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How to install Sun Java on Ubuntu

Nicholas Lu — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:53:00 GMT

Sun Java packages have been dropped from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS from the Multiverse section of Ubuntu archive. Ubuntu team is encouraging users to use OpenJDK instead of Sun JDK/JRE but still if you want to install Sun JDK on your Ubuntu then here is the solution:

$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
or {Depending upon what you need)
$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

Force TextField value to uppercase in Extjs

Nicholas Lu — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:40:51 GMT

We need to force TextField convert any input to uppercase in Extjs. You can enable key events and listen for those:

Localization Bugs for DNN 5.5.0

Nicholas Lu — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:17:58 GMT

Find some bugs when I make DNN 5.5 Chinese language package.

In App_GlobalResources\GlobalResources.resx file, at line 171:

  <data name="//Admin//Tabs.String" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Pagesvalue>
  data>

should be

  <data name="//Admin//Pages.String" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Pagesvalue>
  data>

Bubble event fro SVG to HTML - Calling Javascript functions in HTML documents from events in SVG DOM

Nicholas Lu — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:46:46 GMT

This is actually quite simple. To refer to a JavaScript function named "f( )" that resides in the HTML document (in which the SVG document is embedded), let the SVG document call the function through "top.f( )".

Please refer this page for live demo: http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/svg/intro/PartF_B.html

Install DNN 5.2.3 on SQL 2000 got error

Nicholas Lu — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:57:33 GMT

If you install a DotNetNuke 5.2.x on SQL 2000, you will get a error message like

     System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Line 6: Incorrect syntax near 'max'.
  

The solution is simple, switch to SQL 2005.

Using Ext JS FormPanel in DotNetNuke

Nicholas Lu — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:46:44 GMT

Refrence for Keeping ASP.NET website alive

Nicholas Lu — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:07:26 GMT

Preventing Site Loading Delays due to ASP.NET Startup (Including DotNetNuke)

http://www.mitchelsellers.com/blogs/articletype/articleview/articleid/103.aspx

Keep Your Website Alive (Don’t Let IIS Recycle Your Website)!

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/39118/Keep-Your-Website-Alive-Don-t-Let-IIS-Recycle-Your.aspx

Forcing an ASP.NET Application to 'stay alive'

http://www.west-wind.com/WebLog/posts/67557.aspx

Simulate a Windows Service using ASP.NET to run scheduled jobs

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/ASPNETService.aspx

Free IIS extensions to prevent ASP.NET SQL injection

Nicholas Lu — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:03:40 GMT

UrlScan 3.1 is a security tool that restricts the types of HTTP requests that IIS will process. By blocking specific HTTP requests, the UrlScan 3.1 security tool helps to prevent potentially harmful requests from reaching applications on the server. UrlScan 3.1 is an update to UrlScan 2.5 supports IIS 5.1, IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Fantastic Flash website - Neave

Nicholas Lu — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:18:48 GMT

website address: http://www.neave.com

It's a very interesting and splendid flash website.

Collection of Flex self-learning(draft)

Nicholas Lu — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:24:18 GMT

Cross-domain policy file specification

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/articles/crossdomain_policy_file_spec.html#introduction