Switch dock based on OS

Hello all,
I've run into a weird problem at work. We are deploying some new Leopard macs with Office 2008 and we've noticed that any of our employees who log in are getting the ? icon on their dock for any of the office programs. Turns out that the path names we've used in the past no longer work in office 2008; the path has to be very strict. Seeing as we're only deploying about 30 new work stations and we have over 200 already working with office 2004, we don't want to change the current setup to accomodate the new dock.
What I'm wondering is if there is a way to tell the local machine, via workgroup management, that if a person logs into an OS 10.5 machine to load a dock with the proper icons for Office 2008 (assume all 10.5 machines will have 2008 installed on them), and if that same person logs into a 10.4 or lower to load the other (current) dock with the proper paths for office (2004).
I know how I could do this via a script: hook into their login to check the system profiler and then grab the appropriate dock from the server and copy it into the preferences. However, before I go through those lengths I wanted to see if a tool already exists in the OS. A co-worker hinted at it but I wasn't able to find any way to do it.
Thanks!

you would certainly have more luck posting this in the [OS X server forum|http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96].

Similar Messages

  • Switching Step based on Send Step Acknowledgement in BPM

    Hello Everyone,
    We have an inteface scenario to read a file, send the message to an R/3 system, check the return code and generate an email if the acknowledgement is not OK.  NT file -> SAP XI -(asyn ABAP proxy)-> R/3.
    We want to use the standard inbound interface provided by SAP which is an asynchronous proxy interface. We implemented a BPM with a send step and application acknowledgement. Now based on the application acknowledgement we want to send an email to a support group. Is there a way we can check the acknowledgement status and implement a switch step?
    Sathi.

    Hi Naveen,
    Thanks for your response.
    OK I will try transport acknowledgement. I find these acknowledgements are not available in a container. So how can I implement a switch to perform 2 different processing paths based on success/failure status of the acknowledgement.

  • Auto Switching resolution based on applications launched

    Hello all,
    I have a question that I cannot find the answers to. My Mac Mini (2010 model) is set up as an HTPC. I use PLEX as my media center and it works great. My problem is that when not using PLEX, the OS is a little hard to use and read at 1080P. 1600 x 900 resolution however is perfect. I would like to have the screen resolution automatically switch when I launch PLEX from 1600 x 900 to 1080P and then back again when I quit out of PLEX. Is this possible?
    Thanks
    Yaniv

    Set the default resolution of the screen to 1600 x 900. The screen resolution is set in Displays preferences. Only applications can independently change the resolution if so programmed.
    To switch resolutions on the fly based on an application isn't something OS X is programmed to do, but you could launch an application using an AppleScript that first changes the screen resolution then launches an application.
    Alternatively, you can change font sizes, icon sizes, etc. to make reading the screen a bit easier at 1920 x 1080.
    Oh, there is a shareware utility called SwitchRes that may be able to do some sort of resolution change on the fly. Look for it at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
    Message was edited by: Kappy

  • Product choice switch selection based on feature requirements

    dear collegues,
    i am looking for linksys switches for a while. and i normally work with cisco 3750 and 9500 type of series.
    but now i want to realise these functionalities:
    - stack a switch with two units
    - lacp/lag a trunked portchannel with two ports with one port in each switch
    and ofcource have the abiliti to turn off a switch if needed / recover form a power failure in one powergroup. (or ofcource a unit failure) without downtime.
    assumption are then that a stack shares all resources like a cisco 3750 stack would.
    i read some strange things on the forums with creating lacp trunked ports if that allready is giving a struggle i have a hardtime assuming it would work also with a lacp in a stacked switch with one cable in each unit.
    anybody have experiance with this?
    what model would i need?
    Thanks in advance
    Soul

    You may want to try Linksys Manageable switches which are the SRW series.
    Also, I suggest contacting Cisco Tech support to further look into your concern. I believe this unit belongs to the business series devices that Cisco is now supporting. Try to go to this link for the other business series devices and the site where you can get hold of Cisco for support:
    http://www.cisco.com/web/products/linksys/index.html

  • Choose Dock based on OS

    Hello all,
    I've run into a weird problem at work. We are deploying some new Leopard macs with Office 2008 and we've noticed that any of our employees who log in are getting the ? icon on their dock for any of the office programs. Turns out that the path names we've used in the past no longer work in office 2008; the path has to be very strict. Seeing as we're only deploying about 30 new work stations and we have over 200 already working with office 2004, we don't want to change the current setup to accomodate the new dock.
    What I'm wondering is if there is a way to tell the local machine, via workgroup management, that if a person logs into an OS 10.5 machine to load a dock with the proper icons for Office 2008 (assume all 10.5 machines will have 2008 installed on them), and if that same person logs into a 10.4 or lower to load the other (current) dock with the proper paths for office (2004).
    I know how I could do this via a script: hook into their login to check the system profiler and then grab the appropriate dock from the server and copy it into the preferences. However, before I go through those lengths I wanted to see if a tool already exists in the OS. A co-worker hinted at it but I wasn't able to find any way to do it. The management server is running 10.4.11.
    Thanks!

    I had an idea, but I'm not sure if it's possible (my googling has not turned up any results yet...).
    Is it possible to do conditionals in a plist? Meaning, can I have an if/then/else in my dock.plist to determine which links to load? I know that they are xml files, but I'm not sure how the os interprets them.

  • Switching datasources based on method names in an ejb

    Hi All,
    We have an entity bean that has read, insert, delete and update operations in it using bean managed persistence and container managed transaction. The read operation is a bit complex and we have a stored proc to do that. The stored proc is so complex that it invariably had to have a temp table (#table in sybase) to process it efficiently. The database is configured not to support ddl statements in TRANSACTIONS for valid reasons, SELECT INTO statement is considered ddl. On the other hand, other operations like insert, delete and update should support transaction.
    I am inclining towards using a non-transactional datasource for 'read' and a transactional datasource for other operations. My question to you all?
    1. Do you foresee/experienced any problem using the two different datasources for different operations in an entity bean.
    2. Is there a chance for deadlock/transaction timeout?
    3. Is this something against best practices in ejb world?
    I tried changing the transaction attribute of just the 'read' operation to 'notsupported', but it did not when I was using a transactional datasource.
    Your input is highly appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Ilyas

    Hi All,
    We have an entity bean that has read, insert, delete and update operations in it using bean managed persistence and container managed transaction. The read operation is a bit complex and we have a stored proc to do that. The stored proc is so complex that it invariably had to have a temp table (#table in sybase) to process it efficiently. The database is configured not to support ddl statements in TRANSACTIONS for valid reasons, SELECT INTO statement is considered ddl. On the other hand, other operations like insert, delete and update should support transaction.
    I am inclining towards using a non-transactional datasource for 'read' and a transactional datasource for other operations. My question to you all?
    1. Do you foresee/experienced any problem using the two different datasources for different operations in an entity bean.
    2. Is there a chance for deadlock/transaction timeout?
    3. Is this something against best practices in ejb world?
    I tried changing the transaction attribute of just the 'read' operation to 'notsupported', but it did not when I was using a transactional datasource.
    Your input is highly appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Ilyas

  • Is there a way to have your iPad automatically switch wifi connection based on signal strength?

    I have multiple wifi access points in my house as it is very large. The SSID's are different, and signal is fine coming from one of the two access points. The problem is that when I move about my house, I will stay connected to the access point that is far away, and so I have to go into settings and switch wifi networks each time. Is there a way to set up your iPad so that it automatically switches connections based on signal strength?

    Probably not, or .. maybe. I can't think of any reason why that would be added into the OS as the number of situations where it would come into play is really quite small.
    If they're all entered as wifi accounts and all show as accessible, walk around the house and sign in to each one in turn. They should all be remembered after that; now, walk around while staying logged into one and see what happens when you get a big spread in received signal strengths.
    I really don't think it will change on its own, but it might. Who knows? Even if not, it'd be a matter of not more than 10-15 seconds to make the switch manually.

  • What is diff b/w pick and switch activity in bpel?

    what is the difference between pick activity and switch activity in BPEL? example Please

    1)The switch activity is an IfElse with two different flows, based on a conditional expression, derived out of existing message(s) in your process.
    Eg. i) Whether the salary is greater than 10,000 or not.
    ii) Whether the age is greater than 60 or not.
    iii) whether the department is finance or not.
    2)The pick activity is an IfElse with two different flows, based on two different messages/signals, that you can expect to receive(when you are waiting for a message) from outside of your process.
    Eg. i) whether you received a reply message or a timeout signal.
    ii) whether you received a AddNewEmployee message or UpdateEmployee message.
    The (decision for which route to be taken for) pick activity is based on the MessageType, while the switch is based on the contents in a message. The pick activity implies that you are waiting for a message, this can occur, at the start of your process or in the mid of your process. However, switch activity doesnot wait for any message, hence can only occur in the mid of the process and can not be the start of a process.
    Mark the posting appropriately as "helpful" or "correct answer", if your issue is solved.

  • Switching to eglibc

    Hi *
    I'm using Arch as base for my home media server (MythTV).
    I have server in my system which, when compiled & launched on Archlinux, deadlocks quickly while users compiling the same server under Mythbuntu 12.04 reports is runs OK.
    Developer of this server suggests that issue might be in broken double mutex locking/unlocking in Arch.
    Server in question depends only on kernel & glibc.
    I do some tests and it looks like problem isn't related to kernel (tested on 3.0.x & 3.3.x lines), so next candidate to check is libc.
    Arch uses glibc while Ubuntu eglibc.
    What is simplest way to switch Arch to eglibc ?
    I was trying compile eglibc from AUR but it fails on configure ("compiler with f-array support is not present" or something like this).
    AUR eglibc package is out-of-date so no surprise.
    Pls advice.
    Thx in advance

    bender02 wrote:
    jlimon wrote:
    The idea of switching software based on anything but the merits of the technology alone is ridiculous. I hope no other distro gives this kind of action consideration.
    Yes, he can be an ass, but he's also a genius.. hence why he is the glibc maintainer and paid to be so.
    It is not completely ridiculous. Sometimes you want/need to interact with the programmer: offer some patches, ask for some support, report bugs. Also he/she might impose some ridiculous license which might prevent you from using "technologically perfect" software (like ion3). This is especially true for distro maintainers - if the programmer refuses to fix something that causes problems, what options as a distro maintainer do you have?
    I agree with this to a point.. if there was a serious matter in which glibc MUST be changed to accommodate a release and he was unwilling to make the changes, but still, I fail to see that really happening..
    Plus, almost every distro patches glibc anyways. I fail to see how this could be a real show stopper.

  • BPM switch gives error.

    Hello everyone.
    I have a BPM scenario where I use a switch. Based on content in the received message I would like to either perform a transformation or cancel the process.
    But whenever I activate my scenario and look in SXI_CACHE, the BPM scenario shows error 99. Looking further into the error, it displays this message: 'VALIDFORARCHVING' is not a component of data object 'PAYLOAD'
    Currently I'm checking the value through a context object, but I've also tried checking it with XPATH and through a BPM variable. Still I've got the same problem.
    What am I missing in my setup?
    Best regards,
    Jacob

    This is a KNown issue with SP14...
    Are you on SP14.. ?
    Pls apply this OSS note..
    Thnaks,
    Renjith
    sorry here is the note number...890760
    Message was edited by: Renjith Andrews

  • After upgrading to iTunes 7.2 iPod shuffle doesn't appear when docked

    iPod shuffle working fine before auto-upgrade of iTunes; Plays fine. But does not appear in iTunes when put into dock. Tried switching dock from G4 with OS X 10.3.9 (usual computer for this iPod, older USB) to new Mac Pro (New USB / OS X 10.4.9) and it still doesn't register.
    G3, G4, MacPro   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

    iPod shuffle working fine before auto-upgrade of
    iTunes; Plays fine. But does not appear in iTunes
    when put into dock. Tried switching dock from G4 with
    OS X 10.3.9 (usual computer for this iPod, older USB)
    to new Mac Pro (New USB / OS X 10.4.9) and it still
    doesn't register.
    What does Apple System Profiler say about the USB tree? Does it show the shuffle?

  • Parsing the data of the payload in XI and then based on the data sending it

    Hi ,
    I have to send the customer data to SAP using IDOCS.
    What i have to do is to pass all the data related to sold to into SAP first and then send the shipto data.
    the sold to and the shipto data will be recognised based on the qualifier present in the incmming file.
    I am thinking of 2 alternatives.
    1) I can process the data in SAP. i.e i will stop the idocs related to shipto till the time the sold to is created.
    2) i was also thinking about stopping the shipto data in XI and then pass it to SAP once the whole sold to data has been sent across.
    Can you please suggest how can I go aroung doing the 2nd approch
    Thanks
    Nikhil

    Hi Nikhil,
    You could use a BPM to do the 2nd approach. The BPM can have the following steps,
    1. Receive Step
    2. Switch Step
        (based on the qualifier present in the incmming file)
    2.1. Send Step - Sold to data
    2.2. Send Step - Shipto data
    You can make step 2.1 wait based on a condition. But you should be able to tell when to send shipto data.
    Regards,
    Naveen

  • Change error message based on locale

    HI experts,
    I have 2 applicaions .
    one contains task flow containing 1 jsff having one input text required property set to true.
    other contains page template to switch language based on locale.
    now if I put both page template and input text in one application it works fine with error message in appropriate language.
    but if I import task flow into other application as adf jar file and insert TF as region then it gives error message always in english and ok button in appropriate locale.
    can you suggest some solution for this.
    JDEV - 11.4

    These links may use for you get solution
    Localization
    Localization
    Localization Supported Languages
    JDeveloper 11g - Localization Supported Languages
    How to configure code to ResouceBundle in Localization
    Re: How to configure code to ResouceBundle in Localization

  • Disable Table field cells based on Row Data

    Hi,
    Need to disable cells of a simple table based on a row level value. For example: if the column6 value for 3rd row is 'A' disable column2 for the 3rd row (No User entry can be made). This behaviour would be same for all rows having column6 as 'A'.
    Please advise.
    Thanks
    Anirban
    Edited by: user1580623 on Jun 29, 2009 6:31 AM

    Anirban,
    Please check the Switcher Bean. You need to associate an attribute to the Switcher. It would have multiple cases (items under them). Based on the value of the Switcher attribute appropriate Case is selected.
    In your VO you can write a decode logic to set the value of Switcher attribute based on the conditions. The selected case can have disabled items and hence you can get the behaviour of your choice.
    Regards
    Sumit

  • Where to install CCM, access or core switch?

    What's the recommendation on where the CCM server should be, in access switch or core switch? Based on ipt readiness assessment seems servers should be on access switch. Thanks

    If you have many wiring closets (access layer) that has phones plugged into them, its better to centrally colocate CCM and such to the core, or in a distribution block that is connected to the core.
    HTh
    Sankar.
    PS: please remember to rate posts!

Maybe you are looking for