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  1. ringd

    Date calculation - future date in x days

    Hello! Does anyone know of any ways of calculating the date in (for example) 180 days time, other than coding it "long-hand"? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Cheers, Dave.
  2. ringd

    Mechanism to syncronise processes

    Hello! Thanks for replying. I thought of doing that but there is a very small window between checking the file does not exist then creating it which could cause the mechanism to fail. If the process was delayed / interupted during this window and the the other process was to jump in, then...
  3. ringd

    Mechanism to syncronise processes

    Hello! I'm trying to find a method where I can syncronise 2 unrelated processes. This is so that the 2 processes are able to use the same "resource" - one process will wait whilst the other has hold of it. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Cheers, Dave.
  4. ringd

    Processing and reading properties files using shell script

    Hello! Has anyone come across / written any good code samples which they would like to share(!) for shell script reading a properties file or hash table? The shell array processing has limitations which appear to make this task look a little tricky. In the meantime, I'll try a solution which...
  5. ringd

    Problem displaying data containing quotes.

    Mr Vongrunt, Thanks for this. I modified my code and it works a treat! Are there any 'cross-browser' issues I should be aware of here? I'm not too hot on what is / isn't 'the industry standard' character set / methodology for representing characters (unicode et al). Cheers, Dave.
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    Problem displaying data containing quotes.

    Hello! I have (for example) the following line... <input type="text" name="example" value="some text with a double"quote in the middle"> It doesn't display correctly. How can get the browser to correctly display the above? Can it be escaped, or something? Any help would be appreciated...
  7. ringd

    mod_ssl.so can't be found - even though it DOES exist!

    Hello! I had a problem recently with Apache. When starting up, it issued an error message along the lines of...Syntax error on line nnn of httpd.conf: Cannot load apache/modules/mod_ssl.so: (127) The specified procedure could not be found: The module was definitely in the path Apache was...
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    404s since changing my VirtualHosts (and IP host file).

    Hello! I am using Apache 1.3 on Win NT and IE 5 browser. I have a local website which I was accessing via 'localhost'. I modified the httpd.conf to include a new servername called 'davehost' which pointed to the same physical files (docroot) as 'localhost'. All worked fine (even with SSL!). I...
  9. ringd

    How can I obtain O/S variable information?

    Hello! How can I access local system / dos / user / environment variables using JavaScript, running in a Windows NT environment? Cheers, Dave. mailto:dave.ring@barclays.co.uk
  10. ringd

    How to jump to home page?

    Excellent! Thanks, Byam!
  11. ringd

    How to jump to home page?

    Hello! Not sure how to implement the above response. The line I am trying to add the functionality looks like... <a href=&quot;?&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot; class=&quot;font99&quot; >Log out</a> Anyone have any suggestions on how this can be achieved? Cheers, Dave...
  12. ringd

    How to jump to home page?

    Hello! How can I direct the browser to the user's home page (e.g when 'myhome' button is clicked on the page)? Cheers, Dave. mailto:dave.ring@barclays.co.uk
  13. ringd

    Dropdown list defaults to 1st option...

    Hello! Started JS coding 3 hours ago! Doing ok except for a small niggly problem... The html page is built as a frameset - header along the top, menu on the left, mainarea on the right. I have the following JS code within the head tags of the menu page... <code> <script language=javascript>...
  14. ringd

    Urgent ---- &quot;not a valid month&quot; Error

    Joyce, Without looking at the API for this, is 'DD-MON-YYYY' a mask which is telling the call what format to expect the date? If so, the date you are providing (such as '12-01-03') is being parsed from left to right and the month field is the first one which does not match what the mask is...
  15. ringd

    How 2 change JAVA system icon

    Hello! Can the JAVA system icon (the little coffee cup in the top left corner of JAVA GUI's) be changed? If so, how do I do it? (couldn't see anything on Sun's website). Cheers, Dave. mailto:dave.ring@barclays.co.uk
  16. ringd

    Accessing MS -Access database using JAVA

    All, Thanks for the advice above. I still have one query with this (which could be a show stopper!). It regards the ability to code the path name of the .mdb file within the JAVA code, rather than registering the database name through ODBC. By coding the full path of the database, all of my...
  17. ringd

    Can't find acs.jdbc.Driver (MS Access driver)

    Hello! I have some code which is (attempting) to communicate with a local MS Access database. The following line of code throws exception java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: acs.jdbc.Driver ... code line>>> Class.forName(&quot;acs.jdbc.Driver&quot;); The only thing being imported is java.sql.*...
  18. ringd

    Accessing MS -Access database using JAVA

    Hello! I am thinking of writing a small JAVA application (a simple library booking system). I intend to hold the book data in a local Access database. Can anyone give me any pointers to anywhere I can get information on doing this? (tutorials on websites covering such topics etc). I'm not...
  19. ringd

    Applet reading gif file - security problem.

    Hello! I'm trying to write a simple applet which has a button with an image (.gif) on it. The image file is in a sub-directory of the class. When the image tries to load, I get the following... &quot;com.ms.securitySecurityExceptionEx[classname.<init>]; cannot access file image.gif&quot...
  20. ringd

    Applets reading image - security problem

    Hello! I'm trying to write an applet that displays a .gif image on a button. The image file is in a subfolder of the class file location. When the applet tries to load the image, I get a com.ms.securitySecurityExceptionEx[theclassname.<init>]: cannot access file image.gif All the classes...

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