converting .dmg file to .iso

http://www.crystalidea.com/anytoiso free version successfully converts .dmg files to .iso, but there is a 850MB limit on file size.
http://www.winarchiver.com/ can be used for larger files..

mac os on windows pc using virtual box

Here is a great article showing steps to run mac os on a windows pc using virtual box: http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/08/how-to-run-mac-os-x-on-any-windows-pc-using-virtualbox/

The key idea is enter boot with HackBoot ISO, then change virtual CD to hacked Mountain Lion ISO and press F5 to be able to see it..

upgrading telerik 2012 to 2013

In this post, i summarized my steps during upgrading from telerik 2012 to 2013. My assumption is the system all works fine with the previous Telerik version and the aim is just to upgrade Telerik..

In my case, there are two projects: the former is for developing telerik reports, and the latter is a web application which views the reports from the former project. By the way, i am using Visual Studio 2010.

1) install Telerik 2013 in your development machine.
2) in both projects, renew the references and make CopyLocal property true for each one of them.
3) in web.xml of the web application, replace all Version statements. In my case, i replaced Version=6.0.12.215 with Version=7.0.13.426.
4) and deploy the project to production as always. Remember to renew all Telerik dlls..

debug maven project in eclipse

This post (http://www.homik.de/think/index.php/2008/07/31/debugging-maven-projects-with-eclipse/) explains how to debug a maven project with eclipse ide. i just copy the steps from that post:

• Create a new Java Project and call it “Maven Debug”. This Project willnever have any source code in it, it is just a shell for attaching the debugger.
• Create a debug configuration: Run -> Debug Configurations and then right click on Remote Java Application and select New launch configuration. Call it “Maven Surefire”.
• On the Connect tab click the Browse button and select the “Maven Debug” project.
• Set connection properties to localhost and port 5005. This is the port on which Surefire waits for the debugger.
• The connection type is Standard (Socket Attach)
• On the Source tab add all projects that have any Maven source that you want to debug.

During debugging process:

• Select break points in the code you’re are going to run. Note, you cn select only code in your test classes. It won’t work on classes outside the test phase.
• In your command line, append the following switch to your maven command: -Dmaven.surefire.debug. For example, to debug the tests run by the maven lifecycle install do mvn install -Dmaven.surefire.debug
• Wait for maven to pause its execution and display the message: Listeningfor transport dt_socket at address: 5005
• Attach the debugger to the running maven by selecting the “Maven Surefire” debug configuration created above. Your debugger should stop at your breakpoint.

install maven plugin

I have discovered an API that can be useful to my thesis project. Unfortunately, the API address is broken at the moment. However, i could be able to find source code which is maven project. Therefore, i installed maven in my Eclipse Juno. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11242107/maven-with-eclipse-juno is helpful for this purpose.

In summary,

• Install maven 
• download http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi#Installation (i used apache-maven-3.0.5-bin.zip)
• extract the zip and follow the ReadMe file (which says to add bin folder to PATH environment variable)
• In Eclipse IDE, do Help -> Install New Software as follows: (installing maven for eclipse plugin)

After a successful installation, I imported the maven project by doing File -> Import as follows:

However, I got the following error during import process:

However changing maven installation path in Eclipse via Preferences interface did not help to resolve the problem :( So I continued the import process with errors..

EDIT 13:49

The problem was due to my import project style.. I included all the pom files at first, however importing only the pom in the parent directory was enough! That solved the situation in my condition..