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hi good work skype, i have couple suggestions too, like post above would love to use skype from phone history or from phone book integrated to be able to choose to call that nummber from skype or send mesege from skype or send mms to skype or other way, contact book muss be integrated!!, number login integration like whatsapp, i guess thas why whatsapp getting more popular in our days. skype muss be like windows phone ui hd and opportunity to change backgrounds in it for different contacts, i would love to see fb posts for every contact to integrated somehow in people app on wp, to see skype contact and possibility to call, messege,  or send file to it maybe connect to it like remote camera or desktop, be able to connect bluetoth device and use it with skype cortana and music, share playlist or now playing status, and maybe stream to client contact your recorded voice or music as ringtone skype should be inside windows like servise for streaming data, i guess usb out schould be to.. maybe wifi quick connect to skype services on wifi access point for business users like recording sound and cammera, shake mobile to send quick different hi msg to skype contacts, payment to skype contact?, ie web picture and favorite send to friend integration temrature by contact or in calender add contact from skype and send invitation...
would love to work in skype D have fun its just how i understand skype, must be fun to use it with different service too...   like little skype apps just to call to friend differently, thanks for skype guys, i#m enjoying like it is
hi good work skype, i have couple suggestions too, like post above would love to use skype from phone history or from phone book integrated to be able to choose to call that nummber from skype or send mesege from skype or send mms to skype or other way, contact book muss be integrated!!, number login integration like whatsapp, i guess thas why whatsapp getting more popular in our days. skype muss be like windows phone ui hd and opportunity to change backgrounds in it for different contacts, i would love to see fb posts for every contact to integrated somehow in people app on wp, to see skype contact and possibility to call, messege,  or send file to it maybe connect to it like remote camera or desktop, be able to connect bluetoth device and use it with skype cortana and music, share playlist or now playing status, and maybe stream to client contact your recorded voice or music as ringtone skype should be inside windows like servise for streaming data, i guess usb out schould be to.. maybe wifi quick connect to skype services on wifi access point for business users like recording sound and cammera, shake mobile to send quick different hi msg to skype contacts, payment to skype contact?, ie web picture and favorite send to friend integration temrature by contact or in calender add contact from skype and send invitation...would love to work in skype D have fun its just how i understand skype, must be fun to use it with different service too...   like little skype apps just to call to friend differently, thanks for skype guys, i#m enjoying like it is

You could try these.
A.
1. Recompile your MyLib.util package which contains the countChar2 and countChar functions.
2. Restart the server.
B.
1. Rewrite the functions countChar2 and countChar to throw meaningful exceptions rather than Exception.
2. Compile the MyLib.util package in debug mode
javac -g <source files>
Maybe you will get a decent stack trace this time!
Hope that helps!
Manoj
PS: I would strongly suggest NOT doing two things
1. throws Exception
2. catch( Exception e )
// Do nothing at all...

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    up...

  • Brainstorm: Nettere Datenerfassung

    Ahoi!
    Alle Jahre wieder steht zum Jahreswechsel bei mir als
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    Umsatzsteuer-Jahreserklärung und die
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    Gern auch per Email.
    Wenn wir uns vorher nicht mehr sehen... :-)
    ...schöne Feiertage!
    Gruß
    Kryz
    Christian Scholz
    Blog:
    http://www.christianscholz.com
    FAQ+A der Newsgroup Macromedia.General.Germany:
    http://mgg.christianscholz.com

    Hi Kryz,
    also ich kann deine Beschreibung gut nachvollziehen, drum
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    stellen, sondern über Rechnungen, die ich diesem
    datentypisten bezahlen
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    doch machen,
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    Eingeben finde ich
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    Dateneingabe
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    Vater Staat verdient hat und was einem selbst übrig
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    guten Rutsch in ein
    erfolgreiches Jahr 2007
    Grüße
    modtech
    "Christian Scholz" <[email protected]> schrieb im
    Newsbeitrag
    news:[email protected]...
    > Ahoi!
    >
    > Alle Jahre wieder steht zum Jahreswechsel bei mir als
    Selbständigem zum
    > einen die Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung vom letzten
    Jahresquartal, die
    > Umsatzsteuer-Jahreserklärung und die
    Einkommensteuer-Erklärung an.
    > Jedesmal habe ich mich zu diesem Zeitpunkt darüber
    geärgert, eine Kiste
    > voller Belege, Rechnungen und Quittungen gesammelt und
    diese nicht --
    > wie es sich gehört -- sofort steuerlich erfasst zu
    haben.
    > Es gibt ja auch reichlich Software-Tools, die einem es
    ermöglichen, diese
    > Daten einzugeben, sobald sie auftauchen. Alle diese
    Werkzeuge, die ich
    > getestet habe, haben eins gemeinsam -- sie sind stinkend
    langweilig. Das,
    > und nicht etwa Schlampigkeit (! :-)), halte ich für
    den ausschlaggebenden
    > Beweggrund für meine Abneigung gegen
    regelmäßige Datenerfassung.
    >
    > Worum ich euch bitten möchte, ist, mit mir zusammen
    zu brainstormen, wie
    > man aus dem simplen Vorgang der Datenerfassung etwas
    Unterhaltsames machen
    > könnte.
    > Anders formuliert: Wie würde eine Software (viell.
    mit Flash gestrickt)
    > aussehen/arbeiten müssen, damit _ihr_ Spaß
    hättet, Daten (z.B.
    > Rechnungsdatum, Rechnungsbetrag, Umsatzsteueranteil,
    etc.) einzugeben?
    >
    > Jemand könnte sagen: "Bei mir muss jedesmal, wenn
    ich einen Datensatz
    > eingegeben habe, im Anschluß ein schnelles
    Sportauto als "Belohnung"
    > angezeigt werden."
    > Oder "Jede Daten-Eingabebox muss nicht einfach da
    stehen, sondern
    > hereingezischt kommen."
    >
    > Gern auch per Email.
    >
    > Wenn wir uns vorher nicht mehr sehen... :-)
    > ...schöne Feiertage!
    >
    >
    > Gruß
    > Kryz
    >
    > --
    > Christian Scholz
    > Blog:
    http://www.christianscholz.com
    >
    > FAQ+A der Newsgroup Macromedia.General.Germany:
    >
    http://mgg.christianscholz.com

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    Despite having been involved in several apps and video games, Slash says he’s not a particularly techie person, and is mostly interested in music recording apps that aid artists on the go. “I travel a lot, so tuner apps or things that enhance sound recordings are what I’m most interested in.”
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