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Before Java 1.6 was released to the public I used the Runtime class (found in java.lang) to call the java compiler (javac.exe) directly to compile a Java file from another Java application, the line of code that i used looks like this

But luckily for me Java 1.6 introduced a handy utility that makes it possible to compile a Java application within a Java application without making direct calls to an external application. To demonstrate that I wrote a HelloWorld Java file and a CompilerConsoleDemo class that compiles the HelloWorld java file.

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Remember this post of mine ?

Well, I was bored and updated it a bit so that it now supports different colors, clear drawing screen etc The flickering is because i'm drawing everyline realtime in the background, this will be fixed in a later release.

The sourcecode will be uploaded on the forums shortly.

A Java component I made that you can use to add banners, logo's, animated gifs, links etc to any Java Swing application. I hope you like my Java component! It's free and the old version can be download here on the blog! (I'll upload the latest version later when I have the time)

Oh yeah, the quality of the video is below average (you can't see what i type) but I blame windows movie maker (and youtube for lowering the quality but atleast they are hosting my video)!

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Higher quality video can be downloaded here: http://www.megaupload.com/nl/?d=FSAO2SF5

The code that I used in my demo video

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Today, August 31st, 2008 marks the 13th anniversary of the storied Command & Conquer franchise, which has sold over 25 million copies to date. And to celebrate this milestone and this October's highly anticipated return to the world of Red Alert with Red Alert 3, we are giving away one of the original games that started it all, Command & Conquer Red Alert, for FREE.

And because we are also offering Red Alert 2 for free for those who pre-order Red Alert 3 before October 27th, C&C fans...YOU can walk away with Red Alert, Red Alert 2 and Red Alert 3 - all for the price of Red Alert 3 ($49.99 standard edition, $64.99 Premier Edition).

To take advantage of this three-for-one offer, just follow the "Red Alert 3 Step":

Step 1 - Download the original Red Alert at the bottom of this page for free
Step 2 - Pre-Order Red Alert 3 from participating retailers and receive Red Alert 2 FOR FREE
Step 3 - Pick up your pre-ordered copy of Red Alert 3 when the game hits stores this holiday

Pre-ordering Red Alert 3 will also give you the following exclusive items:

- Red Alert Retrospective - A look back at Command Red Alert, Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge
- Premier Edition Sneak Peek - Exclusive previews of Raising of the Iron Curtain, From Pens to Pixels, Command School, and BattleCast Primetime
- From Fighter to Assassin - A featurette on EliteXC superstar, Gina Carano.
- Exclusive multiplayer/skirmish map for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 when the game ships
- Exclusive Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 desktop wallpapers featuring members of Red Alert 3's star studded cast including Jenny McCarthy, Gemma Atkinson, Autumn Reeser, Kelly Hu and more!

I own the Command & Conquer The First Decade which includes red alert but if you never played the first red alert game shame on you! Download red alert here directly from EA!

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Command & Conquer(tm) Red Alert(tm) 3 Public Beta
Version 1.4 Patch Notes - August, 2008
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This patch fixes a crash, adds some debugging information for
auto-matching and multiplayer game creation, and fixes 2 UI bugs.

<Bug Fixes>

• Fixed a crash on startup on systems with Athlon XP processors.

• Added debugging information, displayed in the chat window,
during auto-match searching.

• Added debugging information, displayed in the chat window,
during multiplayer game startup. This information should help
players identify connectivity problems that result in the "NAT
Refresh" message.

• Updated the multiplayer game launch screen.

• Fixed some display bugs in the multiplayer post-game statistics
screen.

Dispite releasing a new patch a few days ago (which brings red alert 3 beta to version 1.4) the problem of connecting to other people still remains when hosting or joining a game. I admit that it doesn't happen every time when I try to create or join a game but enough to annoy me (and other players at the red alert 3 beta server).. the horror happens when I try to start 2 vs 2 matches. Almost every time there is atleast one person that can't connect to eachother, 1 vs 1 matches however work fine and I have no connection issues so far.

So what gives? I've been chatting in the ingame chatroom (casual1,2,3) for a bit and by the looks of it i'm not the only one that has trouble hosting or joining 2 vs 2 games, it seems that quite a few players can't play this game because they can't connect to atleast one player.

That said, I know that the game is still in beta but what about solving these connection problems and let us test the ingame gameplay?

When the game does start however I have to say the gameplay is ok but there are some balancing issues (king oni) and harvester AI problems (why the hell does my harvester go to the enemy base to harvest ore when there is an ore mine right in my own base???).. looking forward to more patches.. i'll keep u updated

This video might be a bit old but it's still a very fun (not real) translation of some indian video translated by Buffalaxed. It's a must watch if you haven't seen it before!

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