Category Archives: Technical

“Rational” IT related entries.

“Failed to expand the files” error

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Dae

Getting “failed to expand the files” while installing Canon camera software, such as ZoomBrowser Ex? Just turn off your antivirus.

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BBEdit preview shows raw PHP code

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Dae

If your BBEdit preview shows raw PHP code, go to “Preferences” and configure a “HTML web-site” with “Use local preview server” ticked.

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Launch character palette using AppleScript in Snow Leopard

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Dae

tell application “CharacterPalette” to activate There is an issue though: the new character palette doesn’t get “bound” to any of the applications, therefore double-clicking a symbol doesn’t paste it automatically to the text field. You’d have to drag-and-drop. I’m posting … Continue reading →

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Restrict page access to authorized MODx managers only

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Dae

A while ago I needed to create a private zone with documentation, accessible only by the MODx managers (I’m talking about MODx Evolution here). In order to restrict access I wrote a simple snippet, which you can now use as … Continue reading →

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Add an <option> to a <select> using Mootools

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Dae

var newoption = new Option(“option html”, “option value”); try { $(‘myselect’).add(newoption, null); } catch (err) { $(‘myselect’).add(newoption); } To select the newly created option: newoption.setProperty(‘selected’, ‘selected’);

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