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A simple example on how to read a UTF text file synchronously. import flash.filesystem.File; import flash.filesystem.FileMode; import flash.filesystem.FileStream; //First, get a reference to the file you want to load var myFile:File = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath("lifestory.txt&...

Declare the AppWidgetProvider class in your application's AndroidManifest.xml file. For example: <receiver android:name="ExampleAppWidgetProvider" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" /> </intent-filter&gt...

String concatenation is done simply by writing expressions next to one another without any operator. For example: BEGIN { user = "root" print "Hello "user "!" } will print: Hello root! Note that expressions do not have to be separated by whitespace.

Nine-patch images allow optional definition of the padding lines in the image. The padding lines are the lines on the right and at the bottom. If a View sets the 9-patch image as its background, the padding lines are used to define the space for the View's content (e.g. the text input in an EditTex...

This is MATLAB's long-winded way of saying that it cannot find the function that you're trying to call. There are a number of reasons you could get this error: That function was introduced after your current version of MATLAB The MATLAB online documentation provides a very nice feature which allow...

This example uses a search controller to filter the data inside a table view controller. The search bar is placed inside the navigation bar that the table view is embedded into. Embed a UITableViewController into a UINavigationController to get the UINavigationItem (which contains the navigation ...

A helper function to create a bitmap copy of an object. This can be used to convert vector objects, text or complex nested Sprite's to a flattened bitmap. function makeBitmapCopy(displayObj:IBitmapDrawable, transparent:Boolean = false, bgColor:uint = 0x00000000, smooth:Boolean = true):Bitmap { ...

Sometimes you just need a diff to apply using patch. The regular git --diff does not work. Try this instead: git diff --no-prefix > some_file.patch Then somewhere else you can reverse it: patch -p0 < some_file.patch

Node.js has 3 basic ways to handle exceptions/errors: try-catch block error as the first argument to a callback emit an error event using eventEmitter try-catch is used to catch the exceptions thrown from the synchronous code execution. If the caller (or the caller's caller, ...) used try/ca...

First we need to reference the Styles we want to use. <link rel="stylesheet" href="[file path]/kendo.common.min.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="[file path]/kendo.[Theme].min.css" /> Now most of the controls use the [Theme], given in the a...

It is often useful for debugging purposes to find the root cause of an error. In order to examine an error value that implements std::error::Error: use std::error::Error; let orig_error = call_returning_error(); // Use an Option<&Error>. This is the return type of Error.cause(). le...

In Python 3, PEP 404 changes the way imports work from Python 2. Implicit relative imports are no longer allowed in packages and from ... import * imports are only allowed in module level code. To achieve Python 3 behavior in Python 2: the absolute imports feature can be enabled with from __futu...

Since Unity 5.2.5 it's possible to use RuntimeInitializeOnLoadMethodAttribute to execute initialization logic bypassing MonoBehaviour order of execution. It provides a way to create more clean and robust implementation: using UnityEngine; sealed class GameDirector : MonoBehaviour { // Beca...

Provided an App.GoogleMap coffee script class, the google map can be initialized like this: # app/assets/javascripts/google_maps.js.coffee # ... class App.GoogleMap map_div: {} map: {} constructor: (map_div)-> @map_div = map_div @init_map() @reference_the_map_as_dat...

Provided an App.GoogleMap coffee script class and the marker information being stored in the data-address-fields attribute of the .google_map div, the map markers can be initialized on the map like this: # app/assets/javascripts/google_maps.js.coffee # ... class App.GoogleMap # ... markers:...

To display address profile fields as markers on a google map, the address field objects need to be passed as json objects to javascript. Regular database attributes When calling to_json on an ApplicationRecord object, the database attributes are automatically exposed. Given a ProfileFields::Addre...

If you need to search an ActiveRecord model for similar values, you might be tempted to use LIKE or ILIKE but this isn't portable between database engines. Similarly, resorting to always downcasing or upcasing can create performance issues. You can use ActiveRecord's underlying Arel matches method...

NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = (NotificationCompat.Builder) new NotificationCompat.Builder(context) .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.some_small_icon) .setContentTitle("Title") .setContentText("This is a test notification with MAX priority")...

A has_many :through association is often used to set up a many-to-many connection with another model. This association indicates that the declaring model can be matched with zero or more instances of another model by proceeding through a third model. For example, consider a medical practice where p...

A has_one :through association sets up a one-to-one connection with another model. This association indicates that the declaring model can be matched with one instance of another model by proceeding through a third model. For example, if each supplier has one account, and each account is associated...