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    hi, I want to connect my andriod application that I've just created to oracle database in another server.. what is the best way to do it I've looked for youtube …
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    The best way is to expose some kind of web service or API that your Android app can talk to. Directly connecting a mobile application to a database is not …
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    Hi, i am new to groovy language. I was wondering if there will be anyone who will be able to help me understand the below code. static analyzeAPI(pkgname) { def …
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    Hi. Sorry I only saw this now. Let's take it line by line: 1. create a static method called analyAPI that takes a single parameter, pkgname. In Groovy, you do …
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    Hi, I am new to the forum. I am working with a small investment company that happens to be situated have sensitive data on their computers. It is a subsidiary …
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    The same TYPE of app. If you designed, let's say, Instagram, and sold it, the buyer wouldn't want you to create a similar app - that would undermine their investment.
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    Like for example a person created a photo app every android user used the app and millions used it as well so it became popular. For example Google wanted to …
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    If you end up selling to a company like Google, they will definitely have a nice contract they want you to sign. That contract will, amongst other things : - …
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    How to print xls or xlsx file to printer in java ? Is there any API or any reference ?
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    Hi. I've had good success opening XLS files with http://poi.apache.org/ - as for printing, that's entirely up to you. You will need to read the data and then send it …
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    Hello Good Day Everyone!I want to ask for help in making this android application that is one of our requirements for graduation.The Android must go like this:Android App that can …
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    Ok Rina, I'm sure we can help when you get stuck, but you are going to have to do a lot of planning and put in some effort. Nobody's just …
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    Great job - that's some good investigative development there.
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    Well, that is great news - at least you now know exactly where the problem lies. What libraries are you using for the Python code? Have you tried to simply …
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    Hi, I have a device connected to the USB port of the laptop. This device pumps data to the port which is read by the python script. As per the …
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    Do you have anything besides the Python script that can read the data? It might be worth your while to investigate whether the dataloss is related to your script or …
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    @PWolf - don't worry, I've only made that mistake a few hundred times, you'll learn to double-check :)
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    I remembered using this link to prase for google finance stock quotes data e.g https://www.google.com/ig/api?stock=GOOG Now I don't think the link works anymore as I clicked it, It will just …
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    Replied To a Post in prasing real time stock quotes from google finance and plot custom stock gr

    This service has been deprecated and is no longer available. The guys at http://www.xignite.com/ have a free trial you can use. What I've found with free sotck information services is …
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    on click of an href i want to build a dynamic link and open the same in a new browser window using java. out.append("<A href="displayLinkDetails.do"/>Sample Link</a>"); (i want be able …
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    You can use the Java Desktop libraries (see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/desktop.html) to do exactly this. There's even some good examples, and the best thing is, it works cross-platform as well.
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    name latest combo deveices or related to computer
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    Touch screen displays for PC's. It's both an input and a display device. While it's not a new invention, it's only recently become popular.
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    I have just started trying to learn Java, and i am currently following a tutorial series on youtube([Java tutorial by Derek Banas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGlJiUO-dZA)) it seems like a good series so far! …
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    Hi, dont' worry, this is a common issue with learning Java : Monster.Java should be called Monster.java. Java is case sensitive, so when it tries to find the Monster.java file, …
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    create aprogram that will identify seat plan for an airplanewith availables columns and 20 availables rows.
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    What have you tried?
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    am trying to create a python code that counts words,vowels,consonats,upperand lower case letter,and the frequency which has the option like Do you want to enter the text via the keyboard? …
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    Hi. I'm not entirely sure what your question is. Perhaps you need to make a list of what you want / need this program to do, that way, you can …
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    Like a person goes into Android Programming and wants the app to work on iOS for Apple. Are they the same or different?
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    Replied To a Post in iOS different from Android for building apps?

    Depending on what you wish to do, you might make use of technologies like PhoneGap or Titanium Appcelerator to write a single program that works on both iOS or Android. …
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    I've run into this a few times - and the good Reverend Jim has a nice solution, but it will still benefit from indexing.
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    HI Hope somebody can help. My query updates a colomn in tab1 from a row in tab2 but only if a colomn in tab1 is equal to that of a …
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    Indexes... You do not have indexes on the columns you are comparing, so it will be doing table scans all the time. Simply create indexes on both tables, for those …
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    Hi. Sorry I was away for a few days - enjoying Africa :) So, we've had something similar, and ended up using a distributed queue system, where every location has …
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    I have some clients that use http://www.jivosite.com/ - it might be a good place to start looking. I'm also sure Dani can give you pointers, she's built a nice chat …
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    Yes, indeed, Android applications can have embedded browsers, to a certain extent. The real question is whether this is worth your while. Might I ask as to why you would …
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    Ah, make no mistake - Python is often more than fast enough, in fact, I've done a bit of system monitoring, and even realtime payment transaction programming in it, and …
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    Ah, that is interesting. In that case, you might not need to go the Python route. Basically, any programming language that you are familiar with will do the job, as …
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    @Ray - Sure thing, what I have is a cron job that just runs a simple Python script (foundation source at http://www.decalage.info/fr/python/html) - the tricky part is of course reading …
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    I'm hoping this is the right place to get some expert advice on putting an app together. I have a Beaglebone Black (BBB, a credit card sized Linux platform) that …
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    I've had tremendous success using a bit of a cheat - I have a Python script that fires and generates HTML pages that are served on a Raspberry Pi (very …
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    Ewald has a good idea and TrueCrypt will encrypt you whole drive and can be set so that the computer will not boot with out the password. Or as a …
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    Oh, but there's more to fill, isn't there?
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    Let us know, there's nothing like finding a solution to something that's been bugging you for a while :) Great job on not giving up by the way, I admire …
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    Hello I am in a point in my career where I cannot decide where to go with my career I have been working in 2nd Line IT Support for over …
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    Why would you split the two? My biggest pain is with the lack of security in cloud solutions. If you look at companies like Amazon, they dedicate a serious amount …
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    Ah, that's great, so it's not such a large array at all. As you said, the problem is with the nested loops, there's a lot of expensive looping.
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    Is that the area in pixels, or is the area from 2 - 320 by 2 - 374 pixels? There's got to be a way to short-circuit the test algorithm …
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    This is quite an interesting conundrum. What are the values of the maximum x and maximum y? I'm trying to get a grasp for the scope of the loops.

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