From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Nov 2 14:04:57 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:04:57 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Free internet phone for you application In-Reply-To: References: <5907BA036AB64B45B7CDB7A75EECF0CA@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <4FCADAD6C4AC49B1AFF5A984D6D277AB@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi All: Here is a very interesting application. It can provide an API or via a JQuery plug-in allow your browser to call a 10 minute free call anywhere. (I have not tested how far this extends but definitely local and a couple of long distance calls work.) It requires no server and just runs off the client. Check this out: http://www.phono.com/ Jim From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Nov 12 15:01:41 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:01:41 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] office 365 Message-ID: <23EC1A8561204EB893019C83D2635A42@salvationomc4p> Has anyone signed up for the beta and been accepted yet? I've signed up. Susan H. From fuller.artful at gmail.com Sat Nov 13 12:17:26 2010 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:17:26 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Auto-Backup Message-ID: Hi all, A while ago I inquired about creating a more intelligent backup system, that would recognize all changed or new files on multiple partitions and automagically copy them to some destination, in my case being a 16GB memory stick (which only cost $20!). After scouting the Net I was reminded that I already had installed, as part of Windows7 (and prior versions too), RoboCopy. If you have not investigated this wonderful example of command-line software, I invite you to do so at your earliest convenience. It's just about everything I could want from such a program. I opened NoteTab (my favourite text editer) and inspected its help file and created a couple of CMD files to do what I need to do every night, and often forget to do, thanks to John Stuart's sense of humour. But now the Main Squeeze takes care of herself. A couple of CMD files and adding them to the schedule has placed me in some approximation of Nirvana. This works, and does it beautifully! As a retired person with only one client but also a voracious appetite for articles, only some of which are about programming, I cannot afford to purchase a TB drive, but this little freeware program has given me a new lease on life, as it were. There's nice documentation, and with a few copy/paste commands you can quickly create the CMD files that concern your folders of interest. Thanks to the 16GB stick, I'm confident that I have enough space to replicate the stuff of interest. My SQL database directory is another story, but as long as I remember to stick in a blank dual-layer DVD, I'm covered there as well. Thanks to the switches available in RoboCopy, the box won't bother copying unchanged files, and deal only with the new or changed files. So all I have to remember to do is, every morning ensure that the stick is in place and a blank DVD is in place. The rest I can leave to the Universe. She will take care of me! These RoboCopy CMD files are dead-simple to create. The way I've set things up, the Documents library goes to a rewritable dual-layer DVD and the application I'm working on goes to the 16Gb memory stick, and after 3 days of testing, I am satisfied that it works beautifully. Yes, you people with lots of clients and corresponding budgets, this might all sound very amateurish to you. I accept that, and my only excuse is my miniscule pension. But it works! So if either: a) you're subsisting on minimal income; or b) you're a cheapskate that doesn't want to toss out money for a TB drive; or c) you're just interested in exploring new free solutions Then I heartily suggest that you investigate RoboCopy. I am totally sold on this pretty baby. Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Nov 13 15:48:31 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:48:31 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Auto-Backup In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5AE99F68B70B4F33BC0D2947D67A67D9@creativesystemdesigns.com> I used RoboCopy just once and that was because I was just copying a group of files to a little Debian Linux box. For some reason the LAN card was misbehaving so the transfer process would quit at random times. With RoboCopy I just set it to retry indefinitely and few days later the process was complete. ;-) You can also use MS SyncToy is excellent too and the price is right: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4e e9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 10:17 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Auto-Backup Hi all, A while ago I inquired about creating a more intelligent backup system, that would recognize all changed or new files on multiple partitions and automagically copy them to some destination, in my case being a 16GB memory stick (which only cost $20!). After scouting the Net I was reminded that I already had installed, as part of Windows7 (and prior versions too), RoboCopy. If you have not investigated this wonderful example of command-line software, I invite you to do so at your earliest convenience. It's just about everything I could want from such a program. I opened NoteTab (my favourite text editer) and inspected its help file and created a couple of CMD files to do what I need to do every night, and often forget to do, thanks to John Stuart's sense of humour. But now the Main Squeeze takes care of herself. A couple of CMD files and adding them to the schedule has placed me in some approximation of Nirvana. This works, and does it beautifully! As a retired person with only one client but also a voracious appetite for articles, only some of which are about programming, I cannot afford to purchase a TB drive, but this little freeware program has given me a new lease on life, as it were. There's nice documentation, and with a few copy/paste commands you can quickly create the CMD files that concern your folders of interest. Thanks to the 16GB stick, I'm confident that I have enough space to replicate the stuff of interest. My SQL database directory is another story, but as long as I remember to stick in a blank dual-layer DVD, I'm covered there as well. Thanks to the switches available in RoboCopy, the box won't bother copying unchanged files, and deal only with the new or changed files. So all I have to remember to do is, every morning ensure that the stick is in place and a blank DVD is in place. The rest I can leave to the Universe. She will take care of me! These RoboCopy CMD files are dead-simple to create. The way I've set things up, the Documents library goes to a rewritable dual-layer DVD and the application I'm working on goes to the 16Gb memory stick, and after 3 days of testing, I am satisfied that it works beautifully. Yes, you people with lots of clients and corresponding budgets, this might all sound very amateurish to you. I accept that, and my only excuse is my miniscule pension. But it works! So if either: a) you're subsisting on minimal income; or b) you're a cheapskate that doesn't want to toss out money for a TB drive; or c) you're just interested in exploring new free solutions Then I heartily suggest that you investigate RoboCopy. I am totally sold on this pretty baby. Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Mon Nov 15 22:25:03 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:25:03 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Like a Third Leg Message-ID: I need another computer like a third lag - especially a laptop. I have a big Dell with a 15 inch screen that I carry around now. But I find that I don't really do much real development on the road and kind of minimal customer support. So I'm kind of enamored of the idea of a netbook because of its small size and weight. Mostly when I'm on the road I only want internet access for email. But I need to be able to run Office so I can support customers if I have to. There's one at Staples, a closeout for only $225. HP Mini Notebook 210-11 150NR - 10.1" screen, 250GBHD, !GB RAM, ^-cell battery, Atom N455 processor, W7 starter. Does anyone have any experience with these netbooks? Pros? Cons? TIA Rocky From garykjos at gmail.com Tue Nov 16 11:16:17 2010 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:16:17 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Like a Third Leg In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Wow at that price it's worth trying it out. That seems like a steal of a deal. Not sure what Windows 7 Starter's limitations might be if any. GK On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > I need another computer like a third lag - especially a laptop. ?I have a > big Dell with a 15 inch screen that I carry around now. ?But I find that I > don't really do much real development on the road and kind of minimal > customer support. ?So I'm kind of enamored of the idea of a netbook because > of its small size and weight. ?Mostly when I'm on the road I only want > internet access for email. ?But I need to be able to run Office so I can > support customers if I have to. > > There's one at Staples, a closeout for only $225. ?HP Mini Notebook 210-11 > 150NR - 10.1" screen, 250GBHD, !GB RAM, ^-cell battery, Atom N455 processor, > W7 starter. > > Does anyone have any experience with these netbooks? ?Pros? Cons? > > TIA > > Rocky > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Tue Nov 16 17:06:50 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:06:50 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Like a Third Leg In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <99E01B9C0BB943B79F962562E170A949@HAL9005> Starter is limited to 3 open apps at a time, IIRC. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:16 AM To: Off Topic Cc: List; Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Like a Third Leg Wow at that price it's worth trying it out. That seems like a steal of a deal. Not sure what Windows 7 Starter's limitations might be if any. GK On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > I need another computer like a third lag - especially a laptop. ?I > have a big Dell with a 15 inch screen that I carry around now. ?But I > find that I don't really do much real development on the road and kind > of minimal customer support. ?So I'm kind of enamored of the idea of a > netbook because of its small size and weight. ?Mostly when I'm on the > road I only want internet access for email. ?But I need to be able to > run Office so I can support customers if I have to. > > There's one at Staples, a closeout for only $225. ?HP Mini Notebook > 210-11 150NR - 10.1" screen, 250GBHD, !GB RAM, ^-cell battery, Atom > N455 processor, > W7 starter. > > Does anyone have any experience with these netbooks? ?Pros? Cons? > > TIA > > Rocky > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From df.waters at comcast.net Tue Nov 16 07:37:45 2010 From: df.waters at comcast.net (Dan Waters) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:37:45 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] Like a Third Leg In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00A63300ABD7470CB510661B5EF68449@DanWaters> A friend of mine does have one. It is very light weight and easy to carry. But the screen is small - fine for email and OK for internet browsing, but it would be pretty lousy for any development work. If you could use a client's PC for any on-site support you'd be in pretty good shape. You may want to check reviews on NewEgg or Amazon before you select a particular model. Good Luck! Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:25 PM To: List; 'Off Topic'; 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [dba-Tech] Like a Third Leg I need another computer like a third lag - especially a laptop. I have a big Dell with a 15 inch screen that I carry around now. But I find that I don't really do much real development on the road and kind of minimal customer support. So I'm kind of enamored of the idea of a netbook because of its small size and weight. Mostly when I'm on the road I only want internet access for email. But I need to be able to run Office so I can support customers if I have to. There's one at Staples, a closeout for only $225. HP Mini Notebook 210-11 150NR - 10.1" screen, 250GBHD, !GB RAM, ^-cell battery, Atom N455 processor, W7 starter. Does anyone have any experience with these netbooks? Pros? Cons? TIA Rocky From phil.rosenkranz at co.yakima.wa.us Tue Nov 16 08:53:57 2010 From: phil.rosenkranz at co.yakima.wa.us (Phil Rosenkranz) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:53:57 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Like a Third Leg In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have a Toshiba netbook. I bumped the memory to 2 gigs (bios max). It didn't come with a CD/DVD drive, but they do sell external optical drive units. I installed Open Office on my netbook because I didn't want to overburden the poor little thing with MS Office bloat. The netbook is good for what it's intended for but I wouldn't want it to be my only computer. PR Phil Rosenkranz?|?Program Coordinator/Applications Specialist | ?Yakima County Public Services? Direct?509.574.2250 | Toll Free 800.572.7354 | Fax 509.574.2301 > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech- > bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 8:25 PM > To: List; 'Off Topic'; 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: [dba-Tech] Like a Third Leg > > I need another computer like a third lag - especially a laptop. I have a > big Dell with a 15 inch screen that I carry around now. But I find that I > don't really do much real development on the road and kind of minimal > customer support. So I'm kind of enamored of the idea of a netbook because > of its small size and weight. Mostly when I'm on the road I only want > internet access for email. But I need to be able to run Office so I can > support customers if I have to. > > There's one at Staples, a closeout for only $225. HP Mini Notebook 210-11 > 150NR - 10.1" screen, 250GBHD, !GB RAM, ^-cell battery, Atom N455 processor, > W7 starter. > > Does anyone have any experience with these netbooks? Pros? Cons? > > TIA > > Rocky > > From garykjos at gmail.com Thu Nov 18 08:44:42 2010 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:44:42 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Like a Third Leg In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I looked at Netbooks when I was at Costco last night. They are cute! I found I could see the screens pretty well even at the small size and the touch pads worked pretty well. They had an Acer for $249 as the best price. It had a 160GB hard drive. They had an HP for around $300 I think it was. GK On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > I need another computer like a third lag - especially a laptop. ?I have a > big Dell with a 15 inch screen that I carry around now. ?But I find that I > don't really do much real development on the road and kind of minimal > customer support. ?So I'm kind of enamored of the idea of a netbook because > of its small size and weight. ?Mostly when I'm on the road I only want > internet access for email. ?But I need to be able to run Office so I can > support customers if I have to. > > There's one at Staples, a closeout for only $225. ?HP Mini Notebook 210-11 > 150NR - 10.1" screen, 250GBHD, !GB RAM, ^-cell battery, Atom N455 processor, > W7 starter. > > Does anyone have any experience with these netbooks? ?Pros? Cons? > > TIA > > Rocky > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Nov 18 11:18:37 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:18:37 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] W7 Freeze the desktop Message-ID: <7305604032B849D1893ED7775AB252A4@HAL9005> Dear Lists: On cute little TeenyComp which is running W7, I arrange my icons on the desktop where I want them. But then when TeenyComp starts up it puts everything back on the left side top to bottom. How do I train this bad boy not to do that but leave my icons WHERE I PUT THEM!!! (dammit) TIA Rocky From jon.tydda at lonza.com Thu Nov 18 11:23:18 2010 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:23:18 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] W7 Freeze the desktop In-Reply-To: <7305604032B849D1893ED7775AB252A4@HAL9005> References: <7305604032B849D1893ED7775AB252A4@HAL9005> Message-ID: On my W7 PC, I right click on the desktop, go to View, and untick "Align to Grid" and "Align Automatically", and that stops all that mullarkey. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 18 November 2010 17:19 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] W7 Freeze the desktop Dear Lists: On cute little TeenyComp which is running W7, I arrange my icons on the desktop where I want them. But then when TeenyComp starts up it puts everything back on the left side top to bottom. How do I train this bad boy not to do that but leave my icons WHERE I PUT THEM!!! (dammit) TIA Rocky This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Nov 18 11:53:50 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:53:50 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] W7 Freeze the desktop In-Reply-To: References: <7305604032B849D1893ED7775AB252A4@HAL9005> Message-ID: <3C2795BD65A0415EB16EE1A2F7A94DA0@HAL9005> That worked! Thanks. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon - Slough Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:23 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] W7 Freeze the desktop On my W7 PC, I right click on the desktop, go to View, and untick "Align to Grid" and "Align Automatically", and that stops all that mullarkey. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 18 November 2010 17:19 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] W7 Freeze the desktop Dear Lists: On cute little TeenyComp which is running W7, I arrange my icons on the desktop where I want them. But then when TeenyComp starts up it puts everything back on the left side top to bottom. How do I train this bad boy not to do that but leave my icons WHERE I PUT THEM!!! (dammit) TIA Rocky This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jon.tydda at lonza.com Fri Nov 19 05:47:52 2010 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:47:52 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word VBA problem Message-ID: Hi all I'm using Word 2003, and I'm having trouble with some vba code that's been shoved at me... My document has two images in it, I've written code (well, recorded it) to resize them and position them on the page as necessary. The only thing is that the Macro recorder doesn't let me select the image from the page (it also doesn't let me open the header/footer sections either, but that's another story). How do I tell my bits of code which images I need to resize? I'm familiar with Excel vba, and I thought that it would be vaguely similar, but I'm really having trouble finding the object to reference... Any clues? Jon ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From jon.tydda at lonza.com Mon Nov 22 09:16:28 2010 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:16:28 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word VBA problem Message-ID: I found the solution... To refer to the first object, you need to use this syntax: _____________________________________________ From: Tydda Jon - Slough Sent: 19 November 2010 11:48 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Word VBA problem Hi all I'm using Word 2003, and I'm having trouble with some vba code that's been shoved at me... My document has two images in it, I've written code (well, recorded it) to resize them and position them on the page as necessary. The only thing is that the Macro recorder doesn't let me select the image from the page (it also doesn't let me open the header/footer sections either, but that's another story). How do I tell my bits of code which images I need to resize? I'm familiar with Excel vba, and I thought that it would be vaguely similar, but I'm really having trouble finding the object to reference... Any clues? Jon ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From jon.tydda at lonza.com Mon Nov 22 09:18:39 2010 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:18:39 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word VBA problem Message-ID: I found the solution... To refer to the first object, you need to use this syntax: ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Select Selection.InlineShapes(1).Fill.Solid To refer to the second object, you need this one: ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(2).Select Selection.InlineShapes(1).Fill.Solid Using InlineShapes(1) and (2) to refer to the object when it's not selected, but then using InlineShapes(1) to refer to it thereafter. Confused? Me too! Jon _____________________________________________ From: Tydda Jon - Slough Sent: 19 November 2010 11:48 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Word VBA problem Hi all I'm using Word 2003, and I'm having trouble with some vba code that's been shoved at me... My document has two images in it, I've written code (well, recorded it) to resize them and position them on the page as necessary. The only thing is that the Macro recorder doesn't let me select the image from the page (it also doesn't let me open the header/footer sections either, but that's another story). How do I tell my bits of code which images I need to resize? I'm familiar with Excel vba, and I thought that it would be vaguely similar, but I'm really having trouble finding the object to reference... Any clues? Jon ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Nov 22 13:36:55 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:36:55 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word VBA problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3ABE5C63BB754AC9A4BFBFB37E0CE634@creativesystemdesigns.com> Good work Jon...I will remember this. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon - Slough Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 7:19 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Word VBA problem I found the solution... To refer to the first object, you need to use this syntax: ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1).Select Selection.InlineShapes(1).Fill.Solid To refer to the second object, you need this one: ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(2).Select Selection.InlineShapes(1).Fill.Solid Using InlineShapes(1) and (2) to refer to the object when it's not selected, but then using InlineShapes(1) to refer to it thereafter. Confused? Me too! Jon _____________________________________________ From: Tydda Jon - Slough Sent: 19 November 2010 11:48 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Word VBA problem Hi all I'm using Word 2003, and I'm having trouble with some vba code that's been shoved at me... My document has two images in it, I've written code (well, recorded it) to resize them and position them on the page as necessary. The only thing is that the Macro recorder doesn't let me select the image from the page (it also doesn't let me open the header/footer sections either, but that's another story). How do I tell my bits of code which images I need to resize? I'm familiar with Excel vba, and I thought that it would be vaguely similar, but I'm really having trouble finding the object to reference... Any clues? Jon ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Mon Nov 22 15:11:48 2010 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:11:48 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word VBA problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4CEADC94.24023.2870F193@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Seems logical to me. There is a big difference between all the shapes in a document,all the shapes in a selection and a selected shape. Take a document with three paragraphs. The first paragraph contains an inline shape and the second and third paragraphs each contain two in line shapes. If you just select the shape by itself, it is ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(5) and Selection.InlineShapes(1) However if you select the complete third paragraph, it is ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(5) and Selection.InlineShapes(2) _- Stuart On 22 Nov 2010 at 16:18, Tydda Jon - Slough wrote: > Using InlineShapes(1) and (2) to refer to the object when it's not > selected, but then using InlineShapes(1) to refer to it thereafter. > Confused? Me too! > > From ssharkins at gmail.com Mon Nov 29 17:47:48 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:47:48 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel question Message-ID: <98058729C4F64BD2A945D686F3CE1F3A@salvationomc4p> Is there anyway to keep users from changing formulas, etc. in specific cells without turning on protection? I'll tell you what I'm doing, because maybe there's a better way. Users can enter new records, as many as they like -- but the cells at the far right have formulas. I don't want them to keep entering, right over the formulas. However, if I unlock the data entry cells and turn on protection, they can't enter as many records as they like, unless of course, I unlock a huge range of cells -- down to row 65535. Is that the only recourse? I just noticed something else interesting. I have the extend formulas and formats option selected and it works fine, except in the last data entry column. I can't get Excel to copy a border format to the new record. Curious. Susan H. From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Mon Nov 29 23:07:56 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:07:56 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] W7 monitor driver Message-ID: <182039CCE92F4904BFC50B9ED8EF03EB@HAL9005> Dear Lists: Just installed W7 on a comp and the 19" LCD Acer P191W monitor is not displaying the right aspect ratio. It's displaying square and I don't have a choice for a 16:9 aspect ratio. I downloaded the latest driver from Acer (I think) and tried updating it through the device manager (I think). But no luck. Does anybody know how to do this? TIA Rocky From marklbreen at gmail.com Tue Nov 30 02:57:58 2010 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:57:58 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] W7 monitor driver In-Reply-To: <182039CCE92F4904BFC50B9ED8EF03EB@HAL9005> References: <182039CCE92F4904BFC50B9ED8EF03EB@HAL9005> Message-ID: Hi Rocky, I think I have seen this a few times, even with a HDMI cable and TV. Sometimes, a reboot or two allow the pc to figure out what it is talking to. Mark On 30 November 2010 05:07, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Dear Lists: > > Just installed W7 on a comp and the 19" LCD Acer P191W monitor is not > displaying the right aspect ratio. It's displaying square and I don't have > a choice for a 16:9 aspect ratio. I downloaded the latest driver from Acer > (I think) and tried updating it through the device manager (I think). But > no luck. > > Does anybody know how to do this? > > TIA > > Rocky > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > From garykjos at gmail.com Tue Nov 30 08:00:25 2010 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:00:25 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] W7 monitor driver In-Reply-To: <182039CCE92F4904BFC50B9ED8EF03EB@HAL9005> References: <182039CCE92F4904BFC50B9ED8EF03EB@HAL9005> Message-ID: What about the Video Card driver? Perhaps an update it available for that? GK On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Dear Lists: > > Just installed W7 on a comp and the 19" LCD Acer P191W monitor is not > displaying the right aspect ratio. ?It's displaying square and I don't have > a choice for a 16:9 aspect ratio. ?I downloaded the latest driver from Acer > (I think) and tried updating it through the device manager (I think). ?But > no luck. > > Does anybody know how to do this? > > TIA > > Rocky > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From jerbach at gmail.com Tue Nov 30 09:12:10 2010 From: jerbach at gmail.com (Janet Erbach) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:12:10 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel question In-Reply-To: <98058729C4F64BD2A945D686F3CE1F3A@salvationomc4p> References: <98058729C4F64BD2A945D686F3CE1F3A@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: Susan - Are the formulas the same for each row? Could you put one set of formulas on a separate page (do they call that a 'workbook' now?) within your spreadsheet? Or even place the formulas in an external worksheet? You could data protect those cells and then use absolute referencing in your formulas pointing to the new page/spreadsheet. (You might even be able name each formula and use the names in place of cell addresses - I haven't used names a whole lot, so I can't say whether it's worth the effort or not.) I used to have a very complex sales forecast spreadsheet that was built entirely on links to an external spreadsheet - it worked great. Janet Erbach On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Susan Harkins wrote: > > > Is there anyway to keep users from changing formulas, etc. in specific > cells without turning on protection? > > I'll tell you what I'm doing, because maybe there's a better way. Users can > enter new records, as many as they like -- but the cells at the far right > have formulas. I don't want them to keep entering, right over the formulas. > However, if I unlock the data entry cells and turn on protection, they can't > enter as many records as they like, unless of course, I unlock a huge range > of cells -- down to row 65535. Is that the only recourse? > > I just noticed something else interesting. I have the extend formulas and > formats option selected and it works fine, except in the last data entry > column. I can't get Excel to copy a border format to the new record. > Curious. > > Susan H. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From ssharkins at gmail.com Tue Nov 30 09:34:36 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:34:36 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel question References: <98058729C4F64BD2A945D686F3CE1F3A@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: > Are the formulas the same for each row? ========Yes. Could you put one set of formulas > on a separate page (do they call that a 'workbook' now?) within your > spreadsheet? Or even place the formulas in an external worksheet? You > could data protect those cells and then use absolute referencing in your > formulas pointing to the new page/spreadsheet. (You might even be able > name > each formula and use the names in place of cell addresses - I haven't > used > names a whole lot, so I can't say whether it's worth the effort or not.) > I > used to have a very complex sales forecast spreadsheet that was built > entirely on links to an external spreadsheet - it worked great. ========Well, the users will want to see the results with their work -- it's a timesheet. It's Okay as is, but I would've liked a bit more guidance and protection. For now, I'm just changing tactics -- if they want more rows, they can unprotect the sheet, format more rows, turn on protection again. It's not what I want, but it beats a blank. Susan H. From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Tue Nov 30 10:21:22 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:21:22 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] W7 monitor driver In-Reply-To: References: <182039CCE92F4904BFC50B9ED8EF03EB@HAL9005> Message-ID: <6B91A0F044CE401DADBA0075E4DFF80C@HAL9005> W7 felt better this morning - rebooted itself and now allows the monitor to set 16:9. I like this new OS - self-healing is a real advance in software. I'm going to hook up a voice response unit this morning and see if it'll open the pod bay doors. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:00 AM To: Off Topic Cc: List Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] W7 monitor driver What about the Video Card driver? Perhaps an update it available for that? GK On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Dear Lists: > > Just installed W7 on a comp and the 19" LCD Acer P191W monitor is not > displaying the right aspect ratio. ?It's displaying square and I don't > have a choice for a 16:9 aspect ratio. ?I downloaded the latest driver > from Acer (I think) and tried updating it through the device manager > (I think). ?But no luck. > > Does anybody know how to do this? > > TIA > > Rocky > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Tue Nov 30 10:29:48 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:29:48 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] W7 monitor driver In-Reply-To: References: <182039CCE92F4904BFC50B9ED8EF03EB@HAL9005> Message-ID: <74DD07B32EAD469BB7ED8D45DED511D1@HAL9005> You are correct, sir! Rebooted overnight and now allows 16:9. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 12:58 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Cc: Off Topic Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] W7 monitor driver Hi Rocky, I think I have seen this a few times, even with a HDMI cable and TV. Sometimes, a reboot or two allow the pc to figure out what it is talking to. Mark On 30 November 2010 05:07, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Dear Lists: > > Just installed W7 on a comp and the 19" LCD Acer P191W monitor is not > displaying the right aspect ratio. It's displaying square and I don't > have a choice for a 16:9 aspect ratio. I downloaded the latest driver > from Acer (I think) and tried updating it through the device manager > (I think). But no luck. > > Does anybody know how to do this? > > TIA > > Rocky > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com