Server-Side Pixel Bender

I've written a PHP extension capable of running Pixel Bender kernels (Flash-compatible ones). Performance is not great, as it's not multithreaded and doesn't make use of the GPU, but it can typically process an image in fraction of a second. Compiling to native code using gcc reduces this time further.
It's something that opens up new possibilities for Pixel Bender, I believe. You can allow end-user to interactively adjust the parameters to a PB filter, with immediate display of the outcome. The final parameters can then be sent to the server and which apply the effect to the stored resource (an image or perhaps a video).
http://www.php-qb.net/

They are now live again. Sorry about that problem.
The PDF link now works on the live article page; the GO URLs will work by tomorrow; the system automatically pushes updated GO URLs live at midnight. In the meantime, the direct links are here:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/developer/pixelbender/pixelbender_2.1_installer_fix_rea dme.pdf
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/developer/pixelbender/pixelbender_toolkit_2.1_installer _hotfix.dmg
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/developer/pixelbender/pixelbender_toolkit_2.1_installer _hotfix.zip
Please post back if you are unable to retrieve the hotfix or if applying it doesn't allow you to upgrade your machine.
Thanks,
Chuck.

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How do I install new filters in Pixel Bender

How do I get the new filters in the pixel bender menu? I download them from Pixel Bender Exchange but there are no instructions.I can't find them anywhere with google searches.
I tried just unzipping the files and putting the pbj and pdk files into the pixel Bender files folder in Photoshop, but that returns an error message when I attempt to use it.
I then tried just putting in the pdk files in since that is what is alredy in the folder, but I just get the same error message.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong. This is in the 64 version of Photoshop (Windows 7). I appreciate any help you can give me.

Yes, the tool kit runs on my machine, though I have to admit the syntax is beyond me at this point. I will have to let other people create the filters.
I could not find anything that said "Driver Provider" or"Driver Date". Maybe in my computer it is not quite the same arrangement. I have copied the information I find when I go to the NVIDA control panel, and click on System information. Perhaps it will tell you what you need to know
Display Tab in System Information:
GeForce GT220, Driver version is 280.26
DirectX support:   10.1
CUDA Cores   48
Graphics clock 615 MHz
Processor clock 1335 MHz
Memory clock: 790 MHz (1580 MHz data rate)
Memory Interface 128-bit
total available graphics 4095 MB
Dedicated video memory: 1024 MB DDR3
System video memory 0 MB
shared system memory 3071 MB
Video BIOS version 70.16.3C.00.05
IRQ: 16
Bus   PCI Express x 16 Gen2
Components Tab in System Information
3D Settings ____________________
nvGameS.dll     6.14.12.8026     NVIDIA 3D Settings Server
NVCUDA.DLL     8.17.12.8026     NVIDIA CUDA 4.0.1 driver
PhysX              09.10.0514       NVIDIA PhysX
Display______________________________
nvDispS.dll         6.14.12.8026    NVIDIA Display Server
NVMCTRAY.DLL   8.17.12.8026    NVIDIA Media Center Library
NVSTRES.DLL      7.17.12.8026    NVIDIA 3D Vision Module (0)
NVSTTEST.EXE    7.17.12.8026 NVIDIA Vision Test Application
NVSTVIEW.EXE    7.17.12.8026 NVIDIA 3D Vision Photo Viewer
Video__________________________________
nvVITvS.dll          6.14.12.8026   NIVDIA Video Server
Workstation_____________________________
nvWSS.dll              6.14.12.8026   NVIDIA Workstation Server
NVIDIA Control Panel_________________________________
nvCpIUI.exe         3.8.812.0         NVIDIA Control Panel
NVCPL.DLL           8.17.12.8026    NVIDIA Experience Driver Component
nvxdapix.dll         8.17.12.8026    NVIDIA Experience Driver Component
nvxdbat.dll           8.17.12.8026    NVIDIA Experience Driver Component
nvxdplcy.dll          8.17.12.8026    NVIDIA Experience Driver Component
nvxdsync.exe       8.17.12.8026    NVIDIA Experience Driver Component
nvui.dll                 7.17.12.8026    NVIDIA Experience Driver Component
NVIDIA Update____________________________________
NvUpdt.dll              1.4.28.0    NVIDIA Update Components
NvUpdtr.dll             1.4.28.0    NVIDIA Update Components
ComUpdatus.exe      1.4.28.0    NVIDIA Update Components
ComUpdatusPS.dll     1.4.28.0    NVIDIA Update Components
daemonu.exe             1.4.28.0    NVIDIA Update Components
Nvlhr.exe             1.4.28.0    NVIDIA Update Components
WLMerger.exe             1.4.28.0    NVIDIA Update Components
easyUpdatusAPIU64.DLL   1.4.28.0    NVIDIA Update Components
additional information about my computer
Windows 7 Ultimate
Service Pack 1
processor Intel (R) Cor(TM)i7 CPU   920 @ 2.67GHz
Installed memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
64-bit Operating System
Pen Input Available

Adobe Application Manager Update fehlgeschlagen Fireworks Update auf Adobe Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.5, CS5 11.0.2-Aktualisierung, Update für Adobe Extension Manager CS5 5.0, Adobe Illustrator CS5 15.0.2 Aktualisierung

Guten Abend Community, erst einmal bin ich neu hier und leider auch hier, da ich ein Problem habe welches ich einfach nicht gelöst bekomme.
Ich musste mein System kommplett neu Installieren und habe anschließend Adobe Web Premium 5 Installiert was auch ohne Probleme Funktioniert, anschließend habe ich die Updates durcheführt welches auch fast ohne Probleme läuft qalle anderen Updates wurden Installiert bis auf die in der fehlermeldung. was kann ich da machen damit das nicht mehr auftritt ?
PS: Davor ging das auch problemlos, das System habe ich erst vor 3 Tagen neu Aufgesetzt.
Protokol der fehlermeldung
Update auf Adobe Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.5
Beim Herunterladen dieses Updates ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Schließen Sie den Vorgang und versuchen Sie es später erneut. Fehlercode: U43M1D207
Fireworks CS5 11.0.2-Aktualisierung
Beim Herunterladen dieses Updates ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Schließen Sie den Vorgang und versuchen Sie es später erneut. Fehlercode: U43M1D207
Update für Adobe Extension Manager CS5 5.0
Beim Herunterladen dieses Updates ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Schließen Sie den Vorgang und versuchen Sie es später erneut. Fehlercode: U43M1D207
Adobe Illustrator CS5 15.0.2 Aktualisierung
Beim Herunterladen dieses Updates ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Schließen Sie den Vorgang und versuchen Sie es später erneut. Fehlercode: U43M1D207
Ja ich habe das mehrmals Versucht
Mein System:
Betriebssystem: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU: AMD FX-8350 (8 x 4,00 GHz bzw. 8 x 4,20 GHz im Turbo Modus)
DDR RAM III: 12,0GB Dual Kanal DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (CPU 1)
Grafik: ASUS VS247 (1920x1080@60Hz)
1023 MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (Gigabyte)
Speicher:
74GB INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC (SSD)
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 (SATA)
Installierte Programme:
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7-Zip 9.20 (x64 edition)
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro - English, Français, Deutsch
Adobe AIR
Adobe Community Help
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium
Adobe Extension Manager CS5
Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX
Adobe Flash Player 14 Plugin
Adobe Media Player
Adobe Photoshop Elements 12
Adobe Photoshop Elements 12
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 64-bit
Adobe Pixel Bender Toolkit 2
Adobe Premiere Elements 12
Adobe Reader XI (11.0.07) - Deutsch
Apple Application Support
Apple Software Update
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Bitdefender Total Security
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DHTML Editing Component
Die Siedler 7
DiskCryptor 1.1
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Elements 12 Organizer
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Wenn noch fragen offen sind einfach fragen, ich würde gerne das Problem so schnell wie möglich lösen....

Ja wie gesagt es hat davor auch ohne Probleme Funktioniert nur war ich gezwungen das System neu zu Installieren und ab dann konnte ich die da oben genannten Updates nicht mehr Installieren. Ein Mac ist zwar eine schöne Sache kommt aber für mich nie in Frage da ich mein PC als Arbeitsrechner und Gamer Rechner nutze und das meiste läuft halt nicht auf einen Mac und man müsste manche Programme neu Kaufen, das sehe ich überhaupt nicht ein, und meine Anwendungen werden aus Prinzipien nicht für Apple Produkte entwickelt da verdient man kaum etwas... aber das muss jeder für sich entscheiden. An eine neue Version habe ich eventuell nächstes Jahr gedacht aber auch nur die CS6 ob man das brauch ist die Frage da CS 5 genau macht was es soll. Das Modell mit der Adobe Cloud hat zwar denn Vorteil das die Programme Aktuell sind aber man muss Monatlich dafür Zahlen und CS5/CS6 oder älter brauch man nur einmal Kaufen. Darüber hinaus finde ich eh das Adobe so eine richtige S*** ist wenn es um Support ältere Programme geht so zeigt Adobe meiner Meinung nach das Ihre Produkte nichts wert sind zumindest macht es den Anschein. Aber wie gesagt, bin ich hier um Hilfe zu bekommen um das Problem zu lösen ohne ein neue Version zu kaufen, das ist ja bekanntlich die einfachste Lösung, aber wenn Informatiker auch so denken würden dann würde es sehr schlecht aussehen... und als Anmerkung am Rande, es wäre ja nett wenn man mir denn Link dieser Updates zukommen lassen könnte um die Updates Manuell zu Installieren.
"Aber wie sollen wir denn Programme testen auf Hardware und OS, die es erst in ein paar Jahren geben wird."
Dies kann man in voraus natürlich nicht aber in nachhinein geht das und Software Entwickler denn etwas an Ihre Produkte liegt, machen das nachhinein auch und passen gegebenenfalls Ihr Produkt an.
PS: CS 2 läuft ebenfalls auf einem Windows 8.1 rechner ;-)

Is it possible to downsize a large image on the server side (before serving it to the user)?

One of the banes of my existence is resizing the same image several times because of the various contexts it appears in. For example, the main image in an article will appear bigger than it will on the index page, where many article teasers are placed. Then there's the image that goes in the Facebook "share" og. Then there's... you get the idea.
Same image, different contexts, lots of Photoshop resizing, lots of files to keep track of... but I save on bandwidth.
On the flip side, I can target the same (large) image and simply downsize via traditional HTML (width/height) on the browser end, but that will mean downloading a file that is 50-75% larger than what is actually needed. If the front page teaser displays a 1280px image at 500px, that's a huge (and potentially costly) waste of bandwidth.
HOWEVER...
If I could do the same thing on the SERVER side... in other words, tell the server to take only the pixels it needs from the (large) image and serve only THOSE to the end user... then the same image could be used in each and every context, and only the necessary bandwidth is used.
Is this do-able? If so, what is the process formally called, and where would I begin to learn how to do it?
Thanks!

That's amazing. I didn't think it was possible without saving files on the server first.
This will suit my needs just fine, but allow me to push my luck even further with the following "hail mary" question : would it be possible for the server to serve the PNG with a width of 100% of the container? In other words, the behavior would mimic width=100% but the server would still only serve as many bytes as are needed to fill that space.
Not only would I not have to create separate files for every resize (we fixed that problem with your suggestion) but I wouldn't even have to customize every link to a specific size.
I'm not expecting an affirmative on this one, but it was worth asking. =)

Pixel Bender Gallery Error in Photoshop CS4 Student Edition

When trying to access pixel bender filters with Photoshop CS4, filters>Pixel Bender>Pixel Bender Gallery, I get an Error dialog images as follows...
I have read the ReadMe file and have the GeForce 8500 GT Video Card on this list.
The Pixel Bender Toolkit is installed at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities\Pixel Bender Toolkit c/w pbk filters that run in the toolkit.
In Photoshop there are a number of pbk filters in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Pixel Bender Files.
The Operating system for the computer is Windows XP Professional c/w service pack 2 at least.
My question is... why am I getting this error message and how can It be fixed?

Here are two further images and an NVIDIA System Information report you asked for that I have prepared, I hope this will help.
I am aware that I could download trial versions of Photoshop CS5 and its Pixel plugin version, but first, this first image shows a message that loads from Photoshop CS4 when I start the program and has always done so from day one of owning the machine and the software, could this be of relevence to what could be the root of the issue at hand.
I also use 3D Studio Max with OpenGL and have noted rotating moving objects in 3D space of a file size of 10MB is very slow and chuggie, is this relevent, does this information give any clues.
Thankyou again for your time and effort in helping me resolve Pixel Bender Gallery Error issue.
NVIDIA System Information report created on: 31/06/2011 00:50:53
System name: Not provided.
[Display]
Operating System:    Microsoft Windows XP, 32-bit (Service Pack 3)
DirectX version:    9.0
GPU processor:        GeForce 8500 GT
Driver version:        275.33
DirectX support:    10
CUDA Cores:        16
Core clock:        459 MHz
Shader clock:        918 MHz
Memory clock:        400 MHz (800 MHz data rate)
Memory interface:    128-bit
Memory:            512 MB
Memory type:        DDR2
Video BIOS version:    60.86.34.00.13
IRQ:            18
Bus:            PCI Express x16
[Components]
easyUpdatusAPIU.DLL        1.3.5.0        NVIDIA Update Components
WLMerger.exe        1.3.5.0        NVIDIA Update Components
Nvlhr.exe        1.3.5.0        NVIDIA Update Components
daemonu.exe        1.3.5.0        NVIDIA Update Components
ComUpdatusPS.dll        1.3.5.0        NVIDIA Update Components
ComUpdatus.exe        1.3.5.0        NVIDIA Update Components
NvUpdtr.dll        1.3.5.0        NVIDIA Update Components
NvUpdt.dll        1.3.5.0        NVIDIA Update Components
NVCPL.DLL        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 275.33
nvCplUIR.dll        2.8.254.08        NVIDIA Control Panel
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nvWSSR.dll        6.14.11.9562        NVIDIA Workstation Server
nvWSS.dll        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA Workstation Server
nvViTvSR.dll        6.14.11.9562        NVIDIA Video Server
nvViTvS.dll        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA Video Server
nvMoblSR.dll        6.14.11.9562        NVIDIA Mobile Server
nvMoblS.dll        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA Mobile Server
nvDispSR.dll        6.14.11.9562        NVIDIA Display Server
NVMCTRAY.DLL        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA Media Center Library
NVOGLNT.DLL        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA Compatible OpenGL ICD
nvDispS.dll        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA Display Server
NV4_MINI.SYS        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA Windows XP Miniport Driver, Version 275.33
NV4_DISP.DLL        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA Windows XP Display driver, Version 275.33
PhysX        09.10.0514        NVIDIA PhysX
NVCUDA.DLL        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA CUDA 4.0.1 driver
nvGameSR.dll        6.14.11.9562        NVIDIA 3D Settings Server
nvGameS.dll        6.14.12.7533        NVIDIA 3D Settings Server

Pixel Bender - 'image dimensions' error message

I can use Pixel Bender in Photoshop as 64bit, but not 32bit. Is that usual to be able to only use 64bit? Also, when I use it, I have to resize the photo at exactly 1020px on the longest side. If I size it any less, PS stops working. If I size it any larger, I get an error message that says -- 'The image dimensions exceed the hardware capabilities of your GPU'. Does this mean I need a different Graphics Card. This is the only program I get this message on.
Thank you for any help you can provide.

Turn off dual GPU usage in your card prefs.
Mylenium

Pixel Bender metadata hinting proposal

I put this on my blog earlier, but I wanted to repost here for discussion.This was what I wrote:
We tried to be semantically agnostic in the original design of the Pixel Bender language. We'd seen other languages go down rabbit holes of over-specification around what parameters really meant, locking them into archaic and insufficient implementations or clumsy hierarchies of meanings. We didn't want to limit Pixel Bender developers into what we could conceive at the time of the invention of the language.
We were being a bit too idealistic :). It is completely true that the community of Pixel Bender developers continues to blow our minds at what they accomplish with the language and we never would have anticipated half the stuff that you guys are using Pixel Bender for. However, having some generally useful semantic meanings for Pixel Bender parameters would definitely help those who design general user interfaces for Pixel Bender filters.
One smart thing we did (if I do say myself) was to allow parameter and kernel metadata to be extensible. It provided developers like After Effects and Picnik a way to add custom metadata to Pixel Bender that specified semantics or actual UI controls for Pixel Bender kernels and graphs. The picnik metadata and the After Effects metadata are different though. I started to get concerned that by not having something around this that we could end up with many different Pixel Bender semantic metadata mechanisms floating around. To that end, I created the proposal below and started floating it around Adobe and some of the sites that are heavy users of Pixel Bender.
In this design, I tried to follow some general rules:
Pixel Bender is not only a way to write image and video filters for Adobe applications, but also a way for you to host 3rd party filters in your Flash-based applications. Any guidelines we create need to be implemented by us, but also by any independent Flash developers creating apps that use Pixel Bender kernels. To that end, I tried to keep the design relatively simple so that it wouldn't be too difficult to implement in Flash.
This proposal adds semantic metadata, but avoids specifying specific user interface controls. Rather than specifying a slider as an editor for a parameter, I think it makes more sense to say that the parameter is a percentage and allow someone designing a UI to make a good percentage editor. We are definitely thinking about how to specify custom editor UIs for Pixel Bender filters, but this proposal does not approach that.
The proposal is not a complete answer for all Pixel Bender filters. I'm trying to get the most universal semantics represented. The most generally useful, as opposed to trying to give the complete solution. If you have an application that is uses Pixel Bender kernels for something that makes sense to augment the metadata you can still choose to do so.
The proposal represents guidelines, not requirements. As a developer consuming Pixel Bender kernels, you can choose to enumerate the metadata as described in the proposal or not. The suggested metadata is metadata. It is not required. The goal is that if you wish to take advantage of it when it is present, that you can provide a more compelling user interface to your users because you understand the intent of a parameter, not just its type.
There are a couple open questions in the proposal that I'd like feedback on. They are called out pretty clearly. I'd really like your feedback on this proposal. I hope to issue the final version soon. Reply to this post or in the Pixel Bender forums on Adobe Labs. If you decide to post a reply on your own blog, please post a link to your post here or in the forum. Right now trackbacks are off so I won't know about it otherwise. You can also tweet a reply to the Pixel Bender twitter account (if you can fit it in 140 characters ).

Overall I like the proposal. To address the issues called out:
For both integers and floats concerning a "time", I think it is best
to have that be relative to the time that the filter has been running.
The time a filter is running would be determined by context the filter
is being used in. For video I can see it being tied to video time,
while for a filter being applied to an image it probably corresponds
to how much real time the filter has been running. The general idea
being that if I run my application multiple times I should expect to
see the same results, which is harder to do if time is tied to actual
time versus relative time. If that makes any sense.
I am not in favor of the InputSizeX types. While I understand the
desire to have the image size is a common request, given the ability
to chain filters it promotes a false sense of accuracy. Better to let
people have workarounds with known caveats instead of a semi supported
standard.
As a side note, the mousePos example on page 8 is specified as float2,
but the values only contain 1 number.
-- Daniel R. <[email protected]> http://danielr.neophi.com/

Error while saving a workflow via sharepoint designer: Server-side activities have been updated. You need to restart SharePoint Designer to use the updated version of activities.

While saving a workflow using SharePoint designer on a SharePoint site, I get the following error:
Server-side activities have been updated. You need to restart SharePoint Designer to use the updated version of activities.
Steps to recreate error:
Login to the WFE server hosting IIS and workflow manager, open SharePoint Designer 2013 and login to a SharePoint site.
Access the list using SharePoint Designer 2013, in the workflow section, click new workflow.
In the new workflow dialog, enter workflow details, click save (see screenshot below).
Error message is displayed as below:
After restarting SharePoint Designer, the saved workflow is not seen in the site/workflows or list/workflow section.
Workaround
When the above steps are repeated while accessing the site via SPD from any other box besides the WFE/Workflow manager host server, the error is not encountered and its possible to save/publish workflows.
Notes
Workflow Manager 1.0 is installed.
The site has been registered with Workflow manager using Register-SPWorkflowService
cmdlet.
Any clue on why is this happening?

Hi Vivek,
Please close your SharePoint Designer application, clear/delete the cached files and folders under the following directories from your server installed SharePoint Designer, then check results again.
<user profile>\appdata\roaming\microsoft\SharePoint Designer\ProxyAssemblyCache
<user profile>\appdata\local\microsoft\websitecache\<sitename>
http://www.andreasthumfart.com/2013/08/sharepoint-designer-2013-server-side-activities-have-been-updated/
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How could I clear all my data(bookmarks) on Mozilla server side in new version of Sync (Firefox Account)?)

Problem is the same as https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1000745?esab=a&as=aaq
Also, there was no solution has been given in discussion.
So, problem that noone could delete all data which have been synced with new Firefox account services.
I've disconnected all my devices from previous (old) firefox sync system (which worked perfectly on several devices), after that i gone on link https://account.services.mozilla.com/ and deleted all my sensitive data.
After I've created firefox account in new firefox sync system ( https://accounts.firefox.com ), and all my data (bookmarks exactly) now present in browser twice.

I have a problem with over 12,000 unwanted bookmarks in my 4 PCs (all standard Mozilla bookmarks that have been replicated). So if I would like to purge my server side data. If I do this by deleting my Sync account can I re-use my same email address to re-open a "new" Sync account?

What is the difference between jsp :include and server side include

what is the difference between jsp :include and server side include(request dispatcher include method)????
i understand that both request dispatcher include method and jsp:include take dynamic data,so when would one use request dispatcher include and when jsp:include.
Is the usage interchangeable?i believe jsp include is used only for jsp/html but include directive can be used to include servlets ,jsp and html....correct me if i m wrong and
do suggest if u hav ny other diff in this context...

The difference really is: in what format do you want your inclusions? If your environment has many Java developers and only a few designers that focus mainly on, say, Flash, that might push you more towards the server-side include() directive. Or, if you have a large set of pages that receive dynamic content that is displayed in a consistent fashion (such as a workflow header area on a page).
If, on the other hand, you have more web designers, there may be a greater desire to deal in markup rather than Java code. Java developers themselves might prefer to view markup (JSP) that more resembles the eventual output than something occuring in Java code.
Finally, there are considerations of tiering. While it is totally possible to (and I have previously) implement 'view classes' that render markup or generate layout templates, JSP's offer, IMO, a subtle, psychological advantage. By forcing a developer to work in a different format, markup versus Java source, the separation on view from controller and model becomes a bit easier. It is still possible to make mistakes, but if a developer at some point notices, "Wait, I'm in a JSP, should I be importing a java.sql class?", then the choice to use JSP includes has paid off in spades.
- Saish

Contribute changing relative path for server-side include

I am using Contribute CS3, version 4.1, and my pages crash
every time a send a draft for review, because Contribute is
rewriting a relative URL in a server-side include.
The server-side include (before I send for review) reads:

After I edit other portions of the page and send the draft
for review, it reads:

Which results in the draft being unreadable.
Is there any way to tell Contribute not to monkey with this
URL? I have hunted, read the forums, checked the knowledge base,
and coming up empy.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!! I really
appreciate it!
-Nicholas

Answering my own question.
I researched this complete forum and with taking ideas from
different posts, I was able to figure this out. I thought I would
post it for anyone else needing to know the answer in one place:
Include tags must read:

(Include file is NOT a real HTML doc -- no tags in file
except for CSS, as it would be used if not using Contribute.)
No reference to .dwt needed nor Template created.
No Edit instance tags needed anywhere.
Contribute user navigates to page:
[Upper right corner] Click Choose...
[In my structure] User opens includes folder (double clicks)
User selects THE file (clicks OK)
User clicks on Edit Page button
(Text is now editable.)
User edits text.
User clicks on Publish button.
Worked for me several times trying.
- Janet

Needs a background webdynpro application running at the server side

Hi All,
We have a requirement wherein we need to have an application running all the time at the server side to capture the response coming from a web application. Based on the response that the application receives, it needs to update some backend R/3 tables.
We are thinking of a webdynpro java application.
Can anyone suggest what kind of application needs to be implemented here?
And what would be the steps required to run the application at the server side without calling the application.
Thanks & Regards,
Anurag

Hi Robin,
Thanks for the detailed explaination.
This may sound silly to you but I've another doubt which is as follows:
As you mentioned that the external web application will be sending requests to our Web service(in SOAP envelopes) and rest of the functionality can be achieved by our web service.
Actually, we are expecting only responses from the external web application. The thing is that we are sending the requests to the external web applications from our custom webdynpro application and in return the web application will be sending us 2 responses.
First response would be back to our WD java application URL(to the browser in which WD java app is running) which would get the response and display some message based on the response.
Second would be to this web service which you have just suggested. We are having two responses so that even if the browser in which the WD java application is running gets accidentally closed, the response from the external web application must get captured somewhere else and should not get lost in any case.
So, now since we are only expecting the response from the web application and we do not want any requests from the web application to our web service; how is this possible?
I am asking the above question because you have mentioned that the external web application has to request our Web service but we want is only this web service to capture the response coming from the Web application.
Or is it like the web application will send us the response string as request string to our Web Service and the web service will capture these response parameters as request parameters from the web application and do the further processing.
But in that case, we do not want any response to be sent by the Web Service to the external web application.
Please suggest if this is possible.
Once again, many thanks for the help so far.
Thanks & Regards,
Anurag

Image Processing Algorithms - From Matlab to Pixel Bender

Hello.
Got a few Image Processing (Mainly Image Enhancement) Algorithms I created in Matlab.
I would like to make them run on Photoshop, Create a Plug In out of it.
Would Pixel Bender be the right way doing it?
The Algorithms mainly use Convolutions and Fourier Domain operations.
All I need is a simple Preview Window and few Sliders, Dropbox and Buttons.
I'd appreciate your help.

pixel vs float - Couldn't figure out what exactly is the difference if there is at all. I assume Pixel always get clipped into [0 1] and float won't until it gets to be shown on the screen as an output?
There is no difference between them. At one stage of development we had some ideas about the way the pixel type should work that would make it different to float, but the ideas never came to anything and by the time we realized that it was too late to change. It's #1 on my list of "mistakes we made when developing Pixel Bender".
Regions - Let me see if I get is straight. For the example assuming Gaussian Blur Kernel of Radius 5 (Not the STD, but the radius - a 11x11 Matrix). I should use "needed()" in order to define the support of each pixel output in the input image. I should do it to make sure no one changes those values before the output pixel is calculated.
Now, In the documentation is goes needed(region outputRegion, imageRef inputIndex). Should I assume that at default the outputRegion is actually the sampled pixel in the input? Now I use outset(outputRegion, float2(x, y)) to enlarge the "Safe Zone". I don't get this float2 number. Let's say it's (4, 3) and the current pixel is (10, 10). Now the safe zone goes 4 pixel to the left, 4 to the right, 3 up and 3 down? I assume it actually creates a rectangle area, right? Back to our example I should set outset(outputRegion, float2(5.0, 5.0)) right?
Needed is the function the system calls to answer the question "what area of the input do I need in order to calculate a particular area of the output?".
I should do it to make sure no one changes those values before the output pixel is calculated.
No, you should do it to make sure the input pixel values needed to compute the output pixel values have been calculated and stored.
Should I assume that at default the outputRegion is actually the sampled pixel in the input?
No. When "the system" (i.e. After Effects, PB toolkit or the Photoshop plugin) decides it wants to display a particular area of the output, it will call the needed function with that area in the outputRegion parameter. The job of the needed function is to take whatever output region it is given and work out what input area is required to compute it correctly.
Let's say it's (4, 3) and the current pixel is (10, 10).
Don't think in terms of "current pixel" when you're looking at the needed function. The region functions are not called on a per-pixel basis, they are called once at the start of computing the frame, before we do the computation for each pixel.
Back to our example I should set outset(outputRegion, float2(5.0, 5.0)) right?
Yes - you're correct. Whatever size the output region is, you require an input region that has an additional border of 5 pixels all round to calculate it correctly.

Team Foundation Server 2013.2 - SharePoint 2013 SP1 - Missing Server Side Dependencies

Environment:
TFS 2013.2 (update 2) on Windows Server 2012 R2, with MS SQL Server 2014 on the same machine;
SharePoint 2013 SP1 (with April 2014 update) on Windows Server 2012 R2
MS SQL Server 2014 on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Used by SharePoint)
Title
Missing server side dependencies.
Severity
1 - Error
Category
Configuration
Explanation
[MissingSetupFile] File
[Features\TfsDashboardAgileReports\Reports\Bug Progress.xlsx] is referenced [6] times in the database [WSS_Content_Internal], but exists only under Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 setup folder. Consider upgrading the feature/solution which contains this
file to the latest version. One or more setup files are referenced in the database [WSS_Content_Internal], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these files.
[MissingSetupFile] File
[Features\TfsDashboardAgileReports\Reports\Bug Reactivations.xlsx] is referenced [6] times in the database [WSS_Content_Internal], but exists only under Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 setup folder. Consider upgrading the feature/solution which contains
this file to the latest version. One or more setup files are referenced in the database [WSS_Content_Internal], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these files.
[MissingSetupFile] File
[Features\TfsDashboardAgileReports\Reports\Bug Trends.xlsx] is referenced [6] times in the database [WSS_Content_Internal], but exists only under Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 setup folder. Consider upgrading the feature/solution which contains this
file to the latest version. One or more setup files are referenced in the database [WSS_Content_Internal], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these files.
And dozen more similar entries
The server is not in production, so I don't know if this error would cause any problems or not.
How to resolve this?
Thanks!
Fat Dragon

Hi
A colleague and I are looking at a similar issue on TFs 2010 upgraded to TFS 2013 which I guess is slightly different mssing dependencies given the project template. we're using
[MissingSetupFile] File [Features\TfsDashboardBaseUI\default.aspx] is referenced [1] times in the database [WSS_Content], but exists only under Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 setup folder. Consider upgrading the feature/solution which contains this
file to the latest version. One or more setup files are referenced in the database [WSS_Content], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these files.
[MissingSetupFile] File [Features\TswaWebParts\WebParts\CompletedBuilds.webpart] is referenced [1] times in the database [WSS_Content], but exists only under Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 setup folder. Consider upgrading the feature/solution which contains
this file to the latest version. One or more setup files are referenced in the database [WSS_Content], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these files.
[MissingSetupFile] File [Features\TswaWebParts\WebParts\GoToWorkItem.webpart] is referenced [1] times in the database [WSS_Content], but exists only under Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 setup folder. Consider upgrading the feature/solution which contains
this file to the latest version. One or more setup files are referenced in the database [WSS_Content], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these files.
Will logon in a couple of days to test "Fat Dragon's" approach ( unless someone tells me different)
Daniel
Freelance consultant

Reappears Missing Server Side Dependencies in Sharepoint Foundation 2013 Health Analyzer

Hi all,
I am a little bit confused why I am getting missing server side dependencies again and again. The missing server side dependencies shows the errors of "MissingSetupFiles". When I click on "Reanalyze Now" button,
the error vanishes from the Health Analyzer page. But after one day it reappears again and shows "Missing Server Side Dependencies", When I again click on "Reanalyze Now" the error of "Missing Server Side Dependencies" goes
away.
But after one or two days, the error comes up again.
Can you please help me why this is happening.
Thanks for help.

Hi Vishwajeet,
You are able to use SharePoint Feature Administration from Codeplex to clean up the Missing Features. You can do it by clicking here.
Also , you are able to use PowerShell to resolve it. More detailed information, click here.
Here are some similar posts for you to take a look at:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/cc0b3ac7-1eb7-4e5b-9334-8c556e4c8b23/test-spcontentdatabase-errors-in-sharepoint-2010
http://www.jeffscorner.org/blog/post/SharePoint-2013-%E2%80%93-Missing-server-side-dependencies-%E2%80%93-MissingWebPart-Webpart-class.aspx
http://www.heyweb.net/2011/08/fixing-missing-server-side-dependencies-missingfeature/
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Ketak

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