Basic softwares for a computer

Recently I reinstalled windows xp on my laptop.( I do this atleast four times a year! BREAK AND LEARN )

After that I got the real pain of installing all the necessary softwares to start with. But I keep forgetting all those s/w and links to them. (I know...Just google for them) So thought of scribbling some links here which I used.

1. Install all windows updates.
2. Antivirus (Get your own copy. I use F-Secure).
3. Firefox
4. Firefox plugins and addons
5. VLC Player
6. Flash Get Download manager
7. Real Player
8. 7Zip

Remove wicket:id attribute

If you want to remove the wicket:id attributes from the generated html source,
you can call the method setRenderBodyOnly(true) on the particular component.

In case you want to remove it from all the pages, then use Settings.setStripWicketTags on the WebApplication.

AJAXified Confirmation box - Wicket

I have a ajax version of the confirmation box which can be used for Ajax button or Ajax Links.

import org.apache.wicket.ajax.calldecorator.AjaxCallDecorator;

/**
* Javascript Confirmation box for ajax components.
* Can be used for confirmation before deletion of a record.
*
* @author Srikanth NT
*/
public class ConfirmationBoxAjaxRenderer extends AjaxCallDecorator {

/** Serial Version UID. */
private static final long serialVersionUID = 284826838568155159L;

/** Message to be desplayed in the confirm box. */
private String message;

/**
* Constructor.
* @param message Message to be shown in the confirm box.
*/
public ConfirmationBoxAjaxRenderer(final String message) {
super();
this.message = message;
}

/**
* @param script existing script around the component.
* @return modified string.
* @see org.apache.wicket.ajax.calldecorator.AjaxCallDecorator#decorateScript(java.lang.CharSequence)
*/
@Override
public CharSequence decorateScript(final CharSequence script) {
return "if(!confirm('" + message + "')) return false;" + script;
}

}


Enjoy !!!

Confirmation Dialog - Wicket

Sometimes we want the confirmation from the user before doing the request. Say for example, we have a delete button on our application. The user accidently clicks on the delete button due to which he might lose the important record. In case he got a dialog saying, "Hey dude, wanna delete this?" with Yes/No button, he can safely avoid the disastrous deletion. So how to do we do that in wicket ?


import org.apache.wicket.Component;
import org.apache.wicket.behavior.AbstractBehavior;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.ComponentTag;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.Button;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.link.Link;

/**
* Javascript Confirmation box.
* Can be used for confirmation before deletion of a record.
*
* @author Srikanth NT
*/
public class ConfirmationBoxRenderer extends AbstractBehavior {

/** Serial Version UID. */
private static final long serialVersionUID = -3398632388257916688L;

/** Message to be desplayed in the confirm box. */
private String message;

/**
* Constructor.
* @param message Message to be shown in the confirm box.
*/
public ConfirmationBoxRenderer(final String message) {
super();
this.message = message;
}

/**
* @param component Component to attach.
* @param tag Tag to modify.
* @see org.apache.wicket.behavior.AbstractBehavior#onComponentTag(org.apache.wicket.Component, org.apache.wicket.markup.ComponentTag)
*/
@Override
public void onComponentTag(final Component component, final ComponentTag tag) {
if (component instanceof Button || component instanceof Link) {
tag.getAttributes().remove("onclick");
tag.getAttributes().put("onclick", "return confirm('" + message + "')");
}
}
}


I have created a simple behavior which you can attach to the normal Button or Link.

International Calls

Recently I found a new connecting number to call my parents at India.
Its cheaper ...Yes just 1p per minute.

At last I can save some money during this economy crunch !

http://www.telesavers.co.uk/accessnumbers.php#i