How do i change the Encoding of my BBjServices? - bbj

My BBjServices have a different encoding. This causes my Data from the Database to be displayed wrong.
Where can i change the encoding of the Services ?

In your BBj installation and open the BBj.properties in the cfg folder and search for basis.java.args.BBjServices
This already has a lot of values set. You want to add or change
-Dfile.encoding="Your encoding".
Remember to shut down the services first and restart them afterward.

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Is there a way to avoid the target table in informatica (powercenter)?

In informatica mapping design, there must be a target table, but in my design, I only use informatica to call store procedures, and after they were called, all work has been done, so I don't need a target table to be inserted or updated.
I used a non-exist table as the target table, and one nonsense field as the input port(cause there must be at least one input port!), then unchecked or the option(insert, update,delete) in the session configuration, so that the informatica would not generated DML SQL statements, avoiding "no table" errors.
But then informatica treat the input row as reject row and try to write it into a bad file. And cause I unchecked the insert option, the session log showed that there was an error that it couldn't be insert into the bad file!
Strangely, this error never showed in the monitor, and all session run successfully! It only appeared in informatica's meta table.
Is there a better way to avoid this problem, although it has no effect to my result? Is there a possibility to use a non-exist table and do nothing to it (include reject the input rows)?
Use a filter transformation just before the target and put filter condition 'FALSE'
No rows will go to the target
I had run into this same issue when i wanted to just execute a stored procedure and nothing else.
I solved this by creating a dummy source object that had one port and a dummy target with one port of the same datatype. In the source qualifier I added a SQL statement select 1 from dual (since it's Oracle).
I then added a filter object that was set to false. Then I connected the single port from the source/qualifier through the filter and finally to the target.
When the mapping is run, the source qualifier will return 1 row of one value, this will pass through to the filter but nothing will come out of the filter because the filter is set to false. This mapping will always be successful and valid because all ports are connected a nothing makes it to the "dummy" target thus no bad file logs or failure, etc.
Let me know if you need any clarification and I can update this answer.
No, you always need a target for the mapping to be valid. But I would rather work with a flat file target instead of a database table, you'll have much less work to do.
If you're on Linux / Unix, you can even route the file to /dev/null (use folder:/dev/, file:null) so the file is not actually written to the filesystem.
And using one dummy port is the right way. As you have said, you need at least one port, even if you don't really use it.
As odd as this may sound (Unix systems): neither source, nor target need to exist.
Source (flat file): /dev/null, column DUMMY
Target (flat file): /dev/null, column DUMMY
And you don't need to use any databases for the session to succeed, nor use any filters. It runs.

Get localized name other channel

I get the version number of the firefox from the applications.ini.
Then I hardcoded that between date #### and #### v35 is release. So now based on this and the current date and version from applications.ini I figure out the channel of other builds.
But now I want to get the localized name of the channel.
So for example I'm using beta channel and from this build I want to get the localized name of "Nightly" in chineese, so it has the chineese characters, and word for nightly in chineese. Can this also be obtained from the applications.ini? Is [App] -> Name localized in applications.ini?
This is the applications.ini method: https://ask.mozilla.org/question/705/detect-if-auroranightlybetanormal-and-get-paths/ (credits to #paa)
EDIT
i discovered this file: OS.Path.join(Services.dirsvc.get('XREExeF', Ci.nsIFile).parent.path, 'defaults', 'pref', 'channel-prefs.js')
its contents is the following:
//#line 2 "c:\builds\moz2_slave\rel-m-beta-w32_bld-00000000000\build\browser\app\profile\channel-prefs.js"
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
pref("app.update.channel", "beta");
Is this a reliable check? Does this channel-prefs.js file exist for all builds as soon as they are installed?
Is this a reliable check?
Not really. There used to be channel switcher add-ons, and in theory the user can change this pref (although at the moment this is not sufficient to really switch the channel I think).
Does this channel-prefs.js file exist for all builds as soon as they are installed?
Yes, for now. But this is an implementation detail. There is no guarantee that the file won't be moved or renamed later, or merged with another file.
Can this also be obtained from the applications.ini?
The localized name? I didn't even know there was one... I thought it was called e.g. "Nightly" in all locales like it was a (product) name. But yeah, it is theoretically possible to localize that string. It is not available from the ini file, though.
I wouldn't poke in application.ini anyway, and instead just use Services.appinfo.defaultUpdateChannel
But now I want to get the localized name of the channel.
Since you're in a running Firefox instance already (judging from your OS.File code), you should use the string bundle service to load chrome://branding/locale/brand.properties and get the brandShortName or brandFullName string from there.

Opening Paradox database; 'PDOXUSRS.NET' workaround?

I'm writing an application that has to open a preexisting BDE database that has been saved by a third party.
In this application, I currently have a TDatabase (DriverName: STANDARD) with path set correctly in Params.
I can now set Connected to true without an error message.
There is also a TTable with DatabaseName set to the values of the TDatabase and TableName set to the .db-file that lies in the folder (the name was automatically filled in, I only hat to select it).
Now the problem:
If I set Active to true, an error message complains about missing access rights for C:\PDOXUSRS.NET.
I know I could set another path using BDEADMIN, but I need to solve this in my application - I can't expect every customer to do this change.
Furthermore, I have a test machine with the third party application running - it can access the database without any error, while my application throws the aforementioned error. This leads me to the suspicion there might be a workaround.
Is there such a workaround?
I only need read access to the database.
Solved it thanks to the link of bummi
Thank you very much.
Quote:
How to change NET DIR programmatically so it persists
[...]
You should also remember that if you have programs that change their own NET DIR locations at runtime, using either the DbiSetProp function or the NetFileDir property of a TSession component, this will override the NET DIR value in the configuration file.
It pointed me to the possibility of changing the NET DIR in code:
Session.NetFileDir := MyCustomTempDir;
After doing that, Table1.active := true works and the data shows up in a connected TDBGrid.

Adobe Fireworks _s1 Appended to all Slice Names

Since I started using Fireworks CS5.1, and it doesn't matter how I write the file name while exporting the slice, it always adds _s1 at the end, anyone knows how to turn that off?
Have you checked options while exporting? You can adjust the pattern for the file name. _s1 indicates state 1 so it's there by default as there is at least one state in the file.

Deleting a temporary directory

I have this code,
showmessage('C:\TEMP\'+openfiles[openfilelist.ItemIndex].ID);
if removedir('C:\TEMP\'+openfiles[openfilelist.ItemIndex].ID) then
showmessage('Removed')
else
showmessage('Failed');
The message shows C:\TEMP\0 and this directory does exist as the program created it earlier and used files inside it and then later deletes them. I can see the files and directories so I know they're there. The program successfully deletes the files but does not remove the directory.
If I hardcode the directory it works - this means that it accepts the string
C:\TEMP\0 but does not accept C:\TEMP\'+openfiles[openfilelist.ItemIndex].ID both equate to C:\TEMP\0. I cannot hardcode these directories, so what can I do? How do I convert from a string + string to whatever removedir() is expecting. I looked this up at Delphi basics and it's expecting a string.
I'm confused, since string + string = string. What is going on?
Make sure that neither your program nor any other program have the directory as their current working directory. When you recompile the program this may no longer be the case, so it may be a red herring that the hardcoded value works for you.
In addition to the other good answers, you should not be storing your temp folder in C:\TEMP. Use the value returned from GetTempFilename, instead. Unlike C:\TEMP, this location (which varies by operating system) will work on all operating systems, and all levels of user access control. This also eliminates the risk that the location you have hardcoded might also be hardcoded into another system.
If I understood correctly, openfiles[openfilelist.ItemIndex].ID is a string that contains number?
If so, did you check that it does not contain blanks? Something like this:
filename := 'C:\TEMP\' + trim(openfiles[openfilelist.ItemIndex].ID);
showmessage(filename);
if removedir(filename) then
showmessage('Removed')
else
showmessage('Failed');
What type of objects are openfiles and openfilelist?
Do they open folders at all, if so they may still be open when your trying to delete the folder.

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