Microsoft Bing Translator- "Alternative meanings/translations" - microsoft-translator

When you go to translate.bing.com and enter a word, you get a long list of alternative translations on the right side, which is fabulous. In case of, say, 允许, it looks like -允许 meanings which, with the scores is very right from my knowledge of Chinese. However, if you do the same using the API- you get a single result- "Admit" with rating 5 and matchDegree 100.
Does anybody know what's happening here? I asked on the Microsoft translator forum but was told that the "alternative translations" API is unrelated to the meanings on the right side. So my question is how does one get those meanings on the right side?
My API query uses the GetTranslationsArrayRequest as follows:
<GetTranslationsArrayRequest>
<AppId/>
<From>zh-CHS</From>
<Options>
<Category xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.MT.Web.Service.V2">general</Category>
<ContentType xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.MT.Web.Service.V2">text/plain</ContentType>
<ReservedFlags xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.MT.Web.Service.V2"/>
<State xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.MT.Web.Service.V2"/>
<Uri xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.MT.Web.Service.V2"/>
<User xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.MT.Web.Service.V2"/>
</Options>
<Texts>
<string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">允许</string>
</Texts>
<To>en</To>
<MaxTranslations>10</MaxTranslations>
</GetTranslationsArrayRequest>

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What does the "ved" parameter in a google search refer to?

I've spent like two hours or more trying to figure out what a "ved" parameter on a Google search means. A curious person I am.
My finds so far:
$ved value changes-
1 - every different search result (diff keywords)
2 - every different resulted block (the url blocks/boxed on the resulted google search, but they are quite similar, as I'll write down below)
3 - every different geolocation perhaps
Consider these tests or lookups:
1-
Diff keywords, but first block/position in list:
&ved=2ahUKEwidsaSd4M_1AhVlk_0HHUxOCQYQFnoECAsQAg
&ved=2ahUKEwj2pZyN5s_1AhVRmuYKHZ5IB5EQFnoECAcQAg
I thought the "ved" value refers to the block/position of a url in the result list, but no.
2-
Twree different urls, first and second from the 1st and 2nd blocks of first page, then third from a "much farther on the list" block:
ved=2ahUKEwjq1-Wb1s_1AhW6SWwGHZwpBMwQFnoECD8QAQ
ved=2ahUKEwjq1-Wb1s_1AhW6SWwGHZwpBMwQFnoECCAQAQ
ved=2ahUKEwiZ2NDe1s_1AhVaTmwGHThIA5U4PBAWegQIGRAB
The same website url, from different countries (not considering blocks or position in list):
&ved=2ahUKEwiopK2X08_1AhUgxzgGHQEbDkcQFnoECBIQAQ
&ved=2ahUKEwjpueqC1M_1AhWJq3IEHYEDAfc4FBAWegQIDBAB
&ved=2ahUKEwih09Wz08_1AhUY7WEKHQYdBB8QFnoECEIQAQ
Very similar they are.
I'd really love to know what they mean. Any ideas are appreciated too!
I found an interesting article explaining the subject : https://moz.com/blog/inside-googles-ved-parameter
TL;DR:
A ved code contains up to five separate parameters, which each tell you something about the link that was clicked on:
1st (parameter1: Link index) gives you an idea of where the link was on the page.
2nd (parameter2: Link type) is a number that corresponds to the 'type' of the link that was clicked.
3rd (parameter7: Start result position) is the cumulative result position of the first result on the page.
4th (parameter 6: Result position) indicates the position of your page in the search results.
5th (parameter 5: Sub-result position) like the (parameter 6), except it tells you the position in a list of sub-results, such as breadcrumbs, or one-page sitelinks.

XrController.hitTest not returning any ESTIMATED_SURFACE or DETECTED_SURFACE results

I'm calling
XrController.hitTest(X, Y, ['FEATURE_POINT','ESTIMATED_SURFACE', 'DETECTED_SURFACE'])
But all the results I'm getting are of type 'FEATURE_POINT' only.
If I leave out 'FEATURE_POINT' from the included types
XrController.hitTest(X, Y, ['ESTIMATED_SURFACE', 'DETECTED_SURFACE'])
I'm not getting any results at all.
Are 'ESTIMATED_SURFACE', 'DETECTED_SURFACE' not implemented yet, or do I need to do something specific in order to get them
Thanks
The ESTIMATED_SURFACE and DETECTED_SURFACE options are in the spec but aren't currently a features of 8th Wall Web. Only FEATURE_POINT is currently implemented.
Currently only 'FEATURE_POINT' is supported in 8th Wall. You can reference this document: https://www.8thwall.com/docs/web/#xr8xrcontrollerhittest

Referencing to a subform text field

I know it is a simple problem and I should be able to google it and work it out myself, yet 2 hours later and I still cannot get my head around this simple problem.
I have:
Navigation Form called "Menu2"
Form called "Red Tag"
Field in Red Tag called "Nr" and "Tekst149"
I now that I do not call "Red Tag" but use its control name which is "PodformularzNawigacji".
I tried:
Forms![Menu2].[PodformularzNawigacji].Form.[Nr] Like Forms![Menu2].[PodformularzNawigacji].Form.[Tekst149]
Or
Forms![Menu2].[PodformularzNawigacji].Form.[Nr] Like Forms![Menu2].[PodformularzNawigacji].Form.[Tekst149]
Or
Forms![Menu2]![PodformularzNawigacji]![Nr] like Forms![Menu2]![PodformularzNawigacji]![Tekst149]
And many more but without success. I do not have English version of Access, perhaps that also the problem (of course I don't use "Forms" but its equivalent in my language)
Edit:
The problem is that this reference is incorrect "This form is not connected to any table or a query". When I had this form as a stand alone form everything worked it was only:
[Nr] Like Forms![Red Tag]![Tekst152]
It could be:
Forms![Menu2]![PodformularzNawigacji].Form![Nr] Like Forms![Menu2]![PodformularzNawigacji].Form![Tekst149]

Handling Multiple Images with ColdFusion and MySQL

This is an architecture question, but its solution lies in ColdFusion and MySQL structure--or at least I believe so.
I have a products table in my database, and each product can have any number of screen-shots. My current method to display product screen-shots is the following:
I have a single folder where all screen-shots associated with all products are contained. All screen-shots are named exactly the same as their productID in the database, plus a prefix.
For example: Screen-shots of a product whose productID is 15 are found in the folder images, with the name 15_screen1.jpg, 15_screen2.jpg, etc...
In my ColdFusion page I have hard-coded the image path into the HTML (images/); the image name is broken into two parts; part one is dynamically generated using the productID from the query; and part two is a prefix, and is hard-coded. For example:
<img src"/images/#QueryName.productID#_screen1.jpg">
<img src"/images/#QueryName.productID#_screen2.jpg"> etc...
This method works, but it has several limitations the biggest listed bellow:
I have to hard-code the exact number of screen-shots in my HTML template. This means the number of screen shots I can display will always be the same. This does not work if one product has 10 screen shots, and another has 5.
I have to hard-code image prefixes into my HTML. For example, I can have up to five types of screen-shots associated with one product: productID=15 may have 15_screen1.jpg, 15_screen2.jpg, and 15_FrontCover.jpg, 15_BackCover.jpg, and 15_Backthumb.jpg, etc...
I thought about creating a paths column in my products table, but that meant creating several hundreds of folders for each product, something that also does not seem efficient.
Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on the correct method to approach this problem?
Many thanks!
How about...
use an Image table, one product to many images (with optional sortOrder column?), and use imageID as the jpeg file name?
update:
Have a ImageClass table, many Image to one ImageClass.
Image
-----
ID
productID
imageClassID (FK to ImageClass)
Use back-end business logic to enforce the some classes can only have one image.
Or... if you really want to enforce some classes can only one image, then can go for a more complex design:
Product
------
ID
name
...
frontCoverImageID
backCoverImageID
frontThumbImageID
backThumbImageID
Image
-----
ID
productID
isScreenShot (bit) // optional, but easier to query later...
However, I like the first one better since you can have as many classes you see fit later, without refactoring the DB.
Keeping information on how many and what images in the database is definitely the way to go.
Barring that, if you want to use naming conventions to associate images with products, and the number of images is arbitrary, then it's probably a better idea to create one folder per product:
/images/products/{SKU1}/frontview.jpg
/images/products/{SKU1}/sideview.jpg
/images/products/{SKU2}/frontview.jpg
and so forth. Then use <cfdirectory> to collect the images for a given product. You might also want to name your images 00_frontview.jpg, 01_sideview.jpg and such so that you can sort and control what order they'll display on the page.
use the cfdirectory tags to inspect the filesystem:
<!--- get a query resultset of images in filesystem --->
<cfdirectory action="list" name="images" directory="images">
<!--- get images for specific product --->
<cfquery name="productImages" dbtype="query">
select *
from images
where name like '#productid#%'
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query="productImages">
<img src="#productimages.directory#/#productimages.name#" />
</cfoutput>
You could even try using the filter attribute to cfdirectory to try and omit the QoQ

How do I best display CheckBoxes in SQL Server Reporting Services?

One of the many quirks of Reporting Services we've run across is the complete and utter lack of a CheckBox control or even something remotely similar.
We have a form that should appear automatically filled out based on information pulled from a database. We have several bit datatype fields. Printing out "True" or "False" just looks silly, as this is supposed to look like a form that has been auto-filled out, so we want to have a series of checkboxes and labels that are either checked or unchecked.
We are running SSRS 2005 but I'm not aware of SSRS 2008 having added a CheckBox control. Even if it did, we'd need to have an alternative for the time being. The best we've found so far is:
use Wingdings
use images
use text boxes with borders and print a blank/space or a capital X
All three approaches require IIF expression shenanigans.
The Wingdings approach seemed to work acceptably, and was the most aesthetically pleasing except that for whatever reason it didn't always print correctly. More importantly, PDF exports, also for whatever reason, converted all fonts (generally) to Arial and so we got funky letters instead of the Windings dingbats.
Images, being a pixel-based raster, don't do so well when printed along side vector stuff like text. Unless handled carefully, they tend to stretch, pixelate, and do other unprofessional looking things.
While these methods do work (some with limitations as mentioned above) none of them are particularly elegant.
Are we missing something obvious? Not so obvious? Does someone at Microsoft have a good reason why such a control was not provided in SSRS 2000, let alone 2 versions and 8 years later? This can't be the first time this issue has come up...
I, along with others in my shop, have used images, toggling the hidden attribute based on the field value (true or false). We haven't had any problems with blurring or scaling, unless we tried to increase the scale of the image beyond 100% obviously.
Another option I've used is similar to the wingdings idea, but I just use a plain old "X". On our forms at least, it is not uncommon for someone to use an X in a box instead of a check mark, so it looks completely acceptable. Plus, you don't have to worry about strange characters when printing.
As for why Microsoft does not include a checkbox control, I can't answer that as I've been wondering the same thing myself for a long time now.
I just wanna share the idea on this blog. SSRS: How to Display Checkbox on Report
First create a textbox
Then change the font family to Wingdings
Insert an expression on the textbox and write this expressions.
=IIF(Fields!Active.Value,chr(254),"o")
Fields!Active.Value could be anything from your query that should return a boolean value 1 or 0.
Then click Preview and see the checkbox ;)
More styles can be selected on the blog that I shared above.
Here is an example of my output
What I have used to display a check box (or ballot box):
1- create textbox (that will become your check box)
2- change font to Arial Unicode MS
3- in the expression window use:
ChrW(&H2611) for a filled-in checkbox
ChrW(&H2610) for an empty checkbox
Besides the different methods already presented, as of SQL Server 2008 R2 there's a built-in control that can be used for checkbox-alike functionality: the Indicator!
Have a look here for details on how to use it: https://web.archive.org/web/20190916105459/http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2012/08/04/displaying-checkboxes-in-an-ssrs-report/
To be able to use a field of type bit, you'll have to cast it to int first. This can be done either in the dataset query or by adding a calculated field to the dataset.
If you want the NULLs to come up as yellow, then you'll need to build the expression that way so it takes that requirement into account as well.
Here's a possible expression for a calculated field:
=Switch(
IsNothing(Fields!YourBoolean.Value), 50,
Fields!YourBoolean.Value = False, 0,
Fields!YourBoolean.Value = True, 100)
Depending on the meaning of your fields - is False good or bad - you may need to swap the zero and 100.
Another way to do thisd is go to "Placeholder properties" of TextBox and check Html - Interpret HTML tag as styles
Then in the Value - Expression put this line of code for checked:
="<font face=""Wingdings 2"" color=""green"">" & Chr(81) &"</font>" & "some other text"
Or this code sample for unchecked:
="<font face=""Wingdings 2"" color=""red"">" & Chr(163) &"</font>" & "some other text"
This way you can have checkbox and text in the same textbox.
Later edit:
If you are having problem displaying Wingdings 2 on Azure, then use Wingdings.
Apparently it works.
="<font face=""Wingdings"" color=""green"">" & Chr(253) &"</font>" & "some other text"
Or this code sample for unchecked:
="<font face=""Wingdings"" color=""red"">" & Chr(168) &"</font>" & "some other text"
You can also use a string calculated field like "[X]" or "[ ]". It's less pretty than the textbox with border but you don't have to put a specific control for the value and you can fill table or matrix with this.
At least there is some solution for the checkbox. I'm still looking for full justification for my text (In fact I'm looking for another solution than SSRS know).
ACCESS 97 could make this kind of thing but not SQL SERVER 2012.
I think there is a bug with SSRS and embedding font characters above 128 (some thing todo with ANSI encoding). Basically you can use 1-128 fine, the rest show up as tall rectangular blocks.
I like NY's idea of the textbox with a border and an optional X - this sounds simple and effective.
This is building on Dragos Durlut's answer. I don't have a high enough reputation to comment but I can answer...
I needed a checkbox as part of text that is passed as a parameter. The parameter contains HTML and is used in a placeholder set up just like Dragos suggests: HTML - Interpret HTML tags as styles.
Instead of having to switch between the HTML and the strings, you can use the HTML Escape Codes (& + # + CharCode + ; --> ¨)
="<font face='Wingdings'>¨</font> Empty checkbox"
Since mine is a parameter, it just pass in the string:
<font face='Wingdings'>¨</font> Empty checkbox
If you need the checkbox selected, you would pass in either ý or þ instead:
<font face='Wingdings'>ý</font> filled with an x
<font face='Wingdings'>þ</font> filled with a checkmark