In our System, we generate PDF documents and we need to sign them using a digital certificate from the user.
How to do that in codenameone?
Do you have pieces of knowledge that could share here about this subject (using mobile devices)?
I am not familiar with Code Name One but it seems it allows cross-platform development based on a Java code base. If so it seems probable they will let you call out to third-party Java libraries, as such if you intend to do a signing on the phone you probably want to look at iText's Java library (https://itextpdf.com/). The logic you need does exist in free libraries but if your looking for something turnkey then this is probably the easiest Java solution out there.
The other thing is if you intend to do signing you, of course, need key material to do that signing. It sounds like you want to do signing on each mobile device so you have to decide how you will authenticate each device, what information goes into the certificates and work out how you get those certificates. Most CAs will entertain some sort of agreement for client certificates that you would use for this purpose.
You can, of course, opt to use a service also, one I make is called Hancock (hancock.ink), you would use it in a Web View and just pass it the PDF you want signed and the rest would be taken care of for you.
As some of us have noted, parse.com will be shut down in January 2017. In the current version of parse4cn1, all requests go to https://api.parse.com, using the constant ParseConstants.API_ENDPOINT. Will it be possible to supply a custom URL here, pointing to a different Parse Server? If not, can I build parse4cn1 from source myself? Or should I be looking for an alternative to Parse?
See these related questions:
Will Parse4cn1 still work after Parse server retirement?
parse4cn1 has some issue when working with Node JS and parse-server open source
I now have some time available and intend to make the change you proposed within the coming month or so and make a release that is compatible with the open source Parse server. If that's too late for you, consider making the changes yourself and contributing back via a Github pull request. The Contributing section of the parse4cn1 repo provides useful tips.
Regarding looking at Parse alternatives, that's a decision you'll have to make yourself based on your needs and timeline. My gut feeling is that the Open Source Parse Server will mature and grow in features in the months leading up to the official retirement of Parse.com.
Is it possible to upload files to a web browser application (such as Dropbox) directly from a document management system (DMS) such as iManage (aka Worksite, Filesite, HP Autonomy)?
If not, what are the best ways of getting around this and enabling simple upload of files from the DMS to web applications?
If you are trying to share documents via a dropbox like solution, you might want t consider LinkSite. It is more manageable, which is quite a positive aspect since you will probably working in a legal environment.
More info can be found here: http://www.irisecm.com/hp-linksite-the-secure-and-enterprise-alternative-to-dropbox/
Best regards,
Daniel
By the way, LinkSite is rebranded and now called iManage Share.
If you are looking for a seamlessly integrated third party application you might want to consider Litéra Sync.
I am currently working on project where we want to take SKOS and plug it into a search engine to make the search results better. An example of this would be something like Semaphore Smartlogic (closed, not free, too big to partner with).
Searchblox is a very good, free, configurable, lucene/solr search engine, but it does not have SKOS abilities and is not open source.
Constellio is similar to Searchblox (not quite as good), and claims to be working on accepting SKOS, but I can't get it to function properly.
Before I go and build this: Does anyone know of an existing free search engine that has has the ability to accept SKOS? Or, does any know of an open source Lucene/Solr search engine like Searchblox that I could add this functionality to quickly?
You know Solr is a search engine on it's own? Check http://wiki.apache.org/solr/ for more info.
A Google search led me to http://code.google.com/p/lucene-skos/wiki/HowTo
Not the most active project, but I guess a good start.
Should't have to be too hard to combine the 2 into the solution you need.
I am not sure if SIREn supports SKOS, but it is a semantic lucene plugin that may be worth checking out.
Is there a really good free tool for BugZilla reporting? I am finding the default search options on the web interface far too limiting. My biggest issue is with the lack of Order By options (only 1 field at a time, and a very limited set of fields to choose from). I have done some Google searches, but I can't find any good free BugZilla reporting tools.
If there isn't one, can someone please point me to an example on how to access the BugZilla web services? If I can get the BugZilla data, then I can easily build my own reports that will better meet our needs.
Take a look at this: http://www.faqs.org/docs/bugzilla/dbdoc.html
Use this database schema for reference: faqs.org/docs/bugzilla/dbschema.html
If you need a web-interface, use your favorite dynamic website scripting language that can access MySQL databases (say PHP)...
Simple-ish Tutorial: freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/phpmysql/4
PHP MySQL API Reference: php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php
Then use SQL queries such as:
"SELECT * FROM bugs WHERE WHERE bug_status != 'RESOLVED' ORDER BY creation_ts ASC, votes DESC LIMIT 50"
which lists first 50 entries of unresolved bugs ordered first ascending creation time then descending by number of votes.
I have used this in the past and have liked it a lot: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Bugzilla_Reports
You can also consider other tool eg mantis
(http://www.mantisbt.org/)
I've personally switched from Bugzilla into Mantis and installed some plugins (http://deboutv.free.fr/mantis/) and found this more comfortable
If you are a Java user, you might want to check out Mylyn for eclipse. This is integrates a task-driven development approach into eclipse.
With that, you can raise bugs, tie together SVN changes and bugs, and hide classes that are not relevant to fixing bugs, etc. It's a bit involved to get started with, but quite powerful.
It also comes with a connector for BugZilla. See this introductory article for an example.
If you don't use eclipse, but you do use Java, then note that since Mylyn is open-source, you might want to look at the source code of the Mylyn BugZilla connector for how they do their work.
Good luck.
You can try Deskzilla (http://deskzilla.com/) - it is a multi-platform desktop client for Bugzilla with Outlook-like interface, rich reporting and filtering capabilities, offline work, drag-n-drop, etc. It's a commercial product, but if you're working on an Open Source project you can use it for free.
AFAIK Bugzilla uses MySQL database for storing data. So probably you can connect with some visual db manager (plenty of it exists, see Toad Data Modeler, DbVisualizer) and try do do some sql work...
There is a list of some add-ons (free and commercial) listed on the Buzilla addons wiki.
If you are a Windows user, MyZilla is a possible option.
Otherwise, to work toward your own, see the Bugzilla API documentation, which, in a way, includes how to retrieve the current schema (Bugzilla::DB::Schema), and Bugzilla::WebService.
Netbeans also has Bugzilla integration (I haven't tried it...).
I have analized a bunch of bug tracking tools.
You can try track or mantis, because bugzilla is very unfriendly about reporting.
Mantis
Mantis can export data in excel: all the graphic you need can be generated by that sheet.
For more information take a look to my blog:
http://gioorgi.com/2008/bug-tracking-mantis/
Anyway, Track is used a lot more, so for sake of completeness I should cite it:
Track
Pros:
Can Also work with an embedded database (using sqlite).
Easy to setup and use.
Cons:
Feature are too much, and aims to be also a CMS to some extend.
Take a look to:
http://gioorgi.com/2008/bug-tracking-trac/
Since Bugzilla can be installed on your own server, I presume the simplest way is to do that and play with the databases it creates ("Bugzilla supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle as database servers"). The documentation also says you can modify the templates as you like.
Otherwise one could try paid support or some other bug trackers.
I use this bookmarklet and like how it searches right with the strings entered in the location bar like smart search. It lets you quickly search bugzilla or jump to a bug number via Bugzilla Quicksearch, and is IE6+, Moz, Op7+ compatible.
Its companions on the same page can be used to refine or help with bug search/report, e.g. collect buglinks (queries bugzilla to show a list of bugs linked to from the current page),ord buglinkify (turns all numbers on the page into bug links).