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    Replied To a Post in How to detect when the keyboard keys are pressed

    There are various hotkey programs availible. I use Qliner Hotkeys. You can google for alternatives.
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    Yes. A proper start menu. Also, no Metro interface except for tablets and possibly touch-enabled PCs. And it's no more 'placating the whiners' than Windows 7 was as a response …
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    Created How to generate thumbnails which preserve the aspect ratio

    As part of a project to manage my collection of photos, I wanted to add the capability of displaying a series of files as thumbnails. This posed me with three …
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    Marked Solved Status for How do I generate a non-distorted thumbnail

    I've rewritten this question a half dozen times and each time it makes less sense. In a nutshell, I want to populate a listview with large icons representing image files …
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    That seems to have done it. If I change the code to Private Function MakeThumb(file As String) As Bitmap Dim srce As New Bitmap(Image.FromFile(file)) Dim dest As Bitmap = ResizeImage(srce, …
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    I don't understand. Wouldn't I still need all of the thumbnails in the imageList? Watching the numbers in the task manager I see the memory cycling. It ramps up to …
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    I tried Private Function MakeThumb(file As String) As Bitmap Dim srce As New Bitmap(Image.FromFile(file)) Dim dest As Bitmap = ResizeImage(srce, imgFiles.ImageSize.Width, imgFiles.ImageSize.Height) srce.Dispose Return dest End Function and watching the …
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    Premature celebration. When I run this on a folder with 60 files it works well, but in a folder with 200 it craps out with A first chance exception of …
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    Created Windows "Threshhold" a possibility?

    There are reports surfacing that Microsoft has taken enough of a beating over Windows 8/8.1 that a new version, codenamed Threshhold, is in the works. Reliable sources claim that Threshhold …
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    The code to load the ListView is Private Sub btnThumbs_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnThumbs.Click imgFiles.Images.Clear() lvwFiles.Items.Clear() lvwFiles.View = View.LargeIcon Dim i As Integer = 0 For Each …
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    Got it working. I'll post my solution after I clean it up.
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    Edited How do I generate a non-distorted thumbnail

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    Iv 10 Tables consisting of atleast 10 fields each in a single Database. Bt, Im only able to connect 1 table at a time to a form using an ADO …
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    Glad to help. Feel free to post back if you have any specific questions.
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    Edited Toshiba Satellite died sometime this morning

    ok here is what I have done so far. I removed the battery removed power cable..no power going to the laptop now. pushed and held power button for minimum of …
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    There was a great episode of an old show (WKRP In Cincinatti) where a local man of the cloth (who was leading a "moral" crusade to clean up the airwaves) …
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    >Yes thanks, no rain, no snow As AD pointed out, we have more than enough where he is as well as in the great white north where I am. Unfortunately …
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    Microsoft Visual Studio.
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    I don't know about newer versions of folder lock, but older versions relied on a rootkit. As such, folders were hidden only when accessing them from that machine and that …
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    He was speaking to people who believe in heaven.
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    One-upped again ;-P
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    A guy buys a pub and renames it the "Pig and Whistle" but when the new sign is delivered it says "PigandWhistle" so he tells the workman that there should …
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    Back from Bulgaria?
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    It is the custom of each community to form the minds of its young in a mold, introducing a binding agent of prejudice. The result is a remarkably tough substance …
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    I tried that approach in school. **TEACHER:** Jim. Please use the word, obsequious in a sentence. **ME:** "I don't know the meaning of the word, obsequious."
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    I've got the feeder full of seeds and there isn't a single bird in it. When I was a lad we used to get Hungarian Partridges come in all kinds …
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    Still -29C with a windchill of -41. The dog is displeased.
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    Try SELECT COUNT(lead.id) FROM lead JOIN lead_status ls ON ls.lead_id=lead.id AND ls.id=(SELECT MAX(id) FROM lead_status WHERE lead_status=1) Note the replacement of **WHERE** with **ON** and the correction of the field …
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    >And there you go. That's not quite kosher ;-P
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    Have a look at [this tutorial](http://www.tutorialspoint.com/vb.net/vb.net_database_access.htm) for starters.
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    Here's one. Construct a meaningful sentence which contains the consecutive words "and and and and and".
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    Marked Solved Status for Error in VB 6.0 with .Open command

    Please help me..What is wrong with this syntax...there are 2 parts of error.. Private Sub class_initialize() DoEvents Set con = New ADODB.Connection With con .ConnectionString = "Driver=(MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver);SERVER=localhost;PWD=;UID=root;PORT=3306;DATABASe=cvsur;" …
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    Hello, I've been trying to create a function to calculate and return the total payment. RadioDay is a radio button with value of 7 while RadioHour is 70. Somehow I …
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    David Ogden Stiers (post M\*A\*S\*H) played the "old" dude.
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    queue?
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    Replied To a Post in Error in VB 6.0 with .Open command

    Please post the exact error message text. Also, check your connection string. You are using parentheses instead of curly brackets. Example "Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};Server=localhost;Database=myDataBase; User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;"
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    Edited Error in VB 6.0 with .Open command

    Please help me..What is wrong with this syntax...there are 2 parts of error.. Private Sub class_initialize() DoEvents Set con = New ADODB.Connection With con .ConnectionString = "Driver=(MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver);SERVER=localhost;PWD=;UID=root;PORT=3306;DATABASe=cvsur;" …
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    Edited Error in VB 6.0 with .Open command

    Please help me..What is wrong with this syntax...there are 2 parts of error.. Private Sub class_initialize() DoEvents Set con = New ADODB.Connection With con .ConnectionString = "Driver=(MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver);SERVER=localhost;PWD=;UID=root;PORT=3306;DATABASe=cvsur;" …
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    Edited Error in VB 6.0 with .Open command

    Please help me..What is wrong with this syntax...there are 2 parts of error.. Private Sub class_initialize() DoEvents Set con = New ADODB.Connection With con .ConnectionString = "Driver=(MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver);SERVER=localhost;PWD=;UID=root;PORT=3306;DATABASe=cvsur;" …
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    Sorta like Logan's Run.

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