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Replied To a Post in Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support
I wonder how that policy will work out for corporate users? Our IT department had to review every single update before it was distributed to the corporate machines. That seems … -
Replied To a Post in Fun with Coding
If you use BigInteger as in Private Sub FibWrite() Dim sw As New System.IO.StreamWriter("d:\temp\fib.txt") Dim n0 As BigInteger = 0 Dim n1 As BigInteger = 1 Try For i = … -
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Hello, I need a litle help here. I am creating a program that finds a specific sentence in a word path and replaces it with a given value. Specific sentence: … -
Replied To a Post in why switch to windows 8
I liked the moonshine analogy. It reminds me of what happened with "New Coke". Anyone else remember that? -
Replied To a Post in What is your favorite English word?
I was thinking 11 and 45. I didn't know there were so many other examples (not counting slang). -
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i have a listview connecting to xampp,then i want the data of all listview can be add to my report using report viewer?how can i do that. pls help.. <snip> -
Replied To a Post in What is your favorite English word?
Technically correct. You know, I kind of figured someone would do a literal interpretation of that question ;-) Further clue, one word has 6 letters and the other has 8. -
Replied To a Post in system.numerics namespace not recognized
What .net framework are you running. I think you need at least 4.0 (possibly 4.5) -
Replied To a Post in What is your favorite English word?
This thread has quieted down so I'll add a word puzzle. Who can name two English words that are their own opposite, that is, two words which each have two … -
Replied To a Post in why switch to windows 8
In my pre-retirement job, mistakes were tolerated (everyone makes one from time to time) but it was a given that if a mistake was made that it would be corrected. … -
Replied To a Post in SQL Loader how to ignore/ skip single quote
Can you give us an example of how LP31389-7.LP18116-1.LP16832-5.LP175708,7,LP175708,LP181867-5,"2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB) | Bld-Ser-Plas" should look after it is split up into separate fields? -
Replied To a Post in Memorable Quotations
"It may be tempting to keep your head down and plod along... but that's a quitter's way out." - Sarah Palin I love this one simply for the complete disconnect … -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
There are certain things in English that are traditionally referred to as "she". Ships, for example. @ddanbe - I am two generations removed from Dutch. My dad's parents both came … -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
I don't know. Somehow, "Give someone a ticket for texting and its life could be saved." just sounds wrong. In the example of "Give a dog a rabies shot and … -
Replied To a Post in Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support
I did a palm-to-forehead when I read that as well. -
Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?
Speaking of the commend shell, why is it I still have to use context menus to copy/paste when just about every other app uses CTRL-C and CTRL-V? -
Replied To a Post in why switch to windows 8
Once again, I know the Metro screen can be disabled. The point is that Micosoft originally tried to force the Metro screen as the default and I believe that this … -
Gave Reputation to jwenting in Start at the bottom or top rung?
oh, razorblade and sticky tape. The original patch... -
Replied To a Post in why switch to windows 8
>they likely also wanted something new and shiny to justify selling a new OS I definitely agree. Ooooh. Shiny. Must have. Supporting tablets is worthwhile but forcing a touch-based interface … -
Replied To a Post in why switch to windows 8
>Because people not wanting to learn new things My argument was not that I am unwilling to learn new things. My argument is that there should be a compelling reason … -
Replied To a Post in Multi-player Card game
You could store each player's cards in an array and assign the ListBox DataSource as needed. Here is an example: Public Class Form1 Private list1() As String Private list2() As … -
Began Watching Find and replace in text File
Hello, I need a litle help here. I am creating a program that finds a specific sentence in a word path and replaces it with a given value. Specific sentence: … -
Replied To a Post in Find and replace in text File
I suggest you use regular expressions. I can give you an example but first I would have to know the range of values that you will be replacing. For example, … -
Marked Solved Status for Most efficient way of writing to a *.txt file
All, What is the most efficient way of writing several lines of data to a *.txt file? Currently, I store the required text in memory then write it all to … -
Replied To a Post in Most efficient way of writing to a *.txt file
Assuming that you are replacing the text in the file with the new text, I would do the following Dim text As New System.Text.StringBuilder text.Append("1st line of text" & vbCrLf) … -
Replied To a Post in why switch to windows 8
And we're back to the real debate. Is the Windows 8/8.1 interface significantly better than Windows 7 or is it just different? If it **is** that much better then that's … -
Replied To a Post in Start at the bottom or top rung?
>much more flexible Flexible, yes, but just try to correct a typo mid-program ;-P People talk about the plaintive cry of a a loon or a lone wolf baying at … -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
And because "their" is plural you would have to say "their lives" if you were referring to more than one person. It seems to be more common (but still incorrect) … -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
Perhaps he thinks it should be ""Giving someone a ticket for texting could save his or her life". -
Replied To a Post in Check if a temp table exists and drop the table
How about just putting the delete code in a Try-Catch block and seeing what error occurs if the table does not exist? That will tell you what error to ignore. -
Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows
Loved Jack Benny. And let's not forget about Red Skelton. I have fond memories of that show. As I understand it, he was exactly as nice in real life as … -
Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows
This isn't about any particular TV show but at a concept - and this is aimed primarily at American TV (and I'll explain why in a moment). There is a … -
Replied To a Post in Setting the Checked Property of a control at run time
You are referencing the checkboxes as generic controls and the generic control does not have a Checked property. Try referencing as Checkboxes as For Each cbx As CheckBox In Me.Controls.OfType(Of … -
Replied To a Post in Start at the bottom or top rung?
When you learn to play a musical instrument there is a reason that music theory is not taught until the basic playing skills have been acquired. As Mike says, it … -
Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?
What I would like to see out of Microsoft is some centralized planning. Back in the days of the Amiga, the entire OS was designed from the ground up as … -
Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?
[Kill XP](http://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#escape-from-xp) game. -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
How about people who say "I could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less"? -
Replied To a Post in Hi, I am learning about VB.Net
Try Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Me.Text = GenerateKey(4, "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ") End Sub Private Function GenerateKey(nchars As Integer, fromStr As String) As String … -
Replied To a Post in oledb exception
Try qry2 = "SELECT * FROM [per_diem_accomodation] " & " WHERE [project number] = '" & projcode & "'" & " AND [employee number] = '" & empcode & "'" … -
Replied To a Post in Check if a temp table exists and drop the table
I've never tried it on an Access database. I suggest you create a dummy table and try it out. -
Replied To a Post in Check if a temp table exists and drop the table
Try IF OBJECT_ID('myTable','U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE myTable -
Replied To a Post in How is the weather today in your country?
30C? Not for a while here yet I'm afraid. +8C was the best we could do. Sloppy enough that you sink to your waist in the snow. -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
>Saying "X is two times more expensive than Y" is possible, but means something else When I argue that exact point the response I usually get is "you should know … -
Marked Solved Status for Problem in copying data from a temporary table to a main table
Hi guys, A problem came up when i tried to copy record from the temp. table to the main one.I was copying records to two main tables but one table … -
Replied To a Post in VB and MySQL
Go ahead and ask. -
Replied To a Post in Do you think I have an obsession or a passion with tech and software?
>Do you think I have an obsession or a passion with tech and software? Yes. Yes, I do ;-P There is a fine line between technophilia and technomania. I had … -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
> I would use 'fold' instead: "B is three-fold more exprensive than A" And that gets us back to an earlier post. Let's assign some numbers. If A costs 4$ … -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
>cheaper just means it costs less mony than something else Agreed, but how do you quantify how cheap something is? Reconsidering my previous post, to be technical you probably cannot … -
Replied To a Post in Problem in copying data from a temporary table to a main table
Do all of the tables have the same structure? What is that structure? Are you getting any error messages? Try changing qry = "INSERT INTO [ptempTable] ([project number],[project name],[description]) VALUES … -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
Here's a bonus one I came across today. A company claims to have a process for producing solar cells that is three times cheaper than existing technology. I don't see …
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