I’m super new at programming and I’ve been trying to do something I think is simple but failing.
I’m trying to write a program in notepad that does the following:
Step 1: At “XX:XX:XX” time on “MM:DD:YYYY” date, open chrome(I would enter the time and date.)
Step 2: Open link “XX” in YouTube
Step 3: Make the video full screen
Ideally I will start the program and it does not perform steps 1,2 and 3 until the correct time. Any advise? Is there a best language to do this in? Thank you so much!
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Hi guys I am constructing a task distribution management system for my team in which I want to add a functionality that:
When I create a task, I will have an option to choose "how long is this task valid for being taken". For example, when creating the task I put "2 hours" in the
<input id="valid-for">
, then this task will only be displayed on the dashboard for 2 hours from the time it was created and then after 2 hours -> "display: none".
I've searched the web for the mechanism of achieving this feature but I didn't get a satisfied answer probably because I don't know the right terminology to google. I tried to use AJAX and use TIME_STAMP type attribute in MySQL but didn't know how to proceed. Could anybody tell me how to achieve this feature by the use of MySQL, jQuery or any other technics that could fulfill this feature? No code necessary I just need some explanation.
Thanks guys!
Without knowing any more details, here is how I would consider writing the code:
In the database, have a start time and a use-by time.
In your browser page, you can run a script periodically, say every minute (this is called polling). In this case, you can use Ajax to call back to the server for updates.
At the server end, check for new tasks as well as expired tasks. Then send the results back to the Ajax caller.
Back at the browser, update the dashboard accordingly.
I would be inclined to remove the task on the browser rather than simply hide it.
I'm just doing some web, but sometimes, when I want to debug, the whole web is out of date. I've already read some threads here, but the problem is I set it to "When out of date, prompt to launch". It doesn't say anything, it just start the browser and do its job.
Could you please help me?
Thanks.
If you use the build option
“Prompt to build”：Displays the message box every time that a project configuration is out of date.
Like this document here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cyhcc7zc.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
It is used for the VC++ project only.
I have a specific problem: I would like to create a Crowdflower job, in which the participant will be redirected to my website (let's say http://www.xxx.yy), where he will complete the task and after he finishes, he'll be redirected back to Crowdflower and paid. Is it possible to do something like that?
I imagined they would have an API, where the user would get some token, which would be then sent to my website and after the completion of the job I could simply do some API call to mark the task as finished. However, I can't find anything in their documentation that would do such thing (http://success.crowdflower.com/customer/portal/articles/1288323).
The reason I need to redirect users to my website is that I need more freedom than CML (Crowdflower Markup Language which is used for creating tasks) offers:
I need to be able to embed an swf file
the swf file should be chosen randomly from an aray of files (approx. 10)
I need to be able to measure how long s/he spends on the website and act based on that time
store some data into a database
All these things can be done pretty easily using some Javascript and PHP, but i don't think they can be done in CML, that's why I need to redirect them to my website.
Can you, please, give me some advice how to do this?
a few days ago, I wrote a code and then saved this file. Day by day, I edited this file. And now, I need the first variant of my code, which I made a few days ago. But I can't remember the first variant of my code. My question: Is there any chance to get the first variant of code in Sublime Text or another program?
Have you kept your editor open this whole time?
Yes → Hold down Ctrl+Z.
No ↓
Are you using Dropbox (or any similar service) or Windows with file history turned on, or have regular automatic backups that happened to take place between then and now?
Yes → Try that
No → Learn from your mistake and use version control next time, all the time.
I have an old SWF project file which is a series of png sequence to produce a 3D tour of numerous stadiums (If you can get it to load http://tinyurl.com/7h2zpcb). When I initially created it I never intended it to be published on the web (it was a university project) however I now would quite like to show it on the internet. The structure is of a main timeline with 4 stadiums each with a png sequence, then, when clicking on one of the stadiums, 4 more png sequences. The only problem is that it is all in one file and is over 12mb, plus has no pre-loader.
It is written in AS3 and is rather complicated as I used movie names and trimming to have reusable functions. It does however have global variables already set-up if this could help.
I have 2 questions. First, is there an easy method of separating out the project movies to 5 individual swf files. i.e main timeline, and each individual png sequence? Or will I need to copy and paste and copy assets over to each FLA file?
Secondly, would it just be easier to try using a preloaded and hoping that users wait for the project to download?
If you have any thoughts on this please give them. Is there a way to optimise the project in another way I am unaware of? As a side note there are a lot of pngs and total over 300mb when combined so I think XML is out of the question?
Thank you for your time. Any suggestions are welcome
For completeness' sake.
I did some research and tests and realised the time it would take to change the project to use any other technology would be too great for my needs. I simply just added a pre-loader to the site and saved myself a lot of extra time. When linking to the site I affix a message explaining that is for an offline installation and there may be a long load-time.
Hopefully this will help others in the future.
Thank you to Marty Wallace, shaunhusain and grapefrukt for their time and advice on this.