Sorting in ArrayField widget.

Hi,
We are using ArrayField widget. Forte does not provide any in-built sorting facility
in ArrayField as it does in ListView.
Is there an easy way to do that?
If we implement our own sorting algorithm then how do we make it generic method
for different arrays.
We can use GetChildInCell to fetch the values generically, but it works only for
visible rows.
Any pointers in this direction are appreciated.
Kapil Tyagi
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Hi,
I would be interested in how the objects are sorted i.e. on which attribute the objects will get sorted.
On runtime only it will be known that on which attribute the objects is to be sorted. The problem is compounded further because the data type of attributes is also different.
Thanks for all your replies. I have designed/written a generic reusable code for sorting in an ArrayField widget. On double clicking the column title the array gets sorted on the corresponding column.
Thanks and regards
Kapil Tyagi
From: David Foote[SMTP:[email protected]]
Reply To: David Foote
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 12:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Sorting in ArrayField widget.
There is a more flexible solution with less code duplication that has
worked well for us.
Create a class SortService with a method with the following signature:
Sort(list:Array of Object, stategy:ComparisonStrategy):Array of Object
create a class called ComparisonStrategy with a method with the
following signature:
Compare(a:Object,b:Object):integer
For each class that needs to be sorted, define a new
ComparisonStrategy sub-class that overrides the Compare()
method. Inside the overridden Compare() method, cast a and b to the
correct class and compare them by whatever criteria is appropriate.
If a>b return 1, if a=b return zero, if a<b return -1. Inside the
SortService.Sort() method, call strategy.Compare(a=object1,b=object2)
each time you need to compare two objects.
This is quite similar to the C-library's implementation of the qsort
function:
void qsort( void *base, size_t num, size_t width, int (__cdecl
compare )(const void elem1, const void *elem2 ) );
compare( (void *) elem1, (void *) elem2 );
It is also a good use of the Strategy design pattern. The one method,
Sort(), will now sort any list of objects for which you pass in an
appropriate ComparisonStrategy sub-class. The objects to be sorted do
not have to implement any extra interface or inherit from any
particular class. If you are interested and need more help I can
probably lay my hands on some source.
P.S. This sort should be applied to the data array not the
arrayfield.
David N. Foote
----Original Message Follows----
What you need is a set of sort methods, one for each basic data type
and a wrapper method which discovers the data type of the column to be
sorted and calls the appropriate Sort method.
Create a group of sort methods depending on the data type
e.g..
sortInt( p_Arr : Array of Object, Col : integer ),
SortString( p_Arr : Array of Object, Col : integer ) ,
SortYour4GLObject( p_Arr : Array of Object, Col : integer ) etc.
Then create a wrapper method called Sort( p_Arr : Array of Object,
Col :
integer ).
In this method, look at p_Arr[Col].ClassName to find out the datatype
and appropriately call the method which sorts that data type
i.e..,
SortInt() if ClassName is qqsp_integer,
SortString() if ClassName is qqsp_string
SortYour4GLObject() if ClassName is Your4GLClass etc.
In each of the sort method, implement the sort algorithm on the
p_Arr[ Col ] values.
Good luck,
Ajith Kallambella. M
Forté Systems Engineer,
International Business Corporation.
-----Original Message-----
From: Savory, Mark [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 9:54 AM
To: 'Kapil Tyagi'; '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: Sorting in ArrayField widget.
Kapil,
Since you can't inherit from Array, you can create a helper for
sorting
arrays in general. Some helper class would have a method called:
SomeHelperClass.Sort(list: Array of SomeInterface, column : int):Array
of
SomeInterface. The SomeInterface interface would have a virtual
method
called:
SomeInterface.GetColumn(col:int):DataValue. All your classes that
would be
in an array to sort would have to implement the SomeInterface
interface.
Implementing the GetColumn method would require that your class
attributes
inherit from DataValue(TextData, DoubleData, IntegerData, etc.) or the
GetColumn method could do a conversion. The SomeHelperClass.Sort
method
could then sort the appropriate column of the array.
Mark Savory
GTE Gov. Sys.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kapil Tyagi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 4:02 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Sorting in ArrayField widget.
Hi,
We are using ArrayField widget. Forte does not provide any in-built
sorting
facility
in ArrayField as it does in ListView.
Is there an easy way to do that?
If we implement our own sorting algorithm then how do we make it
generic
method
for different arrays.
We can use GetChildInCell to fetch the values generically, but it
works only
for
visible rows.
Any pointers in this direction are appreciated.
Kapil Tyagi
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Re: Sorting in ArrayField widget.

Hi,
If you need a little sample about sorting Arrays or Listviews you can find
one on http://perso.club-internet.fr/dnguyen/
It shows how to use a QuickSort generic class (the source code of that class
is not delivered, but you can find a quicksort sample class at forte.com) :
- Sub-class the class
- Overwrite DoSortExpLow and DoSortExpSup
- In your user class, call QuickSort(Self.SortArray, 1,
Self.SortArray.Items, pcol, Self.SortListMode) where SortArray is the Array
to sort, pCol is a parameter that defines the column and SortListMode
defines if you want an ascending or descending sort.
Hope this helps,
Daniel Nguyen
Freelance Forte Consultant
Url : http://perso.club-internet.fr/dnguyen/
David Foote a écrit:
There is a more flexible solution with less code duplication that has
worked well for us.
Create a class SortService with a method with the following signature:
Sort(list:Array of Object, stategy:ComparisonStrategy):Array of Object
create a class called ComparisonStrategy with a method with the
following signature:
Compare(a:Object,b:Object):integer
For each class that needs to be sorted, define a new
ComparisonStrategy sub-class that overrides the Compare()
method. Inside the overridden Compare() method, cast a and b to the
correct class and compare them by whatever criteria is appropriate.
If a>b return 1, if a=b return zero, if a<b return -1. Inside the
SortService.Sort() method, call strategy.Compare(a=object1,b=object2)
each time you need to compare two objects.
This is quite similar to the C-library's implementation of the qsort
function:
void qsort( void *base, size_t num, size_t width, int (__cdecl
compare )(const void elem1, const void *elem2 ) );
compare( (void *) elem1, (void *) elem2 );
It is also a good use of the Strategy design pattern. The one method,
Sort(), will now sort any list of objects for which you pass in an
appropriate ComparisonStrategy sub-class. The objects to be sorted do
not have to implement any extra interface or inherit from any
particular class. If you are interested and need more help I can
probably lay my hands on some source.
P.S. This sort should be applied to the data array not the
arrayfield.
David N. Foote
----Original Message Follows----
What you need is a set of sort methods, one for each basic data type
and a wrapper method which discovers the data type of the column to be
sorted and calls the appropriate Sort method.
Create a group of sort methods depending on the data type
e.g..
sortInt( p_Arr : Array of Object, Col : integer ),
SortString( p_Arr : Array of Object, Col : integer ) ,
SortYour4GLObject( p_Arr : Array of Object, Col : integer ) etc.
Then create a wrapper method called Sort( p_Arr : Array of Object,
Col :
integer ).
In this method, look at p_Arr[Col].ClassName to find out the datatype
and appropriately call the method which sorts that data type
i.e..,
SortInt() if ClassName is qqsp_integer,
SortString() if ClassName is qqsp_string
SortYour4GLObject() if ClassName is Your4GLClass etc.
In each of the sort method, implement the sort algorithm on the
p_Arr[ Col ] values.
Good luck,
Ajith Kallambella. M
Forté Systems Engineer,
International Business Corporation.
-----Original Message-----
From: Savory, Mark [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 9:54 AM
To: 'Kapil Tyagi'; '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: Sorting in ArrayField widget.
Kapil,
Since you can't inherit from Array, you can create a helper for
sorting
arrays in general. Some helper class would have a method called:
SomeHelperClass.Sort(list: Array of SomeInterface, column : int):Array
of
SomeInterface. The SomeInterface interface would have a virtual
method
called:
SomeInterface.GetColumn(col:int):DataValue. All your classes that
would be
in an array to sort would have to implement the SomeInterface
interface.
Implementing the GetColumn method would require that your class
attributes
inherit from DataValue(TextData, DoubleData, IntegerData, etc.) or the
GetColumn method could do a conversion. The SomeHelperClass.Sort
method
could then sort the appropriate column of the array.
Mark Savory
GTE Gov. Sys.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kapil Tyagi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 4:02 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Sorting in ArrayField widget.
Hi,
We are using ArrayField widget. Forte does not provide any in-built
sorting
facility
in ArrayField as it does in ListView.
Is there an easy way to do that?
If we implement our own sorting algorithm then how do we make it
generic
method
for different arrays.
We can use GetChildInCell to fetch the values generically, but it
works only
for
visible rows.
Any pointers in this direction are appreciated.
Kapil Tyagi
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Hi,
If you need a little sample about sorting Arrays or Listviews you can find
one on http://perso.club-internet.fr/dnguyen/
It shows how to use a QuickSort generic class (the source code of that class
is not delivered, but you can find a quicksort sample class at forte.com) :
- Sub-class the class
- Overwrite DoSortExpLow and DoSortExpSup
- In your user class, call QuickSort(Self.SortArray, 1,
Self.SortArray.Items, pcol, Self.SortListMode) where SortArray is the Array
to sort, pCol is a parameter that defines the column and SortListMode
defines if you want an ascending or descending sort.
Hope this helps,
Daniel Nguyen
Freelance Forte Consultant
Url : http://perso.club-internet.fr/dnguyen/
David Foote a écrit:
There is a more flexible solution with less code duplication that has
worked well for us.
Create a class SortService with a method with the following signature:
Sort(list:Array of Object, stategy:ComparisonStrategy):Array of Object
create a class called ComparisonStrategy with a method with the
following signature:
Compare(a:Object,b:Object):integer
For each class that needs to be sorted, define a new
ComparisonStrategy sub-class that overrides the Compare()
method. Inside the overridden Compare() method, cast a and b to the
correct class and compare them by whatever criteria is appropriate.
If a>b return 1, if a=b return zero, if a<b return -1. Inside the
SortService.Sort() method, call strategy.Compare(a=object1,b=object2)
each time you need to compare two objects.
This is quite similar to the C-library's implementation of the qsort
function:
void qsort( void *base, size_t num, size_t width, int (__cdecl
compare )(const void elem1, const void *elem2 ) );
compare( (void *) elem1, (void *) elem2 );
It is also a good use of the Strategy design pattern. The one method,
Sort(), will now sort any list of objects for which you pass in an
appropriate ComparisonStrategy sub-class. The objects to be sorted do
not have to implement any extra interface or inherit from any
particular class. If you are interested and need more help I can
probably lay my hands on some source.
P.S. This sort should be applied to the data array not the
arrayfield.
David N. Foote
----Original Message Follows----
What you need is a set of sort methods, one for each basic data type
and a wrapper method which discovers the data type of the column to be
sorted and calls the appropriate Sort method.
Create a group of sort methods depending on the data type
e.g..
sortInt( p_Arr : Array of Object, Col : integer ),
SortString( p_Arr : Array of Object, Col : integer ) ,
SortYour4GLObject( p_Arr : Array of Object, Col : integer ) etc.
Then create a wrapper method called Sort( p_Arr : Array of Object,
Col :
integer ).
In this method, look at p_Arr[Col].ClassName to find out the datatype
and appropriately call the method which sorts that data type
i.e..,
SortInt() if ClassName is qqsp_integer,
SortString() if ClassName is qqsp_string
SortYour4GLObject() if ClassName is Your4GLClass etc.
In each of the sort method, implement the sort algorithm on the
p_Arr[ Col ] values.
Good luck,
Ajith Kallambella. M
Forté Systems Engineer,
International Business Corporation.
-----Original Message-----
From: Savory, Mark [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 9:54 AM
To: 'Kapil Tyagi'; '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: Sorting in ArrayField widget.
Kapil,
Since you can't inherit from Array, you can create a helper for
sorting
arrays in general. Some helper class would have a method called:
SomeHelperClass.Sort(list: Array of SomeInterface, column : int):Array
of
SomeInterface. The SomeInterface interface would have a virtual
method
called:
SomeInterface.GetColumn(col:int):DataValue. All your classes that
would be
in an array to sort would have to implement the SomeInterface
interface.
Implementing the GetColumn method would require that your class
attributes
inherit from DataValue(TextData, DoubleData, IntegerData, etc.) or the
GetColumn method could do a conversion. The SomeHelperClass.Sort
method
could then sort the appropriate column of the array.
Mark Savory
GTE Gov. Sys.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kapil Tyagi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 4:02 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Sorting in ArrayField widget.
Hi,
We are using ArrayField widget. Forte does not provide any in-built
sorting
facility
in ArrayField as it does in ListView.
Is there an easy way to do that?
If we implement our own sorting algorithm then how do we make it
generic
method
for different arrays.
We can use GetChildInCell to fetch the values generically, but it
works only
for
visible rows.
Any pointers in this direction are appreciated.
Kapil Tyagi
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>
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There is a way to provide multiple selection (Highlighting) of rows in Array widget. No need to provide toggle field etc. to show selection of a row. You can exactly do what you want in ArrayField widget i.e. using Shift-click and ctrl-click key. We have implemented this in our project.
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Kapil Tyagi
From: [email protected][SMTP:[email protected]]
Reply To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 1:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Multiple Selection
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The Starting Trials and Tribulations of Windows 7 to OS X Lion...

Hmmm... I'll try not to make a habit of this before looking at manuals which I cannot access until I actually setup my MBP.
What do you call the gadget desktop off to the left of the main desktop? As far as that goes you probably don't refer to the desktop as a 'desktop' either--my bad--tell Bill Gates all about it.
1. Anyway, in that side gadget desktop is there any way to configure it to look like an extension of the main desktop? The dark gray mat pattern is so 'bland'.
2. Are there more 'colorful' 'functional' calendar, weather, calculator, clocks, and other gadgets that can be used from Apple and/or 3rd parties?
3. Can any of these gadgets be moved to the main desktop and this side desktop closed down if not needed or used?
I'll stop here because it is obvious to me even that I 'Don't Know Jack' about the MBP yet. But this is a perfect example of what I'm going to be getting into and a perfect example of what I maybe should stay away from. I don't want to see how far I can go necessarily or how much time I can spend trying to make my MBP look like and act like Windows 7. But surely there's something better I can easily do with that bland side panel with more functional and colorful gadgets?
Oh, this is going to be fun isn't it? At least I have learned how to deal with the lame Jive editor spell checker in these forums with some functionality--maybe.

As nobody has actually pointed some of these things out.
Desktop is the Desktop. Desktop is the metaphor for your entire workspace, although you have a Desktop folder which holds the things that sit on the Desktop. You can have multiple Desktops in Mission Control, but they each do not have their own separate folder.
The space you are referring to is called the Dashboard. It holds Widgets. At one time, there was quite a big push in the development of Widgets. I don't know if that is true anymore as I rarely use it, now. You can kind of roll your own from a Web Page. In Safari, there is an Open in Dashboard command that allows you to select an element of the page to send to the Dashboard. Depending on the element, it may work fine as a sort-of standalone widget. If you click on the + at the bottom of the Dashboard, you will see rows of all the Widgets stored on your Mac. You can add them to the Dashboard. There is also a button (More Widgets...) to take you to the Apple Widget download page. That is not all of them, but it is a pretty complete list.
Have a look at the Tutorials here, http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

Lost Stickies

I just lost some valuable data in my Stickies (the desktop sort, not the widget). I had just backed up my StickiesDataBase file, so I retrieved it and swapped it for the new 4K file that had been generated in my Library. No joy. The Stickies app apparently tossed the reloaded database, since the file in my Library weighed in at only 4K.
So, I tossed the Stickies preference file in my Library and tried the swap again (after rebooting). Still no go.
I opened my retrieved StickiesDataBase in a text editor, hoping to fish out my data, but I just get a repeating pattern of gibberish.
Any hope here, or did I happen to back up a StickiesDataBase that had already been corrupted? This last is a real possibility, since I just had one of those once-in-a-blue-moon MacOSX 10.4 crashes when I unplugged an old USB keyboard the other day. In fact, it was that system crash that led me to back up my User Library (and no, I didn't back it up before that because I sometimes do incredibly dense things).
TIA
Richard Hurley
Dual 2GHz PPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

It's possible you backed up an already-corrupted StickiesDatabase file.
The StickiesDatabase file is in a specific format, but the actual text of the sticky notes can be read therein. Open your backup StickiesDatabase in TextEdit and see if you can find or read any text therein corresponding to your sticky notes.
In examining my own StickiesDatabase file in TextEdit, it looks like the text of a given sticky note begins with the string
\f0\fs…
followed by the text of the note, and ends with the string }#TXT.
For example, here's the content of the StickiesDatabase for a sticky note containing the text "Testing a third note":
\f0\fs28 \cf0 Testing a second note.}#TXT…
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

Search Keywords

So I just got Google Analytics working on my iWeb site and I'm now wanting to be sure that the site is loaded with all of the relevant search keywords. Will the text alone in the site's HTML do this for me? Should I make a hidden page full of keywords just to be sure I pick up any relevant words, which may not happen to be in my website text? Is there any way of strengthening the power of these words through some sort of web widget? Any advice?
Thanks!

You definitely DO NOT use hidden text on your site. If you do, search engines may detect this and ban your site from your search results.
You do want to include your keywords in your website content. If there are keywords that are important to you, you should include them in the following ways in order for them to have more prominence.
1) Web page titles. This is what appears at the top of your web browser. Make this unique for each page and contain your most important keywords.
2) When linking to other pages on your web site. This is called anchor text and should include your most important keywords. For example, instead of writing;
"click here" for more information
Where click here is the linked text. You would write something like;
Learn more about our "blue widgets"
Where blue widgets (replaced with your keywords) would be the linked text.
3) Bolding important keywords is also used by some people to try an emphasis certain text. Don't overdue this however.
4) Anchor text from third party web sites linking to your web site should include your important keywords. This is hard to control but very important to have.

How to silence z1 without unlocking it???

is there any way to add a widget or shortcut or whatever or setting to enable users to silence the phone without the need to unlock the phone and going to qiuck settings to silence the phone???????? my old moto razr used to have some sort of a widget on the lock screen to enable me switching between vibration or silence or activating sound on the lock screen without the need to unlock the phone to silence it. does the z1 has such a widget or setting??????

You need to unlock the phone and swipe down the notification bar and select Quick settings then tap the volume icon to turn sound off or twice to turn both audio and vibration off
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. Richard P. Feynman

Aperture has just erased 1133 of my images!

It all happened while consolidating a couple of project files in order to back them up. The 1133 files that Aperture has erased were from four recent shoots. The consolidation seemed to go fine but on checking the project thumbnails after everything was complete, all references are missing and the original files have been deleted by Aperture!
This is very bad news for me as it represents a significant amount of recent work lost! Ironic because I was consolidating in order to back up via the vault system! It's now passed 4AM and I can't find a solution. Anybody have any ideas?

Ugly, brutally ugly situation. Aperture "lost" one of my images ..... unsure it's lost any others, but it definitely lost one. That was bad, but 10,000?
I noticed a gap in the sequence, and so I went investigating. Eventually I found that the image was in the Aperture Library (I use Managed) but had been dropped from the index system. The usual rebuild would not link it back in, so I had to remove it from the Aperture Library, and its supporting files, and then re-import it.
For 10k images this might be painful, so the first thin g to try is to do a rebuild of the library. I assume you have.
Next is to right-click on the aperture.aplibrary in finder and "Show Package Contents" Then navigate to a project with missing images and "Show Package Contents" again. Do you see a folder with the image name of an image(s) that is lost? If so, open it and you should see your image.
Hopefully this is the case.
The big issue now is identifying which images are lost, as outside of Aperture development creating some sort of super-widget to relink these into the Library, you'll have to use Finder to move them out and then import them back in normally.
If somebody knows Applescript, and you could provide a list of all the missing file names, recovering the 10,000 is possible. Otherwise I would suggest recovering from you backups.
G.

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