Urgent Help With Connections File Needed Please

Hello All!
I am getting the following error when I attempt to test my
live site. I am testing database connectivity within my site that
is hosted by GoDaddy. All pages are ASP and the database is stored
in the root directory in GoDaddy's folder called "access_db". The
folder has read/write access.
Here is the error:
Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e4d'
Cannot start your application. The workgroup information file
is missing or opened exclusively by another user.
/sitename/requestquote/index.asp, line 130
Here is the code from the connections file:
<%
' FileName="Connection_ado_conn_string.htm"
' Type="ADO"
' DesigntimeType="ADO"
' HTTP="false"
' Catalog=""
' Schema=""
Dim MM_connNAME_STRING
MM_connNAME_STRING =
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DataSource=username\access_db\filename.mdb;UserId=usern ame;Password=password;"
%>
The error above refrences "/sitename/requestquote/index.asp,
line 130", and here is the code:
rs_quote.ActiveConnection = MM_connNAME_STRING
Please help.
Thanks - Matt

Sorry Tim? This is Dave. Did you read what said? I'm not
Matt.
Dave
"TC2112" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It could be, you'd have to check in the control panel to
make sure
> permissions are set to read and write.
> Have you tried changing the path in your connection
string to the GoDaddy
> path and uploading the file?
> The info I posted tells you how to find out what the
path on GoDaddy is.
>
> Tim
>
>
> "Baxter" <baxter(RemoveThe :-)@gtlakes.com> wrote
in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Tim,
> > Very good reply! I have no experience with GD other
than the complaints
I
> > have read here about connections to databases etc.
I think that if his
> > connection test is ok that it has to be a
permissions issue? What do you
> > think?
> > Dave
> > "TC2112" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Sorry if some of this is repetitive in respect
to what others have
> >> advised
> >> in this thread.
> >> It's an answer I gave someone with similar
problems a while ago.
> >> It does answer your question about the
successful path on your local
> > server
> >> being different than the path on GDs server.
> >> There are also instructions on how to find the
path on GD's server if
> > needed
> >> for DNS-Less connection.
> >>
> >>
> >> Option 1:
> >> You can try using a map path function like this
in your connection
> >> string:
> >> access_db is the folder the database is in and
mydatabase.mdb is the
> > access
> >> file.
> >> Substitute your names.
> >>
> >> STRING = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=" &
> >> Server.MapPath("access_db") &
"\mydatabase.mdb;User Id=admin;Password="
> >>
> >> -or-
> >>
> >> Option 2:
> >> You could try an OLEDB DSN-Less connection
instead of using a DSN. It's
> > not
> >> hard to do.
> >>
> >> Step 1 is to figure out the location of the
root directory on the
host's
> >> server..That's very easy to do yourself.
> >>
> >> Just make an asp page (I named mine
"findit.asp"), and put the
following
> >> code between the <body> tags, like so:
> >> <body>
> >> <%
> >> Response.Write("The location of this page
is:<br>")
> >>
Response.Write(Request.ServerVariables("PATH_TRANSLATED") &
"<br>")
> >> Response.Write("The location of my root
directory is:<br>")
> >> Response.Write(Server.MapPath("\"))
> >> Response.Write Path
> >> %>
> >> </body>
> >>
> >>
> >> Upload it to the same location as your site's
home page.
> >> Once your new asp page is uploaded, just
navigate to that page in your
> >> browser.
> >>
> >> For a site on GD the "findit.asp" page displays
something like this:
> >>
> >> The location of this page is:
> >> d:\hosting\mysite\findit.asp
> >> The location of my root directory is:
> >> d:\hosting\mysite
> >>
> >> Now that you know the root directory location
on their server, you can
> >> figure out the path to your database.
> >> Let's say that the folder your database is in
is named _private, and
it
> >> happens to be in the root
> >> directory along with your home page.
> >>
> >> Next, just add the database folder name
(_private) and the database
> >> inside's name (mydatabase.mdb) to the root
directory location:
> >>
> >> d:hosting\mysite\_private\mydatabase.mdb
> >>
> >> That's your Data Source path.
> >>
> >> The connection string would look something like
this:
> >>
> >> = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
> >>
Source=d:hosting\mysite\_private\mydatabase.mdb;User
ID=;Password=;"
> >>
> >> (the code above may appear wrapped (two lines)
in the forum/ng but it's
> > one
> >> line with no return within)
> >>
> >> IMPORTANT: If you are using a local testing
server, make a copy of your
> >> connection asp page as a backup.
> >> The reason? The connection information you are
going to put in this
file
> >> will only work on the host's server.
> >> Once you upload the new connection.asp page
with the changes for the
> >> host,
> >> you'll need to change your local copy back to
your local connection so
it
> >> will work on
> >> your local testing server.
> >>
> >> Upload to server.
> >>
> >> Please note: From now on, when you upload (or
"put" if you're using DW)
> >> files that refer to your connection asp page
you're going to get a
> >> warning
> >> that your connection asp on the host is
different than your local copy.
> >> Always say "No" to updating it, or you'll
replace the GD DSN-Less
> > connection
> >> with your local one.
> >>
> >>
> >> Did you set the appropriate read/write
permissions on the
> > directory(folder)
> >> your database is in?
> >> You can do that in GD's control panel.
Hosting> Select your site >
Manage
> > to
> >> open it.
> >>
> >> I hope this helps.
> >>
> >> For what it's worth, I only use GD for domain
names now.
> >> I had numerous problems with some sites hosted
there, switched them to
> >> HostMySite and haven't had any.
> >>
> >> Take care,
> >> Tim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Baxter" <baxter(RemoveThe
:-)@gtlakes.com> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> > Baxter - I get "Connection was Made
Successfully" if connection to
the
> >> > database was made Successfully not sure
what's going on here? When
you
> >> > look
> >> > at your site files in Dreamwerer on the
server is there a folder
named
> >> > access_db? If so is your data base in that
folder? The database needs
> >> > permissions set to read and write to that
file. Have you checked
> >> > permissions
> >> > on the site? does GD give you a control
panel so that you can set the
> >> > permissions your self? I have never used
GD but have seen where
people
> >> > have
> >> > had lots of problems with them when using
a scripting language. I
don't
> >> > know
> >> > what else it could be at this point.
> >> > Dave
> >> > "mtrueblood"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> > news:[email protected]...
> >> >> Baxter - I get "Connection was Made
Successfully" with the
credentials
> >> >> you
> >> > gave
> >> >> me. My site works just fine on my
local machine with
> > access_trueblood.dsn
> >> > (it
> >> >> also worked with the dsn I initally
created for the site). All pages
> >> > display
> >> >> and I get no errors. I think where the
issue may be, now I am
guessing
> >> > here, is
> >> >> that my connection refrences a
database located in the folder
> >> >>
C:\Users\Administrator\Websites\Sitename\access_db, but once I
upload
> > my
> >> > site,
> >> >> the database still sits in access_db,
but the root folder possibly
has
> >> > changed
> >> >> (maybe causing the connection to
fail).
> >> >>
> >> >> Dooza - I don't understand how I can
use "c:myDsnFile.dsn", when
once
> > I
> >> > upload
> >> >> my site, "c:myDsnFile.dsn" would then
not be the location of my dsn.
> >> >> "c:myDsnFile.dsn" refrences a file on
my computer. I am using an
> >> >> online
> >> > hosting
> >> >> company. Am I not understanding you
correctly? See note above. I did
> > use
> >> > your
> >> >> information and got the following
browser error:
> >> >>
> >> >> Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC
Drivers error '80004005'
> >> >> General error: Invalid file dsn ''
> >> >> /sitename/contactus/index.asp, line
130
> >> >>
> >> >> line 130 -
rs_contactus.ActiveConnection = MM_connTrueblood_STRING
> >> >>
> >> >> I am researching on how to do a
dsn-less connection, unless I can
get
> >> > this
> >> >> figured out.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks - Matt
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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Sometimes people don't bother with a separate "active" button state, but you usually want some visual feedback that they clicked the button. Also, I usually just build the default (unselected) button into the background; that's less hassle later on, and it will just draw the selected or activated buttons over that when the user is on that button.
Line up all your buttons and images. All the square images lined up perfectly on top of each other, all the buttons in the right places (so you'll have three buttons stacked on top of each other in each spot). Give each layer a short but quickly recognizable name, and line them up in a consistent order. (button1-default, button1-selected, button1-active, button1-squarepicture, then button2-default, ... etc.) Photoshop and DVDSP don't care, but it makes it easier for you later.
Note that earlier versions of DVDSP won't show Photoshop layer effects. (They handle layers, just not the effects, like inner glow, outer bezel, etc.) I don't remember when they changed this, but I think it was version 4.something. So if you're using that method to make your buttons glow, you may have to flatten each selected or active button layer, and you may even need to create a dummy blank layer underneath it first to give it something to flatten onto.
Save the file as a standard Photoshop file (.psd). Drag the file onto your DVDSP layered menu and set it as the background.
Now, in DVDSP, create all your buttons. Just drag boxes over/around the button pictures you have. Feel free to make them extra-big; users won't see the actual area you've selected, and bigger areas makes it easier for people to hit them if they're using a mouse on a computer to watch the DVD. You can point the buttons to their targets now if you want, and set the end jumps on the tracks if you want. (I tend to set the end jumps on the tracks so they automatically select the button for the next track.)
Now's the fun part, since it will actually hook everything up and should be easy if your naming layer order were consistent. Click on the layered menu (in that hierarchical view) and look at the properties window. (Sorry I can't remember the technical names for all these windows; I'm doing this all from memory. So feel free to ask more questions if you can't find what I'm talking about.) One of the properties tabs should have a grid of checkboxes with a list of your layers. Make sure the background is checked for all of the states. Then check the layers you want to show for each button state, as well as the corresponding square image to show for each.
Again, I'm doing this from memory, and I can't remember exactly how things are listed in that grid. But I remember it keeps your layers in the same order you put them in the Photoshop file and shows you those names, so it should make it easy to go down the list and check the right boxes.
And another side tip: You can update the Photoshop file, but once you've put it in DVDSP, if you change the layer order, it will screw up the check boxes you checked. It always shows you the layer names correctly, but it keeps the checkboxes in DVDSP simply assigned to the layer number, so the fifth layer will keep the same checkboxes even if you juggle them so some other layer is now the fifth layer. So if you do juggle the layers in Photoshop, go back and fix the checkbox list in DVDSP.
I put a sample Photoshop file based on yours in
http://dan.black.org/layered-menu-sample.psd
It's quick and dirty, but shows the layer layout, and you should be able to drop it on DVDSP to play with. (I also won't leave it there forever, maybe a few weeks, so anybody reading this in a month or more probably will get a 404 for that url.)
Again, doing this from memory, so feel free to ask if anything doesn't work or doesn't make sense.
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Need some help with the colour profile please. Urgent! Thanks

Dear all, I need help with the colour profile of my photoshop CS6.
I've taken a photo with my Canon DSLR. When I opened the raw with ACDSee, the colour looks perfectly ok.
So I go ahead and open in photoshop. I did nothing to the photo. It still looks ok
Then I'm prompt the Embedded Profile Mismatch error. I go ahead and choose Discard the embedded profile option
And the colour started to get messed up.
And the output is a total diasater
Put the above photo side by side with the raw, the red has became crimson!!
So I tried the other option, Use the embedded profile
The whole picture turns yellowish in Photoshop's interface
And the output is just the same as the third option.
Could someone please guide me how to fix this? Thank you.

I'm prompt the Embedded Profile Mismatch error. I go ahead and choose Discard the embedded profile option
always use the embedded profile when opening tagged images in Photoshop - at that point Photoshop will convert the source colors over to your monitor space correctly
if your colors are wrong at that point either your monitor profile is off, or your source colors are not what you think they are - if other apps are displaying correctly you most likely have either a defective monitor profile or source profile issues
windows calibrate link:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Calibrate-your-display
for Photoshop to work properly, i recall you want to have "use my settings for this device" checked in Color Management> Device tab
you may want to download the PDI reference image to check your monitor and print workflows
and complete five easy steps to profile enlightenment in Photoshop
with your settings, monitor profile and source profiles sorted out it should be pretty easy to pinpoint the problem...

Need urgent help with exporting movie

I have a simple 7-minute project on FCP 7 that consists of still images from the internet and hand drawn images with a few animated elements.
It has only one audio track and two video tracks. I am using PAL DV size format. I am in the UK.
I exported it using quicktime conversion with H264 compression and good quality and the final file size was 125MB.
My urgent problem is that I need to upload this file to a university website for an online course in two days, and their file size limit is 50 MB.
I need to make sure that the teacher can play the file, and I need to get it down to a smaller file size for uploading.
I have tried all sorts of exporting from FCP. I tried avi, m4v (the setting said ipod and it produced the m4v file), and quicktime mov at different sizes like 1/4vga size. The best file size was 29 mb for the m4v ipod export, and 98mb for the qt mov file exported at medium quality. The avi file grew to 1.2gb!
I don't know if the m4v file is playable on the system that the teacher uses (she is on a windows computer).
Can anyone please give me some specific advice on how to create a smaller video file that is more universally compatible?
I have access to all of the FCP 7 suite and the Adobe CS6 suite which includes Premiere Pro, Prelude and Adobe Media encoder, if that helps.
Thanks a lot for any advice.

Jonathan Rooper wrote:
Hi Luis
The advice you've been given is good for helping you to get a good quality video at a reasonable file size.
But it may be worth thinking more about which format will certainly play on your teacher's PC. The most likely player on any PC is Windows Media Player, which tens to be installed by default.
The most likely video to be viewed on a PC is one from YouTube... andH.264 is supported on all "modern" PCs. QuickTime Player is free and very available.
A disadvantage for Mac users is that yoou'll ned the Flip4Mac plugin to create WMV movies. I think the cheapest paid version of Flip4Mac costs around £30.
All you need on a Mac fis the free Flip4Mac player.
If you get that, and choose the web high I quality setting, you should have a file within 50MB that plays reliably and looks OK. (A cheaper way of doing this, if you have access to a PC, is to use the free Windows Media Encoder).
Best of luck
Jonathan

Need help with threads?.. please check my approach!!

Hello frnds,
I am trying to write a program.. who monitors my external tool.. please check my way of doing it.. as whenever i write programs having thread.. i end up goosy.. :(
first let me tell.. what I want from program.. I have to start an external tool.. on separate thread.. (as it takes some time).. then it takes some arguments(3 arguments).. from file.. so i read the file.. and have to run tool.. continously.. until there are arguments left.. in file.. or.. user has stopped it by pressing STOP button..
I have to put a marker in file too.. so that.. if program started again.. file is read from marker postion.. !!
Hope I make clear.. what am trying to do!!
My approach is like..
1. Have two buttons.. START and STOP on Frame..
START--> pressed
2. check marker("$" sign.. placed in beginning of file during start).. on file..
     read File from marker.. got 3 arg.. pass it to tool.. and run it.. (on separate thread).. put marker.. (for next reading)
     Step 2.. continously..
3. STOP--> pressed
     until last thread.. stops.. keep running the tool.. and when last thread stops.. stop reading any more arguments..
Question is:
1. Should i read file again and again.. ?.. or read it once after "$" sign.. store data in array.. and once stopped pressed.. read file again.. and put marker ("$" sign) at last read line..
2. how should i know when my thread has stopped.. so I start tool again??.. am totally confused.. !!
please modify my approach.. if u find anything odd..
Thanks a lot in advance
gervini

Hello,
I have no experience with threads or with having more than run "program" in a single java file. All my java files have the same structure. This master.java looks something like this:
---master.java---------------------------------------------------
import java.sql.*;
import...
public class Master {
public static void main(String args []) throws SQLException, IOException {
//create connection pool here
while (true) { // start loop here (each loop takes about five minutes)
// set values of variables
// select a slave process to run (from a list of slave programs)
execute selected slave program
// check for loop exit value
} // end while loop
System.out.println("Program Complete");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e);
} finally {
if (rSet1 != null)
try { rSet1.close(); } catch( SQLException ignore ) { /* ignored */ }
connection.close();
-------end master.java--------------------------------------------------------
This master.java program will run continuously for days or weeks, each time through the loop starting another slave process which runs for five minutes to up to an hour, which means there may be ten to twenty of these slave processes running simultaneously.
I believe threads is the best way to do this, but I don't know where to locate these slave programs: either inside the master.java program or separate slave.java files? I will need help with either method.
Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Logan

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