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23
Apr
2009
A scam or not a scam [phone tracking]
Just got a phone call from a Police Association asking for a donation. Obviously the first thought that crossed my mind is ‘another scam’. But I did some checking and it looks like these guys are legid – though it seems that only a small percentage of the funds goes to the actual charity.
To check if you got a scam phone check with Phonebusters [applies to Canada only].
19
Mar
2009
UltraEdit Backup Files
I love workign with UltraEdit though there is one thing that always annoys me. Every time I update the contents of a file the program creates a backup file in the same directory. Well for those of you who run in to the same problem here’s how you go about fixing this issue:
Go to:
Advanced -> Configuration ->File Handling -> Backup
By default the configurations are set up to create a .BAK file in the same directory. Although the functionality is annoying I still think it’s quite useful. So the best thign to do [in my oppinion] is to populate the default directory field with the a directory somewhere on your local computer.
17
Mar
2009
SAPGUI_PROGRESS_INDICATOR
A usefull little function that will allow you to display a status update on the bottom left corner of the screen when running your reports.
call function 'SAPGUI_PROGRESS_INDICATOR'
EXPORTING
percentage = 0
text = STATUS_TEXT.
Note: anything lower then 0 will be rounded up to 0 and anything greater then 100 will be rounded down to 100.
13
Mar
2009
When was the last System Refresh done in an SAP system?
To quickly check when your DEV/QA system was refreshed from a production box perform the following steps:
- Execute the transaction SCCL
- Fill in the Source Clinet filed [ie: 001]
- Select <Goto> <Log display> from the main menu
You should see a screen with a list of dates of when the system was last refreshed.
Other useful transactions:
SCC9: client copy – copy a client
SCC8: client export
SCC7: client import
SCC1: copy as per transport request
12
Mar
2009
Workingn with AMF
I want to set up a more secure process than a current ActionScript POST/GET service querying. To do that I started looking at AMF.
Action Message Format(AMF) is a binary file format representing a serialized ActionScript object. The AMF file type is used throughout the Flash Player for data storage and data exchange. For example in the Flash Player AMF is used in SharedObjects, RemoteObjects, LocalConnection, ByteArray, RTMP, and all RPC operations. Some of the benefits of AMF include:
- File Size – AMF objects are very small and are compressed using zlib.
- Fast Serialization/ Deserialization – AMF is transformed using native C code in the Flash Player making it very fast. The AMF format was designed to serialize and deserialize quickly under low memory and slower CPU conditions making it perfect for the web. AMF data is parsed directly into objects, meaning there is no lag for interpretation or parsing of AMF making the creation of objects complete in a single pass.
- Native Types and Custom classes supported – You can serialize any object in Flash Player with the only exception being a displayObject.you can also map serialized objects back to custom class instanced provided the custom class is in the Flash Player when the AMF object is deserialized.
AMF existed in ActionScript 2 and was just called AMF as of ActionScript 3 the AMF protocol has been updated and is referred to as AMF3. For historical reasons the original AMF format is now referred to as AMF0. One of the main upgrades to AMF3 is that the object is now zlib compressed for faster transfer do to the smaller file size and the additional of data types that were released with ActionScript 3.
The two alternative frameworks that I am looking at are AMFPHP and Zend_AMF.
5
Mar
2009
Cooking with Stacy and Max
After a successfull attempt to prepare a Cod, Potatoe & Leak soup along with a side serving of Russian home cooked crapes I’ve decided to start a new website that documents our adventures.
Cooking with Stacy and Max can be foudn here.
14
Feb
2009
Valentine’s Day Gift
To my darling valentine.
A collection of places and time shared together.
Music: from Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack.
BTW: joining of the names together and creating a heart was a pure fluke – yes….. it was meant to be.
9
Sep
2008
Finally no spam
This blog has been plagued by constant spam comment postings, the other day I’ve checked the moderation log to see 1400 unmoderated posts. As you can imagine its very annoying and frustrating to see these things and practically impossible to go through and find proper comments.
So, I finally decided to do something about it and implemented Simple CAPTCHA plug in from WordPress library.
Today I have 0 spammed comments and I am very happy about it. So if you are in the same shoes don’t be lazy like I was and set it up asap.
8
Sep
2008
Google taking on the browser market with Chrome
For those of you who haven’t heard Google has released a new browser Chrome.
Although the browser is yet to reach it’s full potential and is currently only offered on a Windows platform it has some valued benefits. One can have a look at an interesting comic about the utility but the main gist is that the application tackles the problem of memory leaks that are evidently present in FF & IE.
21
Jul
2008
stacyhung.com
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Another creation, this time for someone special. Happy Birthday Stacy. |
