testing
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There is no reason as far as I can tell that Witango would mess with
the boot device. Usually problems like this have to do with the
drivers or motherboard. Overheating may also cause wierd stuff. I
would recommend that you check all fans in the box., stay away from
any drivers and/or hardware
Title: Re: Witango-Talk: Fomatting Fields within
Forms
You cannot use bold or italics using any of the char fields as
far as I know. However, if you fomat the returned text as
encoding=none, you can add html to the database and have
it returned correctly. Not exactly sure if this is what you are
Got both emails. Thanks Kel!
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purchased on or after 1 October 2003 will be eligible for a free upgrade to
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I had this same problem. The way I solved it was to redefine the
frame page on a https connect. In other words, when going to the
pages you want to run through SSL, define a frame page to load all
your frames in SSL. A bit of a hassle, but it works.
ie
http://widget.com/frame.html The
I have used the noframes tag the same way when it comes to SEO.
Currently, I have 4 framed sites popping up #1 for various 2 and 3
keyword phrases (google, yahoo, msn, aol etc.). It works very well.
The only problems I have encountered is when going to and from SSL.
As long as you use the
StatServer by Mediahouse.
http://inessential.com/2004/01/13.php
Cheers...
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Title: Re: Witango-Talk: OT - Windows Operating
Systems
I belive you are going to have to use the server platform ie.
2000 or 2003. XP pro is more of a user platform then a server
platform. If you want to run Terminal Services, you will need the
server. Also as Ben has stated, the security for
I have asked this before, but am still having a devil of a time
trying to figure out how to get started.
I would like to take pre-existing PDF files of, let's say. business
cards ot letterheads, with the art already in the PDF file, and have
the user fill out an HTML form to input name,
Sorry,
I am using Statistics Server. The software was owned by Media House.
It was sold to Deepmetrix and is currently called LiveStats.
Hey dude!
The MediaHouse software seems to be called LiveStats. Is that what you
meant?
There is a product called StatServer at (www.insightful.com). They
In the search action, under the criteria tab, make sure you have
inc. empty set to true.
Hi.
I am having problem with Search actions on SQl server 2000.
I have a resume database with lots of text fields. I want to generate a
report of users who have at least one field in the resume filled-up.
It is true that a blank field in not NULL in the MSSQL database.
Any Direct input to the db will result in the NULL value being
changed to a blank value. This is just the way it is.
If you are having problems of null values being returned in a
search and this is the reason you are trying to
Your clients may have to pick an alternative for using IE on MAC.
Microsoft, as I have read, is not going to support nor release any
more versions of IE on MAC. Too many complaints and bugs.
might not be what you want to hear but have you tried firebird? Its a lean
mean browsing machine, first
I also get nothing but a blank page. Maybe they are recording IPs that hit?
Ben could this be some sort of scam. When I go to that web site I get a
blank page.
on 2/10/04 10:51, Ben Johansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
I have all of a sudden started getting notifications of someone
Hey,
I admit it, I am lazy... anyway
Witango 2000
Windows 2000
MSSQL 7.0
I am looking if someone has a forum built in Witango I could see,
have, whatever. I am building a hobby site about fishing (strictly on
my own time) just for the fun of it. I would like to add a forum so
some people can
I already have the bulliten board up and running on our business
site. The problem with it is that it is very simplistic. It does not
allow for moderation, does not group by thread (just displays all the
threads on one page in a heiarchy), does not allow for login as
anyone can post (easily
Something that happened to me (don't know if it is the same issue,
but maybe). I had a framed site in which I was loading the
@USERREFERENCEARGUMENT into a variable on the first page for all
frames, then checking that variable to make sure it was a valid user
throuhout the site. Something I
Witango 2000
IIS 5
SQL 7
All service pask and critical updates.
SQL Machine - 1 gig ram, 1 gigahertz, Athelon, Win2k
IIS Machine -1 gig ram, 1.8 gigahertz, Athelon, Win2k
I am about to go public with a site that will give a dress shirt to
each employee to a certain compnay. I set it up so they
place
to start. I would even join and ask questions. These people are very
knowledgable and if you can read between the lines and throw out a
lot of the garbage that gets posted, you can learn a lot. I have been
a member there for 2 years and I never regreted it.
Just My 2 Cents
WebDude
Hi
This is exactly what I am using. and I get the error. I don't get it.
I think I have a permissions problem...
Webdude,
Here is what I often use: meta http-equiv=refresh
content=0;URL=download\@SEARCHARG file
This works great as a redirector. The number is the number of
seconds to wait before
I have been through the documentation and I am still confused. I
would like to set a variable (@VAR username) That would not expire.
I am building a form nd I would like to give the ability to the users
to remember their login so when they come back, they will not need to
log in again. The
Oh. By the way
Witango 2000
Win2k
p.s. I sure wish the manual would get more in depth on how to do
this. It really has no examples.
I have been through the documentation and I am still confused. I
would like to set a variable (@VAR username) That would not expire.
I am building a form nd I
Do you have an example? I don't know what you mean by the assign
action. There is no properties in my editor.
The easiest way to deal with cookies is to use the assign action
instead. Then click on properties to set the expiration of the cookie.
If you just use @assign cookie$Fred Foo, you'll
Exuse me. There IS properties, but nothing that lets me set an
expiration. I need to do this by hand.
I have been through the documentation and I am still confused. I
would like to set a variable (@VAR username) That would not expire.
I am building a form nd I would like to give the ability to
Thanks Ben, Stefan and Robert.
I think I get it. Had trouble fibding the properties for cookie and attributes.
Question. Can I set the cookie to current domain? And if I set the
expire to 1000 years that should be okay? And leave the server path
to / ?
How about when I need to retrieve the
Sorry. I am brain dead. Been here since early Friday morning. After I
set this up. I am going home to bed...
:-)
The online docs have everything you need:
http://www.witango.com/developer/help.taf?_function=detailsnippetid=15
Including a detailed example:
@ASSIGN NAME=fred SCOPE=cookie
Do not use a 404. This will kill a robot immediately (google at
least). A 404 is a page not found and will stop the bot in its tracks.
You should use a 301 redirect. To do this in IIS, go to
properties/Home Directory. Click a redirection to a URL. Fill in
the complete URL including http://; in
p.s. This is a permanent 301 redirect.
Do not use a 404. This will kill a robot immediately (google at
least). A 404 is a page not found and will stop the bot in its
tracks.
You should use a 301 redirect. To do this in IIS, go to
properties/Home Directory. Click a redirection to a URL. Fill
I believe this would work, but have never tried it in Witango.
Another method would be to use the ASP method. I have used this and
it works also...
%
Response.Status = 301 Moved Permanently
Response.addheader Location, http://www.yourdomain.com/newpageurl/;
Response.End
%
Need to name your page
A couple of years ago, in the old component zone, I downloaded a
nifty taf that replaced carriage returns with br and double
carriage returns with p, etc. I am still using this and it works
great for posting text into a database keeping the html inplace for
display.
One part of this I
Title: Re: Witango-Talk: Search Engine Indexing and ISAPI
Fil
I posted this in reference to another thread a few weeks ago. I
will post it again. The problem is that KNOWONE knows the algo of
Google except Google. You can only experiment and wait a few weeks and
check the results. I spent a year
I just ran some of my code through WC3 Markup Validation Service
http://validator.w3.org/detailed.html
I received a lot of errors on my urls. It doesn't like .
It recommends that they be replaced with amp;
What are you guys doing about this?
Steve Fogelson
Internet Commerce Solutions
I have also
I've replaced them.
I just ran some of my code through WC3 Markup Validation Service
http://validator.w3.org/detailed.html
I received a lot of errors on my urls. It doesn't like .
It recommends that they be replaced with amp;
What are you guys doing about this?
Steve Fogelson
Create a robots.txt file and add it to the top of the heiarchy of the
site. In the robots.txt file, add the following
User-agent: *
Disallow: DoNotCrawlThisPage.taf
The DoNotCrawlThisPage.taf is the page you do not want robots to crawl.
Hope this helps
Fogelson, Steve wrote:
Windows
Never tried this, but remember, robots will only craw actual a href
urls. So if you have a url that is
a href=MightNotCrawl.taf?status=SuggestLogin anywhere on the
site, it is possible for the robot to crawl. I don't see why this
would not work.
would he be able to arguments to that file like
I believe that redirect is the important phrase here. Are you
talking an actual meta redirect? or a branch. If using a meta
redirect, the robot will only follow a 301 permanent redirect,
otherwise it stops.
I have a routine that every page in my site executes, so implementation
should be
I am going to be setting up some servers for a company...
Win 2003 Server
Witango 5
Win 2003 Server
Win SQL 2000
Win 2003 Server
(backup)
I am expecting about 2000 to 10,000 visits per week. Maybe more if it
takes off.
Questions
Can I get by with a small business
Thanks Stefan,
I guess I will need the standard. All users will be required to login
and yes, I do need to keep track of sessions.
Id witangostore.com your site?
Here's a couple of answers for you:
1. Price: One of the resellers, witangostore.com, sells
at a discount. That's a good place to
oops :-d
I knew that. I meant Witango.
Sorry
Pervasive no longer owns Tango. Tango is now Witango and is the property of
With Enterprises of Australia. www.witango.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:53 AM
To:
Blocking that port is fine. As long as you do not have any of your
servers on the other side of the router which I doubt you would since
it would be pretty hard to hook em up out there without a router :-)
We are going to start blocking incoming traffic on the serial interface on
our router to
I know I am LONG overdue...
And good for you Phil.
There probably does need to be a way for the issues people mentioned like
bad license key to be resolved even if you are not there but people do need
to take a breather.
Maybe some people on the list are long overdue for vacation themselves.
Thanks,
Maybe we can keep the panic from happening for at least part of the day :-)
After the recent thread on the list we have decided that we should
let everyone know that the Witango Technologies office will be
closed on Monday the 26th of April. It is a public holiday in
Australia as part
Title: Re: Witango-Talk: Search Engine Format
Type
Okay, I built the array and all seems well. I am filtering the 's
and small words and I have a search action that returns the results
from looking in the keyword tables. I use an if/else to determine if
the value is quoted and go to a = search
I have a hobby site that I work on in my spare time. It has a forum,
chat room, ya da ya da ya da. In it I have created 3 different search
like engines that list resorts, fishing guides and bait and tackle
shops. (you can check it out if you like, just a few months old, but
growing
The problem I am having looking at canned spidering programs is that
they spider everything on your site. I need something that will
search a db (MSSQL) that will spider all the links that are contained
in the db.
In other words, I have a db with about 500 links to other sites. In
the db
Title: Re: Witango-Talk: Search Engine Format
Type
That would be great Steve.
Back in the old days of Butler
(EveryWare's original main product), one of the main shortcomings of
it as a SQL engine was it's inability to do contained searches well.
One way of getting around that problem was a
I learned this the hard way. Not only was I doing next and previous
buttons, but I had listed pages as well. I removed all the _ from
_function and turned debug on and watched as every click added more
uneeded args to the post. After clicking 20 or 30 pages, the next
would would pretty much
Okay, here's the deal.
Witango 2000
Win2K
I have a program that I purchased that allows me to write directly to
pdfs via web input. The pdfs already exist, and the program
automatically saves the altered pdfs as a timestamp and random
number. The program utilizes asp to accomplish this.
I am
Great Idea! Thanks Dave. I would have never thought to have
approached this from this angle!!!
Try assigning the result of the @url tag to a variable and parse that to
get the asp filename.
Either use a regex expression to get the value between the 'embed src='
and the '/embed' strings, or use
I stated earlier that using the @URL is running the ASP file
correctly. Apparently that is not the case.
When I use this tag to run the asp script, none of the post args are
working. I guess I am back to square one.
I'll try to start over.
Is there any way to run an asp script in a Witango
(most are computer dumb), and we have set up
ftp sites for them and a majority are now using their browsers to
tranfer files. It really is simple. In fact, in IE it acts just like
another window on your desktop once you are connected.
Just a thought :-)
WebDude
I have been extremely satisfied
Title: Re: Witango-Talk: [OT] SEO include
files
Sorry to disagree, but since the files are processed on the
server side, the bots don't even know they are includes and they read
them just fine.
Case in point...
If you view source of a taf with an include, what you see is what
the bot sees.
Title: Re: Witango-Talk: [OT] SEO include
files
That's true. Sorry I misunderstood you.
no disagreement.
the bots don't find the include files,
but they will see whatever the include has to offer as a seamless part
of the rendered page. Therefore, if your include has logic in it, the
bot will
Witango 2000
Windows 2000
IIS 5
I am trying to do the cookie thing again and I guess I just don't
understand. Is it possible to delete a cookie without quiting the
browser? I set the expiry to now, yet the cookie remains until I
quit the browser.
I have a forum I built that allows a user to be
@purge name=cookie$RememberUser
Does not work. It shows
cookie$rememberuser=
in debug.
yet when I put @VAR rememberuser scope=cookie on the page, it
displays the username.
How do you set the expiry to a date in the past?
Why not instead of modifying the cookie, use @purge
Thank you. I set this and it seems to be working correctly.
@ASSIGN NAME=RememberUser SCOPE=cookie VALUE= EXPIRES=@TOGMT
TS=@SECSTOTS SECS='@CALC EXPR=@TSTOSECS
TS=@CURRENTTIMESTAMP-604800' FORMAT=datetime:http
try assigning the expiration date in the past.
On Jun 29, 2004, at 6:30 AM, [EMAIL
Windows 2000
Witango 2000
IIS 5
I'll try to make this short.
On one of my servers I have 20 CALs. I have had an increase in the
number of clients that require authenticated logins to certain parts
of their sites. I knew, but really didn't think this through, that
each login using Windows
Thanks John,
I will look into it.
John (Dude)
Dude, :) ( i forgot your real name)
I know this probably isn't an option for you, but you could run
Apache instead of IIS and use apache's authentication.
A more possible solution for you would be to run a program that we
used in the past called
I got something like this to work using ActivePDF.
Go for it Dan, what are you waiting for?
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/tech/pdf/acrobatsdks.jsp
Cheers
Scott Cadillac,
XML-Extranet ~ 403-254-5002 ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well-formed Programming in C# .NET, Witango, MSIE and XML
ActivePDF already has a wrapper built for PHP, CF and ASP. I am
wondering if this is the same as the demo you saw. I ended up using
ASP to get mine to work right, but figured out how to pass the values
from Witango to the ASP file. I wanted control over the naming and db
from the Witango end.
Title: RE: Witango-Talk: [OT] IQ test
Last year I tested 133. Went back to school (still am) and now I
am at 138. That pre-calc class must have helped with the logic
stuff.
Wow, 135, good job ;-)
It is scary, I have been taking other test on tickle
and it is amazing to see from a few
I have a client that wishes to automate a form for their employees.
In essence, when the form is filled out, they want a drop down menu
that they can use that autofills the address and possibly phone
numbers into text boxes. They only have 6 addresses. The components
of the address need to
Sorry, I was hoping for something in pure javascript.
I have used events for the drop-down list that call a functions
which updates the input fields with
document.all.fieldname.innerText = value.
Here are some of my snippets:
-- The SELECT Definition
SELECT NAME=Course SIZE=1
I have been putzing with this and got it to work, cross platform. Not
done yet, but it works so far. Any suggestion are welcome...
htmlbody
FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=@APPFILE?function=test name=form1
Select Location
select name=AddressID size=1
Okay,
I'm tired and crabby and need help. This should be simple, but for
some reason, I am just not seeing it.
I have variables that I am populating with small amounts of text.
They are named ...
@VAR lcell1 = test1
@VAR lcell2 =
@VAR lcell3 = test3
@VAR lcell4 = test4
etc.
etc.
etc.
Let's
Hey Gene,
I have been trying to wrap my arms around this one. Do you have a
simple example you could show/send me? For some reason the second
loop never counts.
Also,
is it possible to do this using the @for tag?
Thanks for any help.
May I suggest a solution? Introduce another variable called
Hi Gene and Dave,
Thanks for the snips. They both work well. Unfortunately, I already
have gotten this far. I understand how to assign and filter arrays.
Maybe I should explain myself more fully...
It's not the values I am concerned about, but the naming of
individual variables in ascending
Very good Rick.
I had ended up with something similar, but your way is much slicker.
I was actually messing with the @CALC tag for the naming. It got
ugly.
Thanks!
WebDude
Hey Webdude,
I totally understand what you need. I've done this before.
Here's the taf with the code on how to do it.
Also
I am trying to post data to a popup window. Does anyone know how to do this?
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Thanks Scott,
Works great!
Hi Robert,
The whole thing should look more like the following (I've cut out some stuff
for clarity):
SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript
!--
//
function openWindow(URL) {
var basket='toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,menubar=no,'
Sorry, but you forgot the
it should read... :-)
Should read:
B.) Holy s**t!: You're an idiot if you don't have a layer in front of a
new record or update that searches and kills anything that looks like
this.
I flunked proofreading
This option:
On 9/22/04 8:52 AM, Roland Dumas [EMAIL
I try to keep my mdac up to date. The problem is that it can be
wrapped in a lot of other programs. Microsoft is famous for this. If
you load excel, access, sql, or a host of other Microsoft products,
you can end up with a hodgepodge of mdac files that will have
different version numbers. All
You are hearing that Witango is not a good tool for this task.
I spent a long time trying to build a search engine in Witango and
finally gave up. I looked at Swish-e and tried installing the latest
Perl and their program. I never got it to work on a Win2k server.
Sorry, but the learning curve
I am using the free version on a site that is non-profit. I cannot
comment on the paid version of the program. I do know they are
identical. The only option for support for non-licensed use is a
forum they have set up. I haven't been there for a while, but last
year when I needed some answers
If this was directed at me, I was referring to the Alkaline Search
Engine web site. I have had no problems with support from Witango or
this forum. In fact, I have been a member for at least a couple of
weeks now :-)
WebDude
I think there are lots of materials available for learning
oops!!!
Tha was supposed to be a ;-) (wink)
If this was directed at me, I was referring to the Alkaline Search
Engine web site. I have had no problems with support from Witango or
this forum. In fact, I have been a member for at least a couple of
weeks now :-)
WebDude
I think there are lots
Win2k
IIS5
SQL7
I got here this morning, and on my production server I get this error
whenever a database call is made...
Client Error
Configuration file does not specify a host and port correctly.
It happens across the board for all my sites.
I desparately need help with this
Thanks
Title: Re: Witango-Talk: Urgent Help
Needed
I ended up rebooting the machine and it is now running correctly.
But why would this happen? I checked several sites before I went home
on Friday, and on Monday morning, I got nothing but this error. Did my
server update ITSELF during the weekend?
Merry Christmas Ted and Ben. It's been a good year for me and I
definitely am counting my blessings and I am looking forward to the
new year.
Long live this list!
WebDude
Right back at ya, Ben!
And Happy Holidays to everyone else on the list!
-Original Message-
From: Ben Johansen
This brings up another question I have on file uploads. I wrote a
program 2 years back, but every time a file was uploaded, it pretty
much pegged CPU usage on the webserver. This effectively locked all
connections until the upload was complete. Large uploads were a very
big problem for me. The
Does this take care of the CPU peg? I am really rusty on ASP but will
work with it if I have to. In fact, I worked out a way to pass
variables via hidden post args to ASP which works well when
integrating the two languages.
Dude,
A while back I came up with an ASP file upload because of
Any you have worked with that would work on a Win2k server? Would
they allow for a tranfer via a website?
There are some good customizable FTP applets out there that would
allow you to handle the uploading of the files through a browser but
without using HTTP. I never liked using Witango or
Witango 2000
IIS 5
Win2k Server
Okay, I got one that I am having a hard time figuring out where to start.
I have many sites but on several of these sites I have either a forum
or chat room built in Witango. I would like to be able to show a list
of users currenlty online for all who have logged
Sorry, I am on Tango 2000.
It states in the manual that the domain variables expire the same as
local scoped variables. I have mine set at 30 minutes. Does this mean
I need to create the domain variable at the login same as the user
scoped variable for all to see? In other words, use 2 sets of
I just moved to another company that bought out all my stuff along
with clients, domain names, sites, etc. I am going to wait a while
and then push for an upgrade. Just moved here the last week of
december so I am trying to get a handle on things before I push for
upgrades and stuff. It's a
I have had no problems whatsoever.
Has anyone had any trouble running WiTango on a server that has the .NET
framework installed on it?
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Hey all,
The company I was with has merged with another and I am in the middle
of doing some major network stuff. I need some advice on a good
firewall. I have been looking at the ISA server from MS and I am
wondering if I need so much of their crap that I would never use.
Anyway, this is what
Okay.
I checked both of these products out. I noticed that they are
appliances rather then software. This brings up a few questions
because I am a novice with appliances...
Would an appliance suite my needs better then just software on a machine?
If so, how do you actually access the appliance?
I am in a heated debate with a new fellow worker and I need some ammo
on this one.
Sorry for the off-topic post...
I have always been under the assumption that it was harder on a
computer to reboot it every day then to leave it running and maybe
boot it weekly or monthly. Our company recently
I got one that is bugging me to no end...
WiTango 2000
I have a forum I built. I have noticed on other forums that if you
type in a URL like so...
http://test.com
It automatically creates the link for you in the text that is returned.
I was wondering if anyone has tried this in Witango. I have
Thanks Robert!
Yeah, way off topic, but I'll chime in. All this booting stuff is no
longer relevant. It's the equivalent of an 'old wives tale'.
In the past there were major reasons for turning them off:
1) Monitors didn't turn off/darken/sleep, and when left on, literally
burned out. Same for
very funny people :-)
Troy Sosamon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I only reboot my XP machines once a month or less.
I thought all Windows machines had an auto reboot feature built in?
It's called the 'Blue Screen of...' something or other. ;)
Wayne Irvine
Byte Services Pty Ltd
Anyone else tried this?
Archives? Do you have a link?
Think this came up once before. Worth a look through the archives.
The challenge is to find the string that represents an URL, which begins
with http:// and ends with the first space after that.
Tricky.
On 2/15/05 9:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Title: Re: Witango-Talk: Auto a href
Okay, I am not a regex expert by any means, but I am trying to do
something like this,
@assign str @arg text
SCOPE=user
@assign expr http?://[^ ]*
SCOPE=user
@regex str=@@str expr=expr
type=e
but I keep getting a return of M regardless if I am typing
Title: RE: Witango-Talk: Auto a href
Tried this...
@assign str @arg text
SCOPE=user
@assign expr https?://[^ ]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}
SCOPE=user
@regex str=@@str expr=expr
type=e
Still getting M
I really have no idea what I am doing. I have never worked with
regex before. I can see where this would
Title: RE: Witango-Talk: Auto a href
Okay, I got that to work. I understand that it is finding the
string, showing the number of characters before the string and the
length of the string, correct? What would be next to append the a
href and the target-_blank and
/a?
Ok test this taf out
Not really a js guy, but I was wondering if someone could help me
with a small problem I am having. A simple problem and probably very
easy for someone who knows...
I am running an email validation script which works very well, but it
only works when I have just one form element on the page.
Thanks, I will give it a try...
Hi,
The forms[0] part of document.forms[0].email.value.length
refers to the first form on the page. forms[1] would be the
second form on the page. That's why it's bombing. You can
either use forms[1] in your example, or you can name your
form.
For instance:
FORM
I have a referral from a perpective client that needs hosting for an
existing site. Currently, I believe the site is on Linux with MySQL
database. I told him I would get some referrals for him.
Anyone interested?
You can conatact me off the list if you like with your contact info
and I will
Thanks to those who responded. I have sent your info to the client. I
am leaving it up to him to decide when and who to call. Hopefully he
will call all of you so he can make an informed decision.
I have a referral from a perpective client that needs hosting for an
existing site. Currently, I
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