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    Replied To a Post in Converting Unfomatted Text into Formatted Text

    Just to clarify, this isn't a vb or vb.net program. It is a stand alone vbscript (like a super batch file). Just copy and paste the code into notepad and …
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    Replied To a Post in Uber-Sydney charging AU$100.00 for trip out of CBD

    Aside from the price gouging (which they have done before), they have also 1. Denied responsibility for drivers by claiming they are contractors, not employees 1. Interfered with an attempt …
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    Replied To a Post in Call a Sub in Textbox

    No.
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    Replied To a Post in Loop read text line by line into multiple textboxes

    You can reference controls dynamically by name by using Me.Controls(name) So you could do something like Dim data() As String = {"box1", "box2", "box3"} For i = 0 To 2 …
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    Marked Solved Status for Arrange Numbers from highest to lowest

    I want to arrange numbers from highes to lowest ( you will input the numbers first e.g 1,2,3,4,5 ) and it will be 5,4,3,2,1 Thanks!
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    Followup: My Dell sarted "blooping" again. I just skipped straight to "it's probably my other (C) hard drive so I replaced it with a 240 gig SSD (only $116 on …
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    Replied To a Post in Time to ask that question again ...

    Time for a dumb question... A while back in this thread I asked about searching and Dani posted >And I can filter out threads by keyword here: >https://www.daniweb.com/tags/java How do …
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    Replied To a Post in Grade report help

    Do you have a specific question?
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    Replied To a Post in Converting Unfomatted Text into Formatted Text

    My program doesn't require Excel. Let's clear one thing up first. Is your input file a text file or is it a PDF file? As for the script, I thouught …
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    Replied To a Post in EDITING SOURCECODE IN VB 6.0 TO SUITE YOUR SYSTEM

    You have to remove the code that doesn't do what you want and add the code that does.
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    Broken link. Try [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProtonMail).
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    Replied To a Post in Converting Unfomatted Text into Formatted Text

    If the quotes are being added by Excel on conversion and you use my script to convert instead of Excel then there should be no quotes to be concerned with. …
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    Replied To a Post in Converting Unfomatted Text into Formatted Text

    Try saving this code into convert.vbs set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") set arg = Wscript.Arguments if arg.Count <> 2 Then Wscript.Echo "Convert inputfile outputfile" Wscript.Echo "Creates outputfile from inputfile by replacing" …
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    Here's an example of adding data to a DataGridView with two columns. Dim con As New SqlConnection("Server=.\SQLEXPRESS;Database=PUBS;Trusted_Connection=yes;") Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("", con) cmd.CommandText = "SELECT au_lname, au_fname FROM authors …
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    Replied To a Post in I Need Help here please with this code

    Sorry. I saw the "30" by itself and missed the GOTO.Shame on me. Having said that, **Never** use a GOTO. If you do, then shame on you. If the teacher …
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    Replied To a Post in compare date today from saved date in mysql

    Why not use the builtin function. In MS SQL it is SELECT COUNT(*) FROM billing_tbl WHERE CONVERT(DATE,date_due) = CONVERT(DATE,GETDATE()) I think the MySQL version is SELECT COUNT(*) FROM billing_tbl WHERE …
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    Replied To a Post in VB insert time N record time in to Access

    When you do an INSERT you must supply values. For example INSERT INTO mytable (fld1, fld2, fld3) VALUES(fldvalue1, fldvalue2, fldvalue3) You must supply data for all NOT NULL fields. I …
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    Replied To a Post in Retrieval of ComboBox

    Here is an example of loading a combobox Dim con As New SqlConnection("Server=.\SQLEXPRESS;Database=PUBS;Trusted_Connection=yes;") Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("", con) cmd.CommandText = "SELECT au_lname FROM authors WHERE city = 'Oakland'" con.Open() …
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    The simplest way is to just copy the database file to wherever you want to store it.
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    And they should still manufacture parts for my 59 Ford Sedan.
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    Replied To a Post in How to Update Drivers in an easier way

    I support Windows for several friends/relatives and it has been my experience that those who use "automatic driver update" utilities just end up with problems. My advice is not to …
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    Replied To a Post in I Need Help here please with this code

    You lost me at >the opposite is the same In any case... * In part 1 you don't declare Ps. * In part 1 you do **Ts = Val(Text1.Text)** * …
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    Replied To a Post in how to move an object to the form borders (corner), using timer then stop?

    Your problem is that your position is falling between the cracks. For example, if your x coordinates vary like 53, 63, 73, etc. and you are checking for an exact …
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    Replied To a Post in I Need Help here please with this code

    First of all, you say you get a different "solution" which is essentially meaningless without knowing what variable contains the solution. Secondly, it's different code so why should you expect …
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    Replied To a Post in i cant install the blue tooth driver on ma pc

    Tell me about it. Bluetooth was supposed to be the communication protocol that solved all of our communication problems. After two years of intermittent experimentation (and hours wasted with tech …
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    Replied To a Post in warm or cold?

    Not to mention, if you live in a very warm climate there is more pressure to keep your body "presentable". This, however, does not apply to the Southern US. I …
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    The same dream vacation I take every year - spending all summer at the cottage on Shebandowan Lake.
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    Replied To a Post in Bubble Sort Help

    The easiest way is Dim MyData() As String = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(MyDataFile) There are those who would tell you to use a StreamReader but for reasonably sized text files this way is …
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    I just posted in "Things I Hate About TV Shows. I'm currently editing the text. With the cursor at \#1 I press arrow-left and the cursor jumps to \#2. When …
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    Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows

    I noticed earlier today that our library has the book so it's on order. I saw the first (and only season) of Flash Forward and thought it could probably be …
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    Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows

    I hate when a TV show is built around a "hook". One of two things happens 1. The show is a hit and the "hook" is stretched out way beyond …
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    What do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef.
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    Now retiring and would like to resume hobby of writing programmes. Is VB6 Enterprise the one to buy or has it been superceeded?
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    Replied To a Post in Upgraded editor

    Not consistently. It's intermittent and infrequent.
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    Free OS - Linux. Free game - too many on the internet to enumerate here. Try Google.
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    Replied To a Post in Upgraded editor

    I've tried a few times and have not been able to reproduce the problem.
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    Replied To a Post in What's the best language

    You shouldn't have to buy anything for hobby programming. If you want to use VB you can download the free version from Microsoft. I suggest you avoid VB6 and get …
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    Replied To a Post in visual basic windows speech recognition

    If he's like me he probably had several questions open in different tabs and replied to the wrong one.
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    I'll do that the next time it happens.
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    "When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost." ... Bob Keeshan
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    Replied To a Post in Upgraded editor

    I haven't started a new discussion in sometime so I can say "only in reply" so far but only because I haven't done the other.
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    Replied To a Post in warm or cold?

    Cold. You can always add clothing if you are cold. You can only take off so much when you live in the heat. I've been to Arizona in the heat …
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    Replied To a Post in Resize the form and find the screen resolution

    You might want to look at developing your application as a WPF application instead of Windows Forms. I understand it was designed to maintain consistency across multiple resolutions.
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    Replied To a Post in Upgraded editor

    **Problem 2** I've been having this problem - I click in my text to position the cursor and the cursor does not move there. **Problem 3** For longer posts I …
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    Replied To a Post in looking for a laptop. Any suggestions on a good one? one

    One more plug for Dell - we have a summer cottage in the middle of nowhere and one summer when the battery went on my laptop, Dell sent a new …
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    What do you mean by "scrap"? If you don't want to use email then just don't use it.
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    Replied To a Post in office and adobe file viewer

    A free (and relatively lightweight) PDF reader is available from [Foxit](http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/) My two cents is to skip VB6 and get the latest version of vb.net that is compatible with your …
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    The edge of what? Can you post a sample image?
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    Replied To a Post in How to convert blu-ray to other formats?

    I would assume that if you don't have a blu-ray player then there is no way to convert it to any other format just like if you have a floppy …
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    Replied To a Post in Saving data to an existing Excel sheet

    There are examples of how to manipulate Excel data in vb.net in the [Code Snippets](https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/vbnet/code/_/58) section. Please have a look and feel free to post specific questions here if you …

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