Simple GPRM nightmare

Hey there,
I have a giant menuset of buttons. when they are clicked, they need to view a track, and then return to highlight the same button. Some of them link to the same track, so I can't hard-code an end jump.
GPRM 1 is a single, unpartitioned GPRM named Current Button
I have
Menu A:button 1 plays a script called GPRM1=Menu A:Button 1:
1| mov Current Button Menu A:Button 1
2| Jump to track A1
At the end of Track A1 (and all similar tracks) is an end jump linked to a script called Jump To GPRM 1:
1| Jump Indirect Current Button
Works great in the Simulator. But when I burn, at the end of track A1, we jump to the main menu.
I have a client payment riding on fixing this fast. Ideas?
intel macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

A simple fix if you have enough Titles left would be to make Stories for the duplicate tracks.
Say Track 6 is targeted by 3 buttons. You would make two Stories and call them Track 6b & Track 6c (maybe) and rename Track 6 to Track 6a. Button 1 can target Track 6a, Button 2 Track 6b and button 3 Track 6c. No scripting needed and Stories dont really take more room on the disc. So should be fine for what you want to do.
I can write scripts for you if you want though...
All you need to do to duplicate a track as a Story is drag the chatpers from the Track to the Story and have them in the same order.
HTH,
-Jake

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7. IPTC Content, IPTC Copyright, IPTC Creator, IPTC Image expand/collapse sections need more automation:
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- ISO Country Code automatically should be filled in when a country is entered.
- Date created automatically should be filled in from camera EXIF data
- Metadata Presets "Save As" should fill in old name, and allow you to rename it; (When it appears, the new name field should not be empty. This would aid in consistent, alphabetical naming
- Metadata Presets naming should support job names, with actual Presets saved under each job name...
8. IPTC Status EXIF, Contact, etc.
- Caption field MUST display more than one line...(6-8 lines)!
- Caption field MUST support Shift/Return!
- Headline (IPTC Content) should be displayed with (and above) caption. Please present information logically!
- Yellow popups should describe what each field name is for...some are real brain teasers...

I have been a Quicken user for many years but have heard that the move to Yosemite is a Quicken nightmare - so I'm trying to research new software. I'm overwhelmed by the number of available programs, all the things that each program can do and perp

I have been a Quicken user for many years but have heard that the move to Yosemite is a Quicken nightmare - so I'm trying to research new software. I'm overwhelmed by the number of available programs, all the things that each program can do and perplexed by the arguments for and against each feature in each program.
My needs are relatively simple for my small business: 1) I need to be able to import years worth of Quicken data into the new program 2) I need to easily print checks 3) I need to easily reconcile my checking account each month and 4) I need to generate basic reports for my accountant (e.g. P & L statements, category summaries).
I have been a FileMaker user since 1.0 so I don't need (or want) A/R, A/P, inventory management, invoicing, etc.
I just need a solid, dependable electronic checkbook per above.
Suggestions?

Bobreba wrote:
I am using Quicken Essentials 1.7.4 on a [Mac Pro, 2.8 Ghz Quad Core Intel Xeon with 16 Gb of memory], running 10.7.5. I am in the process of upgrading everything to work on Yosemite and Quicken seems to be the most difficult problem to overcome.
Thanks for your response and feedback.
I would recommend you continue with Quicken Essentials. As noted by others, it performs well on Yosemite.
My personal experience is Quicken 2007 for Mac also on 10.7.5 (with many reports of it both updated and successfully running on Yosemite) and I personally would not touch Quicken Essentials with a 10 foot pole -- BUT, if it ain't broke for you, don't fix it!

PSE 9 Nightmare

Sorry Adobe but downloading and installing PSE 9 has been a freaking nightmare. I needed two chat sessions to get the program downloaded. Then I find that it's a 7-Zip file that I had to get a program to extract the files. Now that I have the files extracted "setup.exe" starts and then quits without installing the program. It used to be so simple. Buy PSE, download PSE, install PSE. Why does it have to be so convoluted a process now?

Good question. If I had to guess, I'd guess it has something to do with security, but why it has to do with security is a mystery to me. I'm with you, why can't it be simple: buy PSE, download PSE, and then use PSE?

SQL Server on Azure: Performance Nightmare

Martin2012 wrote:what types of disk have you got holding the SQL data? Hopefully stripped SSDshttps://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn133149.aspxCan you you the SQL as a Service http://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/sql-database/
or do you need to config the sqlDB more heavily?Hi MartinWe have deployed our SQL Server in Premium Storage, Standard DS3, giving it a single P20 disk.As we understood, there is also throttling on the machine that u use. this means that a DS3 will limit everything to 128MB/s and 12800 IOPS (we can live with the IOPS though).Neverteless, 128MB/s means that when SQL uses allocation blocks of 64KB, it will also limit the IOPS to 2300.Azure SQL is not an option, since our DB is heavily stressed.We can't get the highest model, since the cost is too high.

Hi guys and gals!I got some problems with running an SQL Server on Azure.
The goal is to deploy our .NET application to Azure by the end of the year. Running our app on a just a simple webserver goes as smooth as ever, no problem.
The big problem is the SQL Server.
SQL on Azure has the reputation to run quite slow. The reading IOPS are OK, but the writing... a NIGHTMARE. We are talking about 0.26 MB/s when it is fresh out of the box!!
After the initial tests, I have found an article with best practices for Azure:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn133149.aspxI thought: Good enough, let's try this.
But even after turning our server upside down and back, there are barely any changes.Do you guys also have noticed this problem? What am I doing wrong? Is there something that I missed completely?Thank you and happy computing!
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Java Web Services - a nightmare?!

Hello Techies,
Java Web Services has been a nightmare for me. I would like to take your help in understanding it better. I have read many articles on it. But I did not ,yet, get a complete picture on it. They say there are JAX RPC , JAX WS , Axis and so many varities of Web Services. Its so confusing. Will you be kind enough to give a simple overview Java Web Services ? and Where do i start , If i have to learn it ? Any good source of information to learn them?
Sincere thanks.

I'm also facing the same problem with you to understand what is web service and how to go about it. Until today I still confusing but I tried to understand it by running a few tutorials. So far the cool one is at http://www.myeclipseide.com/documentation/quickstarts/webservices_jaxws/.

GPRM-based button with Start at Loop Point Troubles

First of all, I'm running DVD Studio Pro 4.2.1 on OS X 10.4.11
I'm trying to finish a project where when a video ends, it jumps back to the menu directly to the next button in order. This menu also has a loop point set in order to skip an opening animation. So I wrote the following script to accomplish this:
1: mov GPRM 0, SPRM 8
2: div GPRM0, 1024
3: add GPRM0, 1
4: jump "menu name"(Loop) [GPRM 0]
When I simulate the disc, everything works fine. However, a burned disc fails to return to the loop point. It will start on the next button when the highlights appear at the loop point, but the menu will begin from the beginning animation, not at the loop point.
Is there some conflict between the GPRM based button command and the start at loop point command? I did perform a test with the GPRM based button commands left out and the start at loop point function worked perfectly.
Edit: The "GPRM 0" at the end of the script shouldn't be a link but in brackets instead... the forum changed it to a link by default.
Message was edited by: brazzamHD

Given lines 1, 2 and 3, it is very unlikely that GPRM0 will ever be zero...
What your lines are saying, roughly, is:
"find the value of the last button that was pressed on a menu, and reduce it to a simple integer we can work with. Add '1' to the button number and then jump to the loop point on the menu IF the value in GPRM0 is '1'"
The problem is that it will never be '1' because of line 3. The lowest value it could be is '2' when you keep that line in there.
Also, you don't specify which GPRM you are evaluating in either version of line 4 - I assume GPRM0, as that is the one you are working with in lines 1, 2 and 3.
If you want to return to the loop point of a menu depending on the button the user previously selected being the first button then the code is this:
mov GPRM0, SPRM8
div GPRM0, 1024
Jump MenuName (Loop) If (GPRM0 = 1)
However, you might want to simply start at the loop point of the menu but make sure that the user is on the same button they were on previoulsy, in which case the code would be:
mov GPRM0, SPRM8
div GPRM0, 1024
Jump MenuName (Loop) \[GPRM0\]
To do this you \must make sure that you have checked the GPRM based button checkbox in the property inspector.
If you want to go to the next logical button after the one the user was on previoulsy, then you would need to add a '1' to it. The code looks like this:
mov GPRM0, SPRM8
div GPRM0, 1024
add GPRM0, 1
Jump MenuName (Loop) \[GPRM0\]
Note that the bracket shapes are important... a GPRM based button jump means that you will go to a button which has a value the same as that in the specified GPRM. The square brackets signify it is this kind of move, and not a simple evaluation of true or false.

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