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#37405: LockNote, approximately half-way down the page in the section named "A Close Call," is hyphenated between the c and the k (Loc-kNote).--Lawrence Jones

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#35418: C:\InstantRails2\rails_apps\Scripted GUI Testing>ruby windows_basics.rb The main window's handle is 330196. windows_basics.rb:42: undefined ...more...
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#33961: The link at the bottom of p29 points to www.pragprog.com/titles/idgtr/source_code/junquenote/junquenote_app.rb. It should just read www.pragp...more...
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13-Aug-08
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#33618: It appears that
require 'timeout'
should appear prior to the timeout(3) call.--Jim Kerr

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#34777: This page contains a paragraph that describes using the Ruby pack() method. Part of the description states, "The notation is similar to the o...more...
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03-Oct-08
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#38320: In the code example you wrote:
def exit!
--Enrico Listemann

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#38321: #38320: In the code example you wrote: def exit! @main_window.close -> has to be close without @main_window ... end Sorry for #383...more...
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#37764: The text states: "You have a new document with no password, you click Save As, and you assign a password." The remainder of the chapter as...more...
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#34979: Just before the header for 5.2, pg 72 states, "One last thing: you’ll see that I’ve added an alias for the one menu command that doesn’t fit t...more...
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07-Oct-08
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#34981: In the 'Yuck!' example of how @locknote.change_password might be called, the code shows setting :confirmation => 'new', instead of :confirmati...more...
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#38540: Found on kindle - thus the page number I put in is WRONG error: get_dlg_item = user32('GetDlgItem',['L','L'],'L') fix: get_dlg_item = user32...more...
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