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Hi guys i am pretty new to XML. Well I have transform a xml file in format A(let's say) to format B. By surfing the websites, I found that XLST can do this.But these 2 formats dun not neccesarily have easy transforms like tag-to-tag. They can be transformed from tag-to-tag,tag-to-attribute …

[COLOR=#0000ff]I am writing a code in VB.NET to access MS Outlook folders.Its giving all the folders and their msgs but when any calender meeting or any other things other than the mails appears any the folders like deleted items ,Inbox etc. then it shows exception in line oMsg = oItems.Item(i) …

About one month ago or so my Dr. Python compiler (interpreter) died. I had closed Dr. Python to go and eat dinner then came back to re-open and continued where I had stopped and... nothing. This came at a terrible time as I was in the middle of some very …

Hello, I have three classes: Circle, Canvas and GameBoard. When I try to compile this I get the error `'cannot resolve symbol - constructor Circle(int,int,java.lang.string)'` I noticed if I delete the parameters of the Circle it will compile. Please could anyone tell me why it doesnt understand the parameters? Do …

I know that one has to be careful with mutable arguments like lists applied to function calls, so that things like this won't accidentally happen: [php]def add_item(list2): list2.append(99) return list2 list1 = [1, 2, 3] list3 = add_item(list1) print list1 # [1, 2, 3, 99] oops! print list3 # [1, …

i am using CreateThread to, unsurprisingly, start a thread :p is it possible to return a value? i need to return either true or false at least. ideally i need to return 0, 1 or 2 to indicate the success of certain things that go on inside the thread. I …

Hi, I am a dev-pascal program maker that wants to know how to read a line for a limited amount of time. Like for example, if I only wanted to give the user 1 second or 1 milisecond to send in data, how do I do it?

Im REALLY new to Java Programming and wanted to teach myself java. I download the newest version of the JDK from the website and have run into the javac problem. I keep getting the error that javac is not found or its not a operable program. (Something like that.) I've …

[COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=black]I am using Visual Basic Express, I hope you all still can help me. This program is used to calculate a cars speed related to speed limit. It has two user inputs, cars speed and speed limit. It will calculate any two digit # and one digit #, but when …

this question want the calender,with a number of week and days. in germany,the 1st week is started with monday.i have a problem with the year 2000 and the month is in january.when i type it, it shows the 1st week is in 10th.january 2000, it should be on 3rd january …

Hi, I am trying to average student GPA. I thought I had this problem solved but then I ran it and the GPA did not come out correct. Can anyone give any suggestions? [CODE]import string import math class Student: def __init__(self, name, hours, qpoints): self.name = name self.hours = float(hours) …

I took a mixed type list and set out to find the min and max values. The results are very surprising to me: [php]mixed_list = [11, 'Dick', 12, 'Mary', 7, 'Zoe', 9, 700, 777, 'Paul', 13456789] mn = min(mixed_list) mx = max(mixed_list) print mn, type(mn) # 7 <type 'int'> print …

I want to parse this expression PFolder=Personal Folders&SFolder=Inbox&Message=3 and want to extract Personal Folders from PFolder,Inbox from SFolder and 3 from Message,so that i can further use this things "Personal Folders,Inbox and 3"in the program. How can I do it?

i hope to find help pleaz i want to criat a complex Report by geting data from access table database thanks

I was experimenting with the nested list example in thread: [URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/post246791-72.html[/URL] and was trying to search a nested list like that: [code]nested_list = [1 ,'Dick', 2, ['Mary', 7, 9, [700, 777, 'Paul']], 13] if 'Paul' in nested_list: print 'found Paul' else: print 'Paul not found' [/code]It always tells me that …

I want to make a Tkinter button respond to a left and right mouse click differently. How can I do this?

Hi, I did get the problem fixed with my "break" not working properly but now my ValueError will not work properly. If you enter a number that is not a floating number it should create a value error(as a matter of fact it did before I fixed my other problem …

when I initialize the array in this way: const int size = 10; int myArray[size]; it works well. But I have to initialize it in this way: const int size =pow(2, Depth()+1)-1; int myArray[size]; in this case it throw an error which is "expected constant expression" What should I do??? …

Hi everybody, for example I have such a tree in c++: 23 / \ 1 45 \ / \ 2 31 52 \ \ 3 234 \ 5 I can print this tree in this way by using breadthFirst-level method: 23, 1, 45 2, 31, 52 3, 234 5 But …

Hi, I am trying to extend my "Student with the best GPA" program so that it allows the user to sort a file of students based on gpa, name, or credits. The program needs to prompt for the input and output files and also the field to sort on (gpa, …

I am having a problem getting my "break" to work correctly in this program. Can anyone help me see what I am doing wrong? This is my program: [code]import string import math class Student: def __init__(self, name, hours, qpoints): self.name = name self.hours = float(hours) self.qpoints = float(qpoints) def getName(self): …

Just have small program to practice with Calendar. However I come accross something unusual. Once you set date for 1st April 2007 or 1st June 2008 for example you get wrong number of the week. example bellow show code set to date 1st June 2008 [code] import java.util.*; import java.text.DateFormat; …

Hello ladies and gents, Was wondering if any of you could help me out with the following, sometime ago I had to reinstall MS V++ EE and ever since then, when I enter for instance 'std::' or 'cin.' I don't get a list with all the possibilities it has, normally …

How can I make a Tkinter window take up all my display screen area?

hi I am new to C++ and I want to vrite some kind of "virus" for windows. The problem is, I dont want that command line opens when program runs. Its actualy unfinished loop, which beeps all the time. Now i want to know how to make "hidden" program. I …

I'm going to have to include a lengthy bit of code, but its every necessary part for you to see what I need. [php]import random availableCountries = range(20) # <--- Used at games start, player's countries taken from here firstTurnsCountries = [] # <--- Player one's country possesion secondTurnsCountries = …

My program won't read the listbox correctly. The output from the print statements are as follows: [QUOTE]Dronfield Sheffield 2.20 ('1',)[/QUOTE] I want the list item "B-line" to = 1, but due to the wierdness of the value, it reads it as ('1',) It is meant to read from the passinfo.txt …

The following code comes up with a number that has 13 digits past the decimal point. How can I cut this down to 2 decimal places? [Let drivetimeexpense = (rstdrivinginfo.timefromhome * rstdrivinginfo.numberoftrips * 2 / 60) * 20]

how can i validate if a month has 30 or 31 days and febraury havin 29 days if leap yr and 28 if not

Hi There, I am in the process of creating a game based around the board game Diplomacy. anyway, I keep getting the following errors, and I have no idea of how to solve it. AlliedConflict error LNK2022: metadata operation failed (80131187) : Inconsistent method declarations in duplicated types (types: frmGameScreen; …

My current GUI program, in part, will display a button which the user may choose to press (or not, in some cases): [code] btn1 = Button(root ,bg="Black", text="HIT", image=image01,command=show_image2) btn1.configure(state=NORMAL,background='red' ) btn1.pack() [/code] This is basic and works fine. The issue I am having is that after the button is …

I've never actually ran a CLI based program outside of bluej. And after exporting one of my programs to a jar, I noticed I was not able to get any results when double clicking the jar. So, I'm guessing CLI based programs are run by a different method, or require …

My *.py script has some non-ASCII characters in comment lines and when I run it I am getting the following warning: sys:1: DeprecationWarning: Non-ASCII character '\xe5' in file /Users/haitran/Documents/Sophomore UCB/Python/cedict.py on line 118, but no encoding declared; see [url]http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html[/url] for details The thing is I went to the indicated page …

Hello, I am trying to create a program that uses a dictionary to associate American states with their capitals. It has an interactive loop that exits when the user enters "quit". The user types the name of the state and the program responds with the state's capital. I will show …

How can I best center a Tkinter window on my display screen?

hello all i m having a really silly problem. i have written some codes with mscomm, but i dont know why all of a sudden i m having this problem. the problem is: [CODE] Private Sub Form_Load() With MSComm1 .Commport=1 .Settings="19200,N18,1" .InputLen=0 .PortOpen=True '(Here the error message says that the …

I am writing a C program using Dev-CPP. It uses a 3 dimensional array to store around 350 values as shown below. [code=c] db[2][0][1]=3278; db[2][0][4]=2368; db[3][0][3]=6686; db[2][0][6]=7224; .. .. .. [/code] I get a valid output when I read the array with the following code [code=c] zone = db[2][0][1]; printf("%d",zone); …

I have made a list of names and everytime i want to select a value in the listbox it should give me a result in the Entry box can someone please help me. This is my listbox values [code] musicfolder = [ ["CollegeRock/"], ['RnB/'], ['HipHop/'], ['Build/'], ['Buy/'], ['Techno/'], ['Jazz/'], ['Classic/'] …

Simply, I need to understand the basics of button binding. I have researched [URL="http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/events-and-bindings.htm"]this[/URL] already and have decided just to ask for instruction. For example, one of the programs I am building currently will require, at a certain point, user input; I want to be able to know when a …

Hi, I cannot figure out why my fib problem is giving me the output below. I just want it to print when the fib is called and the value of n, when it returns and with what value of n, and the return value. This is what I have so …

Hi, I am trying to figure out how to print tracing information for Fibonacci numbers. output = Computing fib(4) Leaving fib(4) returning 3 Can anyone steer me in the right direction? This is what I have: [code]import math def fib(n): if n < 3: return 1 while n >= 3: …

I just writing the simple twenty one card game...now evth work and fine. And I put cards from 2 to A with concerning value.But when the debug step coming '0'comes to input with value '10'(K is worth 10 etc). It make me so confused. here is my code: [code]#include <iostream> …

is there an easy way to detect if the entire contents of one list are in another? if I have a list like this: li = [1,2] and I have another which will have random values, I want the program to do something only if every value of li is …

im going to be programming on a server using masm32 should i get the server sdk on microsoft.com web site or the normal one? does it matter?

Hello: [I]** I have been researching and experimenting with this with tutorials from many sources but can not even begin it to get it to work it seems.[/I] I have a very small yet important Python program that I must make into an executable file within a week's time or …

Hi Everyone! I need a little help with this problem. I am trying to import a class -- Student with object makestudent but I keep getting this error: [CODE]This program sorts student grade information Enter the name of the data file: p2sortin.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python23\p2sort.py", line …

This is what I have come up with but it seems like there should be a more simple way of programming it. [CODE]import string import math class Student: def __init__(self, name, hours, qpoints): self.name = name self.hours = float(hours) self.qpoints = float(qpoints) def getName(self): return self.name def getHours(self): return self.hours …

From the posts in this website I see how to open an Excel spreadsheet from VB 5.0 but I don't see any examples of moving data (not an array) from vb to excel. Can anyone show me an example? Do you know of any books that would have this information? …

Hi, I am using Fedora core 5 32 bit Linux. Just wrote this small C++ prgram and saved it as test.cpp on the [URL="http://forums.devshed.com/#"]desktop[/URL] and then tried to compile it using the terminal with the following command [B]gcc test.cpp - o test [/B] but it is showing the following message …

Hi all, I know there have been several threads about getting card images into a GUI, but I'm flustered trying to understand why some things work and some things don't. Here's the code: [php] import random from Tkinter import * import Image, ImageTk class Card(object): suits = ["C","D","H","S"] values = …