Mach-II Moving to GitHub

Mach-II is moving to GitHub. We're in the process of migrating the wiki, but the code has been mirgrated from SVN already:

https://github.com/Mach-II/Mach-II-Framework

Windows 7 - How To Fix Laptop Battery Won't Charge Issue (Plugged In,Not Charging)

We have a new HP laptop at work that is our audio recording and video production rig.  For some reason today, it would only run on AC and not the battery.  The battery indicator in the tray indicated:

Plugged In, Not Charging

Strange for a new laptop to have a bad battery especially when HP Support Assistant indicated a good battery.  After some searching, here a possible the fix that worked for me on Windows 7.  This may or may not not work if you.

1. Go into Control Panel


2. Go to the System category


3. Select View Advanced System Settings


4. Go to the Hardware tab and click the Device Manage button


5. Under the Batteries section right click on the "Microsoft APCI-Compliant Control Method Battery" and select "Uninstall"


6. Agree to the warning to uninstall


7. Perform a Windows Update. If you don't this, your next update will probably break this fix


8. Shutdown your computer


9. Remove the battery for 1 minute


10. Reinstall the battery


11. Turn on your computer with your AC adapter since your battery is probably dead


12. Windows should automatically recognize the "new" battery hardware and reinstall the driver for you


13. Your battery should start charging again

If you have an HP laptop and this does not work for you, there have been reports that certain HP laptops need a firmware update.

Edit January 26th, 2014: Sadly I have had to disable comments since people have chosen to post hateful comments if the a solution did not work for them.

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Dynamically setting up a H2 datasource on OpenBD

<cfset DatasourceCreate("enlist"
    , {
        drivername: "org.h2.Driver"
        , hoststring: "jdbc:h2:" & ExpandPath('./') & "/WEB-INF/bluedragon/h2databases/enlist;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=false;MODE=MySQL"
        , initstring: "RUNSCRIPT FROM '#ExpandPath("../docs/sql")#/mysql_createDB.sql'\;"
        , databasename: "enlist"
        , username: "enlist"
        , password: "enlist"
    }) />

cf.Objective() 2012 - Speedy Websites Presentation with Speaker Notes

My cf.Objective() 2012 presentation is now available including my speaker notes on my presentations page.

http://blog.maestropublishing.com/pages/presentations

Check it now out.  Also, please don't just give my presentation without permission. I spent a lot of time working out all the details.

ACF8 - The Cron service is not available.

I'm blogging this because I get this error occationally when I restart Tomcat with ACF8 deployed as a WAR:

The Cron service is not available.

This happens because the neo-cron.xml file in /WEB-INF/cfusion/lib has been corrupted. You can replace it with the neo-cron.bk file however in my case that file is always corrupted as well.

Here is a basic cron file if you have an empty backup file as well:

neo-cron.xml
Download this file

Calling All Devs: Mach-II Work Session - Saturday March 3rd, 2012 via Google Hang-Out - Mach-II

Matt, Kurt and Peter are leading a Mach-II Work Session in March via Google Hang-Out. If you're interested in helping out on the project - coding, documentation or even have a question drop on by.

When: Saturday March 3rd, 2012 from Noon - 6pm CT (10am - 4pm PT)

Where: Google Plus Hang-Out using SVN / Trac

Just follow our Google+ Mach-II page and join our public hang-out that day.  If you're coming, we'd love to hear from you now in our comments and we'll send you a reminder just a few days before!

via blog.mach-ii.com

No experience with Open Source? Don't worry; we're here to help and guide you through the process. This is a great way to expand your horizons and share what you know -- new people means new ideas!