Quicken data file names are mysteriously being change on my iDisk

within the last couple of days my Quicken data file names are mysteriously being change on my iDisk which seem to make them inaccesable. Not sure why this is happening

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File names are not being created correctly!!

Problem I have, and it seems to be an issue with iTunes in Windows and not Mac or in Windows Media Player for that matter.
Anyway, the problem is that the files are not being written as they are displayed in the Album Data in iTunes itself. It just appears as though iTunes will create any length of file name it wants and not the one that you create??
The reason I have an issue with this, is because I am trying to create one large album directory on an external Hard Drive connected to my Router so that any machine I have on the network can access it from there as opposed to creating a directory on every single machine.
I have a tone of discs that I am loading up and just felt that having one large directory on a networked drive would be the best route to take.
The machines I will be using to access the files using iTunes is my Mac Mini and my Windows PC depending on what room I am in, and then probably a few other devices scattered around the house to make up a Media network.
Anyway, the issue is with the file names.
It just seems that Windows iTunes wants to create whatever file name size it pleases, where as Mac iTunes and Windows Media Player seem to create the files as listed in the Track List and Album File Data.
It would seem that Windows iTunes has a serious bug in it's File Structure Handling which is a pain in the proverbial.
Just to test this out, I created the same Album both in Windows and Mac and the Mac version had the full file name structure but the PC one doesn't, however, Windows Media Player created it exactly the same as Mac iTunes.
It definitely appears as though there is an issue with iTunes in Windows, because it creates other albums without a problem. It just seems to pick and choose as it pleases.
Anyone else get this or know if there is a way to fix it??

Katrina S. wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean. Perhaps if you gave a specific example?
I put my CD's into iTunes so that they go in Album Format with the albums in seperate folders and the song names as they are retrieved from the internet, so that they are not songs all in one long Directory Listing. (Unless of course there is another way of using iTunes??)
When using iTunes on Mac or the Windows Media Player, all the songs are loaded onto the computer as they are written in the descriptions downloaded from the web.
Example in Directory format:
Artist Album Song Name
Queen - Innuendo - 08 These Are The Days Of Our Lives
This works fine in Mac iTunes or Windows Media Player. However, if I'm using iTunes in Windows, it may give me the following,
Artist Album Song Name
Queen - Innuendo - 08 These Are The Days O
Now, that is just an example and not a song that is affected, but it gives you an idea of what happens. It appears to happen on any Album and File Name combinations, and only appears to happen when using iTunes in Windows. The much longer filename and album names seem to be far more affected and I think this is to do with Windows Naming structure, but it doesn't explain why it's not happening in Windows Media Player??
The problem with this, is that when trying to use the same File Directory stored on my external Networked HDD for both Apple and Windows iTunes, the Windows version is causing havoc by doing what it wants where as the Apple iTunes seems to work as intended.
So when it comes to using either to rip a new CD to the library, I have to start using the Mac Mini each time because it seems to not be causing any issues when ripping discs.
I'm still in the process of sorting out my Album Directory and having to load everything up on the iMac so that everything gets loaded properly, but this seems to be a really bad bug in iTunes.
The reason I want to use this external NAS HDD is to keep my data in one area as opposed to having two large directories for both machine formats.
I hope that is a little more clear on what is happening.
P.S. Just to add to this. I prefer to use the PC for CD Ripping because the CD Drive is much faster than my Mac Mini and doesn't get anywhere near as hot when used constantly. I can rip 20 albums or more on my PC in the time it takes to sometimes rip just 5 to 10 on my Mac Mini, which is why I wanted this to work properly on the Windows version of iTunes.
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Since Leopard upgrade, Quicken data files are corrupted

Did a Leopard Archive and Install from Tiger without much trouble except for my large Quicken Data files. They have become corrupted, and Quicken support has a routine for re-building their data files by holding the COMMAND, OPTION and B keys down. The files appear to rebuild, but when I try to Save a Copy or export to a QIF file, the system crashes repeatedly. The report to Apple is several pages long, and I can't copy it here. I don't know if Apple Discussions is the appropriate place to ask 3rd party software questions, but if anyone out there has any thoughts, I would be most appreciative.
Mike Ryan

baltwo...
Thanks for the reply. I didn't keep a back-up of Tiger except for the "previous operating system" folder that is part of Archive & Install. I still have the original Tiger DVDs, and I could put a copy on another drive partition and re-install Quicken 2007; would I then go through file corruption repair scheme that the Quicken web-site recommended? Also, I will post on the quickencommunity.com web-site. Thanks for the help. I will mark this as helpful. Keep up the good work. I see your all sign frequently in discussions.
Mike Ryan

Date, File name, User Stamp

I've looked for hours for a script that will work in Illustrator CS4 that will put a text block on the page identifying:
Date, File Name and the User's name on the document (art board)
I am not versed in scripting. Can anyone help me out?

Hi Y'all This post is where scripting all started for me. At the time I didn't know anything and Muppet Mark kindly helped me out. Since then I have learned Applescript and written my slug script in that. This has the advantage of being able to access system information. Here it is:
-- captures the user's first name from the system for use in dialog boxes
set myName to (long user name of (system info))
set sp to (offset of " " in myName)
set myFirstName to text 1 thru (sp - 1) of myName
-- captures the user's short name from the system for use in the slug
set myShortName to (short user name of (system info))
set myInitials to text 1 thru 2 of myShortName
tell application "Adobe Illustrator" to set myDocCount to count of documents
if myDocCount > 0 then
    tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
        try
            set myPath to file path of document 1 as alias -- if the document is not saved this will cause an error
        on error
            display dialog "You haven't saved document yet " & myFirstName & "." buttons {"Cancel", "Save"} default button 2
            -- brings up Save As dialog box
            tell application "System Events" to tell process "Adobe Illustrator"
                click menu item "Save As..." of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
                tell application "Finder"
                    set filesavepath to "/Volumes/Server/Folder" -- put your own file path in here
                end tell
                delay 0.2
                tell window "Save As"
                    keystroke "g" using {command down, shift down}
                    repeat until exists sheet 1
                        delay 0.5
                    end repeat
                    tell sheet 1
                        keystroke filesavepath
                        click button "Go"
                    end tell
                end tell
            end tell
            -- end Save As dialog box
            return
        end try
        set myFile to name of document 1
        set myFolder to myPath as string
        -- this section looks at the file info to get the file version information
        set myFileVersion to my getVersion(myPath)
        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "Created"
        set myFileVersion to text item 1 of myFileVersion
        if myFileVersion is "Saved As v.15 " then
            set myFileVersion to "Illustrator CS5"
        else if myFileVersion is "Saved As v.14 " then
            set myFileVersion to "Illustrator CS4"
        else if myFileVersion is "Saved As v.13 " then
            set myFileVersion to "Illustrator CS3"
        else if myFileVersion is "Saved As v.12 " then
            set myFileVersion to "Illustrator CS2"
        end if
        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
        -- end of file info
        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ":"
        set clientFolder to text item 3 of myFolder -- always picks out the client folder on our server
        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
        if clientFolder contains "_" then
            set clientFolder to my cleanName(clientFolder) -- to format the client names properly
        else
            set clientFolder to clientFolder
        end if
        -- find the current date. This is the date when the file was last edited but this method enables you to run the script before saving
        tell application "Finder"
            set myDate to (current date) as string
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        set myDate to (word 2 of myDate) & " " & (text 1 thru 3 of word 3 of myDate) & " " & (word 4 of myDate) as string
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        -- checks for the correctly named frames and then populates with the correct information
        if exists (text frame "titleblock-software" of document 1) then
            set contents of text frame "titleblock-software" of document 1 to myFileVersion
        end if
        if exists (text frame "titleblock-client" of document 1) then
            set contents of text frame "titleblock-client" of document 1 to clientFolder
        end if
        if exists (text frame "titleblock-file" of document 1) then
            set contents of text frame "titleblock-file" of document 1 to myFile
        end if
        if exists (text frame "titleblock-path" of document 1) then
            set contents of text frame "titleblock-path" of document 1 to myPath as string
        end if
        if exists (text frame "titleblock-date" of document 1) then
            set contents of text frame "titleblock-date" of document 1 to myDate
        end if
        if exists (text frame "titleblock-editor" of document 1) then
            set contents of text frame "titleblock-editor" of document 1 to myInitials
        end if
        if exists (text frame "titleblock-version" of document 1) then
            set versionCount to get contents of text frame "titleblock-version" of document 1
            set versionCount to (versionCount + 1)
            set contents of text frame "titleblock-version" of document 1 to versionCount
        end if
        -- end populating named frames
    end tell
end if
-- this handler is to get the version of the file
on getVersion(added_item)
    set myFileVersion to long version of (info for added_item)
end getVersion
-- this handler converts every 'odd' character to an underscore, modify as needed
on cleanName(newName)
    set chars to every character of newName
    repeat with i from 1 to length of chars
        if item i of chars as text is equal to "_" then
            set item i of chars to " "
        end if
    end repeat
    return every item of chars as string
end cleanName

What file name, are old emails saved under in backups?

Time Machine, does not seem to operate properly, past the date when I clean installed Yosemite. My files are all there, but I can only find them by going into my drive, and either searching for the file in Time Machine, or searching for it in my backup drive. I cannot restore a mail file, by opening mail, and time machine. It works fine up until the date, when I installed Yosemite. I have done 2 different completely clean installs, and one using migration assistant, wt a multitude of problems. I am done wt doing that. My iMac is finally running smoothly, and I have managed to migrate everything back into my iMac, except for my old emails. I'm pretty sure that I could restore my emails, as long as I knew where there there supposed to be stored on my iMac. I could basically restore them, by either looking in my backup drive where they are before I installed Yosemite. What file name, are old Maverick emails saved under in backups?

The information viewed in Contacts is not located in a single file, nor a single directory.
[Copied from another thread I responded to recently:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24658329#24658329]
This MIGHT be include all the files you need, but there might also be Preferences files needed from another directory.
Also, I migrated my data from an older OS X version (10.6.8) where the app was called Address Book. On brand new systems, it is called Contacts, and the correct directory might be named Contacts.
NOTE: Be sure to replace Macintosh HD below with the actual hard drive name if not Macintosh HD, and username below with the actual user's name...
Transfer all the files from Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/
That WILL INCLUDE each of these three subdirectories where the necessary files and data are stored:
Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/images
Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Metadata
Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources

SQL*Loader to insert data file name during load

I'd like to use a single control file to load data from different files (at different times) to the same table. I'd like this table to have a column to hold the name of the file the data came from. Is there a way for SQL*Loader to automatically do this? (I.e., as opposed to running an update query separately.) I can edit the control file before each load to set a CONSTANT to hold the new data file name, but I'd like it to pick this up automatically.
Thanks for any help.
-- Harvey

Hello Harvey.
I've previously attempted to store a value into a global/local OS variable and use this within a SQL*Loader control file (Unix OS and Oracle versions between 7.3.4 and 10g). I was unsuccessful in each attempt and approach I could imagine. It was very easy to use a sed script to make a copy of the control file, changing a string within it to do this however.
Do you really want to store a file name on each and every record? Perhaps an alternative would be to use a relational model. Create a file upload log table that would store the file name and an upload # and then have the SQL*Loader control file call a function that would read that table for the most recent upload #. You'll save some disk space too.
Hope this helps,
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How to store data file name in one of the columns of staging table

My requirement is to load data from .dat file to oracle staging table. I have done following steps:
1. Created control file and stored in bin directory.
2. Created data file and stored in bin directory.
3. Registered a concurrent program with execution method as SQL*Loader.
4. Added the concurrent program to request group.
I am passing the file name as a parameter to concurrent program. When I am running the program, the data is getting loaded to the staging table correctly.
Now I want to store the filename (which is passed as a parameter) in one of the columns of staging table. I tried different ways found through Google, but none of them worked. I am using the below control file:
OPTIONS (SKIP = 1)
LOAD DATA
INFILE '&1'
APPEND INTO TABLE XXCISCO_SO_INTF_STG_TB
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ","
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
COUNTRY_NAME
,COUNTRY_CODE
,ORDER_CATEGORY
,ORDER_NUMBER
,RECORD_ID "XXCISCO_SO_INTF_STG_TB_S.NEXTVAL"
,FILE_NAME CONSTANT "&1"
,REQUEST_ID "fnd_global.conc_request_id"
,LAST_UPDATED_BY "FND_GLOBAL.USER_ID"
,LAST_UPDATE_DATE SYSDATE
,CREATED_BY "FND_GLOBAL.USER_ID"
,CREATION_DATE SYSDATE
,INTERFACE_STATUS CONSTANT "N"
,RECORD_STATUS CONSTANT "N"
I want to store file name in the column FILE_NAME stated above. I tried with and without constant using "$1", "&1", ":$1", ":&1", &1, $1..... but none of them worked. Please suggest me the solution for this.
Thanks,
Abhay

Pl post details of OS, database and EBS versions. There is no easy way to achieve this.
Pl see previous threads on this topic
SQL*Loader to insert data file name during load
Sql Loader with new column
HTH
Srini

My file names have disappeared in grid view. Thery have been replaced with a dark bar along the bottom of the previews. If I toggle using the command u it hide the bar but I still can't see the file name. In list view all the file names are OK.

My file names have disappeared in grid view. Thery have been replaced with a dark bar along the bottom of the previews. If I toggle using the command u it hide the bar but I still can't see the file name. In list view all the file names are OK.

The dark bar is caused by the option "Show metadata below image".
Check the settings for the metadata overlays in Grid view (basic and expanded) by clicking the little "badge" icon below the Browser and selecting "Edit". Is the filename still enabled in the list? And in a high enough position to have precedence for other metadata tags, if the space does not suffice to show all selected tags?
Regards
Léonie

How to position the cursor in File Name area in JFileChooser??

Hi,
I have been trying to position the cursor directly to filename area in JFileChooser. But no success.
It positions itself at the directory path by default.
How should I achieve this?
The problem is that I do not know the name of this
component used for File Name area hence difficult to
use "requestFocus() or getFocus()" like methods.
Thanks for your help.
-Manoj

Somewhere I saw a tip that explained how to do it, but I didn't keep a link to it. But basically it's like this: JFileChooser is a Container, so getComponent(n) will return the n-th component in the JFileChooser. One of them is the one you want to give the focus to, and I expect it will be a JTextField. A little experimentation should tell you which index you need to use.

Sql loader:loading data file name to one of the tabe column.

Hi,
I want to load the data file name also to one of the table column.
Table structure:
File_Name varchar2
Name varchar2
Age number
Data File Format:
Vijay|24
Anandh|24
Senthil|26
In the above eg how to write a control file to load the data file name to the File_Name column of the table.
Note:
The shell script will first pick up the data files to be loaded and calls the control file.
Thanks,
Vijay.

From a unix load perspective this is what we have done :
Create a control file (say load_data.ctl) something like
LOAD DATA
append
Into table file_name_age
File_Name constant '<FILENAME>',
Name CHAR TERMINATED BY '|'
Age INTEGER EXTERNAL TERMINATED BY '|' )
in a unix loop do the following
for i in `ls $LOADDIR` ; do
#Replace <FILENAME> with actual filename and create a temp ctl file
sed s/\<FILENAME\>/${1}/g < ${CTLDIR}/load_data.ctl > ${TMPDIR}/load_data_${1}.ctl
#load using temp file
sqlldr / CONTROL=${TMPDIR}/load_data_${1}.ctl
DATA=$i
#remove temp
rm ${TMPDIR}/load_data_${1}.ctl
done
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${TMPDIR}=your temp directory
${CTLDIR}=where your main directory for ctl files
$LOADDIR=Your data directory

Master database logical file names are different - Please Help!

Today I noticed that one of the server in our environment,
when i run
SELECT *
FROM sys.database_files
i got results
data_space_id name
1 master2
0 master_Log2
Please note logical name of the master database files.
But, in SSMS if i right click and choose properties for master database, it shows logical file names are master, mastlog.
How can this be happened? How can i fix this issue and make it both same names for master database?
Please help!

Today I noticed that one of the server in our environment,
when i run
SELECT *
FROM sys.database_files
i got results
data_space_id name
1 master2
0 master_Log2
Please note logical name of the master database files.
But, in SSMS if i right click and choose properties for master database, it shows logical file names are master, mastlog.
How can this be happened? How can i fix this issue and make it both same names for master database?
Please help!
Its nothing to worry about may be master was restored from backup which had logical file name as master2
Please mark this reply as answer if it solved your issue or vote as helpful if it helped so that other forum members can benefit from it
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Insert data file name into table from sql loader

Hi All,
I have a requirement to insert the data file name dynamically into table using sql loader.
Example:
sqlldr userid=username/passwword@host_string control=test_ctl.ctl data=test_data.dat
test_ctl.ctl
LOAD DATA
FILED TERMINATED BY ','
INTO TABLE test
(empid number,
ename varchar2(20),
file_name varchar2(20) ---------- This should be the data file name which can be dynamic (coming from parameter)
test_data.dat
1,test
2,hello
3,world
4,end
Please help..
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Anuj

you'll probably have to write your control file on the fly, using a .bat or .sh file
rem ===== file : test.bat ========
rem
rem ============== in pseudo speak =============
rem
rem
echo LOAD DATA > test.ctl
echo FILED TERMINATED BY ',' >> test.ctl
echo INTO TABLE test >> test.ctl
echo (empid number, >> test.ctl
echo ename varchar2(20), >> test.ctl
echo file_name constant %1% >> test.ctl
echo ) >> test.ctl
rem
rem
rem
sqlldr userid=username/passwword@host_string control=test.ctl data=test_data.dat
rem =============== end of file test.bat =======================
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14215/ldr_field_list.htm#i1008664

Possibility of capturing data file name in SQL * Loader

Hi,
I have a requirement to capture the data file name in the staging table, is there a way that i can capture it in SQL * Loader or any other way of doing it.
Need experts suggestion please.
Thanks,
Genoo

Hi Genoo.
how do we capture the file name and stores in the temporary table
You may use the above command mentioned in my previous post (if Linux) to populate the Test.csv file with the available file name in the directory, i.e:
ls /some/path/*.dat | xargs -n1 basename > /home/oracle/Test.csv
1. Ensure to first load the Test.csv file as for eg:
1,aaa
2,bbb
3,ccc
2. Create a control file to load these records into temporary tables,for eg:
load data
infile '/home/oracle/Test.csv'
into table file_name_upload
fields terminated by ","
( id, file_name )
3. Create the respective table in the database:
create table file_name_upload
id number,
file_name varchar2(20)
4. Load the data into temporary table
sqlldr test/test control=/home/oracle/sqlldr_test.ctl
Please refer notes:
SQL*Loader - How To Load A Date Column With Fractions Of Second (Doc ID 1276259.1)
Script To Generate SQL*Loader Control File (Doc ID 1019523.6)
SQL*Loader performance tips (Doc ID 28631.1)
How To use the Sequence Function of SQL*Loader (Doc ID 1058895.6)
How to Get Data from Existing Table to Flat File Usable by SQL*Loader (Doc ID 123852.1)
Also see link:
10 Oracle SQLLDR Command Examples (Oracle SQL*Loader Tutorial)
Thanks &
Best regards,

SQLLoader: Uploading data file name along with data

I am using Oracle SQLLoader to upload my data from CSV files into a single table. My current CTL file is as follows:
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'trace_metals100.csv'
INFILE 'trace_metals101.csv'
APPEND
INTO TABLE TRACE_METALS
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
(STATION_NO, METAL_NAME, METAL_WT)
Just for my record I want to upload the data file name also along with the data into a fourth column. How should I do it using SQLLoader??
Regards,
Moiz

Do two loads using two separate control files:
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'trace_metals100.csv'
APPEND
INTO TABLE trace_metals
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
TRAILING NULLCOLS
(station_no,
metal_name,
metal_wt,
fourth_column_name CONSTANT trace_metals100.csv)
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'trace_metals101.csv'
APPEND
INTO TABLE trace_metals
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
TRAILING NULLCOLS
(station_no,
metal_name,
metal_wt,
fourth_column_name CONSTANT trace_metals101.csv)

How to read .dat files that are hidden?

Is it possible to read .dat files that are set to hidden? 'cause what i did was i created a .dat file and set its attributes to hidden and my Read file code cannot read hidden files.
here's my Read file code:
Scanner read=new Scanner(FileReader("C:\password.dat"));
and another thing, how do you Write a .dat file that is hidden too? 'cause my password.dat file needs to be updated.
here's my Write file code:
PrintWriter write=new PrintWriter("C:\password.dat");
thank for the help.

There should not be any problems opening up hidden files. Your problem is probably elsewhere (for example, you didn't escape the backslash, so what you posted is not your code).

Quicken data file names are mysteriously being change on my iDisk

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