Retain folder sizes (height/width) - icons

I have an OleCustomControl which displays the contents (documents &/or folders) of the path I specify.
I'm able to zoom in/zoom out (increase/decrease) which resizes the icons of documents &/or folders. For ex: I have set it to Extra Large Icons.
Once I close the application & re- run it, I want to be able to view it in the same way I set it last time i.e. Extra Large Icons.
Is there a way by which I can access this setting in power builder code?
If there would be one, I'll maintain the status & then set it back.

Since you didn't tell us the name of the control, we can't help you with specifics. Check the vendor website for documentation.
If you named the control ole_1, it should be something like this:
ole_1.object.thepropertyname = "thevalue"
or
ole_1.object.themethodname("thevalue")

I finally found the answer.
I can use the IconSize property to store the current icon sizes. I store this value & reset it when user opens the application again.
Ex: oleControl.Object.Document.IconSize
How I found this?
It should have been simple as the property name says it. However, I found it from the registry settings, where there is a registry entry for IconSize.

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AEM DAM image replace - references in pages not updating

I have a problem with references to an image not updating in pages that are using that image.
This is the steps that the users are reporting
go to /siteadmin#/content/dam/
on the "new" dropdown menu, select "new file"
select an image file that is a different image but has the same name as a file that already exists
upload the file and when asked that a file already exists, choose replace
activate the file when the upload completes
The problem is that when I check pub I can see the image is updated, and if I navigate to the path of the image, for example:
pub1.mypub:4503/content/dam//my-image.png
I can see the new image I replaced the old one with
the problem is that pages that were referencing the image, specifically the image component, still shows the old image. I've check flush rules, checked workflows and nothing seems to work
The one thing I noticed is that in pages that are referencing the image the path is like this
/content//_jcr_content/my-component/my-component-parsys/columns/parsyscenter/image.img.jpg/1538602163986.jpg
so it seems the path it is using is like a generated path and not the same path as this one: pub1.mypub:4503/content/dam//my-image.png
im at a complete loss, I honestly do not know what else to check, has anyone ran into this and figured out how to fix it?
this is on aem 6.3
the problem is that in pubs the image being referenced in the component does not update, and since it does not update in pub, it never updates dispatcher
You can try activating the referenced pages after the image has been published. Since the page on publish has reference to the previous image.

How to change the background image IBM mobile anywhere app in login page

I am looking to re-design the Login page. I need to add a new background image. Let me know where should I be copying this image into the project and where should I be specifying the image reference. I see the change made directly into Login.html are not reflecting in the output.
There are two logos in Maximo Anywhere, ibmLogoDark.png and ibmLogoLight.png (for the light and dark backgounds). You will need to obtain suitable replacement (transparent backgound) logo gifs or png files from your customer, of an equivalent size.
The IBM logo image files are in:
\MaximoAnywhere\apps\WorkExecution\common\js\platform\ui\control\images\mdpi
and also in:
\MaximoAnywhere\apps\WorkExecution\common\idx\mobile\themes\common\idx\images
So that is where I put copies of my customers replacement logos.
You'll want to give them different names from the IBM logos just so they don't get overwritten so easily. There are 4 CSS files you need to update to the new name:
about.css, launch.css and login.css in:
\MaximoAnywhere\apps\WorkExecution\common\idx\mobile\themes\common\idx
and mdpi.css in
\MaximoAnywhere\apps\WorkExecution\common\js\platform\ui\control\css
There are also two app.xml files you need to update to point to the new names. One in each of:
\MaximoAnywhere\apps\WorkExecution\platform-artifacts\dialog
and
\MaximoAnywhere\apps\WorkExecution\platform-artifacts\login
Then rebuild and you're done. Oh, and make sure you clear your browser cache (or use incognito mode) to test.

Folder Does Not Support Ordering

I see a message This type of folder does not support ordering when viewing the News or Events folder. My understanding is that items contained in such folder, their position order can not be set arbitrarily. Only alphabetical order for their IDs is applied.
From ZMI, I see News and Events folders are of ATFolder type, everything seems the same with the regular folder I just create. What makes such difference? And what is the rationale behind this?
Edit: My bad that Info message in the above image is enabled by wildcard.foldercontents, which I thought due to Plone 4.3.2. However, the issue remains that position order can not be set arbitrarily. The following image attached to illustrate this.
PS: I ever delete the News folder, create a regular folder named news, this way I can set item position order arbitrarily. However, I find the Calendar Portlet within that folder is not working right. The issue happens when I click to switch months. The URL link will be out of its context, I mean, not staying in the news folder. Maybe this is not related to the folder ordering behavior, anyway, just for your reference.
For some reason Plone is shipping with the news and events folders being unorderable.
>>> news = site.news
>>> news.getOrdering()
<plone.folder.unordered.UnorderedOrdering object at 0x112e434d0>
I consider this a bug in plone's initial site installation.
Plone core actually explicitly sets the folder to unordered: https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.3.x/Products/CMFPlone/setuphandlers.py#L250
I don't understand why. I'll change it if there aren't any objections...

How do I rotate an Image in .NET?

I have an asp.net 2010 project. I write a jpg to the filesystem. Then I display it in an Image control. Then I use this code on button click to allow the user to rotate it 90 degrees.
string path = Server.MapPath(Image1.ImageUrl) ;
// creating image from the image url
System.Drawing.Image i = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(path);
// rotate Image 90' Degree
i.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipXY);
// save it to its actual path
i.Save(path);
// release Image File
i.Dispose();
It does rotate (I can actually watch that happen in Windows Explorer). But when I run the app again and it grabs the file from its path, it still displays it in its original form.
Try adding a dummy querystring to the end of the image like "image1.jpv?v=1". This works to prevent caching for things like Javascript files and it may do the same for you.
This is the classic issue with browser-cached resource files. Alison's answer is one option. Another option is to change the name of the physical file. If you "version" the files, then after each change, the file name will be different. This does mean that you'll have to dynamically reference the image path so that you display the correct version, and you'll need some way to determine the file name for the current version. It does prevent the browser from displaying the previously cached file immediately after a change, though, because it's technically a new file to the browser at that point.
If you are using some sort of data source (XML files or database) to store metadata for the images, then you can add a "Version" column and store a simple integer. With each change, increment the integer value and use the new value in the file name. You can even extend this by saving the previous versions and allowing your users to "undo" actions by copying an older version of the file into a new version. This might require a more robust metadata storage implementation, though.

How to create custom CSS "on the fly" based on account settings in a Django site?

So I'm writing a Django based website that allows users select a color scheme through an administration interface.
I already have middleware/context processors that links the current request (based on domain) to the account.
My question is how to dynamically serve the CSS with the account's custom color scheme.
I see two options:
Add a CSS block to the base template that overrides the styles w/variables passed in through a context processors.
Use a custom URL (e.g. "/static/dynamic/css/< website_id >/styles.css") that gets routed to a view that grabs all the necessary values and creates the css file.
I'm content with either option, but was wondering if anyone else out there has dealt with similar problems and could give some insight as to "Best Practices".
Update : I'm leaning towards option number 2, as I think this will allow for better caching down the road. So it's dynamic the first time, gets stored in memcache (or whatever), and invalidated when a user updates their settings in the admin site.
Update: Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions thus far. All the answers thus far have focused around generating static files. Though this would work great in production, it feels like a tremendous burden during development. If I wanted to add a new element to be styled, or tweak existing styles I'd have to go through and recreate each and every css file. Sure, this could be done with a management command, but I just don't feel it's worth it. Doing it dynamically would add 1 maybe 2 queries to each page load, which is something I'm not worried about at this stage. All I need to know is that at some point I will be able to cache it without rewriting the whole thing.
I've used option #2 with success. There are 2 decent ways of updating the generated static files that I know of:
Use a version querystring like /special_path.css?v=11452354234 where the v parameter is generated from a database field, key in memcached, or some other persistent file. Version gets updated by admin, or for development you would just make the generation not save if the parameter was something special like v=-1. You'll need a process to clean up the old generations after some time.
Don't use a version querystring, but have it look first for the generated file, if it can't find it, it generates it. You can create a cron job or WSGI app that looks for filesystem changes for development, and have a hook from your admin panel that deletes generations after an update. Here's an example of the monitoring, which you would have to convert to be specific to your generations and not to Django. http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ReloadingSourceCode#Monitoring%5FFor%5FCode%5FChanges
Could generate the css and store it in a textfield in the same model as the user profile/settings. Could then have a view to recreate them if you change a style. Then do your option 1 above.
Nice question.
I would suggest to pre-generate css file after colors scheme is saved. This would have positive impact on caching and overall page loading time. You can store your css files in directory /media/css/custom/<id or stometing>/styles.css or /media/css/custom/<id or sth>.css and in template add <link rel="stylesheet" href="/media/css/custom/{{some_var_pointing _to_file_name}}" />
You can also do the trick with some random number or date in css file name that could be changed each time file is saved. Thanks to this browser will load the file immediately in case of changes.
UPDATE: example of using model to improve this example
To make managing of those file easy you can create simple model (one per user):
class UserCSS(models.Model):
bg_color = models.CharField(..)
...
...
Fields (like bg_color) can represent parts of your css file. You can ovveride save method to add logic that creates css file for user (by rendering some template).
In case your file format change you can make changes in your's model definition (with some default values for new fields), make little changes in template and run save method for each exisintg instance of class. This would renew your css files.
That should work nicely.
I would create an md5 key with the theme elements, store this key in the user profile and create a ccs file named after this md5 key : you gain static file access and automatic theme change detection.

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