What is workflow with example

what is workflow with example

Hi Pankaj
Renga is correct , there is workFlow in SAP Business One (B1 studio).But there are notmany examples or good documents
REgards
Dayal

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What is workflow with worklist

Hello all:
I see there are 2 choice when creating workflow with worklist and without work list.
what the difference?
BR,
Manthana

Hi
Where do you have such choice:
- in workflow editor in SWDD or PFTC transactions in any mySAP application (mySAP ERP) or in SAP R/3
- in Collaboration task in Enterprise Portal
- in ccBPM (cross-component Business Process Management) in XI/PI?

What is the use of profiles in oracle apps,could u pls explain with examples

what is the use of profiles in oracle apps,could u pls explain with examples

1b5595eb-fcfc-48cc-90d2-43ba913ea79f wrote:
what is the use of profiles in oracle apps,could u pls explain with examples
http://www.appspatrols.com/now/blog/understanding-profile-options-in-oracle-apps-oracle-e-business-suite
http://www.oracle.com/pls/ebs121/search?word=Profile+Options&format=ranked&remark=quick_search
Thanks,
Hussein

What are the GAP analysis? could you pls... explain with examples?

hi everybody.....
may i know what are the GAP analysis with examples?
thanks in advance...
and hope u will get it me that.

Dear arunteja vasan ,
GAP Analysis
A through gap analysis will identify the gaps between how the business operates ad its needs against what the package can can't do.   For each gap there will be one of three outcomes which must be recorded and actioned, GAP must be closed and customised software can be developed close the gap, GAP must be closed but software cannot be written therefore a workaround is required, GAP does not need to be closed.
In simple terms: Gap means small cracks. In SAP world. In information technology, gap analysis is the study of the differences between two different information systems or applications( ex; existing system or legacy system with Client and new is SAP), often for the purpose of determining how to get from one state to a new state. A gap is sometimes spoken of as "the space between where we are and where we want to be." Gap analysis is undertaken as a means of bridging that space.
Actual gap analysis is time consuming and it plays vital role in blue print stage.
Cut Over Plans
Detailed plans need to be developed for cutting over from the old system(s) to the new.   Parallel runs of what will happen over the conversion period using test data, convert and watch for a period after wards to ensure nothing unexpected happens.
Train Users
Well trained users will support and defend the system on site. Unsupportive users will continually undermine the system and eventually it will be replaced.   Therefore the more effort you put into helping the users master the system early the better.
Do award points if you found them useful.
Regards,
Rakesh

What is activity in SAP CRM with examples plz?

Dear All
What is activity in SAP CRM with examples plz?
Thanks
CRM Newbee

Activities are explained in CR010 & CR300. It is a transaction type used to record sales activities e.g. telephone call, email or customer visit or a follow up call, request to fill up a questionnaire or request to set the status to complete etc. in customer/partner engagement lifecycle. This has mainly information like: Activity type partner, texts & dates. However it is an order document like opportunity, sales order etc. & extra information can be added by including customer set types like we do in opportunity, quotation, sales order, conttract etc.
Activities are a central part of SAP CRM & used across application e.g. Interaction Center, Sales, Marketing etc.
I hope this should be sufficient & helpful.
If you need to understand more about basic concept of Activities please see the dropdown list for Activity types..this will give you a good idea as to what are the kinds of business transactions which can be activities.
Regarding Quotation thing...Quotation is not an activity but 'Create Quotation' or 'Create Quotation as follow up to a lead or opportunity' can be an activity.
Thanks,
Vivek

What is star schema - pls explain with example

Hai.
what is star schema - pls explain with example
thanks in advance
Giri

Hi Giri,
SAP's BIW employs extended star schama
The extended star schema consists of a fact table (in two parts, E and F - f is the inbound table, E long-term storage). Dimension tables are connected to the fact tables via the DIMID(dimension id) which is a generated value and is stored in both dimension and fact tables. In addition, the dimension tables are connected to tables which hold master data values (or bind the dimension table to tables that hold the values), such as S tables, P, Q, X, Y. These dimension tables hold SIDs, again generated keys which relate values in the dimension table (the DIMIDs) with master data values. Thus, at the time of the query, join operations ensure that the master data values can be merged with the key figure values stored in the fact tables.
Truthfully, one does not need to understand this schema extensively in order to model in BI in SAP NetWeaver. It helps to understand master data, navigational attributes, etc. Otherwise, simply model the key figures in the fact table and the characteristics into dimensions and you're good - the application generates the star schema for you - you don't have to specify it.
See the transaction "LISTSCHEMA" which will show you the relationship between the F fact table and the other tables of the cube's star schema.
Also follow the link for more info:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/4c/89dc37c7f2d67ae10000009b38f889/content.htm
Thanks for any points you assign.
Regards

When I upgraded to 10.7.4 I lost the ability to use a lot of my previous software that was intel based. My Adobe suites for example. So for $29 i now have to spend $1000's to get these to work. What has changed with Mountian Lion. I am not rich/

When I upgraded to 10.7.4 I lost the ability to use a lot of my previous software that was intel based. My Adobe suites for example. So for $29 i now have to spend $1000's to get these to work. What has changed with Mountian Lion. I am not rich?

The reason your applications do not work in Lion/Mountain Lion is that they were written for the older PowerPC CPU that all Macs used up to 2006. When Apple made its transition to the Intel CPU, they licensed software that they included in all versions of OS X (from Tiger to Leopard and optionally, Snow Leopard) called Rosetta.
Rosetta miraculously allows PowerPC applications to work on the Intel processor transparently; you do not know it is even present.
The problem is that after 6 years of the transition, Apple's license to use the underlying software expired for OS X Lion and all version thereafter (and it is doubtful that the current owner of the software, IBM, would relicense it, even if Apple were inclined to do so).
So you do not have to accept recriminations from others for previously using Rosetta without even knowing it was present and running!
So for those of use that need to upgrade to Lion/Mountain Lion, I have offered the option to install Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels 7:
[click on images to enlarge]
And now Mountain Lion:
If you are unable or unwilling to update your inventory of PowerPC software, this solution offers you an alternative for not more than the $29 cost of Snow Leopard and $79 cost of Parallels (cheaper via internet sources).
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions into Parallels 7 are here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
Assistance with the installation process is available on this linked forum.

Export PDF Workflow with Applescript and CS3

Hello,
I am setting up some PDF workflow with Applescript.
On a given moment, as my script runs and after getting some user-input answers to questions in some dialogs, my script tells InDesign CS3 to open the Export Adobe PDF window for the current document. I copied and pasted that small part of the script:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
tell document 1
export format PDF type to "Macintosh_HD:Test01.pdf" using "somePreset" with showing options
end tell
end tell
When you run this small part of my Applescript, InDesign opens the Export Adobe PDF window (as expected) waiting for me to click on "Export". That is exactly what I want, since the user is given here a last opportunity to change some values (for example page range, or spreads). When all is set, the user can click on Export to close the dialog and finish the script.
Problem: I was hoping that the Adobe PDF Preset "somePreset" would be selected in the first pull-down menu of the Export Adobe PDF window when this window is opened by the script. Unfortunately the last used preset is always selected by default. Anyone suggestions or help?
Kind regards,
Bertus Bolknak.

My operators enter the page range and filename into a dialog box. Then I set those in the script. I use the Press Quality preset to start with and then set the changes I want into a export variable. I set things like bleed, marks, page range, etc.
Here is an example:
set theProps to properties of PDF export preset "[Press Quality]"
try
delete PDF export preset "Schmidt PDF"
end try
set theStyle to {name:"Schmidt PDF", acrobat compatibility:acrobat 7, bleed top:"0.125i", bleed bottom:"0.125i", bleed inside:"0.125i", bleed outside:"0.125i", page marks offset:"0.125i", include ICC profiles:Include None, effective PDF destination profile:use no profile, effective PDF X profile:"No Color Conversion"} & theProps
make PDF export preset with properties theStyle
set properties of PDF export preferences to theStyle
set color bitmap sampling of PDF export preferences to none
set grayscale bitmap sampling of PDF export preferences to none
set page range of PDF export preferences to (item i of myPageList) as string
export document 1 format PDF type to (PrinergyFolder & myJobNumFinal & "_" & VerCode & ".pdf") as Unicode text without showing options
I am also doing this in Quark.

What is workflow ? What are the advantages of using workflow? What are the

what is workflow ? What are the advantages of using workflow? What are the steps for building a workflow ?

Hi Leela,
Your question is very straight question.
Better u can follow these links.
http://www.esnips.com/doc/90b7763b-f9d9-4861-a273-04674b9fe3f2/Workflow
http://www.esnips.com/doc/991843e0-8686-4949-94b9-f45d90081b22/workflow
And i'll give some theory answer for ur questions
i.e.,SAP Business Workflow can be used to define business processes that are not yet mapped in the R/3 System. These may be simple release or approval procedures, or more complex business processes such as creating a material master and the associated coordination of the departments involved. SAP Business Workflow is particularly suitable for situations in which work processes have to be run through repeatedly, or situations in which the business process requires the involvement of a large number of agents in a specific sequence.
You can also use SAP Business Workflow to respond to errors and exceptions in other, existing business processes. You can start a workflow when predefined events occur, for example an event can be triggered if particular errors are found during an automatic check.
SAP provides several workflows that map predefined business processes. These workflows do not require much implementation. For an overview of these SAP workflows, refer to Workflow Scenarios in Applications.
Integration
SAP Business Workflow uses the existing transactions and functions of the R/3 System and does not change the functions. You can combine the existing functions of the R/3 System to form new business processes with SAP Business Workflow. The workflow system takes over control of the business processes. If you are already using SAP Organizational Management, you can use the organizational structure created there to have the relevant agents carry out the individual activities. It is possible to have an activity carried out by a position. This ensures that the respective occupiers of the position can carry out the individual activities during execution of the workflow. This means that personnel changes in your organization are taken into account immediately in the execution of a workflow.
Features
SAP Business Workflow provides a number of tools for defining and analyzing workflows as well as for monitoring operation.
The Workflow Builder is for displaying and making changes to workflows. You can make small extensions directly to the original workflows supplied by SAP, such as carrying out your own agent assignments or changing deadline monitoring.
There are several Workflow Wizards to support you in the definition of workflows, with which you can create specific parts of a workflow. The Workflow Wizard Explorer gives you an overview of the existing Workflow Wizards.
In order to make the functions of the R/3 Systems available to a workflow, you use business objects, which you can define and analyze in the Business Object Builder. These business objects are made available to the workflow in reusable tasks. The Business Wizard Explorer gives you an overview of all existing tasks.
The end user receives information about the activities they are to carry out in their Business Workplace. This provides them with a central overview of all the activities that they are authorized to carry out. They can commence the activities from here.
Several tools are available to the workflow system administrator, with which they can control and analyze the current workflows. The workflow system administrator is notified of problems automatically by the system.
Workflow tutorials with step-by-step and with screenshots are available at http://www.****************/Tutorials/Workflow/Workflow.htm
This has a step by step procedure :
http://fuller.mit.edu/workflow/debugging.pdf
www.erpgenie.com/sap/workflow/debugging.htm
http://www.erpgenie.com/workflow/debugging.htm?2b5de440
Rewards if it is useful.

IDOC with example and T.codes ??

hii
Some body explain me about the scenario and steps to be followed in configuration and in front process with transaction codes .
Jus some experts can explain me about over all procedure of IDOC in SAP with transaction code (Full cycle with examples...??
In MM , exaplin me with some examples and with transaction codes ..
Thanks

Check these links
[IDOC Configuration|http://sapmm.posterous.com/idoc-configuration]
[Learn SAP u2014 IDOC basic|http://blogs.moovar.com/sap/learn-sap-idoc-basic/]
1) What is IDOC?
IDoc means intermediate document is a standard data structure for electronic data interchange (EDI) between application programs written for the popular SAP business system or between an SAP application and an external program. IDocs serve as the vehicle for data transfer in SAP's Application Link Enabling (ALE) system.
2) Why its is used with SAP?
IDocs are used for asynchronous transactions: each IDoc generated exists as a self-contained text file that can then be transmitted to the requesting workstation without connecting to the central database. Another SAP mechanism, the Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI) is used for synchronous transactions.
3) What its advantages & disadvantages?
a) IDOC - Advantages :
The target system need not be always online. The IDOC would be created and would send the IDOC once the target
system is available.
No additional programming required. Configuration is the only one need to be set up.
b) IDOC - Disadvantages :
Receipt/Processing on the target system need not be immediate
When no standard IDOC is available, then it is very hard to create a custom IDOC when compared to creating a
standard BAPI
Unless ALE is used, it is difficult to trace if the IDOC has actually reached the target system
4) IDOC flow with MM :
In order to make use of the workflow for IDoc processing, you do not have to go through the cumbersome
workflow design procedure as it is described in the workflow documentation. For the mentioned purpose, you can
register the workflow handler from the menu, which says Event Coupling from the BALD transaction.
Triggering the IDoc from a workflow event has a disadvantage: if the IDoc has to be repeated for some reason, the
event cannot be repeated easily. This is due to the nature of a workflow event, which is triggered usually from a
precedent action.
Edited by: Afshad Irani on Aug 26, 2010 5:48 PM

Trigger workflow with inbound IDOC.

Hi all,
i have to trigger my workflow with incoming idoc which coming from other server. this IDOC content is financial document. can any one tell me what is the procedure to make it happen.
Regards,
Sri harsha.M

Hi Harsha,
You have to call this Event FM in your ABAP program
for example
REPORT Z_TIBOR_EVENT_SAP_SW .
INCLUDE <CNTN01>. " include container macros
DATA: OBJKEY LIKE SWEINSTCOU-OBJKEY,
EVENTID LIKE SWEDUMEVID-EVTID.
DATA: EVENT_CONTAINER LIKE SWCONT OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
PARAMETERS:
OBJTYPE LIKE SWETYPECOU-OBJTYPE DEFAULT 'BUS1001006',
MATERIAL LIKE MARA-MATNR,
EVENT LIKE SWETYPECOU-EVENT DEFAULT 'CREATED',
END_DATE LIKE SYST-DATUM DEFAULT SPACE.
OBJKEY = MATERIAL.
CALL FUNCTION 'SWE_EVENT_CREATE'
EXPORTING
OBJTYPE = OBJTYPE
OBJKEY = OBJKEY
EVENT = EVENT
CREATOR = ' '
TAKE_WORKITEM_REQUESTER = ' '
START_WITH_DELAY = ' '
START_RECFB_SYNCHRON = ' '
NO_COMMIT_FOR_QUEUE = ' '
DEBUG_FLAG = ' '
NO_LOGGING = ' '
IDENT =
IMPORTING
EVENT_ID =
TABLES
EVENT_CONTAINER =
EXCEPTIONS
OBJTYPE_NOT_FOUND = 1
OTHERS = 2
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
else.
commit work.
ENDIF.
Thanks and Regards
Prabhakar Dharmala

I can't figure out what's wrong with this code

First i want this program to allow me to enter a number with the EasyReader class and depending on the number entered it will show that specific line of this peom:
One two buckle your shoe
Three four shut the door
Five six pick up sticks
Seven eight lay them straight
Nine ten this is the end.
The error message i got was an illegal start of expression. I can't figure out why it is giving me this error because i have if (n = 1) || (n = 2) statements. My code is:
public class PoemSeventeen
public static void main(String[] args)
EasyReader console = new EasyReader();
System.out.println("Enter a number for the poem (0 to quit): ");
int n = console.readInt();
if (n = 1) || (n = 2)
System.out.println("One, two, buckle your shoe");
else if (n = 3) || (n = 4)
System.out.println("Three, four, shut the door");
else if (n = 5) || (n = 6)
System.out.println("Five, six, pick up sticks");
else if (n = 7) || (n = 8)
System.out.println("Seven, eight, lay them straight");
else if (n = 9) || (n = 10)
System.out.println("Nine, ten, this is the end");
else if (n = 0)
System.out.println("You may exit now");
else
System.out.println("Put in a number between 0 and 10");
I messed around with a few other thing because i had some weird errors before but now i have narrowed it down to just this 1 error.
The EasyReader class code:
// package com.skylit.io;
import java.io.*;
* @author Gary Litvin
* @version 1.2, 5/30/02
* Written as part of
* <i>Java Methods: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming</i>
* (Skylight Publishing 2001, ISBN 0-9654853-7-4)
* and
* <i>Java Methods AB: Data Structures</i>
* (Skylight Publishing 2003, ISBN 0-9654853-1-5)
* EasyReader provides simple methods for reading the console and
* for opening and reading text files. All exceptions are handled
* inside the class and are hidden from the user.
* <xmp>
* Example:
* =======
* EasyReader console = new EasyReader();
* System.out.print("Enter input file name: ");
* String fileName = console.readLine();
* EasyReader inFile = new EasyReader(fileName);
* if (inFile.bad())
* System.err.println("Can't open " + fileName);
* System.exit(1);
* String firstLine = inFile.readLine();
* if (!inFile.eof()) // or: if (firstLine != null)
* System.out.println("The first line is : " + firstLine);
* System.out.print("Enter the maximum number of integers to read: ");
* int maxCount = console.readInt();
* int k, count = 0;
* while (count < maxCount && !inFile.eof())
* k = inFile.readInt();
* if (!inFile.eof())
* // process or store this number
* count++;
* inFile.close(); // optional
* System.out.println(count + " numbers read");
* </xmp>
public class EasyReader
protected String myFileName;
protected BufferedReader myInFile;
protected int myErrorFlags = 0;
protected static final int OPENERROR = 0x0001;
protected static final int CLOSEERROR = 0x0002;
protected static final int READERROR = 0x0004;
protected static final int EOF = 0x0100;
* Constructor. Prepares console (System.in) for reading
public EasyReader()
myFileName = null;
myErrorFlags = 0;
myInFile = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(System.in), 128);
* Constructor. opens a file for reading
* @param fileName the name or pathname of the file
public EasyReader(String fileName)
myFileName = fileName;
myErrorFlags = 0;
try
myInFile = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName), 1024);
catch (FileNotFoundException e)
myErrorFlags |= OPENERROR;
myFileName = null;
* Closes the file
public void close()
if (myFileName == null)
return;
try
myInFile.close();
catch (IOException e)
System.err.println("Error closing " + myFileName + "\n");
myErrorFlags |= CLOSEERROR;
* Checks the status of the file
* @return true if en error occurred opening or reading the file,
* false otherwise
public boolean bad()
return myErrorFlags != 0;
* Checks the EOF status of the file
* @return true if EOF was encountered in the previous read
* operation, false otherwise
public boolean eof()
return (myErrorFlags & EOF) != 0;
private boolean ready() throws IOException
return myFileName == null || myInFile.ready();
* Reads the next character from a file (any character including
* a space or a newline character).
* @return character read or <code>null</code> character
* (Unicode 0) if trying to read beyond the EOF
public char readChar()
char ch = '\u0000';
try
if (ready())
ch = (char)myInFile.read();
catch (IOException e)
if (myFileName != null)
System.err.println("Error reading " + myFileName + "\n");
myErrorFlags |= READERROR;
if (ch == '\u0000')
myErrorFlags |= EOF;
return ch;
* Reads from the current position in the file up to and including
* the next newline character. The newline character is thrown away
* @return the read string (excluding the newline character) or
* null if trying to read beyond the EOF
public String readLine()
String s = null;
try
s = myInFile.readLine();
catch (IOException e)
if (myFileName != null)
System.err.println("Error reading " + myFileName + "\n");
myErrorFlags |= READERROR;
if (s == null)
myErrorFlags |= EOF;
return s;
* Skips whitespace and reads the next word (a string of consecutive
* non-whitespace characters (up to but excluding the next space,
* newline, etc.)
* @return the read string or null if trying to read beyond the EOF
public String readWord()
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(128);
char ch = ' ';
int count = 0;
String s = null;
try
while (ready() && Character.isWhitespace(ch))
ch = (char)myInFile.read();
while (ready() && !Character.isWhitespace(ch))
count++;
buffer.append(ch);
myInFile.mark(1);
ch = (char)myInFile.read();
if (count > 0)
myInFile.reset();
s = buffer.toString();
else
myErrorFlags |= EOF;
catch (IOException e)
if (myFileName != null)
System.err.println("Error reading " + myFileName + "\n");
myErrorFlags |= READERROR;
return s;
* Reads the next integer (without validating its format)
* @return the integer read or 0 if trying to read beyond the EOF
public int readInt()
String s = readWord();
if (s != null)
return Integer.parseInt(s);
else
return 0;
* Reads the next double (without validating its format)
* @return the number read or 0 if trying to read beyond the EOF
public double readDouble()
String s = readWord();
if (s != null)
return Double.parseDouble(s);
// in Java 1, use: return Double.valueOf(s).doubleValue();
else
return 0.0;
Can anybody please tell me what's wrong with this code? Thanks

String[] message = {
    "One, two, buckle your shoe",
    "One, two, buckle your shoe",
    "Three, four, shut the door",
    "Three, four, shut the door",
    "Five, six, pick up sticks",
    "Five, six, pick up sticks",
    "Seven, eight, lay them straight",
    "Seven, eight, lay them straight",
    "Nine, ten, this is the end",
    "Nine, ten, this is the end"
if(n>0)
    System.out.println(message[n]);
else
    System.exit(0);

What is wrong with as3

this is not a question about 'how i do X'. is rather a 'discussion' (flame or whatever, but to defend or argue about aspects, not people) about 'what is wrong with as3' and what aspects whould be taken into consideration for updates. right now i am using as3, and since i paid for this license, i choose this tool over some alternatives and i am using it to do stuff for other people who pay me to do it, i think it can be helpful for all of us if some actions are started in the right direction. i have already posted about 'all people in adobe are dumbasses that do not know how to make a scripting tool and are messing up my work', but i was pissed at the time (i still am pissed) but i believe this is not the right aproach. instead, if this goes to the right people in adobe, we all may get something in the future, like better and easier todo apps and web presentations.
pre: not only about the as3 specification, but COMPLY with the specification that you set. for example, some time ago there were problems with matrix transforms. this was corrected later with a patch. but this means it is not even doing what is is supposed to do
1. scriptable masks and movement, sprites and child sprites: there is a sprite with a mask, the mask is a shape drawn via script, something like
somemask=new shape();
somemask.graphics.beginfill();
(...etc)
somesprite.mask=somemask;
just like that. now add some child sprites to 'somesprite', and make 'somesprite' move, scale and rotate. there you will have something like a kaleidoscope, but not what you expected to do with your script. as the child sprites move in the parent mask, you will see that the child sprites appear or dissapear kind of randomly, and if the child sprites are textfields, it may be that the text is rendered outside the mask, or partially rendered outside the mask (as in only part of the text), rendered with the wrongf rotation or in the wrong place. some child sprites are clipped correctly, some dissapear totally when only a part should dissapear (clipped) etc.
way around: have not tried it yet, but i have the impression that bitmaps have different criteria for clipping, so i am thinking of trying this: appli an empty filter (a filter with params so it does not have any effect on the sprite or in the textfield) so the sprite is rendered as bitmap before doing anything else with it. as i said, i have not done it yet, but it may be a way around this problem, to avoid all this inconsistency with clipping
1-b. inconsistency between hierarchy and coordinates, specially masks: you apply a mask to a sprite, yet the sprite has a set of coordinates (so 'x' in the sprite means an x relative to its container), yet the mask applied to the very same sprite, as another reference as reference for coordinates (like the stage)
2. painting via script: in any other languaje, in any other situation, something like:
beginFill(params);
(...stuff 1)
endFill();
beginFill(params);
(...stuff 2)
endFill();
(...etc)
means: render region of block 1, then render region of block 2 etc, and no matter what, it should be consistent, since there is noplace for ambiguity. if you read it, you may think what that means, even if you dont run it you may have an idea of the picture you want to draw, but not with as3. as3 somehow manages to screw something that simple, and mixes all the blocks, and somehow uses the boundaries of one block as boundaries for other block. is like all blocks are dumped into whatever, and then uses all lines defined into it as boundaries for a unique block. it changes all boundaries and generates inconsistency between what is shown and redraw regions of the resulting picture, like lines that go to the end of the screen and then dont go away in the next frames, even tough the beginfill endfill block should prevent it
3. event flow: i dont know what was the policy behind as3 event flow design. it is in no way similar or an extension to previous event flow, neither with any event flow in any other plattform. i dont know how most people start with as3; in my case, i unpacked, installed and when i tried to do something with what i already knew i could not, so i started reading the as3 docs, and since is like 800 pages long, i just read the basics and the rest i would 'wing it'. in the part of the event flow, there was something about bubbling and stuff, it was not clear at all and when i tried to do what is was said in the documentation (like preventing events to 'bubble', as is called in the documentation), i could not see any effect but i could see it was a mess. flash is not the only thing out there to work with pictures or to work with mouse events, but is the only one that deals with things like 'target' and 'currentTarget'. my first experience on needing this was when i was dealing with my own event handlers (so the only thing that had control over mouse was the stage, and i would admin everything via script). there were events generated everywhere, the stage got events that were not genrated directly over the stage, but got there not with stage coordinates but the coordinates relative to the sprite that generated the event. so if i hover the mopuse over the stage, and the stage has some things on it how does it work? i get multiple event calls, like it was hovering multiple times over the stage in a single frame, but in each call with different coordinates? and what if i set all child sprites as mouseenabled=false or compare like 'if (event.target != event.currenttarget)', what if i move the mouse over a child, does it prevent the move mouse event at all? or does it filter only the event call with only stage coordinates? in my case, every time i move over another clip (with mouseenabled = true), the stage gets it as 'mouse up', even tough there was never a mouse release, what the hell? do even the people at adobe know how to handle events with their own tool when they require it? why does an event 'bubble' when i have not specifically tell it to do it? mi thought is that this event flow was very poorly conceived, and tough the intention may have been that there were different cases and it shopuld cover all cases, they actually introduced new problems that were not present in traditional ways to handle it, and it is neither the easier way to handle things, and this way, a very simple problem turns into a very ugly thing because it must handle things that were not neccesary to handle, or were implicit in other situations.
4. legacy: since as3, all interaction is different, and if you want to do things in the new plattform, using the new features, what you already knew just goes to the garbage can. when a new tool arrives, it should be an extension to previous tools (which is a reason to update instead of just buying a new tool from a different vendor). if everything i had or knew just means nothing from now on, then i can not say 'i know flash script', and my previous knowledge gives me no advantage when aproaching the new version. as3 is a new aproach that requires doc reading and stuff, even if you knew something about previous as specifications or other oo languajes. if you decide to change things from now on, like the things mentioned in this post, instead of just throwing away everything the users alerady knew about the tool, do like in java releases, they mark some things as 'deprecated', they keep working as they should, give a warning, but also a message saying this feature is deprecated, we suggest you use this library instead.
5. lack of previous functionality: if you 'update' something, it meand all previos functionality is still there (probably improved, but not with bugs if it was working fine), plus something else. now it seems backwards, there are some things that could be done in previous versions but not in this one, like 'duplicatemovieclip'
6. inconsistency with scripting/programming paradigms: (ok, fancy work, but fits perfectly here): as3 proposed ways to handle things, but the people who designed it got 'too creative', and they did something that is not consistent neither with previous versions of as or with other languajes. the documentations is full of things like 'it looks like x languaje or languaje family, but instead of using XXX word, you must use YYY'. great, what is this? namespaces 'work like', but 'differently' for example from java, .net, .c. its got the idea that a namespace means a grouped functionality but there are rules about where should be placed the file (ok, java has this also, .net takes care of it automatically if all files are registered in the project), but what you got is a mess that 'if you know other languajes you got the general idea, but nonetheless, even if you knew this or previosu versions of as, you still have to read whatever we decided arbitrarily just to be different'. namespaces, event handling, vars definition which is not like previous scripting neither like fully typed languajes.. is just a mess.
7. lack of scripting and graphics integration: unlike flash and adobe tools that just got on the graphics side leaving all the scripting integratuion apart, most tools from other vendors integrate very well interacton with what is on the screen. the script editor: very poor. autocompletion? a drop down list that does not heklp at all, appears in the wrong places, and when you need it to go, it does not go (so if i want to move away from the uncalled drop down list, i have to click somewhere else, making developement slowewr instead of helping, so the drop down list does not capture all events when i dont want to). in other ides you double click somewhere and it will go to the part of code relevant to that event or whatever. for example microsoft tools, ok i am antimicrosoft, and one of the reasons was that when windows 95 got to market proposing itself as the ONLY pc os you could use if you wanted to keep useing the apps you already had, it was a lousy product full of flaws but you had to keep using it because you had no choice. what is so different from what is happening with flash just now? yet the ide of c# is awesome, works very well and seems reliable.
adobe people: not all user are designers that just make pretty pictures. if it is not intended for scripting then why is it there. and if there are corrections to be done, they should patch all versions, not only the last one. previous version users also paid for their versions.

Well, there is no point in arguing.
I personally believe AS3 does exactly what it promises to do within limits (read: reasonable limits) of ECMA type of language. And sometimes it doesn’t do what we expect it to for it cannot possibly emulate everyone’s thinking process. The task, I guess, is to learn to think in terms of AS3 – not to try to make AS3 think like us. No language covers all the grounds. And no, it is not Java - with no negative or positive connotation. It is what it is. Period. I just hope that AS5 will be more Java like.
You are right about the fact that it is not necessary to know all the aspects of language in order to perform the majority of tasks. But it is paramount to have a clear idea about such fundamental concepts as display list model and events. For instance, depth swap has no meaning in terms of AS3 because display list object stacking is controlled automatically and there is no need for all these jumping through hoops one has to perform in order to control depth in AS2. There no more gaps in depths and one always know where to find things.
Similarly, there is no point in having duplicateMovieClip method. More conventional OOP ways of object instantiation accomplishes just that and much more. Just because OOP object instantiation needs to be learned doesn’t mean past hacks have place in modern times. duplicateMovieClip is a horse carriage standing next to SUV. What one should choose to travel?
Events are implemented to the tee in the context of ECMA specifications. I consider Events model as very solid, it works great (exactly as expected) and never failed me. True, it takes time to get used to it. But what doesn’t?
By the way, speaking about events, contrary to believe in Adobe’s inconsideration to their following. Events are implemented with weakly reference set to false although it would be better to have it set to true. I think this is because there are smart and considerate people out there who knew how difficult it would be for programming novices to deal with lost listeners.
I think AS3 is million times better than AS2. And one of the reasons it came out this way is that Adobe made a very brave and wise decision to break totally loose from AS2’s inherent crap. They have created a totally new and very solid language. If they had tried to make it backward compatible – it would be a huge screw up, similar to how our friends at Microsoft are prostituting VB and VBA – extremely irritating approach IMHO.
Also, Flash legacy issues shouldn’t be overlooked. Flash did not start as a platform for programmers. Entire timeline concept in many ways is not compatible with the best OOP practices and advancements. I think for anyone who is used to writing classes the very fact of coding on timeline sounds awkward. It feels like a hack (and AS2 IS a pile of hacks) – the same things can be nicely packaged into classes and scale indefinitely. As such I wouldn’t expect Adobe to waste time on hacking timeline concept issues by making smarter editor. They have made a new one – FlexBuilder – instead. Serious programmers realize very soon that Flash IDE is not for developing industrial strength applications anyway. So, why bother with channeling great minds into polishing path to the dead end?
I would like to state that all this is coming form a person who knew Flash when there was no AS at all. And I applaud every new generation of this wonderful tool.
I believe Adobe does a great job making transition from timeline paradigm to total OOP venue as smooth as possible. And no, they don’t leave their devoted followers behind contrary to many claims. They are working on making developing Flash applications as easy as possible for people of all walks. Welcome Catalyst!
Of course there is not enough information about AS3 capabilities and features. But, on the other hand, I don’t know any area of human kind activities that does.

What's wrong with the regular expression?

Hi all,
For the life of me I can not figure out what is wrong with this regular expression
.*\bA specific phrase\.\b.*
This is just an example the actual phrase can be an specific phrase. My problem comes when the specific phrase ends in a period. I've escaped the period but it still gives me an error. The only time I don't get an error is when I take off the end boundry character which will not suffice as a solution. I need to be able to capture all the text before and after said phrase. If the phrase doesn't have a period it would look like this...
.*\bA specific phrase\b.*
which works fine. So what is it about the \.\b combination that is not matching?
I've been banging my head on this for a while and I'm getting nowhere.
The application highlights text that comes from a server. The user builds custom highlights that have some options. Highlight entire line, match partial word, and ignore case. The code that builds my pattern is here
String strHighlight = _strHighlight;
        strHighlight = strHighlight.replaceAll("\\*", "\\\\*");
        strHighlight = strHighlight.replaceAll("\\.", "\\\\.");
        String strPattern = strHighlight;
        if(_bEntireParagraph)
            if(_bPartialWord)
                strPattern = ".*" + strHighlight + ".*";
            else
                strPattern = ".*\\b" + strHighlight + "\\b.*";
        else
            if(_bPartialWord)
                strPattern = strHighlight;
            else
                strPattern = "\\b" + strHighlight + "\\b";
        if(_bIgnoreCase)
            _patHighlight = Pattern.compile(strPattern, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
        else
            _patHighlight = Pattern.compile(strPattern);So for example I matching the phrase: The dog ate the cat. And that phrase came over in the following text: Look there's a dog. The dog ate the cat. "Oh my!"
And my user has the entire line and ignore case options selected then my regex woud look like this: .*\bThe dog ate the cat\b.*
That should get highlighted, but for some reason it doesn't. Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the regex read as follows:
any characters
word boundry
The dog ate the cat[period]
word boundry
any characters until newline.
Any help will be much appreciated

A word boundary (in the context of regexes) is a position that is either followed by a word character and not preceded by one (start of word) or preceded by a word character and not followed by one (end of word). A word character is defined as a letter, a digit, or an underscore. Since a period is not a word character, the only way the position following it could be a word boundary is if the next character is a letter, digit or underscore. But a sentence-ending period is always followed by whitespace, if anything, so it makes no sense to look for a word boundary there. I think, instead of \b, you should use negative lookarounds, like so: strPattern = ".*(?<!\\w)" + strHighlight + "(?!\\w).*";

Help - What is wrong with my code ?

I have a cfform that does a db search, using a field and a
search criteria selected by the user. Here is my code :
<tr>
<td align="center" colspan="2">
<font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
color="003366">
<b>Pick Request
Number: </b></font>
<input type="text" name="prNumber">
<select name="search_type">
<option value="Contains">Contains</option>
<option value="Begins With">Begins With</option>
<option value="Ends With">Ends With</option>
<option value="Is">Is</option>
<option value="Is Not">Is Not</option>
<option value="Before">Before</option>
<option value="After">After</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
Here is the query that I am using :
<cfquery name="getPRNum" datasource="docuTrack">
SELECT prNumber, fileName
FROM dbo.psFileInventory
<cfif form.search_type is "Contains">
Where dbo.psFileInventory.prNumber like '%#form.prNumber#%'
</cfif>
<cfif form.search_type is "Begins With">
Where dbo.psFileInventory.prNumber like '#form.prNumber#%'
</cfif>
<cfif form.search_type is "Ends With">
Where dbo.psFileInventory.prNumber like '%#form.prNumber#'
</cfif>
<cfif form.search_type is "Is">
Where dbo.psFileInventory.prNumber = '#form.prNumber#'
</cfif>
<cfif form.search_type is "Is Not">
Where dbo.psFileInventory.prNumber <>
'#form.prNumber#'
</cfif>
<cfif form.search_type is "Before">
Where dbo.psFileInventory.prNumber <= '#form.prNumber#'
</cfif>
<cfif form.search_type is "After">
Where dbo.psFileInventory.prNumber >= '#form.prNumber#'
</cfif>
</cfquery>
It cannot find any records with any of the search criteria
except for the = sign. However, when I do each criteria
individually, it works. For example, lif I enter 'PR8' in the form,
then like '#form.prNumber#%' in the query will give me all part
numbers that begin with PR8...etc, so I am pretty sure each of the
search criteria work.
But when I run it combined, it cannot find anything except
for the 'is' (=) criteria.
Can somebody please tell me what I am doing wrong ? I just
cannot see it.
Thanks

quote:
...but wouldn't the query be in the action page ?
I'm not quite sure what you are asking here. Are
you asking if you have to run the query again in the action page?
If that is the question, then the answer is no, because that is why
I have you assign the query results on your query page
to a session variable so that you can make it available to
use just like you would the results of a cfquery on your action
page. In other words, if you did something like this
<cfset session.getPRNum_qry = getPRNum> on your query
page, you can do something like this on your action page...
<cfif IsDefined("session.getPRNum_qry.prNumber")>
<cfoutput query = "session.getPRNum_qry">
#prNumber# #fileName#
</cfoutput>
</cfif>
... which would loop through your "query" and display your
prNumber and fileName values for all rows returned. What you do
with them is up to you.....
Phil

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