I develop flash based games and currently we supply our games as projector files to our clients. Should I make the jump to AIR?
Yes.
(sorry, couldn't resist.)
I don't know projector enough, but it should be worth your while if it is like other flash files, ie no access to the underlying system.
With Adobe AIR you get
- Access to the local file system - you can read and write files (there are some restrictions)
- Access to an sqlite database on the clientside, which could be handy for storing 'stuff' in
Furthermore, in the next version of Adobe AIR you will be able to interact more and more with the system and other programs your flash/air is running on.
Check out this link for more info on what's coming in Adobe AIR 2.0 - halfway down the page there's an entry from september that gives you a link to Mike Chambers presentation in "Flash On The Beach".
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Is there a way to do this easily? Keep version history of the document on the document? As a .gdoc or .whatever-format or am I resigned in having to download, separately, all the revisions made in the past on said document?
For context: I have a document I've been editing and revising over the years for my own medical history and list of meds, history, etc. etc. and have been using Google Docs to do this, because it was convenient and I didn't have to pay for Microsoft Office and additionally install a good word processor on my PC. Now recently I've purchased Dropbox Personal for cloud storage needs.
I want to do the following: Take the Google Doc and save it as a .gdoc (which isn't an option in the File menu??) and take it over to Dropbox's Vault as an editable hardcopy with its revisions history in tact.
Otherwise, what I have done (before I even comprehended revision history was a thing) is just copy pasted its current version, onto a new .gdoc in Dropbox Vault.
So, is that possible? And if so, how and as easily (lazily) as I possibly can? Also, is this even the right place to ask for this? Apologies if it isn't. I didn't see much else about this specific issue anywhere... (also lazy)
Thanks!
EDIT:
I am by no means a coder in any sense. I'm a full time elderly caretaker and I'm just a guy with a specific, niche?, technical, problem and thought this was the first place to ask without having to go through tech support w/ Google chat etc. And it might also help some other people that like seeing how their documents have changed over the years, history fans etc. At the end of the day it's a programming/coding issue, that could be resolved someway some how... Right?
If I can add pictures here for context, LMK.
Thanks :)
The .gdoc file format is only accessible via Google Docs which is on web. Downloading the file to your local storage means you would have to access it on your device using your local apps (word editor) such as Microsoft Office,Libre Office, etc.(other word editor apps on desktop application level) which is why the .gdoc format is not available when you download. This is also why you won't be able to have it openable from your dropbox.
The version/revision history on Google Docs is intact only to that specific file with that unique ID. So when you download the file, the version history won't be available to the physically downloaded file which is stored on web or even when you make a copy of it, the version history does not get copied, therefore that won't be an option too.
It looks like you'll have to stick to manually copying or making a backup of the current version of the file before editing, since the version history is only kept for a period of 30 days or the last 100 versions, unless manually set to "Keep forever" to keep a version forever.
Google drive version history: https://googledrivepro.com/google-drive-version-history/
I've searched in vain, off and on for several months, and still haven't found anyone else with this issue. Resolutions to similar issues aren't working for me or simply don't apply.
I have a web application written in Visual Studio.Net 2012 (C#/ASP.Net). The application pulls a small set of data from an Oracle table, and then uses Crystal Reports to throw that data onto a report page that is displayed by Adobe Acrobat within the browser. The Users then print out the individual Adobe Acrobat page as a 'coupon', and physically scans it into our document scanning system. This document scanning system DEMANDS a particular font, and here's the issue...Currently, the app is running in our production environment, and our User Acceptance Testing (UATest) environment. The Adobe Acrobat page is displaying a different font set for each web environment. On UATest, everything is displaying as it should. The font is OCR A Extended. It's a monospaced font that resembles the old Courier style. On our production system, it's displaying what looks like Arial? Microsoft Sans Serif? I have no idea, but whatever it is, our scanning system doesn't like it and won't accept it.
The situation is what it is. I can't alter the river flow at this point. That means I'm stuck with the current methodology. Automating the process so that the data goes from website into the data tables on the scanner would be ideal, but that's not possible.
The two web servers are both Windows Server 2012/R2.
The IIS setup is identical for both applications on both web servers.
I've synchronized all of the fonts and font settings on both web servers. They are exactly the same number and files for fonts on both machines.
The application is internal to our department, and access to it is controlled through Active Directory. Not sure if that matters for this, but better to have too much info than not enough.
The applications are identical, meaning that I've copied the entire application folder from the UATest machine where it displays the proper font, onto the Production machine where it doesn't.
The font is set correctly and shows correctly in the Crystal Report creator on the development machine (my local machine used to code, compile, and deploy the app).
The results are the same regardless of the browser used.
I've gone into the Crystal Report, Right Clicked -> Design -> Default Settings -> Fonts Tab. And then set the default fonts to OCR A Extended for each possible object.
At this point, I've got my Users running the app from the UATest server. Not the most ideal solution, but it will have to hold until I find the fix for this.
Problem resolved. The fonts didn't/wont take effect on the web server until a restart is performed. Did one last night and the new Font is showing up like it should.
I have been trying to figure out how to capture an image withing my Microsoft Access 2007 application using a webcam.
We have been paying for a 3rd party application for this in the past - it is used for taking ID card photos, but the software has grown buggy over time, and I think we should be able to accomplish this ourselves!
All I need is for my Access application to use the webcam to capture the image and save it in a network share. That's it!
I have been trying to hunt down vba code, twain drivers, ActiveX controls... but they all seem to be either deprecated (Access 97/2000) or proprietary! There's got to be some other solution out there though!
You could possibly shell out to another app (using the vba Shell function) that can take a snapshot from the webcam and save it to a file. I found one example:
http://batchloaf.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/snapz-a-command-line-cam-image-grabber/
Good luck.
I've successfully saved video files into SQL server as varbinary. Now, my problem is, how can I play those videos in Windows Media Player (embedded in my Windows Forms).
I've searched the internet but got no luck. Any idea?
Thanks in advance!
Read from the database and write it to a temp file when a video is to be viewed. Then you can set the URL property to the temp file's full path like normal. If you don't want the file to remain you can clean up after viewing, otherwise I might keep it to speed up future views. Just in case, here's MSDN on embedding the Windows Media Control with VB.
I'm looking to develop an offline version of an application that still needs to connect to the live site to retrieve the information and store results.
The application is for an online course system, that now needs to work when an internet connection is either unavailable or flaky. The system currently tracks each page viewed of the course (with flash and video content) and then also displays and tracks the taking of multiple choice exams. This all needs to be provided offline. I'm thinking that the program will connect through the users account at the start to download either a portion or all of the course, including exams and then at the end connect again to upload the results. (It'd be cool if it could do the process automatically when a connection is available.) The application needs to look similar to the online version and needs to be easy to use (easy install, little user input required for upload/download of results).
I have done a bit of research and it looks like Adobe AIR might be a good middle ground between the online version and an offline version.
My biggest issue is that I don't have experience developing desktop applications as I am a PHP developer, so I'm looking for something like AIR that bridges the gap. (The online version is a LAMP application.)
Has anyone used Adobe AIR for this type of offline application? How easy and secure was it?
Are there other solutions out there?
I think AIR is a great choice for this. I use AIR all the time now for in house utilities I write.
The built-in database and persistent store are great.
From your description, it sounds like Google Gears is a little closer to what you're looking for.
Adobe AIR is a great solution for this. We are building something similar. But we are facing problems in resuming downloads if the download process gets broken.