Posting general questions

As a new user to apple forum discussions I find it a very user unfriendly system. Een finging how to view discussions took me over half an hour, and to post a question even longer! Now I cannot find where I should go to post a general question not related to any of the lists on the forums homepage. Very frustrating! Can anyone advise me how I open an account online since I cannot get the system to accept my details since my country, South Africa is not in the international list. Surely one can use a credit card without having to fill in a physical address!? I wish to get Quicktime Pro and cannot as it is not on the shelves and I can't get past this address problem!
Thanks,
Kendrew.

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Re-post : General Question about Language - Urgent Advice Needed

IS IT POSSIBLE TO AVOID COMPLETELLY THE DISPLAY/USAGE OF ENGLISH IN PORTAL?
WE INSTALLED LANGUAGE SPANISH (langinst.cmd) AND OUR CONTENT AREAS HAVE DEFAULT LANGUAGE "SPANISH"(NO ENGLISH TRANSLATION) .
OUR PAGES/NAVIGATION BARS/STYLES/ETC... WERE CREATED BEING CONNECTED TO THE PORTAL IN SPANISH.
WE DON'T WANT TO SHOW THE "LANGUAGE" PORTLET FOR USERS TO CHANGE BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH AND WE DON'T WANT THE PORTAL TO DISPLAY IN ENGLISH IF THE BROWSER SETTING IS ENGLISH.
I READ SOMEWERE THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO "UNINSTALL" A LANGUAGE, THEREFORE I ASSUME WE CANNOT ELIMINATE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
CAN WE CONFIGURE SOMEHOW "SPANISH" AS A DEFAULT AND "UNIQUE"LANGUAGE SO ALWAYS THE PORTAL DISPLAYS IN SPANISH ??
I HAVE INSTALLED LATEST VERSION 3.0.9.
ANY IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS WILL BE MORE THAN WELLCOME!
REGARDS
null

Hi Maria,
One way of using Spanish as the default language is to load the following code in your Portal schema:
set def off
/* @Copyright (c) 1999, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. */
create or replace procedure home
-- create the synonyms for wwpob_page.show
as
l_pageid number;
l_url varchar2(32767);
function is_language_set
p_http_language in varchar2 default null,
p_nls_language in varchar2 default null,
p_nls_territory in varchar2 default null,
p_requested_url in varchar2
return boolean
is
l_cookie owa_cookie.cookie;
l_language varchar2(100) default null;
begin
begin
begin
l_cookie := owa_cookie.get(wwctx_sso.PERSISTENT_COOKIE);
exception
when others then
l_language := null;
raise wwctx_sso.NOT_HTTP_SESSION_EXCEPTION;
end;
l_language := lower(l_cookie.vals(1));
exception
when others then
l_language := null;
end;
if l_language is null then
wwctx_app_language.set_language
p_http_language => p_http_language,
p_nls_language => p_nls_language,
p_nls_territory => p_nls_territory,
p_requested_url => p_requested_url
return false;
end if;
return true;
end is_language_set;
begin
-- Mobile support
if wwpob_api_mobile.is_mobile_request
then
l_pageid := wwpob_api_mobile.get_defaultmobilepage;
else
l_pageid := wwpob_api_mobile.get_defaultmobilepage;
else
l_pageid := wwpob_api_page.get_defaultpage;
end if;
l_url := wwpob_page_util.get_page_url(p_pageid => l_pageid);
if is_language_set('es', 'e', 'SPAIN', l_url) then
owa_util.redirect_url(l_url);
end if;
exception
when others then
wwerr_api_error_ui.show_html;
end;
show errors procedure home;
This script looks for the language in the NLS_LANGUAGE cookie. It this cookie does not exist then the language defaults to Spanish because of the code is_language_set('es', 'e', 'SPAIN', l_url). Please make sure to delete the NLS_LANGUAGE cookie, if it exists.
Please note that this code will work for 3.0.9. In case you want to implement something similar to this on 3.0.8, the code containing the mobile support has to be removed. You can contact me, should you have any questions.

First off, i think it's sad that i have to use my non apple device to post this question... Why has my iPad become absolutely useless after updating to iOS 8.1? I am unable to use my mini because it crashes, slow performance, major battery drain.

First off, i think it's sad that i have to use my non apple device to post this question... Why has my iPad become absolutely useless after updating to iOS 8.1? I am unable to use my mini because it crashes, slow performance, major battery drain.

Restore iPad to Factory Default; do not restore from backup. It may be the cause of the problem.
Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and settings

Where to direct a general questions about foreign films subtitles?

I recently purchased a foreign film "Break Ke Badd" from the iTunes store. Although, it didn't specify that it had English subtitles, I assumed it did. After the full download, I tried to watch it and there weren't any English subs. I contacted iTunes and they more than happy to refund the money back to my account. Now after a few weeks, the iTunes store DOES list Eng subs for this film. I don't want to purchase it again and have to contact iTunes for another refund...Therefore my question is, is there a general question contact one could use to find an answer to my question. Basically, to verify that this movie, indeed has English subs before I re-purchase.
Any info is appreciated!

Yes I know as the [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/ Questions] section is more for desktop Firefox support and the place I linked to is for "Firefox OS" support in English where some who are involved with it do post in it occasionally.
I would have moved that [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/962783 thread] to the "Firefox OS" English section, however I cannot as the [https://support.mozilla.org//questions/ Questions] and [https://support.mozilla.org/forums Contributor Forums] are not the same.

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General Question re logical workflow (Multiple Products/Sales Teams)

Currently we are upgrading from a highly customized CRM environment developed in CRM 4.0. We are hoping to move to an out of the box solution with 2015.
But I have a general question. We are a service company with different sales groups for each of our products.
Currently we have customization for each service so a Sales person is assigned to a specific product for the customer.
So my question is, how is this handled out of the box. I am sure there are many many many companies in the same situation.
So say 10 products with sales group for each product.
Then a customer with multiple departments. Each sales group needs to contact the specific department.
So a customer could potentially have 10 different sales people contacting different people in the customers organization.
How do you know when someone has already made contact?
If we just look at the activities it is not very clear that contact has been made for a specific product.
Even with our customizations, there have been many situations where 2 sales people contact the same person at a clients office and we end up looking very unorganized.
Any thoughts or comments are appreciated.
If this is not the right place to post this type if discussion, please redirect me.
Thanks

As an example, for 37-minute sequence of footage (made up of multiple clips) it's taking 50 minutes to first export a non-self-contained, time-code-reader-filter-added Quicktime.
Did you render fully before you exported? That helps. But this is also a GOP format, and it takes longer to do pretty much everything, as it is a processor intensive format.
1) How much more memory would help this work flow go faster, and approx. how much faster??
None. RAM doesn't come into play here. PROCESSOR speed is all that matters. What will make it go faster is enabling QMaster to have Compressor access all cores of the processor. Or getting hardware to help with the compression, like the Compress HD from Matrox. But that only boosts encoding to H.264.
2) Has anyone else done this type of work-flow, and been able to do it more quickly? Is RAM the issue? Any suggestions for a more efficient work-flow?
RAM isn't the issue. Faster Processors, hardware boosting...converting the footage to ProRes before you begin editing...all help.
RAM isn't what is hindering you here.
Shane

Newbie question - general question about e-mail sync

Hi,
I have a general question about email sync and BlackBerry smartphones. Are there any devices that allow email syncing with a Microsoft Exchange 2007 system that do not require the BlackBerry Enterprise server?
Thanks; sorry if this has been asked before but I was unable to find it in the forums, documentation, etc. Everything I found assumes that for this kind of environment you will be using a BlackBerry Enterprise solution, but I can't assume.
Thanks again.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi and Welcome to the Forums!
If the Exchange server has anything that faces the internet (OWA, POP, IMAP), then BIS can be used to handle email (only email...calendar and contacts require BES to sync OTA).
Or, a PC, inside the network (but with an internet path) and logged into the email server (using Outlook), can be left running, using the RIM Desktop Software's Desktop Redirector capability to forward messages to the BB.
Those are basically the options.
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I don't know where to post my question??

It is not a support issue but a general question regarding getting the iphone 4 8gb and if it is a dumb move. I can always refuse the pkg when it arrives tomorrow but I would really like your thoughts. It is Verizon w/2 yr contract. Dumb move? Going for the 4 s would have been a bot smarter. Maybe I just answered my own question.
Sorry if I posted this in the wrong place but as the title states, I did not know where to post it.

One more quick thing. I know my needs would be met by the 4 8gb because I am one who does very little on a smartphone. I do not watch anything, no videos, don't play games. I do have a small list of music. I am 44 and know the 8gb supports my needs fine
HOWEVER, my biggest issue that I totally forgot to address, is the support for this outdated phone?? One thing I cannot handle is a slow phone. I do browse the internet on my phone. I text and call, use calendar notes stuff like that. But as I said, biggest cncern is how much longer t continue to get updates and support and speed.

Post your questions about #BlackBerry10 here!

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sanjithb wrote:
Why is the bis being stopped and not unlimited in south africa. Especially on the Z10.
the BIS is not stopped. BIS is still required for OS7 and previous.
the Z10 does not need a specific BIS plan, which is generally considered a very good improvement.
The search box on top-right of this page is your true friend, and the public Knowledge Base too:

I have a handful of general questions about Firefox OS as a consumer..

I couldn't find a better place to post this, so I'm trying on here.
I'm in the market for a tablet (high-end), and I'm holding off on getting an Android-powered one because of Firefox OS. However, I have some general questions and concerns regarding performance, software and hardware. Here they are.
1. Is the Firefox OS interface as responsive as a native experience on say an iPad or an Android tablet? (Is there any lag on swipes between screens, button presses, etc?) If not, will it be in the future?
2. Will I miss the Android marketplace or the Apple app store, being restricted to only HTML5 apps? Do you think this will become an irrelevant question as the HTML5 app ecosystem grows?
3. Do you think the quality of HTML5 apps will be inferior to those from existing app stores because they are free?
4. Will the Firefox browser be the only one available in Firefox OS? (i.e. will there be the option to use Chrome, Opera or any other browser if the user so wishes?)
5. Will Firefox OS include useful utility apps, such as an alarm clock, a calendar, a weather app, etc?
6. I read a lot, both on the web (news, video game reviews), as well as ebooks. Will Firefox OS on a tablet be a pleasant experience conducive to e-reading? (Will it include a good ebook reader app?)
7. Will there be a high-end Firefox OS tablet that is comparable in specs to the Nexus 10? (i.e. impressive screen resolution, powerful CPU/GPU, lots of inputs/outputs like USB, HDMI, microSD, etc) When do you think such a device might become available?
8. Would it be possible to flash Firefox OS onto say a Nexus 10 or other tablet or phone if one wanted to use it as their OS instead?
Thanks!

1. Depends on the phone but a avererage power android phone would likely cost the same as a high end firefox os phone.
2. HTML 5 is really the future of the web, I've heard that Firefox will let you package apps to be playable offline, but not sure if thats true.
3. I '''think''' Firefox OS may have paid apps that will be restricted to users who buy them.
4. I think Mozilla will be nice enough to let Google and Opera make browsers. Google let Mozilla do that with FF for android.
5. See the simulator https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/firefox-os-simulator/
6. too early to say
7. too early to say, but Foxconn (helps apple) makes some apple products, so yes in the future is see a high end Firefox OS tablet 2-3 years down the road.
8. not sure
NOTE: Please note that we are only contributors, we dont develop firefox os.
You can ask more on the IRC channel as there are likely devs there.
https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org

Is there a place to post a question about...

...pdf security devices for OS X? Security that prevents illegal sharing of pdf/e book files created on OS X. I would think, lots of people would have this interest. thank you...

machover
The Discussions are laid out based on Apple Products. Does Apple make a product that does this? If not then I would post on the forum 'Using Mac OS 10.4' where more general questions can be asked. Though the best place to look for help with an issue like this might be elsewhere - for instance on the Mac OS X hints forums:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/
Regards
TD

Validation General Questions

I have a couple of general questions on validation.
1) I have a text field defined as a "Required" field (it is using the form_required template). Must I also create a NOT NULL validation on this field as well? It seems that I should not have to do this. However, if I do not create this NOT NULL validation, then clicking on a Submit button while this field is empty is not generating any error message. But when I include a NOT NULL validation, then I do get an error message.
2) This question is related to the first. I tried creating a regular expression validation on my field in which I use the pattern
[[:alnum:]]{1,}[|$#&_?]+
The field should allow the user to type-in a string consisting of 1 or more alphanumeric characters (it could be a foreign language characters as well)
and 1 or more special characters like $ or #.
I thought this would also generate an error message if the user clicks the Submit button while leaving the field empty. But, again, I get no error message. Why?
Thank you in advance for any insight on this.

Thanks very much, Justin.
When I saw the regexp_like() function in your reply, I am wondering if, perhaps, you might also have some insight into how I can ckeck if a field contains non-English type characters (i.e., mult-byte characters). I already posted a question about this an hour ago but have not gotton any replies as yet. In my post I asked about using the regular expression pattern [[:alnum:]] since the docs state that this will check for mult-byte characters. And so, I thought if perhaps there is some function I might use to return a boolean TRUE if a field contains non-English characters versus a FALSE if it contains only English characters.
Any insight in this would be most appreciated.
Thanks again for your help.

General Question about SAP Documentation. Where to find?

Hello,
I am relatively new in the SAP business and so I have some general questions about the SAP Documentation.
Often internet-links like
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/FIBP/FI-AP-AP-PT.pdf
are posted here by group members.
But where do these group members find these documents?
All I can see at help.sap.com is IDES (the model company created by SAP)and the WWW-version of the SAP-Bibliothek.
Were can I find these PDF-Files?
I would appreciate any hint and tip!
Thank you!
Kakue

thats true! i dont know how to find either. Everytime i need something i ask on the forum.
Here's a good link
http://www.easymarketplace.de/online-pdfs.php
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How do I log in to post a question ?

I already have an account

I thought there would be a "log in menu" to click on.... sorry
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    Re: How do I log in to post a question ?
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There have been MANY discussions in http://forums.adobe.com/community/general/forum_comments?view=discussi ons about login problems
You obviously DID login to post a question here, and you HAVE in the past (as of this writing, you have 24 messages posted) so just keep trying
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PLEASE report what you've already tried when posting problems/questions!

A lot of threads have a common theme:
(1) The first post describes a problem, or asks a question.
(2) The second (or third, or fourth) post suggests doing or trying something.
(3) The next response, from the original poster, says "Oh, I already tried that!"
Please, when describing a problem or asking a question, be reasonably detailed about the scenario, what you did, what results you got, WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY TRIED, etc.
Vague undetailed problems/questions, not describing the N steps you've already taken to try to resolve it, etc. just waste time and bandwidth all around!
Doug

Hi Doug;
If we are going to start of list of things NOT to do when posting a question, the one I always think is the absolute silliest is when they say I am having trouble with an application and never ever tell up what application they are talking about as if we have a crystal ball which is going to tell us what mythical application it is. Well it turns out generally my crystal ball is foggy just then so I have to ask what are you talking about here.
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