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Commitments - AdditionalInformation (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011
Commitments [Line Items]
Deferred Rent Credit	$ 54,000	$ 81,000
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net	624,000	508,000
President Cables Unlimited Division
Commitments [Line Items]
Officers' Compensation	$ 300,000	$ 608,000

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The cumulative difference between the rental payments required by a lease agreement and the rental income or expense recognized on a straight-line basis, or other systematic and rational basis more representative of the time pattern in which use or benefit is granted or derived from the leased property, expected to be recognized in income or expense over the term of the leased property by the lessor or lessee, respectively.

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Expenditures for salaries of officers. Does not include allocated share-based compensation, pension and post-retirement benefit expense or other labor-related non-salary expense. For commercial and industrial companies, excludes any direct and overhead labor that is included in cost of goods sold.

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Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income.

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