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 | Re: i need help We don't do homework. Please read the [Daniweb Posting Rules](https://www.daniweb.com/welcome/rules) and [Suggestions For Posting Questions](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/435023/read-this-before-posting-a-question).  |
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| | I think this guy has made some excellent points in [this article](http://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/).  |
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 | Re: fix my problem We're not going to do your work for you because 1. You haven't shown that you have put in any effort to do it yourself 1. You picked a very rude thread title 1. You didn't take the time to read the [Daniweb Posting Rules](https://www.daniweb.com/welcome/rules) |
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 | Re: The Walking Dead I'm not into Zombies but we just got through binge watching an excellent show called Sneaky Pete. One of the co-starts is Margot Martindale whom I have loved ever since season two of Justified. Sneaky Pete will be back for a second season. Like you, I really miss the back-and-forth …  |
 | Asked and answered [here](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/threads/516929/how-do-you-color-cell-of-the-listview). |
![Member Avatar for [TMMG]](https://static.daniweb.com/avatars/dazah/1198268.jpg){kind=small} | Let's start at line 0. Because I don't know all languages I'm not going to make an assumption here so what programming language is this? And what line is giving the error? It would also help if you posted in the appropriate forum.  |
 | >lists all files in the given folder that start with the letters pic and end with a .jpg extension So why do you need more than `dir pic*.jpg`? |
 | It is virtually certain that you will be welcome here.  |
| | Just for the record, I agree with everything HG said. |
| | If you can play the audio stream in VLC there is a setting available from the menu Audio Stereo Mode Mono Stereo Left Right Reverse Audio Just select `Mono` |
 | Can you reboot it after the shutdown while it is plugged in? Can you run it while plugged in with the battery removed? Have you checked the power settings to see if anything odd appears? I have seen cases where simply removing the battery, rebooting, then reinserting the battery clears …  |
 | Take a full disk image of the computer (I recommend Macrium Reflect) then try the WIndows 10 upgrade. Microsoft keeps extending the deadline. For example, last December I upgraded two machines to Windows 10 long after the official deadline. There is a good chance that the upgrade will go through. … |
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 | Click on `More` and `Code Snippets` is in the drop down.  |
| | Re: Career Advice Make sure that your course selections include something to develop your communication skills. Being able to communicate clearly and concisely in both speaking and writing is invaluable. |
 | Did you notice that the previous calls you made to `.AddWithValue` had two parameters? The error states "Argument not specified" so add a value parameter. |
| | If it's a Dell (for example) pressing Fn-Esc toggles the function keys between standard windows (F1=Help) and Dell functions (F1=Mute).  |
| | vb.Net - Regular Expression Tester Every now and then I find another use for a regular expression. For those not familiar with regular expressions, they can be as cryptic to read as strings of Greek letters. Simply put, regular expressions are just patterns. If you've ever used the DOS command … |
| | Personally, I have concerns about the ability of my private conversations being open to monitoring. If my words are being sent into the ether then this is possible. Having said that, I have a laptop (several, actually) in the house, all of which are equipped with webcams and microphones and … |
| | These are things I'd like to see available now that should be possible given current technology as opposed to pie-in-the sky things like "I really want a teleporter". For example, I am getting very tired of watching TV shows where the (supposedly) background music is so loud that I can … |
 | Aside from formatting, it might help if you describe in detail what you want your query to do and how your tables are set up. |
 | Define "perfect". Or is this just a blatant plug post? |
| | A recent study done by a think tank hired by Canadian airline companies has come to the conclusion that if the airlines charged less money then people would buy more tickets. I don't want to know how much money and time it took to come to that brilliant conclusion. What …  |
| | As far as I know you can't change the colour of an individual cell in a listview (details view). You can only change the colour of an entire row. |
| | vb.net 2010 Windows Pro 7 ## Create a Video Library with an Embedded Windows Media Player ## I have close to 400 video clips in my home movie library. In order to quickly locate any given video I have added certain words into the file names. Even so, locating specific … |
 | Re: PLease help You'll also find some excellent suggestions on how to post questions in [Suggestions For Posting Questions](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/435023/read-this-before-posting-a-question).  |
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 | Math.Round(2.435, 2) - result is 2.44 Math.Round(2.445, 2) - result is 2.44 The second parameter is the number of decimal places. Note that if you want to consistently round up if the digit is 5 then you must do Math.Round(2.445 + 0.005, 2) |
 | A binary tree stores data in sorted order (if you traverse the tree as left-middle-right). As such there is no reason to have the same value stored in more than one location. If you need to store the frequency then add that as a value in each node. If ylolu … |
| | You could use FormatNumber(x, 2) where `x` is the value you wabt to format and `2` is the number of decimal places. |
 | What error are you getting and on what line? |
 | For those of us who learned our craft in the 60s/70s, this kind of complaint mkes me both laugh and cry. "When I was a kid we had to walk all the way across the living room to change the channel" - Louie Anderson |
| | What you want is 0 or more digits `^[0-9]*` followed by 0 or 1 decimals `\.?` followed by 1 or more digits `[0-9]+$` which gives you ^[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+?$ Coincidentally, I had just posted a regular expression tester [vb.Net project ](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/code/516679/vb-net-regular-expression-tester) which is what I used to build the above expression. |
| | If you go to bing and search for `goggles` the first hit on the list is `google`. That ought to tell you something.  |
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| | vbScript - Create a Log File Using vbScript Classes Before I retired I was responsible for most of the corporate data plumbing at our control centre. All of the plumbing was written in vbScript. As any maintenance programmer knows, log files are a vital key in identifying and fixing problems. … |
 | If you use the regular expression \((.+?),\s*(.+?),\s*(and|or)\),\s*?\((.+?),\s*(.+?),\s*(and|or)\),\s*?\((.+?),\s*(.+?),.* and a replacement string of \($1[$2]\) $3 \($4[$5]\) $6 \($7[$8]\) then you get what you want except that `and` & `or` will be in the original case rather than upper case. |
 | >I am trying to create a database. I want to add records to it, delete records, and find records. That's pretty much what anyone who creates a database wants. Before you begin you must first decide what data you want to store and how you want to access it. And … |
 | Unions are intended to select the same columns from different tables. You can't select different columns.  |
 | I think you might also get more input if you posted your code here instead of making people jump through hoops at another site to get to it. Also, this thread will be of no use to anyone else in the event that your code is removed from the other … |
 | They look highly suspicious to me. If that were on my computer I would 1. export HKCU to a file 1. take an image of the partition Delete the keys and see if anything stops working. If it does and the things that stop working are legitimate you can import … |
 | There is an example of embedding Windows Media Player in a vb form [here](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/tutorials/479908/create-a-video-library-with-an-embedded-windows-media-player). I have also embedded a vlc media player control in another project if you are interested. |
 | Can't offer much help unless we can see what you have done so far. Post your code. |
 | Start by learning how to program. Sorry for being so blunt but based on the effort you put into asking the question, what type of answer were you expecting? We have no idea of your abilities or education and you have apparently not read the [Daniweb Posting Rules](https://www.daniweb.com/welcome/rules) or [Suggestions …  |
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| | ##vbScript - Run an External Program and Capture the Output Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. When you want to execute an external program for a particular result (such as resizing an image, as shown in a previous snippet) you can simply use … |
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