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ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Petition for the release of a Christian Pastor jailed for false accusations
Astana (Agenzia Fides) - Immediate and unconditional release of Christian Protestant Pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, imprisoned in Kazakhstan two months ago on the basis of invented accusations: This is what the international petition launched by the NGO "International Christian Concern" (ICC) calls for, an organization based in Washington (USA) committed to the protection of Christians and for the defense of religious freedom in the world.
The Pastor, leader of a community called "Grace Church" in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, was arrested on May 17 on unfounded charges: according to the police it seems he attempted on the health of his community members by putting hallucinogenic drugs in wine used for Communion. As reported in a note sent to Fides by the organization "Forum 18" - which monitors the situation of religious freedom in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - the Pastor has been in custody for two months and is in a "temporary isolation" cell awaiting trial.
By defining the charges against him "baseless and even ridiculous," the ICC has launched the petition, sent to Fides Agency, demanding the immediate release of the Pastor, who is undergoing a "unjust imprisonment". The petition will be sent to the authorities of the Kazakh government and also to the Secretary of State, John Kerry, with the explicit request of a diplomatic intervention of the United States.
Already in October 2012 the police raided the "Grace Church", arresting some community members for questioning and launching strong accusations against Pastor Kashkumbayev. According to ICC, the charges were simply a pretext to intimidate the community.
In Kazakhstan - explains Forum18 - religious minorities, including Christians, face severe restrictions on their activities, and are often subject to heavy fines and even jail. One more reason for concern is the fact that the abuse of prisoners, especially if in prison for religious reasons, are common in Kazakhstan. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 13/07/2013)
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LA PUSH, Wash. -- A fan of the Twilight books may have taken things a little too far.
The Coast Guard had to be called in Tuesday to rescue a 22-year-old man who got stuck on Little James Island near La Push.
Officials with the Quileute Indian nation say the person was a tourist from Georgia who went to the island to scope out a site where Twilight's main character Bella and the Quileute wolves go cliff diving in the second book, "New Moon."
He ended up stuck on a 150-foot tall cliff.
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SILVER CITY -- It's been four days since Robert Sumrall was last seen hiking on a trail south of Emory Pass. The search to find him continued Wednesday, but without success. It will pick up again this morning.
Paige Strait, Sumrall's daughter, flew in from Albany, N.Y., earlier in the week and spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the incident base at Emory Pass keeping apprised of the search. By the time she left at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Strait said seven teams of searchers -- three ground teams, two ATV teams and two National Guard helicopters -- had spent the day searching and were heading in for the night.
"They were petty far out, so it was going to take them awhile to get back to the command center," she said.
Incident commander Reuben Gonzales said teams searched through the night Tuesday night in knee-deep snow.
"There were times that we thought we had some sign but we weren't sure because the Border Patrol had been up there with their dog, so that's why it was kind of confusing whether it was a good clue or not," Gonzales said.
The search will be resumed at first light today.
Gonzales said he spoke to someone Wednesday who had talked to Sumrall on Saturday morning, and when searchers head out this morning they were going to concentrate on an area west of the crest trail, south of Iron Creek Campground, south of Emory Pass, and would include Sawyer's Peak and a trail that goes to Tierra Blanca Canyon, on the east side of the crest.
Search-and-rescue volunteers first began searching for Sumrall Sunday afternoon, when his son-in-law, Chris Hoggard, reported him missing. Teams of search-and-rescue members searched through the night during a blizzard for the 67-year-old El Pasoan, who left for a day hike with his dog Saturday morning, before they had to halt the search Monday afternoon because of weather conditions. Tuesday afternoon they were at it again, searching trails around Emory Pass, looking for signs of Sumrall or his black Labrador mix, Zulu.
A distant cousin of Sumrall, Donovan Furr, 36, who is in the Army and stationed at Fort Bliss, found out about his missing relative though an e-mail his mother sent him Wednesday morning, and wanted to help out with the search, even though he had never met the man.
David Jones, a friend and former business associate of Sumrall, said his friend is well-known in the business, political and outdoorsman's world, and a member of Duck's Unlimited.
Jones said he first met Sumrall when he moved to El Paso in 1994 and the two both worked for the same technology company. He later discovered that Sumrall had worked with his mother at a technology company in New Orleans and the two developed a camaraderie after they discovered they were both from southern Louisiana, were both Louisiana State University grads and members of the same fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, and had similar interests in outdoors activities such as hiking, hunting and wildlife conservation.
Jones said his friend liked to socialize, and is very well-known in the El Paso community.
"Everyone is very worried and concerned about Bob and his family. I've had a number of calls from people in the community," he said.
Jones said Sumrall was also very active in the West Texas/Southern New Mexico Alumni Club chapter of the fraternity and has been very encouraging to the young members of the fraternity at the University of Texas-El Paso.
Strait, who is staying in El Paso with her stepmother, Jan Sumrall, said she would be returning to the search area again at first light today.
"What I'm telling people right now is if they want to help, they can give a donation to search-and-rescue. They have been fabulous," she said. "They have been out in the snow and some of them haven't slept in two days."
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When Tara, a first-time Marathoner has sore legs and feet from her training, she thinks of Daniel, who lives with his family in Oxford, and she gets back out there.
"I think, 'All right, Tara, who are you running for?'" she said. The pains are "nothing compared to what he is going through. I will muddle through. He is my inspiration."
Tara met Daniel's mom, Sue, twenty years ago when they worked together at her first job. They have been extremely close ever since, especially through Daniel's battle with Neuroblastoma, a cancer which forms in the nerve tissue of the adrenal gland, neck, chest, or spinal cord. Daniel was diagnosed at age 5 and was treated and in remission for three years. When his cancer returned last August, Tara wanted to do something to help.
"He has such a good attitude and his mother is my rock," said Tara. "I can't believe her strength. She never complains and she won't let her son complain."
Daniel has had several rounds of intense chemo therapy, two stem cell transplants, localized radiation and multiple surgeries. Still, his positive attitude propels him to play sports, go fishing, and play video games. Tara said his best times are spent enjoying life with his mom, dad and 13-year-old sister, Samantha.
"His parents don't sugarcoat it," Tara said of Daniel's illness. "He knows how serious it is. This time around, he knew what all of that meant. He knew he was going to lose his hair again. It gets you mad — why could this happen to someone so great?"
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Why should El Paso keep the city manager form of government? Just think how well the past 10 years have gone here compared to the previous 50.
Did you feel it? Did you see it? We actually budged. Yes, we've had some pretty good mayors in the former "strong mayor" form of government. But get a mayor who puts the kibosh on moving forward and we sink into a four-year coma.
Both the city and the county are too large to have "rule by politician" government. And County Judge Veronica Escobar is right on when she calls for the new position of county administrator -- kind of like a city manager.
El Paso needs a professional to run the everyday business of this large city and county. If Escobar brings this up again, and she should, I'm guessing it will pass Commissioners Court this time. Last time it died on a 2-2 vote, with Escobar and Commissioner Vince Perez voting yes and Commissioners Sergio Lewis and Carlos Leon voting nay. Now that the then-vacant seat (Commissioner Dan Haggerty had died) is filled with Pat Abeln, I'm guessing the vote would pass 3-2, although both Leon and Lewis should change their thinking and make it unanimous.
Bottom line: With a city manager, El Paso has been able to be proactive in "running-the-city" matters. With no county administrator, Commissioners Court spends so much of its time being reactive to events that are negatives to county matters.
• Remember when Sunday Mass didn't go over an hour? Sometimes, when the priest's sermon didn't drag on, Mass would be said in 45 or 50 minutes. Presently there are too many non-Mass frills, such as longer and longer lists of announcements that could instead be placed in the bulletin, and non-Mass-related ceremonies.
And the choir sang on ... and on ... and on.
• How come there are no new Christmas songs, at least not being played on the radio? I don't think I've heard a new one since Alvin and the Chipmunks. If it's not Andy Williams, then it's Burl Ives. OK, you've gotta have "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby, but, c'mon already, how many times must we hear "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas?"
• Don't you just love Pope Francis? In his youth he was a saloon bouncer. It goes to show priests are real people too. It reminds me of my great uncle Aloysius Muench. He was a cardinal before dying in the early 1960s.
My dad told the story how Uncle Ollie (his family name) laughed when he and Uncle Hap tossed a firecracker into the outhouse while Aunt Terry was tending to a nature call.
• It looks like all members of the Public Service Board will be free to discuss the whys and wherefores of board business. There were some who wanted only the CEO, board prez or group spokesperson to address media questions.
That settled, then how come so many college coaches don't allow their players to give interviews unless they are previously approved?
Yep, Dunky Slammer is an adult attending a university when a coach speaks, but not when someone wants to know Dunky's off-the-cuff opinion on something.
• Eddie Holguin is going to make the race for county judge interesting. It'll actually be the first highly-watched race for that position in years. Present Judge Veronica Escobar hasn't had another "recognizable name" to compete against -- she's done that good of a job cleaning up the corruption mess over there.
Both are on opposite ends of the political spectrum, Escobar for moving forward and longtime City Council Rep. Holguin ... (as stated earlier in this column) being a fan of four-year comas.


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Poland is faced with several options to replace its Sukhoi Su-22UM-3K fighter jet. (Adrian Pingstone)
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WARSAW — Poland is scrapping previous plans to buy F-16 fighter jets in five years, but what it will buy instead is up in the air.
The Defense Ministry wants to wait and buy fifth-generation jets, which experts say could be F-35 joint strike fighters.
The deal would enable a technological leap for the Polish military by replacing its Soviet-designed aircraft with high-end fighters. But analysts say austerity measures could force the ministry to buy secondhand aircraft from a European ally instead, such as older-model Eurofighter Typhoons.
A third option could be an order of new Tranche 3B Typhoons, if Polands plan to further integrate the countrys defense industry with its European counterparts takes shape, local observers said.
The planned procurement of fifth-generation fighters was announced Feb. 20 by Gen. Tomasz Drewniak and Col. Dariusz Tarkowski, who represented the Defense Ministry at a meeting of the Polish parliaments National Defense Committee. The acquisition was included in the ministrys updated Feb. 5 Technical Modernization Plan for the Polish Armed Forces.
Deliveries of the fifth-generation fighters are expected to begin in 2022, with two aircraft supplied to the Air Force. The new combat jets would replace Polands Sukhoi Su-22 fighters.
The strategic document does not specify the model of the aircraft, but the ministry is reportedly considering Lockheed Martin F-35s among other options, reported local news site Defence24.pl.
Financing of the program is to begin in six years and it will be gradually increased, Drewniak said. Under the plan, in 2020, the ministry will earmark 170 million zloty (US $56 million) for the fighter acquisition, with the annual contribution raised to 330 million zloty per year in 2021 and 2022.
The announcement comes shortly after Poland unveiled its largest defense budget in history. This year, the Polish government is planning a defense expenditure of some 32 billion zloty, an increase of about 2 percent compared to the previous year.
Under the previous version of the technical modernization plan, the Defense Ministry aimed to acquire 16 fighters, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2019. The selected model was the F-16, allowing Poland to expand its fleet of 48 F-16C/D Block 52 fighters. However, the original plan was scrapped.
Local analysts say the modification of the plan could mean the Polish government might opt for acquiring secondhand fighter jets from Western Europe.
The ministry is trying to reduce costs by acquiring secondhand armament under various programs from Western European governments, an analyst from a government-run think tank said. The [Leopard 2A4 and 2A5] tanks, which were recently purchased from Germany, are a good example of this approach to the technical modernization of the military.
Meanwhile, a major transaction by the Polish government could further alter the ministrys plans. Poland is eying an increased integration of the countrys defense industry with its European counterparts, as Warsaw is reportedly considering acquiring a stake in Airbus Defence & Aerospace. Should the deal go through, the ministry could opt for purchasing European-made aircraft instead of the F-35, according to the analyst.
An alternative solution [to the acquisition of F-35s] for Poland could be to get involved in the Eurofighter program, the analyst said.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a joint project of Airbus Defence & Space, Britains BAE Systems and Italys Finmeccanica aerospace and defense group. The German government has reportedly decided to cut its Typhoon order from 180 to 143 aircraft as part of austerity measures, undermining what is considered to be Europes largest defense program.
In addition, the British, Italian and Spanish governments are said to be in talks over whether to scale down or cancel the Typhoon Tranche 3B order, the introduction of the newest model. Under the Tranche 3B commitment, London is to receive 48 aircraft, while Rome and Madrid are to obtain 25 and 14 Typhoons, respectively.
New Trainer Jets
The planned procurement of new fighter jets is part of a string of acquisitions designed to modernize the Polish Air Force. In late February, the Defense Ministry completed another aircraft tender by awarding a contract for eight M-346 trainer jets with an option for a further four to Alenia Aermacchi. The Italian manufacturer edged out bids placed by BAE Systems with its Hawk, and the T-50, developed by Korea Aerospace Industries with Lockheed Martin.
The 1.17 billion zloty contract was signed Feb. 26, finalizing the ministrys effort, which dated back to 2010 and the relaunch of the tender in 2013.
The acquired aircraft will replace Polish TS-11 Iskra trainers manufactured by Sikorskys local subsidiary, PZL Mielec. Deliveries of the M-346s are scheduled from 2016 to 2017, according to the ministry. ■
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A buffet brunch will be served from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., and a buffet dinner served from 4-8 p.m.
Started in the 1950s, Rotary Restaurant Day was originally held at the Corner Caf at Second Avenue and Main Street and then at many other local establishments over the years, according to a release.
Throughout the years the popular event was as much about the community gathering together as it was about the fundraising.
What happens is Rotarians take over a restaurant for a day and do all the work, from cooking, busing and waiting tables to dish washing and cleanup.
"We are very fortunate this year as we take up the event again to have the use of Jacobi's Cafe. Owners Vince and Kelle Cannone have participated in years past and know how to put on a great feast for this event," the release noted.
Tickets will be available from any member of the Noon Rotary Club and all funds raised will benefit local scholarships and projects. Find out more from Rotarians Terry Teske, 525-7053 or 529-9122, or Scott Peters, Columbia REA, 509-526-4041 or 509-629-1216.
Retirement seems to agree with Jack Freimann, who moved to New York City after a long career as a professor of theater and teaching chairman who guided young thespians at Whitman College from 1962-1992. He's in the thick of the theatrical action now. One of his recent forays on stage in "Singin' in the Rain" caught the attention of a reviewer for BWW Reviews.
The "stage version retains a great deal of the tone and vivacity that the movie (of the same name) contains, even though this kind of reverse-engineering usually winds up a mixed bag at best," the reviewer wrote. "But, The Muny's current production ... (has) winning performances and a bevy of familiar hummable tunes that haven't lost a bit of their original charm."
The musical about films follows silent screen stars Don Lockwood and annoying, voiced co-star Lina Lamont, who struggle to switch to talkies. A young starlet with the right kind of pipes named Kathy Selden rescues the picture from Lina's awful voice and steals Don's heart.
The reviewer described "Singin' in the Rain," which ran through July 24, as a "real treat ... The supporting cast is wonderful as well, with standout work provided John ("Jack") Freimann (as frustrated film director Roscoe Dexter)."
Jack's bio for the production "Incident at Vichy," said, "an actor, director, scenic/costume designer and teacher, John has been a part of theater for over 60 years, beginning as a messenger boy at Warner Bros. Regional & Stock: Berkeley Rep, Arena Stage, The Muny and numerous others." Post Whitman, Jack has worked Off Broadway, toured in "42nd Street," done commercials and has been on "Law & Order."
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In the thirty-five years since its American release, Jean-Luc Godard's lyrical gangster romance "Band of Outsiders" has been as difficult to revisit as it is impossible to forget. Starting today, the first part of that equation is going to change.
Rialto Pictures, masters of the quality re-release, have struck a new 35-millimeter print of this rarely screened film and added fresh subtitles in the bargain. Now it's possible not only to understand why "Outsiders" has so many passionate advocates (Quentin Tarantino named his production company "A Band Apart" after the French title), but also to actually feel where that passion comes from.
For this is not one of those classic films we appreciate rather than enjoy, not something we understand on an intellectual level as important in its time but have difficulty connecting to in the here and now. The wonderful thing about "Band of Outsiders" is that the daring elements that jazzed audiences then have the same power to intoxicate all these years later. One of the architects of the French New Wave's reinvention of the movies, Godard had free-spirited, boundary-breaking insights into cinema's possibilities. Film was alive for him, something to be played with in ways no one else had imagined. In "Band of Outsiders," the writer-director was in an especially good-humored frame of mind, and the most lively and sophisticated kind of fun resulted.
The director adapted his story from a standard American thriller, Dolores Hitchens' "Fools' Gold," but its plot is the least involving thing about it. Even dialogue is less important than the allusive voice-over, read by Godard himself, and neither are as critical to the success of "Outsiders" as the filmmaker's fascination with speed and movement, with his gift for joining music, images and activity on-screen.
A kind of cockeyed caper movie about love and crime fueled by the unmistakable air of fatalistic French romanticism, "Band of Outsiders" begins with a pair of very small-time crooks, the sensitive Franz (Sami Frey) and the cocky, toothpick-chewing Arthur (Claude Brasseur). They drive to the outskirts of Paris in their battered Simca to case a house where they believe a large sum of crime syndicate money is theirs for the taking.
That information has come from Odile, played by the pixieish Anna Karina, at that time Godard's wife and ultimately the star of seven of his features. Odile is a flirtatious gamin with a mysterious face who can be as naive as the knee socks and plaid skirt with a big safety pin she wears.
Odile is attracted to both men but is ambivalent about helping them procure the money that apparently belongs to a mysterious friend of the girl's guardian. This story played out in a very traditional way in the novel, but in Godard 's hands it was the opposite. For one thing, the director uses that unique style of hip voice-over to make us complicit in the film's playfulness. "To late-comers, we offer a few randomly chosen words," he proclaims at one point.
Later, after his characters seek a minute of silence, he first indulges them by even cutting the ambient noise off the screen and then comments, "A real minute of silence takes forever." (According to the press notes, Godard cheated: His minute lasted but 35 seconds.)
Even more characteristic of the film's appeal are its frequent bursts of spur-of-the-moment lunacy. For no reason and with no warning, Arthur and Franz throw themselves into a mock reenactment of the death of Billy the Kid. They play at bullfighting, using a bicycle as the bull. They and Odile run through the Louvre at top speed, breaking, Godard mock seriously declares, "the record set by Jimmy Johnson of San Francisco."
The most justly famous of these apparently spontaneous but in fact carefully rehearsed sequences is the moment when Odile, Arthur and Franz break into a syncopated version of a then-popular dance called the Madison. It's a completely joyous scene that Tarantino quoted with a similar moment in "Pulp Fiction"--the John Travolta-Uma Thurman retro dance number.
No matter how many bouquets you throw in its direction, however, the truth about "Band of Outsiders" is that words are not up to capturing its elfin charm, not even up to hinting how beautiful Paris looks in Raoul Coutard's unconsciously romantic photography. Although Godard talked a lot about his theories and his methods, if he had a secret, it was a gift for creating irresistible images. "Band of Outsiders" shows him at his most amusing, and that is no small thing.


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Last post I showed how to create email in a couple different ways, one of them being from the LightSwitch UI on the client side that used COM to automate Outlook to create an email. If you missed it here it is:
How To Send HTML Email from a LightSwitch Application
This generated some questions about how to automate Outlook to do other things like add appointments to someone's calendar. So because of this interest, I've decided to continue my series on Office automation from LightSwitch :-). This time I'll show how to create a client-side helper class that creates and sends appointments through Outlook.
We need a helper class on the client so we can call if from a button on our screen. You do this by selecting the "File View" on the Solution Explorer, right-click on the Client project and select Add –> New Class. I named the class "OutlookAppointmentHelper" for this example.
This helper class uses COM automation, a feature of Silverlight 4 and higher. So first we need to check if we're running out-of-browser on a Windows machine by checking the AutomationFactory.IsAvailable property. Next we need to get a reference to Outlook, opening the application if it's not already open. The rest of the code just creates the appointment and sends it. In the code below, you could also comment out the call to Send and instead call Display to allow the user to modify the appointment first. NOTE: The key piece of code that enables the sending of the appointment to the toAddress is to set the MeetingStatus property to 1 (olMeeting), otherwise the appointment will just stay on the user's calendar and wont be sent to the recipient.
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices.Automation
Public Class OutlookAppointmentHelper
Const olAppointmentItem As Integer = 1
Const olMeeting As Integer = 1
Shared Function CreateOutlookAppointment(ByVal toAddress As String,
ByVal subject As String,
ByVal body As String,
ByVal location As String,
ByVal startDateTime As Date,
ByVal endDateTime As Date) As Boolean
Dim result = False
Dim outlook As Object = Nothing
If AutomationFactory.IsAvailable Then
'Get the reference to the open Outlook App
outlook = AutomationFactory.GetObject("Outlook.Application")
Catch ex As Exception 'If Outlook isn't open, then an error will be thrown.
' Try to open the application
outlook = AutomationFactory.CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
End Try
If outlook IsNot Nothing Then
'Create the Appointment
' Outlook object model (OM) reference:
' http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff870566.aspx
' Appointment Item members:
' http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff869026.aspx
Dim appt = outlook.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
With appt
.Body = body
.Subject = subject
.Start = startDateTime
.End = endDateTime
.Location = location
.MeetingStatus = olMeeting
result = True
End With
End If
End If
Catch ex As Exception
Throw New InvalidOperationException("Failed to create Appointment.", ex)
End Try
Return result
End Function
End Class
Also note that if you want to add multiple recipients to the appointment you could pass in an array or List(Of String) and loop through that calling .Recipients.Add for each one:
Shared Function CreateOutlookAppointment(ByVal toAddress As List(Of String), ...rest of code
...Dim appt = outlook.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
With appt
.Body = body
.Subject = subject
.Start = startDateTime
.End = endDateTime .Location = location .MeetingStatus = olMeeting
For Each addr In toAddress
End With
You can also add required and optional attendees by setting appropriate properties. Take a look at the object model for the Appointment item for more details.
Here's how you add a command button to a screen. In the Execute method for the command button is where we add the code to create the appointment. I also want to have the button disabled if AutomationFactory.IsAvailable is False and you check that in the CanExecute method. Here I'm working with an Appointment entity in my data model but the data to feed the appointment can come from anywhere. So here's the code in my screen:
Private Sub CreateOutlookAppt_CanExecute(ByRef result As Boolean)
result = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Automation.AutomationFactory.IsAvailable
End Sub
Private Sub CreateOutlookAppt_Execute()
' Schedule the appointment via Outlook
With Me.Appointment
If .Customer.Email <> "" Then
If OutlookAppointmentHelper.CreateOutlookAppointment(.Customer.Email,
.EndTime) Then
Me.ShowMessageBox("Appointment has been sent.")
End If
Me.ShowMessageBox("This customer does not have an email address",
"Missing Email Address",
End If
End With
End Sub
Run this and you will see that when the user clicks the button the appointment is sent and it appears on the user's calendar.
Beth I was wondering if you then change the appointment time and/or date in the application will it also send a request to update the existing appointment for the attendees?
Thanks for all the great work!
Hi dcbarker,
No this code just generates the appointment one-off. Off-hand I'm thinking there's a couple things you could do. For a client-side solution you could search the appointments folder and find it there. But I think I'd opt for a server-side solution instead. For instance you could send the appointment as a VCAL attachment from the server and store it on the appointment entity. That way you tell if the request needed to be updated.
I'll play with it and post a follow up. Thanks for the idea :-)
Beth, how is the Office automation via COM is going to get affected when end users might have Office 2005 or office 2007 or office 2010 on their machine? I've never done any Office automation Via COM, but this is always a concern how the code is going to behave if they have older Office or not a full blown office installed.
Great series as always!
Hi Ben,
Yes Try..Catch is your friend when working with COM via late binding :-). However this code should work fine in Outlook 2003-2010. The OM for Outlook 2003 is here: msdn.microsoft.com/.../aa210899(office.11).aspx
not sure why, but when AutomationFactory.GetObject("Outlook.Application")
is called I'll get HRESULT: 0x80004004 (E_ABORT)) in Outlook 2010.
Hi Falk,
I'm not sure either I'm using 2010 as well. You should just be getting a "Failed to create instance" type of error if Outlook isn't open. Are you getting the same message on CreateObject?
You can also try the experts in the Outlook developer forum:
Thx for the reply. It might be some sort of security issue. I'm using Win7-64, Outlook 2010 and pst-file is password protected.
When GetObject("Outlook.Application") is called in LS then I'll get "No object was found registered for the specified progID.". When CreateObject("Outlook.Application") is called from the catch block, then sometimes I'll get "No object was found registered for the specified progID." or I'll get 0x80004004.
Vbscript and powershell are working.
From an OOB SL4 application CreateObject("Outlook.Application") works when Outlook is closed, but not when open.
GetObject("Outlook.Application") always throws the above mentioned error.
I'll try to do some further testing.
Sry, for high jacking this thread, but I progressed by one step.
The 0x80004004 error was the result of an empty recipient address.
GetObject("Outlook.Application") always throws the progID error when called from LS.
CreateObject("Outlook.Application") works when outlook is closed, but will not save the appointment, although save works without error.
When I add "outlook.Session.GetDefaultFolder(6).Display()" before creating the appointment, then the appointment gets saved. If I do it thereafter, then nothing is saved.
If I let the Outlook session from LS open, then GetObject("Outlook.Application") still throws an error. CreateObject("Outlook.Application") works but creates an new session.
Basically it seems as LS has to create the outlook session and you have to display it.
I guess I've solved the problem.
LS has to create the Outlook session and the session should be kept as a reference so that it can be reused.
I've added the following shared function to the OutlookAppointmentHelper class:
Public Class OutlookAppointmentHelper
Const olAppointmentItem As Integer = 1
Const olMeeting As Integer = 1
Shared outlook As Object
Shared IsCreated As Boolean = False
Shared Function InitializeOutlook() As Boolean
If AutomationFactory.IsAvailable Then
' If GetObject throws an exception, then Outlook is
' either not running or is not available.
If IsCreated Then
outlook = AutomationFactory.GetObject("Outlook.Application")
Return True
outlook = AutomationFactory.CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
outlook.Session.GetDefaultFolder(6).Display() ' 6 = Inbox
IsCreated = True
Return True
End If
If Not IsCreated Then
Throw New InvalidOperationException("Outlook not available. If you have an open Outlook session then close it first.")
IsCreated = False
Throw New InvalidOperationException("Outlook not available. You might have closed your Outlook session. Try again.")
End Try
Throw New InvalidOperationException("Automation not available")
End If
And when creating the appointment in CreateOutlookAppointment I'll use first
If InitializeOutlook() Then
instead of
'Get the reference to the open Outlook App
outlook = AutomationFactory.GetObject("Outlook.Application")
Catch ex As Exception 'If Outlook isn't open, then an error will be thrown.
' Try to open the application
outlook = AutomationFactory.CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
End Try
If outlook IsNot Nothing Then
@Falk Hmmm.... I'll have to play with that and test it to make sure that Outlook is closed properly when the LS app closes.
I'm working on a server-side solution that I should have posted tomorrow morning that may work better for you. Although it doesn't allow user interaction, it will create ICS meeting requests that most email clients can read.
sounds good.
The above mentioned solution is more a workaround and there is one further issue. When LS created the outlook session and I close and restart the client, then a new outlook session gets created. So all this sums up as follows.
Outlook open (not created by LS client)
Createobject and getobject will through an error.
No Outlook session
Createobject creates a session and getobject will get it.
Outlook open (created with LS client)
Createobject creates a new session and getobject will get it.
@Falk -- I have been unable to simulate your problem and I'm on Win7 64 as well so it just seems odd. You definitely need to make sure you call GetObject first otherwise another call to CreateObject would create another instance.
I'll be posting that server-side solution tommorrow morning, I almost have it done.
Here's the follow up post that shows how to send the appointment as an iCalander attachment from server side business rules:
thanks massi........
Thank you Beth,
it works fine!


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Squadron TWELVE
In the beginning, Aviators, aircremen and maintenance personnel were receiving orders throughout the Naval Aviation community to report to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron SIX (HC-6) Detachment 53. Some of the seasoned pilots were combat experienced aviators that served with Helicopter Assault Light THREE (HAL-3) Seawolves in Vietnam, while the aircrew and maintenance personnel came from various aviation squadrons throughout the fleet. These men and their two (2) CH-53A (Marine green) aircraft would soon form the first Airborne Mine Countermeasures Squadron in the U.S. Navy.
Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron TWELVE (HM-12) was commissioned on 1 April 1971 at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia. From the squadron's initial compliment of 34 officers and 108 enlisted personnel, and four (4) CH-53A helicopters, it developed into a community of five squadron's (HM-12, HM-14, HM-15, HM-18 and HM-19). Being the first squadron of it's kind in the world, it had the unique position of functioning both as an operational unit and as a readiness training squadron. The primary mission of the Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) community remains to provide the U.S. Navy with a world-wide, quick reaction mine countermeasures capability. This rapid mobility is obtained by global deployment of operationally trained and ready airborne mine countermeasures squadrons aboard U.S. Air Force C-5A Galazy and C-141 "Starlifter" aircraft. HELMINERON TWELVE was charged with the responsibility for replacement training of all RH-53D personnel in the Navy.
On October 8 1971, about one hundred officers and men of the Mobile Mine Countermeasures Command and four (4) CH-53 "Sea Stallion" helicopters, were airlifted from Norfolk, Virginia and Charleston, South Carolina, to the Sixth Fleet at Souda Bay, Crete by C-5's of the 437th Military Airlift Wing in a demonstration of the world-wide quick reaction mine countermeasures capability.
A detachment of four (4) CH-53A's from HM-12 recorded the first overseas deployment of the new helicopter. The detachment began sweeping operations, after being airlifted by C-5A Galaxies from Charleston, South Carolina, to Suada Bay, Crete. From 2 to 7 November 1971, the squadron participated in the first integration of airborne minesweeping operations into an amphibious assualt exercise. The operations were conducted from USS Coronado.
The second major test of the squadron's operational
capability came in November 1972, when word was received to prepare for immediate
deployment of the entire squadron to the Western Pacific. Within ten days,
all preparations were completed, and the Unit was airlifted by C-5A and C-141B
aircraft to the Naval Air Station, Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines,
to participate in Operation ENDSWEEP, the clearing
of mines from the harbors and coastal waters of North Vietnam. As part of
Task Force Seventy-Eight (TF-78), the squadron entered the waters of North
Vietnam and flew its first wartime operational minesweeping mission in Haiphong
Harbor on 27 February 1973. The first live mine was detonated on 9 March
and marked another first for Naval Aviation history.
After Operation ENDSWEEP terminated in July 1973, the squadron returned to Norfolk, and immediately began transition to the Sikorsky RH-53D "Sea Stallion" helicopter, the first helicopter expressly designed and built for airborne mine countermeasures.
In April 1974, orders were received to prepare for another major operational deployment, Operation NIMBUS STAR, the clearance of mines from the Suez Canal. When mine clearing operations were completed, the Suez Canal and associated lakes were considered 99% clear of active mines. The squadron returned to Norfolk in June of 1974.
In July 1975, an HM-12 detachment once again returned to the Mediterranean to participate in Operation NIMBUS STREAM, the clearing of mines from the coastal waters of the United Arab Republic of Egypt. Following the successful completion of Operation NIMBUS STREAM in October, HM-12 Detachemnt TWO deployed to Naval Air Facility, Sigonella, Sicily, until January 1976 for vertical onboard delivery (VOD) operations in support of U.S. ships assigned to the Sixth Fleet.
In addition to the operational deployments to the Western Pacific and Mediterranean, HM-12 has provided services for nuclear weapons transshipment, carrier offloads, development projects, airshow displays and demonstrations, as well as college recruiting programs. HM-12 has maintained its readiness through numerous training exercises here in Norfolk and at various locations on the West and East coasts. In November 1975, HM-12 began training pilots and aircrewmen of the Imperial Iranian Navy in Airborne Mine Countermeasures procedures. These pilots and crewmen formed the backbone of an AMCM squadron in Iran.
May 1978 marked the redesignation of Mine Countermeasures Unit ALPHA and HM-12 Detachment ONE, forming HM-14. Mine Countermeasures Unit BRAVO and HM-12 Detachment TWO was redesignated HM-16 in October 1978. HM-12 maintained formal replacement training for the AMCM community providing the CNO Fleet Readiness Aviation Maintenance Personnel (FRAMP) course and the training of Fleet Replacement Aircrew (FRAC).
On 30 April 1979, yet another HM-12 first was accomplished and in this
case a Navy first as well. The pilots and crew (LCDR John Yearwood, Lt Rod
Davis, Lt Bill Meeley, Lt Harry De Butts, Lt Lou Morris, AE1 J.R. Stanley,
AD1 R.L. Anderson and AMS2 A.W. Sorenson) of helicopter 430 flew non-stop
from NAS Norfolk, Virginia to NAS North Island, California. Utilizing five
air-to-air refuelings from a C-130 Hercules aircraft and 18.5 hours the aircraft
established a presendence for long distance non-stop flights.
In the spring of 1983, HM-12 took delivery of the Navy's first CH-53E "Super Stallion" aircraft, the largest and most powerful aircraft in the western world. The "Super Stallion" is used as a Vertical Onboard Delivery (VOD) aircraft, responsible for carrier battle group support around the globe.
From December 1983 to April 1987 the squadron served as home base for HM-12 Sea Detachment, an independent contingent of personnel tasked with providing logistics support to the fleet units along the east coast and throughout the Caribbean. Operating two CH-53E aircraft, the "Hawlin Hogs" served with disinction, receiving two Meritorious Unit Comendations within the brief span of three years. In the spring of 1987 the Sea Detachment personnel and aircraft merged with elements of neighboring units to establish Helicopter Combat Support Squadron TWO (HC-2), a composite fleet support squadron.
May 28, 1987 marked yet another significant milestone in the squadron's
history with the arrival of its first MH-53E "Sea Dragon" helicopter, a potent
addition to the Navy's mine countermeasures arsenal. Technologically superior
to its predecessor, the MH-53E represents a guantum leap forward for the
AMCM community.
HM-12, as a Fleet Replacement Squadron, trained and qualified 768 pilots, 1,200 aircrew and 11,900 maintenance personnel. In addition, they logged over 75,000 mishap-free flight hours, and completed over 23 years of mishap-free operations, giving HM-12 an unsurpassed safety record in the helicopter community.
HM-12 was officially decommissioned on 30 September 1994, but her personnel still serve the AMCM community as high ranking Naval officers, senior aircrew and maintenance personnel and logistics support contractors. There will never be another squadron like HUM DOZEN!
Last revised on 29 August, 1999 © Airborne Mine Countermeasures Association, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Barry Marple - Webmaster. All rights reserved.


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I'm still very much with you on this idea. I will definitely pitch for this being a Toronto-based installation (e.g., base of walk-in operations) but open (and promoting itself) to online sales throughout the whole country. I will be leaving Toronto in a few weeks and I know that the regionalism inherent on a national level makes coast-to-coast-to-coast scopes difficult, if not discouraged. Same goes for linguistic loggerheads. But were such a co-operative to form and execute, it would be very reassuring that I could go online and order my supplies regardless where I might be. As a former west coaster, there are times when it felt like there might as well have been the economic Himalayans slapped somewhere west of Brandon and east of Swift Current (and Regina was some summit).
As far as places to have walk-in retailing, you would probably need a real estate scout versed in co-operative businesses. While they're an assurance company, you should talk with someone at The Co-Operators, as they have outstanding connections with co-ops of every kind nationally. At the Building Sustainable Co-operatives Future 2007 conference, a Co-Operators representative spoke at a symposium on co-operative business structures and the best way to go about it. The one thing they stressed and I since have taken to heart is embracing the Triple Bottom Line (economic, social, and environmental) approach to running a co-op. Being a proper disposal point for used chemicals, like exhausted developer, could be one way to close that loop in the GTA (e.g., charging a nominal fee to properly dispose of it) and thus meeting an environmental bottom line (as chemical emulsions and solutions tend to be an increasingly problematic sticking point in the film versus digital debate). Social bottom line could be film imaging education, offering or hosting seminars or community education initiatives (like putting a film camera into the hands of teenagers and teaching them about darkroom chemistry).


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CHEAP EATS Earl Butter was drinking rum and I was drinking whiskey. Earlier that day he had composed a song on the sidewalk, a sidewalk song, and it was perfectly pedestrian and wonderful. Guitar on lap on edge of bed, he figured out the chords and taught me my part.
He sang, deeply and feelingly, with an operatic, incrementally building pomp, "I want / To / Have / A pork sandwich!" And I went, in a fluty falsetto, "Lu lu lu."
Between sips we practiced and perfected our presentation of these two brilliant lines, or one brilliant line with an enigmatic postscript. And when I thought we'd gotten it down I said, "OK, I feel comfortable with it. What's the next line?"
He said there wasn't one, and what was I talking about? "'I want to have a pork sandwich.' What more need be said?" he said. Lu lu lu.
Ah! It was a song about longing, a longing for pork no less, and it was over. Complete. Perfect. And downright farmerly in its simpleness. Perhaps more than anyone I know except maybe my old friend Bikkets, whose greatest imaginable worldly joy is to stomp on a cookie Earl Butter is tuned to the simple pleasures of life, the two simplest of which are, arguably: (1) a pork sandwich and (2) a one-line opera unambiguously expressing one's desire for same.
Does it get any farmerlier than that? Oh, I would have liked a bigger role ... what leading lady wouldn't? As if reading my mind, Earl Butter came up with one. His face lit up as he hammered into his guitar. Clearly, this was an inspired moment. In addition to "Lu lu lu," I would now accompany him on the word "have."
So the song was reperfected thusly: "I want / To / HAVE / A pork sandwich! Lu lu lu."
I shouldn't be letting you in on our creative process, I know. Earl Butter and I are both respected, published troubadours, with bands and albums, music publishing companies, BMI registration, and, every 10 years or so, a royalty check.
Another thing we have in common is a freezer full of soup. All poor people have one. Right? Well, assuming homefulness and electricity they do. Between my shameless scavenging skills and Earl's all-out general charm, we are the recipients of more bones and meat scraps than most of the dogs in California put together.
A typical phone conversation between us goes like this:
Me: What are you making? Him: Soup. My neighbors gave me their turkey carcass. You? Me: Oh, soup too. I had a babysittingrefrigerator-cleaning gig yesterday.
Or another thing I'll do is, I'll go into a foofy food store and appear at the meat counter, barely visible under armloads of designer macaroni, p.c. coffee beans, free-range organic drinking water, imported small-press napkins, etc. I'll ask after their Neiman Marcus beef, and then, while I'm deciding how many pounds of it to buy, suddenly remember that I also need chicken giblets, necks, and backs for some alternative-weekly performance piece I'm working on.
While they duck into the butchery to secure these to-them throwaway ingredients, I decide against the beef "for now" but they still don't charge me for the scraps, because I'm such a good customer. "Next!"
Next-in-line steps forward, and I step around the place putting everything else back on its proper shelf, then check out with an onion and a carrot. This saves me the inconvenience of having to pick my soup out of their dumpster after hours, in the dark.
I told Earl about the ham bone I'd scored from a holiday party cleanup and the gallons of split pea soup I'd made with it did he want any? Sure; did I want to take home a carton of frozen turkey soup? Sure!
But I was too dark and it was too drunk to drive. Earl was in the kitchen. I made my bed in his closet but didn't lie in it, because South Park came on.
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So bear with me one last time. This needs to be discussed. It is something that simply should not happen in the 21st century and it should not be tolerated by Western nations. Period.
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Google Voice does let you route calls into its voicemail system, so a caller needn't call a different number, they just call your normal cell number, Google "hijacks" the call, and it goes to Google Voice. Plus, GV allows you to keep your messages indefinitely. YouMail allows you to keep 100 of your previous messages under the free account plan. GV does transcription, but only automated (computer) transcriptions, which are pretty hilarious. YouMail offers a paid human-based transcription service. Is it better? A couple of trials and I can say that while it is superior, it is not perfect. The service still misunderstands names it is unfamiliar with, even your own (I was called Beck) and little can help a fast-talker or mumbler or a bad connection.
However, Google Voice has a very limited feature set within the voicemail section. The bare-bones approach may appeal to some, but I will say that YouMail is like Google Voice on steroids when it comes to voicemail. Just under the "More Actions" menu alone, YouMail allows you to forward the message, enable sharing, flag for follow-up, edit the contact, add the caller as a contact or download a bunch of messages in bulk. Forwarding the message alone is worth it, as you can send to anyone via SMS or email (you're not locked into a carrier). With Google Voice you can email, download or embed the message.
With Google Voice you can have personalized greetings. But again, YouMail has more available options and content. For example, there's an entire community of uploaders making greetings you can use! Here's one with a Valentine's Day message in it, but there are quite a few available from the humorous (Rick Roll) to the practical (Do Not Call Registry). Just like Google Voice, you can set these per incoming phone number so that everyone can have their own message. Something where Google might have an advantage is if you use Google groups in your contacts, as you can set messages for those within Google Voice. But I'm guessing there's not a huge market already using their groups feature.
There's some nice granular control available on YouMail for several features, but I think it's worth noting a couple that differentiate YouMail from Google Voice. In YouMail, you can get a push notification either when you receive a voicemail, or after it has been transcribed. You can customize email so that it is tuned for the iPhone, full HTML or just plain text. You can get a text when a caller is ditched, or when someone hangs up on your message. You can get an email with an MP3 of the voicemail messages you've been left.
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chess game : moving piece
mundva wala
Joined: Jul 02, 2010
Posts: 6
Jul 05, 2010 00:38:07
i am try to make a simple 2player chess game...
problem:- when i did wrong move then it comes to its original position but then after i can't move it again...why this is happening??
also suggest some more efficient mechanism ....
if(true) // then move { chessPiece.setVisible(false); Component c = chessBoard.findComponentAt(e.getX(), e.getY()); if (c instanceof JLabel){ Container parent = c.getParent(); parent.remove(0); parent.add( chessPiece ); } else { Container parent = (Container)c; parent.add( chessPiece ); } chessPiece.setVisible(true); }//return else chessPiece.setLocation(x + xAdjustment, y + yAdjustment);
pete stein
Joined: Feb 23, 2007
Posts: 1561
Jul 05, 2010 07:13:53
I think I speak for many here by saying that I would much better understand your problem if I could see and play with compilable code. I recommend that you create and post the smallest program possible that is compilable, runnable, demonstrates your problem, and has no extraneous code not related to the problem, an
. Please see the link for details on how to create one of these because trust me, if your
is compliant with the specs, you'll likely get a very helpful answer from someone here quickly. For instance you would likely create a very simple board that has one piece on it, that relies on graphics that are available to all from the internet.
Much luck!
mundva wala
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Jul 06, 2010 03:16:07
here is the full code of it....
import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.util.*; import javax.swing.*; public class Chess extends JFrame implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener { JLayeredPane layeredPane; JPanel chessBoard; JLabel chessPiece; int xAdjustment; int yAdjustment; int sx,sy; int dx,dy; int x,y; public Chess(){ Dimension boardSize = new Dimension(600, 600); //Use a Layered Pane for this this application layeredPane = new JLayeredPane(); getContentPane().add(layeredPane); layeredPane.setPreferredSize(boardSize); layeredPane.addMouseListener(this); layeredPane.addMouseMotionListener(this); //Add a chess board to the Layered Pane chessBoard = new JPanel(); layeredPane.add(chessBoard, JLayeredPane.DEFAULT_LAYER); chessBoard.setLayout( new GridLayout(8, 8) ); chessBoard.setPreferredSize( boardSize ); chessBoard.setBounds(0, 0, boardSize.width, boardSize.height); boolean flag=false; for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) { if(j%2==0) flag=false; else if(j%2==1) flag=true; for(int i=0;i<8;i++){ JPanel square = new JPanel( new BorderLayout() ); chessBoard.add( square ); if(flag==true) square.setBackground( i % 2 == 0 ? Color.black : Color.white ); else square.setBackground( i % 2 == 0 ? Color.white : Color.black ); } } //Add a few pieces to the board JLabel label = new JLabel( new ImageIcon("images/redRock.gif") ); JPanel panel = (JPanel)chessBoard.getComponent(4); panel.add(label); } public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e){ chessPiece = null; Component c = chessBoard.findComponentAt(e.getX(), e.getY()); x=e.getX(); y=e.getY(); //sx=source x sx=(e.getX())/75; sy=(e.getY())/75; if (c instanceof JPanel) return; Point parentLocation = c.getParent().getLocation(); xAdjustment = parentLocation.x - e.getX(); yAdjustment = parentLocation.y - e.getY(); chessPiece = (JLabel)c; chessPiece.setLocation(e.getX() + xAdjustment, e.getY() + yAdjustment); chessPiece.setSize(chessPiece.getWidth(), chessPiece.getHeight()); layeredPane.add(chessPiece, JLayeredPane.DRAG_LAYER); } //Move the chess piece around public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent me) { if (chessPiece == null) return; chessPiece.setLocation(me.getX() + xAdjustment, me.getY() + yAdjustment); } //Drop the chess piece back onto the chess board public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) { if(chessPiece == null) return; //dx= destination x dx=(e.getX())/75; dy=(e.getY())/75; //Here d main logic comes if((sx==dx) || (sy==dy)) { chessPiece.setVisible(false); Component c = chessBoard.findComponentAt(e.getX(), e.getY()); if (c instanceof JLabel){ Container parent = c.getParent(); parent.remove(0); parent.add( chessPiece ); } else { Container parent = (Container)c; parent.add( chessPiece ); } chessPiece.setVisible(true); } else //i think problem is here chessPiece.setLocation(x + xAdjustment, y + yAdjustment); } public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) { } public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) { } public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e){ } public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) { } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new Chess(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE ); frame.pack(); frame.setResizable(false); frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null ); frame.setVisible(true); } }
pete stein
Joined: Feb 23, 2007
Posts: 1561
Jul 06, 2010 21:39:54
I don't know if there is one or a few best ways to do this, but I would have my jpanel squares grid held in a
as you're doing, but would add the chess piece to the square itself, not the layered pane. If the square uses
and you add the piece to it without constraints, it will be added to the center of the square. Then in the mouse listener, I'd obtain the square at the mouse pressed point, see if a piece was there, place it in the
's DRAG_LAYER, and move it with mouse dragged , and then on mouseRelease see if the mouse Point is over a square, check if it is a valid square and if so, add the piece again to the square. If not, I'd replace it on the original square.
mundva wala
Joined: Jul 02, 2010
Posts: 6
Jul 07, 2010 04:08:53
thank you very much for giving reply
but i can't understand what you want 2 say....
then move
return to original position //can you write the code of this mechanism which is suitable for my coding???
if you can write the code for it then it will very helpful to me...
thank you
pete stein
Joined: Feb 23, 2007
Posts: 1561
Jul 07, 2010 04:59:49
I can show you my
code. It's not well written in that it is mixing GUI with logic, and its logic is only that of a black pawn but as a first approximation, it works for me:
// private inner class private class MyMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter { private JLabel piece = null; // Point distance from dragging mouse to piece's left upper corner private Point delta = null; // location of chess piece prior to move private int oldRank = -1; private int oldFile = -1; @Override public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { Point p = e.getPoint(); Component c = board.getComponentAt(p); // find out which square was clicked for (int rank = 0; rank < jPanelSquareGrid.length; rank++) { for (int file = 0; file < jPanelSquareGrid[rank].length; file++) { if (jPanelSquareGrid[rank][file] == c) { // the jPanelSquares are derived from JPanel but have a // few of their own methods. This checks to see if it holds a piece if (jPanelSquareGrid[rank][file].getChessPiece() != null) { piece = jPanelSquareGrid[rank][file].getChessPiece(); oldRank = rank; oldFile = file; // remove piece from sqare and add to layered pane's drag layer jPanelSquareGrid[rank][file].remove(piece); mainLayeredPane.add(piece, JLayeredPane.DRAG_LAYER); // center piece over mouse int x = p.x - PIECE_WIDTH/2; int y = p.y - PIECE_WIDTH/2; piece.setLocation(x, y); delta = new Point(p.x - x, p.y - y); board.revalidate(); mainLayeredPane.repaint(); return; } } } } // no piece found oldFile = -1; oldRank = -1; } @Override public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) { if (piece != null) { Point p = e.getPoint(); int x = p.x - delta.x; int y = p.y - delta.y; piece.setLocation(x, y); mainLayeredPane.revalidate(); mainLayeredPane.repaint(); } } @Override public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) { if (piece != null) { // find the square that we've released over JPanelSquare sqr = (JPanelSquare) board.getComponentAt(e.getPoint()); // no matter what happens, the layered pane loses the piece mainLayeredPane.remove(piece); // if released off of board grid or move is not valid if (sqr == null || !validMove(sqr)) { // return piece to original square jPanelSquareGrid[oldRank][oldFile].add(piece); } else { // otherwise add to new square sqr.add(piece); } // re-initialize things piece = null; delta = null; oldRank = -1; oldFile = -1; board.revalidate(); mainLayeredPane.repaint(); } } // just a pawn's moves private boolean validMove(JPanelSquare sqr) { int rank = sqr.getRank(); int file = sqr.getFile(); if (file != oldFile) { return false; } if (oldRank == 1 && (rank != 2 && rank != 3)) { return false; } if (oldRank != 1 && rank != oldRank + 1) { return false; } return true; } }
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Second one made, so first one trashed. Matriorb due 11-11.


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Strong Female Lead presents COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (1982) (FREE)
Friday, August 30th @ 8:30pm
Are you tired of seeing only the boys have all the fun? Are you aching for some Lady-centric Entertainment? Then Strong Female Lead has what you've been searching for! A film series for Women AND the Men who aren't afraid of them.
1982 – directed by Robert Altman – with Cher, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis
The drama, love, and laughter between co-workers, friends and members of the all female James Dean fan club –The Disciples of James Dean — never seems to end. Starring Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond and Kathy Bates as they meet at a Texas five-and-dime store to honor the 20th anniversary of the actor's death. The ladies put on their pink club jackets and try to remember the dance they made up years ago — but each woman still has her own dusty memory to defend.
As always, a lock of hair and movie themed drawing awarded after the film! The Disciples of James Dean keepsakes for the first 20 guests — SFL's tribute to our late STRONG FEMALE LEAD: Karen Black
109 min