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    Edited Chat Log Suggestion

    I was just in the Hardware & Softwre Chat. Here are a few lines Mon 1:31 pm savedlema I see Reverend Jim here...you have answered so much of my difficult …
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    I was just in the Hardware & Softwre Chat. Here are a few lines Mon 1:31 pm savedlema I see Reverend Jim here...you have answered so much of my difficult …
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    Marked Solved Status for WMP ID3 Support Question

    Hello, I am writing a small 'program' using MS Visual Studio 2013. I would like to read in a few tags from the ID3 headers of media for each file …
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    Replied To a Post in How to startup with admin privilege

    I came across [this item](http://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.152) that I used on my old laptop in 2014 to create shortcuts with elevated rights. It worked well and was much easier to use than …
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    Replied To a Post in WMP ID3 Support Question

    I'm running Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7 Home Premium (all updates installed). I created a sample project named 'PerryTest' and copied `ID3TagLibrary.dll` to the source folder. I added the …
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    Replied To a Post in System.Windows.Forms

    I can think of one good reason why you would want to use a messagebox in a console application. If you have an operation that runs for a long enough …
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    "If you want them to RTFM, make a better FM." - Kathy Sierra
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    Replied To a Post in What movie have you seen lately?

    Hardly compact (mesomorph). He is described as 6'5" and 250 lbs of solid muscle. Tom cruise is 5'7" and around 100 lbs too light. When the movie was first cast …
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    Replied To a Post in WMP ID3 Support Question

    Have you tried [Perry's ID3 Tag Library](http://glassocean.net/perrys-id3-tag-library/). I used this quite a while back with no problems. It's open source and he also provides an ID3 viewer using the library.
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    [I've Got Tears in My Ears From Lying On My Back In My Bed While Cryin' Over You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUaAfrA2h_8) composed by Harold Barlow. The version I remember was recorded by [Homer …
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    A cat has 9 lives -- what has more than 9 lives? Answer: Frogs because they croak every night. (Duck Dynasty)
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    Replied To a Post in What movie have you seen lately?

    I'd probably have enjoyed that (Jack Reacher movie) if not for the fact that I have read all of the Jack Reacher books. If you have read the books you …
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    Replied To a Post in Upgrade Windows Vista Business 64 bit to Windows 7

    In my experience when you do an upgrade install you end up with pieces of both systems scattered about higgledy-piggledy. You'll effectively get a mish mash of both with a …
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    Replied To a Post in Auto value of text box depending on 2 different text box value

    Generically it would be If SOME CONDITION Then txtShift.Text = "DAY" Else txtShift.Text = "NIGHT" End If I can't be more specific than that because I don't know what range …
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    Replied To a Post in What movie have you seen lately?

    I was cleaning out some old bookmarks and came across [Structured Dreams](http://structureddream.blogspot.ca/2009/06/my-take-on-star-trek-2009-001.html). It's been a long time since I read through this and enjoyed it just as much the second …
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    Hi I'm guessing you have Option Strict On (which is great) as if it was Off then both your code and that posted by Reverend Jim would work fine. But …
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    Marked Solved Status for Working with listboxes | Help Needed

    Im designing a software for fun. but I stuck in somewhere in listboxes. what I'm trying to do is like this: you write something in in textbox1. after press a …
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    Replied To a Post in Adding shortcutkeys at runtime

    Public Class Form1 Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim mainMenu As New MenuStrip Dim fileMenu As New ToolStripMenuItem("File") Dim fileQuit As New ToolStripMenuItem("Quit") fileQuit.ShowShortcutKeys = …
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    Replied To a Post in Working with listboxes | Help Needed

    No problem. Glad we were finally able to get on the same page. Feel free to post follow-up questions.
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    Replied To a Post in Working with listboxes | Help Needed

    That's easy enough to do Private Sub btnSend_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSend.Click ListBox2.Items.Clear() For Each item As String In ListBox1.Items If item.Contains(TextBox1.Text) Then ListBox2.Items.Add(item) End If Next …
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    In one of Jack Nicolson's biggest movies, Chinatown, Faye Dunaway reveals that the girl, Katherine is both her daughter and her sister. In real life, Jack Nicholson found out at …
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    Mile marker 420 in Colordo has been replaced with a Mile 419.99 marker because the 420 markers kept getting stolen. [Source](http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/colorado-officials-replace-420-road-sign-419-99-deter-thefts-article-1.1575994)
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    >Windows 10 will be the last OS from the company I think they are only saying that because they know that every other release is a God-awful mess. And the …
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    Replied To a Post in Working with listboxes | Help Needed

    >Textbox1 is that before the button I know that. You have it labelled in the picture. At the top you said >you write something in in textbox1 Now you are …
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    Replied To a Post in Working with listboxes | Help Needed

    >you write something in in textbox1. In your example you don't have anything in textbox1. >after press a button it seach if a word like that is on listbox 1. …
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    Replied To a Post in How to add Input Images to List view at runtime using VB.NET

    I wrote a code snippet quite a while back that [displays thumbnails](https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/vbnet/code/470880/how-to-generate-thumbnails-which-preserve-the-aspect-ratio) in a ListView while preserving the aspect ratio of the original pictures. Just change the values of `THUMBW` …
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    Replied To a Post in How to startup with admin privilege

    There is a manual method for creating a shortcut that will run with Admin access (bypassing the UAC prompt) [here](http://www.thewindowsclub.com/create-elevated-shortcut-run-programs-bypass-uac).
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    Replied To a Post in Working with listboxes | Help Needed

    I'm not clear on what you are asking. Could you possibly post an example with sample data? Please post, as well, any code you've tried so far.
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    Edited I print tamil output bill but columns and rows are not in order

    HI,i create and output bill.i use dot matrix printer.i successfuly arrange columns when i use english output bill. but when i print tamil output bill the columns are not arrange …
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    Marked Solved Status for sql statement if exists update else insert sql server

    hello everybody...nice to back again i m working on project to calculate measures and numbers and insert data inside datagridview(dgv) from number.text and measure.text but if value of measure.text present …
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    Replied To a Post in Desktop Icons missing and Start/ All Programs empty after repair

    It's possible that the only problem is that your profile has been trashed. One suggestion is to create another user (an administrator). You can run the user manager by running …
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    Edited Another example of using Shellexecute to issue DOS commands

    I found that the following shell code worked for producing a list of all files in the directory and subdirectories of a program I am working on. The basic lesson …
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    Replied To a Post in How to skip the access denied files and folders

    I have an app that enumerates all files on a drive and populates a database. Like you, I had a problem with protected folders (Recycle Bin, System Volume Information, etc). …
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    Replied To a Post in Find top 3 in a range of numbers

    You can get the required numbers from the grid by Dim arr(4) As Integer Dim i As Integer = 0 For Each r As Integer In {2, 50, 98, 146, …
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    > Structure Gradebook > Dim ID As Integer >Dim Exam1 As Integer >Dim Exam2 As Integer >Dim Exam3 As Integer >Dim Avgg As Integer >Dim LG As Char >End Structure …
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    Replied To a Post in Find top 3 in a range of numbers

    1. Put the numbers into an array 1. Sort the array in ascending order 1. Take the "top" 3 Your definition of "top 3" seems to be "the first 3". …
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    Replied To a Post in one dimensional array read names from txt file

    First check that `names.txt` contains what you think it does (it would help to post the file here). I suggest you step through the code in the debugger and see …
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    1. Create a sample file. 1. Double click on the file 1. Select "Select a program from a list of installed programs" 1. When the "Open with" dialog comes up, …
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    Replied To a Post in Best Anti virus for my PC

    What you mean is it deleted all the ones it was able to detect. That doesn't necessarily mean it deleted **all** of the infection.
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    Replied To a Post in SAT

    We don't have those in Canada. FYI we also don't have GREs.
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    A bald barber.
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    I've always loved the character, Reverend Jim, from the old TV series, Taxi. His actual name was Jim Ignatowski (he changed it from his real last name because he thought …
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    Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows

    Does anyone recall **ever** watching a cop show where the cops talked a witness into testifying by saying "we can protect you", **and** said witness wasn't killed during the show? …
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    Replied To a Post in "What do you enjoy/like about programming?

    Perhaps programming is more of an addiction to some than an enjoyment. Personally, I can't go more than a few hours without doing a line or two of code.
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    Replied To a Post in Windows 10

    Considering that I was notified on April 21 by Microsoft that the latest Windows 10 tech preview build was available for download, I'd say the Aril 15 cutoff is bogus. …
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    Replied To a Post in Windows 10

    Just playing with the latest Windows 10 build. I have to admit that even in a virtual machine it's much peppier than Windows 7. Spartan is also very responsive and …
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    Replied To a Post in Edit box problem

    THIS IS SPARTAN!!!!!! Couldn't resist. FYI, I just tried to replicate the lost cursor bug in Spartan running in a VM. Couldn't do it. The edit box scrolls to keep …
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    Sorry but this is a modern myth. Russian cosmonauts use pens. The floating bits of graphite and pencil shavings would be extremely hazardous in a weighless environemt packed with sensitive …
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    According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day) and other sources >The modern American holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother in Grafton, West …
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    Replied To a Post in restore from raw mysql files onto new build

    What happens if you copy the database file to the database folder then stop and retart the mysql service?

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