Non standard time windows

Hi All,
I am wondering about the best way to implement some non standard TW like biweekly frequency.
In this case (biweekly), I think I can create a TW with 2 different TW intervals, one for the first 15 days and another for the remaining 15 days.
What is your point of view ?
Regards,
Yi Jiang

Hi Yi,
In principle submit frames define the frequency of the job and time windows define the allowed start times.
However if you have a somewhat irregular time window, then of course both objects (submit frame & time window) come into play.
For the simple scenario, an exact biweekly schedule, I'd create a submit frame of "every 14 days" and then plan jobs using this submit frame and optionally a time window (for instance to fix the starttime of the process, or to use the "fit in time window" property).
If the process is not entirely biweekly, but almost, f.i. 1st of the month & 15th of the month, then yes, a time window with two elements (one for each of the options) is the easiest. The submit frame should then be shorter than or equal to the shortest gap in the time window, in this example you could take two weeks (that would work out just right even in February with 28 days).
Regards,
Anton.

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Non-Standard Time format

SS2008 R2
I have to store and manipulate data from a new phone system. Some of the columns are "Time" interval. So while they behave like a SS "Time" data type they can hold a value greater than 24 hours (ex. 25:10:33) .
This causes SS to blow, of course.
So I was wondering how I should handle this. I thought about storing the value as a string, and using a group of functions or stored procs or views to interpret the string in a way that the users can still report the numbers. dd:hh:mm:ss
. Or perhaps interpret the string as the row is stored and store it elsewhere.
But I am not sure.
Any suggestions?
Michael

That's not a time by SQL Server definitions. It's only ever going to be a string. You can fix it with this:
DECLARE @dodgyTimeStrings TABLE (timestring VARCHAR(10))
INSERT INTO @dodgyTimeStrings (timestring)
VALUES ('25:58:23'),('23:58:23'),('99:58:23'),('24:58:23')
SELECT *,
CASE WHEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) > 23 THEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) / 24 ELSE 0 END AS timeDays,
CASE WHEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) > 23 THEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) % 24 ELSE LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) END AS timeHours,
SUBSTRING(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)+1,2) AS timeMinutes,
RIGHT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',REVERSE(timestring))-1) AS timeSeconds
FROM @dodgyTimeStrings
Just fix it on import, and do with it as you must. For example, adding the value to a startDateTime type column:
DECLARE @dodgyTimeStrings TABLE (timestring VARCHAR(10), startDateTime datetime)
INSERT INTO @dodgyTimeStrings (timestring, startDateTime)
VALUES ('25:58:23','2014-07-01 18:00:00.00'),('23:58:23','2014-07-01 18:00:00.00'),('99:58:23','2014-07-01 18:00:00.00'),('24:58:23','2014-07-01 18:00:00.00')
SELECT *, DATEADD(SECOND,timeDurationSeconds,startDateTime)
FROM (
SELECT *,
CASE WHEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) > 23 THEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) / 24 ELSE 0 END AS timeDays,
CASE WHEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) > 23 THEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) % 24 ELSE LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) END AS timeHours,
SUBSTRING(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)+1,2) AS timeMinutes,
RIGHT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',REVERSE(timestring))-1) AS timeSeconds,
((CASE WHEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) > 23 THEN LEFT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)-1) / 24 ELSE 0 END * 24) * 3600) +
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(SUBSTRING(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',timestring)+1,2) * 60) +
RIGHT(timestring,CHARINDEX(':',REVERSE(timestring))-1) AS timeDurationSeconds
FROM @dodgyTimeStrings) a

Non standard window ?

Hi
Is it possible to have a non standard window ? to be able to shape the top level window to a custom shape.
Help share your knowlegde
Solved!
Go to Solution.

The sample uses Windows SDK functions - if you do not have this sample then I assume you do not have the SDK version of CVI. In that case the attached files may not be of much use to you.
JR
Attachments:
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Why do CS4 & CS5 use a non-standard Windows GUI skin?

This has bugged me ever since I used CS4.
I have used Photoshop on a netbook, and it's really difficult to because even while maximized, the window maintains a window border. This might not seem big but on a small netbook display every pixel counts. Furthermore, if Adobe gave us an option to turn off the skin and use a standard Windows GUI customization, I could make the window border small to fit on my netbook. Right now, it ignores the settings I use.
I found a workaround in CS4 by using a program called WinPos that let me move the edges of the window off the edge of the screen so the border is not visible. This is a complicated solution, but it worked. But my company upgraded to CS5 and this workaround no longer works. No matter what I do the window "snaps" to the top edge of the screen.
The Application bar also makes CS programs difficult to use while windowed, which is helpful in certain cases. If I reach for the file, edit, object menu and click slightly too low or too high, it grabs the window and drags it around. This is non-standard windows behavior. I should have the option for a normal-looking title bar and a normal looking menu bar that integrates into Windows using the standard GUI.
I have looked at many hacks that people have tried on this forum and others, but there seems to be no way to completely turn off the application bar in all Adobe programs that use it. The Mac version allows you to turn off the Application Bar, why not allow Windows users the same convienence?
This may seem trivial to some, but it is an annoyance to a lot of people I have spoken to. The new CS Live button has also brought this design of the Application Bar to the forefront. You can turn off the CS Live button by renaming a system file, but the CS live icon is still visible in InDesign. Many of the functions of the Application bar can be found in the menus themselves, which begs the question, why do we need this redundancy?
Please, please give us a way to turn it off and make it work on all Adobe programs that use it. Or at the very least, tell me how to turn off the window snapping so I can use my WinPos workaround again.

This is a user to user forum. If you want to tell Adobe, do it here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Bob

How To: Use FCPX to create iPhone Portrait Movies (and other non-standard formats)

Goal: Use Final Cut Pro X 10.0.7 to produce a 640x1136 video (iPhone 5 Portrait). You can use these same steps to produce virtually any dimensions you want. My example is for the iPhone 5, in Portrait mode.
This information is available in various places, but you have to realy work to find it, so I thought I'd post a step-by-step guide here.
By the way, you might think you could just create a FCPX Project with your desired dimensions, but you can't (at least with 10.0.7). Projects only support certainly dimensions. But there are other ways, as the rest of this post describes:
1) Create an initial movie with the desired dimensions, to serve as a template. We'll call it "Template.mov". The only thing that matters is the dimensions. It can be in any codec FCPX understands, and virtually any length.
I'm using a 2 second video shot on my iPhone for the template. You could also create a blank image (.png, whatever) with the proper dimensions, copy and paste it into a new Quick Time Pro 7 window, and Export it using custom settings. There's lots of different ways to do this.
2) Drop Template.mov into a FCPX event.
3) Select Template.mov in the Event browser, and select File->Duplicate (or command-D). You probably could just edit "Template.mov", but it's a good idea to save it for reuse.
3) Change the name of the copied video. I'm using "iPhone Video".
4) Right-click "iPhone Video" and select "Open in Timeline".
5) If you made the Template video from a still image, you may need to change the duration (ctrl+D). You don't have to make it very long, but it needs to be longer than 1 frame. A few seconds should be enough.
6) Use this timeline like you'd use a project's timeline. Drop in new content, trim, transition, etc. There may be things you can't do in it, but I haven't found any yet. I'm guessing Chapters may not work, but I haven't tried them.
7) Note that when you drop new content into the timeline, it may size funny. That's because the default setting for "Spacial Conform" is "Fit". Simply select the newly-dropped content, and in the Video settings inspector, scroll down to "Spacial Conform" and change it. You could use "Fill", which fills the frame vertically, or "None", which uses the source's original height. Then crop/transform/whatever to get what you want.
8) When you're ready to render, select "iPhone Video" in the Event browser, then use the "Share" button. You want to use the "Export File" destination, which you may have to add. Pick your codec, and let 'er rip.
9) When the rendering is done, you should have a video in your desired dimensions.
That's all there is to it. Hope this helps someone.
Dan
PS: Don't ask why someone would want to create an iPod video using FCPX. The point is that you may need to create a video with non-standard dimensions at some point in time, and this is how to do it.
PPS: Most of this information came from http://library.creativecow.net/articles/payton_t/FCPX_Custom-Resolution-Timeline s/video-tutorial. I just wrote it down, while I tried to do what the video suggested.

Instructions for using QuickTime Pro 7 to create a template video with unusual dimensions.
I suspect that anyone savy enough to be using FCPX has probably already figured out how to do this, either using my technique or another, so there probably isn't a real need for me to post this. For that matter, I may be the only person who cares about this at all. However, while I was trying to learn how to do all of this, I would have really appreciated having all the information in one place, so here goes.
If you want to create a video with unusual dimensions (like 640x1136) using my steps above, you'll need a "template" video first. Here's an easy way to create one, using any image editor, and QuickTime Pro 7.
1) Open QuickTime Pro 7 (QTP for short).
2) From the menu, select File->New Player. You'll get a window with just the bottom portion of the player, i.e. the playback controls.
3) Using an image editor, create a still image in the desired dimensions. You can use any image editor. It doesn't matter what the image contains (although it will end up showing as a thumbnail in FCPX).
4) Copy the image to the clipboard.
5) Switch back to QTP, and paste the image into the new player. Don't worry that there isn't a video window showing - just paste it into the window that has only playback controls. As soon as you do, the video window appears.
6) Advance to the end of the movie (the short, 1-frame movie), then hold down Command+V (paste) and keep holding it down to paste multiple images in. Watch the time advance. You could, if you want, just hold down Command+V until you get the length you want. But if you want a long video, there's an easier way:
7) When you reach a few seconds (or whatever duration your patience allows), select all (Command+A) and copy (Command+C). Then hold down Command+V to keep pasting in the longer clips. Wait until you reach a longer duration, then repeat the process. So, for example, 1 second, then 10 seconds, then 1 minute, then 10 minutes, then 1 hour. Or whatever you want.
8) Save the video however you want. I usually use File->Export with H.264, with Quality set to "Least". Just make sure you don't let it change the dimensions. If you resized the player window, depending on which "save" or "export" method you've chosen, it might default to the resized dimensions, so double check that to make sure.
That's it. You now have a template video you can use with my previous post(s).
Dan

AV output and non-standard frame sizes

I usually work in non-standard frame size for my FCP projects because my final output will be in a 2:35:1 ratio. I use a Blackmagic Ultrastudio Mini Monitor as an HDMI output to a client monitor. Up until a few months ago the AV output of FCPX would allow the Mini Monitor to accept a frame size of 1920x818 and letterbox the output to 16x9 on this consumer grade LCD. One day, this just stopped working... I've reached out to Blackmagic and they have no solution or reason why this happened, and are not willing to offer support since what I was achieving wasn't an "officially supported" feature. Now, the AV output will distort the image vertically to fill a 16x9 frame. At this point I am stuck having to use either a matte layer or a widescreen effect on individual clips to output correctly to my monitor which increases edit time having to re-render any edits underneath the matte and having to re-order the letterbox effect after apply color correction etc. It was also very easy to adjust the frame offset with this wide angle project size.
Is anyone editing in 2:35:1 (or other cinema standard) projects and getting successful conversion on output? What are you using?
Cheers,
Matt

Thanks Tom, you clarified it ....... or at least something clicked in my brain.
I was trying to set "Custom" when I created the new project.
I didn't know, or had forgotten, that in the "error" window I could select "Custom".
All is now well and FCP X 10.1.1 is pretty clever after all!
There is one weird thing I'd like to mention.
When I clicked on "Custom" the 960 x 600 frame dimensions appeared but the frame rate was listed as 23.98p as shown in the screenshot below.
So what's wrong with that?
Well the clip is 30p and I naturally thought I was going to end up with a project with an incorrect frame rate.
Now here's the funny thing ......... when I selected the project and viewed it in the Inspector it was the correct 30p
So why was I given that worrying piece of misinformation.

MSI, please stop using non-standard keyboard layouts.

God dam it MSI, why do you insist on messing with layout of the bottom row of the keyboard?
You get everything else right, but for some reason when it comes to the bottom row of keys you want to say "Industry standards? 20 years of tradition? Fack that, we're gonna move things around for no facking reason."
Explain to me why you feel the need to put a superfluous "\" key on the keyboard to the right of the space bar. Nobody wanted that, nobody was asking for that, nobody needs that. Why the hell did you do that?
Explain why the Menu key is missing in action.
Explain why you put the Windows key on the wrong side. And while you're at it, explain why you thought this clusterfack of having that second "\" key there in combination with the missing menu key being not where it is on top of the Windows key being in the wrong place was a good idea.
Bottom row of a standard keyboard layout goes like this:
Ctrl, Fn, Alt, Win, Space bar, Alt, Win, Menu, Ctrl.
MSI layout goes like.
Ctrl, Fn, Alt Space Bar, \, Alt Gr, Win, Ctrl!
WHY?!
MSI seems to think that having the keys in the right place so my fingers will know where they are without having to learn key placement all over again is a horrible idea. Instead they seem to think that my fingers should need to relearn the god dam keyboard all over again for no reason at all.
But hey, at least the kept the numpad the same, right?
GOD DAM IT MSI!
Aparantly MSI logic works like this:
Everyone uses the numpad.
Nobody uses the trackpad to game.
Delete that numpad that everyone uses, insert fancy trackpad that nobody will use.
Profit?
What the hell are you people smoking?
Seriously, when is the last time you gamed on a PC with anything other than a mouse in your right* hand? Do you ever use the trackpad when you game? Ever? I own two laptops and I never, ever use the useless trackpad. I hate trackpads. First thing I do when I buy a new laptop? I plug in a mouse. Second thing I do? Disable the god dam trackpad.
*Some left-handed use of mice can occur. See nearest lefties for details. May contain nuts. For external use only.

I had a Gateway FX years ago that was a great laptop, but the "fn" key was at the bottom left instead of ctrl. I used that laptop for years and I was never able to become accustomed to it for gaming (group select ctrl+# ffs) or word processing, so I feel your pain.
That being said, you should be able to re-bind your keys without any problem, and possibly pop off the keys themselves and move them to their new locations if they're the same size and you like that consistency. You can rebind via the registry, or certain bios, or w/ a third party application.
The track pad is essential if you've got limited space and/or aren't a twitch gamer. For non-real time games, there is hardly any advantage to using a mouse over a good track pad.

Site synchronization and daylight savings/standard time

The familiar problem of Dreamweaver not accounting for the
change from Daylight Savings to Standard time persists with CS3.
This only shows up on Windows machines. Windows (tested with both
XP and Vista) maintains all file times in UTC, and changes the
locally displayed time based on the time zone. The remote servers
are all Linux boxes running Apache. DW connection is through SFTP.
Dreamweaver appears unable to figure out the local time stamp
offset imposed by Windows. After changing from Daylight Savings to
Standard time, Check In operations produce a message that all
remote files are dated an hour later than the local files. This is
the opposite behavior one sees in the Spring, when the change from
Standard to DST has Dreamweaver believing all remote files are an
hour out of date.
In the past I have manually changed the file modification
times on all files for every site. Given that this comes to several
hundred thousand individual files, it is a pain. Searching yet
again for a method to convince Dreamweaver to correctly interpret
the file timestamps produced little more than Google's listing
thousands of search hits for other folks mentioning the same
problem.
It made no difference which timezone the server was in (or
set to) relative to the PC running Dreamweaver. The timezones could
be identical or different -- DW always complained the remote files
were an hour later than the local ones. I changed timezones on both
the server and the local machine. No help. Neither was rebuilding
the site cache nor manually deleting the WinFileCache*.dat file. I
also tried manually editing a dwsync.xml file in a _notes folder to
see if I could alter DW's view of the world. Again, no such luck.
Making matters far worse, however, Dreamweaver complains
about file time differences in newly modified files as well. A
standard Synchronize command produces "Resolve" errors for every
newly modified file that is not first checked out from the remote
site using DW, saying both local and remote versions have changed
since the last sync. Running "Check In" on a newly modified file
that was not explicitly checked out (e.g. an image or other binary
file) does nothing, as DW sees a timestamp discrepancy. These files
must first be Put to the site, with the corresponding DW error
dialog, and then be checked in.
I am suspecting the problem stems from Dreamweaver's lack of
support for the
MDTM
command. Many other products, ranging from commercial packages
such as WS_FTP and Microsoft's Expression Web, to $30 shareware
programs such as Beyond Compare, to freeware programs including
WinSCP all correctly interpret Windows timestamps as well as
preserving the correct time upon file uploads. Is there any
solution other than changing the timestamps by an hour on every
file or getting every file from all sites to satisfy Dreamweaver's
belief that the files are all an hour newer than they actually are?
The former is a non-trivial task given the sheer number of files to
change; the latter is a bandwidth PITA for ~90GB of data.
Message to Adobe: Please fix this problem. It hits users
connecting Windows local machines to Linux servers twice a year.
Your competitors as well as shareware authors have sorted this
matter out.

Ethan H wrote:
> The familiar problem of Dreamweaver not accounting for
the change from Daylight
> Savings to Standard time persists with CS3.
Yes, it's a bug, and it's a PITA.
> Message to Adobe: Please fix this problem.
Message to Ethan H: This is a user-to-user forum. To get the
message to
the right people in Adobe, submit a bug report:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Yes, I'm sure that Adobe knows about the problem without you
going to
the effort to submit a report, but the bug report/feature
request form
is how the development team assesses its priorities.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

I thought FCP X 10.1.1 could handle non-standard frame sizes?

Yesterday I was demonstrating FCP X 10.1.1 to a friend.
As time was limited I imported the nearest piece of video I could find, which happened to be part of an H.264 video tutorial with a frame size of 960 x 600 and a frame rate of 30fps.
I hit the E key to send it to the timeline only to receive the old "not recognised" error message as shown below.
I thought I may have created the project incorrectly but when I repeated with a new project I double-checked that I had selected "Set based on first video clip".
I thought that FCP X 10.1.1 would automatically recognise a non-standard frame size and simply create an appropriate project.
I was too busy doing the demo to investigate at the time but later I discovered that there was no problem creating a 960 x 600 custom project manually.
It's a pity FCPX is not clever enough to do it automatically ............ or can it?

Thanks Tom, you clarified it ....... or at least something clicked in my brain.
I was trying to set "Custom" when I created the new project.
I didn't know, or had forgotten, that in the "error" window I could select "Custom".
All is now well and FCP X 10.1.1 is pretty clever after all!
There is one weird thing I'd like to mention.
When I clicked on "Custom" the 960 x 600 frame dimensions appeared but the frame rate was listed as 23.98p as shown in the screenshot below.
So what's wrong with that?
Well the clip is 30p and I naturally thought I was going to end up with a project with an incorrect frame rate.
Now here's the funny thing ......... when I selected the project and viewed it in the Inspector it was the correct 30p
So why was I given that worrying piece of misinformation.

Kvirc from SVN {NON-Standard-Install-Method} and Overcoming 2 Problems

Hello, everyone. Firefishe here.
There are certain programs I like to compile from source code, outside of the normal arch hierarchy of PKGBUILD's. One such program is the Internet Relay Chat client, "KVIRC".
I've been using kvirc for years, and I like to keep it as up-to-date as possible, just like Arch!
This is why I like to use the svn version, so I can update it quickly and uniformly. I like--as a user--to contribute back to the project. (I had one of my bug reports translated into an instant commit by the main project author, himself, once. That made me feel quite good, so it really does help to do a few things like this now and again.
Okay, on to the main topic.
I'm writing this to alleviate a nagging problem that had been plaguing me for months in 2013. Qt5 just wasn't compiling kvirc very well back then. The fact is, the echoing strains of "qt5 is broken in kvirc" from the #kvirc channel on Freenode, resounded soundly throughout that entire year. Qt5 was still a bit buggy, and not all the libraries (32bit or 64bit) were quite finished.
Move forward to (now) July, 2014! I have now compiled kvirc successfully on my 64bit (with 32bit multilib installation) laptop, and kvirc is purring away with a current svn build of kvirc.
However, I ran into some issues, which I would like to share with you, below:
I usually go about compiling kvirc from svn like this: (I usually start from my /home/userNameHere directory.)
{arch@homedir}$ svn co https://svn.kvirc.de/svn/trunk/kvirc
{arch@homedir}$ cd kvirc
{arch@homedir}$ mkdir release
{arch@homedir}$ cd release
{arch@homedir}$ ccmake ..
[At this point, the 'ccmake ..' command invokes cmake-gui, an ncurses-like graphical user interface, with a list of menu items pertaining to various libraries and flags that can be set. cmake-gui makes selecting these flags and libraries quite easy, and also gives a clear indication of what directories may not have been found (which will be discussed a bit later.) ]
Press the 'C' Letter Key -- (This runs the Configure Routine. I sometimes do this twice, just to be sure it configured properly. I've had it miss a few times for unknown reasons.)
Press the 'G' Letter Key -- This 'Generates' Cmake files.
After the 'G' command, the system takes you back to the command prompt.
{arch@homedir}$ make ***WAIT A WHILE, COULD TAKE A BIT LONGER ON SLOWER SYSTEMS!***
{arch@homedir}$ sudo make install (Or 'su -' to root, then do 'make install'; your preference. I prefer using sudo.)
{arch@homedir}$ sudo ldconfig (Or 'ldconfig' if still at root prompt #)
{arch@homedir}$ kvirc (or 'kvirc &' if you don't want the terminal window to hold onto the process.)
Kvirc should run at this point, but I ran into a couple of problems. Once during the ccmake configuration (which prevented ccmake from configuring), and at the end, which prevented kvirc from running.)
The first had to do with two (2) packages that were not installed. The were, as follows:
qt5-webkit
qt5-multimedia
I installed those files, then did the 'ccmake ..' portion. That ran fine, as well as the 'make' and 'sudo make install' and 'sudo ldconfig' parts.
What didn't work was when I tried to run kvirc. I got the following error:
{arch@homedirc}$ kvirc
kvirc: error while loading shared libraries: libkvilib.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I remember, back when kvirc was wanting Qt4, and not Qt5, that if I didn't do the first 'sudo ldconfig' command before trying to run kvirc, it would give something similar. However, since this compile run was wanting Qt5, and not qt4, I was puzzled.
Well, it turned out to be something quite simple. This is a non-standard process of software installation on a new(er) arch system. The 'uname -r' command on my system yields the following: 3.15.4-1-ARCH . It is no surprise, then, that at this late date, Qt5 is complete (or at least more complete) than back in 2013 when I had the original problems, and had to select the 'WANTS-QT4' section during the 'ccmake ..' command.
**** Building kvirc this way places the kvirc binary in /usr/local/bin, and a certain 'libkvilib.so.4' library in /usr/local/lib ****.
This is to be expected from a standard source compile on most gnu/linux systems; and this *is* a standard compile, even though we're using the 'ccmake ..' command to do the preliminary configuration and cmakefile generation.)
The problem is, is that Arch is looking for libkvilib.so.4 in /usr/lib, and not /usr/local/lib. So the following was, for me, the solution that got everything squared away:
I made a symlink in /usr/lib to /usr/local/lib/libkvilib.so.4, like this:
{arch@homedir}$ cd /usr/lib
{arch@homedir}$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libkvilib.so.4 libkvilib.so.4
After doing this, I did:
{arch@homedir}$ kvirc (or kvirc &)
And It Ran Beautifully! :-)
I hope you've enjoyed this HOWTO. I know most people may just want to use the 4.2.x version of kvirc, currently residing safely in the standard repositories. However, if you're like me, and want a bit of bleeding edge, Qt5 goodness with kvirc, I might suggest doing the above!
I can be reached at firefishe At gmail DOT com if anyone has any questions.
Last edited by Firefishe (2014-07-11 09:23:20)

Hi Dareen,
Looking at the information shared and also the error message ( Update Failed,Updates could not be applied.Please contact your Administrator if you wish to apply updates on your machine. Updates have been suppressed by the Administrator.If the problems persist, contact customer support for further assistance" ),
It suggests that the updates were to be managed by the Admin only. Lets try the following step and suggest if this was able to resolve the concern that you have or not.
1) Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AAMUpdaterInventory\1.0 and you will find a .dat file ( AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat).
2) Please open the file in question and you will find a line item : <Suppressed>1</Suppressed> .
3) Please change the Value from 1 to 0 and save the file back in the same location.
post the above step, try the installation once again and share the end result please.
Cheers,
Kartikay Sharma

Using non-standard sshd port after 10.8 upgrade

After spending hours tracking down this solution as a result of losing my ssh settings after the upgrade to Mountain Lion, I thought it might be useful to post the steps taken to restore the configuration I used with Snow Leopard.
Changing the sshd default listening port
Disclaimer: This tutorial is specific to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8). I was able to accomplish this using Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) in fewer steps, but upgrading required this more involved solution.
Steps:
1.) You must first enable the root user account in order to change the relevant files. This can be done from the terminal, or by going to System Preferences --> Users & Groups. Once there, click on 'Login Options' at the bottom of the Current User list, and 'Join' where it says 'Network Account Server'.
This will bring up a smaller window. Click on 'Open Directory Utility' at the bottom. You will be prompted for your admin password. Now go to the 'Edit' tab at the top of the screen and toggle down to 'Enable Root User'. You will be prompted to enter your admin password twice.
2.) Log out of your regular user account. At the log in screen you will now see an additional entry for 'other'. Click on that and log in with the username 'root' and your admin password. If are inexperienced as a root-level user, be careful as you can cause problems to your system can be difficult to undo.
Once in your root account, the first step is to create a new 'service definition' in the etc/services file. Open the file with text editor of choice and scroll to the current entry for sshd listening port, which will look like this:
ssh    22/udp    # SSH Remote Login Protocol
ssh    22/tcp     # SSH Remote Login Protocol
Overwrite the '22' with the port number you would like sshd to listen on:
ssh    12345/udp   # SSH Remote Login Protocol
ssh    12345/tcp    # SSH Remote Login Protocol
*12345 being our hypothetical, non-standard port.
It is important to note that the new port number will not take by simply adding a new uncommented line to the file (I tried), unless of course you comment the original ssh entries. Easiest way is just to overwrite what is there already. Save changes.
3.) You now need to edit the ssh.plist file, which is located at /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist. A word to those familiar with Linux/BSD environments: changing the default port in the sshd_config file, which exists in OS X, does NOT change the listening port. Simply changing the default port, saving the config file, and restarting the server (the sensible way) won't work. The OS X sshd server (openssh) is configured to get launch instructions from the ssh.plist file, as opposed to sshd_config. If you are more interested in this aspect of OS X, read up on LaunchDaemons (e.g. launchd).
Before altering the ssh.plist file, you should save a backup copy in case of mistakes, or if you need to revert back to it in the future. Name your backup file something like original.ssh.plist, etc.
In the ssh.plist file, locate the SocksServiceName entry and change it from the default:
<key>SockServiceName</key>
<string>ssh</string>
To the following:
<key>SockServiceName</key>
<string>$alternate port number</string>
In our example from above this value would be 12345.
4.) Save your changes, and exit ssh.plist. You now need to move the backup file you created (original.ssh.plist) out of the System/Library/LaunchDaemons path.
The updated sshd port will not take until you have only one ssh.plist file in the LaunchDaemons directory - this has to do with how launchd is configured to load files which is outside the scope of the current discussion. (*If you've found a way around this, please share.)
5.) Restart the sshd server. Easiest way to accomplish this is going to System Preferences --> Sharing and clicking off 'Remote Login', then clicking back on it.
6.) Test the configuration by logging into the machine running the sshd server from another host using:
ssh username@ipaddress -p 12345
There are a few good tutorials out there that capture some of these steps, but many are dated and/or incomplete. If you are running a standard setup of OS X 10.8, this should work for you.
Of course, don't be fooled into thinking that changing the default listening port from the ubiquitously-probed 22 equates to actual security. At best, it will cut down on the number of dubious connection attempts and probing.

Hi all, above helped me change the sshd port number, thank you very much.
Just upgraded to OS X 10.9.3 on my macbook pro.
My findings were:
Step 1(become a root user or sudo)
Step 2 (/etc/services)
This may not be required unless you want ssh to work without the "-p XXXX" option to connect to other ssh hosts. I favor such as "ssh -p 2222 user@hostname" just to be sure I know what I am doing and also to leave ssh known port as its default "22".
Step 3 (/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist)
This is required if you want to change the sshd port number, I changed both "ssh" to "2222" in this file.
Step 4 (launchctl)
Below is a must as I understood:
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist
it should be already working with the new port number.
You can "ssh -p 2222 user@localhost" in the console terminal and see if its working.
Since I am no expert on MacOS X, and it is a macbook pro that I am using, I also rebooted the system and changes were reflected permanantly.
Thank you guys!

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Version:               sg0820501 (08.20.5.01)
Flash (Locked):        08.10.1.06
Flash (Operational):   08.20.5.01
Type:                  PRIMARY
Licensed Cmd Set(s):   Standard Feature Set
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CVDM Version:          cvdm-css-1.0_K9
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Thanks for your confirmation on no prob found in config level 1st..:P..as to save us a lot of time in isolating problem at this level.
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TCP session B -- Client: 5678 <--> VIP:20 <--> member Svr: 20
we still unable to make the Active mode FTP access work either...hence we got no idea on how CSS handle FTP access when it involve services over multiple tcp ports..
and from CSS xlate view...the problem is we can only see what NAT IP that used in CSS connect to client...but no way to confirm for which port for VIP using outgoing to client. neither it is dropped by CSS..nor it is never setup from VIP to Client side.

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