Question: I bought an HP Color Laserjet 2840 for almost $900 last year while I was running Windows XP PRO on my PC. I have been printing and scanning via LAN connection. In January I purchased a brand new desktop with Windows 7. The original software doesn’t work. I’m now very concerned that HP has not developed a Windows 7 x32 or x64 driver and software solution for this expensive office hardware. Where can I find the HP Color LaserJet 2840 Software for my 32 bit Windows 7 to be able to scan and print?
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SETUP.DLL for Windows Mobile cab files
Question: I have a Windows Mobile 6 professional app with a targeted framework as .NET CF 3.5. I created its SmartDeviceCab file. When I install it on device not having CF 3.5 it fails to run. I know that I must have NET CF 3.5 on the device where I want to run my app. How can I add a “smart” setup code to my cab setup? In my Visual Studio C#, VB.NET, C++ and Smart Devices support is installed.
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Milliseconds in iPhone applications
Question: I’ve to create a stopwatch for my iPhone app. Is there a way to get a time very precisely? I need to calculate some delays between method calls. I read that I should use NSTimeInterval for this, as well as NSDate, and NSTimer, but I cannot achieve millisecond accuracy with these objects. Can it be done in an iPhone application? I use XCode 3.1.
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Execute JAVA program from Windows 7 WPF application
Question: I need to execute an external JAVA program from my Windows 7 WPF application during the installation and configuration phase. I use Visual Studio 2008 and CSharp. What to do?
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Crisis Camp in Miami
This Saturday, on January 23 of 2010 in Miami, CrisisCamp will bring together volunteers to collaborate on technology projects which aim to assist in Haiti’s relief efforts by providing data, information, maps and technical assistance to NGOs, relief agencies and the public.
Crisis Camp is free and open to the public. You don’t have to be technical to volunteer time. Crisis Camp doors open at 12:00pm and introductions are at 12:30pm.
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Adobe Acrobat JavaScript action to launch external media player
Question: I have to create an Adobe Acrobat 9 document full of forms with value validations and buttons. Some buttons must launch an external media player to download and play our video files. These files will be uploaded to our website later. Can a PDF doc launch another app or process or file?
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