Geek Talkin Siebel

Load: Class VncViewer.class not found

2011-02-24T15:57:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

The other day I started to play around Oracle's new Virtualization product Oracle VM 2.2. Its pretty neat product with quick installation & no much hiccups.

The interesting part starts once you have Oracle VM Manager, the web-based tool to manage & deploy Guest VMs on the Oracle VM Server.

Since the entire offering is based out of Xen's Hypervisor & linux based, the remote console facility is leveraged using VNC.

If you already have deployed a new Guest VM using Oracle VM Manager and try to view its console, you will get an error as in the Java Applet Execution window.

Load: Class VncViewer.class not found

The simple reason being is the VncViewer.jar is missing due to which it fails to invoke VNC Viewer within the browser.

To install follow below quick steps:

1) Get TightVNC RPM:
bash$ wget http://oss.oracle.com/oraclevm/manager/RPMS/tightvnc-java-1.3.9-3.noarch.rpm
2) Install the new downloaded RPM
bash$ rpm -ivh tightvnc-java-1.3.9-3.noarch.rpm

Once done verify if the VncViewer.jar file is created successfully under
/opt/oc4j/j2ee/home/applications/OVS/webapp1/Class

Thats it!
Restart your browser and login into Oracle VM Manager again to browse to the console successfully :-)

Keywords:
Oracle VM Server, Oracle VM Manager, Xen, Virtualization, Vmware, etc.

How to edit /etc/sudoers?

2011-01-13T16:02:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

Well you must have come across various situations when you need to quickly edit the /etc/sudoers file for making changes.

Though it is not straight forward to open in an vi editor & edit it, below are time saving commands for Linux & Unix to quickly edit the same:

Linux:
bash-3.00$ sudo visudo

Unix:
bash-3.00$ /usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/local/sbin/visudo

VISUDO opens the /etc/sudoers file in a temporary editable mode, which can be changed and saved to reflect changes immediately.

Hope this tip helps :-)

Keywords:
Linux, Unix, Red Hat, Solaris, /etc/sudoers, vi, visduo, sudo, edit, etc

Dynamic Pricing - Siebel 8.1.1.x and above

2010-12-23T12:20:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

Well, up to Siebel 8.0.0.x versions, we had to manually configure dozens of things to ensure that we successfully enable Dynamic Pricing (Complete Manual Instructions), but now that is no longer the case from Siebel 8.1.1.x and above versions :-)

Dynamic Pricing can now be enabled at a click of a button from:
Sitemap -> Administration - Pricing -> Pricelists -> Menu -> Enable Dynamic Pricing

Hope this tip helps!
Enjoy!

Keywords:
comparison pricing,competitive pricing,dynamic price,dynamic pricing,market pricing,price waterfall,pricer,pricing management,pricing strategy,product pricing,siebel crm,value pricing

IE8 - SBL-UIF-00296: You already have a web browser accessing the current web session.

2010-11-23T16:42:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

With Siebel CRM recently releasing IE8 compatibility, one common issue faced on day one is
"SBL-UIF-00296: You already have a web browser accessing the current web session. Multiple browsers are not allowed to share the same web session"

No matter what you do, you are not able to open multiple Siebel instances in IE8!
Well, those who are new to IE8, there seems to be a session replication builtin which causes to replicate the session in the multiple instances you open causing Siebel to give the error.

The correct way to resolve this is to start a new IE8 Siebel Session using
a) File -> New Session or [From IE8 UI]
b) iexplore.exe -nomerge [Command line -nomerge option]

This way we explicitly instruct IE8 not to replicate session allowing us to open multiple Siebel instances.
Please remember that never open multiple Siebel instances in different IE Tabs! It is not supported and can cause a big issue with your data.

Hope this tip helps :-)

Keywords:
IE8, 8.0.0.8, 8.1.1.3, Siebel CRM, siebel crm,siebel customer relationship management,siebel solutions,siebel support,siebel support web,siebel systems, Internet Explorer, Session Replication, etc

Joomla LDAP Setup

2010-11-02T10:00:00.002+05:30

Hi Friends,

Few days back i was playing with an internal setup of WAMP Server having Apache 2.2.11, PHP 5.3.0 & MySQL 5.1.36 deployed with Joomla 1.5.21 CMS.

Joomla provides a native LDAP Authentication plugin which can be enabled to connect to your LDAP directory for authentication. It can be found under your Joomla Admin Panel -> Extensions -> Plugin Manager -> Authentication - LDAP

In our environment we have Red Hat Directory Server providing us the directory services.
It supports bind & search kind of authentication over LDAP, so below are the settings needed to be done on the joomla authentication plugin

Host: ldaphost.domain.com
Port: 389 [Default, change it if you run on other port number]
Authorisation Method: Bind & Search
Base DN: dc=value,dc=value [e.g. dc=domainname,dc=com]
Search String: uid=[search] [Note, here uid is the attribute which stores user id. So in your environment you have userid as the attribute, then the correct value is userid=[search] ]
User's DN: [This should be blank & only used if you are using Authorisation Method as bind directly as a user. ]
Connect Username: uid=directoryadminusername,ou=directoryadminusergroup,dc=value,dc=value
[Notes:
uid - Is the attribute which stores user id. If you have userid as the attribute, the it should be userid=
directoryadminusername - This should be your LDAP Directories Admin user's id
directoryadminusergroup - This should be your LDAP Directory Admin user's group name
dc=value,dc=value - This should be similar to your Base DN ]
Connect Passwod: Specify the directory admin user password here
Map Full name: fullnameattribute [Specify the attribute within LDAP Directory which stores the full name]
Map Email: emailattribute [Specify the attribute within LDAP Directory which stores the email address]
Map Userid: useridattribute [Specify the attribute within LDAP Directory which stores the userid]

Note, once you enable the LDAP Authentication, any new user logging in will have an automatic user record creation within Joomla. So in essence, you should take off the "Register" link on the login form!

If you face issues while setting this up, then please ask in the comments section :-)
Enjoy!

Keywords:
Joomla 1.5.21, PHP, MySQL, WAMP, Apache, CMS, LDAP, etc

Joomla PHP/MySQL Performance Tuning

2010-10-29T10:05:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends,

Few days back i was playing with an internal setup of WAMP Server having Apache 2.2.11, PHP 5.3.0 & MySQL 5.1.36 deployed with Joomla 1.5.21 CMS.

For a 500 user base below are Apache & MySQL Parameters for optimal Joomla Performance on a Windows Deployment:

Apache mpm_winnt_module
# WinNT MPM
# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in the server process
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves

ThreadLimit 1000
ThreadsPerChild 500
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
KeepAlive On
KeepAliveTimeout 60
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
MaxMemFree 100

MySQL my.ini
key_buffer = 150M
max_allowed_packet = 1M
table_cache = 1000
sort_buffer_size = 1M
net_buffer_length = 8K
read_buffer_size = 1M
read_rnd_buffer_size = 768K
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
basedir=D:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysql5.1.36
log-error=D:/wamp/logs/mysql.log
datadir=D:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysql5.1.36/data
query_cache_limit=1M
query_cache_size=32M
query_cache_type=1
tmp_table_size=32M
key_buffer_size=64M

These changes are tested & found be working at acceptable levels in my environment. Please consider your deployment sizing & other aspects before adopting above settings.

Keywords:
Apache, WAMP, PHP, MySQL, Performance, Tuning, etc

Joomla PHP Fatal error: Out of memory

2010-10-28T10:00:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends,

Few days back i was playing with an internal setup of WAMP Server having Apache 2.2.11, PHP 5.3.0 & MySQL 5.1.36 deployed with Joomla 1.5.21 CMS.

The first & foremost problem i faced on daily basis was a Apache Crash due to PHP Fatal error: Out of Memory!

Googling around pointed me to increase the memory allocated to PHP in php.ini by changing the parameter
; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (128MB)
; http://php.net/memory-limit
memory_limit 128M

By default, PHP 5.3.0 has 128MB memory allocated. The error logs though pointed to a out of memory crash, it actually didnt have a memory availability issue.

I changed this to 256MB, 512MB & even 1024MB but all the time it crashed :-(
The official parameter description suggested that, if you set this up to -1, there wont be an upper limit capped for PHP.

My next setup test was to change it to -1
; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (128MB)

; http://php.net/memory-limit
memory_limit -1

Well, i wasnt surprised as it still crashed!!
After much digging, i felt that Apache itself wasnt able to handle its memory well on Windows. Many articles i came across also suggested the same.

So in the quest of stablizing Apache on Windows, i started investigating this issue purely from Apache point of view.
An quick overview of mpm_winnt_module parameters on Apache.org suggested that i needed to have a couple of must needed configurations :-)

ThreadLimit which has a default value of 2500 if not specified, was brought down to 1000
ThreadsPerChild which has a default value of 64 needs to be increased as i had atleast a 500 concurrent user base, so this was changed to 500. Remember, ThreadLimit & ThreadsPerChild go in tandem. You cannot lower ThreadLimit value when compared to ThreadsPerChild.
MaxRequestsPerChild which has a default value of 0, need not be changed as in Windows, we have one parent process managing the other child process which caters to multiple threads. No separate child process forking as possible on Linux/Unix deployments.
KeepAlive should be turned ON. It is very necessary to avoid unnecessary new connections from the same client within a span of 1 minute. The timeout should be turned on with atleast 1 minute.
KeepAliveTimeout which has a default value of 15secs needs to be changed to 60secs i.e. 1minute
MaxMemFree is a directive available in Apache 2.2.x which allows us to specify upto how much free memory will be held by the Apache process without calling the free() function. When not specified this is considered as unlimited, which is generally not good for Apache deployed on Windows Platform as memory leaks are evident. I changed this parameter to 100 in order to force Apache release free memory frequently & avoid leaks. Remember this settings has direct impact to your webserver performance, but if you are seeing too many frequent crashes, this will definitely stabilize the system.

Thats it!
Putting above settings in place along with php memory limit to -1, i was successful in stabilizing the PHP Fatal error + Apache crashes.

Please note that extensive testing was done to arrive at this settings, hence be sure of your implementation requirements & sizing before adopting ;-)

Keywords,
Apache, WAMP, PHP, MySQL, mpm_winnt_module, Joomla, performance tuning, etc.

WAMP child process exited with status 3221225477

2010-10-27T16:43:00.002+05:30

Hi Friends,

Few days back i was playing with an internal setup of WAMP Server having Apache 2.2.11, PHP 5.3.0 & MySQL 5.1.36 deployed with Joomla 1.5.21 CMS.

The setup was on a Windows 64-bit AMD x86 environment, but i frequently had my Apache go down due to following error: "Parent: child process exited with status 3221225477"

A quick google & it pointed me that it should be related the associated MySQL dll. After going through various articles & bug reports, it made sense to try out one solution!

The solution was to copy libmySQL.dll available under mysql5.1.36\bin to my WINDOWS\system32 folder and then do a complete machine restart.

I did this & believe me there has been no single Apache shutdown reported due to this error :-)
Hope this helps all WAMP or XMPP deployers.

Keywords:
Apache, WAMP, XMPP, PHP, MySQL, Crash, etc

Configure DSL-2640T with Tata Broadband [Wired ADSL]

2010-09-30T19:18:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends,

Its been a while since i have posted a new article!
Last week my friend got with him his old Dlink DSL-2640T ADSL 2+ Router from home town.

Now, my current setup with Tata Broadband (Wired ADSL) was with Broadcom ADSL Router tied to a Linksys Wireless Router WRT54GH (a pretty basic & decent wireless router).

We need WiFi badly as we house some 5 laptops (personal [Acer Aspire 3002 NLC, Toshibha A105-S4014] + office [All Dell M65 Precision]), plus latest smartphones like HTC HD, iPhone 3G & Nokia E63 all hungry to be connected over WiFi with social networking ;-)

DSL-2640T seems to be that one device which would have helped me eliminate my Broadcom + Linksys setup including some power conservation ;-)

But hold on!
Though it seemed to be a pretty straight forward setup...i.e. Remove my ADSL Line from Broadcom and plugin to DSL-2640T and switch it on, configure the PPPOE Settings...but it didn't turned out to be a dream run :-(

Two days down the line, i was still trying to play and configure it. Fed up i even started a discussion in India Broadband Forum to check out if these guys had any specific inputs!

From what i got from them was an vital tip! Run the router in a Bridge Mode and create a PPPoE Dialer in Windows to see if you can connect! This step is essential as it certifies that all your router settings are intact and working fine.

I tried this and soon it was clearer to me that somewhere my router settings were incorrect as i was not able to login from the Dialer created within windows in bridge mode :-(

After much dilemma, the setting to be corrected was ADSL Modulation Type! By default it comes with ADSL 2+, but somehow that was not working for Tata.

So lets sit down and configure this router!
STEPS
1) Remove the ADSL Phone Line input and plug it in to your DSL-2640T's ADSL Port
2) Start the router and wait for 2mins to boot up.
3) Use a Straight through or Cross over cable and plug its one end into 1st LAN Port of router and the other end to your machine.
4) Open a browser and type in the browser: 192.168.1.1
5) On the Username/Password prompt use: User-> admin Password-> admin
6) Now lets configure the settings specific to Tata Broadband as below:

For Tata Broadband (Wired ADSL), following are the final set of settings working for me:
WAN ATM VC SETTINGS [Found Under Home->WAN]
VPI=0 ,
VCI=32
WAN Settings: PPPoE/PPPoA
Username: Your Tata Broadband UserName e.g. dummy@vsnl.net
Password: Your Tata Account Password
Authentication Type: Auto
Connection Type: PPPoE LLC

Rest settings for WAN, leave it as default

ADSL [Found Under Advanced->ADSL]
Modulation Type = ADSL (ITU G.992.2) [Upload Speeds limited to 128kbps]

UPDATE 1st October 2010:
ADSL (ITU G.992.2) was not giving me the optimum upload speed as the Tata Supplied router easily gave me arould 300kbps of upload speed which is part of my Flash 384 Plan.

Played further around and found the below modulation to give the best optimum download and upload speed:
Modulation Type = ADSL2 (Multimode) [Upload Speeds upto 300kbps and above]
When you set this modulation up, it gets connected over modulation: ADSL_G.dmt.bis

7) Eureka! You are done with the router configuration. Now go to Tools Tabs-> System -> Hit Save and Reboot Button
8) Upon reboot, your ADSL LED on the router should be stable and ON
Status LED keeps blinking all the while which is normal.
9) Below are few post setup screenshots for your reference to show successful connected status:

If you are looking for Firmware Upgrades to your Dlink DSL-2640T, then below FTP Link points to European Firmwares released:

ftp://203.126.164.142/DSL-2640T/

Looking at the various folders, ftp://203.126.164.142/DSL-2640T/20091107 points to the last stable released firmware for DSL-2640T Europe i.e. back in 2009
For MEA Firmwares:
ftp://ftp.dlink-me.com/DLink_ME/ADSL/DSL-2640T/Firmwares/ [Very Slow]

Be very sure before flashing your firmware. Unless you dont face any issues, please do not flash it.

Hope this helps all Tata Broadband Users! :-)

Keywords:
DSL-2640T Router, ADSL, PPPoE, Tata Broadband, Firmware, WRT54GH, Dlink, Linksys, Cisco, Nokia E63, HTC HD, Acer, Dell, Toshibha, iPhone, Apple, etc.

Shell Script to monitor Virtual Bytes for Sawserver & NQSServer

2010-07-26T18:18:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends,

I was troubleshooting gradual increase in physical memory consumption for Sawserver & NQSServer in our environment.

One requirement was to observe the gradual increase my logging the virtual bytes using a shell script every 5 minutes.

The command was simple: ps -ef -o vsz,pcpu,args | grep sawserver64

To automate it, i wrote a small shell script which will write the output of above command every 5minutes, until I kill the script execution:

If you go over the logic, i have wrote a never ending while loop which writes timestamp, virtual byte information for sawserver & nqsserver and included a sleep command to pause the execution for 5mins.

Customizable Sections:
1) You can add more processes to be monitored for Virtual Bytes.
2) Sleep time can be increase on decreased. It accepts input in seconds, i.e. 300=5mins

How to Invoke:
1)Make sure that the script has executable rights or do chmod 777 VirtualByteTrace.sh
2)Invoke the script in background mode: bash-$./VirtualByteTrace.sh &

Output:

Tested successfully on Sun Solaris 10 platform.
Hope this helps you for any other process as well :-)

Keywords:
OBIEE, Sawserver, Sawserver64, NQSServer, Shell Script, Unix, Solaris, OBIEE 10.1.3.4.1, etc

Rupee Symbol Font Download

2010-07-20T12:01:00.001+05:30

Hi Friends,

We have the Rupee Symbol font 2.0 out by Foradian Technologies!
Download & start using immediately so that its adopted by everyone faster :-)

Blog Post: http://blog.foradian.com/rupee-font-version-20
Download Font: Rupee Font.ttf

The first font was created by Souymadip. Checkout his creation at: Rupee Font
Download Font by Souymadip: Rupee.ttf

Presently it is not incorporated in Unicode, so it will not be visible without the font.
Adopt & spread the word :-)

Keywords:
Rupee Symbol, Rupee Font Download, etc

Spool Date & Timestamp using PL/SQL

2010-07-09T21:03:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

The other day i was trying to write an automated alert script to monitor the asynchronous requests in Siebel Server or in other words trying to monitor the S_SRM_REQUEST table for any failed async requests.

Well in order to achieve the same, i create a quick PL/SQL Script which spooled the necessary information i required as no out of box solution existed from Siebel.
But wait a minute, the timestamp was not getting captured in the spooled out :-(
It was only spooling the date instead of the entire date & time!

For e.g. if run the below SQL, it will only spool the date

Output was like below :-(:
SYSDATE
---------
07-JUL-10

Quick research on Google & it pointed me that we need to alter our session to set the NLS_DATE_FORMAT before the spool will actually capture the Date & Time...
So based on this recommendation, i revised my PL/SQL Block to:

The end result is,
SYSDATE
--------------------
07-JUL-2010 08:14:19

Yipee! :-D
I posted here, as i thought its a very useful info for everyone :-)
Happy Weekend!

Keywords:
Programming, Siebel Async Request, S_SRM_REQUEST, PL/SQL, NLS_DATE_FORMAT, SPOOL, Oracle, etc.

oracle.sysman.emSDK.emd.fetchlet.FetchletException

2010-07-02T10:30:00.001+05:30

Hi Friends,

While experimenting with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control alongside SOA Management Pack Plus, i was getting following Metric collection errors for BPEL Process Manager Partner Link Metrics.

Issue:
The error description was:
"oracle.sysman.emSDK.emd.fetchlet.FetchletException: java.rmi.UnmarshalException: Error deserializing return-value: java.io.InvalidClassException: javax.xml.namespace.QName; local class incompatible: stream classdesc serialVersionUID = -916876369326528164, local class serialVersionUID = -9120448754896609940"

Reason:
Well, if you carefully observe the error description tries to say, "local class incompatible"!
This generally means a JDK Version conflict. If you research further, you will easily see that this happens due to a JDK Version conflict between your Grid Control Agent & the BPEL Process JDK.

You can verify the JDK Version using: "java -version"

Solution:
The only solution to this issue is to upgrade your BPEL Process Target JDK version. You cannot downgrade your Agent's JDK Version.
Please be careful while upgrading your BPEL Process Target JDK as it might destabilize your system.

Please ensure that the new JDK is compatible with your BPEL Process version and you know correct steps to upgrade the same.
After you upgrade the JDK, restart the Grid Control Agent and force an Metric Collection upload as follows:

prompt:/>emctl stop agent - Windows
bash-$ ./emctl stop agent - Unix/Linux

prompt:/>emctl start agent - Windows
bash-$ ./emctl start agent - Unix/Linux

prompt:/>emctl upload agent - Windows
bash-$ ./emctl upload agent - Unix/Linux

Keywords:
OEM, OMS, Enterprise Manager, Grid Control, Grid Control Agent, OMS Agent, OBIEE Management Pack, Siebel Management Pack, SOA Management Pack, AGENT_TZ_MISMATCH, Timezone, 10.2.0.5, PSU 3, JDK Mismatch, BPEL Process, etc

Oracle Enterprise Manager - AGENT_TZ_MISMATCH

2010-07-01T15:43:00.002+05:30

Hi Friends,

Last entire week i was busy playing with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control alongside Siebel, OBIEE & SOA Management Packs.

Believe me, its not a piece of cake!
Though PSU 3 on top of 10.2.0.5 provides great stability, still few nagging issues around Metric collections for different target types & other areas keep affecting us.

One of the most annoying issue that took me long time to figure out was my Grid Control Agent, simply failing to startup :-(

It was working perfectly fine earlier, but didn't know when it stopped working :-(
After much due diligence in the logs, the emagent.nohup had following dumps:
Issue:
----- Wed Jun 23 11:32:51 2010::Agent Launched with PID 3852 at time Wed Jun 23 11:32:51 2010 -----
(pid=3852): starting emagent version 10.2.0.5.0
(pid=3852): emagent started successfully
OMS decided to shutdown the agent because of the following reason sent from OMS: AGENT_TZ_MISMATCH(pid=3852): emagent now exiting abnormally - initialization failure. Consult '.trc' and '.log' files.
----- Wed Jun 23 11:34:39 2010::Pid 3852 not found. reaped=3852, processStatus=14080 -----
----- Wed Jun 23 11:34:40 2010::Checking status of EMAgent : 3852 -----
----- Wed Jun 23 11:34:40 2010::EMAgent exited at Wed Jun 23 11:34:40 2010 with return value 55. -----
----- Wed Jun 23 11:34:40 2010::EMAgent has exited due to initialization failure. -----
----- Wed Jun 23 11:34:40 2010::Stopping other components. -----
----- Wed Jun 23 11:34:40 2010::Commiting Process death. -----
----- Wed Jun 23 11:34:40 2010::Exiting watchdog loop

I was scratching my head, what does AGENT_TZ_MISMATCH means?? Googled it around no luck! I was shocked & surprised that there was no results in Google!

Reason:
Felt like i have hit some kind of jackpot ;-)
After much research, i came to know that such kind of issue might happen when your Agent's host has its Time Zone changed.

Now, first of all, i didnt accept it! What does Agent's Timezone has to do with its startup? It should automatically accept the new time...

But then, it was clear that Agent did startup correctly, but when it use to communicate with my OMS Server where the Agent's Timezone is recorded, the changed TimeZone hits a mismatch here!!!

Solution:
Well, in order to resolve this, the solution is simple!
From a command prompt or terminal go to %Agent_Home%/bin directory.
Execute below command:

prompt:/>emctl resetTZ agent - Windows
bash-$./emctl resetTZ agent - Unix/Linux

This will update your Agent's emd.properties with the changed TimeZone. But wait this does not complete the changes. You will need to execute a procedure on your Enterprise Manager Repository Database to reflect the changes in the timezone of the Agent.

So connect to your OMS Repository Database (generally 'emrep') using the repository owner (generally 'sysman')

SQL>exec mgmt_target.set_agent_tzrgn(<agent_name>, <new_tz_rgn>);

Well, the exact statement for this procedure is automatically generated at the end of 'emctl resetTZ agent' command :-)

Well, this completes your Agent's TimeZone change. Now to try to start the agent using below command:

prompt:/>emctl start agent - Windows
bash-$./emctl start agent - Unix/Linux

I am sure it will startup correctly! ;-)

Keywords:
OEM, OMS, Enterprise Manager, Grid Control, Grid Control Agent, OMS Agent, OBIEE Management Pack, Siebel Management Pack, SOA Management Pack, AGENT_TZ_MISMATCH, Timezone, 10.2.0.5, PSU 3, etc

Extract %time% in Batch Programming

2010-06-15T10:30:00.001+05:30

Hi Friends,

Date & Time are two very sensitive information which we need to extract frequently which doing any batch scripting for administrative purpose.

While, i already covered a article regarding how to correctly extract %date%, lets focus on how to extract %time% ;-)

Well, for the record, %time% variable holds information uniformly across all Windows Version. Which is good as we can easily extract our information as per needs.

But wait, there is a catch! No matter what you do & instruct your regional settings to include a leading "0" (zero) before the hour, silly DOS will always fail to do so for time prior to 10:00 am!

So lets evaluate how to extract %time%:
A simple way is like below:
@set time_temp=%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%%TIME:~6,2%
@echo %time_temp%

This will work correctly only for time after 10:00 am as before 10:00 am, the %time% variable has value somewhat as:
C:\>echo %time%
C:\>7:06:03.64

As you can see, DOS fails to append a leading zero for your hour :-(
This makes my first approach fail instantly!

So how to go around & fix this problem?

As you can see, we simply but a check that if the extracted hour information is having the leading zero available or not...
If not, we are forcing one in the variable :-)

This should resolve your %time% extracting woes in batch programming!
If you have similar issues for extracting %date%, checkout how to extract %date%!

Keywords:
how to extract %time%, extract %time%, batch file commands, batch file command, bat files, bat file, batch files, batch script, batch scripting, batch program, windows scripting, windows scripts, DOS, %time%, Leading Zero, etc

Extract %date% in Batch Programming

2010-06-14T10:00:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends,

One very annoying problems is extracting date & time using batch programming.
The reason is simple!
Try c:\>echo %date% on Windows 2003 Server v/s Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Server Output: Sun 06/13/2010
Windows 2003 Server Output: 06/13/2010

You will see that both the output are different & that is a cause of big headache. When i write any administrative scripts for taking log backups with appropriate date, it is very important for me that such platform differences should not make my batch scripts to fail on either of the platform.

Thus, this let me out find a generic solution which will always extract correct date for me no matter its Windows 2000 Server or Window 2003 Server as the underlying platform!

My earlier way to extract date was like this:
@set date_temp=%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%
This use to give me output as

Windows 2000 Server Output: 06132010
Windows 2003 Server Output: 3/01

As you can clearly see that my approach fails on Windows 2003 Server platform. I have the option to modify & setup my date extraction as per Windows 2003 Server platform, but that would make it fail on Windows 2000 Server :-(
So how to find that all in one code?

Well, its simple! Just have a glance at the below code:

Above code will always return you the correct date regardless of the underlying platform. It works correctly because its logic is based on the delimiter "-"
I was relieved that, atleast the delimiter is common across all the Windows Versions :-)

I hope this helps you in your batch or DOS programming :-D
If you have similar issues for extracting %time%, checkout how to extract %time%!

Keywords:
how to extract %date%, extract %date%, batch script, batch scripting, batch program, windows scripting, windows scripts, DOS, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, %date%, echo, etc

oracle.apps.xdo.security.ValidateException

2010-06-10T00:23:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

As promised in my first brush with BI Publisher post, the next error i faced was oracle.apps.xdo.security.ValidateException

Well, this was because the BI Publisher's security model was set to "BI Server" as BI Publisher was installed as part of OBIEE 10.1.3.4.1

Now, it is obvious that the RPD "Administrator" user password is changed from the default password "Administrator" & also the RPD must be missing the BI Publisher Security Groups with "Administrator" user added to XMLP_ADMIN group.

So before we proceed & understand the different Security Models & ways to counter the BI Publisher Authentication woes, it is must to setup a Super User in BI Publisher.

Super User is a fundamental used in BI Publisher which allows to have a one super admin regardless of whatever security model you configure. Due to this feature BI Publisher allows you to login & configure the BI Publisher system through one common super admin user.

In order to achieve this, you will first need to change the xmlp-server-config.xml file available under /xmlp/XMLP/Admin/Configuration/ folder:
Change the following line:
<property name="SECURITY_MODEL" value="BI Server"/>
TO
<property name="SECURITY_MODEL" value="XDO"/>

Setting the Security Model to XDO means, you are configuring the BI Publisher to use its builtin BI Publisher security model.

After you make this change, stop & restart your J2EE Application server.
Now try to access your BI Publisher using URL: http://host:port/xmlpserver/ & login using following details
User: Administrator
Password: Administrator

You should be inside BI Publisher now :-)!
Click the Admin Tab & under the "Security Center" section, click: Security Configuration

Inside "Local Superuser" section:
a) Enable the checkbox for "Enable Local Superuser
b) Choose a suitable "Superuser name"
c) Choose a suitable "Password"
d) Click the "Apply" button on the top right-hand corner.

e) Restart your J2EE App Server & try logging in using your Super user
If you can successfully login into the BI Publisher system, it makes way for you to start fidling with the other available Security Models for BI Publisher.

I will cover the other Security Models in upcoming posts.
Stay tuned!

Keywords:
BI Publisher, Tomcat, Apache, ResourceNotFoundException, OBIEE, 10.1.3.4.1, XML Publisher, Security Model, XDO, BI Server, SIEBEL etc

RESTful Webservices Support for Siebel

2010-06-08T13:12:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends,

If you have heard about the REST (Representational State Transfer) Architecture, then you must have also heard about RESTful Webservices which formed on the principles of REST Architecture and gives us a more enhanced form of the Webservices in terms of scalability, interfacing with the systems & easy independent deployment of components.

Good news is Siebel 8.1.1 supports such RESTful Webservices!
It is available in Siebel 8.1.1.1 QF0135 & distributed generally as ACR 599

There are chances that this fix will be back ported for Siebel 8.0 Release as well :-)

If you need general guidelines regarding REST Architecture or RESTful Webservices, then below links are good starting points:
a) REST Architecture
b) RESTful Webservices
c) REST Tutorials

Keywords:
RESTful Webservices, REST Architecture, Siebel 8.1.1, Siebel 8.0, siebel crm,siebel customer relationship management,siebel solutions,siebel support,siebel supportweb,siebel systems,

oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.resources.ResourceNotFoundException

2010-06-07T11:00:00.016+05:30

Hi Friends,

As promised in my first brush with BI Publisher post, the next error i faced was
oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.resources.ResourceNotFoundException "${oracle.home}/xdo/repository"

Well, i simply dont understand why does such nagging errors always come up.

Why does it happen?
The BI Publisher always need its Repository location to be defined in xmlp-server-config_orig.xml
Now had the BI Publisher being deployed on OC4J or OAS (Oracle Application Server), then the default path would have worked as a charm (${oracle.home}/xdo/repository)
But since we are deploying our BI Publisher in custom J2EE server, we will need to configure this path before we can actually use it.

Solution?
Its simple to rectify this. If you are using BI Publisher as part of integrated OBIEE Setup, you need to find the repository path.
Generally, the repository has folder structure as:
%OBIEE_INSTALL_ROOT%
-------xmlp
             -----------XMLP
                                  --------Admin
                                  --------DemoFiles
                                  --------Reports
                                  --------Tools

So your BI Publisher Repository path is: %OBIEE_INSTALL_ROOT%/xmlp/XMLP

Now you need to make these changes in the xmlp-server-config.xml file. This file is generally available in your WEB-INF folder where you have deployed the BI Publisher WAR in the J2EE Server.
E.g. for Tomcat: /tomcat-root/webapps/xmlpserver/WEB-INF/

Edit this file & change
<b><file path="${oracle.home}/xdo/repository"></file></b>
to
<b><file path="$OBIEE_INSTALL_ROOT/xmlp/XMLP"></file></b>

Now restart Apache Tomcat Server & you should be all set for a successful login into BI Publisher.

Keywords:
BI Publisher, Tomcat, Apache, ResourceNotFoundException, OBIEE, 10.1.3.4.1, XML Publisher etc

BI Publisher: com/phaos/crypto/CipherException

2010-06-04T17:21:00.005+05:30

Hi Friends,

My first brush with BI Publisher... As always being the case, no Enterprise standard software easily setups as said in its documentation! Thats why the need to expert Consultants to deploy & maintain the same ;-)

Following was the brief error after i tried logging in from my BI Publisher login screen:

The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: com/phaos/crypto/CipherException
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:476)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:371)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.security.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:100)

root cause

javax.servlet.ServletException: com/phaos/crypto/CipherException
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:846)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:779)
org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspService(login_jsp.java:499)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.security.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:100)

root cause

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/phaos/crypto/CipherException
oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.security.SecurityHandler.getHandler(SecurityHandler.java:66)
org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspService(login_jsp.java:190)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.security.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:100)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/5.5.27 logs.

Ahh....i was like what the heck!

Before i proceed again, i would like to quickly give you my BI Publisher Setup Info:
J2EE Server: Apache Tomcat 5.5.27
BI Publisher: 10.1.3.4.1
Standalone/Integrated: This was installed as part of OBIEE 10.1.3.4.1 Setup & not deployed as standalone.

Now, above error clearly points to some issue with the Authentication stuff we just passed in the login screen of BI Publisher. It is actually missing few important jars & libraries which are causing the issue.

Why did this happen?
Well, as you all know, OBIEE Installation in Basic form comes with OC4J while Advanced format requires Oracle Application Server. If you dont want either of this, you need to setup your own J2EE Server & deploy these applications from the given WAR files.

Now, the packaging of WAR files in case of BI Publisher has been different for OC4J & any generic J2EE server. You are bound to deploy the normal OC4J WAR file on Tomcat & then face this error.
The OC4J specific WAR files has few libraries missing as these are already available with base OC4J setup.

Solution?
Now, if you want to recover from this problem, you will first need to undeploy the earlier WAR file deployed on Tomcat.
Once you undeploy, restart your Tomcat and then deploy the WAR (xmlpserver.war) from "generic" folder.
Exact Location for the "generic" folder:
%OBIEE_SETUP_ROOT%/Platform/Solaris/Server_Ancillary/Oracle_Business_Intelligence_Publisher/generic
Platform stands for Solaris/Linux/Windows etc
Deploy the xmlpserver.war from this generic folder on your Tomcat.

Restart Tomcat & they open your BI Publisher:
http://host:port/xmlpserver/

Try logging in using your RPD Administrator user & password since BI Publisher coming with OBIEE uses OBIEE Security Model & not that of standalone BI Publisher.

If you face any of below errors post attempting to login in BI Publisher then stay tuned!! I will be documenting the solutions soon :-)

oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.resources.ResourceNotFoundException

OR

oracle.apps.xdo.security.ValidateException

Till then happy debugging...

Keywords:

BI Publisher, OBIEE, xmlpserver.war, RPD, CipherException, 10.1.3.4.1, XML Publisher, Tomcat etc

Siebel Bookshelf (v8.1,v8.0,v7.8,v7.7,v7.5,v7.0,v6.3,v6.2,v6.1,v6.0)

2010-05-26T16:46:00.001+05:30

Siebel Online Help Files and Help Development Kits

Enjoy!

Keywords:
Siebel Systems, Siebel CRM, Siebel System Requirements, Supported Platforms, Hardware, Software, Siebel SBA, Siebel SIA, Horizontal, Vertical, eAutomotive, OBIEE, Siebel Analytics, Siebel eBusiness and Industry Applications,MidMarket Edition, Universal Application Network (UAN), Siebel Retail Finance, Oracle Self-Service E-Billing, Oracle® Real-Time Decisions

Reset runtime Apache access.log & error.log

2010-05-22T12:26:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

Today morning i got a page from our data center that one of the Production Apache based Webserver diskspace was almost full & most of the space was consumed by access.log & error.log!

Well, i knew this would happen some day since it has been a year we put these machines in Production, moreover we havent setup the log rotation for access.log & error.log.

Now, i had two tasks at my hand...
1) Take a quick backup of both the log files.
2) Reset/Clear the logs to size zero without bouncing the Apache Webserver services, i.e. at Runtime.

Solution:
1) Took a zipped backup on another disk in the same machine:
bash$ zip /d01/Apache_BK/access_log_20052010.zip access.log
bash$ zip /d01/Apache_BK/error_log_20052010.zip error.log

2) Reset/Clear the logs to size zero using /dev/null:
bash$ cp /dev/null access.log
bash$ cp /dev/null error.log

OR

bash$ cat /dev/null > access.log
bash$ cat /dev/null > error.log

Well, using /dev/null is very effective on Linux & Unix platforms, but if you are wondering if we have something similar to that in Windows, then the answer is yes!

C:\>type NUL > access.log
C:\>type NUL > error.log

Just hope that Windows havent locked the log file with an exclusive handle ;-)
If you have a lock on the file & need to reset the log file without restarting the Apache services, then your only option is to install Unlocker (http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/)

Hope this tip helps as no one wants to bounce a Production system just for taking a log backup & resetting its size to zero :-D

Enjoy!

Keywords:
Oracle HTTP Server, Apache, OHS, /dev/null, NUL, access.log, error.log, zip, backup, etc

SBL-GEN-03001: Error allocating (null)

2010-04-16T15:11:00.003+05:30

Hi Friends,

Yesterday i came across this rare Siebel Assignment Manager error: SBL-GEN-03001: Error allocating (null) OR SBL-GEN-03001: Error allocating DynArrCreate Organization Skill Items Arr

Logs files were showing up following dump:
GenericLog    GenericError    1    000000024bc70cd4:0    2010-04-15 09:39:12    (asgnrule.cpp (8327) err=3001 sys=2640) SBL-GEN-03001: Error allocating DynArrCreate Organization Skill Items Arr

GenericLog    GenericError    1    000000024bc70cd4:0    2010-04-15 09:39:12    (asgnrule.cpp (929) err=3001 sys=0) SBL-GEN-03001: Error allocating DynArrCreate Organization Skill Items Arr

Due to this, Siebel Assignment Manager component was not getting started & constantly crashing. If you start, it will again stop & crash after few minutes.

This behaviour is particularly related to Physical Memory availability to the Assignment Manager component.
You can setup following log level for your Assignment Manager component to have a quick informative trace regarding the issue:

   1. Object Assignment = 4
   2. Rules Evaluation = 5
   3. Loading = 4
   4. Assignment Manager Generic = 4
   5. SQL Tracing = 2
   6. SQL Parse and Execute = 4
   7. Task Configuration = 4
   8. Component Tracing = 3

In our environment, this issue came up suddenly so it definitely wasnt an Siebel Product issue but something to do with our environment changes.
Further tracing of the logs lead to us that the amount of rules loading was causing the Assignment manager cache to go out of bounds of the total available physical memory on Siebel Application Server.

The only way to resolve this was to follows below steps:
1) Stop Assignment Manager & Batch Assignment components.
2) Delete rulecache.dat file under $SIEBEL_ROOT/siebsrvr/bin
3) Delete or expire all unwanted Assignment rules
4) Start Assignment Manager & Batch Assignment components
5) Allow the new rulecache.dat file to be generated.
6) Now check log to see if Assignment Manager component is still shutting down.

90% of cases, this should resolve the issue. But if you still face the same problem, you need to start investigating from your trace log. Particularly the last queries fired just before you find SBL-GEN-03001 errors being dumped in the log file.

You may also notice 0KB crash_xx.txt files under $SIEBEL_ROOT/siebsrvr/bin until you resolve this issue.
Enjoy!

Keywords:
siebel crm,siebel customer relationship management,siebel solutions,siebel support,siebel supportweb,siebel systems, assignment manager, crash.txt, FDRs, etc

SEVERE: EM is not configured for this database

2010-04-14T17:13:00.001+05:30

Hi Friends,

I was doing this Oracle 10gR1 database upgrade to Oracle 10gR2 using DBUA (Database Upgrade Assistant) when my upgrade failed due to this error:

[Thread-54] [10:25:54:325] [BasicStep.configureSettings:304] messageHandler being set=oracle.sysman.assistants.util.UIMessageHandler@6014f7
[Thread-54] [10:25:54:325] [SummarizableStep.setUpgradeStatus:620] **++Set Upgrade status to:=1
oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.StepExecutionException: Enterprise manager configuration failed due to the following error -
EM is not configured for this database. No EM-specific actions can be performed.
Refer to the log file at C:\OracleHomes\db10gr2\cfgtoollogs\dbua\emrep\upgrade1\emConfig.log for more details.
You can retry configuring this database with Enterprise Manager later by manually running C:\OracleHomes\db10gr2\bin\emca script.
    at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.em.EMConfigStep.executeImpl(EMConfigStep.java:141)
    at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.BasicStep.execute(BasicStep.java:210)
    at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.BasicStep.callStep(BasicStep.java:251)
    at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbma.backend.EMConfigStep.executeStepImpl(EMConfigStep.java:101)
    at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbma.backend.SummarizableStep.executeImpl(SummarizableStep.java:174)
    at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.BasicStep.execute(BasicStep.java:210)
    at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.Step.execute(Step.java:140)
    at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.StepContext$ModeRunner.run(StepContext.java:2468)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
[Thread-54] [1:7:4:273] [EMConfigStep.handleNonIgnorableError:197] EMConfig Error:=Error ignored: Could not complete the Enterprise Manager configuration.
Enterprise manager configuration failed due to the following error -
EM is not configured for this database. No EM-specific actions can be performed.
Refer to the log file at C:\OracleHomes\db10gr2\cfgtoollogs\dbua\emrep\upgrade1\emConfig.log for more details.
You can retry configuring this database with Enterprise Manager later by manually running C:\OracleHomes\db10gr2\bin\emca script.

[Thread-54] [1:7:4:273] [EMConfigStep.executeStepImpl:161] EM Configuration Step Complete..
[Thread-54] [1:7:4:273] [SummarizableStep.executeImpl:175] execute impl:Enterprise Manager Configuration = DONE Sucessfully
[Thread-54] [1:7:4:273] [BasicStep.configureSettings:304] messageHandler being set=oracle.sysman.assistants.util.UIMessageHandler@6014f7

At first, i thought its over! My database is gone...but a few research down the line gave me a breather :)
I was upgrading my Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Grid Control Database from 10.1.2.0 to 10.2.1.0. A Grid Control Database installation does not have a separate DBConsole installed as the Database is also managed by the OEM itself.

So in my particular case, i could simply press OK & then move ahead. The upgrade was almost complete & nothing else was required.

I just reconfigured the LSNRCTL & NET SERVICE NAME using Net Configuration Tool & rebooted my server & my new database was up & running.

However, if you are not upgrading a GC Repository Database, but an actual standalone database, this error should not be ignored as your DB Console would not be upgraded due to it.
You must followup with Oracle & find out why the upgrade for DBConsole failed.

Hope this info helps!

Keywords:
Oracle Database, Oracle 10GR1, Oracle 10GR2, Oracle Enterprise Manager, OEM, Grid Control, GC Repository Upgrade, Database Upgrade, DB Console, LISTENER.ORA, TNSNAMES.ORA, SQLNET.ORA, Listener Control, TNS Listener, DBUA, EMCA etc

Ektron eWebEditPro5: Run time Error '0'

2010-04-12T12:26:00.002+05:30

Hi Friends,

If you recently moved to any Siebel Maintenance fix packs 8.0.0.6 and above then you might face an annoying issue with Siebel HTML Editor a.k.a Ektron eWebEditPro Editor!

After you apply the fix pack for Siebel Web Server Extension (SWSE), it upgrades the existing eWebEditPro editor from v4 to v5.

After this upgrade a necessary configuration change is not mentioned in the Maintenance Configuration Section, due to which you will notice that any template tried to be opened in the new HTML Editor results into a blank load & if you right click in the editor it results into a error popup window titled eWebEditProLibCtl5 saying, "Run time error '0'"

In order to resolve this, you will need to edit the webeditorctrl.htm file under /$SIEBEL_SWSE_ROOT/public/enu/webeditor/

Find out the below code:

and replace it with below code:

After you do this, make sure you do a CLEAR CACHE in your browser else it will still show Javascript errors like:

This happens as the old webeditorctrl.htm file is used from browser cache for loading eWebEditPro Editor.
So ensure you do a clear cache without fail!

Hope this helps resolve patching issue.

Keywords:
siebel crm,siebel customer relationship management,siebel solutions,siebel support,siebel supportweb,siebel systems, SWSE, eWebEditPro, Ektron, HTML Editor, Marketing, WYSIWYG HTML Editor, WYSIWYG, etc.

eCopy Paperworks & Sharepoint Implementation

2010-04-11T20:23:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends,

I am going around researching about Enterprise Document Management system & currently evaluating eCopy Paperworks.

It is a very good document management software which has lots of builtin connectors to source documents from different sources!
Check the official website: http://www.ecopy.com/Products-eCopy-PaperWorks.asp

The most interesting part of this software is the connector for Microsoft Sharepoint. Shareponit is probably implemented in most of the organizations as part of Intranet & eCopy Paperworks allows you to leverage existing Sharepoint platform for document management.

Red Sox have implemented eCopy Paperworks with Sharepoint & we have a video from Nuance explaining the details on You Tube:

Enjoy!

Keywords:
eCopy, PCDocs, Web Docs, Sharepoint, Microsoft, Red Sox, Paperworks, Enterprise Document Management, Paperless, Digital Document, Nuance, Scanner, Document Scan, eCopy Paperworks, etc.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/bi/analytics/management/StandardConsoleAgent

2010-04-07T16:40:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends,

This is my newest experiment going on with OBIEE Management Pack in Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Tool (Oracle Management Server (OMS)) & OBIEE Application.

OBIEE Management Pack needs to read the performance values exposed over JMX. In order to start this utility, we need to configure the runagent.sh or runagent.cmd under /$OBIEE_ROOT/systemsmanagement/

Following is the sample runagent.sh file setup for a OBIEE Setup on Unix Platform:

#!/bin/sh
# this is a template of runagent.sh to be used on Unix.
# The installer will fill in JAVA_HOME, SAROOTDIR, and SATEMPDIR

export JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_19"
export SAROOTDIR=/$OBIEE_ROOT/
export SADATADIR=/$OBIEE_DATA/
export SATEMPDIR=/$OBIEE_DATA/tmp
export UNIXPERFDIR=${SATEMPDIR}

java_cmd="${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -Djava.library.path=${SAROOTDIR}/server/Bin -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9980 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -classpath analytics-jmx.jar:lib/xmlparserv2.jar oracle.bi.analytics.management.StandardConsoleAgent"

${java_cmd}

Now if you carefully observe, if you invoke the script from your home directory, the classpath will fail to resolve & give error like:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/bi/analytics/management/StandardConsoleAgent

Above issue is purely due to the way classpath parameter is given in java_cmd: -classpath analytics-jmx.jar:lib/xmlparserv2.jar oracle.bi.analytics.management.StandardConsoleAgent

The analytics-jmx.jar & xmlparsev2.jar are not resolved as absolute path locations are not given here. So you need to manually change your directory till /$OBIEE_ROOT/systemsmanagement/ & then invoke runagent.sh file to start the JMX Performance counters successfully.

The JMX Performance Counters needs to be exposed constantly so that OBIEE Management Pack reads correct values. To achieve this, you need to start the runagent.sh file in background mode. e.g.-bash-3.00$ runagent.sh & or-bash-3.00$ nohup runagent.sh & so even after you logoff your session, the utility keeps running & gathers correct values.

Enjoy!

Keywords:
OBIEE, Siebel Analytics, Business Intelligence, Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, OMS, Oracle Management Server, OEM, Grid Control, JMX, JAVA, OBIEE Performance, etc

8.0.0.8/8.0.0.9 Fix Pack Installer Hangs

2010-04-06T13:00:00.001+05:30

Hi Friends,

On Linux/Unix Platforms, if you try to start 8.0.0.8 or 8.0.0.9 Fix Pack Installer in console mode (./setuplinux -console), you might see that the installer hangs after you proceed the instance to be patched step!

Further investigation led me to find out that the Fix Pack installer tries to install mandatory Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) before the actual Siebel Patch Installation begins... As the OCM installation is launched in a separate typical Oracle 11g Database Installer type setup, it fails to launch in console mode due to which the entire setup lies in a hung state :(

The only current workaround is to start the start Fix Pack installer in UI mode so that the mandatory OCM installation completes successfully and you are allowed to proceed ahead for Siebel Patch Installation!

Read about another 8.0.0.8/8.0.0.9 Fix Pack Setup issue you might come across:
http://geektalkin.blogspot.com/2010/04/setupproductinstall-utility-err-unable.html

Keywords:
siebel crm,siebel customer relationship management,siebel solutions,siebel support,siebel supportweb,siebel systems,8.0.0.8, 8.0.0.9, Fix Pack, Siebel Patch, OCM, Oracle Configuration Manager, etc.

Installshield Installer JRE issue

2010-04-05T12:16:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

Java based installshield installer comes with its own bundled JRE. If this bundled JRE gets corrupted, then you will be in a great pain to start the installer as it will report errors like:

This application requires a Java Run Time Environment (JRE)
         to run. Searching for one on your computer was not successful.
          Please use the command line switch -is:javahome to specify
          a valid JRE. For more help use the option -is:help.

Even though you try to specify a valid JAVA HOME using -is:javahome option, still the installer will fail to start & keep giving me the same error, the reason being installshield needs a very specific JRE & it wont accept any JRE passed as an -is:javahome option!

Such particular issue is encountered with Siebel Uninstallers on Linux/Unix platform.
Siebel product uninstallers exist in /$SIEBEL_ROOT/_uninst/uninstall.ksh

You need to start the uninstaller by passing the product name as an option:
E.g. If we need to uninstall Siebel Web Server Extensions (SWSE), then we would invoke the uninstaller as:
./uninstall.ksh eappweb

Now, if you receive the JRE issue, then there is pre-extracted Installshield JRE which is corrupted.
Such JRE exists in the Product directory which you are trying to uninstall:
e.g. /$SIEBEL_ROOT/_uninst/eappweb/_jvm

In order to fix this issue, the only option you have is to restore the _jvm directory from backup or copy the contents of _jvm from a different machine having similar Siebel Setup & overwrite the contents in the corrupted JRE directory.

While i was researching on this issue, i came across solution for IBM Product Installshield Installers, was to setup the below Environment variable to successfully bypass this error:
set JAVA_COMPILER=NONE
or
export JAVA_COMPILER=NONE

Hope this info helps if you come across installshield issues.

Keywords:
siebel crm,siebel customer relationship management,siebel solutions,siebel support,siebel supportweb,siebel systems, Installshield, JAVA, JRE, JVM, Uninstaller, JAVA_COMPILER, etc.

Setup.product.install, Utility, err, unable to launch (SBL-STJ-00152)

2010-04-04T17:08:00.001+05:30

Hi Friends,

As Siebel 8.0 is evolving, we have new annoying bugs to face!
From Siebel 8.0.0.8 Fix Pack onwards, you might face an error like:

(Mar 29, 2010 5:57:33 AM), Setup.product.install, Utility, err, unable to launch: "\\server1\d$\Siebel_Install_Image\8.0.0.9\Windows\Server\Siebel_Enterprise_Server/Disk1/install/setup.exe -waitforcompletion -nowait ORACLE_HOME="d:\sba80/gtwysrvr" -defaultHomeName -responseFile \\server1\d$\Siebel_Install_Image\8.0.0.9\Windows\Server\Siebel_Enterprise_Server/Disk1/stage/response/NTOCMCD.rsp" error code: "-1"(SBL-STJ-00152)
(Mar 29, 2010 5:58:41 AM), Setup.product.install, InstalledProductsPanel, err, Not able to stop the server. Please stop the server
manually and run patch installation again.(SBL-STJ-00101)

If you note, i was trying to apply 8.0.0.9 Fix Pack from a network shared location. Like always, i expected this to work perfectly fine as with earlier Patch Installs, but this time it errored out!

Well, further investigation led me to find out that, the Fix Pack installer tries to install mandatory Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) before the actual Siebel Patch Installation begins...
The OCM installation is launched in a separate typical Oracle 11g Database Installer type setup, which fails to launch when we have invoked the parent Siebel Patch setup from a network shared location!

In order to workaround this issue, you need to copy the extracted Patch Installer, like for Siebel Enterprise Server to a local machine drive where you are trying to apply the patch.

As of now, this is no mechanism to bypass OCM installation, though OCM has nothing to do with Siebel Patching Process as such.

If you do not want OCM, post-installation, re-run Oracle Installer & deinstall the OCM. Oracle has acknowledged that OCM installation should be optional, so lets see when they add the optional functionality in the installer.

Till then breathe a sigh & proceed with the Patch Installation :-)

Keywords:
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Save Our Tigers Initiative

2010-03-28T20:10:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

Geek Talkin Siebel has pledged full support to "Save Our Tigers" initiative!
If you feel you can do some part to save our precious national animal, please register & pledge your support as well!

Pledge Support At: http://www.saveourtigers.com/JoinTheRoar.php
Home Page: http://www.saveourtigers.com/

Let unite & bring a change :-)

Keywords: Save Our Tigers Intitiative, Tiger Conservation, India National Animal, Forest Reserves, etc

How to Setup Related Posts Widget for Blogger

2010-03-17T01:12:00.010+05:30

Hi Friends,

I wished this feature would have been available out of box with Blogger! But since that is not the case, we need to hookup custom code to achieve the "Related Posts" functionality.

It is very important to let your Blog readers have a glance at other posts. The archive section is not very friendly to expect readers browse manually to different items. Hence the related posts functionality is a big hit to achieve the reader sticky ness to your Blog :-)

The widget is pretty simple to install! Lets follow the steps below:

Steps for Implementation:

1. Go to Layout >Edit HTML in your Blogger Dashboard.

2. Back up your existing Template before making any changes!

3. Make sure to check the "Expand Widget Templates" box.

4. Search for the </head> tag.

   5. Add the following code just before the tag.

   6. Now search for <data:post.body/>. In some of the templates this code may look like this
      <div class='post-body>
      or
      <data:post.body/>

7. Add the following code just beneath the code you just searched for.

8. Now Save your Template and you are done!

Customization

* In order to change the number of maximum related posts being displayed for each label, search for the code below (within the code given in step 7) and change the number "5" to any desired number.

I hope this valuable functionality is easily added by following this simple setup guide!
Original Author Website: http://widgetsforfree.blogspot.com/2009/01/related-posts-widget-for-blogger.html

If you face any problems setting this up leave a comment & i would be happy to help.
Enjoy!

Keywords: Blog Tricks, Related Posts, Blogger, Blogspot, Widget, Javascripts, Guide, etc

SBL-DAT-60171: End of the log stream is reached

2010-03-16T01:52:00.001+05:30

Hi Friends,

This is an amusing bug [SBL-DAT-60171: End of the log stream is reached] in Siebel 8.0 which is dumped in your log files while accessing Audit Trail fields.
Its related to database as its dumped via sqllog.cpp (671) file.

This error comes when GetAuditTrail method is called via script.
So far this issue exists in Siebel 8.0 till 8.1.1. There is no uncertain application behaviour noticed due to this error, but just a dump in the log.

Its already logged as a bug, but so far no fixes have been released for the same.
If this error is in your logs & do not create any related problem, then you can safely ignore this error.

Enjoy!

Keywords:siebel crm,siebel customer relationship management,siebel solutions,siebel support,siebel supportweb,siebel systems, SBL-DAT-60171, Audit Trail, Logs, etc

SBL-EIM-00205: NULL target table for relation

2010-02-10T12:01:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

You can encounter SBL-EIM-00205: NULL target table for relation error while running an EIM Job in Siebel 8.0!
This issue is peculiar to Siebel 8.0 & above as this is caused to erroneous EIM Mapping when you have enabled Case Insensitivity (CIAI) on one of your base table columns.

When you enable CIAI (Case Insensitivity Accent Insensitivity) on one of your base table columns which has indexes on it, it will create another column corresponding to it & create CIAI indexes on the same to achieve the functionality.

For e.g. If you have created a new column on S_ORG_EXT say Column X_A having indexes on it & then you enable CIAI on it, it will create a another column called X_A_CI & create CIAI index on top of it. So internally whenever in application you query on column A, it will be driven by the CIAI Column created & the index associated to it.

This is good to achieve Case Insensitive & Accent Insentive stuff on a column, but when you move forward & run the EIM Column Mapping Wizard as its a new column, it will create mappings for both, i.e. Column X_A & Column X_A_CI in the EIM Mapping!

This mapping of X_A_CI column creates an issue with EIM which causes it to fail with SBL-EIM-00205 error!
In order to resolve this, you will need to manually delete the X_A_CI column mapped into the EIM Table [EIM_ACCOUNT (For S_ORG_EXT)].

Delete this mapping & apply EIM table changes on the table & then do a DDLSYNC on the server. Delete eimcolrelcache.dat & diccache.dat before restarting the server.
Once the server is up, try running your EIM Job, it should no longer fail with SBL-EIM-00205 error. Also this has been acknowledged as a bug, so lets wait for Siebel to fix it. Until then this is the only workaround available.

Enjoy!

References:
How to DDLSync?
How to run CIAI wizard?
How to run EIM Column Mapping Wizard?

Keywords:
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How to run EIM Mapping Wizard?

2010-02-09T15:20:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

Its a common activity where in you extend a base table for your customization requirements & then also need the same column available for data loading using Siebel EIM (Enterprise Integration Manger).

Here, i will walk you through simple steps to run EIM Mapping Wizard. For our example i have extended a column in S_ORG_EXT & want to map the same in EIM_ACCOUNT.

Steps:
1) Lock EIM_ACCOUNT & S_ORG_EXT Projects in your Siebel Tools
2) Go to S_ORG_EXT Table from object explorer in Tools & right click the same to select EIM Table Mapping:

3) Now, Interface Table Mapping Wizard opens up which shows all the EIM tables to which S_ORG_EXT has been associated. Since we want to map our new column in EIM_ACCOUNT, select EIM_ACCOUNT from the list & then click Next:

4) Moving ahead, click finish to let the Mapping Wizard actually map the columns in EIM_ACCOUNT Table:

5) As you saw above the EIM Table mapping has completed successfully. Now in order to reflect the same physically in your database, either go to EIM_ACCOUNT in Tools & use the "Apply" feature or do a DDLSYNC.

This completes the EIM Mapping. Its short & simple!

References:

How to run DDLSYNC?

Keywords:

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How to enable CIAI in Siebel?

2010-02-08T18:04:00.001+05:30

Hi Friends,

I hope you have been aware of the new CIAI (Case Insensitive Accent Insensitive) feature from Siebel 8.0 onwards. If not, i would like to quickly point you to its features at: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B40099_02/books/ConfigApps/ConfigApps_TablesColumns13.html#wp1079774

Considering you have a fair bit of idea now, i would like to proceed ahead & demonstrate how to actually enable CIAI for one particular column in a base table which already have preexisting indexes (a common scenario):

1) Here is what i am doing, i have a column named "X_A" on S_ORG_EXT with a pre-existing index on it.

2) I have locked my S_ORG_EXT Table project in Tools. Then right click on the column X_A & select Case Insensitivity:

3) Now a configure Case Insensitivity Wizard opens up:

4) If you carefully observe, the Index Strategy is "Copy All" which means we have pre-existing indexes on this column due to which a new column & CIAI index will be created on the same:

5) When you click Finish, the wizard creates a new column & its associated index:

6) This finishes your CIAI stuff for the column A in your repository.
7) Moving ahead, apply this Table changes physically on the Database by either using the "Apply" feature from Tools or doing a DDLSYNC.
8) Once the physical application on the database is complete, you can restart your server & have a fresh compiled SRF to test out the CIAI changes.

Enjoy!

References:
How to run DDLSYNC?

Keywords:
siebel crm,siebel customer relationship management,siebel solutions,siebel support,siebel supportweb,siebel systems, CIAI, Case Insensitive, Accent Insensitive, etc

Genbscript Error: Couldn't enumerate buscomps (initial)

2010-01-22T14:54:00.002+05:30

Hi Friends,

This is one of the rare errors which you might get while generating browser script after compiling an full SRF.
Couldn't enumerate buscomps (initial)

This error happens basically when you have a EBC in your SRF while the CFG you are pointing to generate the Browser Script does not have the External Datasource information captured.

Quite puzzled as you must be having the External Datasource configured at Siebel Enterprise Profile Configuration, then why this issue?
Well, if you carefully observe the genbscript command (genbscript "%SIEBEL_ROOT%\siebsrvr\bin\enu\siebel.cfg" "%SIEBEL_ROOT%\siebsrvr\webmaster\enu" enu), we refer to a local CFG, while since we are configuring all the Enterprise Setting through Admin-Siebel Configuration, the changes are directly reflected in our siebns.dat via Gateway & not the local application CFG.

Thus to overcome this issue & generate all the browser scripts successfully, simply add a dummy holder in CFG for the External Datasource:

Steps:
Open your local application CFG (e.g. siebel.cfg (%SIEBEL_ROOT%\siebsrvr\bin\enu)
Add Under
[DataSources]
EDSNAME=EDSNAME (Here EDSNAME is the actual External Datasource Name configured in Enterprise Profile Configuration)

Add after [ServerDataSrc] block completes:
[EDSNAME]

Thats it! Save the CFG & you are all set for a successful genbscript!

Keywords:
siebel crm,siebel, siebel systems, genbscript, siebns.dat, External Data Source, EBC, External Buscomp, siebel tools, siebel dev, SRF, siebel repository, etc

Batch Program to Rename file with date & counter

2009-11-21T11:41:00.001+05:30

One of my interface development requirements specified to take backups of a file with the prevailing sysdate appended.
Hence i sat down to see how this could be achieved with Batch Programming as my environment was Windows Platform.

An initial code was adapted from MSFN Forums & it behaved very well:

@Echo off
rem Original Batch File Code Location: http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t47812.html
rem Adapted By: Shalabhsneha Katdare (SHALABHKATDARE AT GMAILDOTCOM)
rem Reading input file
If "%1" EQU "" (
 Echo You must use parameter - name of file to rename.
 Goto :EOF
    ) ELSE (
 Set strFile2Rename=%1
    )
If not exist %strFile2Rename% (
    Echo %strFile2Rename% was not found!
    Goto :EOF
    )
For /f "usebackq delims=. tokens=1,2" %%i IN (`echo %strFile2Rename%`)    Do Set strFileExtension=%%j

rem Main code
call:ConvertDate
call:RenameFile
Goto:EOF
    
:ConvertDate    
rem Reading date format, converting and saving date
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo.^|date') do (
 set A=%%a&set B=%%b&set C=%%c)
set t=2&if "%date%z" LSS "A" set t=1
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo.^|date') do (
 for /f "tokens=%t%-4 delims=.-/ " %%d in ('date/t') do (
   set dd=%%d&set mm=%%e&set yy=%%f))
Goto:EOF

:RenameFile
ren %strFile2Rename% File_%dd%-%mm%-%yy%.%strFileExtension%
Echo File %strFile2Rename% is renamed to File_%dd%-%mm%-%yy%.%strFileExtension%

Usage:
cmd:\>rename2date filename.fileext
Output:
filename_sysdate.fileext

As you could see this was the perfect thing which i wanted. But soon i faced a major bottleneck!
The backup location was common for all the files. Hence in a given day, if i needed to take backup of the same file again, the batch program failed as the file formed upon renaming will be pre-existing from the backup taken earlier.

This evolved my initial requirement to a batch program doing rename with sysdate & counter added to it so that multiple renames in day could be supported for the same file.
Further modification to the initial above logic resulted into below code:

@Echo off
rem Original Batch File Code Location: http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t47812.html
rem Adapted By: Shalabhsneha Katdare (SHALABHKATDARE AT GMAILDOTCOM)
rem v1.1 [Added counter facility alongwith date. So we can rename a file multiple times on a given day!]
rem v1.0 [Plain rename facility without counter, i.e. on a given day the file can be renamed only once!]
rem Reading input file
set count=1
If "%1" EQU "" (
 Echo You must use parameter - name of file to rename.
 Goto :EOF
    ) ELSE (
 Set strFile2Rename=%1
    )
If not exist %strFile2Rename% (
    Echo %strFile2Rename% was not found!
    Goto :EOF
    )
For /f "usebackq delims=. tokens=1,2" %%i IN (`echo %strFile2Rename%`)    Do Set strFileExtension=%%j
For /f "usebackq delims=. tokens=1,2" %%i IN (`echo %strFile2Rename%`)    Do Set strFile=%%i
rem Main code
call:ConvertDate
call:RenFile
Goto:EOF
    
:ConvertDate    
rem Reading date format, converting and saving date
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo.^|date') do (
 set A=%%a&set B=%%b&set C=%%c)
set t=2&if "%date%z" LSS "A" set t=1
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo.^|date') do (
 for /f "tokens=%t%-4 delims=.-/ " %%d in ('date/t') do (
   set dd=%%d&set mm=%%e&set yy=%%f))
Goto:EOF

:RenFile
rem Renaming the file with date & counter
set FileCheck=%strFile%_%dd%-%mm%-%yy%_%count%.%strFileExtension%
If not exist "%FileCheck%" ( 
ren %strFile2Rename% %strFile%_%dd%-%mm%-%yy%_%count%.%strFileExtension% 
Goto :EOF
) ELSE (
set /a count=count+1 
call:RenFile)
Goto:EOF

Usage:
cmd:\>rename2date filename.fileext
Output:
filename_sysdate_counter.fileext

If you see the revision in code, i have just made a simple recursive call so that until a file (Filename formed post rename) is existing we would loop to increment the counter so that we finally arrive at unique filename with sysdate & a counter permitting us multiple renames on any given day for same file.

One thing which i struggled with Batch Programming is, its very sensitive to its syntax semantics. If a brace or two are not properly placed, the program would throw a annoying error of "The syntax of the command is incorrect"

It is difficult to trace where exactly is the syntax error coming from, but a quick echo ON helps & guides to correct directions.

So finally i have my batch program to rename a file with date & a counter :-D

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Embed Code Syntax Highlighting in Blog

2009-11-20T16:42:00.012+05:30

Hi Friends,

If you are a developer & want to share your code over the blog with proper highlighting & syntax, then Blogger/Wordpress doesn't have the immediate solution out here!

A quick workaround for Blogger can be to embed your source between:
<blockquote></blockquote>
tags in order to prevent them from getting parsed.
E.g.

But for the formatting & highlighting used to quote above
example, an excellent open source tool called SyntaxHighlighter is available.

This is ready to use out of box 100% Javascript based SyntaxHighlighter with extensive features & multiple other options.

SyntaxHighlighter can be either downloaded & used on your own webserver or if you have a blog on Blogger, this can be directly used as well.

To downloaded SyntaxHighlighter for your own personal Webserver/Hosted Site: http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter:Download
Configuration Steps: http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter:Configuration
Brush Aliases:http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter:Brushes

In order to install & use it on Blogger, follow the below simple steps:
1) Go to your Template Layout->Download your template as a backup first
2)Now click Edit HTML for Layout & then paste the below code in your Template before your </head> tag ends. Note this is pointing to the Latest released version v2.1.364; older versions can be found at: http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/

<link href='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/styles/shCore.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/> 

<link href='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/styles/shThemeDefault.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shCore.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushCpp.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushCSharp.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushCss.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushJava.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushJScript.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushPhp.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushPython.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushRuby.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushSql.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushVb.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushXml.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/shBrushPerl.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 

<script language='javascript'> 

SyntaxHighlighter.config.bloggerMode = true;

SyntaxHighlighter.config.clipboardSwf = 'http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/2.1.364/scripts/clipboard.swf';

SyntaxHighlighter.all();

</script>

3)Save the template & open you blog in IE & Firefox to test if any javascript errors are reported as this might conflict with various other embedded scripts in your template.

This completes the direct embedding of SyntaxHighlighter in your Blog. Now lets proceed how to use it in your posts:

Usage:
For SyntaxHighlighter 2.0 & above:
Any code you want to be placed & displayed using SyntaxHighlighter must be enclosed in:

<script type="syntaxhighlighter" class="brush: html"><![CDATA[

#######YOUR CODE############

]]></script>

Note that we have option of using different brushes for highlighting different type of codes..e.g. HTML/ASP/C++ etc
In order to choose the appropriate brush, following are the various brush aliases supporting the corresponding code highlighting:
actionscript3
bash, shell
c-sharp, csharp
cpp, c
css
delphi, pas, pascal
diff, patch
groovy
js, jscript, javascript
java
jfx, javafx
perl, pl
php
plain, text
ps, powershell
py, python
rails, ror, ruby
scala
sql
vb, vbnet
xml, xhtml, xslt, html, xhtml

Above aliases can be used at: class="brush: alias" while embedding your code in the Blog.

Another easy way supported by SyntaxHighlighter is to enclose the code within:

The only catch involved out here is, you have to use encoded HTML while embedding within <pre>tags.
Your code can be converted to HTML Encoded using following easy to use Tool:
http://www.string-functions.com/htmlencode.aspx

Just copy paste your code & generate the encoded HTML Code. Paste the encoded HTML within <pre>tags for correct rendering. Failure to do so might render wrong code, especially < & > brackets.

Some examples of codes in my Blog:
http://geektalkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/historical-audit-trail-information.html

http://geektalkin.blogspot.com/2009/11/batch-program-to-rename-file-with-date.html

Keep Blogging!

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Guide to Enable WPA2-PSK Support on Dlink DWL-G630 Wireless Card

2009-11-18T21:26:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

If you are using DWL-G630 Wireless Card from Dlink, then you might have noted that it does not support WPA2-PSK Encryption.

I am talking of particular DWL-G630 Rev. D Card which are sold out here in India.
The driver that came along with the contents are v4.10 released in 2005 which are pretty old.

A quick search around google to find out the latest drivers from Dlink seems pretty painful task as there is no proper information available on Dlink Official Website.

Hence, i decided to crack this nut...as i did not want to lower my Wireless Router's security encryption anything below WPA2-PSK just because of lame non-availability of driver!

First, in order to get latest drivers from Dlink; finally landed me to the Dlink's Global US FTP Site, where dozens of driver zips are available.
You have to manually download & have a look if it will work for your card or not. Dont go for the filename to determine the driver model as it might support many cross cards.
You need to check the driver INF file post download to exactly determine which cards are supported.

DLink's Global FTP Driver Site: ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/

Now, after downloading couple of files, the only latest driver post v4.10 was v4.1.2.725 released on 06/27/2007.
ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dwlG630_revE/Drivers/dwlG630_revE_drivers_514.zip

If you install these drivers from Dlink, don't expect it to support WPA2-PSK Encryption!!
Thus, the search for WPA2-PSK Support continued!!

Lets have a quick introduction over WPA2-PSK & its support on Microsoft Platform:
A very good article for Microsoft support can be read at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/bowman_wirelesssecurity.mspx

Note that you need XP Service Pack2 or the specific update in order to make sure that your OS Support's WPA2-PSK Encryption.
If you are already on Windows XP Service Pack3...you are on track ;-)

Two good articles to go over WPA2-PSK Encryption details:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb878054.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

So now to move ahead with our WPA2-PSK Support quest...i went around few articles which mentioned that the chipset used in DWL-G630 is manufactured by Atheros!

A quick search around points that Dlink DWL-G630 has AR5005 chipset. Now the catch out here is Atheros drivers support WPA2-PSK Encryption.

So finally after digging on the google, i got the below Atheros AR5005X chipset driver compatible for DWL-G630!
WPA2-PSK Supporting DWL-G630 Driver for Windows XP: http://www.filefactory.com/file/a1fcbea/n/atheros_ar5xxx_770406_xp.zip

Once i downloaded this & did an update driver, my Wireless card connected instantly to my Wireless Router Access Point!

If you are looking to configure this Card on Linux, then below is a good page on Ubuntu Forums for the same:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-176750.html

Finally a day along wait and precious R&D came to some useful conclusion.
I am not sure why DLink is not releasing an updated driver which would support the WPA2-PSK Encryption, but as long as we have a workaround we should not be complaining ;-)

I hope this documentation seals up the issue for anyone else as i did not find a conclusive dedicated document on the internet for this issue.

Go Wireless >>>>>>>>>

Keywords: Wireless, Wireless NIC, Wireless Card, DWL-G630 Rev D, Dlink, WPA2, WPA, WPA2-PSK, Atheros 5005X, Atheros 5xxx, Driver, Wireless Driver, etc

Siebel System Requirements and Supported Platforms (v8.1,v8.0,v7.8,v7.7,v7.5,v7.0,v6.3,v6.2,v6.1,v6.0)

2009-10-20T18:37:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

This is one very important ready reckoner page regarding the System Requirements & Supported Platforms for all the Siebel Versions released & supported so far.

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11886_01/srsphomepage.html

This is the best source to keep in touch for any updated System requirements & platforms.
Hope this helps everyone.

Keywords:
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Oracle UPK Installation Failed - ORA-12640: Authentication adapter initialization failed

2009-10-14T14:37:00.003+05:30

Hi Friends,

I was setting up Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) in Server only mode for setting up a dedicated documentation facility. This was my first hand setup experience with the UPK & so as i expected i landed up with few issues during installation.

While deploying the UPK server on a local server, at the end of the installation, i received error:
ORA-12640: Authentication adapter initialization failed

I thought, there might be some issue due to the database. Went around searched & re-tried the installation, but it again failed due to the same error.

After further research, i found that this error is more related to the Oracle Client settings in sqlnet.ora

Below is the change i did in my sqlnet.ora file after which Oracle UPK Server Mode installation completed successfully:

SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)
Changing this one to:
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NONE)

Keywords: Oracle UPK, Oracle User Productivity Kit, Oracle UPK Installation, ORA-12640, etc

The DLL 'SSCEACTVIEW.DLL' could not be loaded.(SBL-DAT-00170)

2009-09-13T20:52:00.001+05:30

Hi Friends,

You might have received this long time buggy error: "The DLL 'SSCEACTVIEW.DLL' could not be loaded.(SBL-DAT-00170)" while trying to generate a EIM Report using Siebel Tools.

Issue:

This issue occurs particularly when you are connected to 'SERVER' Datasource & try to generate an EIM Report.

Solution:
There has been no Product Fixes from Oracle, but a simple workaround: Use LOCAL Database for generating EIM Report.

If you connect to your Local DBF using Siebel Tools then you will not face this error while generating EIM Report but other inital error like:

Once you clear the initial error, try again to generate the EIM Report & this time it will generate the report without any errors or prompts.

Keywords:

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Missing PID in Adminstration-Server Management-Sessions Screen

2009-07-15T01:34:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends,

One minor bug i encountered during implementation of Siebel 8.0 is the missing PIDs for open Sessions in Administration-Server Management Screen!

If you observe carefully; the PID column would be blank for all Sessions, whereas ideally it should have the Process ID Value populated for all running Sessions.
Further investigating, it was verified that PID was not only absent from UI, but also when we try to export the same from command line srvrmgr utility, the result is same.

Presently, the only workaround to find the PID of a running Session would be to find the associated Task to that Session. This can be achieved by noting down the Session ID value showed in UI for a particular Session & then finding the same in Administration - Server Management -> Tasks Screen as Task ID. i.e.
(Sessions Screen)Session ID= Task ID (Tasks Screen)
I know, its a very mechanical workaround, but when those annoying user-related or particular session related issues get reported in Production, we badly need this PIDs to see whats happening over the server ;-)

And yes...finally this has been admitted as a bug for Siebel 8.0 Platform.

Happy CRM Hunting! :-)
Keywords:Siebel, Siebel Systems, Siebel Session, Session PID, PIDs, PID, Process ID, Administration-Server Management, etc

Add Social Bookmarking Widgets: ShareThis-AddThis [How To]

2009-07-14T14:13:00.006+05:30

Hi Friends,

One of the most important part of blogging is to reach out good audience. In earlier dotcom eras, multiple link sharing & different link exchanges were used to promote websites.

But nowadays due to the huge popularity of social networking sites, people are much more eager to carry each & everything with them as they keep moving from one place to another and
so a online bookmarking solution is the perfect tool for them.

Having considered all of this, we should quickly sit down & start using this utility for our own blog!

Two very good widget solutions exist online: Share This or Add This

Both of this websites provide professional bookmarking solutions for Blog Publishers including definitive Analytics in order to track all of your content popularity.

Lets review both of this individually:

Share This:
- Free
- Easy to use
- Instant Widget installation across different blogging sites
- Definitive Analytics for Advanced Reporting Purpose
- Registration is compulsory.

Sample Screenshot:

Add This:
- Free
- Easy to use
- Instant Widget installation across different blogging sites
- Direct code insertion also possible.
- Defintive Analytics for Advanced Reporting Purpose
- Registration is only required, if you want to subscribe for Analytics, else its plug n play ;-)

Sample Screenshot:

I am using Add This for my Blog. Its pretty much simpler & easy to use. I would definitely recommend Add This.

Keywords:social bookmarking widget, social bookmarking sharing button widget, addthis social bookmarking sharing button widget, social bookmarking widgets, widget, widgets, AddThis,ShareThis, blog widget, blog widgets, social bookmarking, social bookmarks, online bookmark, etc

Historical Audit Trail Information Missing after Siebel 8.0 Upgrade

2009-07-05T01:26:00.006+05:30

Hi Friends,

If you have just upgraded to Siebel 8.0, then be prepared to have a big shocker in waiting! All the historical audit trail information will be missing from UI due to the New Encoded Audit Trail storing mechanism introduced in Siebel 8.0

A major change in Siebel 8.0 is the query formed while retrieving the Audit Trail records:
" WHERE
((T1.BC_BASE_TBL = ?) AND
(T1.RECORD_ID = ?))"

All Historical Audit Trail records would be having BC_BASE_TBL column as null causing this issue.
If you are thinking to populate this column using EIM, then it wont work as S_AUDIT_ITEM does not have the required userkeys.

So how to go about populating BC_BASE_TBL directly? We need to query S_BUSCOMP & get the Base Table name for each record.

I have wrote a PL/SQL Block for directly updating S_AUDIT_ITEM which will populate the BC_BASE_TBL for all the historical records inorder to resolve this issue...

I hope this helps to all who have recently upgraded to Siebel 8.0!
Welcome to Siebel 8.0 :)

Enjoy!
Keywords:
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ESD [EMS 2012] Error: FindClass org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap failed

2009-05-13T17:31:00.008+05:30

Hello Friends,

If you happen to use the new breed of Siebel Email Marketing Server (ESD/BHD/CTD) [EMS2012], then you might be greeted with below error while starting the Service for the first time in jakarta_service_date.log file under \logs:

[2009-05-11 06:22:38] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2009-05-11 06:22:38] [info] Running Service...
[2009-05-11 06:22:38] [info] Starting service...
[2009-05-11 06:22:38] [443 javajni.c] [error] FindClass org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap failed
[2009-05-11 06:22:38] [997 prunsrv.c] [error] Failed loading main org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap class d:\Program Files\esd\bin\bootstrap.jar
[2009-05-11 06:22:38] [1260 prunsrv.c] [error] ServiceStart returned 3
[2009-05-11 06:22:38] [info] Run service finished.
[2009-05-11 06:22:38] [info] Procrun finished.

This is mainly because, Apache Tomcat 6 is now distributed with the latest EMS components which needs updated JDK Version to be installed prior its installation.

You can install J2SDK 1.5 update 18 & then re-install to eliminate this error.

If you are planning to install J2SDK 1.6, then you might want to read the below page first:
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41538

Keywords: ESD, Email Sending Daemon, crm,siebel, siebel systems,Siebel Bounce Handler Daemon, Siebel Click Through Daemon, BHD, CTD,EMS, Email Marketing Server,etc

Siebel SRVRMGR Utility - Spool [HOWTO]

2009-04-29T18:52:00.005+05:30

Hi Friends,

If you want to take some export of Parameters or Components from SRVRMGR Utility through command prompt, then keep reading...

Below simple steps teach how to take a spool while working with SRVRMGR in Command Line Mode:

Command Line Parameters to Take Spool of Component Parameters:

cmd:>srvrmgr /g GATEWAY_ADDR /e ENTERPRISE_SERVER_NAME /s SIEBEL_APPLISRVR_LOG_NAME /u USERNAME /p PASSWORD
srvrmgr:>spool C:\Parameter_Spool.txt
srvrmgr:>list parameters for component SSEObjMgr_enu
srvrmgr:> list advanced parameters for component SSEObjMgr_enu
srvrmgr:> list hidden parameters for component SSEObjMgr_enu
srvrmgr:> spool off
srvrmgr:>exit

Once you exit the srvrmgr, you have Parameter_Spool.txt file ready with required information.
SRVRMGR spool is highly important tool, if you dont use 'Administration - Server Management' in UI for Siebel Server Administration :-)

Keywords:
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SQL Error Creating table Dummy Table to Verify Previleges / Extending the Database by Adding New Columns to the Base Table

2009-04-28T16:21:00.005+05:30

Hi Friends,

During development when you are connected to your Local Database, you might need to test out any schema changes to a Table or Column.
In order to achieve this, you will be needing to apply the logical changes from Tools to your Local Database.

While doing so, you need to give Privileged Database User & Password to make changes to your Local DB Schema.
If you use your Tools login username & password; you would be greeted with this two errors:

First Error:
SQL Error Creating table Dummy Table to Verify Privileges

Second Error:
42000 (-121): [Siebel Database][ODBC Driver][Adaptive Server Anywhere]Permission denied: you do not have permission to use the "CREATE TABLE" statement

To avoid above errors, you need to change the Privileged User & Password being supplied before applying the change:

Siebel Application User Id User Password
Prior to Version 7.7 DBA SQL
Version 7.7 SIEBEL Local
Version 8.0 SIEBEL Local

Here, Local means to use your own Local User Password.
i.e. Say if you use dummyuser/dummypassword to login to your Local Tools, then you need to use SIEBEL/dummypassword as your Privileged User Id & Privileged User Password for making schema changes to your Local DB.

Same information is also available in the Siebel Bookshelf at:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B40099_01/80Siebel_HTML/books/DevDep/DevDep_DBExtension3.html

Keywords:
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No server connect string for Siebel Component SRBroker in Siebel Enterprise SBA_ES, Siebel Server DEV8~ 1-3HU6QN~Campaign Contact

2009-04-28T16:00:00.005+05:30

Hi Friends,

If you use dedicated client in your environment & try to invoke assignment manager through scripting, then you might face errors like:

"No server connect string for Siebel Component SRBroker in Siebel Enterprise SBA_ES, Siebel Server DEV8~ 1-3HU6QN~Campaign Contact"

For this to work correctly, you need to modify your Dedicated client CFG & include following in the InfraObjMgr Section:

[InfraObjMgr]

RequestServerName = dev8

TO

[InfraObjMgr]

RequestServerName = sba_as

Above changes mean that you have to use the 'Logical Siebel Server' Name for RequestServerName instead of Physical Server Name & this Server should have 'Assignment Manager Component' running on it.

After you make these changes in the CFG & restart the client, you will not face this issue again.

Keywords:
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Buttons in Siebel UI are having Transparent Look & Feel

2009-04-25T17:04:00.007+05:30

Hi Friends,

Well a very annonyning problem i came across & it took me around 4 months & 4 Service Requests before Siebel accepted it as bug.

Scenario:
If you have Siebel 8 Implementation in your environment over cross platforms, then you will face this issue of Transparent Buttons across the Application.
For e.g. Application Servers are on Windows Platform
Webservers [Siebel Web Server Extention Implementation] are on UNIX or Linux Platform.

Issue:
main.css has button related file extension reference in uppercase; i.e. "GIF"
Check the screenshot:

Now, when we are having our Webservers on UNIX or Linux Platform, this upper case extensions become a big bottleneck as file systems are case sensitive.
All the image file provided by Siebel are having file extension in lower case: ie "gif" or "jpg".
Now due to this uppercase extension, the Siebel UI was failing to render the button images at all causing the transparent look & feel.

Resolution:
There are two ways to correct this:
1) Edit the Vanilla main.css under [SWSE_ROOT\public\enu\files] for all such upper case references to lower case: i.e. "GIF" to "gif"
2)Create a copy of button images with uppercase extensions using below commands:
[SWSE_ROOT\public\enu\images\]
-bash-3.00$ cp bkgrnd_minibtn.gif bkgrnd_minibtn.GIF
-bash-3.00$ cp bkgrnd_minibtn_hover.gif bkgrnd_minibtn_hover.GIF

This issue has been validated from Siebel 8.0 to 8.0.0.6. A Fix Request has been raised, so lets see when this annoying issue of transparent buttons is officially fixed ;-)

Till then happy CRM hunting. :-)

Keywords:
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Enabling Dynamic Pricing/Advanced Pricing Capabilities in Siebel 8.x/7.8.x

2008-06-10T12:39:00.004+05:30

Hi All,

This article would discuss about enabling Dynamic Pricing/Advanced Pricing Capabilities in Siebel.
By default, Siebel uses Basic Pricing as its base pricing procedure followed.

In order to enable & use advanced pricing procedure, quite a few configuration changes are required as listed below:

1) First & foremost requirement is, you need to have Siebel Dynamic Pricer License.

2) You need to activate all the workflows related to your Pricing Configuration Requirement.
A complete technical reference is available in the Siebel Pricing Administration Guide
Siebel 8: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B40099_02/books/PriceAdm/PriceAdmTOC.html

Siebel 7.8:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31104_02/books/PriceAdm/PriceAdmTOC.html

3) Apart from this, you may need to activate other workflows available in the Order Management Infrastructure Guide

Siebel 8:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B40099_02/books/OrderMgtInfra/OrderMgtInfraTOC.html

Siebel 7.8:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31104_02/books/OrderMgtInfra/OrderMgtInfraTOC.html

4) Need to modify various signals which point to Basic Pricing Procedure, to enable Dynamic Pricing.
For this, follow the detailed guidelines of Tech Note 643 or Document Id: 473914.1 on Oracle Metalink 3.

When you complete the above 4 steps, your environment would be successfully configured for Dynamic Pricing or Advanced Pricing Capabilities.

UPDATE

For Siebel 8.1.1.x & above version, you can enable dynamic pricing at a single click...read more!

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Siebel 8.0 Simplified Installation Tasks/Guide for Windows

2008-05-09T11:13:00.000+05:30

Hi Friends,

One of the most frequently asked question regarding Siebel is an shortcut summarized document for its installation, to test it out faster.
Well, on other environments, it may not be easy to write a shortcut document, but for Windows Oracle has definitely written one.

You can access this simplified installation document on Oracle Siebel SupportWeb or Metalink 3 by searching for Document ID: 475438.1 or TechNote 688

Enjoy installing Siebel!

Enabling HighInteractivity for PRM Portal (eChannel) in Siebel v7.8 & Siebel v8.0

2008-04-16T21:17:00.001+05:30

Enabling HighInteractivity for Partner Portal (PRM Portal, eChannel) is a simple job!
HighInteractivity provides the same functionality as you find in your Sales or Marketing Application with ActiveX Loaded & minimum page refreshes.
By default, Partner Portal runs in StandardInteractivity Mode.

For Siebel CRM v7.8, following are the steps:
1)Browse to your Siebel_Server_Root\bin\enu\
2)Open the scw.cfg
3)Find the section [SWE]
4)Add the following two lines:

HighInteractivity = TRUE
ShowWriteRecord = TRUE

5) Save the file & restart the server to have HighInteractivity on your PRM Portal

Similarly for Siebel CRM v8.0, following are the steps:
1)Browse to your Siebel_Server_Root\bin\enu\
2)Open the scw.cfg
3)Find the section [InfraUIFramework]
4)Add the following two lines:

HighInteractivity = TRUE
ShowWriteRecord = TRUE

5) Save the file & restart the server to have HighInteractivity on your PRM Portal

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Error loading dictionary file diccache.dat.(SBL-DAT-60237)

2008-04-08T12:49:00.000+05:30

This error is caused due to problem in schema synchronization. The proposed resolution is to run the Database Utilities & perform Schema Synchronization.

After schema synchronization has been done, stop the Siebel Server Service, search & delete the file diccache.dat from the Siebel Installation directory, if present.

Now restart the Siebel Server Service for generation of fresh diccache.dat file.

Keywords: siebel crm,siebel customer relationship management,siebel solutions,siebel support,siebel supportweb,siebel systems, SBL-DAT-60237

Oracle Apps - Java Concurrent Program

2008-03-24T21:23:00.003+05:30

Writing a Java Concurrent Program

Concurrent Processing provides an interface JavaConcurrentProgram with abstract method runProgram() which passes the concurrent processing context CpContext. The concurrent program developer will implement all of their business logic for a concurrent program in runProgram().
CpContext will have the request specific log and output file input methods. The class name with the runProgram() method will be registered as the java executable file name in the register executable form.

Follow the following generic format to write a Java Concurrent Program…

package oracle.apps.yourpackage.subpackage;

import oracle.apps.fnd.common.Context;
import oracle.apps.fnd.common.VersionInfo;
import oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.*;
import oracle.apps.fnd.util.*;

public class HelloWorldApp
implements JavaConcurrentProgram{

public void runProgram(CpContext ctx){

//Obtain the reference to the Output file for Concurrent Prog
OutFile out = ctx.getOutFile();

//Obtain the reference to the Log file for Concurrent Prog
LogFile log = ctx.getLogFile();

try{

//To read parameters passed via Concurrent Program
String myName = null;
ParameterList lPara = ctx.getParameterList();
while (lPara.hasMoreElements())
{
NameValueType aNVT = lPara.nextParameter();
if ( aNVT.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("My Name") )
myName = aNVT.getValue(););
}

//Write your logic here

out.writeln("This will be printed to the Output File");

log.writeln("This will be printed to the Log File", 0);

//Request the completion of this Concurrent Prog
//This step will signal the end of execution of your Concurrent Prog
ctx.getReqCompletion().setCompletion(ReqCompletion.NORMAL,  "Completed.");
}
//Handle any exceptional conditions
catch(Exception e){
StackTraceElement ste[] = e.getStackTrace();
for(int i=0; i<ste.length; i++){
log.writeln(ste[i].toString(), 0);
}
}
}
}

Best Practice

As a best practice, use Oracle JDeveloper patched with the following patch number: 6012619. You can download it from Metalink. This patched release of JDeveloper includes all the FND packages and other requisite packages commonly used while writing Java Concurrent Programs. You may use Eclipse, but you will have to manually copy all the packages from Oracle Apps Server to your local machine and give its reference to the project.

Porting Third-Party Libraries

Ask the DBA to place all the requisite third-party libraries under $JAVA_TOP. To make the third-party libraries available to your JCP, follow the steps outlined below to create your Concurrent Program Executable and to create the actual Concurrent Program.

Create Concurrent Program Executable

Path: Concurrent -> Program -> Executable

Create the concurrent program executable, details of which are as follows:

Executable   : HelloWorld
Short Name   : HelloWorld
Application   : Custom Applications
Execution Method  : Java Concurrent Program
Execution File Name         : HelloWorldApp This is your main class file
Execution File Path  : oracle.apps.yourpackage.subpackage

Create the Concurrent Program

Path: Concurrent -> Program -> Define

We are having one concurrent program.

Program  : HelloWorld Java Concurrent Program
Short Name : HELLOWORLDJCP
Application : Custom Applications
Description : Hello World Program
Executable Name : HelloWorld
Executable Method : Java Concurrent Program
Options  : -classpath  /dv00/oracle/product/DEV1110/java:/dv00/oracle/apps/DEV1110/11.5/au/11.5.0/java/appsborg.zip:/dv00/oracle/product/DEV1110/java/thirdParty1.jar:/dv00/oracle/product/DEV1110/java/thirdParty2.jar

Note:- If your JCP does not make use of any Third-Party libraries, then please DO NOT put any entry in the Options.
The Options to be specified must be fully qualified. Use of environment variables will fail the execution of the Java Concurrent Program.

/dv00/oracle/product/DEV1110/java - This is the path to my $JAVA_TOP
/dv00/oracle/apps/DEV1110/11.5/au/11.5.0/java/appsborg.zip - This is the path to my $AU_TOP/java/appsborg.zip
/dv00/oracle/product/DEV1110/java/thirdParty1.jar - This is the JAR reference to my first Third Party Library dependency.
/dv00/oracle/product/DEV1110/java/thirdParty2.jar - This is the JAR reference to my second Third Party Library dependency.

The paths must be set for appropriate environment as specified above and must be separated using a colon “:” without any new-line characters.

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Enabling Auto Order Functionality in Siebel v8.0 CRM /Error Code:SBL-APS-00802

2008-03-19T20:49:00.003+05:30

Hi Friends,

If you just installed Siebel CRM v8.0 & are facing issues with AUTO ORDER Functionality while using Quotes (Error: SBL-APS-00802), then you need to do some configuration changes before proceeding.

1) Firstly check whether you have all the workflow components enabled on the server
If not, enable the workflow component group.

2)Go to Sitemap>Administration-Server Configuration>Component Definitions>
Query for the component for which you want to enable the Auto Order functionality. Say for e.g. Sales
Now, in the Component Parameters Applet, Query for: 'Order Management - Enable Asse' & set its Value to: 'True'

3)Go Siebel_Server_Installation_Root\siebsrvr\bin\enu
Open the .cfg file for the application which you just enabled the Auto Order Functionality.
Under the '[InfraObjMgr]' add following line:
'AssetBasedOrderingEnabled = TRUE'
Save the file & close.
You need to do similar changes in your Dedicated or Mobile Client cfg's to enable the functionality.

4)Now restart your Siebel Services!
Order of Siebel Service Restart:
1)Stop the Webserver Service
2)Stop the Siebel Server Service
3)Restart Gateway Server Service
4)Start Siebel Server Service
5)Start the Webserver Service

5)Now go to Sitemap>Administration - Business Process>Workflow Deployment
Select All Workflows & click ACTIVATE

6)Now log out of the application & relogin to test your AUTO ORDER Functionality! It should be working now!

Enjoy!

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Siebel Thin Client Connectivity Fails/SWSE Configuration/Siebel Web Server Extentions Problem

2008-03-16T14:39:00.004+05:30

Hello Friends,

I was playing around Siebel CRM 8.0 Installation (Business Applications/Enterprise Applications)!
One of the most amusing aspect of the setup is the configuration & installation of Siebel Web Server Extensions (SWSE)!

I would like to point here one very common & specific reason why thin client connectivity fails almost always while configuring the first time!
While creating the SWSE Logical Profile, we are asked to give High Interactivity User & Standard Interactivity User

As you can see, i used GUEST & GUESTCTS as the High & Standard Interactivity Users respectively!
Well logically this should be true as its mentioned in the Siebel Installation Guide!
But the biggest problem is, your Database does not have GUEST or GUESTCTS users being created by Siebel.
These users should be created when we fire the grantusr.sql file before running Database Configuration Wizard!
But since they are not mentioned in the SQL Script, they are not created.

Due to this, after SWSE Installation, when we try to access the Siebel Application, we get following error:
"The server you are trying to access is either busy or experiencing difficulties. Please close the Web browser, open a new browser window, and try logging in again.[14:58:04]"

While the SWSE Log file shows:
"ObjMgrSessionLog Error 1 0000000847670820:0 2007-12-18 12:47:44 Login failed for Login name : GUESTCTS
ProcessPluginState ProcessPluginStateError 1 0000000847670820:0 2007-12-18 12:47:44 2112: [SWSE] Open Session failed (0x75eb4d) after 1.0381 seconds.
SisnapiLayerLog Error 1 0000000947670820:0 2007-12-18 12:47:44 480: [SISNAPI] Async Thread: connection (0x1a097e8), error (1180682) while reading message"

Resolutions / Workarounds:
We have two resolutions or workarounds for this problem:

Manually create users GUEST & GUESTCTS in your database and assign them SSE_ROLE
Use SADMIN as High & Standard Interactivity User in the SWSE Logical Profile

So thats the basic reason, why generally the Thin Client Connectivity fails most of the time!
Hope, if you are installing for the first time & having this problem, then by now your thin client must be up & running! ;-)

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Create Hidden Command Prompt/CMD/COMMAND Process

2008-03-16T14:20:00.002+05:30

Hi friends,

Being a Java programmer, i always have a wish that while distributing my programs, instead of creating some setup, i could just distribute it in a JAR file & launch it via a batch file!
But a batch file, means a command prompt window keeps running side ways!
There began my search for a way to create a hidden command prompt process!

I came across two good solutions:

Create Hidden Process (http://www.commandline.co.uk/chp/)
NirCmd (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html)

Create Hidden Process is an excellent freeware which allows you to launch almost anything from command prompt & that too completely hidden!
For example, i participate in BOINC Projects (SETI@Home & Climateprediction)
Running the BOINC GUI Module consumes lots of RAM & CPU...so i always prefer to launch it via Console!
But launching via console means, i have to keep a command prompt window open!
Using CHP, i can easily create a hidden command prompt process as follows:
###########################
bhide.bat - Example to launch boinc console using CHP (Create Hidden Process)

CHP cmd.exe /c ""d:\User Profiles\skatdare\boinc.bat""
exit
###########################

###########################
boinc.bat - Example to launch boinc console (sub-batch file call)

cd\
cd pro*
cd boinc
boinc

##############################

So download Create Hidden Process from here!

NirCmd is an advanced command line tool which allows us to do lots of things without showing any user interface.
More detailed documentation for NirCmd is available here..
Download NirCmd from here!

So enjoy Hiding command prompts :-)

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Connecting Nokia 6600 PC Suite v1.1.0 with Bluesoleil Bluetooth Dongle

2007-06-29T12:37:00.003+05:30

Connecting my Nokia 6600 PC Suite with a Bluesoleil Dongle was a big headache!
Earlier Bluesoleil version upto v1.4 worked fine with PC Suite v1.0 for Nokia 6600...but
ever since the PC Suite v1.1 for Nokia 6600 has been released & newer versions of
Bluesoleil coming up, connecting the both is a big problem!

I somehow though managed to connect it, so here are the steps for the same..

1)First of all you need the Bluesoleil Driver (http://www.ivtcorporation.com).
Please ensure that your Dongle supports Bluesoleil drivers. Not all dongles are supporting
the same.
I used the Bluesoleil driver Version: 2.1.3.0 Release: 060429 (Check Image Below)

2)After the driver installation, install the Nokia 6600 PC Suite, version 1.1.0
Download from: http://www.nokia-asia.com/nokia/0,,59279,00.html

3)PC Suite successfully installed, now diverts us to the mRouter Connection Settings...
There are various COM port options to be selected, and after many trials i found the
correct settings. Check the attached picture to select exactly what is required in your
mRouter Connection Setting Box!

4)Restart your PC

5)Insert your Bluetooth Dongle in USB & start Bluesoleil

6)Start bluetooth on your Nokia 6600 & press F5 on Bluesoleil window. This would search
your Nokia 6600 & list it.

7)Right Click the device listed & select PAIR DEVICE. Feed in any random number, say 123 &
when prompted on your mobile feed the same so that both the devices are paired to each
other!

8)Now double click your Nokia Mobile Device, & the services supported by it would be
highlighted!

9)Double Click the COM Port icon & it would ask, do you always want the service at COM port
automatically activated for this device? Say YES!
Now, it would prompt your mobile phone, saying the PC is requesting for connection, say
YES!

10)Once this is done, wait for few minutes, the mRouter would start blinking & say
connected.

11)Open the Nokia 6600 PC Suite, & it would say new phone found! Bingo!!
Thats it, take backups, restore or sync your mobile with PC Suite!

If you face any problems in this, just ask!

Enjoy the power of Nokia 6600 V1.1.0 PC Suite & Bluesoleil Bluetooth Dongles!!

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Creating SYSTEM Folders in Windows XP (con, prn, aux, etc)

2006-09-30T18:17:00.002+05:30

Just curious around the working of Windows XP.. i found one interesting stuff!
Folders with name: CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, & LPT9 cant be created using Windows Explorer or Command Prompt directly!

This is prevented as XP terms these folders as SYSTEM Folder Names reserved only for the Operating System..
But our curious brains dont stop pondering over such pessy stuff!

I searched around the net & found this trick to create system folders on XP through command prompt!

Try this:
CREATION
Syntax:md \\.\\$path
Example:prompt>md \\.\\C:\con
Explanation: This would create a folder named "con" on your "C Drive"

Similarly to delete such folder:
DELETION
Syntax:rd/s \\.\\$path
Example:prompt>rd/s \\.\\C:\con
Explanation: This would remove the folder named "con"!
Note: rd(Remove Directory) command is used with "/s" switch as otherwise it would give error that "folder is not empty"!

On another hand...if you ever wondered how to create a folder with no name...then try this:
Create a New Folder from Windows Explorer
Select rename & type: "ALT+255"(Use Numpad)..thats it!
ALT+255 stands for blank character in ASCII...so it still accepts your folder name!

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Free Subdomains or Redirection URL's Available!

2006-09-10T23:47:00.001+05:30

Over the internet, there has been various subdomain & redirection URL services coming up...
Just thought of compiling the list here...

http://www.freeurl.com
http://www.jwdx.com
http://www.cjb.net
http://www.dot.tk
http://www.v3.com
http://www.hotredirect.com
http://www.internetjump.com
http://www.zdos.com
http://www.webalias.com
http://www.reduce.to
http://www.warping.to
http://www.gosurfto.com
http://www.shorturl.com
http://www.has.it
http://www.1fx.net
http://www.get-2.com
http://www.myredirector.com
http://www.tr.cx
http://www.kickme.to
http://www.dk3.com
http://www.suite.net/url.htm
http://www.ontheweb.nu
http://www.globalredirect.com
http://www.linkworld.to
http://www.rename.net
http://www.webmask.com
http://www.guruguru.to
http://www.6x.to
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http://www.h3.to
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http://www.tsx.to
http://www.tsx.org
http://www.2fbi.de
http://www.ubb.cc
http://www.IDz.net
http://zwap.to
http://www.xsub.ws
http://www.elite.to
http://www.2fbi.de
http://www.b6.to
http://www.quickurl.com
http://www.iidd.org/
http://www.ne1.net/

Few of the best ones...
http://www.dot.tk/ (Top Level Domain(TLD) Redirection)
http://www.uni.cc/ (redirection & DNS Services)
http://www.acidmist.com/
http://www.freedomain.co.nr (Best service with no ads)

If you know any more or find few deadlinks...just post in the comment & i would add to the list for the compilation!

Missing/Disappearing Battery/Power Icon/Meter in Windows XP SP2 on Acer, IBM Thinkpad, Toshiba, etc Laptops!

2006-09-02T23:19:00.004+05:30

You got a brand new laptop with Windows XP SP2 & applied those Windows Update??
A few days later you get this annoying loss of POWER METER/BATTERY ICON from the system tray!

I did a few research & four possible solutions found are listed here...

Solution 1:
1. Right-click on My Computer, Click on Manage
2. Expand 'Services & Applications'
3. Highlight 'Services'
4. Look through list of services on the right....
5. Find Universal Plug & Play Device Host
6. Right-click on it.
7. Click properties.
8. Change startup type to 'Disabled'
9. Do exactly the same with 'SSDP discovery service'

Restart & you would get your Icon BACK!

Solution 2:
1. Open Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
2. In the sidebar, click on Add/Remove Windows Components.
3. Scroll down to Networking Services, select it, and click the Details... button.
4. Uncheck UPnP User Interface & other UPnP Service Listed.
5. OK your way out, close Add/Remove Programs, and reboot.
All tray icons should appear normally, without the need to log off and back on.

Solution 3:
1. START, RUN, type "regedit", then enter
2. Once in the Registry Editor, navigate the left directory tree to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
3. Then right click on the right window pane, click new, then string value.
4. Give the new string value the name "systray"
5. Your new value should now have the name "systray", the type "REG_SZ", and no/empty data.
6. Right click on your new "systray" value and click "modify".
7. Now give "systray" the value data: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\systray.exe"
8. Click ok and close the Registry Editor.
9. Restart your computer.

Solution 4:
1. Save the following "systray.zip" file & unzip it to extract "systray.reg"
Download(Save Target As): http://www.filefactory.com/file/a1b9773/n/systray_zip
2. Double click the file to add the contents to registry!
3. Then restart the PC & it would be solved...
Source: Digiportal Software

Above is also the general solution for any other System Tray Icons Failing/Disappearing from Loading...
Apart from this, no other concrete solution has been yet discovered by me...

Another part you must be worried regarding the services disable & unistallation of UPnP stuff! Well..as of now UPnP is not much used, so you can safely do the steps as i said...until microsoft provides an solution in future releases!

If you have another uncommon problem like Windows XP/2K/2K3 Server showing wrong battery time, then you need to get a hotfix from Microsoft...
Read: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889816

Please post the solution which worked for you as an comment to this post & also stat wat exactly was your problem, so others can be benefited from it!

Sources:
Google & Annoyances.org
Notes: This article has been tested on my Acer Aspire 3002NLC Laptop & also found to be working on other company models like IBM Thinkpad, Lenovo, Toshiba, Sony Vaio, etc..

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Downloading Videos from YouTube, Google, Yahoo & Many Other Sites..

2006-08-31T19:36:00.002+05:30

Ever since YouTube shot to fame...many online video sites have come up!
People love to watch Videos Online...but few of them are so nice, that a copy on your HardDisk is a Must!
To facilitate the downloads...a superb plugin has been developed by "Javi Moya" called the Video Downloader!
Its a extension based for FIREFOX Browser...If you dont have firefox, just click the Download Button on the sidebar on page!
Next Download the extension from Mozilla's Official Website: VideoDownloader Extension
Installing the extension is simple & automatically done in Firefox!

Another online utility that can be used from right here allows you to get the download URL of your fav video..
Just suffix the URL of video, e.g.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cSRpu7bI04 to link below...& paste it in your browser address bar to get the download link instantly!
http://videodownloader.net/get/?url=

E.g.http://videodownloader.net/get/?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cSRpu7bI04

Got the video you want??? But you want to play it back on the desktop!!
Get the FREE FLV Player which enables you to play the FLV format files from Youtube & various other sites...
Download: FLV Player

You got the Video...you played it back on your computer! But you want it on your iPOD too...
Yes its possible with the Replay Converter: Replay Converter

Various Video download sites covered by this extension are:
Angry Alien, Blennus, Blip.tv, Break.com, Dailymotion, Double Agent, eVideoShare, Free Video Blog, Google Video, Grinvi, iFilm, Keiichi Anime Forever, Metacafe, MySpace, MySpace Video Code, Putfile, Totally Crap, vidiLife, vSocial, AnimeEpisodes.Net, Badjojo, Blastro, Bofunk, Bolt, Castpost, CollegeHumor, Current TV, Dachix, Danerd, DailySixer.com, DevilDucky, Double Agent, EVTV1, FindVideos, Hiphopdeal, Kontraband, Lulu TV, Midis.biz, Music.com, MusicVideoCodes.info, Newgrounds, NothingToxic, PcPlanets, Pixparty, PlsThx, Revver, Sharkle, SmitHappens, StreetFire, That Video Site, VideoCodes4U, VideoCodesWorld, VideoCodeZone, Vimeo, Yikers YouTube and ZippyVideos.

Sources:
VideoDownloader Website: VideoDownloader
Google

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INTEX / ZEBRONICS Fake RTC8139D/RTL8139D Lan Chipset Drivers

2006-04-14T11:40:00.009+05:30

Continuing my further research on the low quality LAN/NIC cards available in India...
This new INTEX / ZEBRONICS card has chipsets printed saying RTC8139D or even RTL8139D....
But both these chipsets are fake...

The driver supplied with has to installed otherwise.. even Windows XP fails to autodetect and install it as a Realtek LAN Card...

The Drivers supplied are written by Silan MicroElectronics Inc, China (www.silan.com.cn)

I have tested both the cards from INTEX & ZEBRONICS with XP & SP2 and the drivers supplied worked well..
Here are those drivers which upon installation lists the LAN/NIC Card as Realtek 8139d Card..which is totally fake...
INTEX_NIC_Fake_RTL8139d.zip
Zebronics_NIC_Fake_RTL8139d.zip

Once again.. i would recommend everyone not to fall for these cards...due to low cost...
Go for standard companies like DLINK or INTEL..
Even Original Realtek Cards are available..but proper detection has to be done in order to confirm whether its original or not...
Original Realtek/Dlink/Intel based cards get automatically installed in Windows XP without any driver disk requirement...

UPDATE (27th October, 2009):

Intex Drivers can be downloaded from (Link Updated: 23rd September 2009):
Intex Technologies

or i have uploaded the latest drivers available on website to:
8139D_RTC Based Chipset
8139D_RTL Based Chipset

UPDATE (27th October, 2009)

TechCom Drivers can be downloaded from:
TechCom India

or i have uploaded the latest drivers available on website to:
8139dII_TechCom Chipset

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Myson MTD80X LAN/NIC Drivers for Windows/Linux/OS2

2006-01-04T01:08:00.005+05:30

Myson Century Inc (http://www.myson.com.tw) manufactured a LAN/NIC Card chipset named MTD80X which many low-quality manufacturers like Frontech, Intex, or Techcom used in their LAN/NIC Cards sold in India...

Now the biggest problem is, there isnt a proper driver available for download from the manufacturers site.. They dont have that chipset listed in the products...

Hence, i decided to upload the rare drivers out here for you all..
Original Diskette Drivers for MTD80X (All Windows, Linux & OS2): Myson_NIC_Windows.zip

Another version of drivers available are faked someone...for getting them detected as Realtek RTL8139 LAN/NIC Card in Windows..but the chipset is MTD80X (Windows Only)
MTD80X_RTL8139_Fake.zip

Hope these drivers help others..
Both are working fine..except in Windows XP with SP2..
The Faked ones only list the LAN/NIC card as Realtek RTL8139 in Device Manager..no other driver change..

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Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) Step-by-step Guide for Dual Boot Installation

2005-12-31T00:03:00.002+05:30

I am installing Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy BadgerSo lets begin with insertion of Install CD in Cd-drive and booting from
the CD-Rom...
1)Once the CD Autoboots, you would get a Ubuntu Logo Screen with 'boot' prompt...
2)Press ENTER to begin the installation
Note: Entire Installation is in TEXT-Based Mode, no GUI-based is available.
3)It would prompt for 'Choose Language', select English
4)Now it prompts for 'Choose Location', select as appropriate5)Keyboard Layout selection confirmation dialog appears...confirm and press ENTER
6)Now various hardware detection and IDE,Ports configuration would take place...so sit back and relax
7)Various Modules and Softwares would be Unpacked next...
8)Network configuration box appears.. It wud try auto-detect via DHCP or if it fails, it would ask whether you want to configure ManuallyYou can select as appropriate...
Note: If you use DSL or PPPoe type Internet Connection, do not configure your internet manually, just skip to next step
9)Now it prompts for the Hostname... by default it says 'Ubuntu', you can configure it to anything...its just like Computer Name while Windows Installation
10)Now main part comes is Partitioning of Disks...
Now, select your appropriate HDD(in-case of multiple hdd's)..
Mostly it would be something like
Erase entire disk: IDE1 master(hda) - 37GB, etc..
11)Next screen it would show you two partitions made, one of 'ext3' filesystem and other a 'SWAP' partitionIf you selected the proper HDD in earlier step... select YES for 'Write Changes to the disk'
12)Now installation of Base System would begin so sit back and enjoy..
13)Timezone configuration box prompts after above step..select your Timezone and confirm
14)Now user setup comes up... Enter your full name for the User, in next screen select a short username for logon (This username is what you would use to login) and then the password bviously!
15)Now, the Boot Loader configuration comes... If it shows your already installed Windows Installation, like Windows XP Professional.. its safe to install the Boot Loader on MBR without any problems...
16)Now, it would prompt for a REBOOT... upon reboot..enter your Bios and put First Boot Priority to Harddisk i.e. ur Windows one
17)Now, it would show you Loading GRUB 1.5..and then list various OS...with 4 entries for ubuntu and under Other Operating Systems, it would list Windows XP Professional
18)Boot your Ubuntu, the first in the listit would complete the remaining installation
19)Now X-Server Configuration appears.. select the various resolutions your monitor supports and confirm
20)Thats it.. your installation is completed and your Ubuntu Logon screen appears.. Put in your 'username' used in step14 and password to get inside.
Now, after installation you can reboot and use your Windows XP by selecting it from the Boot Menu

If you want to configure Windows XP as the default OS for booting each time, boot into Ubuntu Navigate to My Computer>Filesystem>boot>grub>menu.lst
Open the menu.lst file in text editor..it wud be having something like this at start:

# Generated by grubconf-0.5.1
default=1
timeout=10

Change the default=1 to default=4
Thats it...now your XP is the default booting system next time onwards.

Enjoy your Ubuntu..and do let me know if you face problems..
Few Screenshots...

A comprehensive list of screenshots while installation can be checked at: http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=342&slide=1

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IndianGuitarTabs Search Plugin for Mozilla Firefox (Windows/Linux)

2005-12-29T13:34:00.002+05:30

IndianGuitarTabs.com Search Plugin is a simple Search Plugin for Mozilla Firefox on both platforms of Windows & Linux
It helps user to directly search for Guitar Tabs/Chords for the site IndianGuitarTabs.com
Since, i am the Technical Administrator for that site, i picked up on the idea by an existing user(Apurbajd) and further modified the plugin for both platforms...

Installation:
For Windows Users...download the file IndianGuitarTabs_Search_Plugin_Windows.zip, unzip and run the setup program for easy installation
Note: If the Installer doesnt pick up the correct location for installation...then please manually browse to the directory:%WindowsRoot%\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins
For Linux Users...download the file IndianGuitarTabs_Search_Plugin_Linux.zip
The Archive contains a readme which would guide the installation procedure for Linux..

A screenshot from Firefox on Windows & Linux has been also attached...Enjoy and have fun..

TestBeds:
Windows: Mozilla Firefox 1.5
Linux (Ubuntu 5.10): Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7

(Windows) (Linux)

Downloads
Windows: http://www.indianguitartabs.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2981
Linux: http://www.indianguitartabs.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2982

View my(zoomingrocket) original thread on IndianGuitarTabs.com at:
http://www.indianguitartabs.com/showthread.php?t=16546

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Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

2005-12-28T23:04:00.004+05:30

Moving ahead from last year’s huge success of the Prince of Persia: Warriors Within, The Two Thrones promised more for its fans.

The disappointing aspects of earlier games like ‘too dark’ were studied and taken care off here.The game begins with Prince returning to Babylon with his new found love Kaileena…only to find the city under fire.The rescue operations are needed to be initialised, but tragedy struck when Kaileena gets kidnapped by a local villain and killed.Then began the journey to again conquer all forces and regain his Throne.To add agony, the Prince is caught up with the ‘sandy virus’, which is manifested in the form of the sarcastic ‘internal voice’ (split-personality), which loves to argue on the different themes. Now and then it not to be selected away outside - and prince becomes dark-skinned creation in the painted patterns with the habits of pitiless, ruthless killer.

Read my entire review on GamersIndia.com:
http://www.gamersindia.com/Reviews/Prince-Of-Persia-The-Two-Thrones/

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Guide: Windows Xp Home / Pro Sp2 Visual Theme Hack

2005-12-28T21:48:00.002+05:30

DISCLAIMER: Follow this guide at your OWN risk! This may render your system unbootable or permanently damaged.
This procedure involves replacing your existing Windows Visual Theme DLL file(uxtheme.dll) to its hacked version so that it can allow NON-SIGNED Visual Themes i.e. Not Officially distributed by Microsoft.

Before we proceed further... do a system check!No SHELL Replacement Programs like WindowBlinds or TalismanNo previous attempts to hack the Visual Theme DLL OS: Windows XP Home/Pro with Service Pack 2Browse to %Systemroot%\WINDOWS\System32\Find uxtheme.dll file and right click>Properties>Version TabThe File version should be: 6.0.2900.2180 (Check Screenshot)

If you dont have this File Version listed for your uxtheme.dll file, then please stop here and do not follow this guide further as it would be unfit for your system.

BACKUP: Now make a folder somewhere and copy your current uxtheme.dll file, just incase you want to have some chances of recovering a failed hack!
DownloadsOnce its confirmed that your system is ready for the hack, download a very small program called 'Replacer' from the given URL.Replacer is fav program of many system hacker as it allows you to replace a DLL file while your WINDOWS is UP and RUNNING!

Generally, you cant replace a System's DLL when your WINDOWS System is ON!So get the REPLACER(10KB)! http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/Replacer.zip
Another file that you need is the hacked version of original uxtheme.dll(112KB) file!Get that from: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=122794
After downloading this file, unzip and do the same 'File Version' check as we did for the original uxtheme.dll

STEPS Ok.. now all set, lets began to replace the DLL File!

1) Unzip REPLACER Double Click: Replacer.cmd file(NOTE: Those using Microsoft Antispyware BETA, may get a popup asking permission for running the script... Please select 'ALLOW')At IDLE Stage, your Replacer.cmd looks like in screenshot...

2)Now as the screen text says.. you have to DRAG your ORIGINAL theme file to the Replacer Window! (i.e. Drag your uxtheme.dll file from %Systemroot%\WINDOWS\System32\) When you do this, the Replacer Window would show the path to that file! (Check screenshot) Now press ENTER

3)The next window would ask you to drag the replacement uxtheme.dll file, i.e. the hacked dll file which you downloaded! (Check: Screenshot)Drag that from the place where you UNZIPPED the file..as earlier it would again show you the path from where you dragged! (Check: Screenshot)

4)It would show you both the paths of Original & Replacement File and ask whether to Continue replacement or not? (y/n) (Check Screenshot)Generally, if you followed my earlier steps without any error.. you can blindly type 'y' and press ENTERAs soon as you confirm, it would start the process of REPLACEMENT and it would say:
* uxtheme.dll-
Copying to ServicePackFiles...
-Replacing system file...
Complete. Reboot to see changes.Press any key to quit.(Check Screenshot)

5)Now as it says, "press any key to quit", that Replacer Program and Manually RESTART the system and logon!If you are able to Login or rather see your DESKTOP then you have done everything correctly!
6)Its time for adding VISUAL THEMES to your system now!My two favs are:Windows Vista(1,519KB): http://www.deviantart.com/view/22150948/Fedora Core(Blue_Curve_4.3)(188KB): http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/4279121/
Uncompress the file and copy the Folder containing "Windows Visual Style File" type to: %Systemroot%\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\i.e. for example, if you have going for the Windows Vista, there is a folder named "Vista", copy that entire folder to Themes folder or if you have got the Blue Curve(Fedora Look), copy the folder 'Bluecurve 4' & 'Thincurve 4' to the Themes directoryNow, its the time to DISCO
7)Reach the APPEARANCE Tab...from where you used to shuffle for Windows Classic or Windows XP Look...There you would find Vista Listed, select it and Press APPLY! (Check Screenshot)

Now, for the first time, that Please Wait would take quite a time to GO.. dont PANIC!But in subsequent apply of any other new theme would be FASTER!
8)So thats the way to go...Now any new Visual Themes you download, are to be unzipped, and the respective folder to be copied to the Themes folder and its done!
Visual Themes Repository: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=36 http://www.deviantart.com/

Notes: %Systemroot% corresponds to the Partition where your Windows XP is installed! e.g.(C:\ or D:\ ...)

DISCLAIMER:Once again, i am warning you... if you dont know how to recover from a system crash or your PC is under warranty, dont go for this procedure!

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2005-12-28T11:55:00.000+05:30

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2005-12-28T11:48:00.000+05:30

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While we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to Geek Talkin and you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information. In addition other Internet sites or services that may be accessible through Geek Talkin have separate data and privacy practices independent of us, and therefore we disclaim any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions.
Please contact those vendors and others directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies.

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