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CA – XCOM : Script example in AIX

2012-01-07T22:25:00.001+08:00

This is an example on how to create a shell script in AIX in order to transfer file using XCOM tool. Pre-requisite for this task is to have:
1) CA – XCOM installed successful
2) To have necessary access to execute xcomtcp command

In AIX, to execute XCOM we use xcomtcp command and a few options for the file transfer setting. Create an empty file i.e. test.sh and put the following script:

cd /app/xcom/test
#Delete status file if exist
if [ -f success.txt ];
then
rm success.txt
elif [ -f fail.txt ]
then
rm fail.txt
fi

#Start file transfer
xcomtcp -c1 -f test.cnf LOCAL_FILE=./test.txt REMOTE_FILE=C:/test/test.txt PROTOCOL=TCPIP XENDCMD=./status.sh

In above example script, two status file will be deleted first if they exist. success.txt is the success file and fail.txt will be generated if the transfer file failed. Both file creation will be written in status.sh script file.

In xcomtcp command above, test.cnf configuration file will be used. There are a lot of option in the config file that can be use, for example userid and password. If you want to override the setting in config file, just write it in the xcomtcp command as above. I’m overriding the local file, remote file and protocol setting in config file with the value stated in the command. XENDCMD is actually in xcom.glb file, which is the another config file for XCOM. It’s function is to execute script once file transfer is done.

Below are the status.sh sample scipt to be executed after xcomtcp command is completed:

# This procedure is invoked by the Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport transfer
# program after the transfer is finished (whether successful or not).
# Not every argument will be populated;
# the values contained in the arguments depend on those provided by the
# remote system.
###### START OF DEBUG SECTION ######
######
###### UNCOMMENT THE LINES BELOW TO DEBUG THIS SCRIPT ######
#exec > /tmp/xcomend.$1.out
#exec 2>&1
#set -vx
#PS4='[$0: $LINENO]+ '
#export PS4
###### END OF DEBUG SECTION ######
#
# The first parameters are supplied for any type of transfer.

local_reqno=$1 # local request number/tid (000000 if unassigned)
shift
initiator=$1 # LOCAL or REMOTE
shift
transfer_type=$1 # FILE or JOB or REPORT
shift
direction=$1 # SEND or RECEIVE
shift
restarting=$1 # RESTARTING or FIRST_TRY
shift
start_time=$1 # Start time of transfer
shift
end_time=$1 # End time of transfer
shift
remote_system=$1 # Remote system name
shift
status=$1 # Status of transfer
shift
error=$1 # XCOM file transfer numeric error code
shift
msg=$1 # error code translated to message text
shift
status_msg=$1 # status message from partner when error on remote sys
shift
remoteuser=$1 # Remote user
shift
remote_reqno=$1 # Remote request Number
shift
group=$1 # Group name
shift
sysdata=$1 # System Dependent User Data
shift
xferdata=$1 # Transfer Dependent User Data
shift
transfer_name=$1 # Transfer Name
shift
tmp_file=$1 # Local temporary file name
shift
file=$1 # Local file name
shift
remote_file=$1 # Remote file name
shift
carriage_flag=$1 # Carriage return flag
shift
code_flag=$1 # Code flag
shift
compression=$1 # Compression flag
shift
file_recs=$1 # No. of records read/written
shift
file_bytes=$1 # No. of bytes read/written
shift
blocks=$1 # No. of blocks sent/received
shift
bytes=$1 # No. of bytes sent/received
shift
#

# The next parameters are supplied for file transfers only
if [ $transfer_type = "FILE" ]
then
fileaction=$1 # File action (C, R, or A for create, replace, or append)
shift
datasettype=$1 # Dataset type
shift
recfm=$1 # Record format
shift
lrecl=$1 # Logical record length
shift
truncation_flag=$1 # Truncation flag
shift
#
# The next group of parameters are supplied for report transfers only
elif [ $transfer_type = "REPORT" ]
then
jobname=$1 # Job name field from JES
shift
jobnumber=$1 # Job number field from JES
shift
class=$1 # print class
shift
copies=$1 # Number of copies to print
shift
form=$1 # Type of form to print this job on.
shift
recfm=$1 # Record format of incoming print job.
shift
lrecl=$1 # Logical record length of incoming report.
shift
blksize=$1 # Block size of incoming report.
shift
ucs_name=$1 # Name of UCS to be used for this print job.
shift
fcb=$1 # Name of FCB (form control block) for this report.
shift
room_number=$1 # Room number field from JES.
shift
programmer_name=$1 # Programmer name field from JES.
shift
tso_notify=$1 # TSO notify field from JES.
shift
destination=$1 # Destination printer specification.
shift
carriagecontrol=$1 # Type of carriage control characters being used.
shift
#
# There are no extra parameters for remote jobs
fi
#

# PUT YOUR OWN XCOM ENDING CODE HERE !
if [ $status = "SUCCESSFUL" ]
then
echo 'Start time : ' $start_time >> success.txt
echo 'End time : ' $end_time >> success.txt
echo 'File name : ' $file >> success.txt
elif [ $status = "FAILED" ]
then
echo 'Start time : ' $start_time >> fail.txt
echo 'End time : ' $end_time >> fail.txt
echo 'Error message : ' $msg >> fail.txt
echo 'Remote error message : ' $status_msg >> fail.txt
echo 'File name : ' $file >> fail.txt
fi
exit 0

Give focus on few line of code at the end of the script. After # PUT YOUR OWN XCOM ENDING CODE HERE ! comment, you can put your own script on how to manipulate all variable define in the beginning of the script into your own.

CA – XCOM : Powerfull file transfer tool

2012-01-07T22:10:00.001+08:00

I use XCOM to transfer file from mainframe to Unix/Window server or between server to server. To use XCOM in mainframe, you need to have special RACF permission.
1) Read access to dataset (CAI.XCOM.**) for id XXXXXX
2) Define OMVS SEGMENT for XXXXXX
3) READ to EZB.NETACCESS.XXXX.TCPIP.XXXX CL(SERVAUTH) for id XXXXXX

If you do not define OMVS Segment to your id, you will get XCOMM0780E Txpi 224: gethostname error return value = 156 error, and you JCL job will ended with XFER XFERM1 - ENDED BY CC 0009.

If you do not have access to EZB.NETACCESS.XXXX.TCPIP.XXXX service, you’ll be ended with XCOMM0780E Txpi 211: Socket connect error return value = 111 error with the same JCL job abend code.

In order to transfer to a PC or server, you need to have XCOM agent or software to be installed in those target machines. The usual port that it used is 8044 for normal transfer and 8045 if using SSL for secured transfer. However XCOM port is configurable and you can use any of available port in your machine.

Example of XCOM JCL :

//XFERM01 EXEC XCOMSEND,XTYPE=EXECUTE
//SYSIN DD *
TYPE=SEND
FILETYPE=FILE
IPNAME=192.1.1.1
FILE=D:\TEST.zip
LFILE=XXX.TEST.FILE1
RECSEP=YES
CODE=BINARY
TRUNCATE=NO
COMPRESS=NO
PACK=NO
CKPT=0
FILEOPT=REPLACE
USERID=yourid
PASSWORD=password

How to invoke SAS GUI (unix) using X Window

2012-01-07T01:21:00.009+08:00

If you are a SAS user on Unix/Linux, you might want to use X Window for your SAS application. In my example, I’ll show you how to invoke SAS 9.2 for Unix/Linux from a windows based OS using batch script.
We will need two main components:

1) X Windows – I’m using a free Xming software version 6.9.0.31

2) SAS 9.2 for Unix/Linux

In this example, we assume that SAS 9.2 have been installed in a Unix box. Next, install Xming in your windows machine. Run Xming-6-9-0-31-setup.exe. Just click next and accept default setting. During Xming installation, it will also install plink – a command prompt putty which will be use to connect to the Unix box.

After Xming installation, you will see Xming icon in your desktop as per picture above. Ensure to update PATH variable to Xming installation directory which plink.exe reside (i.e. C:\Program Files\Xming), in order for us to run plink anywhere in our Windows machine.

Next step is to create a batch script in your windows machine. Create an empty batch file (create a file and rename it to something.cmd) and put the following script in the file:

@echo off
@ You can set any comment here
COLOR 17
mode con:cols=82 lines=30
TITLE Put title here
echo########################################################################
echo#                                                                     #
echo#                                                                      #
echo#                                                                      #
echo#                                                                      #
echo#                     You can put your own text here                   #
echo#                                                                      #
echo#                  ...........Starting SAS 9.2.........                #
echo#                                                                      #
echo#                                                                      #
echo#                                                                      #
echo#                                                                      #
echo########################################################################
start "" C:\Progra~1\Xming\Xming.exe :0 -clipboard -multiwindow
plink -ssh -X -pw password yourid@192.1.1.1 ./startsas

I’ve created a soft link inside the server and put the link inside /home/yourid so that I can run the SAS start command inside my home directory. You can manipulate the way you start the SAS software depending on your SAS setup. Make sure port 22 is open in order to connect to the server via SSH protocol. The –X option in the plink command enable the usage of X Windows so that SAS can be run using GUI. You will see something like this when running the script:

The script will automatically start the Xming software, and then connecting to Unix box to run SAS software. So now you only have single click to run your SAS Unix software in your windows machine! You can modify the script according to your need i.e. prompting password if you don’t want to hard code your password inside the script.

To terminate the script/SAS, just click on terminate button in one of the SAS panel.

How to use X Windows with Putty

2012-01-07T01:04:00.002+08:00

People usually use X Windows to invoke GUI in Unix/Linux or AIX box. Some of the X Windows software is proprietary, and some is free. I’m using Xming version 6.9.0.31 and sometimes Cygwin-X, to run SAS 9.2 GUI or to install Oracle Client and Informatica 9.1.0 or even OBIEE installation using GUI interface (OBIEE installation required some special font, cannot use Xming version 6.9.0.31 – need extra font, it’s working if using Cygwin-X)

Running SAS 9.2 in AIX

Installing Oracle Application Server – part of OBIEE installation using Cygwin-X

Installing Informatica 9.1.0 using Xming

Installing Oracle Client 11g using Xming

To use Putty together with Xming, you just need to enable X11 port forwarding in Putty configuration for SSH tunelling (see picture below). If you are using plink (Putty command line), just use option –X to enable the X11 port forwarding i.e. plink -ssh -X –pw password yourid@192.1.1.1 ./startsas.

Calculate the space by yourself

2010-03-09T16:39:00.001+08:00

1) Calculate the space by yourself!!! (1 CYL how many TRKS, 1 TRKS how many BYTES, 1 CYL how many KB, 1 TRK how many KB, 1 MB how many KB, 1 GB how many KB)

1 CYL = 720KB
1 CYL = 15 TRKS
1TRK = 56664 BYTES
1 TRK = 55.33 KB
1 MB = 1024 KB
1 GB = 1,048,376 KB

How to get big space in your mainframe system

2010-03-09T15:55:00.009+08:00

Do you always encounter the following problem when extracting large data? E37? SE37? B37? Maximum volume reached? Tips: Where to search for such error message? Go to your job spool and browse JESYSMSG. Browse to the bottom and start searching where your job abended/stop from bottom to up. There are a few steps can be taken to allow your job to be able to use big storage for your file.

1) Check how much do you request for storage. Bear in mind not necessarily you define a big storage you can get what you are requested. In my environment (Z/OS 1.7 Operating System) I can get a file with multiple volume number assigned by SMS up to 59 volumes. If more volume is needed then I’ll hit by the “Maximum volume reached” error.

2) A very good step is to calculate what is your required space needed by calculating the output file size.
EXAMPLE, 391,227 records of FB LRECL=90
INTEGER (27998/90) = 311. Therefore 622 records will fit one track.
391227 / 622 = 628.9823 = 629 tracks required.
629 / 15 = 41.93333 = 42 cylinders required to store your data.

3) Check you are in which SMS pool. Select one of your file and see the volume information. Tips: Press F11 until you see volume as per example below:

4) Copy the volume number and go to =3.4. Then paste it in “Volume serial” input column and type “V” in the option line. Press enter.

5) You will see information as per picture below. Under Volume Data you can see how many tracks are in the volume. The bigger the size of the volume, the higher chances you will get big space for your dataset, and the lower chances you’ll be hit by the “Maximum volume reached” error.

6) Ask your system programmer who in charge of storage to give you access to the volume with high number of tracks.

How to read binary format data in flat file

2010-03-08T10:23:00.005+08:00

To read binary format in file, for example here date, which was declare with PIC 9(9) binary, first we need to open the file. Below is the example of value in the file:

Type “hex on” in the command line to view the data in hex format. Since the date is declared as PIC 9(9), length used in the file is (9+1)/2 = 4. Tips: To view the column number, just type “cols”, and to remove the column number, type “res”. In example above, date 20100126 is now happen to be 0132B41E in hex format. Tips: To read hex value, start from left to right, read from up to bottom, and then next column, up to bottom until the end of data length.
If you know the data position but in hex format, how do you convert it into numeric/decimal format? The easiest way is to use this calculator in the internet:
Convert hex to decimal: http://easycalculation.com/hex-converter.php

If you intend to modify the data with the value you want, for example, from 20100126 to 20100127, you can use the following online calculator for this purpose:
Convert decimal to hex: http://easycalculation.com/decimal-converter.php

In this example, to change 20100126 to 20100127, you only need to change character “E” to “F” in the file.

Convert docx files to doc, pdf, odt and txt

2008-01-26T08:03:00.000+08:00

Having problem opening Microsoft Office 2007 file with extension .docx? You can convert the file with online converter at http://www.zamzar.com/. What you need is to prepare the file to be upload, and your email address... the conversion may takes several minutes(for me to convert 112kb docx file it takes about 5 minutes for me to receive the converted link file in my email)...

Well you can use Zamzar to convert docx files into any one of the following formats (including older versions of MS Office which only open .doc files):

* doc - Microsoft Word Doc
* odt - OpenDocument Text Doc
* pcx - Paintbrush Bitmap Image
* pdf - Portable Document Format
* png - Portable Network Graphic
* ps - Postscript Doc
* txt - Text Doc

Problem with virus, malware, etc... (Restricted By Bro Act and Godzilla, this link might be usefull)

2008-01-20T17:50:00.001+08:00

Hi all... i just found this interesting website... maybe you can use the instruction in it to clean up virus, malware and other unwanted things in your computer... it can be use to clean up Restricted By Bro Act virus and also Godzilla virus.... i found it recently when i search for guides how to remove "Task Manager have been disabled by administrator" problem. Here's the link.
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.php

Mainframe - The Art of the Sale, Lesson One

2007-10-09T00:49:00.000+08:00

History of IBM Mainframe

2007-10-07T16:41:00.000+08:00

“I predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on March 15, 1996.” — Stewart Alsop,Infoworld,March 1991.

IBM introduce a mainframe called OS/360 in 1964. After that IBM produce more new mainframe each 10 years.
- System/370™ in 1970
- System/370 Extended Architecture (370-XA) in 1983
- Enterprise Systems Architecture/390® (ESA/390) in 1990 (i work in Heitech Padu at PNB Project using this mainframe for ASNB Unit Trust System)
- z/Architecture™ in 2000.

Why Mainframe? What Mainframe can do? IBM Mainframe is a self-contained processing center, powerful enough to process the largest and most diverse workloads in one secure “footprint,” and one that is just as effective when implemented as the primary server in a corporation’s distributed server farm. In effect, the mainframe computer is the definitive server in the client/server model of computing.

Services and Controller App error - Cont...

2007-06-27T12:30:00.000+08:00

This problem's still bugging me. I've search yahoo answer and find an answer, format the computer and set to bla bla ntfs bla bla fat32 bla bla (cannot remember the answer). Ah, here's the link. I also search other site and still dont get the solution. For details, here is a picture of the error in detail (click the picture to enlarge).

I hope i can find a solution where i can easily remove/repair the error without need to format my laptop. :(

Publicize your site/blog link

2007-06-25T12:35:00.000+08:00

Add Site Link PR0 http://www.addsitelink.com/ - Not success
Add Your Site PR0 http://www.addyoursite.us/ - Awaiting approval
Adrians Directory PR0 http://www.adriansdirectory.com/ - Awaiting approval
Alpha Web Guide PR0 http://www.alphawebguide.info/ - Awaiting approval
Gaming Forums PR3 http://gaming-forums.us/ - Awaiting approval
Simply City PR3 http://www.simplycity.org/ - Google Pagerank > 1

Not tested yet
# Arzoo PR0 http://www.arzoo.info/
# BB Admin PR0 http://www.bbadmin.net/
# Bworx PR0 http://directory.bworx.info/
# B56 PR0 http://www.b56.org/
# B75 PR0 http://www.b75.org/
# Cheap List PR0 http://www.cheap-list.com/
# Cool Links PR0 http://www.cool-links.org/
# Daduru PR0 http://www.daduru.com/

Hacked by Godzilla

2007-06-20T12:30:00.006+08:00

I had few experiences fixing computer which been infected by virus, possibly coming from memory card. According to Leo Notenboom in his blog, he said that possibility for viruses to transfer from camera memory card to computer is likely 0.01%. However based on my experience, I can see that the possibility might be 100%. Some of them are very hard to remove such as "Restricted by Bro Act" and also this new virus for me "Hacked by Godzilla". If you using Internet Explorer browser, please check your top title bar, if there is a word "Hacked by Godzilla" written beside your web page title, your computer might be infected by the virus.

The symptom? The virus has cause monitor to be blur and blank for a while and then after that, AVG anti virus program has gone and cannot use any anti virus to scan for viruses. I was surprise because when I check the computer, the AVG anti virus program that I've installed previously was gone. I've check the folder for AVG, and it's still there, but no executable program in the folder. In "Restricted by Bro Act" virus case, it prevent me from installing any anti virus, and also prevent me from opening any browser/folder that has anti virus/remover keywords in it. What a genius! It makes me want to learn how these people write the virus program.

I've found a forum from PC World that discussing about the possibility for a memory card to transfer virus. One of moderator in the forum wrote that it is possible for a memory card to transfer viruses. Plus he said that we will be fine as long as we have an anti virus with active scan feature in our computer.

I search the net and found several solution to overcome this virus. One of the manual solution can be found here from howto.redcomputer.net. Another easy step is to download this removal tools.

IBM Personal Communications - Hot key like Microsoft Word and Dump Terminal?

2007-06-14T13:09:00.003+08:00

IBM Personal Communications is one of the popular emulator used to access mainframe or midrange, which we can set the emulator and use our keyboard to use several hot keys that widely used such as Copy, Paste and Cut. One of the way to copy and paste using shortcut key is by using Alt-E-C for copy and Alt-E-P for paste, which is more faster then using mouse to click on the Copy and Paste icon.

However there is another faster way to perform such function, and required some setting in the emulator. First click on the keyboard icon or select it from menu to change the keyboard setting. To set Copy function using the Control-C key, click on the C character, select "Edit Copy" from the function list menu, and then click on the arrow beside the "Ctrl" character (refer to the picture). Next, do the same to change the keyboard setting for Paste function to use Control-V hot key. Click on the V character and select "Edit Paste" from function list menu and then click on the arrow next to "Ctrl" character. To use Control-P key to print screen, choose "Print Screen" from the function list menu.

Some people might like to use "Control" key for "Enter" and "Enter" key for "Newline", same like the old Dump terminal. The step for setting this two key is the same and you can refer to the picture below.

Services and Controller App error

2007-06-14T12:39:00.000+08:00

Do you guys ever met this problem before? I've search the net about this problem but i still not found the solution to solve the problem. From my reading, many people that have the same problem with me have scan their computers with anti virus, HijackMe and other tools but it seems it isn't a virus or worm. I also think that way. I haven't met a virus named sasser (definition of sasser worm here) that people said it will shutdown your computer automatically. However from what i've heard before, one of the step to prevent the sasser from shutdown our pc automatically is to type shutdown -a from a command prompt. It will solve the shutdown problem for a while but in my case, that i think wasn't a sasser problem, my pc will ok just for a while but when i want to close another application or shutdown my pc, it will start to hang and i have to force reboot :( .

10 things we didn't know about open source

2007-06-13T08:37:00.000+08:00

I've read an article written by James Archibald about things that we maybe dont know about open source. I like open source, not just because it's free but it also because we can see it's source code, unlikely Microsoft or other proprietary software. You know what is proprietary software? Well let me introduce to you what is proprietary software.

Much of the software users are accustomed to is known as proprietary software. With proprietary software users are not allowed to see the source code. Nor are they able to modify the code for their own use or to distribute to others. In some cases certain customers are allowed to view the source code - sometimes for an additional fee - but even then they are not able to alter and re-distribute the software. Examples of proprietary software include Microsoft's Office suite. Easy to say proprietary software can be define as software that offered for sale or license where the vendor controls the source code.

Here are the ten things which you may well not have know about open source software.

1. Open Source predates proprietary software.

The common view is that open source is some sort of radical new idea, but in fact, although not expressly called open source, early computer software's source code was open to viewing and changes. In the early days of computing, when mainframes would be delivered in trucks, companies were supplied software and were actually expected to modify it. This model was the norm and it was only around 1976 when Bill Gates posted a famous letter on the Homebrew Computing Club demanding that people stop sharing his Altair BASIC that the idea of proprietary software began to emerge. The Free Software Foundation was started in 1985 in response to what was seen as the new idea of keeping software code secret.

2. Apache kept the Web flat and free

Apache was launched in 1995, at the time Netscape was the dominant Web browser and there was a fear that if the same company could own the browser market and the server market they would have too much control and could charge companies a tax of sorts for web hosting. Apache's launch was done with a dual purpose. There was the pragmatic aspect of combining efforts for better development and there was the idealistic aspect of keeping HTTP (Hypertext transfer protocol) as an open standard.

3. Open SSL kept cryptography available to everyone

Open SSL is a library of mathematical routines used for encryption of data that Behlendorf believes is the best great example of "security through transparency". At the time the US military was very concerned about the dangers that data encryption might serve and the government classified encryption of greater than 40 bits as "ammunition", making it illegal to export any software with more than 40 bit encryption (This is a very insecure and easily cracked encryption level, current security standards sit at 128 bit encryption). Open SSL, which was able to provide encryption on an open source platform rendered this law moot. Because the code that was responsible for the encryption could be seen, it could be trusted. Incidentally, this encryption law still exists within the US, but it does not apply to open source software.

4. Open Source helped free the human genome

Before the mapping of the human genome had been completed, a commercial consortium, Celera, was sequencing the genome with the intention of patenting it. This preposterous idea of patenting a discovery rather than an invention began to get many geneticists concerned. In about 2002 a doctoral student, Jim Kent, wrote 10 000 lines of Perl code to make a program that could perform the number crunching of raw data that was necessary in sequencing the genome. This program was then run over 100 Linux servers and the entire genome was successfully sequenced a few months before Celera finished.

5. Microsoft loves open source

As odd as it sounds, Behlendorf explained that Microsoft has benefitted from open source development and also included software, which although not labeled "open source", had the source code openly provided. The first use of TCP/IP in Windows was a port of Berkley's code. He sited the work that Microsoft was doing with open source programs such as MySQL, SugarCRM and JBoss. Codeshare, Channel 9 and other websites were also cited as positive signs that the proprietary giant is openeing further, as Behlendorf put it, "dragged kicking and screaming into the future".

6. Altruism is not the only reason why people contribute to open source software

Many contributors use the software professionally and find that doing things such as fixing bugs and adding features is much easier when collaborating within a group. According to a survey done in 2006, the existing base of FLOSS represents 131 000 real person years of developmental effort. The costs of sharing code are low while the benefits are high.

6. Online communities can actually get things done

While international collaboration between various volounteer contributors is innately prone to chaotic disorder, there is a new kind of software management that is emerging that maximises the number of volounteers and their potential to make a difference. Because there is transparency, anyone can see what has been done on the project, making it easy to join in on the project and get up to speed.

7. The most important freedom: the right to fork

Anyone can create their own version of an existing piece of open source software. This is important in preventing a vendor lock-in. This aspect of OSS is the essential check on the power of the development leader as they must be open enough to the needs and wants of the team that they do not drive people to another project.

9. Open source can still change the world

Behlendorf strongly believes in the power of open source to make the world a better place, citing many examples. Within government, he believes that open source software can help immensely in counting election votes in a trustworthy way and also with transparency of government's actions and policy. For countries such as China where there is restricted acces on the internet, open source has already been successful on helping people within these countries get greater access by overcoming the censorship exerted on them. Third world development can benefite greatly through initiatives such as the One Laptop Per Child project which runs on entirely open source software for the dual purpose of making it cheaper to produce and so that it can be modified to suite each country's specific needs. Fighting digital rights management was another example given.

10. Open source needs your help (whoever you are)

One doesn't have to be a programmer to be able to help out on open source projects. To begin you can help by just trying it out. Recommended programs that can be run off a Windows system include the Open Office office suite and the Firefox Web browser. There are a number of "live" CD distributions of Linux that can be tried out without affecting your CD, such as Ubuntu. Open source development happens through forums and participation in a forum can help. If you encounter a bu in an open source application, reporting it can also be helpful to the developers. Another way for bilingual non-programmers to help is in translating the text of the program.

Why Do People Need Web Sites?

2007-05-23T11:09:00.001+08:00

The procedure requires a creative approach as well. Basic web page can be created using front page, dreamweaver or even a microsoft word. The idea of the web site must be promptly thought over: not so much, but with zest! Not to overdo with the ideas – is key, because when a person enters the site, he needs to find first of all, what he is interested in, and what kind of information that he want.

Nowadays, Web design is of a great request over the Internet. Web design lies not only in the creation of web pages but also all the content and management is included.

This process includes an entire complex of tasks and objectives set before the team, consisting of a web designer, programmer, maker-up, optimizer and other specialists, and depends on the complexity and the specificity of the site. The development of a web site starts from the detail studying of the client’s involvement, his scope of ability, improvement of his goals.

But it doesn’t mean that a consumer’s role is “petty” here. No, in no way! A client, in his turn, must plainly decide for himself what he wants people to see on his future site, in order, to have solid and authoritative web page and capture the visitors’ attention.

If the customer does in such a way – it will be in a great help for the web designer and the rest of the team. Cooperation and joining forces together are very important elements here, with an eye to avoid misunderstanding.

Then the conception and technical tasks of the site are worked out on the basis of the received information from the client.

People create web sites on different purposes: for big businesses, to sell or buy something, to advertise, for entertainment and chat, or just for themselves. The clients can host their sites on the free or paid servers as well. The difference between them, of course exists, while paid servers are more reliable and require fee (per month or year). But if a person is just a beginner in the sphere of web design and wants to have his own site – he can make an attempt to allocate it on the free server. Though, here again, mostly, depends on the tasks and involvement of the client.

Having a web site is not so much the question of prestige as one more possibility to announce and advertise the business today. Many companies develop themselves with the help of web design: earn money, upgrade their image; it is a great advantage to find new partners and to draw the clients’ attention and develop the business.

Web sites are not only for the big businesses. Everybody, who has some ideas and wants to share them with others, in order to approve himself or something like that, can get a place on a free server.

Web site is a “small miracle” in the Internet, which is targeted presentation of various information.

This article is written by Anna Ryaskova and added a little by me from free article web site, don't know what to post but i like this article.

Restricted by Bro Act - Worm

2007-05-22T14:41:00.000+08:00

Do you have ever found this worm? My uncle's computer have been effected by this worm last quite often. Usually the step that i use to solve a computer's problem that being affected by a virus or worm is just update the virus definition and they'll gone (no need to format pc). But sometimes the virus is very cleaver, just like this one. Very very cleaver... help me!!!

Why did i say this virus is cleaver? Because this virus or worm will take over your computer (that's why the virus display "Restricted by Bro Act" at all window bar or browser) such as control panel, ms-dos, system administration and all folders. I already tried to open a folder named "virus removal" in my thumbdrive, and suddenly this virus automatically close the folder, and i cannot browse my folder. I also tried to run removal tools from ms-dos command, but again, the virus can read my mind and close the ms-dos...Actually the virus didn't read my mind, it just read the folder or the application name, and if it contain word such as "removal", "anti virus", or something like that, the virus will automatically shut it down to prevent any healing action taken on the computer.

One thing that you can try... download an application called killvb.exe that will kill all application running either in background or currently running. After that you can execute any third party application that can see what application is running in the background, shutdown all strange application, and after that you can install anti virus and update it, and run full scan...good luck, i've try it once and it is successfully. :)

How to get more done in less time...

2007-05-21T18:33:00.000+08:00

These are the main points that i can remember after finish reading an online book under the title "175 Ways to Get More Done in Less Time! " by David Cottrell and Mark C. Layton-CornerStone Leadership Institute © 2004... really usefull if you always don't have enough time to finish up your work (i don't like to do my job after work hour because i'm married right now... before this i always go home at least 11 o'clock at night...)

1) Know where your time is going
2) Focus on starting task
3) Plan for unexpected event. Finish it quickly
4) Writing things down to minimize confusion and stress
5) Categorize to do list into A, B, and C priority
6) Write down into a proper notes with date
7) Try organizer tool
8) Use only one time management system
9) Take a speed reading course
10)Simplify your password. Simple but strong!
11)Book 2 hours on Saturday to reorganize yourself
12)Create a quite time for planning
13)Start to throw unimportant things away
14)Organize your desk
15)Setup a place to store 'lovely thing'. Throw it away after 3 month if not being use
16)Keep the paper move!!!

Hope this can help you all!!! :)

How to stop beep sound from your windows...

2007-05-21T14:56:00.001+08:00

Beep sound from your pc very annoying? I use my pc to access as/400 machine. My company's application (insurance system) always give me beep sound if i do not fill in the important field. Very annoying!!! I just want to test and understand the system. I don't know which field is the important field (because i'm a new staff). The beeping sound is so loud that all people in my office can hear it (it shows that i'm accessing the system, my bos know that i'm doing my work, training.. but it is so loud!!! beep.. beep...). I've turn off the sound from the Volume Control, but the beeping sound still there. Oooo, it's the server/machine AS/400 that give the order to my pc to initiate the beep sound (i think)... I must kill that sound... But how???

1) Open Command Prompt
2) Type net stop beep
3) Problem solve, hehehe

How to manage stress?

2007-05-21T14:56:00.000+08:00

How to reduce your stress? Well below are some tips that you can do to manage your stress in the office...

1) Learn to say no
2) Change a job you love
3) Think ahead..anticipated...do it or get it done
4) Organize your mind and your desk every 5 minutes
5) Accept what you cannot change and change what you cannot accept
6) Ask even though it is a stupid question
7) Learn to say sorry and thank you
8) In a no win-lost situation no point to argue
9) Don't act when you are mad especially the first 5 second
10) Never go to bed with an argument unsettled
11) Never expect something special from anyone
12) Make decision
13) Don't set your target to high, set an achievable target