Newbie question: script to pause between loops

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• Pause between tracks when burning CD using WMP.

  When I burn a CD that contains songs that flow into each other (ie: live music), I noticed a short pause between tracks.  How can I avoid this?

  Hi twozillas,

  Some CD, when some of their songs are ripped, can include one or more seconds of silence in the music file ripped after the end of the music. Other CD may include gaps of silence at the beginning of some songs. Many CD marks the beginning and the end of the songs with the introduction and the end of his audible on each track. The Player automatically adds a gap of two seconds between songs when burning audio CDs to avoid the next song begins immediately after the end of the previous song. Gaps of silence extra included in the CDS ripped music files can create, inconsistent pauses between songs. Since the pause of two seconds of the Player cannot be disabled, the only way to solve this problem is to use an audio file editor to remove the gaps of silence in the recordings of the song themselves.

  You can check the link below:

  Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Media Player: frequently asked questions
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/burn-a-CD-or-DVD-in-Windows-Media-Player-frequently-asked-questions

  Please post back and let us know if it helped to solve your problem.

  Kind regards
  KarthiK TP

• Hardware blackBerry Smartphones Dumb newbie question! :)

  Hi people,

  I'm new in the world of the blackberry and I'm about to take the plunge with a unlocked sim-free BB Bold to use in the United Kingdom on Vodafone. I read on the differences of software between BIS and BES and would go for a set - up BIS. My dumb newbie question is equipment arrives in version BES or BIS or not?

  Thanks in advance and do not hesitate to make fun of my madness

  craigdh wrote:

  Good answer Xandrex. However I'm still not clear as to the issue of equipment, I asked. The reason why I am wanting to buy "BOLD" a separate contract is.

  1. it will work a little cheaper over the life of a contract.

  2. I will get my "BOLD" much faster.

  3 UK networks have a reputation for crippling features in high-end etc phones then charge you more to get similar functionality via one of their services.

  4. they are very slow to provide updates of the firmware on their own brand of appliances.

  There was a little insinuation in my answer: basically, you buy a mobile phone, so you get a BIS/BES contract with a carrier who takes in charge that the mobile phone. A "BOLD" can be used like BIS or BES, it depends on the company.

  On the price, I'm sure the phone deal + contract is always cheaper than a "BOLD" (retail and not eBay from some guys) then a contract which is usable (that is, no GoDaddy or 0.01GBP / KB).

  for the speed, you are the one who knows.

  The thing of the cripping: the thing is, the updates are provided only by the suppliers (they get a barebone RIM OS, then add their stuff like facebook or AOL). Even if you buy a single "BOLD" without a contract, if you want to upgrade the regular way, you wait fot your carrier to publish the upgrade. Or you can do the regularly (which can be made with or without the purchase contract at the same time).

  HTH

• Report Question script

  Hi all

  I have it here question script report.

  I report I need to generate from Jan - 2013 as part of Dec-2013. I can manually update the period and the year and generate it, but I need one file per month. So for example for January 2013, I need Jan13.txt and February 2013, I need Feb13.txt.

  Can we create a script to report that generate files from separate output for each month?

  or should I create a separate report for each month script generate separate output file?

  Thanks in advance

  One report script is unable to create several files in a single run.  You can be...

  1 create 12 report files and call them separately

  2. create a report file, use a subvar and then call 12 times, changing the subvar between tracks

  3. create a report file and use a script to cut output upward in files.  grep or equivalent makes this kind of thing a relatively trivial task

  Abandonment of report and by using a script to calc DATAEXPORT scripts can be an option; You can create multiple files from a script unique calc like that.

• Newbie question - how to effectively check if photo is part of the selection

  Hi all

  Sorry for the newbie question, but I do not know how to solve, and I'm sure that there is a quick and easy answer to this:

  My goal is to get all the 'stack heads' (photos with Position 1 in batteries) selection ('photos' below).

  for I have, make photo in ipairs( photos )
  local date = picture:getFormattedMetadata("Filename")

  if Photo:getRawMetadata( "isInStackInFolder" ), then
  - Photo is in a stack
  local photoHeadOfStack = picture:getRawMetadata("topOfStackInFolderContainingPhoto")

  local stackPos = picture:getRawMetadata( "stackPositionInFolder" ), - get the position in the stack
  local photoHeadName = photoHeadOfStack:getFormattedMetadata("Filename")

  app:logVerbose(' Photo nb ^ 1, name ^ 2 is in a stack with the position ^ 3 ', i, date, stackPos"")

  if stackPos == 1 then
  - photo is the master of the battery
  stackTop[#stackTop+1] =photo
  app:logVerbose(' picture ^ 1 is the top of the stack ^ 2 ', date, #stackTop)

  -check if couple if it is correct
  elseif photos. photoHeadOfStack then
  app:logVerbose(' picture ^ 1 is in a stack, but not over the top. ") (Top of the stack already selected", date)

  other
  stackTop[#stackTop+1] =photoHeadOfStack
  app:logVerbose(' picture ^ 1 is in a stack, but not over the top. ") Top of the stack ^ 2 - ^ 3 ", date, #stackTop, photoHeadName)

  end
  end
  end

  
  

  In the if structure in the center of the Position in the stack control, if the Position is not 1, I would check if the photo to the stack ("photoHeadOfStack'") is part of the 'pictures '. I tried 'elseif photos.photoHeadOfStack then' and ' elseif photos [photoHeadOfStack] then ' but it doesn't work-> This elseif is never true even if 'photoHeadOfStack' part of the 'photos'.

  Any way to have this check done without checking the photos "manually"? (via e.g. a loop for)

  I'm sure that Lua offers this, but I do not know how...

  
  

  Thank you for your support!

      --[[ This code creates "stackTops", an array of LrPhotos that are the
      tops of all the stacks containing photos in the array
      "photos". ]]
  stackTopSet = {}
  for _, photo in ipairs (photos) do
      local stackTop = photo:getRawMetadata ("topOfStackInFolderContainingPhoto")
      if stackTop ~= nil then stackTopSet [stackTop] = true end
      end
  stackTops = {}
  for photo, _ in pairs (stackTopSet) do table.insert (stackTops, photo) end
  

• A few newbie questions

  Ok, I am a fanboy of Adobe, Photoshop/Illustrator ACE but I'm a video / graphic guy My employer is about 'apps' that they average / envy = applications that run on all smartphones modern and major players in the Tablet world. I had a divorce with writing code about 4 years ago (we all have two happy summer separated from eachother) but it feels like I will be together soon.

  Looking for some quick info to get used to the speed (note that I Master Collection CS5.5):

  1. Type of code: Action Script 3 ? HTML? Or lazy build in Flash?
  2. We would start Flash or Flex SDK?
  3. Currently, they want to read on an iPad... then tomorrow a Playbook... but always on an iPhone and EVO... is it something to be considered early in the process?

  I realize, these are newbie questions VERY and it's a long way to follow, thank you for contributing to the trip!

  Nick

  Hi Nick,

  I think it depends on type of content/content/deployment.

  If it's only video content to be played in standalone or web apps that look like native and support wide range of devices - then your suite already comes with Dreamweaver 5.5 - who has for example jQuery Mobile for web based application development/deployment and PhoneGab for native-app - all code development with html/javascript and two of them takes charge of video content.

  With Flash CS5.5 you get timeline based development and authoring tools - but nothing in the simplified UI that comes with the spark in Flash Builder (Flex SDK). Outputs the CS5.5 Flash and Flash Builder 4.5 using the same development tools Adobe Air (more to read on the page of software development given).

  Oh: web development with Dreamweaver and jQM does not require App Store submission process required otherwise for the content generated with Flash CS/Flash Builder or with PhoneGap in DreamWeaver.

  Kind regards

  Peter

• Flash Newb, button Script troubleshooting

  I'm not a total newb when it comes to Flash, but I'm not far away. Anyway I need help for coding on buttons script. I know how to have effects with flipping and clicking on the button, it's all good, but coding is when things go wrong.

  I have a layer just for coding, don't know if that's good or bad. In any case what I have so far.

  gotoAndPlay (2); < It works well.

  Nexts.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, ClickHandler);

  function ClickHandler(evt:Object):void {gotoAndPlay (11) ;}}

  ↑ This... not so much. I don't know if it's good coding or if I'm really going. In any case, I'm doing a simple flash based quiz.

  There is a question, and answered a few possible downstairs. By clicking on the bad, I kept just one button without coding.

  However for the right answer, I want it directly to the following question, which would be the framework.

  The following image is 11, but it's not working because I had planned. I worked with this last night for a few hours without success.

  If someone is willing to help a newb full script, I would appreciate it a lot. I am using Flash CS3 and ActionScript3.

  I also tried a few tutorials on layers of randomization. In this way, if I click on the button of the correct answer, he goes to a random question. Although I couldn't get this to work, if someone knows a good tutorial or wants to help me with this, I would be very grateful, thank you!

  You are welcome.

  p.s. in the future, please check the useful/correct, if there is.

• HP CP1515N pause between multiple impressions.

  We have a HP Laserjet CP1515N and that you have installed using windows 7 for the first time.

  When we try to print several copies of a document, that they will pause between each print before operating. This makes it very slow to print a large number of copies at a time.

  This seems to happen more often on Publisher 2010, if printing on a word document it seems not having the problem. If I use a machine with windows XP and Publisher 2003 and print the same document, it does not have this problem.

  I have the driver HP Color Laserjet CP 1510 Series PCL6 (0.3.7071.0) if it helps.

  Thanks for all advice :-)

  What I think could be the cause is Publisher 2010.  I don't think that's any kind of error, or anything really adjustable.  Looks like it's in the way that Publisher 2010 treats print jobs.  You can try upgrading the memory, or the print spooler to see if it works to speed it up, but I think it's just in the operation of Publisher 2010.

• How do I create a pause between songs in my playlists? Manually start the next song?

  How do I create a pause between songs in my playlists?  Manually start the next song?  I use XP with WMP11

  The following freeware will allow you to add as much
  (1 to 100 seconds) pause between tracks that you need:

  (FWIW) It's always a good idea to create a system
  Restore point before installing software or updates)

  CDBurnerXP
  http://www.CDBurnerXP.se/
  (Yes, it works on XP, Vista, 7)

  CDBurnerXP to make Audio disc
  http://CDBurnerXP.se/help/audio/compileaudio

• Pause between tracks?

  In ripping a song from a CD in a music folder, the silence before the next song is included in the duration of the recording. For example, a record of 03:36 length is 4 seconds. of silence before the start of the next track. If the length of this recording (TRACK 1) is presented as 03:40 in the list of songs that I'm about to burn it to a CD. If I choose to have a pause of 2 seconds between tracks on the CD I want to burn, it will be the pause between TRACK 1 and TRACK 2 2 dry. or dry 6. ? In other words, Windows Media Player does not remove silence at the end of the runway before inserting the 2s pause?

  As far as I know, he burns the track as it is. I do not use to rip like, well well, is just not very well. There are some freeware like AudioGrabber.

  If she add seconds to the beginning of the track (or finish) then the easiest thing is to use an audio editor like Audacity (once again, freeware) to cut the silence off the beaten. That's how I do it, and at the same time you can "normalize" all tracks so that one is not too strong compared to others.

  See you soon,.

  Jerry

• Pause between pages when printing from Excel document

  I have an Excel document (2002) spanning several tabs that must be filled. There are two pages per tab. The printer (Ricoh Aficio MP2550) pauses between each page. This only happens on this type of document (Excel worksheet with defined print area) I am running XP Professional SP3

  I have an Excel document (2002) spanning several tabs that must be filled. There are two pages per tab. The printer (Ricoh Aficio MP2550) pauses between each page. This only happens on this type of document (Excel worksheet with defined print area) I am running XP Professional SP3

  Hey

  Here is the vista forums

  Try the repost in the excel link below forums

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Office/default.aspx#tab=4

  and here is the link to the xp forums

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/default.aspx#tab=4

  Walter, the time zone traveller

• 2 blackBerry Smartphones newbie questions: do I need it, and how I spoil my phone?

  Sorry for the newbie questions:

  My IT has already set up my phone to receive email from their Blackberry Enterprise Server.

  (1) do I still need to install the desktop software?  Given that I can transfer files via Bluetooth from my laptop and my contacts/calendar/notes are stored on the Exchange Server, is there any point?

  (2) if I do not need to install it, given that my email is already working with BES, and the Office installation configures email settings, how do I keep the new Desktop install to mess up the current configuration of e-mail?

  Of all the notes of support on the software, looks like more trouble whereas at this stage.  I really need to treat it?

  Thank you.

  Janimal

  Hi and welcome to the Forums!

  Janimal wrote:

  (1) do I still need to install the desktop software?  Given that I can transfer files via Bluetooth from my laptop and my contacts/calendar/notes are stored on the Exchange Server, is there any point?

  There is not much need of DTM, but it is convenient to update the OS of your BB. Sometimes there will be releases of minor bugs corrections and such to your BB - DTM will be meaningless and install them, while updating wireless could not detect them. For a major OS update, you want DTM, as it will do a backup/complete restoration of your BB, including configuration settings, and others so that you don't have to redo those. But, to your e-mail, calendar, contacts, etc. - you are right, it is useless given that your Exchange Server is actually your master with your BB being actually a backup of that (in a sense).

  In addition, USB drivers (which are part of the package DTM) are necessary in order to charge your BB via your laptop USB. You can download and install all the USB drivers if this is the only part of the DTM you want.

  Janimal wrote:

  (2) if I do not need to install it, given that my email is already working with BES, and the Office installation configures email settings, how do I keep the new Desktop install to mess up the current configuration of e-mail?

  When you install it, it will ask if you are in a company - say Yes and it will install properly. Installation when your PC is connected to your corporate network and your Outlook is open. Who will get the best and fastest configuration. When you install, do not let it select the functions of auto-launch... If you wish, attach your BB and manually run the DTM.

  Of all the notes of support on the software, looks like more trouble whereas at this stage.  I really need to treat it?

  Thank you.

  Janimal

  Basically, on the whole, I vote 'YES'. You get the USB charging. You can save if you wish. You get the device OS and other updates. Most of the reported problems are people using it to synchronize via USB things - you won't do that because most of your stuff will be syncing via BES OTA. Other things, you can simply drag-and - drop (music, videos, etc.). .. .follow these instructions (use the latest 5.0 DTM):

  http://supportforums.BlackBerry.com/Rim/Board/message?board.ID=BlackBerryDesktopSoftware&thread.ID=3...

  DL the latest version here:

  http://NA.BlackBerry.com/eng/services/desktop/

  Good luck!

• A LOT of Newbie Questions blackBerry smartphones. (Must be the easy answer!)

  Good, please excuse my ignorance... guys xD

  I just bought two s BlackBerry Curve 8530 from Sprint. I'm pretty tech savvy, but there are some things about this phone, I can just enter in two or three days I got em:

  Deleting photos: Well, then I'm in my media folder, in the images. I selects a photo and press the BlackBerry button and select Delete. Then he said: it is read-only, and when I remove it, the icon is still there. I tried to turn on/off the device, and it's still there. Thought this one myself. I plugged it up to the Desktop Manager and all of a sudden all the photos I had taken appeared. I was also able to delete using the "BlackBerry" button and then "delete". It doesn't give me that read this option.

  Saving images: So, for some reason I can't save more photos. I don't know even how I saved the first 12 photos I have taken... but now it won't save any more. What the hell happened? xD I have a 2GB card in my phone... surely these 12 images didn't fill in this card... Thought this one myself. I plugged it up to the Desktop Manager and all of a sudden all the photos I had taken appeared.

  Buy ringtones: On my old phone LG, I used to buy ringtones RealTone Jukebox... where they had extracted from songs that I could download for a crazyhigh. Where can I buy the real music ringtones for BlackBerry? What I do myself?

  Media moving to my PC?: I went through the music store of Sprint comes with my camera, and two purchased songs. I want to know if I can get these songs out of my BlackBerry smart phone and my PC. Also, if anyone knows what format they are in (if they bought before Sprint music store).

  To buy another memory card: Where the best place to buy one of these mini memory cards? One of my friends like, a 24 a concert... and I currently have a 2 gig (who, I should mention, is more fricken memory I have in the computer I do not write about this time xD) how can I find out if the card is compatible with my camera?

  WTF @ Redlight?: From time to time (we can always do that, I'm not sure), the little red light at the top of my unit starts to blink even if I do not have a weak battery or not new messages. It first happened lastnight when a friend sent me 3 IMs at once. I had to reboot my device and I think that he is stopped. Earlier, it happened again (I had several new messages) and this time whenever my display is on, the light was red only flashes do not. It can always be like this now, but I'm not sure. My camera is in the other room and I'm too lazy to check xD. Why would he do that? How can I get him to stop?

  Turn off the sound of the camera?: My camera makes the shutter of the camera, even when noise silence. Is there a way to stop this?

  
  

  Auto keyguard: I have EPIC hand-dial to people purse. In my view, it has a keyboard lock button in the dashboard of BlackBerry (that is the correct term for this?) But I want to get to the place where the keyboard auto-lock after a certain period of time. Is this possible? I saw somewhere about pressing the button mute will lock it... who is the top/center of the unit button?

  Key blackBerry?: Well, don't laugh, I know that I'm retarded. But, the key to the left of the beach towel... than the devil who called? He got the BlackBerry logo on it... is what he called the BlackBerry button? I know, I know, I'm retarded and could probably flip through the manual to figure it out... but still. I might as well ask now xD

  
  

  Choose the icons to display on the main screen: When I added an e-mail address, he put an icon on my main desktop, in the row of icons at the bottom of the screen. (where is my background image and all that). Can we choose the icons that we want to display on the main screen? I have really now, my calendar icon that I know that I use. I'd love to move the keyboard lock button here though... is it possible?

  Speaker?: How can I get speaker? xD

  Theme Studio (software, no associated device): Anyone used this? It is quite easy to use? I am tech savvy, but I don't want to just download a ton of programs on my PC that I won't use xD I'm working on the Desktop Manager and it takes forever. I want to make themes, but I'm curious to know how easy to use this program is... graduate to use design or if it would take a graph xD

  Well, then, I think that... Think THAT that's all. I can change this highest position (if we are allowed to edit) to delimit what questions have been answered. I hope someone sees this soon enough, that I don't know how "living" these forums are.

  Thanks for looking, and I warned you... they have been the newbie questions! xD

  -Darky Delacroix

  Welcome to the SkippyTheWonder forums.

  SkippyTheWonder wrote:

  Good, please excuse my ignorance... guys xD

  I just bought two s BlackBerry Curve 8530 from Sprint. I'm pretty tech savvy, but there are some things about this phone, I can just enter in two or three days I got em:

  Deleting photos: Well, then I'm in my media folder, in the images. I selects a photo and press the BlackBerry button and select Delete. Then he said: it is read-only, and when I remove it, the icon is still there. I tried to turn on/off the device, and it's still there. Thought this one myself. I plugged it up to the Desktop Manager and all of a sudden all the photos I had taken appeared. I was also able to delete using the "BlackBerry" button and then "delete". It doesn't give me that read this option.

  Saving images: So, for some reason I can't save more photos. I don't know even how I saved the first 12 photos I have taken... but now it won't save any more. What the hell happened? xD I have a 2GB card in my phone... surely these 12 images didn't fill in this card... Thought this one myself. I plugged it up to the Desktop Manager and all of a sudden all the photos I had taken appeared.

  Buy ringtones: On my old phone LG, I used to buy ringtones RealTone Jukebox... where they had extracted from songs that I could download for a crazyhigh. Where can I buy the real music ringtones for BlackBerry? What I do myself?

  There may be an icon on the home screen of your camera to buy ringtones. Or you can open the browser and go to http://mobile.blackberry.com. There is a link of ringtones that you can click

  Media moving to my PC?: I went through the music store of Sprint comes with my camera, and two purchased songs. I want to know if I can get these songs out of my BlackBerry smart phone and my PC. Also, if anyone knows what format they are in (if they bought before Sprint music store).

  It is recommended to buy a microSD card to store your multimedia files, if you run out of memory on your device.

  
  

  Depending on what OS is your BlackBerry tells you what size you can buy a microSD card. You can check under Options | Topic (will appear as v4.xx.xxx). Look at the table on the following link to see what size you can get - http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB05461

  
  

  On the BlackBerry, go to Options | Media Media Card recommended parameters are:

  
  

  Media card support: WE

  Encryption mode: NO

  Mass storage support: WE

  Auto enable mass storage Mode when connected: YES

  
  

  Mass storage mode allows your BlackBerry to act as an extra drive when it is connected to your PC. It will appear as an extra drive letter in Windows Explorer. So you can just drag/release the multimedia files on your memory card

  WTF @ Redlight?: From time to time (we can always do that, I'm not sure), the little red light at the top of my unit starts to blink even if I do not have a weak battery or not new messages. It first happened lastnight when a friend sent me 3 IMs at once. I had to reboot my device and I think that he is stopped. Earlier, it happened again (I had several new messages) and this time whenever my display is on, the light was red only flashes do not. It can always be like this now, but I'm not sure. My camera is in the other room and I'm too lazy to check xD. Why would he do that? How can I get him to stop?

  Here is an article that describes the status of the LED

  http://www.BlackBerry.com/BTSC/KB03897

  If you want to disable the LED check this KB article

  http://www.BlackBerry.com/BTSC/KB10721

  Turn off the sound of the camera?: My camera makes the shutter of the camera, even when noise silence. Is there a way to stop this?

  Check out this post

  http://supportforums.BlackBerry.com/T5/BlackBerry-Pearl-BlackBerry-8100/turning-off-the-camera-Shutt...

  
  

  Auto keyguard: I have EPIC hand-dial to people purse. In my view, it has a keyboard lock button in the dashboard of BlackBerry (that is the correct term for this?) But I want to get to the place where the keyboard auto-lock after a certain period of time. Is this possible? I saw somewhere about pressing the button mute will lock it... who is the top/center of the unit button?

  Key blackBerry?: Well, don't laugh, I know that I'm retarded. But, the key to the left of the beach towel... than the devil who called? He got the BlackBerry logo on it... is what he called the BlackBerry button? I know, I know, I'm retarded and could probably flip through the manual to figure it out... but still. I might as well ask now xD

  Called the menu button

  
  

  Choose the icons to display on the main screen: When I added an e-mail address, he put an icon on my main desktop, in the row of icons at the bottom of the screen. (where is my background image and all that). Can we choose the icons that we want to display on the main screen? I have really now, my calendar icon that I know that I use. I'd love to move the keyboard lock button here though... is it possible?

  If you select an icon, click the menu button and choose move. You can rearrange the icons. The icons in the top 5 on the list will be those along the boittom when not looking at the full home screen.

  Speaker?: How can I get speaker? xD

  Can try to hit the key ' $' as a shortcut to activate speaker. During a call, you can click the menu button and choose the speaker phone option in the menu

  Theme Studio (software, no associated device): Anyone used this? It is quite easy to use? I am tech savvy, but I don't want to just download a ton of programs on my PC that I won't use xD I'm working on the Desktop Manager and it takes forever. I want to make themes, but I'm curious to know how easy to use this program is... graduate to use design or if it would take a graph xD

  Not sure about that sorry.

  Well, then, I think that... Think THAT that's all. I can change this highest position (if we are allowed to edit) to delimit what questions have been answered. I hope someone sees this soon enough, that I don't know how "living" these forums are.

  Thanks for looking, and I warned you... they have been the newbie questions! xD

  -Darky Delacroix

• Newbie question - javascript - php HTML5 and HTTPS w

  Hi all

  Newbie question...

  I'm having a problem with browsers, mac and javascript...

  simple story:

  1. If I put the test on site NO SSL folder - everything works ok

  2 but if I put the same test on HTTPS site folder - MAC SAFARI gets / data displays ok but firefox MAC and Chrome don't receive data

  Q: why not? How do I fix this so work all browsers?

  ---

  CONFIGURE LIKE THIS...

  Page1.html

  Gets the data with this line...

  What was...

  $.get ('getdata.php', function (data, status) {})

  ... etc.

  also tried this (absolute ref)...

  $.get ('https://mysite.com/getdata.php', function (data, status) {})

  ... etc.

  and displays the data on the same page page1.html

  Safari for MAC = works but firefox and chrome do not display data HTTPS site but all work 3 over HTTPS no alternate test site. (using only this local demand = $.get ('getdata.php', function (data, status) {}))

  BTW: if I manually go to getdata.php he gets php data and display the data in json package very well

  Q: How can I test / solve this problem, so all 3 browsers work on HTTPS site?

  Curious to know why MAC SAFARI OS 10.10.4 was an error?

  There are differences in the way different browsers support SSL.

• Newbie question: to access the items in a locked file "kind of."

  Newbie question: a friend (who is not accessible now) has sent a file I. Vector graphics are enclosed in a blue box. I can move the whole box within the artboard and you can add other items, but I can't change the existing components. Unlock, dissociate are gray. How can I get 'in' components?

  Look in the layer panel and see if the layers are locked. You can also check in tracks mode and see if there is really something out there, or if it has been saved as an image.