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 | I just had a similar situation. I had ten controls that I wanted to access in a loop so I did the following: [code] Dim PlayerRounds(9) As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox PlayerRounds(0) = txtPlayer01Round PlayerRounds(1) = txtPlayer02Round PlayerRounds(2) = txtPlayer03Round PlayerRounds(3) = txtPlayer04Round PlayerRounds(4) = txtPlayer05Round PlayerRounds(5) = txtPlayer06Round PlayerRounds(6) = txtPlayer07Round PlayerRounds(7) …  |
| | This is an especially tricky problem which plagued me for years as a programmer in a real-time environment. No matter how careful you are there is always a window between when you check if the file is available and when you actually use it. In my case, one group (work … |
| | I have a textbox control for which I want to fit twelve double spaced lines of text so that the textbox is optimally filled (as little whitespace at the end as possible). So far the best I have come up with is [code] Dim fh As Integer = txtCategories.Height \ … |
| | I have two forms that are called by the main form. One is named frmEdit, and is invoked by the ShowDialog (modal) method. The other is named frmSearch and is invoked by the Show (non modal) method. In both cases I want to preserve the last window position so each … |
| | How about moving your CSV file into another folder and changing strfilename to the fully qualified file name like "d:\temp\test.csv" |
| | I would appreciate a snippet of code for adding groups at run-time to a listview. I am currently listing books (and stats) without groups via the following code which is executed in a loop (one pass per book title). [code] item = New ListViewItem item.Text = seq.ToString item.SubItems.Add(Mid(titlenode.Nodes(N_CSTAT).Text, 3)) item.SubItems.Add(Mid(titlenode.Nodes(N_JSTAT).Text, … |
| | Am I missing something here? I am writing a game that requires some random number generation. I decided to use the System.Random class but I was getting strange results. The documentation says that if I have an instance of the class (let's call it r), the call r.Next(1,6) returns a … |
| | If XP mode doesn't work you might try the full product, Virtual PC, from Microsoft. I haven't used it personally (I prefer VMWare). I believe it differs from XP mode in that XP mode lets you run the app from the Windows 7 desktop (hides the XP innards) whereas with … |
| | A remote possibility, I admit, but it may be possible your master boot record has been corrupted. It is easily fixed as long as the drive itself is not faulty. Download and create a dos boot disk from [url]http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm[/url] then boot into that disk and run the command fdisk /mbr …  |
 | Pick up a copy of SpinRite (I keep recommending this software but I do not get anything for my recommendation) and create bootable media (usb stick or CD) then boot off this media. Run diagnostics on the hard drive and see what it reports. hard drive controllers have error correction … |
 | I posted the following in the above forum this morning... I understand that recent changes to google search (supposedly in order to reduce the ranking of content farms) has also harmed legitimate sites such as [url]www.daniweb.com[/url]. This has apparently reduced traffic to the site by 50%. I have found this … |
| | Teamviewer can be run without installing so you should be able to run it from your thumb drive. Just make sure you copy the setup file to the thumbdrive. If you are concerned about your thumbdrive becoming infected then just wipe it when you are done. I suggest you set … |
| | The recovery partition allows you to reset the computer back to the state it was in when it was purchased. I do free tech support for several people (friends/relatives). Lately this has consisted of installing Windows 7, then rescuing them when they destroy their system with crapware/trojans/etc. The steps I … |
| | Imsai 8080 and Data General Nova. Mass storage was dual cassette on the DG and 8" floppy on the 8080. Debugging consisted of hand assembling and toggling bits on the front panel. Next job was programming SPPCs (stored program process controllers) at two northern generating stations in Manitoba. Programs were … |
| | Re: message box Copy the following code into a file named msgbox.vbs. Display a message from the command prompt by: C:\> msgbox "my message" C:\> msgbox "my message" "my title" If you want multiple lines then include \n as in C:\> msgbox "this\nhas\nfour\nlines" "My Message Box" [CODE] set arg = Wscript.Arguments select case …  |
| | What happens if you type "gpedit.msc" in the Run box? If the gpedit console comes up then you should be able to set the Autoplay parameters by expanding Computer Configuration Administrative Templates Windows Components then double clicking on "AutoPlay Policies" In the right panel, double click on Turn Off Autoplay …  |
 | [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231[/url] Shows you how to set auto login manually and also provides Fix-It buttons to do the setup for you. |
| | Before retiring I managed two server installations (primary and backup). Each site had approx 10 (Windows) servers. We used Symantec Livestate Recovery to take daily images of all primary servers. The backup servers had identical hardware and disks and were booted into a maintenance mode whereby each day's image was … |
 | Our problem wasn't that the users were requesting unnecessary software and upgrades. Outside agencies would upgrade to newer versions of programs like Word, Excel and Visio and we would be unable to open the files without the appropriate upgrades. For that we had no choice but to upgrade. Our biggest …  |
| | In the registry under the first hive HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT you will find an entry with the name ".txt". I exported mine and it looks like this (without the ----- lines)... --------------------------------------------------- REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt] "PerceivedType"="text" @="txtfile" "Content Type"="text/plain" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\OpenWithProgids] "VisualStudio.txt.10.0"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\PersistentHandler] @="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew] "ItemName"=hex(2):40,25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,73,79,73,74,65,6d,\ 33,32,5c,6e,6f,74,65,70,61,64,2e,65,78,65,2c,2d,34,37,30,00 "NullFile"="" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Note the line with @="txtfile" … |
| | You might want to check out Customizing Folders with Desktop.ini [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969337.aspx[/url] |
 | I can write you something to use from within Excel but because you already have the csv files you can just process them from the command line. Copy the following code and save it into a file with the name "ProductReport.vbs". If your csv file is named myfile.csv you can … |
| | Do a google search for "gparted live cd". The first one that came up on my PC was [url]http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php[/url] It states, "GParted Live is a small bootable GNU/Linux distribution for x86 based computers. It enables you to use all the features of the latest versions of the GParted application." There … |
 | Re: Recovering Files Is it possible the files could just be hidden? I have noticed that on occasion when I run the command robocopy d:\ t:\d-drive /e /r:0 /purge (which is how I back up my internal d drive to my external t drive) that the d-drive folder on the external disappears until … |
| | I'm running Windows 7 Pro on a Dell Inspiron 1720. I have desktop slideshow enabled and pointed to a folder of my favourite pictures. Occasionally I will force a switch to the next picture from the desktop context menu item "Next desktop background" which appears between the "NVIDIA control panel" … |
 | I wanted to be able to boot into linux as well as Windows 7 but I didn't want to go the dual-boot route so I installed linux and grub on an external (USB) drive. When I want to run linux I just F12 at boot time and boot off the … |
| | If you want to block specific sites you can edit the file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for each site that you want to block, add a line like the following 127.0.0.1 site-address for example, if you wanted to block access to the site [url]www.wired.com[/url] you would add 127.0.0.1 [url]www.wired.com[/url] Normally, if you entered … |
| | You don't need her permission to connect with team viewer. When you install it on her computer, set up a free account on the Team Viewer site and set TV to autoload into Windows. Install on your computer and use the same registration information. This will allow you to connect … |
| | Or you can download gimp which IS free.  |
| | Re: Word Scripting The way I would do it is to create a vbscript file that creates a Microsoft Word object and uses that in a loop to open each file in the folder and check the text. If you are not familiar with scripting or creating scripted controls then it becomes very … |
| | Just as a note (now that all the real work is done), I always enable /sos in the boot.ini. This causes Windows to display drivers as they are loaded (like you see in safe mode). I always prefer to see this instead of the no info "idiot lights". If it … |
| | Do you get the same problem when running in safe mode? I believe this error can be caused by a video (graphics hardware/driver) problem. Check to see if you have the latest version of your video driver. Even if you do, I suggest you uninstall the current driver and re-install … |
| | My son's Dell was getting BSOD with increasing frequency. I eventually tracked it down to his hard drive which was failing. We didn't suspect this at first because the drive was only a few months old but when we ran SpinRite it identified problem areas. When we replaced the drive … |
| | Re: Email Videos You might try OneSwarm from the University of Washington. See the wiki article at [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneSwarm[/url] which, as I understand it, is a a bittorrent P@P system but which allows you to specify who may participate in the share. From what I have read you should be able to set up … |
 | When you are asked a technical question and you don't know the answer it is always acceptable to say "I don't know". Making shit up is not just bad; it's plain malicious. It can cause the person who asked the question to either stop looking for the answer or waste … |
| | I use robocopy.exe (command line tool free from Microsoft). I do a weekly backup from my D drive to a folder on an external T drive. The command I use is robocopy d:\ t:\ddrive /e /r:0 /purge the first two parameters are the source and destination folders. /e copies all … |
| | Do you know anybody who has a copy of ERD Commander? This has an option to reset the Admin password. |
| | What is the parent folder of what? First of all the actual fully qualified path is not C:Report\Level 1 it is C:\Report\Level 1 So "C:\Report" is the parent folder of "C:\Report\Level 1" and "C:\" is the parent of "C:\Report" The first backslash is important. Let's take an example. Let's say … |
| | Copy the following code and save into the file "copy10.vbs". [CODE]'fso = for file i/o operations 'arg = for getting at command line arguments set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") set arg = Wscript.Arguments 'make sure we have two arguments if arg.count <> 2 then wscript.echo wscript.echo "copy10 fromfile tofile" wscript.echo "" … |
| | If you really want to see the health of your hard drive I highly recommend SpinRite. My son (who now understands the importance of regular backups) almost lost a couple of years of PhD research due to a drive problem. SpinRite was able to recover the data from bad sectors. … |
| | If you do not want to physically remove your hard drive then you might want to consider downloading a linux livecd and booting into that. If you can plug an external drive into a USB port then you may be able to copy your files without having to open your … |
| | I agree with a previous poster who said it may be a battery problem. I used to maintain a few dozen Toshibas running Windows XP and often a problem with the battery resulted in a dead machine. You'd think it should still work with a bad battery if the AC … |
| | When I try to build a C++ project I get the error message in the title line. I am trying to help my son move his development from a unix cluster to his laptop. He is running Windows XP Pro and has installed the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers. The … |
| | In the book, wxPython in Action (page 65), the following code shows how to bind an event to a frame (self) and to a button. In the case of the frame event (wx.EVT_CLOSE), no source argument is specified because the event is being bound to the object refenced as "self". … |
 | Re: python and mysql You could also download SQLiteSpy (free) from [url]http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/SQLiteSpy-Download-107386.html[/url] It's a nice,small, robust SQL implementation |
| | Rather than trying to determine what the program is supposed to do by reading the code, could you please do your homework and add a few comments to the code as well as a summary of what the program is supposed to do? |
| | My favourite "working" language has to be Python, even though I am relatively new to it. I spent the last ten years before retirement writing glue code in vbScript - mostly pumping data, reformatting data, fetching and storing data, system maintenance and SQL maintenance. All of which would have been …  |
| | Be willing to share what you have learned when asked by others. Some people think that by hoarding knowledge they make themselves more valuable. An employee who is willing to raise the skills of his fellow employees is the valuable one.  |
| | I suggest you get a copy of the following. It contains detailed algorithms and instructions on creating and solving Sudoku puzzles. It uses VB 2005 as a base language. Programming Sudoku Copyright © 2006 by Wei-Meng Lee ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-59059-662-3 ISBN-10 (pbk): 1-59059-662-5 |
| | Can someone please fill in the missing line of code in OnPageChange? I have a notebook control and on a page change event, I want to retrieve the label of the tab that was just selected. GetLabel and GetLabelText both return '' [CODE] import wx import wx.lib.mixins.inspection class Frame(wx.Frame): def … |
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