Self teach

ok here goes
a while ago a friend of mine got satellite internet. hughes?.. the required technition came hooked the modem by ethernet to the laptop.. they ask since this instalation do you think it would be possible to connect our wireless router.. not hub.. they tried but favorably failed.. my friend called me. but because i am self taught i suceeded where they failed. my friends computer was only.. vista.. and i only know and worked on a vista for about a month.. but because i'm self taught im a huge problem solver. even though vista for the majority of the time asks for allow, continue, unblock yatta yatta yatta. with my revolations never use a wizard setting up networks.. im strongly against wizards. in vista the only wizard i accept is one that checks for checks and balance if the wizard is connected to internet or network. but the diagnose the problem i say no to. entering in information manually to router mac address and ip gateway and dns addresses for static ip address from your router and no dynamic hosting from router if it is not static ip for the ethernet or wireless card for your pc doesnt like a secure wireless section and become unstable if you use dhcp on your router. reason i say this is doing this method allows for clerical sence from router to router. my friend when i went there he had a router i have never heard of. but since its supported i downloaded the manual looked at how it was different and succeeded to hook him wirelessly not hard right?..well and another thing is turn dhcp and ddns off on the modem and just use its gateway address. so if later it gets confused you since manually doing it you can just unplug the modem and router ac cord wait 30 seconds plug the modem in wait 20 seconds or till the lights stop blinking then plug the power cord into the router just wait 1 minute then you should be connected. now because on the modem you turned ddns and dhcp and used mac address and gateway and ISP's dns address its that easy to reset them. another thing is that anti virus isnt compermised on vista you cant goto task menu in processes and end process on a installed anti virus. you must uninstall the program.. firewall is basiclly same.
story goes i hear best buy has geek squads. well do they know its verry handy to download manuals. know that manual installation of network is 50% faster and effective. you dont need to ever call ISP's for DNS addresses, but you do need dns from them but its just you dont need thier help. also i did it that way and i confirmed my public library internet is from the same ISP i have. and no i didnt hack. i just selected my wireless card adapter right clicked and went to status. if open system to dhcp and no passphrase to log onto your router they can get all this information no extra software needed. thats wireless anyways. so turn your mac address and router to shut off dhcp. but not static dhcp. and you will also need to know the names of your pc's -- start menu right click my computer and propertise and computer name or control panel yatta yatta yatta. or if my computer is on desktop. either one of the 3. on my friend router i was not happy. you had to go into web browser 192.168.yatta.yatta in router and any wireless you need to take thier registered computer name and mac address and check the box that said block this connection. i paid a little more at best buy than this cheep thing and mine wont negotiate with others unless previous enter information. this one loged you on and chose. my router is a dlink something best buy knows and i even belive linksys does the same type of stuff but i never looked at linksys if its more better if you make your ip address to static to turn off additional ip addresses handed out by dhcp or not with secure connection but test it.

When you are behind a router , you will always get the 192.. whatever address. You can go to many sites to see what your real IP is , I personallly like dslreports.com or www.whatismyip.com
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Self teaching and need help please

Hi, I'm trying to teach myself Java. Trying being the operative word. I've purchased the book "Java Software Solutions" and I'm trudging my way through it. Anyway, to my question: it's a 6 parter that was an test-yourself question in the book that I'm having a lot of trouble with. It says to use a program provided by Lewis and Loftus and edit that program so that it, 1. asks the user for a file name and when the user enters that on the keyboard it finds the file, 2. read each line and place it in a string array and setup an integer count variable to keep track of the lines read so it stops at the end, 3. Create an int array (of the size given by the count determined above) and filling it with the number part of each element of the String array. Create a String array (of the size given by the count determined above) and fill it with the name part of each element of the above String array, 4. Finish the implementation of the Sorts class to include the selectionSort method for arrays of Comparable. Include the isSorted method as a static boolean method that will take either an array of int or an array of Comparable, 5. Use the Sorts class to do both insertionSort and selectionSort on both arrays and refill the arrays between sorts and test the arrays before and after sorting with the isSorted method, 6. Give output consisting of the results of testing with the isSorted method before and after each sort on each array, the array names should be given, the count should be given.
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// Sorts.java       Author: Lewis and Loftus
// Demonstrates the selection sort and insertion sort algorithms,
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}Again, many thanks to anyone who took the time to mull this over. Hope to hear from you soon.
-Joe Williams

Hi Joe,
Whoa. What exactly are you asking here? Not to be mean, but this is the type of question goes unanswered in the forums. It looks too much like you're trying to get someone to do your work.
My advice is, take it slow. Think about what you have read. Apply it to each step. Since you haven't given an indication of where you are in the book, I'm going to assume based on the problem that you're fairly far. I'm assuming you know how to compile and run a program, how to write a class, what inheritance is, etc.
Step 1: How do you get input from the user? Has the book covered streams yet?
Step 2: Again, do you understand what streams are and how to read from them?
Step 3: Have you read about Wrappers and parsing strings?
etc.
Generally, in the forum, the kind of questions that get good responses are fairly specific, as in:
"Hi, I tried this code:
<code snippet />
and I'm getting this error:
<error />
What could be wrong?"
If you do that, you'll find this forum a great learning aid. But really, a lot of effort has to be put in before you bring it here.
Good luck and keep learning! It will pay off.

Seeking advice for a self-teaching programme of new Java techs

Hello,
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I am preparing a programme to learn a few technologies I have missed over the past years. I plan to develop a couple of utilities (simple CRUD apps) on my spare time, gradually including bits and bits of the bricks I want to grasp.
I need some advice though to make this learning effective.
My first priority is to invest in reusable knowledge, so I will stick to "standard" bricks, and will aim mostly at off-the-shelf tools that work out of the box
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I could also jump directly to 1.6, ignoring its new APIs, and concentrate on
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Hello,
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Hi Joe,
Whoa. What exactly are you asking here? Not to be mean, but this is the type of question goes unanswered in the forums. It looks too much like you're trying to get someone to do your work.
My advice is, take it slow. Think about what you have read. Apply it to each step. Since you haven't given an indication of where you are in the book, I'm going to assume based on the problem that you're fairly far. I'm assuming you know how to compile and run a program, how to write a class, what inheritance is, etc.
Step 1: How do you get input from the user? Has the book covered streams yet?
Step 2: Again, do you understand what streams are and how to read from them?
Step 3: Have you read about Wrappers and parsing strings?
etc.
Generally, in the forum, the kind of questions that get good responses are fairly specific, as in:
"Hi, I tried this code:
<code snippet />
and I'm getting this error:
<error />
What could be wrong?"
If you do that, you'll find this forum a great learning aid. But really, a lot of effort has to be put in before you bring it here.
Good luck and keep learning! It will pay off.

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public static void main (String[] args)
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1.06 GB Wired RAM
4.34 GB Page-ins
135 KB Page-outs

If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data, then reinstall the OS.* You don't need to erase the startup volume, and you won't need the backup unless something goes wrong. If the system was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you may need the Apple ID and password you used.
If you use FileVault 2, then before running the Installer you must launch Disk Utility and select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another icon with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main Recovery screen.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
If you installed the Java runtime distributed by Apple and still need it, you'll have to reinstall it. The same goes for Xcode. All other data will be preserved.
*The linked support article refers to OS X 10.10 ("Yosemite"), but the procedure is the same for OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and later.

One form for multiple tables

Hey,
I'm Pretty new to Access, as I've been given units to cover for my college course. Unfortunately my tutor has had this dumped on him too (so he's kinda self teaching as he goes as well)....
My issue is that I am trying to create a single form that will allow for all the information to be entered onto, which will then disseminate that info to the separate tables.
The database is a simple film database that has 8 tables in total. Seven are data tables (Filminfo; Certificate; Genre; Series; Role; Producer; Actor) and the seventh is a central table that is filled with keys as a connection for them all. Series is also
an off shoot from the filminfo table. I do have a pic, but I couldn't attach an image until my account was verified!
This is how we were advised to set it out and as far as I can tell the other parts that have been built are working. I know there is a way to do it, but tonight the internet is failing me, that, or my lack of understanding
exactly what I'm reading.
Therefore any help that could be offered by anybody that can work out what I'm rambling on about, would be most appreciated (even more so if in layman's terms)

What you have in relational database terms is a 7-way many-to-many relationship type between the 'referenced' tables. This is what your eighth table is modelling by resolving the many-to-many relationship type into seven one-to-many relationship types.
The problem here is that you are going to end up with a huge amount of 'redundancy' in the table modelling the relationship type. At least some of the other tables represent entity types of which there can be more that one instance per film, e.g. there
will be more than one actor in most films. So let's say you record four actors for a film. That means four rows in the table, but you then have to record the producer of the film four times as well, entering the same foreign key value into all
four rows. That's what's meant by redundancy. Redundancy is a bad thing because it leaves the table open to the risk of 'update anomalies', e.g. two or more different producers could be inadvertently entered in different rows of the four.
Which is the correct one? There's no way of knowing.
So what relationship types do we really have here? Let's concentrate on films and actors. Each film can have many actors, and each actor can appear in many films (think Michael Caine!), so the relationship type is many-to-many. Now a many-to-many
relationship type cannot be modelled directly between two tables, it's done by a third table which resolves it into two one-to-many relationship types. So in broad outline the tables would be like this:
Films
....FilmID (PK)
....Title
....ReleaseDate
....etc
Actors
....ActorID (PK)
....FirstName
....LastName
....etc
and to model the relationship type:
FilmActors
....FilmID (FK)
....ActorID (FK)
....Role
The primary key of this last table is a composite one made up of the two foreign keys FilmID and ActorID.
Karl's already given you a clue how to represent this; by means of a form/subform. The form would be based on Films and the subform on FilmActors. For a simple example of this basic type of many-to-many relationship type and how to represent it
in a form/subform take a look at StuidentCourses.zip in my public databases folder at:
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=44CC60D7FEA42912&id=44CC60D7FEA42912!169
If you have difficulty opening the link copy its text (NB, not the link location) and paste it into your browser's address bar.
This little demo file illustrates a number of interfaces using forms, but just look at the conventional form/subform set-up. The other two are just there because from time to time people have asked how to do it in these other ways. Quite why they
want to is another matter!
My demo just has one subform, but there's no reason why you can't have multiple subforms in a films form of course, each for a different related entity type, each linked to the parent form on FilmID. Tip: to save space put ach subform on a separate
page of a tab control, with the main film data in the parent form above the tab control so it's visible permanently as you move between different pages of the tab control.
BTW in my StudentCourses demo try typing into the combo box in the subform the name of a new course not currently listed, French say, and see what happens. Take a look at the code in the combo box's NotInList event procedure to see how it works.
For other uses of this event procedure take a look at the NotInlist demo file in the same OneDrive folder.
I can sympathise with your tutor BTW. My next door neighbour is head of the art department at a high school, but she has to teach maths also!
PS: I included Role as column in the FilmActors table, but what about Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets? (google it if you're not familiar with the film) How do you think you'd handle that situation?
Ken Sheridan, Stafford, England

Can you use a custom cursor with drag and drop?

Hi there! I'm a newbie flash user and working on a simulation for a graduate course in instructional design. I'm using Flash Professional CC on Mac. Here's what I'm trying to do. I have several draggable sprites on the stage and three target sprites. I have specified the original x,y locations of the sprites and have set the end x,y locations as those of each of the three targets. Items must be dragged to one of the three targets.
Some questions:
1. Can I specify more than one End x,y location for a draggable sprite? I'm creating a lesson to teach kindergartners how to sort lunchroom waste. If they have a napkin, for example, it could either go into the compost OR into the recycling. In cases like this where an item could really be placed into more than one bin, I want them to get it right if they do either of those things, rather than forcing them to choose which one.
2. To make my project more "fun" for kids, I wanted to customize the cursor with a graphic of hand. When I tried this in the flash file it works perfectly until I add the drag and drop functionality for the wasted items. Then the cursor will more around but not pick up any items. Once I revert back to the standard pointer, the correct drag and drop functionality is restored.
3. I have it set to snap back to the original location if learner attempts to drop the item on the wrong target. I want to be able to play a sound file when that happens, as well as play a sound file when it lands on the correct target, as well as shrink the item and change its opacity so that it appears invisible. I want to give the illusion of it being placed into the bin. I have no idea as to the proper way to code these events so that they happen.
4. I've watched dozens of hours of youtube tutorials before coming here. I'm a quick study, but am very new to action script. In one of the videos the developer showed referencing an external action script file which I don't think is an option in CC. The coding method he used seemed much more streamlined and "clean" than the chunks I'm working with now. Is there an easy way for me to code information about these objects than the way I've got it here now? I hate starting new things with bad habits. The perils of self-teaching.
Thanks!
I'm pasting my code from the actions panel below so you can see what's going on:
stop();
/* Custom Mouse Cursor
Replaces the default mouse cursor with the specified symbol instance.
stage.addChild(customcursor);
customcursor.mouseEnabled = false;
customcursor.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fl_CustomMouseCursor);
function fl_CustomMouseCursor(event:Event)
customcursor.x = stage.mouseX;
customcursor.y = stage.mouseY;
Mouse.hide();
//To restore the default mouse pointer, uncomment the following lines:
customcursor.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fl_CustomMouseCursor);
stage.removeChild(customcursor);
Mouse.show();
//set up variables and objects for dragging
var offset:int = 10;
var appleStartX:int = 243;
var appleStartY:int = 156;
var appleEndX:int = 522;
var appleEndY:int = 22;
apple.buttonMode = true;
apple.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
apple.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var cupStartX:int = 39;
var cupStartY:int = 266;
var cupEndX:int = 520;
var cupEndY:int = 175;
cup.buttonMode = true;
cup.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
cup.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var barStartX:int = 178;
var barStartY:int = 234;
var barEndX:int = 522;
var barEndY:int = 22;
bar.buttonMode = true;
bar.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
bar.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var orangeStartX:int = 284;
var orangeStartY:int = 102;
var orangeEndX:int = 522;
var orangeEndY:int = 22;
orange.buttonMode = true;
orange.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
orange.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var bottleStartX:int = 172;
var bottleStartY:int = 303;
var bottleEndX:int = 520;
var bottleEndY:int = 175;
bottle.buttonMode = true;
bottle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
bottle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var bananaStartX:int = 113;
var bananaStartY:int = 123;
var bananaEndX:int = 522;
var bananaEndY:int = 22;
banana.buttonMode = true;
banana.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
banana.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var napkinStartX:int = 248;
var napkinStartY:int = 271;
var napkinEndX:int = 520;
var napkinEndY:int = 175;
napkin.buttonMode = true;
napkin.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
napkin.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var yogurtStartX:int = 27;
var yogurtStartY:int = 136;
var yogurtEndX:int = 518;
var yogurtEndY:int = 329;
yogurt.buttonMode = true;
yogurt.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
yogurt.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var strawberryStartX:int = 120;
var strawberryStartY:int = 285;
var strawberryEndX:int = 522;
var strawberryEndY:int = 22;
strawberry.buttonMode = true;
strawberry.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
strawberry.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var sandwichStartX:int = 7;
var sandwichStartY:int = 364;
var sandwichEndX:int = 522;
var sandwichEndY:int = 22;
sandwich.buttonMode = true;
sandwich.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
sandwich.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var juiceStartX:int = 88;
var juiceStartY:int = 347;
var juiceEndX:int = 518;
var juiceEndY:int = 329;
juice.buttonMode = true;
juice.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
juice.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var foilStartX:int = 39;
var foilStartY:int = 416;
var foilEndX:int = 520;
var foilEndY:int = 175;
foil.buttonMode = true;
foil.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
foil.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
var waxbagStartX:int = 235;
var waxbagStartY:int = 342;
var waxbagEndX:int = 522;
var waxbagEndY:int = 22;
waxbag.buttonMode = true;
waxbag.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startDragging);
waxbag.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
function startDragging (e:MouseEvent) {
e.currentTarget.startDrag();
function stopDragging (e:MouseEvent) {
e.currentTarget.stopDrag();
switch (e.currentTarget) {
case apple:
if (apple.x < appleEndX - offset || apple.x > appleEndX + offset || apple.y < appleEndY - offset || apple.y > appleEndY + offset) {
apple.x = appleStartX;
apple.y = appleStartY;
else {
apple.x = appleEndX;
apple.y = appleEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case sandwich:
if (sandwich.x < sandwichEndX - offset || sandwich.x > sandwichEndX + offset || sandwich.y < sandwichEndY - offset || sandwich.y > sandwichEndY + offset) {
sandwich.x = sandwichStartX;
sandwich.y = sandwichStartY;
else {
sandwich.x = sandwichEndX;
sandwich.y = sandwichEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case orange:
if (orange.x < orangeEndX - offset || orange.x > orangeEndX + offset || orange.y < orangeEndY - offset || orange.y > orangeEndY + offset) {
orange.x = orangeStartX;
orange.y = orangeStartY;
else {
orange.x = orangeEndX;
orange.y = orangeEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case strawberry:
if (strawberry.x < strawberryEndX - offset || strawberry.x > strawberryEndX + offset || strawberry.y < strawberryEndY - offset || strawberry.y > strawberryEndY + offset) {
strawberry.x = strawberryStartX;
strawberry.y = strawberryStartY;
else {
strawberry.x = strawberryEndX;
strawberry.y = strawberryEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case napkin:
if (napkin.x < napkinEndX - offset || napkin.x > napkinEndX + offset || napkin.y < napkinEndY - offset || napkin.y > napkinEndY + offset) {
napkin.x = napkinStartX;
napkin.y = napkinStartY;
else {
napkin.x = napkinEndX;
napkin.y = napkinEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case bar:
if (bar.x < barEndX - offset || bar.x > barEndX + offset || bar.y < barEndY - offset || bar.y > barEndY + offset) {
bar.x = barStartX;
bar.y = barStartY;
else {
bar.x = barEndX;
bar.y = barEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case juice:
if (juice.x < juiceEndX - offset || juice.x > juiceEndX + offset || juice.y < juiceEndY - offset || juice.y > juiceEndY + offset) {
juice.x = juiceStartX;
juice.y = juiceStartY;
else {
juice.x = juiceEndX;
juice.y = juiceEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case foil:
if (foil.x < foilEndX - offset || foil.x > foilEndX + offset || foil.y < foilEndY - offset || foil.y > foilEndY + offset) {
foil.x = foilStartX;
foil.y = foilStartY;
else {
foil.x = foilEndX;
foil.y = foilEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case banana:
if (banana.x < bananaEndX - offset || banana.x > bananaEndX + offset || banana.y < bananaEndY - offset || banana.y > bananaEndY + offset) {
banana.x = bananaStartX;
banana.y = bananaStartY;
else {
banana.x = bananaEndX;
banana.y = bananaEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case bottle:
if (bottle.x < bottleEndX - offset || bottle.x > bottleEndX + offset || bottle.y < bottleEndY - offset || bottle.y > bottleEndY + offset) {
bottle.x = bottleStartX;
bottle.y = bottleStartY;
else {
bottle.x = bottleEndX;
bottle.y = bottleEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case waxbag:
if (waxbag.x < waxbagEndX - offset || waxbag.x > waxbagEndX + offset || waxbag.y < waxbagEndY - offset || waxbag.y > waxbagEndY + offset) {
waxbag.x = waxbagStartX;
waxbag.y = waxbagStartY;
else {
waxbag.x = waxbagEndX;
waxbag.y = waxbagEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case cup:
if (cup.x < cupEndX - offset || cup.x > cupEndX + offset || cup.y < cupEndY - offset || cup.y > cupEndY + offset) {
cup.x = cupStartX;
cup.y = cupStartY;
else {
cup.x = cupEndX;
cup.y = cupEndY;
//checkGame();
break;
case yogurt:
if (yogurt.x < yogurtEndX - offset || yogurt.x > yogurtEndX + offset || yogurt.y < yogurtEndY - offset || yogurt.y > yogurtEndY + offset) {
yogurt.x = yogurtStartX;
yogurt.y = yogurtStartY;
else {
waxbag.x = waxbagEndX;
waxbag.y = waxbagEndY;
//checkGame();

Some questions:
1. Can I specify more than one End x,y location for a draggable sprite?
yes, use an if-else statement
I'm creating a lesson to teach kindergartners how to sort lunchroom waste. If they have a napkin, for example, it could either go into the compost OR into the recycling. In cases like this where an item could really be placed into more than one bin, I want them to get it right if they do either of those things, rather than forcing them to choose which one.
2. To make my project more "fun" for kids, I wanted to customize the cursor with a graphic of hand. When I tried this in the flash file it works perfectly until I add the drag and drop functionality for the wasted items. Then the cursor will more around but not pick up any items. Once I revert back to the standard pointer, the correct drag and drop functionality is restored.
assign your cursor's mouseEnabled property to false:
yourcursor.mouseEnabled=false;
3. I have it set to snap back to the original location if learner attempts to drop the item on the wrong target. I want to be able to play a sound file when that happens, as well as play a sound file when it lands on the correct target, as well as shrink the item and change its opacity so that it appears invisible. I want to give the illusion of it being placed into the bin. I have no idea as to the proper way to code these events so that they happen.
use the sound class to create a sound:
// initialize your correct sound once with
var correctSound:Sound=new CorrectSound(); // add an mp3 sound to your library and assign it class = CorrectSound
// apply the play() method everytime you want your sound to play:
correctSound.play();
// change an object's opacity:
someobject.alpha = .3; // partially visible
someobject.alpha = 1; // fully visible
someobject.visible=false; // not visible, at all.
// change an object's scale
someobject.scaleX=someobject.scaleY=.5; // shink width and height by 2
someobject.scaleX=someobject.scaleY=1; // resize to original
4. I've watched dozens of hours of youtube tutorials before coming here. I'm a quick study, but am very new to action script. In one of the videos the developer showed referencing an external action script file which I don't think is an option in CC. The coding method he used seemed much more streamlined and "clean" than the chunks I'm working with now. Is there an easy way for me to code information about these objects than the way I've got it here now? I hate starting new things with bad habits. The perils of self-teaching.
you could google:
actionscript 3 class coding
actionscript 3 object oriented programming
p.s. you can simplify and streamline your coding by learning about arrays and using hitTestObject.

A question based on classroom in a book cs5????

So i am new to flash and wanted to learn so i went and bought the classroom in a book for flash cs5 to self teach my self and well in chapter 6 it has you create a navagation menu. This menu has four boxes you can hover over and click ( i completed the whole lesson so its ready to go) and well when you go to test (command + enter) the flash movie plays but it plays on a custom loop over and over. I went to the top and went under control and deselected loop and it still does it and or it stops but then nothing is clickable.. what gives?? the lesson had me design the menu so you are able to hover over and have a box appear and then when you click it makes a sound and then after you click a new window pops up with info about that particular button and well when you test it it loops through at the blink of an eye and none of the buttons work and it just plays like a movie. I can email the file to get some answers but i just need some help so please if you have read this book or have the book you may know what i am talking about.
Thanks

Hi, I am also experiencing the same issue. The code that's inserted in frame 1 (actions) appears as follows:
stop();
gabelloffel_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, restaurant1);
function restaurant1(event:MousEvent):void
gotoAndStop("label1");
garygari_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, restaurant2);
function restaurant2(event:MousEvent):void
gotoAndStop("label2");
ilpiatto_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, restaurant3);
function restaurant3(event:MousEvent):void
gotoAndStop("label3");
pierreplatters_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, restaurant4);
function restaurant4(event:MousEvent):void
gotoAndStop("label4");
/* Click to Go to Frame and Stop
Clicking on the specified symbol instance moves the playhead to the specified frame in the timeline and stops the movie.
Can be used on the main timeline or on movie clip timelines.
Instructions:
1. Replace the number 5 in the code below with the frame number you would like the playhead to move to when the symbol instance is clicked.
movieClip_2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndStopAtFrame);
function fl_ClickToGoToAndStopAtFrame(event:MouseEvent):void
gotoAndStop(1);
When you test the movie, the following errors appear:
Scene 1, Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 4 1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: MouseEvent.

Want to learn iPhone Programming on 10.5 PPC, can i do this?

I want to self teach my self to program iPhone applications, i have no programming experience so inwill be starting from scratch. I have got the book 'Objective-C For Absolute Beginners' but before I begin I wanted to check I can learn using my system. I have a iMac G4 PPC running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which means I cannot run the latest version of Xcode. Is the latest version of Xcode that can run on 10.5.8 and on a PPC machine okay for me to practice and learn how to use Xcode and program for the iPhone? Because I don't have the money but when I can afford it I will upgrade to an intel computer maybe in a years time. But will it do for now?

AndiWhitts wrote:
Yes that's what I'm after, so writing program's for my mac is similar to iPhone app development only with a different UI ect.? and they definitely both use Objective-C? And the current Xcode I got with my leopard install will have everything I need won't it.
There are definitely some similarities. The lower-level libraries are very similar. At the application level, and the UI architecture level, they are significantly different.
I just wanted to make a start before I get an intel mac but I didn't want to learn it all then have to start from scratch when I get an intel mac because it is completely different.
You wouldn't start from "scatch" because it wouldn't be "completely" different. You would be starting near the beginning because it is 70% different.
If you want to start with the machine you have, focus on writing Mac apps. In a year, maybe you might have something that you could port to Xcode4 and release in the App Store.
Any machine made since 2007 will run Lion.

What is the best and easiest way to upload a big file from an AIR app to a server?

hello everyone
i am a self-teach-as-i-go kind on person, and this is my first encounter with uploading to a server, websites and all
i have written an AIR app in which the user chooses pictures from his/her computer and fills out numerous forms. at the end i want to upload all this data to my server
currently, all the data folder gets compressed to a single zip file (using noChump zip library). i did this for simplicity reasons (uploading only a single file) - the size is the same. this files can get up to 200mb in size
as a server, i have one domain I have bought and currently only a small space (1G - basic). I control it using Parallels® Plesk panel (default from the company i bought the domain and space from)
I have no knowledge other then as3 (thanks, OReilly!), so i thought of something that doesn't require server side scripting.
after messing around a bit i found the code at this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2285645/flex-crossdomain-xml-file-and-ftp
(thank you Joshua). please look at that code, basically, it uploads through a socket
I fixed it up a bit and was able to upload a 64mb zip file to my httpdocs folder in my domain. this included hard coding my username and password
looking at my site managing panel i see the file created and expanding in size, end at the end i even dowloaded the zip and decompressed it - all well.
my questions are:
the upload continued even when i exit my air app! how does this work?
i cant get progress events to fire (this relates to question 1).
this domain also holds my web page. is httpdocs the correct folder to put in user data? how do i give each user their own username and password?
is this the right way to go anyway? remember file sizes could reach 200mb and also, secure transferring is not a must
hope you guys can make sense in the mess
cheers
Saar

Google search.
iTunes does not sync with non-Apple devices.

Create element at center of artboard, move to next artboard and repeat

Hey All! I've been lurking around here for quite some time and i've always been able to find what i needed. Until now. =)
I'm writing a Javascript to create multiple rectangles on the center of the active artboard and then repeat for all remaining artboards. However, i'm getting hung up on how to shift focus to the next artboard. I've read about "setActiveArtboardIndex();" but whenever i try to use this feature, i get the error "setActiveArtboardIndex(); is not a function".
Here's the code i'm working with. Could anyone please tell me how to get the loop to switch to the next artboard before creating the next set of color blocks?
//Beginning of Script
#target illustrator
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var docRef = app.activeDocument
else {
alert("No Document Open");
//Add Color Block Layer
artLayers.locked = true;
function existBlockLayer(layers, name) {
    for (i=0; i<docRef.layers.length; i++){
        if (layers[i].name===name) return true;
    return false;
if (existBlockLayer(docRef.layers,"Color Blocks")) {
    var removeLayer = artLayers.getByName("Color Blocks");
    removeLayer.locked = false;
    removeLayer.remove();
    var blockLayer = docRef.layers.add();
    blockLayer.name = "Color Blocks"
else {
    var blockLayer = docRef.layers.add();
    blockLayer.name = "Color Blocks"
blockLayer.locked = false;
//Get Document Swatches
var swatchList = docRef.swatches;
var artLayers = docRef.layers
var aB = docRef.artboards
var colorList = [];
for(var k=0; k< swatchList.length; k++) {
    if (swatchList[k].name.toLowerCase() != "thru-cut" && swatchList[k].name.toLowerCase() != "[registration]"//
    && swatchList[k].name.toLowerCase() != "[none]" && swatchList[k].name.toLowerCase() != "cut line"){
       colorList.push(swatchList[k].name);
//Create 1 Color Block per Swatch and Apply Swatch
for (var a=0; a<aB.length; a++) {
    var aBLeft = aB[a].artboardRect[0];
    var aBRight = aB[a].artboardRect[2]
    var aBTop = aB[a].artboardRect[1]
    var aBBottom = aB[a].artboardRect[3]
    var W = (aBRight/2);
    var H = (aBBottom/2);
    var posH = (H/2);
    var posW = (W/2);
    alert(W + " width " + H + " height");
    var activeArtboard = aB[a];
    //var aBPlus = setActiveArtboardIndex(a);
    for(var c=0,len=colorList.length;c<len;c++){
        var newBlock = docRef.pathItems.rectangle(posH, posW,10,10);
        newBlock.stroked = false;
    for (var i=0; i < colorList.length; i++) {
        docRef.pathItems[i].fillColor=docRef.swatches.getByName(colorList[i]).color;
artLayers.locked = false;
blockLayer.zOrder (ZOrderMethod.SENDTOBACK);
blockLayer.locked = true;
Thanks in advance all!

woah... ok. so what you posted didn't really work (i had made a revision to that part of the code after my initial post. i realized i was dividing by two twice, so i removed one of those. as a result, i had to remove this "var posW = aBLeft+(aBRight + aBLeft)/2" and i had to add the right edge and left edge instead of subtracting).. but i removed some stuff and switched my variables and now it does work. this is what i ended up doing
for (var a=0; a<aB.length; a++) {
    var aBLeft = aB[a].artboardRect[0];
    var aBRight = aB[a].artboardRect[2]
    var aBTop = aB[a].artboardRect[1]
    var aBBottom = aB[a].artboardRect[3]
    var posH = (aBRight+aBLeft)/2;
    var posW = (aBBottom+aBTop)/2;
    var activeArtboard = aB[a];
    docRef.rulerOrigin[aBLeft, aBTop]
    aB.setActiveArtboardIndex(a);
    makeBlocks();
So.. i'm really glad that it's working.. but i don't really know why it is.. as has been the bane of my existence as a self teaching coder.. if you have a moment, could you explain what's different about my part and your correction? I'm sure something like that will come up again in the future and i'd love to know where i went wrong. =)
I really really appreciate your help, kind friend. pixxxel schubser
Oh and one more thing, if you could. Is there a cleaner way for me to negate those certain swatches? I know i can put them in an array, but it doesn't seem to work when it comes time to say "if swatchList[k].name != [array of colors not to use]". I'd like this thing to be as nice and clean as possible when i surprise my boss with it.. Almost like it looks like i knew what i was doing.

Very New to Graphic Design and Printing

Hi - I have recently gotten into graphic design for print...invitations, etc, and I purchased an Epson R1900 for my studio. This is my first printer purchase and I am also very new to CS5 (self-teaching over the last 2-3 months). So, you can only imagine my printer frustrations...first I had color management issues (still do, but much closer than before due to online research) and now I am trying to load custom paper and print from Illustrator (also using Mac with OSX 10.5.8). I keep getting a message saying "The source selected in the printer driver is not appropriate for the paper that is loaded in the printer." What is going on? I can't have printer issues every time I go to print something!!! Please help me!

In your Applications folder there should be an Epson Printer Utility. You need to change to the custom size there at the driver level and then again in your print dialog when printing the file.
Many problems with Epson Printer Drivers. In my case I could never get the printer utility to show up on my Mac (even after updating drivers, resetting my printers, troubleshooting with Epson, etc). I finally gave up and started using my PC to print to this printer, so I could change to custom size and roll fed.
Good luck.

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