Outputting to BetaSP - Various Questions

Hi, I have a 10 minute segment of various clips that I plan to send out to various local/national broadcast companies. Since the universal broadcast format seems to be betasp, I am outputting to it.
My first question is how much bar/tone do I need at the beginning and end of each tape?
Secondly, as I am only equipped with DV firewire decks and a canopus ADVC300, would it be possible to output to miniDV tape and then from miniDV to BetaSP (by hooking up my miniDV deck to my betaSP deck). The video is standard NTSC.
Any help would be appreciated. I hope I am supplying enough information.
-Alexi

My first question is how much bar/tone do I need at the beginning and end of each tape?
1 min. Starting from 58:30:00 to 59:30:00. Program to start at 1:00:00:00 on the nose.
Secondly, as I am only equipped with DV firewire decks and a canopus ADVC300, would it be possible to output to miniDV tape and then from miniDV to BetaSP (by hooking up my miniDV deck to my betaSP deck). The video is standard NTSC.
Not if you want to deliver a show with the proper timecode. Either get a capture card, or have the dub done at a dub facility that can dub with the proper timecode...assuming you have the proper timing in the output.
And you'd better make sure that the show is properly color corrected so that your whites don't exceed 100 IRE and your blacks don't go below 7.5 IRE...and that your colors are all within acceptable limits. And that your audio peaks a the proper levels.
Shane

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A few various questions

Can anyone help me with a few various questions about how to do certain things on the iPhone? Here's my questions:
- Is there a way to turn off predictive text? I'd like to enter in a phone extension for a contact. I create a new field for the extension number. Then enter in "EXT" but it comes out to "ECT". Also, is there a way to delete that field? Is there a better way to do extensions?
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Ok this should be a long one so dig in haha. Ill answer them in the order you asked.
No, there is no way as of right now to turn off the predictive text feature. You must make sure to cancel the blue suggested word before hitting the space bar.
There isnt an option to hide the keyboard in any of the applications on iPhone. Im not quite sure what you mean on this one either.
There is a way to use all caps letters if you have enabled caps lock in the keyboard settings menu and then double tap the icon when typing. It will turn blue when it has been done correctly.
If you tap and hold your finger on a piece of text, it will pop up a little magnifying glass which can be used to scroll left and right. Its a bit tricky to find the right place on the screen that will make it move though. You will get the hang of it eventually.
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FS10N - Various questions. Only Gurus!

Dear Gurus,
I have the following question for you:
When I log into FS10N and enter a G/L account number for a given company code, I have the following problem with the following field called: ZUONR or 'Assignment'.
The system reacts very strangely and proposes randomly various documents types he chooses freely such as:
1- Material Number
or
2- Controlling order
or
3- Sales invoice number
or
4- Date which appears in different formats such as 20090122
As you can see, there is no consistency of value as they change for no apparent reasons.
Why is the system behaving this way?
1- Is there a connection with a type of document?
2- Is there a connection with different G/L accounts?
3- Is this happening when the system posts sales invoices?
4- When we set for G/L accounts "Sort Key" to be "Material Number" and post controlling closing procedures for PP, the system enters in this field "Order Number" from CO instead?
We also can see that in FS10N
Your help is greatly appreciated on this.
Regards
Chris

Hi,
For SD to FI account posting, this is a configuration of copy control where in you will specify what number needs to be updated in this field. The following options are available.
A   Purchase order number
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Post-Kernel Panic: Various questions on iTunes, mail, stability, help!

I recently experienced a Kernel Panic on my Macbook Pro from late 2010 (2.53 ghz, 4 gb ram, 500 gb OS X snow leopard etc).
First, a quick overview of the Kernel Panic process:
I had a lot of stuff running simultaneously, and the system started hanging for several minutes. I then made a manual shutdown by pressing the power button, and when I started it up again, I entered the wonderful realm of Kernel Panic.
Extended hardware test found nothing wrong.
Disk Utility told me there were a corrupt sibling file, as well as about three corrupt record files (I think they were called that - it looked pretty generic, but unfortunately I didn't write anything down).
I couldn't start in safe mode, a PRAM boot didn't do anything, nothing worked. I couldn't reinstall OS X, as I got a message saying there couldn't be written to my harddisk.
I didn't have any Time Machine backup, so a very friendly collague of mine took my MPB apart, and in short transferred the contents of my harddisk onto an external harddisk. I then formatted my harddrive, reinstalled OS X, and am now in the process of putting everything back in place, as well as I can. But I have a bunch of questions and observations I'm a little worried about, and I very much hope someone can help me.
It must be mentioned that I haven't taken the MBP online again yet; I am currently still at work and am not able to get my Mac online on the work network (it's locked). Therefore there are some OS X updates I haven't reinstalled yet.
- I have managed to rebuild all my subfolders in the default Mail program; however, my Inbox is nowhere to be found on the external harddrive, and I can't seem to find the location of my new inbox anywhere. Is it eternally lost, or can I restore it? My extemely important mails are saved (software licenses etc), but there were quite a few mails in my inbox that are important as well and i'd like to get them back.
- ITunes seem to have some issues with handling the import of my entire music/podcast archive (about 120 GB). If I select more than approx. 15 gb to import, it starts hanging, and I have to force quit it and retry with a smaller chunk. Is this normal, or should I be worried?
Note: I did notice that a couple of the folders in the salvaged iTunes archive were completely empty - there's only a picture of a blank piece of paper next to it, instead of a folder icon, and the size is 0 kb. I can just re-rip the music to my library, but I am a little suspicious of this.
- More iTunes. One of the times I force-quit it and then tried to reopen it, I got an error message saying that I couldn't open the iTunes application, because the files were locked, or the archives were locked, or something along those lines. I got quite a scare, but after restarting the mac, iTunes opened as it should. Again, should I be worried? Is this normal?
- I am considering getting a new harddisk for the MBP, a Seagate Momentus XT 500 gb, as I am a little wary of the default harddisk after this. I figure that since I haven't put anything back in place yet, it would be the same if I had to format and reinstall OS X once more. The damage has already been done, so to speak. Would this be a good idea, or is it unneccessary? (I have ordered a RAM upgrade, so i'll be running with 8gb instead of the default 4).
- Why did this Kernel Panic happen? I know I made a force shutdown, but why did it go so wrong? I would like to know what caused it, so I can prevent it. Couldn't it handle the extensive simultaneous processes I was putting it through (my gargantuan iTunes library was running, I was watching a video, had many tabs open in Chrome, it was hot etc)? Will the planned RAM upgrade fix the issue? Is there something fishy about my harddrive?
I hope someone will take the time to answer my many questions, and I am very grateful for any help.

The most important thing for you to learn from the experience is that you'll inevitably lose all your data if you don't make backups. Regard that as a certainty, not a risk. Do no more work with the computer until you have a backup solution in place.
The second point is that your hard drive has failed and you shouldn't continue to use it. Shut down the computer now and don't start it again until the drive has been replaced.
For future reference, familiarize yourself with FireWire target mode:
How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode
This mode can be used to access the internal storage device of a Mac without booting it.
Some of your files have apparently been lost or corrupted. If you don't have backups, they're almost certainly gone forever. It's possible to attempt data recovery on a failed drive, but the more you use it, the less the chance of success. I have no experience in this area.
As for why the kernel panic happened, that's impossible to say without a panic log, but it was most likely caused by the drive failure.

Various questions on uplink profiles, CoS, native VLAN, downlink trunking

I will be using vPC End Host Mode with MAC-pinning. I see I can further configure MAC-Pinning. Is this required or will it automatically forward packets by just turning it on? Is it also best not to enable failover for the vnics in this configuration? See this text from the Cisco 1000V deployment Guide:
Fabric Fail-Over Mode
Within the Cisco UCS M71KR-E, M71KR-Q and M81KR adapter types, the Cisco Unified Computing System can
enable a fabric failover capability in which loss of connectivity on a path in use will cause remapping of traffic
through a redundant path within the Cisco Unified Computing System. It is recommended to allow the Cisco Nexus
1000V redundancy mechanism to provide the redundancy and not to enable fabric fail-over when creating the
network interfaces within the UCS Service Profiles. Figure 3 shows the dialog box. Make sure the Enable Failover
checkbox is not checked."
What is the 1000V redundancy?? I didn't know it has redundancy. Is it the MAC-Pinning set up in the 1000V? Is it Network State Tracking?
The 1000V has redundancy and we can even pin VLANs to whatever vNIC we want. See Cisco's Best Practices for Nexus 1000V and UCS.
Nexus1000V management VLAN. Can I use the same VLAN for this and for ESX-management and for Switch management? E.g VLan 3 for everything.
According to the below text (1000V Deployment Guide), I can have them all in the same vlan:
There are no best practices that specify whether the VSM
and the VMware ESX management interface should be on the same VLAN. If the management VLAN for
network devices is a different VLAN than that used for server management, the VSM management
interface should be on the management VLAN used for the network devices. Otherwise, the VSM and the
VMware ESX management interfaces should share the same VLAN.
I will also be using CoS and Qos to prioritize the traffic. The CoS can either be set in the 1000V (Host control Full) or per virtual adapter (Host control none) in UCS. Since I don't know how to configure CoS on the 1000V, I wonder if I can just set it in UCS (per adapter) as before when using the 1000V, ie. we have 2 choices.
Yes, you can still manage CoS using QoS on the vnics when using 1000V:
The recommended action in the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series is to assign a class of service (CoS) of 6 to the VMware service console and VMkernel flows and to honor these QoS markings on the data center switch to which the Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnect connects. Marking of QoS values can be performed on the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch in all cases, or it can be performed on a per-VIF basis on the Cisco UCS M81KR or P81E within the Cisco Unified Computing System with or without the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch.
Something else: Native VLANs
Is it important to have the same native VLAN on the UCS and the Cisco switch? And not to use the default native VLAN 1? I read somewhere that the native VLAN is used for communication between the switches and CDP amongst others. I know the native VLAN is for all untagged traffic. I see many people set the ESXi management VLAN as native also, and in the above article the native VLAN (default 1) is setup. Why? I have been advised to leave out the native VLAN.
Example:Will I be able to access a VM set with VLAN 0 (native) if the native VLAN is the same in UCS and the Cisco switch (Eg. VLAN 2)? Can I just configure a access port with the same VLAN ID as the native VLAN, i.e 2 and connect to it with a PC using the same IP network address?
And is it important to trunk this native VLAN? I see in a Netapp Flexpod config they state this: "This configuration also leverages the native VLAN on the trunk ports to discard untagged packets, by setting the native VLAN on the port channel, but not including this VLAN in the allowed VLANs on the port channel". But I don't understand it...
What about the downlinks from the FI to the chassis. Do you configure this as a port channel also in UCS? Or is this not possible with the setup described here with 1000V and MAC-pinning.
No, port channel should not be configured when MAC-pinning is configured.
[Robert] The VSM doesn't participate in STP so it will never send BPDU's. However, since VMs can act like bridges & routers these days, we advise to add two commands to your upstream VEM uplinks - PortFast and BPDUFilter. PortFast so the interface is FWD faster (since there's no STP on the VSM anyway) and BPDUFilter to ignore any received BPDU's from VMs. I prefer to ignore them then using BPDU Gaurd - which will shutdown the interface if BPDU's are received.
-Are you thinking of the upstream switch here (Nexus, Catalyst) or the N1kV uplink profile config?
Edit: 26 July 14:23. Found answers to many of my many questions...

Answers inline.
Atle Dale wrote:
Something else: Native VLANsIs it important to have the same native VLAN on the UCS and the Cisco switch? And not to use the default native VLAN 1? I read somewhere that the native VLAN is used for communication between the switches and CDP amongst others. I know the native VLAN is for all untagged traffic. I see many people set the ESXi management VLAN as native also, and in the above article the native VLAN (default 1) is setup. Why? I have been advised to leave out the native VLAN.[Robert] The native VLAN is assigned per hop. This means between the 1000v Uplinks port profile and your UCS vNIC definition, the native VLAN should be the same. If you're not using a native VLAN, the "default" VLAN will be used for control traffic communication. The native VLAN and default VLAN are not necessarily the same. Native refers to VLAN traffic without an 802.1q header and can be assigned or not. A default VLAN is mandatory. This happens to start as VLAN 1 in UCS but can be changed. The default VLAN will be used for control traffic communication. If you look at any switch (including the 1000v or Fabric Interconnects) and do a "show int trunk" from the NXOS CLI, you'll see there's always one VLAN allowed on every interface (by default VLAN 1) - This is your default VLAN.Example:Will I be able to access a VM set with VLAN 0 (native) if the native VLAN is the same in UCS and the Cisco switch (Eg. VLAN 2)? Can I just configure a access port with the same VLAN ID as the native VLAN, i.e 2 and connect to it with a PC using the same IP network address?[Robert] There's no VLAN 0. An access port doesn't use a native VLAN - as its assigned to only to a single VLAN. A trunk on the other hand carries multiple VLANs and can have a native vlan assigned. Remember your native vlan usage must be matched between each hop. Most network admins setup the native vlan to be the same throughout their network for simplicity. In your example, you wouldn't set your VM's port profile to be in VLAN 0 (doens't exist), but rather VLAN 2 as an access port. If VLAN 2 also happens to be your Native VLAN northbound of UCS, then you would configured VLAN 2 as the Native VLAN on your UCS ethernet uplinks. On switch northbound of the UCS Interconnects you'll want to ensure on the receiving trunk interface VLAN 2 is set as the native vlan also. Summary:1000v - VM vEthernet port profile set as access port VLAN 21000v - Ethernet Uplink Port profile set as trunk with Native VLAN 2UCS - vNIC in Service Profile allowing all required VLANs, and VLAN 2 set as NativeUCS - Uplink Interface(s) or Port Channel set as trunk with VLAN 2 as Native VLANUpstream Switch from UCS - Set as trunk interface with Native VLAN 2From this example, your VM will be reachable on VLAN 2 from any device - assuming you have L3/routing configured correctly also.And is it important to trunk this native VLAN? 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Do you configure this as a port channel also in UCS? Or is this not possible with the setup descrived here with 1000V and MAC-pinning.[Robert] On the first generation hardware (6100 FI and 2104 IOM) port channeling is not possible. With the latest HW (6200 and 2200) you can create port channels with all the IOM - FI server links. This is not configurable. You either tell the system to use Port Channel or Individual Links. The major bonus of using a Port Channel is losing a link doesn't impact any pinned interfaces - as it would with individual server interfaces. To fix a failed link when configured as "Individual" you must re-ack the Chassis to re-pinn the virtual interfaces to the remaining server uplinks. In regards to 1000v uplinks - the only supported port channeling method is "Mac Pinning". This is because you can't port channel physical interfaces going to separate Fabrics (one to A and one to B). Mac Pinning gets around this by using pinning so all uplinks can be utilized at the same time.--[Robert] The VSM doesn't participate in STP so it will never send BPDU's. However, since VMs can act like bridges & routers these days, we advise to add two commands to your upstream VEM uplinks - PortFast and BPDUFilter. PortFast so the interface is FWD faster (since there's no STP on the VSM anyway) and BPDUFilter to ignore any received BPDU's from VMs. I prefer to ignore them then using BPDU Gaurd - which will shutdown the interface if BPDU's are received.-Are you thinking of the upstream switch here (Nexus, Catalyst) or the N1kV uplink profile config?[Robert] The two STP commands would be used only when the VEM (ESX host) is directly connected to an upstream switch. For UCS these two commands to NOT apply.

Various questions on SAP XI usage

Hi XI Experts,
I have few questions on SAP XI usage :
Q1-Does SAP XI is unique - client like BW ?
If multi - clients is possible is there any particular usage recommandations when in design, configuration and production deploiement on PRD SAP XI System ?.
Q2-is it technically possible to restart a well processed message (with nice black & white flag in SXMB_MONI) ?
And I know its not a good thing to try to do this...
Q3-is it technically possible to modify XML payload in message ?
And I know again its a very bad thing to try to do this...
Q4-We have to work with xCBL 4.0 definitions. I think i only have to import all XSD definitions as External Definitions in Interface Objects of my repository. Does it right ?
Great thanks for your(s) response(s).
Best regards
Etienne

Hi,
>>>>Q2 : few methods....hum hum...
one of them I described in my weblog:
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/09/xi-restarting-successfully-processed-messages
>>>>Q3 : i 'm in SP16. Do you think it'll be as simple as "Right click on message -> Restart message" ?.
yes it will be that simple as WE19 for IDOCs in R3:)
Regards,
michal
<a href="/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/06/28/xipi-faq-frequently-asked-questions"><b>XI / PI FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions</b></a>

Encoding to output for HDTV viewing question

I would like to know what presets are best for the most prestine output to watching an encoded clip in HD. e.g. Given a HDV input, worked in FCP 5 then then encoded. What presets encoding are going to give the best results to watch on a HD monitor, and how long should it take on a G5 dual 2 for say an hour of clip? h.264 in 1080i or 720p or Mpeg4 in 1080i or 720p... consider I don't want to wait a week for encoding. I would like to know if anyone has figured general times for encoding with these conditions.
thanks in advance

I have found the answer. In capturing in dv or hdv I can encode in DVD 4 Pro once it is imported and then selecting the encoding option by right click on the dv file and chose my preset. I watch it thru a hd monitor/tv with a dvi cable and the dvd 4.6 player and it works great. So, I found a way to gather in cable tv using a canopus advc 100 720x480 of a hd program so the res is much improved going in, then process/edit and send to DVD 4 Pro. There is some loss but for home view it works great. I did find some not so know exceptions when you go to support and look for h264 encoding help and it tells some gems about how and what presets to use. I didn't find it in the manual. Also used the latest update to DVD 4 Pro 4.02.
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SB Live 5.1 (SB0060) - various questions, help appreciated

Hi,
I have numerous questions. Hope they aren't too annoying..
. I just installed a new card it's an SB Li've 5..
I think it's SB0060 - the box says "Model SB0060US" and "Product Part No: 70SB006003007" on top. But the bottom says "OuterBox Part No. 06SB02220004". Is this really SB00600?
2. If it's really SB0600, why did the CD not install any DOS drivers? (I was told here that SB0600 is that last card that supports DOS - which is the reason I bought it).
3. Using my old DOSDRV directory from my old SB Li've! Value installation, I was able to get it to work in DOS anyway. Woohoo! But is this actually safe? Is there a legitimate download containing the DOS drivers or should I carry these old files around with me? I'm using "BLASTER=A220 I5 D H5 P330 T6 J200"; is T6 (type 6) the right type for this card?
4. DOS games, e.g. Doom, don't seem to have sound in Windows. Only when I run them in DOS.
5. A leaflet that came with the card suggested uninstalling WDM drivers and installing VXD drivers on Win 98 SE to prevent "performance problems". I heard stuttering and skipping sounds (strange since my CPU is 3.4 GHz) so I installed the VXD drivers like it said. Now, MIDI's seem much quieter than before and I can't get them nearly as loud as MP3's. Changing AudioHQ / Volume sliders or Sound Font didn't seem to help, any ideas?
6. "Device Controls" no longer appears under AudiopHQ. As a result, I can't change the "Max Simultaneous Wav Playback" setting. Any ideas?
7. Is this card better than SB Li've Value!? I couldn't see any improvements right away.
8. This SB0060 did not come with an 8 MB soundbank, but in Sound Font I was able to select an old 8 MB soundbank that came with SB Li've! Value. Shouldn't a better card come with sound fonts at least as good as a previous one?
9. My system hangs when I try to install Li'veWare 3.0. Is this program inapplicable to my new SB0060 card?

FYI..
5. It looks like the VXD drivers lead to quiet MIDI's. So on Win 98 SE, it's EITHER STUTTERING SOUNDS (WDM drivers) or NEARLY SILENT MIDI's (VXD drivers)
Also, this SB0060 card is exhibiting a problem that my CT4830 SB Li've! Value did NOT exhibit - if I'm playing an MP3 file and my system pauses, e.g. when I insert a USB device, the CT4830 used to just pause for a moment if at all. The SB0060 with VXD driver causes nasty clicks and pops and just becomes silent; I have to start playing the MP3 file again to fix the problem
Also I tried installing the drivers that came with my SB Li've! Value on the SB Li've! 5. and they do NOT work!! It looks like SB6 emulation is impossible on the SB0060 card! Now I cannot play many good games like DOOM, DOOM2, HERETIC, WITCHAVEN, DUKE NUKEM 3D, WOLFENSTEIN, etc. in Windows!
Li'veware 3.0 instantly CRASHES; since Creative does not offer any Li'veware drivers on their website any more I will try to track down Li'veware .0 which INCLUDES DOS support. If you know where to get Li'veware .0 please post information here!
Currently I am thinking of going back to my old SB Li've! Value. SB0060 has many problems . Also the software provided with SB0060 is inferior to the combination of SB Li've! Value drivers plus the Li'veware 3.0 upgrade.
It does not help that creative labs has extremely slow response on this website! And Creative labs personnel did NOT warn me about these SB0060 problems!!

EKG signal acqusition various questions

I have to create this kind of system.. not a final products just some student project>
Acqusitoin of 3 channel EKG using USB NI-DAQpad 6015. I am using LabVIEW and NI-DAQmx of course..
I need soem ideas for next few problems:
How to make>
1. EKG looking graph... if I get 3 channels from NI-DAQpad and put them on one waveform there are one over another.. how to "separate them"
2. Is it easier to acquire 3 channels separatly and then join them graphically on front panel
3. How to simulate various paper speed of real EKG device...
4. Generally how to make display look as close as it get to the original
Thank you in advance Dusan

1. EKG looking graph... if I get 3 channels from NI-DAQpad and put them on one waveform there are one over another.. how to "separate them"
2. Is it easier to acquire 3 channels separatly and then join them graphically on front panel
If you are using graphs, you have to represent each channel's data on a seperate graph to avoid overlapping of individual channel data
However, if you represent data on a chart, just increase plot legend to show three channels and right click on the chart -> select 'stack plots'.
Now you will get 3 stacked plots with different y axis but same x axis
3. How to simulate various paper speed of real EKG device...
Well, in an EKG, the stylus moves on the chart and you set the rolling speed to plot with variable x axis scaling
This is the closest you can do to achieve the same on a Virtual instrument : Just keep setting the x axis scale programatically to make the plot appear like it is running faster or slower.
This can be done using "X Scale.Offset and Multiplier:Multiplier" property node of the graph, Look at attached VI
4. Generally how to make display look as close as it get to the original
Right click on charts, go to advanced, select update mode and select any one of the following modes
strip chart
scope chart
sweep chart
Decide which best suits your purpose
Hope this helps
Regards
Dev
Message Edited by devchander on 01-20-2006 06:32 AM
Attachments:
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Various questions please

I am looking at duplicating our pocket pc app to other
mobiles......
This app is a ticket / traffic wardening application.
Is there any way to access the camera functions on mobiles?
Is there a way to access the latest picture / video taken? ie
access to the
camera file system.
Bluetooth printing?
Any form of data grid available.
Addon of any type snags to be aware of on mobiles etc etc
Cheers
SteveW.

Flash Lite is certainly different than the Pocket PC player.
The Pocket PC player is arguably more powerful. However, this is
mostly due to the hardware.
To answer your questions, you can launch the camera. You can
access images stored locally on the device (if you know the name
and path). Flash Lite could launch an app that would allow for
Bluetooth printing, but doesn't have a built-in API for controlling
Bluetooth.
You could however write an external app for Symbian Series 60
in C or Python and do the kinds of things you want to do and have
Flash communicate with it via loadVars.
Hope that helps,
-- Michael Krisher
http://www.mikekrisher.com

Various questions (GridBagLayout, Showing Panel, Paste)

Hi everybody,
I'm quite new to GUI and swing programming and I'm having some problems. I'm trying to use a GridBagLoyaout, to add Components I use the following method:
protected void add(Component c, int posx, int posy, int lenx, int leny, int weightx, int weighty){
     GridBagConstraints constraints = new GridBagConstraints();
     constraints.gridx = posx;
     constraints.gridy = posy;
     constraints.gridwidth = lenx;
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     constraints.weighty = weighty;
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About that I have to say that there is a panel which contains other panel, in this way:
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     for(int i=0;i<phones.length;i++){
          add(phones, 0, 3+i, 4, 1, 0, 0);
          phones[i].setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "Telefono " + String.valueOf(i+1)));
protected void addTextFields(){
     add(surname, 1, 0, 3, 1, 40, 0);
     add(name, 1, 1, 3, 1, 40, 0);
private void addTextAreasWithBorders(){
     JPanel notesPanel = new JPanel();
     notesPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "Note"));
     notesPanel.add(notes);
     notes.setLineWrap(true);
     add(notesPanel, 0, 3+phones.length, 4, 1, 0, 0);
In the AddressPane and Phone Frame I add the components, in the same way, using these methods:
protected void addTextFields(){
     add(street, 1, 0, 3, 1, 30, 0);
     add(number, 5, 0, 1, 1, 5, 0);
     add(zip, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7, 0);
     add(town, 3, 1, 1, 1, 20, 0);
     add(country, 1, 2, 5, 1, 30, 0);
private void addCombo(){
     Province[] lista = AddressBookManager.current().getAllProvinces();
     province.setEditable(true);
     for(int i=0; i < lista.length; i++)
          province.addItem(lista.getCode());
     add(province, 5, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0);
protected void addTextFields(){
     add(prefix, 1, 0, 1, 1, 8, 0);
     add(number, 3, 0, 1, 1, 15, 0);
     add(note, 5, 0, 1, 1, 50, 0);
private void addCheckBox(){
     add(cellulare, 6, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0);
And the result being is really bad...
Apart the labels the other components are bad sized, if the window is not enlarged at the maximum the JTextFields are as short as they cannot be seen; being the window enlarged the pane is not shown as rectangle, but it's a kind of polygon made of different rectangles one on another.
What is my fault? What do I miss?
Then I have another question: I have a kind of desktop and in order to open a "window" I call this method
public void openWindow(JPanel panel){
     this.panel = panel;
     getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
     repaint();
}But why I don't see the newly added panel until I resize the desktop window??
Last but not least question, I'm trying to implement a paste emthod, but how do I know where I have to paste having more than one JTextComponent? How do I get to know where is the caret?
I tried with the methods isFocusOwner(), getCaret()!=null and getCaretPosition()>=0.
I hope to get answerd to all of my questions soon, thanks a lot in advance.
Best regards.
Giorgio

Help me...
Hi everybody,
I'm quite new to GUI and swing programming and I'm
having some problems. I'm trying to use a
GridBagLoyaout, to add Components I use the following
method:
protected void add(Component c, int posx, int posy,
int lenx, int leny, int weightx, int weighty){
GridBagConstraints constraints = new
GridBagConstraints();
     constraints.gridx = posx;
     constraints.gridy = posy;
     constraints.gridwidth = lenx;
     constraints.gridheight = leny;
     constraints.weightx = weightx;
     constraints.weighty = weighty;
     constraints.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
     constraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
     add(c, constraints);
}this method is in an abstract class which extends
JPanel and which is extended by all of my panels.
About that I have to say that there is a panel which
contains other panel, in this way:
     JTextField name = new JTextField(40);
     JTextField surname = new JTextField(40);
     JTextArea notes = new JTextArea(4, 50);
     JPanel address = new AddressPane();
JPanel[] phones = {new PhonePane(), new PhonePane(),
new PhonePane(), new PhonePane()};
     JButton add = new JButton("Aggiungi");
     JButton cancel = new JButton("Annulla");
     JButton delete = new JButton("Cancella");
     JButton search = new JButton("Cerca");
     JButton edit = new JButton("Modifica");
     JButton remove = new JButton("Elimina");I add the declared component to the "main panel" using
tese methods, which call the previous described add
method
private void addMandatoryButtons(){
     add(delete, 2, 4+phones.length, 1, 1, 0, 0);
     add(cancel, 3, 4+phones.length, 1, 1, 0, 0);
private void addPanes(){
     add(address, 0, 2, 4, 1, 0, 0);
     address.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(Bor
erFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "Indirizzo"));
     for(int i=0;i<phones.length;i++){
          add(phones, 0, 3+i, 4, 1, 0, 0);
          phones[i].setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(
orderFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "Telefono " +
String.valueOf(i+1)));
protected void addTextFields(){
     add(surname, 1, 0, 3, 1, 40, 0);
     add(name, 1, 1, 3, 1, 40, 0);
private void addTextAreasWithBorders(){
     JPanel notesPanel = new JPanel();
     notesPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(
orderFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "Note"));
     notesPanel.add(notes);
     notes.setLineWrap(true);
     add(notesPanel, 0, 3+phones.length, 4, 1, 0, 0);
In the AddressPane and Phone Frame I add the
components, in the same way, using these methods:
protected void addTextFields(){
     add(street, 1, 0, 3, 1, 30, 0);
     add(number, 5, 0, 1, 1, 5, 0);
     add(zip, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7, 0);
     add(town, 3, 1, 1, 1, 20, 0);
     add(country, 1, 2, 5, 1, 30, 0);
private void addCombo(){
Province[] lista =
AddressBookManager.current().getAllProvinces();
     province.setEditable(true);
     for(int i=0; i < lista.length; i++)
          province.addItem(lista.getCode());
     add(province, 5, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0);
protected void addTextFields(){
     add(prefix, 1, 0, 1, 1, 8, 0);
     add(number, 3, 0, 1, 1, 15, 0);
     add(note, 5, 0, 1, 1, 50, 0);
private void addCheckBox(){
     add(cellulare, 6, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0);
And the result being is really bad...
Apart the labels the other components are bad sized,
if the window is not enlarged at the maximum the
JTextFields are as short as they cannot be seen; being
the window enlarged the pane is not shown as
rectangle, but it's a kind of polygon made of
different rectangles one on another.
What is my fault? What do I miss?
Then I have another question: I have a kind of desktop
and in order to open a "window" I call this method
public void openWindow(JPanel panel){
     this.panel = panel;
     getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
     repaint();
}But why I don't see the newly added panel until I
resize the desktop window??
Last but not least question, I'm trying to implement a
paste emthod, but how do I know where I have to paste
having more than one JTextComponent? How do I get to
know where is the caret?
I tried with the methods isFocusOwner(),
getCaret()!=null and getCaretPosition()>=0.
I hope to get answerd to all of my questions soon,
thanks a lot in advance.
Best regards.
Giorgio

Various questions related to itunes that was not able to see around

well...i will try to be quick and as clear as possible
1) i have a macbook, where i download podcasts and i use it to listen to my collection of music, saved on an external drive....now i have no more space there, so i was thinking to move on external drive so i can access to the podcasts and the other contents from my mac pro and from the macbook; and i wonder: is there a way to do that? because when i moved the files i lost all the info related to the podcasts, so even if i ahve the file on teh computer, the podcast page was telling me that the file was not there and was asking to download it)
2) i have stuff that i bought on itunes, but since i format and reinstalled the OS on my computers, it consider them as different computers, so now i can't move anymore my files because each file was authorized to teh maximum number...is there a way to avoid this issue that, more that protecting the music from thief, is ******* off people that bought the music and videos (i was tempted to buy the mp3 from russian sites and pay them 3 bucks for each album, without protection).
3) informations of the MP3: basically what itunes did, was to rename the files itself, instead of simply create a dir and rename the ID tags of the file, so i have basically lost the author and the song name (was in the name, that now is track_1.mp3 in the unknown artist folder); so just as suggestion...please include an option to overwrite only the ID tags and not touch the filename (like windows media player does).
4) covers: many of the albums that i own, are ripped from my cd's, adn they are not sold on itunes, so i have no cover for them....why Apple does not include a server where the users can upload their covers and album info, so other people can get these info (something like a music database used, again, by WM player) even if they are not sold on itunes? since itunes is a multimedia player, before being a money machine for ipod owners; so i would expect the software more user oriented, isntead of being store oriented (sorry, we don't sell it so is your problem to find the info of the id tag and the cover); otherwise i do not really have a reason to use itunes, since i own a creative player and wmp works just fine...but i need to load parallels every time that i wanna listen music, and that is insane! (i do not want an ipod, since all my files came from pc, and unless DIVX and WMV became supported formats i will not buy an ipod)
If somebody can help me would really appreciate; and if some itunes people can read this would also be great, so you understand that unless you care only about who has an ipod, other people want to use itunes for their files and videos and buy music and other stuff, but they also want to be able to live without dealing with an ipod and with minor flaws in the software
Thanks!

Thanks Pascal for the reply.
1) i found a way to trick the itunes: basically you keep the library in one place, then you make a mirrored folder on an external drive (you need to buy a software, since, for reason unknown to the ordinary mortal people, Mac OS does not have sync folders like Windows), in this way, when you add or remove or rate songs, the library on one computer will be updated with the info on the other one, and both will have the same informations.... so you can have the same library on the home computer, at work and on your laptop
Maybe somebody at itunes will read this and will figure out to implement something like this in the new build, because nobody has one computer and keep the library in one place... not the majority of the people.
2) need to do that
3)thanks anyway
4) seems that the best solution is to download the artworks using WMP, so you can have also the mp3 tags filled with the right info, then you move on itunes and get teh artworks images that WMP saved and import them into itunes.
In this way you have either the artworks and the id tags that are correct.

A/V output setup for MacBook question

Bought the A/V cable and have used it to hook my MacBook to my stereo system while my guitar is hooked up to the MacBook. Tried it on my iPod to TV to stereo system, wanted to see my vids on tv and hear through stereo. Figuered out in "video setup" on my iPod that you need to set it to "tv out" .. where on my MacBook is that same option for watching my vids from my MacBook through my tv and stereo?

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Various questions - DP book - PLEASE ANSWER ASAP

Hi All,
Geraldine from Dubai - Hope everyone is fine.
I am very new to SAP and had a trainging for 2 days on basic functions of Sales forecast planning book (DP) and Replenishment Book (SNP).
I have need some help on following:-
1) How can I get to see year 2011 on DP book? Example I only want to see Mar until Dec 2011 datas for Sales Forecast Revenue, and Base Forecast. I checked 'Time Bucket Profile' and could not find the profile that fits to what I need.
2) I can copy/paste the data to excel but pasting them back to the planning book after updating numbers does not happen. We were told and shown that this is possible. What could I be doing wrong?
3. Is there a way to add a calculation - e.g. total of base forecast & Revenue from March 2011 to Dec 2011? I would like to see this as an additional column on the planning book.
I still have a lot to understand but above are the important things I need to know to be able to reconcile our plan against the current data on DP book.
Would highly appreciate step by step responses/instructions.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Geraldine

Hi,
Please go through the below points.
1> Periods in planning book is controlled through time bucket profile.Create a time bucket profile with one year of duration (Select period as per your requirement) .Then after opening the planning book change the period structure settings with start date as 01.01.2011 and the same TB profile you have created.
2>You can copy and paste the values from excel to planning book.Make sure the key figure against which you want to change the value and also make sure the data is properly copied from excel file.After going to planning book open the slection and then try entering the data.
3>Yes it is very much possible to add calcultion in planning book for the same you need to create Macros in planning book.For the same you can create a new keyfigure and assign the macro to the same.
Hope these will help.
regards,
kaushik

Various questions + IMAP folder question

I finally realized that I can force the iPhone to use the server's Trash and Sent folder and am VERY pleased with this. Unfortunately, now I have extra folders on my iPhone--they don't show up on my IMAP server from what I see. It seems that the drafts folder initially got setup properly but Trash and Sent did not. They defaulted to storing on the device.
So, I have a "Deleted Messages" and "Sent Messages" folder that I do not want. They do not show up on my IMAP server and I don't want them, obviously. They just make me have to scroll on the folder list so it would be nice to eliminate them from the list--also so I don't accidentally use them.
So, is there a way to delete (or create) a folder on an IMAP server from the iPhone? This would probably let me fix the problem.

But the folders that show up on iPhone are local and are not actually on my IMAP server. I tried recreating the account on iPhone but it still created the unnecessary folders.
It's just that the iPhone creates local folders to store Trash and Sent items in (Deleted Messages and Sent Messages). Since I went into advanced settings and changed it to store the messages on the server instead, it still keeps these folders even though they aren't needed anymore.

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