Archive > March 2009

Web Authoring Component failed to install, Cannot open include file: ‘windows.h’ or ‘d3dx9.h’, Cannot open file ‘dxerr.lib’ – Solutions

Oh WOW you really do forget how much of a headache getting Visual C++ ready to use is. Fixing these errors is so majorly counter-intuitive, and from the point of view of someone who programs in C++ once in a blue moon it’s a total pig when you want to spend an evening programming then [...]

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Symfony Get Raw Data from Function in Template

If you’re in a template in Symfony, and you have your output escaping enabled, one thing that bugged me was when I tried to do this:

$my_model->getMyOutput(’param1′,’param2′);

The output would be escaped – for example I’d get “<b>this is bold</b>” rather than “this is bold“. The usual $my_model->getRaw(’MyOutput’) didn’t help, as it doesn’t accept parameters (actually I [...]

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MooTools Select from Element Children

Something that doesn’t bring up an instant result is MooTools Select Element Children.
Again, this is part of my all-of-the-sudden drive to put things that don’t give me a Google insta-answer on my blog.
What you’re looking for is:

var childEl = $(’parent_element’).getElement(’#child_element’);

Or alternatively

var parentElCollection = $$(’#parent_element’);
parentEl = parentElCollection[0];
var childEl = parentEl.getElement(’#child_element’);

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MooTools Morph “A is Null”

I’ve decided to post all the silly little things that I do and the resolutions to them.
If you’re coming across something like “A is Null” in MooTools – specifically MooTools Morph – make sure that you’re not passing a collection of elements.
For example, $$(’#element_identifier’), whilst only returning one element, will actually return a collection (albeit [...]

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