything else but maybe that's not necessary.
I've been working with InDesign for a long time and never encountered this phenomenon before.
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Jim

How can user attach file to interactive form, and be read by abap program?

Hello,
I created an abap interactive form, sent to the user, then user fills out the form fields, then it is uploaded back to sap, then my program reads this data and process it.
It works.
Now I want users to be able to attach any file they want, and the abap program to extract this file out of the PDF, to put it into SAP (or anywhere).
I succeeded in attaching a file, I can "see" it via function module get_annotations, but I get the file in compressed form by Adobe (filter="FlateDecode").
Do you know how to unzip the file, or is there another way to attach files in adobe reader/extract them via abap?
I use acrobat reader 8.1.2
Thx a lot!
sandra
Below is the xml obtained by GET_ANNOTATIONS. We see that there are other text annotations, and that the attached file has {length="98005"}, though real file (before "attach file" to the PDF, and also after "detach file") has length 111 995 bytes. It's why I deduced that there is a compression (I also tried to extract it as-is and open it with adobe but it doesn't work.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xfdf xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/" xml:space="preserve">
<annots>
 <highlight rect="212.347,624.257996,252.979004,636.539978" creationdate="D:20080604100938+02'00'"
name="2114308b-275d-4eca-8bfc-c8288ef4a77c" color="#FFFF00" flags="print"
date="D:20080604100938+02'00'" title="mtresori" subject="Texte surligne "
coords="215.432999,636.179016,249.893005,636.179016,215.432999,624.619019,249.893005,624.619019"
page="0">
 <popup rect="595.276001,516.179016,775.276001,636.179016" flags="print,nozoom,norotate"
open="no" page="0"/>
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 <fileattachment rect="15.345001,802.841003,29.345001,822.841003"
creationdate="D:20080604101011+02'00'" name="f6e12648-c9b0-4cd1-b08b-82876c8300d7"
color="#4055FF" flags="print,nozoom,norotate" date="D:20080604101019+02'00'" title="mtresori"
subject="Piece jointe" file="SAP_WIDGETS2.pdf" mimetype="application/pdf"
creation="D:20080603112937+02'00'" modification="D:20080603112937+02'00'" size="111995"
checksum="9F846412B510089F7C6DBCC6527C6339" page="0">
 <contents-richtext>
 <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/"
xfa:APIVersion="Acrobat:8.0.0" xfa:spec="2.0.2">
 SAP_WIDGETS2.pdf
 </body>
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 <data MODE="raw" encoding="hex" length="98005" filter="FlateDecode">
4889CC570B5414D719F651A38EC468D5C6A2980104E528BBF3B8F3B2626405242920020A0AA4AEBB
C3B2BAECEAEEA2A018030A628C8FFA4A0F568F58426A1EF5118FB5266A8D9AA2B16A55044541C5
A62656EBA315935AE8BDB3BBEC2C0BD9D5B39EB3671966FEFBFCE6BF
ETC. (all hexa code is the attached file, but with compression by adobe)
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name="73360fcf-f5e5-4d5b-9315-fe4c42924300" color="#FFFF00" flags="print,nozoom,norotate"
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xfa:APIVersion="Acrobat:8.0.0" xfa:spec="2.0.2">
 
 
ffffffffffffffffffffff
 
 
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open="yes" page="0"/>
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name="d524b7d5-1a85-4b62-80b3-5875dd152c51"
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Hello everybody,
I am sure you have an answer to my question above. It was :
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I have a referenced library as I am sharing photos on a server between multiple computers (Mac and PC's). I need to change how a couple of folders are organized on that server. However, I don't want to break the reference to those files in iPhoto. How would I go about doing that? I don't want to lose the keywords, faces, descriptions, etc. that are with the photo in iPhoto.
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hmmm....when I move a complete folder, I can't even tell iPhoto how to locate the new folder. Here's what my specific scenario is.
I have scanned a bunch of my Grandmother's slides. I put a roll of slides in a folder called "January 1982 D3" which is the label on the slides. However, I realized that I needed to change this a little to make it match with the physical box they were in. So, I created a new folder called "KN Slide 5" and put a physical label on that box. I now need to move the folder, "January 1982 D3" into the folder "KN Slide 5". I have tried moving it in Finder and then going into iPhoto to try and pull up each picture and point it to the new file location. However, when I click on the picture, I just get the big gray box with the ! in it. It doesn't ask if I want to locate the original file.
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Hi, i was trying to tidy up my Hard Drives folder structure and moved my iPhoto Library file, which was and still is 72mb, but now when i open it, it hasnt got any photos in it ANYWHERE the file size is the same,.
I might be correct in thinking that i havent actually lost the photos that were being displayed in iPhoto, because these are still on my hard drive !.
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And
i have now ticked the box "copy imported items" i then closed down iPhoto
That is good but does not solve the problem for the photos that were imported while this was not checked -- at this time it is probably best to start over with a new managed library and import all photos again
which brings me nicely to my next query, it looks to me as if ALL the pictures that got initially imported into iPhoto were all in folders. so am i correct in thinking that the pictures in my pictures folder which are NOT in a folder, will or should only be seen in iPhoto if they were in a folder when they were/are imported.
I am not sure what you are saying
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You prebably should take the iPhoto tutorials - that will save a lot of time and frustration
LN

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