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If I want to run Mac Server on a MacPro Desktop, do I also need to have Tiger or Leopard OS installed as well?
I'm trying to resolve a licensing issue.

Hi
Short answer: No
OSX Server is a superset of the standard client OS. You can install OSX Server on a formatted drive with no prior operating system installed or you can upgrade the client version to the Server version.
Tony

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A really easy question...I think.

Hi everyone,
I have turned the internet inside-out looking for a simple
tutorial on this and so far I think they have all taken me kind of
a long way around. Basically what I want is text/photos/buttons/
inside the
box that are
"scrollable" without having to scroll left or right. My Flash
document is 800x533px. I've tried doing the whole ScrollPane thing
going through about 5 tutorials with different methods but it says
I have to do New Symbol/Movie Clip and the so-called "stage" that
you construct the movie on doesn't allow you to change dimentions
as far as I know. I can only change the dimensions of the main
Stage and the ScrollPane. I feel like this is a simple task so any
help would be greatly appreciated. I apologize if this is a stupid
question. Thanks everyone.
~Bryan

kodemonki wrote:
> Ok, I think this is a really easy question, but I've
been looking for a while
> online, in these forums, my site's code, and in my WACK
book.
>
> How do you set a request time out for a specific page so
that it can run for
> an hour or so? I'm using 4.5 so I can't use cfsetting,
but I'm pretty sure
> I've seen this before.
>
> Please help, thanks!
>
I have not been able to dig this out, but I have a vague
memory of there
being an URL parameter you could pass to a page to allow it
to run longer.

Really easy question about DVDs

I am about to get a new 5g iPod, and I am excited about being able to watch videos on it. But I have a quick question, is it possible to rip DVDs(like you can with CDs) from iTunes?
Thanks

This article addresses your question:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302758

Really easy question from the technologically ignorant

Hello hello... I'm new to macs and I'm trying to work out how to share files and applications and suchlike from my account to my girlfriend's (on the same computer). For example, it'd be nice if when I put a CD on i-Tunes it automatically went into her library as well - also, when I install programmes on my account, we can't seem to access them from hers. I'm sure this is hopelessly easy to do, but there's only so much experimenting I can do before I worry I'm going to break something...
Cheers all...
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4)

iTunes has a sharing preference. There's no need to download music to both users Music folder. The /Users/Shared folder is set up so that all users can put files in this location and let other login users "see" them. Changing the content of a file in the Shared folder involves modifying the permissions on the file. This can be done in the Get Info window (you will find a sub-menu in the Finder's File menu). Select the file that you wish to change the permissions on, select the Get Info sub-menu and change the permissions so Others can read & write.

Really really easy question about sleeping MBP

I have a macbook pro and i am running a program that cannot save for whatever reason, and i want to know if i can close the screen (putting the computer to sleep, i havent changed any defaults), will my program QUIT causing me to loose all of my work, or will it remain "open" and open with my work the next time i open my screen
thanks
ben

Your program may quit for other reasons which you have no control over.
Backup and save your data frequently*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Probably a really easy question but im really stuck so need to know asap please!

Im currently working on a piece for my final year project that takes a webcam and has an old movie effect over it. I have this all working but what I need to know asap though is,
Is there a way that i could put a black box over it that when the user walks in front of the camera that the black box would disapear. I need to know asap so please please please please let me know if you know how to do this!
KR

hi
i guess what you need is motion detection - when motion is detected, set visibility of black box to true.
this should get you started: http://nocreativity.com/blog/webcam-motion-detection-coolness

Easy question: Give access to a class in another class.

Stupid title, but dont know how to express myself :P Sorry for that.
To the problem. Never had this problem before, and I know its a really easy solution to this.
I have my Main class, which creates a MyView class. Inside this class, I make to new classes(or instances of classes i've already made), MyPanel and MyToolsPanel. Now I want to add buttons inside the MyToolsPanel class, and add actionlisteners to these buttons inside MyPanel.
What I'v always done to grant access to MyToolsPanel inside of MyTools, is to simply add a
//this is the MyPanel class
MyToolsPanel mtp;
public void setMtp(MyToolsPanel mtp){
this.mtp = mtp;
}and then in the MyView class which create these to classes, I put a command: mp.setMtp(mtp);
When I run this it doesnt work.. Why? Should be easy to solve, since it obviously is a stupid problem that I just dont see. :P Feeling kind of stupid to ask this question, but this is how it is...
EDIT: I might have to implement actionListener inside the MyToolsPanel class?
Edited by: Stianbl on Sep 28, 2008 4:59 PM

one way:
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
* Subclasses JPanel, can send text out via the getText() method
* can hook into button press via addActionListener
* @author Pete
public class PanelCommSender extends JPanel
private JTextField sendingField = new JTextField(12);
private JButton sendButton = new JButton("Send");
public PanelCommSender()
    add(sendingField);
    add(sendButton);
public void addActionListener(ActionListener al)
    // attach this listener to the button
    sendButton.addActionListener(al);
   * call this to get the text currently in the textfield
   * @return String text
public String getText()
    return sendingField.getText();
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
* Subclasses JPanel, receives text from another class
* @author Pete
public class PanelCommReceiver extends JPanel
private JTextField showResultsField = new JTextField(12);
public PanelCommReceiver()
    showResultsField.setEditable(false);
    add(new JLabel("Results from other panel: "));
    add(showResultsField);
   * call this to set text of textField
   * @param text
public void setText(String text)
    showResultsField.setText(text);
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class PanelCommControl
private static void createAndShowUI()
    // create new instances of the receiving and sending panels:
    final PanelCommReceiver receivePanel = new PanelCommReceiver();
    final PanelCommSender sendPanel = new PanelCommSender();
    // let the communicate w/ each other
    sendPanel.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        receivePanel.setText(sendPanel.getText());
    // place the receiving JPanel into a JFrame
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Receiving Panel");
    frame.getContentPane().add(receivePanel);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 300)); // make it bigger so it can be seen
    frame.pack();
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    frame.setVisible(true);
    // place the sending JPanel into a JDialog
    JDialog dialog = new JDialog(frame, "Sending Panel", false);
    dialog.getContentPane().add(sendPanel);
    dialog.pack();
    dialog.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    dialog.setVisible(true);
public static void main(String[] args)
    java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
      public void run()
        // run the whole show in a thread-safe manner
        createAndShowUI();
}

Easy Question about resizing video

I searched 'Resizing Video' and there was too many unrelated results to a really simple question.
In my old program "Premiere', to resize and move a video around was very easy. You could adjust the scale and X-Y values numerically, or you could use a Free Transform like in Photoshop. Simply dragging bounding boxes for size and aspect and also dragging the clip to decide it's location.
The only way I know how to do this in FCP is I double click a clip in the sequence, it loads into the viewer, I go to the Motion Tab and then I can adjust the Scale, which is cool. But then I'm left with the Distort section to adjust position (and aspect if need be). In the Distort section there are 8 numeric fields of info to figure out and fill out just to get one clip in a different position correctly.
I'm thinking there must be another way to adjust the location (or aspect) of a video clip without spending a bit of time on exact coordinates, I want to eye-ball where I want the clip to go and simply move it there. Is the Distort feature the only way to do this? If not, which is the fastest way to move and change the dimension of a clip.
Thanks for reading, I hope there is another way, I'm not use to these calculations and they're slowing me down.
Monty

I searched 'Resizing Video' and there was too many unrelated results to a really simple question.
That's because it's not a simple question at all and yet every one of those threads was related to the OP's question. As you discovered, there are lots of ways to interpret "resize," during capture, editing, effects, output, viewing, encoding, printing. But the solution was even simpler than you thought. All you had to do was open the manual or the online help system. Start taking the manuals to the gym with you. FCP is not Premiere. You're going to hate FCP, you're going to love FCP but it will never behave like Premiere beyond the elements of the functional paradigm. Forget Premiere.
bogiesan

Easy question what puzzle me

Here is my vi,I want to get X a fixed value not a random value between 0 and 1.This is very easy question, but it really puzzles me a long time. Aha
EZCONN TEST ENGINEER
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If you want the constant result and the random results, you need to output to an array. Right click the loop tunnel and select "Enable Indexing" to change the output from the last iteration of the loop to an array of all the iterations.
I changed your example to a for loop because while loops with a fixed number of iterations bug me.
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Easy Question: Illegal Start of Expression

This is a ridiculously easy question... but I am having trouble with it...
Anyway, here is the line of code that is giving me trouble:
jButtons = {{jButton1, jButton5, jButton9, jButton13},
{jButton2, jButton6, jButton10, jButton14},
{jButton3, jButton7, jButton11, jButton15},
{jButton4, jButton8, jButton12, jButton16}};
        That's it. jButton1 through jButton16 are all jButton objects (for a GUI). jButtons is an array (4 by 4) of jButton. All are global variables, the buttons are all initilized (in fact, that was the problem I had before, and why I need to put this here: otherwise I get a null pointer exception).
Surprisingly, such a simple line of code causes TONS of errors to occur. To save space, {...} * 2 means that the exception occurs twice in a row, errors are separated by comma's.
{ Illegal Start of Expression, {Not a statement, ; required} * 2} * 4, Empty statement
A similar statement (int[] test = {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};) works perfectly fine.
Please help, doing this will reduce the size of my code to about a third of the size of the code. And then I can laugh in the faces of those people who say that I write long, and in-efficient code! MWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
However, I will keep at it, and Murphy's Law states I will find a solution 10 seconds after posting. If I do, I will edit this post, and tell you guys the answer ;)
[Edit]In case you are wondering... all my other code is correct. Here is the adjacent 3 methods:
private void jButton16ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    ButtonClick(3,3);
    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton10;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton11;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton12;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton13;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton14;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton15;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton16;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton17;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton3;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton4;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton5;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton6;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton7;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton8;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton9;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    // End of variables declaration
     * @param args the command line arguments
    public static void main(String args[])
        jButtons = {{jButton1, jButton5, jButton9, jButton13},
{jButton2, jButton6, jButton10, jButton14},
{jButton3, jButton7, jButton11, jButton15},
{jButton4, jButton8, jButton12, jButton16}};
        int[][] test = {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new GameWindow().setVisible(true);
    String[] row1 = {"1", "5", "9", "13"};
    String[] row2 = {"2", "6", "10", "14"};
    String[] row3 = {"3", "7", "11", "15"};
    String[] row4 = {"4", "8", "12", ""};
    String[][] labels = {row1, row2, row3, row4};
    int blankX = 3;
    int blankY = 3;
    static javax.swing.JButton[][] jButtons;
    private void DisableAll()
        for (int looperX = 0; looperX < 4; looperX++)
            for (int looperY = 0; looperY < 4; looperY++)
                jButtons[looperX][looperY].setEnabled(false);
    Edited by: circularSquare on Oct 13, 2008 5:49 PM
Edited by: circularSquare on Oct 13, 2008 5:52 PM

You can only initialise an array like that when you declare it at the same time. Otherwise you have to do as suggested above.
int[] numbers = {1,2,3,4}; //ok
int[] numbers;
numbers = {1,2,3,4}; // not ok

Easy question - how to increase number of recent files in menu?

This is for CS5 if it matters.
I'm an infrequent Illustrator user (at best) but I have what I hope is an easy question: I want to increase number of recent files showing in the menu.
I can't find a preferece to set such as in PS and almost every other application on the face of the earth. I've tried to reset the preferences file (start Illustrator with ctrl-alt-shift held down) but I'm stuck at 4 files, which I assume is the anemic default option.
Is there an easy way to do this that Adobe has hidded somewhere? As expected, it can't be found in the help, I can't find it on the forums, or even on the net, but I do know it can be done because I can see other installs showing lots of files in the list.
thanks for any help.

This might be because of a new feature that you can turn off for each object, and alltogether. When you create a new document at the bottom, make sure 'Align New Objects to Pixel Grid' is unchecked. After you have created a new file, you can still go into the 'TRANSFORM' palette (SHIFT+8), use the little right top menu, and make sure 'Align New Objects to Pixel Grid' is unchecked. And if you want to get fancy with each object; you can select an object, and look at the 'TRANSFORM' palette at the bottom is a place to uncheck the 'Align to Pixel Grid' at your disposall.
Before I found this, it ruined my week.
http://www.kenwells.com

Easy question I'm sure. imac hard full (500gb) mostly from iphoto. no capacity left. what are my options? I've thought of an external drive of 1tb and then a 2nd external drive of 3tb to back up both???? please help.

easy question I'm sure. imac hard full (500gb) mostly from iphoto. no capacity left. what are my options? I've thought of an external drive of 1tb and then a 2nd external drive of 3tb to back up both???? please help.

Those are the options - more space is more space.
Moving the iPhoto Library is simple:
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Regards
TD

Easy question about Reformatting

Hello all,
I am trying to reformat my HD after I have deleted Windows XP off of a partition. The reason for this is an upgrade to Vista and a larger allotment of HD space. My question is:
I am using Backup v3.1.1. (v369) and I have FULL backup files of my Home folder, and my Music folder (as backup for my backup) for all my iTunes libraries. These are located on a portable HD. Are these the correct files to have backed up in order to have my MAC the way it was before I started the process? If so, then once the reformatting is complete, how do I get it all back onto my MAC permanently? Will all my apps and tweaks work as before?
I am sure this is a simple question, however, I have never had to do this with a MAC, and I want to make sure I have all bases covered before I begin this. Any other comments or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks All!

You call this an easy question ???
Just messin with ya
Your home folder is the most important folder containing your music, documents, preferences etc. but a lot is also stored in the system folder and library folder outside your home folder, if you want to be ensured of an exact copy of your current system the best way to go at this is to clone your system partition.
The app i use for this is carbonCopyCloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
To add to this.. i've heard there is software for the mac that allows you to make adjustments to the size of your partitions without having to format the drive, i don't know the names of these products but i do know that it's very risky to use them, if you decide to use an app like that make sure you have proper backups of everything just in case it goes wrong.
Message was edited by: Pr0digy V.

Possibly really stupid question.

What I've read about backing up itunes always refers to making sure that your purchased music doesn't get lost. There's a lot of other "stuff" in there also, things that weren't purchased...my own CD's, audiobooks, videos, etc`.
Here's the really dumb question: If I hook up my external hard drive and copy itunes to it, does everything I have get copied to the external drive...music, videos, whatever?

I know very little about the file structure on a Windows PC (Apple since 1984). On a Mac, which may be similar to Windows, I just select the *iTunes Music* folder, grab and drag it to the desired location on my external HD and let go. This creates an exact copy of the folder on my external drive.
As far as getting there (to your *iTunes Music* folder) I can be of little help.

Easy question for the MODS

Unlike more difficult questions like CRC problems, ps problems, etc, this is rather an easy question.
The KT4V manual (page 3-8) lists the onboard NIC as a "boot device" option. This "feature" is available in Bios 1.1, 1.2 but not available in Bios 1.4 and later.
Any reason why this feature was mutilated and not available anymore in the later bioses?
Are there two different bioses for KT4V and KT4V-L? If yes where can one find the bios for KT4V-L?
I know this feature is not very popular with the majority of users, and I'm not trying to bust anyone's balls for removing un-popular features, but the "boot from NIC" was one of the features/reasons why I got this mb, and I would rather use a much newer bios than 1.2 (for known reasons).
Also, while on this topic, boot-from-usb (especially thumb drives) feature would also be greatly appreciated - I think it is also listed in the manual.
TIA

Hi,
Quote
Please suggest him to update the BIOS Ver1.9 which can support Boot from LAN and boot from USB devices.
AMI BIOS can boot from the devices which support BIOS Boot specifications (BBS, you can refer to the attached file for the information).
Email me, so I can send you the BIOS PDF.

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