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If anyone is working on a machine without internet connection and is looking into downloading platforms for their Android SDK, your search is over... The magic URL is - [url]http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml[/url] That is the XML file from which the URL for downloading the SDK packages are obtained. For e.g. if you …

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Hi there, I'm in the process of creating a utility program that builds a table in a database and inserts the initial data. I'm getting an error stating: java.sql.SQLException: No suitable Driver found for jdbc.odbc.ContactKeeperDB My Code: [CODE] import java.sql.*; import java.io.*; public class MakeDB { public static void main(String …

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Since some of us might get a bit rusty with our coding, we constantly need projects to keep us busy, no matter how big or small. Making sure you code a little a day it not only fun but also allows your skills to continue growning. The problem though, is …

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Hey guys, I'm working on Ubuntu 10.04. I use Eclipse as my IDE, but now I want to install the Android ADT plugin for eclipse(as seen [URL="http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html"]here[/URL]). Now the thing is, that I don't have internet connection on the machine that has Eclipse running so I can't simply go to …

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Hi there, I have a machine with 2 harddrives. One has Windows 7 installed and the other has Windows 8 Consumer Preview installed. Since my Win8 is my primary, it starts up into windows 8 without even showing the bootloader. Is there a way for me to go add the …

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Hi there, I have a machine with 2 harddrives. One has Windows 7 installed and the other has Windows 8 Consumer Preview installed. Since my Win8 is my primary, it starts up into windows 8 without even showing the bootloader. Is there a way for me to go add the …

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Are you getting an error message? We can look at that then take it from there...

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Hi there, Last night I switched to Ubuntu 10.04 (no, not 10.10, long story). And I wanted to get started programming as soon as possible, so I'm trying to find out how to install Eclipse Helios and the Java JDK 1.6 on my machine? Please note that [B]my machine is …

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Hi guys, So like the post header suggests. What is the best email address to use with your own-name domain? Mine is deangrobler.com. Currently the address is [email]dean@deangrobler.com[/email] but that just seems to have too many 'deans' in there. Any other creative ideas?

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Hi there, I have no prior website design experience and I'm taking up in re-designing a family business site. I do have knowledge in Java, HTML and CSS, but I don't have the knowledge of what "standards" a site should adhere to (if any). As in, what should a home …

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I'm using Opera 11.10 as it's better than Chrome AND Firefox... In my opinion anyways.

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I won't shift [B]entirely[/B] to Chrome OS. But hey something like this could be useful like accessing music and pictures and who knows what else no matter where you are. But yes, won't have anything "confidential" on my instance of Chrome OS. It will serve more as a multimedia hosting …

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Hi there, I'm having a rather bad morning today and my brain is being stupid. I have an ArrayList containing String Arrays. How do I convert my ArrayList to a 2D Array? What I have: [CODE] ArrayList<String[]> transactionList = new ArrayList<String[]>(); String[] resultSetRow = {"String1","String2","String3","String4","String5"}; int resultsSetRowSize = resultSetRow.length; for(int …

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Hello there, I'm busy working on a project using GWT and Sencha GXT libraries. I have come to this stage that I now have to populate a tree with data received from an XML file... I have no idea how to do this, I've gone through the javaDocs but it …

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Hey guys, I'm looking for a good book to read on Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution. Does anyone have some suggestions? It would be cool if the book goes on to look further into the future to try and explain what the human race would be like in …

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Hi there, I just want to find out if one can create a "strpied filled rectangle" as seen in the attached pic in photoshop? This might be more of a job for Illustrator but since I only have photoshop I have to make do. I'm not sure if one can …

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Hey guys, Okay, tough one. How exactly would we go about integrating Biometric scanners (e.g. fingerprint scanners) with our software? The way I see it, the scanner scans a finger print, and then saves that data in a database, but what data is this? What file type? This is probably …

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Ellew! Attached I have an example of my form written in GXT (EXT GWT). On the image you will see a red line I drew where I would like to put in a line feed just to make the layout look a bit less cramped. Does anyone have an idea …

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Hi guys, I've recently started with the [URL="http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/"]Sencha Touch API[/URL], or should i say, [B]tried[/B], as the syntax is crazy and takes some getting used to. Anyways, I'm just struggling with basic layouts in my page. Don't want to go into too much detail if no-one here has ever worked …

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Hi Oviyarajan, Go check out this site called [URL="http://www.w3schools.com"]w3schools.com[/URL], they not only teach you HTML, but also CSS, Javascript etc. So that you can give your HTML pages some character. HTML is fairly easy to learn, and after a week I'm sure you'll be able to create a deicent basic …

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Hi there, I've installed the Android SDK on my Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) machine. I don't have internet connection on my machine so I couldn't simply go download and install the required stuff through Eclipse. Everything worked out pretty well, I'm able to run a virtual device, and I'm also able …

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Ello, Does anyone know of some 3rd party libraries that can simplify working with XML through Java, because as we all know the normal SDK's libraries are terrible.. Thanks in advance!

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Hey guys, So first of all, after lots of job hunting I finanly got an interview and a call this morning telling me that I got the job. I'm going to be working as a Junior Developer. This is my [B]first[/B] IT job, and don't know what the enviroment is …

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Hi there, The thread title pretty much says it all. How exactly do you send data to, and from portlets? Does it have something to do with the RenderRequest and RenderResponse objects? I haven't a clue... There's hardly any information on the net regarding portlet development, very frustrating. Thanks in …

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I'm actually taking a chance here hoping that someone will know what font this is. Bellow is an image of a companies logo, what I want to know, is what font is being used? It could be that this 'font' was custom made for this specific logo... OR, it could …

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Hi there, I'm busy coding an interface JSP for Liferay Portal using the Alloy UI taglib. Does anyone have a link to nice tutorials on using it? I've tried googling this but there seems to be virtually NO tutorials on this... Thanks guys!

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Hi there, I've recently been given a project that I have to develop portlets for Liferay portal. I have absolutely no experience with portlets, although I do have experience with servlets. Portlets and Servlets have quite alot in common, but I honestly don't even know where to start. I've got …

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Hey there, I'm stuck in a rut at the moment trying to figure something out. I have a class, that has 4 methods. method1(), method2(), method3() and whatMethod()... whatMethod() accepts a String and then decides what method to execute based on the received String. Say the String that was sent …

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Geez.. Don't know if that's possible. Not that I've came accross anyways.. How about creating an applet and displaying it in your HTML5 page with the <applet> tag? Or is that not what they want either? ********Edit************* Damn, peter beat me to it!

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Hey! I'm planning on getting more excercise since sitting on my ass for 12+ hours a day makes me feel useless. What would the best time to work out though? Should I rather work out late at night before bed, or early in the morning right after I wake up? …

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I understand this is not Java related, but since [B]a lot[/B] of Java Developers out there use Netbeans as their IDE. I figured that I'll get help here easier. Anyways, I downloaded Netbeans 7 (the full version), and tried installing it on Windows 7. The installer starts, and right after …

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Hi there, Can anyone point me to where I can find good tutorials (or even an online book) of how to connect to XML with Java (Reading/Writing to an XML file etc). I've tried to Google it but I just seem to find tutorials that are very confusing and vague. …

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If you could be any animal, what would it be? Now, what color would you like to be? Thirdly, what superpowers would you like to have? I would like to be a squirel, a green squirel, and my superpowers would have to be stoping time. Now you go...

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Hey there, I'm in somewhat of a predicament. Can you send HTML form data to a servlet on another computer over the net or something? If so, what would one put in the <form action="_"> attribute? Thanks!

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Hey guys, I've taken on a project where I have to code an applet that gathers information and sends it to a database. The thing is though, that the client's website is being hosted by some other unknown company. I have the impression that in order for this to work, …

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Hey C# people, Sorry for my topic title, I honestly didn't know what else to call it. I'm a Java developer and I'm looking into learning C#. I've read up a bit on it but I'm rather confuzed (as expected)... 1) Firstly, in java you can choose to use an …

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Hi there, I would just like to know if anybody here knows of websites that offer royalty free photos? Free, royalty free photos. I've looked at sites like iStock.com but one still has to pay like $1 or something stupid, otherwise the photos has ugly iStock watermarks over... Looking for …

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Hi there, Just want to find out what the "standard" size would be for a background image that I'm planning to use in my site. The backround image will be fixed. Thanks guys,

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Hello, I've attached an image of a layout for a site that I designed in PhotoShop. If you look at the Navbar you'll see that I've gave it a 'glossy/glasy' effect. Im new to web development, but I know there is no CSS on the planet that can do that. …

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I don't know if I understand you correctly. But if you just using a normal JTextField then you just go: [CODE] yourTextField.setText(""); [/CODE] Hope this is what you meant.

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Hi there, I would just like to know from the Android developers here what books they would recommend for starting out with Android? Also, how diferent is it coding Android from the Core Java API's? Thanks!

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I doubt you are going to finish your course if this is your attitude towards your studies, and the way you approach your home work...

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I find that coding to 'lounge' is pretty cool. It really makes you "plug in", music that's repetitive I find makes me concentrate more. Funny enough, some metal bands have a cool sound that makes me reach the same, state of mind, if you know what I mean...

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Hi there, I know I should've probably posted this in the hardware trouble shooting forums, but considering people only visit those forums on Tuesdays if it's full moon every million years (you get the point) I thought I'll get a quicker response here.. My CD Drive keeps on opening randomly …

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Hi guys, I'm looking into getting into the mobile development industry. Altough I'm being pulled in two directions and can't make up my mind. Which would be the wiser option, Blackberry or Android? Basically making the choice based on where the industry is going for both, job oportunities, popularity etc. …

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Hey there, okay so the reason why hardcoding the value in your class is way faster than having the JSP send the information in the class is because: Before a JSP gets executed, it is first converted to a servlet/class on your server (Like Tomcat etc.). That class is then …

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Hi there guys, I recently swtiched to Ubuntu Lucid, and just want to know if there is something like an "App store" for Ubuntu apps? Since my Ubuntu machine is not connected to the net, i can't use the software centre. So I have to download the packages and install …

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If you have no problems reading the information from the database and you get to save it in variables... Check out [URL="http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-create-xml-file-in-java-dom/"]this[/URL] tutorial on creating an XML file using the DOM classes...

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