When I was attempting to learn Drools, I found it difficult to find a good tutorial. I also had a hard time figuring out how to use the rules engine in a stateless, thread-save manner. This tutorial discusses how to set up Drools in Eclipse, how to write the rules, how to execute the rules, [...]
I ran into an issue where I needed to use the onChange event for a Combobox and it was not working as expected. It only worked when the value was selected from the dropdown. This posed a problem for me since I was not forcing the user to make a selection – they can enter [...]
I was tasked by the powers that be to figure out how to deploy a WAR in WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WSASCE) under a separate port from other applications that were already running on our test server. After much googling and frustration, since I have never worked with WSASCE before, I finally figured it [...]
Ok, So I was having some real issues when I tried to install the GWT plugin from Google into Eclipse Galileo on my Mac in order create a GWT 2.0 application. After installing the plugin (via the update site – http://dl.google.com/eclipse/plugin/3.5) you need to restart Eclipse. However when Eclipse restarted all I got was an [...]
I was given the task of migrating a set of powerbuilder applications from version 8 to 11.5.
The PowerBuilder applications required a database connection. I went through their connection utility and the only connection type that I could get to work with my Microsoft SQL Server 2000 was ODBC. I configured it and PowerBuilder told me [...]
I started out trying to create a rest webservice for a project I’m working on with Mersoft. After a little bit of research, I discovered Apache has a rest plugin that enables Struts 2 to perform as a rest webservice.
I followed the documentation at http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/rest-plugin.html and created my rest webservice. However, I came across a [...]
I was continuing my work on a sample GWT app and needed the ability to use a Menu with CheckItems to show/hide tabs in a tab panel. Here is how I did it.
Note: This post does not cover the creation of the TabPanel, Toolbar and ToolbarButton with a Menu.
Step 1: Override the Ext.TabPanel. (Note: This [...]
In this blog I will explain how to write an Axis 1.4 Client that can accept GZIP compressed SOAP messages. The GZIP compression feature of Axis 1.x is not well documented on the Apache website, so you have to search for it in blogs like this one. You can also use Axis 1.x [...]
I have been working on an application that required the ability to disable ComboBox options. I googled to see if someone else had already done this and I found the following post. I used the code from the post as a starting point and added additional code to flush out a few more features.
The main [...]
The buzz around the Palm Pre has been fun to be a part of. When I heard about this phone’s development, I thought I could finally have something at least comparable to an iPhone. I have been torn between a love for all things Apple and supporting my favorite telecom company, Sprint. Finally, something to [...]
