Use layer reference w/o altering it (tracing woes)

I'm doing a LOT of tracing of raster files on illustrator. After using the image trace function to vectorize a raster file, I further edit the vector. I select the vector file, place the raster file I will trace from on top, and begin to erase sections of the vector that don't line up with the raster file. The problem I'm encountering is that I have to hide the raster layer (the one I'm tracing from) each time I want to add (paint) to the vector. Is there a way I can paint on the vector without hiding (or effecting) the topmost raster layer?

I often turn off the preview while I’m tracing manually.
Just Cmd/Ctrl-click on the eye icon of the layer you are working on.
Have the raster image on a lower layer.

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To simplify my main vi, I moved the control loop code into a sub-vi, and used control references to access the controls and indicators on the front panel. However, this has dramatically affected my loop performance, and the loop can no longer keep up with the acquisition speed.
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Currency Translation Using 'Time Reference'

Hey Experts,
Quick question.
Has anybody had experience performing the planning function 'Currency Translation' <b>BUT</b> using the 'Time Reference' field.
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I already have the fiscal year/period characteristic defined on my level.. and I've defined my 'Targ.Curr' as USD.
I can't find much documantation except for the basic help button, but that doesn't really say much.
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Thank All.

Hi,
If I understand you correctly, am I then to assume using the Fiscal year/Period '0FISCPER' will not work. The F1 help say it should.
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The way I have this defined is as follows.
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Fiscal year '0FISCYEAR' -> 2006 to 2007.
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If you could perhaps do some screen dumps of the level you defined, characteristic relationship, as well as how u defined the parameter group, that may help.
You can attach email it to '[email protected]'.
Sorry for the confusion, but I think I'm missing something obvious and simple here..!!
Thanks
Message was edited by: Ehab Mansour

How to set the value of an array element (not the complete array) by using a reference?

My situation is that I have an array of clusters on the front panel. Each element is used for a particular test setup, so if the array size is three, it means we have three identical test setups that can be used. The cluster contains two string controls and a button: 'device ID' string, 'start' button and 'status' string.
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w to change a single element in an array without affecting the others by using a reference in case I can use it elsewhere.

> My situation is that I have an array of clusters on the front panel.
> Each element is used for a particular test setup, so if the array size
> is three, it means we have three identical test setups that can be
> used. The cluster contains two string controls and a button: 'device
> ID' string, 'start' button and 'status' string.
>
> In order to keep the diagrams simple, I would like to use a reference
> to the array as input into a subvi. This subvi will then modify a
> particular element in the array (i.e. set the 'status' string).
>
It isn't possible to get a reference to a particular element within an
array. There is only one reference to the one control that represents
all elements in the array.
While it may seem better to use references to update
an element within
an array, it shouldn't really be necessary, and it can also lead to
race conditions. If you write to an element that has the
possibility of the user changing, whether you write with a local, a
reference, or any other means, there is a race condition between the
diagram and the user. LV will help with this to a certain extent,
especially for controls that take awhile to edit like ones that use
the keyboard. In these cases, if the user has already started entering
text, it will not be overwritten by the new value unless the key focus
is taken away from the control first. It is similar when moving a slider
or other value changes using the mouse. LV will write to the other values,
but will not rip the slider out of the user's hand.
To completely avoid race conditions, you can split the array into user
fields and indicators that are located underneath them. Or, if some
controls act as both, you can do like Excel. You don't directly type
into the cell. You choose w
hich cell to edit, but you modify another
location. When the edit is completed, it is incorporated into the
display so that it is never lost.
Greg McKaskle

Could not lookup PortalManagerHome in the JNDI tree using EJB reference java:comp/env/ejb/PortalManager

Hi
I am just a starter on WLPortal.
I have created a barebone Application from scratch. I have synchronized it properly
from EBCC to WLP. But When I am trying to access the home page of my application,
I am getting from stack trace -
<Nov 6, 2002 5:37:59 PM IST> <Error> <PortalAppflow> <Could not lookup PortalManagerHome
in the JNDI tree using EJB reference java:comp/env/ejb/PortalManager.
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Unable to resolve comp/env/ejb/PortalManager
Resolved: 'comp/env' Unresolved:'ejb' ; remaining name 'PortalManager'
at weblogic.jndi.internal.BasicNamingNode.newNameNotFoundException(BasicNamingNode.java:802)
at weblogic.jndi.internal.BasicNamingNode.lookupHere(BasicNamingNode.java:209)
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at weblogic.jndi.internal.BasicNamingNode.lookup(BasicNamingNode.java:181)
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at com.bea.portal.appflow.PortalAppflowHelper.<clinit>(PortalAppflowHelper.java:64)
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at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:200)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:2459)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2039)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:139)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:120)
>
<Nov 6, 2002 5:37:59 PM IST> <Error> <HTTP> <[WebAppServletContext(19695286,FirstWebApp,/FirstWebApp)]
Servlet failed with Exception
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at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:200)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.RequestDispatcherImpl.forward(RequestDispatcherImpl.java:215)
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at jsp_servlet.__index._jspService(__index.java:92)
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at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:304)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:200)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:2459)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2039)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:139)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:120)
When I decompiled the class PortalAppflowHelper, I found a static block in it,
which was as under-
static
debug = Debug.getInstance(com.bea.portal.appflow.PortalAppflowHelper.class);
try
if(debug.ON)
debug.out("Looking up PortalManagerHome using EJB reference java:comp/env/ejb/PortalManager");
portalManagerHome = (PortalManagerHome)JndiHelper.lookupNarrow("java:comp/env/ejb/PortalManager",
com.bea.portal.manager.ejb.PortalManagerHome.class);
if(debug.ON)
debug.out("Successfully retrieved PortalManagerHome " + portalManagerHome);
catch(Exception e)
PortalAppflowLogger.errorFindingPortalManagerHome("java:comp/env/ejb/PortalManager",
e);
I have checked the PortalManager's JNDI name on WLConsole. Its ${APPNAME}.BEA_portal.PortalManager.
Should I change it?
When I tried to change it, I started getting other weird errors.
Thanks
Neeraj Hans

Neeraj -
The Portal framework code (including PortalAppflowHelper) uses ejb
references to find the PortalManager (and other EJBs) from servlets and
taglibs; that is what is signified by the java:comp/env/... name.
Since you built your webapp from scratch (instead of using the portal
wizard), you will need to make sure the you have the appropriate
<ejb-ref> entries in your web.xml, and the corresponding
<ejb-reference-description> entries in your weblogic.xml. By default,
you will need at least mappings for:
- ejb/PortalManager
- ejb/UserManager
- ejb/GroupManager
- ejb/PipelineExecutor
- ejb/EventService
See either the resulting webapp from using the portal wizard or
BEA_HOME/weblogic700/samples/portal/sampleportalDomain/beaApps/sampleportal/sampleportal/WEB-INF
for example syntax.
Greg
Neeraj Hans wrote:
Hi
I am just a starter on WLPortal.
I have created a barebone Application from scratch. I have
synchronized it properly
from EBCC to WLP. But When I am trying to access the home page of my
application,
I am getting from stack trace -
<Nov 6, 2002 5:37:59 PM IST> <Error> <PortalAppflow> <Could not lookup
PortalManagerHome
in the JNDI tree using EJB reference java:comp/env/ejb/PortalManager.
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Unable to resolve
comp/env/ejb/PortalManager
Resolved: 'comp/env' Unresolved:'ejb' ; remaining name 'PortalManager'
at <stack trace lines snipped>
When I decompiled the class PortalAppflowHelper, I found a static
block in it,
which was as under-
static
debug =
Debug.getInstance(com.bea.portal.appflow.PortalAppflowHelper.class);
try
if(debug.ON)
debug.out("Looking up PortalManagerHome using EJB
reference java:comp/env/ejb/PortalManager");
portalManagerHome =
(PortalManagerHome)JndiHelper.lookupNarrow("java:comp/env/ejb/PortalManager",
com.bea.portal.manager.ejb.PortalManagerHome.class);
if(debug.ON)
debug.out("Successfully retrieved PortalManagerHome "
+ portalManagerHome);
catch(Exception e)
PortalAppflowLogger.errorFindingPortalManagerHome("java:comp/env/ejb/PortalManager",
e);
I have checked the PortalManager's JNDI name on WLConsole. Its
${APPNAME}.BEA_portal.PortalManager.
Should I change it?
When I tried to change it, I started getting other weird errors.
Thanks
Neeraj Hans

"Index: 0, Size: 0" error when using lexical references

I got "Index: 0, Size: 0" when using lexical references in data template. Can any body tell me what happen? The detail error is:
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at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.writeGroupStructure(XMLPGEN.java:2
84)
at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.processData(XMLPGEN.java:271)
at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.processXML(XMLPGEN.java:213)
at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.writeXML(XMLPGEN.java:252)
at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataProcessor.processDataStructre(DataProc
essor.java:390)
at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataProcessor.processData(DataProcessor.ja
va:355)
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rocessor(AdvancedQueryBoundValue11.java:212)
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AdvancedQueryBoundValue11.java:101)
at oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.ReportContextImplV11.getReportXMLData(ReportC
ontextImplV11.java:399)
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Here is the data template, the lexical reference is &where_clause, thanks.
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          <parameter name="EndDate" dataType="date"/>
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NVL(businessunit.name, 'Unassigned') UNITNAME,
queue.name QUEUENAME,
NVL2(businessunit.name, 'Unassigned', businessunit.name || ': ' || queue.name) FULLQUEUENAME,
COUNT(queueEvent.requestNumber) REQNUM
FROM((((queueevent queueevent
INNER JOIN assignment assignment ON queueevent.assignmentkey = assignment.assignmentkey)
INNER JOIN datedim datedim ON queueevent.datekey = datedim.datekey)
INNER JOIN businessunit businessunit ON queueevent.businessunitkey = businessunit.businessunitkey)
INNER JOIN queue queue ON queueevent.forwardedqueuekey = queue.queuekey)
INNER JOIN timedim timedim ON queueevent.timekey = timedim.timekey
WHERE dateDim.FULLDATE >= TO_DATE(:StartDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd')
AND BW_COMMON_DATEADD('s', timeDim.SECONDOFDAY, BW_COMMON_DATEADD('s', queueEvent.EVENTDURATION, dateDim.FULLDATE)) > TO_DATE(:StartDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd')
AND BW_COMMON_DATEADD('s', timeDim.SECONDOFDAY, BW_COMMON_DATEADD('s', queueEvent.EVENTDURATION, dateDim.FULLDATE)) < TO_DATE(:EndDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd') AND &where_clause
group by businessunit.name, queue.name]]>
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Is there any downside to using a reference type library if I use Time Capsule and will do file management only from within Aperture?

Have done a lot of reading to get prepared to convert to Aperture 3 and have this question regarding setting up my library type.
I'm not a professional -just a heavy user hobbyist.
It appears that the major factors in using reference style is to backup the images with Time Capsule and always do moves or deletes from within the Aperture application.
If my architecture matters here's what I have that may be involved in photo management and editing:
iMac (latest 27" high power version with lots of memory)
Internal 2TB HD where the library is stored
External (FireWire) 2TB HD where the images are stored
External (FireWire) 6TB HD backup drive
In the future an iPad for remote work on images (when/if available) and a Mac laptop (for same remote use)
I see major downside issues to letting the library manage my files - such as inaccessibility (or awkward accessibility) to the images for other programs, and performance issues when the library gets large (thousands of images or 100+ gb in size)
The chief complaints I've seen regarding using a reference mode is the broken link issues created if file management is done outside of Aperture (adds, deletes, moves of files) and the inability to use the Vault function for backup.
One feature that I imagine I'd like to have is maximum integration with Final Cut Pro X and that's one area I haven't seen much on and would be interested to hear about if that integration is affected with the choice of managed vs referenced library types. (I like to produce film clips that are combinations of pics and video and want to be set up so that is done in the easiest fashion when working in FCP X)
I'm sure I've not seen all sides of this issue and would like to see some discussion around this question.
Thanks to everyone contributing!
Craig

Goody, Goody, you hit a few of my favorite subjects! Herewith some comments, with the usual caveats - true to the best of my knowledge and experience, others may have different results, YMMV, and I could be wrong.
I run Aperture on two machines:
-- 2007 Mac Pro with 2x2.66 GHz Xeon, 21 GB of RAM, a 5770 GPU, and multiple HD. I have about 11,000 images, taking up 150 GB. (Many are 100 MB TIFF, scanned slides)
-- 2006 Mac Book Pro with 1 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2 GB of RAM and a 240 GB SSD.
Two very different machines.
-- Aperture Libraries are all the same - Managed or Referenced. If Managed, then the Master image files are inside the Package, if Referenced, they are outside, and you can have any combination you want. Managed is easier, but Referenced is not hard if you are the least bit careful.
-- While the sheer size of an Aperture Library is not a big issue, the location on disk of the different components can have a tremendous impact on performance.
-- Solid State Drives (SSD) read and write faster than regular Hard Disks (HD) and, what is more important, empty HD read and write much faster than full HD.
-- Aperture speed requires a combination of RAM, CPU, graphics processing unit (GPU) speed, and disk speed. The more RAM you have, the less paging you will see. With enough RAM, the next bottle neck is CPU (speed and cores) and GPU speed. But even then you will still have to fetch an image (longer if you pull the full resolution Master, read and rewrite the Version file, and update the Preview and Thumbs.
So what works?
-- RAM, RAM, and more RAM. 4 GB will work, but you will page a bit. 8 GB is much faster. On my old MacPro the sweet spot was about 16 GB of RAM.
-- Keep your Library on your fastest (usually internal) drive. Keep that disk as unloaded as possible. How do you keep it unloaded? Either buy BIG, 1 TB+ or move your Masters off onto another disk. The good news here is that as Master files are written only once and never rewritten, speed of this disk, as opposed to the disk that holds the Library, is not important. There is a one second pause as the Master is read into memory and, if you have enough RAM, that is it - the Master will never be paged out. If, on the other hand, you do not have enough RAM, and you do a lot of adjusting at full resolution, then the speed of the disk that holds your Masters will become very important due to paging.
-- I found that I picked up a tiny bit of speed by keeping the Masters on a dedicated disk. Thus, in your configuration, if you can dedicate that 2 TB FW HD to your Masters, you should see very nice performance.
Final notes on backups and archives:
-- One conventional wisdom is that you should make an archive copy of every image file before or as you load them into your system. (Aperture in this case.) This archive is then never touched or deleted.
-- An alternative approach is that you do not keep such an archive, but only the images that you have in your Aperture Library. And when you delete from the Library, you no longer keep a copy anywhere.
I do the following:
-- Card to Aperture. Card is then kept at least 24 hours until all of my backups have run. (I use three - Time Machine, Clone, and off site.)
-- I do not keep archive copies. If I decide to delete a file, my only recourse is to recover it from Time Machine during the six month cycle of my Time Machine backups. Thereafter, it is lost.
There are merits to both approaches.
Hope this is clear, correct, and responsive to your needs.
DiploStrat

Photoshop CC 2014 hangs for nearly 15 seconds when using Layer Group Layers or Layer Palette Group from Layers commands.

Photoshop hangs for nearly 15 seconds when using Layer > Group Layers or Layer Palette > Group from Layers commands. NOT on creating new group and creating layers and drag-n-dropping layers into group manually in Layer Palette. Got a UI design file with nearly 800 layers and lot of groups. This doesn't occur in smaller files. Using OS X Mavericks, Photoshop CC 2014.2.2, Mid 2014 15-inch Retina Macbook Pro.
I understand that the solution would be just to cut the file into smaller files and design each UI view in a separate file but that would be painful. And it does not seem to be a very hard task to just group layers.

Does the document also have a lot of layer comps?
And can you post that document or send me a copy of it so we can see exactly why it is hanging?

What is use of Reference object in BW

Hi All,
I have a small doubt about use of Reference object.Since reference object uses same database table of referenced object and also we can not load data in this.Only loaded data in Referenced object will be available in newly created reference object.
Also if we create more than 2 objects referencing the same object and used them in InfoProvider then what is use of these objects in that infoprovider whether they have same data and also all properties.
For example if we have created two objects u2018Sender Cost Centeru2019 and u2018Receiver Cost centeru2019 referencing the same object u2018Cost Centeru2019 and used them in an InfoCube.
Then what is use of these objects whethet they are refering same database table of u2018Cost Centeru2019.And how we can differentiate them during Reporting.
Regards
Vinay

consider below table:
cost center (master data table):
Cost SID, Center name, Other details
1 ..., xyz....., bla bla
2 ..., abc....., bla bla
Purchase Order Header Table (transcation table)
PONumber, Sender CostCntr, RecevierCostCntr, Other details.
101, 1, 2, xxxxxx
102, 2, 1, yyyyy
in cube, u've SIDs for MD... so when u read the details for say PONo 101, u pick sender SID & receiver SID & read details from master data table...
other example:
u r working somewhere.. u have employee ID & ur other details like name, address... all these get store in 0employee master data..
when in HR module ur salary is generated, salary module will hold only ur employee ID.. but from ur ID other details u can get.. rite?
same way leave module will have ur Id.. & it can get details bout ur leave & address...
both is true for ur manager.. but when ur leave is to be approved.. ur manager ID is required...when ur manager apply for leave his managerID is used.. all this get store in same leave module..

Why use layer masks and adjustment layers?

I've been using PSE and CS successfully for years.
One thing I have never understood is: why use layer masks and adjustment layers, instead of simply creating a copy of the subject layer (the one I want to make changes to) and experimenting with that? It's quick (Ctrl-J), I can do it as many times as I want, I'm not affecting my Background layer. If I like the changes, I can keep them. I can switch the copy on and off to compare with the Background layer. I can do any type of blend or combination I desire. I can insert Gradient layer(s), select any part of the copy and (Ctrl-J) create a new layer containing only the selected part. I can adjust size, rotate, do anything.
It almost seems that "layer mask" and "adjustment layer" are mainly another layer of terminology; can anyone explain (preferably in 50 words or less) how they are intrinsically different from or superior to working with copies of the Background layer? What can be done with them that can't be done simply using copies of the Background layer?

Here's a very basic example of the advantage of using a layer mask.
I have this picture of a sunflower and I want to convert the background to black & white, leaving just the flower in color. I duplicated the Background layer, converted it to B&W and proceeded to use the Eraser to uncover the flower color. But I made a mistake and erased outside the flower. There is no way to correct this other than deleting the layer and starting again.
Now let's use a layer mask on the B&W layer. Set the Foreground/Background colors to the defaults black/white. Using the Brush tool paint on the mask with black to reveal the color. Here I painted too far, revealing a green leaf in the background. No need to start over. Simply switch to white and paint the excess to convert back to the B&W.
Tip: while painting you can type "X" to toggle between black and white.
You could also select the flower using the various selection tools and then fill the selection with black. If it turns out the selection was not 100% accurate you can then fine-tune the result by painting on the mask with black or white as necessary.

Using cross-references in the index?

Wondering if there are any suggestions out there for using
cross-references in the index.
I don't think using the "See also" option is what I'm looking
for; what I'd like to do is create index entries with a cross
reference next to them.
I tried this by creating an index entry and typing (See
"other topic name") next to it, but when I compiled the project
this index entry was not included because I did not have a topic
assigned to it.
Is there any way to create a cross-reference index entry
without a topic assignment? Or are there other workarounds that you
use?

Index cross references are designed to enable you to have
index keywords that when clicked redirect the user to another
keyword. For example I use them for acronyms to redirect users to
the longer version. Are you cross references topics inside the
project? If so, can't you use the index cross references by
indexing in the same manner? If the cross reference you want is
outside the project, using the index is not the way I'd suggest.
Why not use a link in a topic to a URL, file, etc. You may be able
to do what you want through a redirect topic but I haven't looked
into this. Come back with some more details if I am off the
mark.

How can i use class reference from an array effeciently?

Hi,
I made some test here with getting a class reference from an array and using the reference's methods or variables.
Basically arrayEx is a container of type Array and it contains the Person's class instance in it. Num is a number extracted from the Person's instance
Example #1----Strongly typed
Var reference:Person;
Var num:int;
//Assignation
reference=arrayEx[0];-----IT IS SLOW HERE
//Use
num=reference.number --- IT IS FAST HERE
Example #2---Not typed
Var reference:*;
Var num:int;
//Assignation
reference=arrayEx[0]; ---- IT IS FAST HERE
//Use
num=reference.number ---IT IS SLOW HERE
No matter what i change in both code like casting Person on arrayEx, i cant seem to make them work both fast at the same time
If someone knows how, please tell me,
Dominik

Hi,
I made some test here with getting a class reference from an array and using the reference's methods or variables.
Basically arrayEx is a container of type Array and it contains the Person's class instance in it. Num is a number extracted from the Person's instance
Example #1----Strongly typed
Var reference:Person;
Var num:int;
//Assignation
reference=arrayEx[0];-----IT IS SLOW HERE
//Use
num=reference.number --- IT IS FAST HERE
Example #2---Not typed
Var reference:*;
Var num:int;
//Assignation
reference=arrayEx[0]; ---- IT IS FAST HERE
//Use
num=reference.number ---IT IS SLOW HERE
No matter what i change in both code like casting Person on arrayEx, i cant seem to make them work both fast at the same time
If someone knows how, please tell me,
Dominik

Why to use EJB Reference

hi all,
when i have an enterprise application with a session bean and a webapp,
i can access the session bean either over an ejb-reference in the webapp or directly access the jndi entry. what is the advantage of using ejb references? here an example of what i mean (both from within a webapp):
ctx.lookup("myBean"); // without ejb ref
ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/myRef"); // with ejb ref
I get back the same, so whats the difference?
rgds

With ejb-reference a container optimizes access to collocated beans. For example, say you have a deployment where beans A and B are both replicated in two different containers, for performance and/or availability reasons. For optimal use every instance of A in container would use instances of B also in container one. Likewise for container two. An EJB container can enforce this locality constraint using ejb-links, but not always using direct JNDI names.

Error 83::8 (not enough memory to initialize PSL) when use layer styles in AEF

Hello!
Have error in AEF CS6 when i try to use layer styles in AEF. Error is "not enough memory to initialize PSL 83::8"
It works good if i start programm as Administrator.
My PC is: Windows 7, Intel core 7 with 2.7 Ghz, 6 Gb RAM, Nvidia GeForce 240.
I think i already know what the problem is:
After i bought my new SSD in need to change all temp files and scrathes disks to another HDD. And in conflicts with AEF ....
How can i fix it?

How can i fix it?
Check your file and folder permissions. Moving stuff around may invalidate old security tokens for user-specific folders. You may simply need to reclaim them and "Take Ownership" in the Security tab --> Advanced of your file properties dialog.
Mylenium

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