Category: Technical
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HANA Client installation failure
Today I tried to install SAP HANA Client onto my Windows 7 64-bit laptop but it failed with some errors of “Registration of package “ODBO” failed”. The log mentioned that “Command line is: C:\WINDOWS\system32\regsvr32.exe /s “C:\Program Files\SAP\HDBClient\SAPNewDBMDXProvider.dll””, and “Program terminated with exit code 3”.
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Blank page in Internet Explorer 10
In short, if you have IE10, and you have a Type1 Helvetica installed, in case CSS load Helvetica before Arial, your IE10 will show you a blank page, with some misleading “compatibility issues” prompt.
Microsoft is aware of this issue of Type1 incompatibility since IE9 but has shown little intention to resolve it.
But now at least you know why. A simple resolution would be to remove the Type1 Helvetica font and bounce the machine, and you may want to find some other versions (TTF or OTF) of the font.
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Can’t use plupload in IE8
Merkle-Hellman Knapsack Demo
This is a Javascript demo of Merkle-Hellman Knapsack Cryptosystem. You can click all the “Generate” buttons from top to bottom, or specify your own private keys / modulo / multiplier. The length of the key is set to 16 bit.
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