From Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com Wed Sep 1 09:44:13 2010 From: Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com (Heenan, Lambert) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:44:13 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel protection question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Here's a possibility. Say cell B2 in some worksheet is the linked cell. Then this code would move the focus out of that cell any time it reaches there... Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) With ActiveWindow If Target.Address = "$B$2" Then SendKeys "{Tab}" End If End With End Sub HTH Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:06 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel protection question I've run into a peculiar problem with an Excel sheet. I'm using Forms option buttons in a group box -- in a protected sheet. Unfortunately, if I don't unlock the linked cell (linked to the option buttons), I can't click the option buttons themselves. Okay, so I unlock the linked cell, but then, in protect mode, Excel selects that cell. I don't want to select that cell -- I want Excel to select the first cell in an input range and ignore that I've unlocked that linked cell. Any advice? Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Sep 1 14:09:02 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:09:02 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox and Tab Candy In-Reply-To: <73488EA1A1F8436A991CE2BAC970F50E@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <8890CCAF23B748FB82C909A79CE8F704@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C75C6B5.16758.3C0236B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C0C6977D5DB4CD59481F0A2897B6AB2@creativesystemdesigns.com> <685198.79862.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <674EFC14F54947C0962C6FC80A40CD2E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4CB4089368EF4188A8E77E4F27122E6D@creativesystemdesigns.com> <27FF57A6A65440F4AC7E0DD8D56306AB@creativesystemdesigns.com> <7C86E6B1BA034B86A86CBB3F00E6DFA8@creativesystemdesigns.com> <73488EA1A1F8436A991CE2BAC970F50E@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <507AF8F7AF134E1F872C65F1AD71199F@creativesystemdesigns.com> Firefox has been talking (posting) about its new Tab-Candy project for some time (since last May) and it is finally ready... at least for those who are willing to try the alpha version. For those of you who do not seen or heard of this browser tech jump check out the video attached to the following link. This new set of innovations looks like a real winner: http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/tabcandy/ I suspect that their competition is currently working on versions of their own. Jim From Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com Wed Sep 1 14:45:24 2010 From: Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com (Heenan, Lambert) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:45:24 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox and Tab Candy In-Reply-To: <507AF8F7AF134E1F872C65F1AD71199F@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <8890CCAF23B748FB82C909A79CE8F704@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C75C6B5.16758.3C0236B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C0C6977D5DB4CD59481F0A2897B6AB2@creativesystemdesigns.com> <685198.79862.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <674EFC14F54947C0962C6FC80A40CD2E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4CB4089368EF4188A8E77E4F27122E6D@creativesystemdesigns.com> <27FF57A6A65440F4AC7E0DD8D56306AB@creativesystemdesigns.com> <7C86E6B1BA034B86A86CBB3F00E6DFA8@creativesystemdesigns.com> <73488EA1A1F8436A991CE2BAC970F50E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <507AF8F7AF134E1F872C65F1AD71199F@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: And for Chrome addicts take a look at Tab Sugar https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/libokbfffpaopdjmeofdfpmlanaenaje Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:09 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox and Tab Candy Firefox has been talking (posting) about its new Tab-Candy project for some time (since last May) and it is finally ready... at least for those who are willing to try the alpha version. For those of you who do not seen or heard of this browser tech jump check out the video attached to the following link. This new set of innovations looks like a real winner: http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/tabcandy/ I suspect that their competition is currently working on versions of their own. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Sep 1 16:08:06 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:08:06 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox and Tab Candy In-Reply-To: References: <8890CCAF23B748FB82C909A79CE8F704@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C75C6B5.16758.3C0236B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C0C6977D5DB4CD59481F0A2897B6AB2@creativesystemdesigns.com> <685198.79862.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <674EFC14F54947C0962C6FC80A40CD2E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4CB4089368EF4188A8E77E4F27122E6D@creativesystemdesigns.com> <27FF57A6A65440F4AC7E0DD8D56306AB@creativesystemdesigns.com> <7C86E6B1BA034B86A86CBB3F00E6DFA8@creativesystemdesigns.com> <73488EA1A1F8436A991CE2BAC970F50E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <507AF8F7AF134E1F872C65F1AD71199F@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <26B8962AC6534169A7F4655DF9AB79D5@creativesystemdesigns.com> I knew that would happen quickly... ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:45 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Firefox and Tab Candy And for Chrome addicts take a look at Tab Sugar https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/libokbfffpaopdjmeofdfpmlanaenaje Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:09 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox and Tab Candy Firefox has been talking (posting) about its new Tab-Candy project for some time (since last May) and it is finally ready... at least for those who are willing to try the alpha version. For those of you who do not seen or heard of this browser tech jump check out the video attached to the following link. This new set of innovations looks like a real winner: http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/tabcandy/ I suspect that their competition is currently working on versions of their own. Jim _______________________________________________ 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 From john at winhaven.net Wed Sep 1 22:11:25 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 22:11:25 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox and Tab Candy In-Reply-To: <507AF8F7AF134E1F872C65F1AD71199F@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <8890CCAF23B748FB82C909A79CE8F704@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C75C6B5.16758.3C0236B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C0C6977D5DB4CD59481F0A2897B6AB2@creativesystemdesigns.com> <685198.79862.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <674EFC14F54947C0962C6FC80A40CD2E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4CB4089368EF4188A8E77E4F27122E6D@creativesystemdesigns.com> <27FF57A6A65440F4AC7E0DD8D56306AB@creativesystemdesigns.com> <7C86E6B1BA034B86A86CBB3F00E6DFA8@creativesystemdesigns.com> <73488EA1A1F8436A991CE2BAC970F50E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <507AF8F7AF134E1F872C65F1AD71199F@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <01c801cb4a4c$874cd340$95e679c0$@winhaven.net> Very nice -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 2:09 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox and Tab Candy Firefox has been talking (posting) about its new Tab-Candy project for some time (since last May) and it is finally ready... at least for those who are willing to try the alpha version. For those of you who do not seen or heard of this browser tech jump check out the video attached to the following link. This new set of innovations looks like a real winner: http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/tabcandy/ I suspect that their competition is currently working on versions of their own. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Sep 1 22:52:26 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:52:26 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Another major breakthrough in computer miniaturization In-Reply-To: <01c801cb4a4c$874cd340$95e679c0$@winhaven.net> References: <8890CCAF23B748FB82C909A79CE8F704@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C75C6B5.16758.3C0236B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C0C6977D5DB4CD59481F0A2897B6AB2@creativesystemdesigns.com> <685198.79862.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <674EFC14F54947C0962C6FC80A40CD2E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4CB4089368EF4188A8E77E4F27122E6D@creativesystemdesigns.com> <27FF57A6A65440F4AC7E0DD8D56306AB@creativesystemdesigns.com> <7C86E6B1BA034B86A86CBB3F00E6DFA8@creativesystemdesigns.com> <73488EA1A1F8436A991CE2BAC970F50E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <507AF8F7AF134E1F872C65F1AD71199F@creativesystemdesigns.com> <01c801cb4a4c$874cd340$95e679c0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <8907FD6D749D41B9A6758FC6E85AE18F@creativesystemdesigns.com> There is a couple of major advancement in miniaturization which promises such things as super small computers and massive capacity all at the same time. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/science/31compute.html?_r=1 Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Sep 2 09:38:34 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:38:34 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] IIS 7.5 now has smooth streaming In-Reply-To: <8907FD6D749D41B9A6758FC6E85AE18F@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <8890CCAF23B748FB82C909A79CE8F704@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C75C6B5.16758.3C0236B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C0C6977D5DB4CD59481F0A2897B6AB2@creativesystemdesigns.com> <685198.79862.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <674EFC14F54947C0962C6FC80A40CD2E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4CB4089368EF4188A8E77E4F27122E6D@creativesystemdesigns.com> <27FF57A6A65440F4AC7E0DD8D56306AB@creativesystemdesigns.com> <7C86E6B1BA034B86A86CBB3F00E6DFA8@creativesystemdesigns.com> <73488EA1A1F8436A991CE2BAC970F50E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <507AF8F7AF134E1F872C65F1AD71199F@creativesystemdesigns.com> <01c801cb4a4c$874cd340$95e679c0$@winhaven.net> <8907FD6D749D41B9A6758FC6E85AE18F@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <87A5D5BD1D6F4277A9CB29BF7947DFBE@creativesystemdesigns.com> IIS 7.5 from Microsoft, the latest version that ships with all their servers now has a smooth streaming plug-in that will allow your own company to deliver video and audio without having to invest in a Flash Server. Check it out: http://www.iis.net/download/SmoothStreaming This product is also integrated with SilverLite. Jim From john at winhaven.net Thu Sep 2 11:26:04 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:26:04 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view Message-ID: <02a201cb4abb$8a26f5e0$9e74e1a0$@winhaven.net> Is there a way I can show 2 weeks in my Outlook Calendar view? John From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Sep 2 14:29:35 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:29:35 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view References: <02a201cb4abb$8a26f5e0$9e74e1a0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <1B415BF2567B4674AFA560F3848D6CCE@salvationomc4p> You can display anything you want using the Date Navigator, but I don't think you can save that view. Susan H. > Is there a way I can show 2 weeks in my Outlook Calendar view? From john at winhaven.net Thu Sep 2 11:56:34 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:56:34 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view In-Reply-To: <1B415BF2567B4674AFA560F3848D6CCE@salvationomc4p> References: <02a201cb4abb$8a26f5e0$9e74e1a0$@winhaven.net> <1B415BF2567B4674AFA560F3848D6CCE@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: <02d701cb4abf$cce3a0f0$66aae2d0$@winhaven.net> Thanks, you can save the view - it just doesn't work ;o) I have a 24" screen and I can only ever see two appointments per day in monthly view -arg! -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:30 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view You can display anything you want using the Date Navigator, but I don't think you can save that view. Susan H. > Is there a way I can show 2 weeks in my Outlook Calendar view? _______________________________________________ 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 Thu Sep 2 15:12:03 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:12:03 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view References: <02a201cb4abb$8a26f5e0$9e74e1a0$@winhaven.net><1B415BF2567B4674AFA560F3848D6CCE@salvationomc4p> <02d701cb4abf$cce3a0f0$66aae2d0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <48F70066C79146528D841489642CD35E@salvationomc4p> What version are you using? I only have 2010 installed, but we've discussed custom views on my TR blog a few times. But I don't think there's anything there that will help. Try this one It's the "Last week we asked" portion -- it's the answer to the previous challenge. Susan H. > Thanks, you can save the view - it just doesn't work ;o) > > I have a 24" screen and I can only ever see two appointments per day in > monthly view -arg! > > > You can display anything you want using the Date Navigator, but I don't > think you can save that view. > > Susan H. > > >> Is there a way I can show 2 weeks in my Outlook Calendar view? From john at winhaven.net Thu Sep 2 13:28:18 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:28:18 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view In-Reply-To: <48F70066C79146528D841489642CD35E@salvationomc4p> References: <02a201cb4abb$8a26f5e0$9e74e1a0$@winhaven.net><1B415BF2567B4674AFA560F3848D6CCE@salvationomc4p> <02d701cb4abf$cce3a0f0$66aae2d0$@winhaven.net> <48F70066C79146528D841489642CD35E@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: <030201cb4acc$9d509980$d7f1cc80$@winhaven.net> 2010 - link please :o) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:12 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view What version are you using? I only have 2010 installed, but we've discussed custom views on my TR blog a few times. But I don't think there's anything there that will help. Try this one It's the "Last week we asked" portion -- it's the answer to the previous challenge. Susan H. > Thanks, you can save the view - it just doesn't work ;o) > > I have a 24" screen and I can only ever see two appointments per day > in monthly view -arg! > > > You can display anything you want using the Date Navigator, but I > don't think you can save that view. > > Susan H. > > >> Is there a way I can show 2 weeks in my Outlook Calendar view? _______________________________________________ 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 Thu Sep 2 16:33:27 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:33:27 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view References: <02a201cb4abb$8a26f5e0$9e74e1a0$@winhaven.net><1B415BF2567B4674AFA560F3848D6CCE@salvationomc4p> <02d701cb4abf$cce3a0f0$66aae2d0$@winhaven.net><48F70066C79146528D841489642CD35E@salvationomc4p> <030201cb4acc$9d509980$d7f1cc80$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <5CE7890632F14102956804E60E8C3B7D@salvationomc4p> Did you see this one in the last response? That's the closest I can come. Last week we asked: Why can't I see appointments in Month view? Specifically, the question was about Outlook 2007. As the question implies, Month view doesn't display appointments, which seems a bit odd. Outlook 2007 has a new view option that gives you a measure of transparency into your day. You can display just a bit, or a lot-it's up to you. For instance, the above calendar shows only a few day events because the detail level is set to low. Select the appropriate detail level for your needs: a.. Low (the default) shows only all day events (hiding all appointments). b.. Medium shows all day events and displays a line for appointments. The length of the appointment determines the line's thickness. c.. High shows all day events and all appointments, which can get a bit messy if you're really popular...I mean busy. To change the detail level, simply click the appropriate setting just to the right of the view tabs (at the top of the screen). In Outlook 2010, select detail settings from the Month button. Month view is a tight fit, so a low or medium detail setting provides a high-level view of your days, without all the specific details. With a quick glance, you can determine how busy (or not) you are. If you need more detail, click High. Susan H. > 2010 - link please :o) > > What version are you using? I only have 2010 installed, but we've > discussed > custom views on my TR blog a few times. > > > > But I don't think there's anything there that will help. > > Try this one > > 3231> > > It's the "Last week we asked" portion -- it's the answer to the previous > challenge. From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Sep 2 16:58:26 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:58:26 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel -- Forms question really Message-ID: <693E1091E62740358CF161CBBB92493F@salvationomc4p> Is there any way to store or pass the value of a Forms option button rather than linking it to a cell? I'm using a protected sheet with several unlocked cells for input purposes. The linked cell for the option buttons must be unlocked to store the option button value. Having this cell unlocked is just proving to be a real problem because of the input cells -- the input cycle keeps selecting the linking cell, which of course, I don't want. I can't figure a way around this other than just doing away with the option buttons altogether. Thanks! Susan H. From john at winhaven.net Thu Sep 2 14:38:54 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:38:54 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view In-Reply-To: <5CE7890632F14102956804E60E8C3B7D@salvationomc4p> References: <02a201cb4abb$8a26f5e0$9e74e1a0$@winhaven.net><1B415BF2567B4674AFA560F3848D6CCE@salvationomc4p> <02d701cb4abf$cce3a0f0$66aae2d0$@winhaven.net><48F70066C79146528D841489642CD35E@salvationomc4p> <030201cb4acc$9d509980$d7f1cc80$@winhaven.net> <5CE7890632F14102956804E60E8C3B7D@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: <032b01cb4ad6$7a23bb90$6e6b32b0$@winhaven.net> Sorry, I missed that at first but I checked it out now, thanks. Unfortunately it appears that I can't do what I want to. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:33 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook Calendar view Did you see this one in the last response? That's the closest I can come. Last week we asked: Why can't I see appointments in Month view? Specifically, the question was about Outlook 2007. As the question implies, Month view doesn't display appointments, which seems a bit odd. Outlook 2007 has a new view option that gives you a measure of transparency into your day. You can display just a bit, or a lot-it's up to you. For instance, the above calendar shows only a few day events because the detail level is set to low. Select the appropriate detail level for your needs: a.. Low (the default) shows only all day events (hiding all appointments). b.. Medium shows all day events and displays a line for appointments. The length of the appointment determines the line's thickness. c.. High shows all day events and all appointments, which can get a bit messy if you're really popular...I mean busy. To change the detail level, simply click the appropriate setting just to the right of the view tabs (at the top of the screen). In Outlook 2010, select detail settings from the Month button. Month view is a tight fit, so a low or medium detail setting provides a high-level view of your days, without all the specific details. With a quick glance, you can determine how busy (or not) you are. If you need more detail, click High. Susan H. > 2010 - link please :o) > > What version are you using? I only have 2010 installed, but we've > discussed custom views on my TR blog a few times. > > > > But I don't think there's anything there that will help. > > Try this one > > &post= > 3231> > > It's the "Last week we asked" portion -- it's the answer to the > previous challenge. From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Sep 2 19:50:03 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:50:03 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Task Manager Message-ID: Dear List: My task manager in XP went south on me. When I start it I only get the processes window - no tabs. To close it I have to highlight the taskmgr.exe process and terminate it. How can I get it back? TIIA Rocky From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Sep 2 20:04:18 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:04:18 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Task Manager In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Never mind. Found out what the problem was. Actually I don't know how it got that way but the solution is to double click in the border area of the task manager and you get back your tabs and buttons. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:50 PM To: List Subject: [dba-Tech] Task Manager Dear List: My task manager in XP went south on me. When I start it I only get the processes window - no tabs. To close it I have to highlight the taskmgr.exe process and terminate it. How can I get it back? TIIA Rocky From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Thu Sep 2 21:55:54 2010 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:55:54 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Task Manager In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <4C8063BA.30466.4EDD14C@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> It gets that way by double clicking on the tab bar outside of any of the tabs. -- Stuart On 2 Sep 2010 at 18:04, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Never mind. Found out what the problem was. Actually I don't know > how it got that way but the solution is to double click in the border > area of the task manager and you get back your tabs and buttons. > > Rocky > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky > Smolin Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:50 PM To: List Subject: > [dba-Tech] Task Manager > > Dear List: > > My task manager in XP went south on me. When I start it I only get > the processes window - no tabs. To close it I have to highlight the > taskmgr.exe process and terminate it. How can I get it back? > > TIIA > > Rocky > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From john at winhaven.net Fri Sep 3 00:50:55 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:50:55 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] IIS 7.5 now has smooth streaming In-Reply-To: <87A5D5BD1D6F4277A9CB29BF7947DFBE@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <8890CCAF23B748FB82C909A79CE8F704@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C75C6B5.16758.3C0236B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C0C6977D5DB4CD59481F0A2897B6AB2@creativesystemdesigns.com> <685198.79862.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <674EFC14F54947C0962C6FC80A40CD2E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4CB4089368EF4188A8E77E4F27122E6D@creativesystemdesigns.com> <27FF57A6A65440F4AC7E0DD8D56306AB@creativesystemdesigns.com> <7C86E6B1BA034B86A86CBB3F00E6DFA8@creativesystemdesigns.com> <73488EA1A1F8436A991CE2BAC970F50E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <507AF8F7AF134E1F872C65F1AD71199F@creativesystemdesigns.com> <01c801cb4a4c$874cd340$95e679c0$@winhaven.net> <8907FD6D749D41B9A6758FC6E85AE18F@creativesystemdesigns.com> <87A5D5BD1D6F4277A9CB29BF7947DFBE@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <000401cb4b2b$f9cd9d70$ed68d850$@winhaven.net> Its about time isn't it? -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:39 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] IIS 7.5 now has smooth streaming IIS 7.5 from Microsoft, the latest version that ships with all their servers now has a smooth streaming plug-in that will allow your own company to deliver video and audio without having to invest in a Flash Server. Check it out: http://www.iis.net/download/SmoothStreaming This product is also integrated with SilverLite. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Gustav at cactus.dk Fri Sep 3 01:17:37 2010 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:17:37 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Task Manager Message-ID: Hi Stuart Wow. I didn't know that. Learning every day. /gustav >>> stuart at lexacorp.com.pg 03-09-2010 04:55 >>> It gets that way by double clicking on the tab bar outside of any of the tabs. -- Stuart On 2 Sep 2010 at 18:04, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Never mind. Found out what the problem was. Actually I don't know > how it got that way but the solution is to double click in the border > area of the task manager and you get back your tabs and buttons. > > Rocky > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky > Smolin Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:50 PM To: List Subject: > [dba-Tech] Task Manager > > Dear List: > > My task manager in XP went south on me. When I start it I only get > the processes window - no tabs. To close it I have to highlight the > taskmgr.exe process and terminate it. How can I get it back? > > TIIA > > Rocky From marklbreen at gmail.com Fri Sep 3 02:52:09 2010 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:52:09 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Exporting to Excel when Excel is not installed Message-ID: Hello All, I have a server running a DotNetNuke application. I want to export data to Excel format from a sql source. I can write a DLL to do that, but I suspect that if Excel is not installed on the box, it will not work. Is that so? If I uploaded some of my Excel DLL's would it work then? The db is SQL Express so I suspect I cannot use SSIS - which is a pity. It is running in a shared hosting environment and I have what I think is named "Medium Trust" privillages. AFAIK, this means that I would not be able to run an Exe on the box. I can schedule a DLL to be executed however through the in built scheduling too. any thoughts on how to achieve this? Currently I am learning towards writing to a text file and naming is data.xls which will trick excel into opening a text tab delimited file. Any better ideas? Thanks Mark From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Sep 3 07:39:46 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:39:46 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Exporting to Excel when Excel is not installed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6816F529DA5B4D60915235FBF51D0B38@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi Mark: I have never tried to move an Excel spread sheet into DNN. Without full SSIS capabilities you would need an app to simulate the spreadsheets importing feature... There are numerous listed...of course you could always roll your own. I do not think the placing of an Excel dll will do anything as this is a website. As well to do anything major you would need full access to the site. It would have to be something like an IIS plug-in as your DB does not have extended import features. If I find something I will post it here. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 12:52 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; Discussion concerning MS SQL Server Subject: [dba-Tech] Exporting to Excel when Excel is not installed Hello All, I have a server running a DotNetNuke application. I want to export data to Excel format from a sql source. I can write a DLL to do that, but I suspect that if Excel is not installed on the box, it will not work. Is that so? If I uploaded some of my Excel DLL's would it work then? The db is SQL Express so I suspect I cannot use SSIS - which is a pity. It is running in a shared hosting environment and I have what I think is named "Medium Trust" privillages. AFAIK, this means that I would not be able to run an Exe on the box. I can schedule a DLL to be executed however through the in built scheduling too. any thoughts on how to achieve this? Currently I am learning towards writing to a text file and naming is data.xls which will trick excel into opening a text tab delimited file. Any better ideas? Thanks Mark _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Sep 3 08:49:48 2010 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:49:48 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Task Manager In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Me too. Now I'm covered for today. May as well call it a day and start the weekend off at 8:30 am ;-) GK On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Stuart > > Wow. I didn't know that. Learning every day. > > /gustav > > >>>> stuart at lexacorp.com.pg 03-09-2010 04:55 >>> > It gets that way by double clicking on the tab bar outside of any of the tabs. > > -- > Stuart > > On 2 Sep 2010 at 18:04, Rocky Smolin wrote: > >> Never mind. ?Found out what the problem was. ?Actually I don't know >> how it got that way but the solution is to double click in the border >> area of the task manager and you get back your tabs and buttons. >> >> Rocky >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky >> Smolin Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:50 PM To: List Subject: >> [dba-Tech] Task Manager >> >> Dear List: >> >> My task manager in XP went south on me. ?When I start it I only get >> the processes window - no tabs. ?To close it I have to highlight the >> taskmgr.exe process and terminate it. ?How can I get it back? >> >> TIIA >> >> Rocky > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com Fri Sep 3 08:53:12 2010 From: Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com (Heenan, Lambert) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 09:53:12 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Exporting to Excel when Excel is not installed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If you only want to export to a single worksheet then export to a CSV file, which is just text, but Excel will happily load it. Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:52 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; Discussion concerning MS SQL Server Subject: [dba-Tech] Exporting to Excel when Excel is not installed Hello All, I have a server running a DotNetNuke application. I want to export data to Excel format from a sql source. I can write a DLL to do that, but I suspect that if Excel is not installed on the box, it will not work. Is that so? If I uploaded some of my Excel DLL's would it work then? The db is SQL Express so I suspect I cannot use SSIS - which is a pity. It is running in a shared hosting environment and I have what I think is named "Medium Trust" privillages. AFAIK, this means that I would not be able to run an Exe on the box. I can schedule a DLL to be executed however through the in built scheduling too. any thoughts on how to achieve this? Currently I am learning towards writing to a text file and naming is data.xls which will trick excel into opening a text tab delimited file. Any better ideas? Thanks Mark _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Sep 3 12:30:59 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:30:59 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Task Manager References: , <4C8063BA.30466.4EDD14C@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: It happened to me a few years back -- John Bartow fixed it. I had no idea what I'd done! It must happen more than we think! ;) Susan H. > It gets that way by double clicking on the tab bar outside of any of the > tabs. >> Never mind. Found out what the problem was. Actually I don't know >> how it got that way but the solution is to double click in the border >> area of the task manager and you get back your tabs and buttons. From john at winhaven.net Fri Sep 3 11:21:46 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:21:46 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Task Manager In-Reply-To: References: , <4C8063BA.30466.4EDD14C@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <00d901cb4b84$1aa2e340$4fe8a9c0$@winhaven.net> :o) Learned from my mistakes - if there's anyone that clicks on the wrong things - it's me! I'm rather impatient with these slow machines and sometimes I click before the screens actually appear. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 12:31 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Task Manager It happened to me a few years back -- John Bartow fixed it. I had no idea what I'd done! It must happen more than we think! ;) Susan H. > It gets that way by double clicking on the tab bar outside of any of > the tabs. >> Never mind. Found out what the problem was. Actually I don't know >> how it got that way but the solution is to double click in the border >> area of the task manager and you get back your tabs and buttons. _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Sep 3 17:00:13 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:00:13 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel validation question Message-ID: <60879EADBA2048FBBA97B65CE3282516@salvationomc4p> I'm trying to limit a cell to values between .01 and 100 -- I've tried a number of combos for the minimum and maximum limits (using Data Validation), but nothing seems to top out that top number. If I use between .01 and 100, it only allows decimals, as I expected. Using .01 and 100.99 allows any number, even values of 100.99, which confuses me. For now, I'm using =IsNumber() in a custom rule -- eliminates text and that's all I'm really after. I'd be interested to know why 100.99 (above) allows any value -- I expected it to object to 101 and over, but it doesn't Susan H. From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Sep 3 17:40:15 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:40:15 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel VBA -- don't save Message-ID: I'm using the procedure included below in an Excel worksheet, to keep Excel from saving any changes -- when the user clicks Close, I want Excel to close without saving changes and without asking if the user wants to save changes. This doesn't seem to work. Sub CloseActiveWBNoSave() 'Close the active workbook without saving. ActiveWorkbook.Close False End Sub Any help? Susan H. From df.waters at comcast.net Fri Sep 3 14:56:40 2010 From: df.waters at comcast.net (Dan Waters) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:56:40 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel VBA -- don't save In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9929D13466854CF9B29B852BCA71D000@danwaters> Hi Susan, I this that this command only closes the workbook, and that you need another command to close Excel. How about DoCmd.Quit? Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 5:40 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel VBA -- don't save I'm using the procedure included below in an Excel worksheet, to keep Excel from saving any changes -- when the user clicks Close, I want Excel to close without saving changes and without asking if the user wants to save changes. This doesn't seem to work. Sub CloseActiveWBNoSave() 'Close the active workbook without saving. ActiveWorkbook.Close False End Sub Any help? 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 Fri Sep 3 17:58:28 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:58:28 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel VBA -- don't save References: <9929D13466854CF9B29B852BCA71D000@danwaters> Message-ID: Dan, I was just running this through and you're right -- I wasn't calling it correctly. I'll take a look at DoCmd.Quit -- might be much easier than what I was trying to do! Thanks! Susan H. > Hi Susan, > > I this that this command only closes the workbook, and that you need > another > command to close Excel. > > How about DoCmd.Quit? > I'm using the procedure included below in an Excel worksheet, to keep > Excel > from saving any changes -- when the user clicks Close, I want Excel to > close > without saving changes and without asking if the user wants to save > changes. > This doesn't seem to work. > > Sub CloseActiveWBNoSave() > 'Close the active workbook without saving. > ActiveWorkbook.Close False > End Sub > > Any help? > > Susan H. > _______________________________________________ > 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 From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Sep 3 18:07:27 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:07:27 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel VBA -- don't save References: <9929D13466854CF9B29B852BCA71D000@danwaters> Message-ID: This is what I was looking for -- I knew it was simple, but just couldn't find this! Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) 'Don't save this workbook. Don't display alert. Me.Saved = True End Sub Susan H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Waters" To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Excel VBA -- don't save > Hi Susan, > > I this that this command only closes the workbook, and that you need > another > command to close Excel. > > How about DoCmd.Quit? > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 5:40 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel VBA -- don't save > > I'm using the procedure included below in an Excel worksheet, to keep > Excel > from saving any changes -- when the user clicks Close, I want Excel to > close > without saving changes and without asking if the user wants to save > changes. > This doesn't seem to work. > > Sub CloseActiveWBNoSave() > 'Close the active workbook without saving. > ActiveWorkbook.Close False > End Sub > > Any help? > > Susan H. > _______________________________________________ > 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 From marklbreen at gmail.com Sat Sep 4 11:54:19 2010 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 17:54:19 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Exporting to Excel when Excel is not installed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello to everyone that replied to this, Thanks for your responses. You have all answered my question which is - export it as text and name is xls thanks again Mark On 3 September 2010 14:53, Heenan, Lambert < Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com> wrote: > If you only want to export to a single worksheet then export to a CSV file, > which is just text, but Excel will happily load it. > > Lambert > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:52 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; Discussion concerning MS > SQL Server > Subject: [dba-Tech] Exporting to Excel when Excel is not installed > > Hello All, > > I have a server running a DotNetNuke application. > > I want to export data to Excel format from a sql source. I can write a DLL > to do that, but I suspect that if Excel is not installed on the box, it will > not work. Is that so? > > If I uploaded some of my Excel DLL's would it work then? > > The db is SQL Express so I suspect I cannot use SSIS - which is a pity. > > It is running in a shared hosting environment and I have what I think is > named "Medium Trust" privillages. AFAIK, this means that I would not be > able to run an Exe on the box. > > I can schedule a DLL to be executed however through the in built scheduling > too. > > any thoughts on how to achieve this? > > Currently I am learning towards writing to a text file and naming is > data.xls which will trick excel into opening a text tab delimited file. > > Any better ideas? > > Thanks > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > 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 > From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sun Sep 5 13:07:33 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 11:07:33 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Linux Printer Driver Message-ID: Dear List: Noah is running Linux on his laptop and would like to hook up the Canon Pixma ip1800 printer that's hooked up to his desktop at the moment (running XP), but cannot find the Linux drivers for it. Does anyone have a source for these drivers? MTIA Rocky From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Sep 5 15:29:24 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 13:29:24 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Linux Printer Driver In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2FADD8EB2988444F9E377FEE156E24E1@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi Rocky: There is a Linux printer driver database for all printer/scanner available drivers at: http://www.linux-drivers.org/printer_scanner.html I would recommend that your son follow the http://www.UbuntuForms.org. Here is a thread that will help as Canon does not have any official Linux driver support for that printer: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=980735 There are a lot more articles and help on this forum and there are solutions for just about anything Ubuntu Linux... It is as good if not better than DBA Access list for MS Access help. ;-) HTH Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 11:08 AM To: List Cc: 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-OT] Linux Printer Driver Dear List: Noah is running Linux on his laptop and would like to hook up the Canon Pixma ip1800 printer that's hooked up to his desktop at the moment (running XP), but cannot find the Linux drivers for it. Does anyone have a source for these drivers? MTIA Rocky From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Mon Sep 6 13:07:10 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 11:07:10 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Linux Printer Driver In-Reply-To: <2FADD8EB2988444F9E377FEE156E24E1@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <2FADD8EB2988444F9E377FEE156E24E1@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <4B4CB5B9326A4948BAB7A68A08A74DAA@HAL9005> He found the driver for the ip1900 but unfortunately it didn't recognize the 1800. So, still looking. I did forward the forum links but I think he's been there as well. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 1:29 PM To: 'Off Topic'; 'List' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Linux Printer Driver Hi Rocky: There is a Linux printer driver database for all printer/scanner available drivers at: http://www.linux-drivers.org/printer_scanner.html I would recommend that your son follow the http://www.UbuntuForms.org. Here is a thread that will help as Canon does not have any official Linux driver support for that printer: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=980735 There are a lot more articles and help on this forum and there are solutions for just about anything Ubuntu Linux... It is as good if not better than DBA Access list for MS Access help. ;-) HTH Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 11:08 AM To: List Cc: 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-OT] Linux Printer Driver Dear List: Noah is running Linux on his laptop and would like to hook up the Canon Pixma ip1800 printer that's hooked up to his desktop at the moment (running XP), but cannot find the Linux drivers for it. Does anyone have a source for these drivers? MTIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com Tue Sep 7 07:55:17 2010 From: Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com (Heenan, Lambert) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 08:55:17 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Linux Printer Driver In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Unfortunately not everything is free in Linux land, as I found when I went looking for a driver for my Canon i9900. Simply not available in open source form, and Canon seems to have little interest in supporting Linux. However, if you are willing to part with some spondoolicks, you can get a very nice driver from... http://www.turboprint.info/printers.html It costs ?29.95. Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 2:08 PM To: List Cc: 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Linux Printer Driver Dear List: Noah is running Linux on his laptop and would like to hook up the Canon Pixma ip1800 printer that's hooked up to his desktop at the moment (running XP), but cannot find the Linux drivers for it. Does anyone have a source for these drivers? MTIA Rocky From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Sep 8 09:55:21 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:55:21 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] H.264 or VP8? In-Reply-To: <2FADD8EB2988444F9E377FEE156E24E1@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <2FADD8EB2988444F9E377FEE156E24E1@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <94414FD4D06F47C2922FB63271FE3D6E@creativesystemdesigns.com> The new battlefield of the web is going to be in the area of hardware accelaration and the associated standards. Right now it appears that H.264 protocol maker is holding the one key to the one door and armed to the teeth with patents. A new open-web standard is now being developed called VP8 but will it simplily, by the narrowness of the development room, have to tread on some of H.264 patents specs and then open developers to law suits? Below is a link to a very thoughtful discussion on the subject: http://itpastorn.blogspot.com/2010/09/why-h264-is-disqualified-from-being-we b.html Jim From tinanfields at torchlake.com Wed Sep 8 13:29:59 2010 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:29:59 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove Message-ID: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> Hi again, My dad is having trouble with this trojan. Vipre reports trojan.win32.generic!bt, and Dad thinks he has instructed Vipre to clean the bugger - three days in a row, now. But, every time the scan is run, it keeps reporting the trojan. Dad originally called me because his Office shortcut toolbar was misbehaving - when he clicked on the icon for Word, he got the message that the program could not be started. We did a couple of system restores and got to a place where the shortcut toolbar worked. In the meantime, he reported repeated instances of the message that Windows had recently recovered from a serious error, and did he want to send the report. I think he clicked Send one time, and something strange happened, but I don't know what - all of this is going on over the phone, I can't see his screen, and he generally says things like "Oh, there's that little thingy again, shall I get rid of it?" and sometimes before I've been able to say "Tell me what little thingy you're talking about, Dad," he's already clicked some choice, so it's difficult to be sure about what's been going on on his screen. Now the Windows has recovered message pops up a bunch and it takes many clicks to tell it to go away. It was during that part of the process that he told me Vipre had reported this trojan three days in a row. We did go read a report that indicated that the clean command had been canceled. It is not clear to me whether Dad did or did not instruct Vipre to clean this little bugger. Right now, he is running a Vipre scan and I am supposedly returning to my work of grading my students' papers - we'll be in touch again after the scan. But I thought I'd send out a call for help. Hey, John Bartow, are you there? Tina From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Wed Sep 8 13:46:54 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:46:54 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove In-Reply-To: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> References: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> Message-ID: <2B58482403EE4B20871CF3207344D0F5@HAL9005> I've been using TeamViewer for remote support. It's dead simple. If you can get him to download and install it, you could run his box from your box. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:30 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove Hi again, My dad is having trouble with this trojan. Vipre reports trojan.win32.generic!bt, and Dad thinks he has instructed Vipre to clean the bugger - three days in a row, now. But, every time the scan is run, it keeps reporting the trojan. Dad originally called me because his Office shortcut toolbar was misbehaving - when he clicked on the icon for Word, he got the message that the program could not be started. We did a couple of system restores and got to a place where the shortcut toolbar worked. In the meantime, he reported repeated instances of the message that Windows had recently recovered from a serious error, and did he want to send the report. I think he clicked Send one time, and something strange happened, but I don't know what - all of this is going on over the phone, I can't see his screen, and he generally says things like "Oh, there's that little thingy again, shall I get rid of it?" and sometimes before I've been able to say "Tell me what little thingy you're talking about, Dad," he's already clicked some choice, so it's difficult to be sure about what's been going on on his screen. Now the Windows has recovered message pops up a bunch and it takes many clicks to tell it to go away. It was during that part of the process that he told me Vipre had reported this trojan three days in a row. We did go read a report that indicated that the clean command had been canceled. It is not clear to me whether Dad did or did not instruct Vipre to clean this little bugger. Right now, he is running a Vipre scan and I am supposedly returning to my work of grading my students' papers - we'll be in touch again after the scan. But I thought I'd send out a call for help. Hey, John Bartow, are you there? Tina _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From hkotsch at arcor.de Wed Sep 8 13:57:24 2010 From: hkotsch at arcor.de (Helmut Kotsch) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:57:24 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove In-Reply-To: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> Message-ID: I think he clicked Send one time, and something strange happened, but I don't know what - all of this is going on over the phone, I can't see his screen, and he generally says things like "Oh, there's that little thingy again, shall I get rid of it?" Tina Why don't you get Teamviewer: http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx It is free, easy to use and very reliable. Helmut _______________________________________________ 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 Wed Sep 8 14:05:07 2010 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:05:07 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove In-Reply-To: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> References: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> Message-ID: My neighbors who I do occasional computer tech support for both click and close dialog boxes without reading them or correctly responding to them. Drives me crazy. As soon as the errorbox for - whatever - pops up they click the close Xin the upper corner to close it. I ask them, "What did it say?" and they - both the husband and the wife do this - say "It ALWAYS says that". The last time I was over there I was trying to "fix" their system so they could burn a CD with photos. Turns out the error was coming from one CD burning program and we were trying to use another which couldn't see the drive since the first one had it locked. Answering the message to say "ignore" or "stop" or some such thing cleared the problem. Sigh. They did buy me beer though ;-) GK On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Tina Norris Fields wrote: > Hi again, > > My dad is having trouble with this trojan. ?Vipre reports > trojan.win32.generic!bt, and Dad thinks he has instructed Vipre to clean > the bugger - three days in a row, now. ?But, every time the scan is run, > it keeps reporting the trojan. > > Dad originally called me because his Office shortcut toolbar was > misbehaving - when he clicked on the icon for Word, he got the message > that the program could not be started. ?We did a couple of system > restores and got to a place where the shortcut toolbar worked. > > In the meantime, he reported repeated instances of the message that > Windows had recently recovered from a serious error, and did he want to > send the report. ?I think he clicked Send one time, and something > strange happened, but I don't know what - all of this is going on over > the phone, I can't see his screen, and he generally says things like > "Oh, there's that little thingy again, shall I get rid of it?" and > sometimes before I've been able to say "Tell me what little thingy > you're talking about, Dad," he's already clicked some choice, so it's > difficult to be sure about what's been going on on his screen. ?Now the > Windows has recovered message pops up a bunch and it takes many clicks > to tell it to go away. > > It was during that part of the process that he told me Vipre had > reported this trojan three days in a row. ?We did go read a report that > indicated that the clean command had been canceled. ?It is not clear to > me whether Dad did or did not instruct Vipre to clean this little > bugger. ?Right now, he is running a Vipre scan and I am supposedly > returning to my work of grading my students' papers - we'll be in touch > again after the scan. ?But I thought I'd send out a call for help. ?Hey, > John Bartow, are you there? > > Tina > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From tinanfields at torchlake.com Wed Sep 8 16:09:17 2010 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:09:17 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove In-Reply-To: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> References: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> Message-ID: <4C87FB7D.4050002@torchlake.com> Rocky and Helmut, Do I really want to take remote control of my dad's computer? I can see being tied up even more often than I am now - if he thinks I can just climb in and fix things whenever he runs across them (which is kind of frequent). I'll think about it, but that rather worries me. At least I will go look at TeamViewer. Thanks. T Tina Norris Fields wrote: > Hi again, > > My dad is having trouble with this trojan. Vipre reports > trojan.win32.generic!bt, and Dad thinks he has instructed Vipre to clean > the bugger - three days in a row, now. But, every time the scan is run, > it keeps reporting the trojan. > > Dad originally called me because his Office shortcut toolbar was > misbehaving - when he clicked on the icon for Word, he got the message > that the program could not be started. We did a couple of system > restores and got to a place where the shortcut toolbar worked. > > In the meantime, he reported repeated instances of the message that > Windows had recently recovered from a serious error, and did he want to > send the report. I think he clicked Send one time, and something > strange happened, but I don't know what - all of this is going on over > the phone, I can't see his screen, and he generally says things like > "Oh, there's that little thingy again, shall I get rid of it?" and > sometimes before I've been able to say "Tell me what little thingy > you're talking about, Dad," he's already clicked some choice, so it's > difficult to be sure about what's been going on on his screen. Now the > Windows has recovered message pops up a bunch and it takes many clicks > to tell it to go away. > > It was during that part of the process that he told me Vipre had > reported this trojan three days in a row. We did go read a report that > indicated that the clean command had been canceled. It is not clear to > me whether Dad did or did not instruct Vipre to clean this little > bugger. Right now, he is running a Vipre scan and I am supposedly > returning to my work of grading my students' papers - we'll be in touch > again after the scan. But I thought I'd send out a call for help. Hey, > John Bartow, are you there? > > Tina > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > From hkotsch at arcor.de Wed Sep 8 17:47:06 2010 From: hkotsch at arcor.de (Helmut Kotsch) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:47:06 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove In-Reply-To: <4C87FB7D.4050002@torchlake.com> Message-ID: Well Tina, that is the problem we all have with our relatives and friends. There is no easy way out. But, wouldn't be easier if you would have their computers to store frequently "restore points" and than if a problems appears you just restore to a previous state? This way you spare yourself the effort to find out what buttons they pressed or what else they did wrong. They might loose some gimmicks they tried to install. But with their level of computer knowledge they cold learn / understand that it is better to keep their fingers off from this kind of activities. Helmut -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Tina Norris Fields Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. September 2010 23:09 An: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Betreff: Re: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove Rocky and Helmut, Do I really want to take remote control of my dad's computer? I can see being tied up even more often than I am now - if he thinks I can just climb in and fix things whenever he runs across them (which is kind of frequent). I'll think about it, but that rather worries me. At least I will go look at TeamViewer. Thanks. T Tina Norris Fields wrote: > Hi again, > > My dad is having trouble with this trojan. Vipre reports > trojan.win32.generic!bt, and Dad thinks he has instructed Vipre to clean > the bugger - three days in a row, now. But, every time the scan is run, > it keeps reporting the trojan. > > Dad originally called me because his Office shortcut toolbar was > misbehaving - when he clicked on the icon for Word, he got the message > that the program could not be started. We did a couple of system > restores and got to a place where the shortcut toolbar worked. > > In the meantime, he reported repeated instances of the message that > Windows had recently recovered from a serious error, and did he want to > send the report. I think he clicked Send one time, and something > strange happened, but I don't know what - all of this is going on over > the phone, I can't see his screen, and he generally says things like > "Oh, there's that little thingy again, shall I get rid of it?" and > sometimes before I've been able to say "Tell me what little thingy > you're talking about, Dad," he's already clicked some choice, so it's > difficult to be sure about what's been going on on his screen. Now the > Windows has recovered message pops up a bunch and it takes many clicks > to tell it to go away. > > It was during that part of the process that he told me Vipre had > reported this trojan three days in a row. We did go read a report that > indicated that the clean command had been canceled. It is not clear to > me whether Dad did or did not instruct Vipre to clean this little > bugger. Right now, he is running a Vipre scan and I am supposedly > returning to my work of grading my students' papers - we'll be in touch > again after the scan. But I thought I'd send out a call for help. Hey, > John Bartow, are you there? > > Tina > _______________________________________________ > 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 From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Wed Sep 8 20:05:09 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:05:09 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Message-ID: <2712644F439D401A840192934930B2A8@HAL9005> Dear Lists: I have a few emails in my junk folder but when I open it Outlook hangs with the hourglass - uses 50% of the cpu - and is unresponsive - have to terminate the process. There's a couple emails in there I'd like to see. I tried copying the junk mail folder to a temp folder but when I open the temp folder, same thing happens. The focus is on a bounced email in the junk folder and so I suspect that's causing the problem somehow. What to do? What to do? Rocky From Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com Thu Sep 9 09:39:26 2010 From: Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com (Heenan, Lambert) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 10:39:26 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook In-Reply-To: <2712644F439D401A840192934930B2A8@HAL9005> References: <2712644F439D401A840192934930B2A8@HAL9005> Message-ID: Do you have the preview pane visible? Does it help if you turn that off? Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:05 PM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Dear Lists: I have a few emails in my junk folder but when I open it Outlook hangs with the hourglass - uses 50% of the cpu - and is unresponsive - have to terminate the process. There's a couple emails in there I'd like to see. I tried copying the junk mail folder to a temp folder but when I open the temp folder, same thing happens. The focus is on a bounced email in the junk folder and so I suspect that's causing the problem somehow. What to do? What to do? Rocky From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Sep 9 10:14:01 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:14:01 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook In-Reply-To: References: <2712644F439D401A840192934930B2A8@HAL9005> Message-ID: Didn't help. As soon as the bad email got highlighted (and since it was the last one in the group, it did when I clicked into the Junk folder) the app hung with the hourglass. Since the bad boy was a bounced email, I'm thinking maybe it had some virus in it. I'll do a scan of the box later today but everything's working OK. I worked around it by marking one of my accounts as junk, and sent myself an email from that account. So that one was the one highlighted in the junk mail folder and I was able to retrieve the email I needed to save and clean out the rest. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 7:39 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Do you have the preview pane visible? Does it help if you turn that off? Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:05 PM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Dear Lists: I have a few emails in my junk folder but when I open it Outlook hangs with the hourglass - uses 50% of the cpu - and is unresponsive - have to terminate the process. There's a couple emails in there I'd like to see. I tried copying the junk mail folder to a temp folder but when I open the temp folder, same thing happens. The focus is on a bounced email in the junk folder and so I suspect that's causing the problem somehow. What to do? What to do? Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From tinanfields at torchlake.com Thu Sep 9 11:58:37 2010 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:58:37 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4C89123D.8060903@torchlake.com> Thanks, Helmut. You are right, of course. Vielen Dank! T Helmut Kotsch wrote: > Well Tina, that is the problem we all have with our relatives and friends. > There is no easy way out. But, wouldn't be easier if you would have their > computers to store frequently "restore points" and than if a problems > appears you just restore to a previous state? This way you spare yourself > the effort to find out what buttons they pressed or what else they did > wrong. They might loose some gimmicks they tried to install. But with their > level of computer knowledge they cold learn / understand that it is better > to keep their fingers off from this kind of activities. > > Helmut > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Tina Norris > Fields > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. September 2010 23:09 > An: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Betreff: Re: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove > > > Rocky and Helmut, > > Do I really want to take remote control of my dad's computer? I can see > being tied up even more often than I am now - if he thinks I can just > climb in and fix things whenever he runs across them (which is kind of > frequent). > > I'll think about it, but that rather worries me. At least I will go > look at TeamViewer. Thanks. > > T > > Tina Norris Fields wrote: > >> Hi again, >> >> My dad is having trouble with this trojan. Vipre reports >> trojan.win32.generic!bt, and Dad thinks he has instructed Vipre to clean >> the bugger - three days in a row, now. But, every time the scan is run, >> it keeps reporting the trojan. >> >> Dad originally called me because his Office shortcut toolbar was >> misbehaving - when he clicked on the icon for Word, he got the message >> that the program could not be started. We did a couple of system >> restores and got to a place where the shortcut toolbar worked. >> >> In the meantime, he reported repeated instances of the message that >> Windows had recently recovered from a serious error, and did he want to >> send the report. I think he clicked Send one time, and something >> strange happened, but I don't know what - all of this is going on over >> the phone, I can't see his screen, and he generally says things like >> "Oh, there's that little thingy again, shall I get rid of it?" and >> sometimes before I've been able to say "Tell me what little thingy >> you're talking about, Dad," he's already clicked some choice, so it's >> difficult to be sure about what's been going on on his screen. Now the >> Windows has recovered message pops up a bunch and it takes many clicks >> to tell it to go away. >> >> It was during that part of the process that he told me Vipre had >> reported this trojan three days in a row. We did go read a report that >> indicated that the clean command had been canceled. It is not clear to >> me whether Dad did or did not instruct Vipre to clean this little >> bugger. Right now, he is running a Vipre scan and I am supposedly >> returning to my work of grading my students' papers - we'll be in touch >> again after the scan. But I thought I'd send out a call for help. Hey, >> John Bartow, are you there? >> >> Tina >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > From john at winhaven.net Thu Sep 9 16:57:56 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:57:56 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove In-Reply-To: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> References: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> Message-ID: <007301cb506a$1030f330$3092d990$@winhaven.net> It could one of three things, -A false positive and windows restores the file automatically every time he reboots - improbable -An infection that is partially cleaned and restores itself to some degree - if his system and browser still works this is probably the case. Either use Malwarebytes free version to try and remove all of it, call Sunbelt support and work through it with them or wait until their definition updates take care of it all the way. -An infection that is partially cleaned and requires a reboot or full scan to remedy but he isn't doing that - (given my experience with elderly parents: quite probable ;o) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 1:30 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove Hi again, My dad is having trouble with this trojan. Vipre reports trojan.win32.generic!bt, and Dad thinks he has instructed Vipre to clean the bugger - three days in a row, now. But, every time the scan is run, it keeps reporting the trojan. Dad originally called me because his Office shortcut toolbar was misbehaving - when he clicked on the icon for Word, he got the message that the program could not be started. We did a couple of system restores and got to a place where the shortcut toolbar worked. In the meantime, he reported repeated instances of the message that Windows had recently recovered from a serious error, and did he want to send the report. I think he clicked Send one time, and something strange happened, but I don't know what - all of this is going on over the phone, I can't see his screen, and he generally says things like "Oh, there's that little thingy again, shall I get rid of it?" and sometimes before I've been able to say "Tell me what little thingy you're talking about, Dad," he's already clicked some choice, so it's difficult to be sure about what's been going on on his screen. Now the Windows has recovered message pops up a bunch and it takes many clicks to tell it to go away. It was during that part of the process that he told me Vipre had reported this trojan three days in a row. We did go read a report that indicated that the clean command had been canceled. It is not clear to me whether Dad did or did not instruct Vipre to clean this little bugger. Right now, he is running a Vipre scan and I am supposedly returning to my work of grading my students' papers - we'll be in touch again after the scan. But I thought I'd send out a call for help. Hey, John Bartow, are you there? Tina _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From bheid at sc.rr.com Thu Sep 9 17:19:33 2010 From: bheid at sc.rr.com (Bobby Heid) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 18:19:33 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook In-Reply-To: References: <2712644F439D401A840192934930B2A8@HAL9005> Message-ID: <004001cb506d$1499eb40$3dcdc1c0$@rr.com> Have you tried running scanpst.exe on it? Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:14 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Didn't help. As soon as the bad email got highlighted (and since it was the last one in the group, it did when I clicked into the Junk folder) the app hung with the hourglass. Since the bad boy was a bounced email, I'm thinking maybe it had some virus in it. I'll do a scan of the box later today but everything's working OK. I worked around it by marking one of my accounts as junk, and sent myself an email from that account. So that one was the one highlighted in the junk mail folder and I was able to retrieve the email I needed to save and clean out the rest. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 7:39 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Do you have the preview pane visible? Does it help if you turn that off? Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:05 PM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Dear Lists: I have a few emails in my junk folder but when I open it Outlook hangs with the hourglass - uses 50% of the cpu - and is unresponsive - have to terminate the process. There's a couple emails in there I'd like to see. I tried copying the junk mail folder to a temp folder but when I open the temp folder, same thing happens. The focus is on a bounced email in the junk folder and so I suspect that's causing the problem somehow. What to do? What to do? Rocky From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Sep 9 17:47:11 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:47:11 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook In-Reply-To: <004001cb506d$1499eb40$3dcdc1c0$@rr.com> References: <2712644F439D401A840192934930B2A8@HAL9005> <004001cb506d$1499eb40$3dcdc1c0$@rr.com> Message-ID: Nope. What's that? Sounds like something very useful. Crisis is past now but tell us more. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 3:20 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Have you tried running scanpst.exe on it? Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:14 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Didn't help. As soon as the bad email got highlighted (and since it was the last one in the group, it did when I clicked into the Junk folder) the app hung with the hourglass. Since the bad boy was a bounced email, I'm thinking maybe it had some virus in it. I'll do a scan of the box later today but everything's working OK. I worked around it by marking one of my accounts as junk, and sent myself an email from that account. So that one was the one highlighted in the junk mail folder and I was able to retrieve the email I needed to save and clean out the rest. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 7:39 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Do you have the preview pane visible? Does it help if you turn that off? Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:05 PM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Dear Lists: I have a few emails in my junk folder but when I open it Outlook hangs with the hourglass - uses 50% of the cpu - and is unresponsive - have to terminate the process. There's a couple emails in there I'd like to see. I tried copying the junk mail folder to a temp folder but when I open the temp folder, same thing happens. The focus is on a bounced email in the junk folder and so I suspect that's causing the problem somehow. What to do? What to do? Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From hkotsch at arcor.de Thu Sep 9 18:16:46 2010 From: hkotsch at arcor.de (Helmut Kotsch) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:16:46 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook In-Reply-To: Message-ID: http://www.scanpstexedownload.com/ Helmut -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Rocky Smolin Gesendet: Freitag, 10. September 2010 00:47 An: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Betreff: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Nope. What's that? Sounds like something very useful. Crisis is past now but tell us more. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 3:20 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Have you tried running scanpst.exe on it? Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:14 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Didn't help. As soon as the bad email got highlighted (and since it was the last one in the group, it did when I clicked into the Junk folder) the app hung with the hourglass. Since the bad boy was a bounced email, I'm thinking maybe it had some virus in it. I'll do a scan of the box later today but everything's working OK. I worked around it by marking one of my accounts as junk, and sent myself an email from that account. So that one was the one highlighted in the junk mail folder and I was able to retrieve the email I needed to save and clean out the rest. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 7:39 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Do you have the preview pane visible? Does it help if you turn that off? Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:05 PM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Dear Lists: I have a few emails in my junk folder but when I open it Outlook hangs with the hourglass - uses 50% of the cpu - and is unresponsive - have to terminate the process. There's a couple emails in there I'd like to see. I tried copying the junk mail folder to a temp folder but when I open the temp folder, same thing happens. The focus is on a bounced email in the junk folder and so I suspect that's causing the problem somehow. What to do? What to do? 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 From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Sep 9 19:25:03 2010 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:25:03 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6AA1682CEA58427794E6C79CE5994B62@HAL9005> Aha. Thank you. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Helmut Kotsch Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 4:17 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook http://www.scanpstexedownload.com/ Helmut -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Rocky Smolin Gesendet: Freitag, 10. September 2010 00:47 An: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Betreff: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Nope. What's that? Sounds like something very useful. Crisis is past now but tell us more. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 3:20 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Have you tried running scanpst.exe on it? Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:14 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Didn't help. As soon as the bad email got highlighted (and since it was the last one in the group, it did when I clicked into the Junk folder) the app hung with the hourglass. Since the bad boy was a bounced email, I'm thinking maybe it had some virus in it. I'll do a scan of the box later today but everything's working OK. I worked around it by marking one of my accounts as junk, and sent myself an email from that account. So that one was the one highlighted in the junk mail folder and I was able to retrieve the email I needed to save and clean out the rest. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 7:39 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Do you have the preview pane visible? Does it help if you turn that off? Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:05 PM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook junk folder hangs Outlook Dear Lists: I have a few emails in my junk folder but when I open it Outlook hangs with the hourglass - uses 50% of the cpu - and is unresponsive - have to terminate the process. There's a couple emails in there I'd like to see. I tried copying the junk mail folder to a temp folder but when I open the temp folder, same thing happens. The focus is on a bounced email in the junk folder and so I suspect that's causing the problem somehow. What to do? What to do? 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 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From tinanfields at torchlake.com Fri Sep 10 08:23:41 2010 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:23:41 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove In-Reply-To: <007301cb506a$1030f330$3092d990$@winhaven.net> References: <4C87D627.9040504@torchlake.com> <007301cb506a$1030f330$3092d990$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <4C8A315D.3090109@torchlake.com> Hi John, I'm going to go have a look, probably tomorrow. He says he has told Vipre to clean the trojan, but nothing happens. The log showed cleaning action canceled. I can't really rely on Dad's report, because he may overlook something necessary, like selecting the item to be cleaned, or, having decided that cleaning was a good idea and Vipre is recommending it, just closing the Vipre window believing somehow that the program has already done the cleaning. As you say, a partially cleaned infection that needed one more step to be complete is a real likelihood. T John Bartow wrote: > It could one of three things, > -A false positive and windows restores the file automatically every time he > reboots - improbable > -An infection that is partially cleaned and restores itself to some degree - > if his system and browser still works this is probably the case. Either use > Malwarebytes free version to try and remove all of it, call Sunbelt support > and work through it with them or wait until their definition updates take > care of it all the way. > -An infection that is partially cleaned and requires a reboot or full scan > to remedy but he isn't doing that - (given my experience with elderly > parents: quite probable ;o) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris > Fields > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 1:30 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] trojan.win32.generic!bt - how to remove > > Hi again, > > My dad is having trouble with this trojan. Vipre reports > trojan.win32.generic!bt, and Dad thinks he has instructed Vipre to clean the > bugger - three days in a row, now. But, every time the scan is run, it > keeps reporting the trojan. > > Dad originally called me because his Office shortcut toolbar was misbehaving > - when he clicked on the icon for Word, he got the message that the program > could not be started. We did a couple of system restores and got to a place > where the shortcut toolbar worked. > > In the meantime, he reported repeated instances of the message that Windows > had recently recovered from a serious error, and did he want to send the > report. I think he clicked Send one time, and something strange happened, > but I don't know what - all of this is going on over the phone, I can't see > his screen, and he generally says things like "Oh, there's that little > thingy again, shall I get rid of it?" and sometimes before I've been able to > say "Tell me what little thingy you're talking about, Dad," he's already > clicked some choice, so it's difficult to be sure about what's been going on > on his screen. Now the Windows has recovered message pops up a bunch and it > takes many clicks to tell it to go away. > > It was during that part of the process that he told me Vipre had reported > this trojan three days in a row. We did go read a report that indicated > that the clean command had been canceled. It is not clear to me whether Dad > did or did not instruct Vipre to clean this little bugger. Right now, he is > running a Vipre scan and I am supposedly returning to my work of grading my > students' papers - we'll be in touch again after the scan. But I thought > I'd send out a call for help. Hey, John Bartow, are you there? > > Tina > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > From tinanfields at torchlake.com Fri Sep 10 08:46:48 2010 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:46:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Task Manager In-Reply-To: <4C8063BA.30466.4EDD14C@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: , <4C8063BA.30466.4EDD14C@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <4C8A36C8.8080304@torchlake.com> Well, add that little tidbit to my bag of tricks! Thanks, Stuart! T Stuart McLachlan wrote: > It gets that way by double clicking on the tab bar outside of any of the tabs. > > From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Sep 10 20:09:34 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:09:34 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? In-Reply-To: <94414FD4D06F47C2922FB63271FE3D6E@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <2FADD8EB2988444F9E377FEE156E24E1@creativesystemdesigns.com> <94414FD4D06F47C2922FB63271FE3D6E@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <10CE4B96C6524D068FDBE649C2A4AC92@creativesystemdesigns.com> So how do you automate imaging within you applications without manual intervention using external products like Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editor or GIMP etc.? Well, here is a product which can be used to edit images via program control within your PHP, ASP.Net, .Net, Perl and Java applications: http://www.imagemagick.org/ Jim From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Fri Sep 10 21:00:31 2010 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:00:31 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? In-Reply-To: <10CE4B96C6524D068FDBE649C2A4AC92@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: , <94414FD4D06F47C2922FB63271FE3D6E@creativesystemdesigns.com>, <10CE4B96C6524D068FDBE649C2A4AC92@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <4C8AE2BF.1128.E7A9586@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> I've been using it for the last couple of years inside Access to create correctly sized images for websites. Pages such as http://www.sre.com.pg/sre_aptmt_sales.html are automatically updated in an Access Real Estate application. A single button click creates and uploads any new PDF brochures and image files and then builds and uploads the html page. Here's a typical Access function to create the thumbnail and zoom image for each property from the original photo. Function CreateWebPic(Image As String) As Boolean Dim strConvert As String Dim strShell As String Dim strWebPic As String Dim stroriginal As String Dim strEffect As String Dim strThumbEffect As String Dim strThumbPic As String strConvert = """c:\program files\imagemagick-6.5.3-q16\Convert"" " strEffect = " -thumbnail 600x600 " strThumbEffect = " -thumbnail 200x200 " stroriginal = """" & BEDir() & "photos\" & Image & """" strWebPic = """" & BEDir & "webphotos\" & Image & """" strThumbPic = """" & BEDir & "webphotos\tn_" & Image & """" strShell = strConvert & stroriginal & strThumbEffect & strThumbPic ShellWait strShell, vbHide strShell = strConvert & stroriginal & strEffect & strWebPic ShellWait strShell, vbHide End Function On 10 Sep 2010 at 18:09, Jim Lawrence wrote: > So how do you automate imaging within you applications without manual > intervention using external products like Adobe Photoshop, Photo > Editor or GIMP etc.? > > Well, here is a product which can be used to edit images via program > control within your PHP, ASP.Net, .Net, Perl and Java applications: > > http://www.imagemagick.org/ > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Sep 10 22:18:04 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:18:04 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? In-Reply-To: <4C8AE2BF.1128.E7A9586@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: <94414FD4D06F47C2922FB63271FE3D6E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <10CE4B96C6524D068FDBE649C2A4AC92@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C8AE2BF.1128.E7A9586@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <6719BA91BBBB4F18A05E31438340802D@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi Stuart: That's site looks excellent. I thought I had really discovered something when I ran across this little app. Thanks for the heads up Stuart and I think this will be useful for creating and automating images both in and out of web sites. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:01 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? I've been using it for the last couple of years inside Access to create correctly sized images for websites. Pages such as http://www.sre.com.pg/sre_aptmt_sales.html are automatically updated in an Access Real Estate application. A single button click creates and uploads any new PDF brochures and image files and then builds and uploads the html page. Here's a typical Access function to create the thumbnail and zoom image for each property from the original photo. Function CreateWebPic(Image As String) As Boolean Dim strConvert As String Dim strShell As String Dim strWebPic As String Dim stroriginal As String Dim strEffect As String Dim strThumbEffect As String Dim strThumbPic As String strConvert = """c:\program files\imagemagick-6.5.3-q16\Convert"" " strEffect = " -thumbnail 600x600 " strThumbEffect = " -thumbnail 200x200 " stroriginal = """" & BEDir() & "photos\" & Image & """" strWebPic = """" & BEDir & "webphotos\" & Image & """" strThumbPic = """" & BEDir & "webphotos\tn_" & Image & """" strShell = strConvert & stroriginal & strThumbEffect & strThumbPic ShellWait strShell, vbHide strShell = strConvert & stroriginal & strEffect & strWebPic ShellWait strShell, vbHide End Function On 10 Sep 2010 at 18:09, Jim Lawrence wrote: > So how do you automate imaging within you applications without manual > intervention using external products like Adobe Photoshop, Photo > Editor or GIMP etc.? > > Well, here is a product which can be used to edit images via program > control within your PHP, ASP.Net, .Net, Perl and Java applications: > > http://www.imagemagick.org/ > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > 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 From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Sep 10 22:27:21 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:27:21 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? In-Reply-To: <4C8AE2BF.1128.E7A9586@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: <94414FD4D06F47C2922FB63271FE3D6E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <10CE4B96C6524D068FDBE649C2A4AC92@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C8AE2BF.1128.E7A9586@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <77CEC8E15C934076A5E3FBEEC498D9A8@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi Stuart: PS: There is also another editor which can be used online/web based. Have you ever tried using this one? http://php.net/manual/en/book.image.php I wonder if there are any similar feature in or planned for ASP.Net? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:01 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? I've been using it for the last couple of years inside Access to create correctly sized images for websites. Pages such as http://www.sre.com.pg/sre_aptmt_sales.html are automatically updated in an Access Real Estate application. A single button click creates and uploads any new PDF brochures and image files and then builds and uploads the html page. Here's a typical Access function to create the thumbnail and zoom image for each property from the original photo. Function CreateWebPic(Image As String) As Boolean Dim strConvert As String Dim strShell As String Dim strWebPic As String Dim stroriginal As String Dim strEffect As String Dim strThumbEffect As String Dim strThumbPic As String strConvert = """c:\program files\imagemagick-6.5.3-q16\Convert"" " strEffect = " -thumbnail 600x600 " strThumbEffect = " -thumbnail 200x200 " stroriginal = """" & BEDir() & "photos\" & Image & """" strWebPic = """" & BEDir & "webphotos\" & Image & """" strThumbPic = """" & BEDir & "webphotos\tn_" & Image & """" strShell = strConvert & stroriginal & strThumbEffect & strThumbPic ShellWait strShell, vbHide strShell = strConvert & stroriginal & strEffect & strWebPic ShellWait strShell, vbHide End Function On 10 Sep 2010 at 18:09, Jim Lawrence wrote: > So how do you automate imaging within you applications without manual > intervention using external products like Adobe Photoshop, Photo > Editor or GIMP etc.? > > Well, here is a product which can be used to edit images via program > control within your PHP, ASP.Net, .Net, Perl and Java applications: > > http://www.imagemagick.org/ > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > 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 From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Fri Sep 10 23:06:15 2010 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:06:15 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? In-Reply-To: <77CEC8E15C934076A5E3FBEEC498D9A8@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: , <4C8AE2BF.1128.E7A9586@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <77CEC8E15C934076A5E3FBEEC498D9A8@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <4C8B0037.20462.EEDAEE2@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> I haven't used that at all, but phpinfo tells me that it is installed on our web servers and I see that WAMP on my development system has php_gd2 ticked on the Extensions list. A quick look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php shows that it doesn't just manipulate existing images, it lets you create images with text, line, arc etc functions so you could use it to create graphs/charts on the fly in your web page from various data sources. Good find! I definitely will have to play with this when I get some spare time. -- Stuart On 10 Sep 2010 at 20:27, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Stuart: > > PS: There is also another editor which can be used online/web based. > Have you ever tried using this one? > > http://php.net/manual/en/book.image.php > > I wonder if there are any similar feature in or planned for ASP.Net? > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:01 PM To: Discussion of > Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So how do you > automate imaging? > > I've been using it for the last couple of years inside Access to > create correctly sized images for websites. > > Pages such as http://www.sre.com.pg/sre_aptmt_sales.html are > automatically updated in an Access Real Estate application. A single > button click creates and uploads any new PDF brochures and image > files and then builds and uploads the html page. > > Here's a typical Access function to create the thumbnail and zoom > image for each property from the original photo. > > Function CreateWebPic(Image As String) As Boolean > Dim strConvert As String > Dim strShell As String > Dim strWebPic As String > Dim stroriginal As String > Dim strEffect As String > Dim strThumbEffect As String > Dim strThumbPic As String > strConvert = """c:\program files\imagemagick-6.5.3-q16\Convert"" " > strEffect = " -thumbnail 600x600 " strThumbEffect = " -thumbnail > 200x200 " stroriginal = """" & BEDir() & "photos\" & Image & """" > strWebPic = """" & BEDir & "webphotos\" & Image & """" strThumbPic = > """" & BEDir & "webphotos\tn_" & Image & """" strShell = strConvert & > stroriginal & strThumbEffect & strThumbPic ShellWait strShell, vbHide > strShell = strConvert & stroriginal & strEffect & strWebPic ShellWait > strShell, vbHide End Function > > > > > On 10 Sep 2010 at 18:09, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > So how do you automate imaging within you applications without > > manual intervention using external products like Adobe Photoshop, > > Photo Editor or GIMP etc.? > > > > Well, here is a product which can be used to edit images via program > > control within your PHP, ASP.Net, .Net, Perl and Java applications: > > > > http://www.imagemagick.org/ > > > > Jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Fri Sep 10 23:32:28 2010 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:32:28 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? In-Reply-To: <4C8B0037.20462.EEDAEE2@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: , <77CEC8E15C934076A5E3FBEEC498D9A8@creativesystemdesigns.com>, <4C8B0037.20462.EEDAEE2@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> On 11 Sep 2010 at 14:06, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > A quick look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php shows that > it doesn't just manipulate existing images, it lets you create images > with text, line, arc etc functions so you could use it to create > graphs/charts on the fly in your web page from various data sources. > Just tried one of the examples, it's really neat. The entire contents of the file http://www.lexacorp.com.pg/imagetest.php follows, take a look at the result. -- Stuart 50; $i--) { imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 0, 45, $darknavy, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 45, 75 , $darkgray, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 75, 360 , $darkred, IMG_ARC_PIE); } imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 0, 45, $navy, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 45, 75 , $gray, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 75, 360 , $red, IMG_ARC_PIE); // flush image header('Content-type: image/png'); imagepng($image); imagedestroy($image); ?> From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Sep 11 11:54:57 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:54:57 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? In-Reply-To: <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: <77CEC8E15C934076A5E3FBEEC498D9A8@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C8B0037.20462.EEDAEE2@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <9285EFB9E9AD4F2DA51136B2A312A55A@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi Stuart: That's awesome. You would not believe how many lines of JavaScript code I have used to create graphs for clients. This could make the job almost pleasant. :-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:32 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? On 11 Sep 2010 at 14:06, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > A quick look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php shows that > it doesn't just manipulate existing images, it lets you create images > with text, line, arc etc functions so you could use it to create > graphs/charts on the fly in your web page from various data sources. > Just tried one of the examples, it's really neat. The entire contents of the file http://www.lexacorp.com.pg/imagetest.php follows, take a look at the result. -- Stuart 50; $i--) { imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 0, 45, $darknavy, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 45, 75 , $darkgray, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 75, 360 , $darkred, IMG_ARC_PIE); } imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 0, 45, $navy, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 45, 75 , $gray, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 75, 360 , $red, IMG_ARC_PIE); // flush image header('Content-type: image/png'); imagepng($image); imagedestroy($image); ?> _______________________________________________ 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 Sat Sep 11 17:58:50 2010 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:58:50 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? In-Reply-To: <9285EFB9E9AD4F2DA51136B2A312A55A@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: , <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <9285EFB9E9AD4F2DA51136B2A312A55A@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <4C8C09AA.8248.12FA9FDA@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> And it turns out there are lots of scripts/classes out there which take much of the work out of it. http://www.google.com/search?q=php+gd+charting+library (About 44,700 results ) Some interesting links: pChart http://pchart.sourceforge.net/ libChart http://naku.dohcrew.com/libchart/pages/introduction/ and lots more commercial and free one here: http://www.hotscripts.com/category/php/scripts-programs/graphs-charts/ -- Stuart On 11 Sep 2010 at 9:54, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Stuart: > > That's awesome. > > You would not believe how many lines of JavaScript code I have used to > create graphs for clients. This could make the job almost pleasant. > :-) > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:32 PM To: Discussion of > Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So how do you > automate imaging? > > On 11 Sep 2010 at 14:06, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > > > A quick look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php shows > > that it doesn't just manipulate existing images, it lets you create > > images with text, line, arc etc functions so you could use it to > > create graphs/charts on the fly in your web page from various data > > sources. > > > > Just tried one of the examples, it's really neat. > > The entire contents of the file > http://www.lexacorp.com.pg/imagetest.php follows, take a look at the > result. > > -- > Stuart > > > // create image > $image = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100); > // allocate some colors > $white = imagecolorallocate($image, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF); > $gray = imagecolorallocate($image, 0xC0, 0xC0, 0xC0); > $darkgray = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x90, 0x90, 0x90); > $navy = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80); > $darknavy = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x00, 0x00, 0x50); > $red = imagecolorallocate($image, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00); > $darkred = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x90, 0x00, 0x00); > // make the 3D effect > for ($i = 60; $i > 50; $i--) { > imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 0, 45, $darknavy, > IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 45, 75 , > $darkgray, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, > 75, 360 , $darkred, IMG_ARC_PIE); > } > imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 0, 45, $navy, IMG_ARC_PIE); > imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 45, 75 , $gray, IMG_ARC_PIE); > imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 75, 360 , $red, IMG_ARC_PIE); > // flush image header('Content-type: image/png'); imagepng($image); > imagedestroy($image); ?> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Sep 11 21:27:42 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:27:42 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? In-Reply-To: <4C8C09AA.8248.12FA9FDA@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <9285EFB9E9AD4F2DA51136B2A312A55A@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C8C09AA.8248.12FA9FDA@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <8865AACE279244A98C13BF5604FC82D3@creativesystemdesigns.com> Yeah, Stuart there are a lot of great pieces of code available but 6 or 7 years ago good chart code was in slim supply. There is some incredible stuff out there, now... ;-) ...but keep the list coming. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 3:59 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging? And it turns out there are lots of scripts/classes out there which take much of the work out of it. http://www.google.com/search?q=php+gd+charting+library (About 44,700 results ) Some interesting links: pChart http://pchart.sourceforge.net/ libChart http://naku.dohcrew.com/libchart/pages/introduction/ and lots more commercial and free one here: http://www.hotscripts.com/category/php/scripts-programs/graphs-charts/ -- Stuart On 11 Sep 2010 at 9:54, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Stuart: > > That's awesome. > > You would not believe how many lines of JavaScript code I have used to > create graphs for clients. This could make the job almost pleasant. > :-) > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:32 PM To: Discussion of > Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So how do you > automate imaging? > > On 11 Sep 2010 at 14:06, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > > > A quick look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php shows > > that it doesn't just manipulate existing images, it lets you create > > images with text, line, arc etc functions so you could use it to > > create graphs/charts on the fly in your web page from various data > > sources. > > > > Just tried one of the examples, it's really neat. > > The entire contents of the file > http://www.lexacorp.com.pg/imagetest.php follows, take a look at the > result. > > -- > Stuart > > > // create image > $image = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100); > // allocate some colors > $white = imagecolorallocate($image, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF); > $gray = imagecolorallocate($image, 0xC0, 0xC0, 0xC0); > $darkgray = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x90, 0x90, 0x90); > $navy = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80); > $darknavy = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x00, 0x00, 0x50); > $red = imagecolorallocate($image, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00); > $darkred = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x90, 0x00, 0x00); > // make the 3D effect > for ($i = 60; $i > 50; $i--) { > imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 0, 45, $darknavy, > IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 45, 75 , > $darkgray, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, > 75, 360 , $darkred, IMG_ARC_PIE); > } > imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 0, 45, $navy, IMG_ARC_PIE); > imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 45, 75 , $gray, IMG_ARC_PIE); > imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 75, 360 , $red, IMG_ARC_PIE); > // flush image header('Content-type: image/png'); imagepng($image); > imagedestroy($image); ?> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From peter.brawley at earthlink.net Sun Sep 12 08:17:24 2010 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:17:24 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft actively helps Russian police suppress dissent In-Reply-To: <4C8C09AA.8248.12FA9FDA@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: , <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <9285EFB9E9AD4F2DA51136B2A312A55A@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C8C09AA.8248.12FA9FDA@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <4C8CD2E4.6020103@earthlink.net> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/europe/12raids.html?_r=1&hp PB From ssharkins at gmail.com Tue Sep 14 09:45:31 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:45:31 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word selection question Message-ID: <1DE81B5996634D418D0AB2B110E031A8@salvationomc4p> If you press [Ctrl]+A, you select the entire document, except the headers, footers, footnotes, etc. If you're in the header/footer section or the footnotes section, pressing [Ctrl]+A will select everything in that section, but nothing in the actual document. I can come up with a macro to do it all, but is there an existing shortcut I don't know about that will select everything? Susan H. From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Sep 15 10:02:15 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:02:15 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? In-Reply-To: <4C8CD2E4.6020103@earthlink.net> References: <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <9285EFB9E9AD4F2DA51136B2A312A55A@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C8C09AA.8248.12FA9FDA@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C8CD2E4.6020103@earthlink.net> Message-ID: What do you do when your old computer is worth little more than fill or work for the Chinese? http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-13625_11-464243-13.html?tag=content ;leftCol Jim From john at winhaven.net Wed Sep 15 10:32:07 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:32:07 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? In-Reply-To: References: <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <9285EFB9E9AD4F2DA51136B2A312A55A@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C8C09AA.8248.12FA9FDA@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C8CD2E4.6020103@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <007301cb54eb$2819fa70$784def50$@winhaven.net> About twelve, thirteen years ago (already) my nephew made an art projects from old PCs for one of his requirements while working on his Graphics Artist degree. He's a MAC guy so he took great pleasure in dismantling old PCs and using them for what, he considered, they are worth using for ;o) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? What do you do when your old computer is worth little more than fill or work for the Chinese? http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-13625_11-464243-13.html?tag=content ;leftCol Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Sep 15 12:21:46 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:21:46 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? In-Reply-To: <007301cb54eb$2819fa70$784def50$@winhaven.net> References: <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <9285EFB9E9AD4F2DA51136B2A312A55A@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C8C09AA.8248.12FA9FDA@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C8CD2E4.6020103@earthlink.net> <007301cb54eb$2819fa70$784def50$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: Ha ha... I have many friends who would agree with him... I have a friend son who made a video on "The 10 best uses for my PCs"; from boat anchors, door stops, foot stools, target practice etc... I will see if he still has the tape and post a link it here. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:32 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? About twelve, thirteen years ago (already) my nephew made an art projects from old PCs for one of his requirements while working on his Graphics Artist degree. He's a MAC guy so he took great pleasure in dismantling old PCs and using them for what, he considered, they are worth using for ;o) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? What do you do when your old computer is worth little more than fill or work for the Chinese? http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-13625_11-464243-13.html?tag=content ;leftCol Jim _______________________________________________ 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 From john at winhaven.net Wed Sep 15 23:30:06 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:30:06 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? In-Reply-To: References: <4C8B065C.2781.F05B172@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <9285EFB9E9AD4F2DA51136B2A312A55A@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4C8C09AA.8248.12FA9FDA@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <4C8CD2E4.6020103@earthlink.net> <007301cb54eb$2819fa70$784def50$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <000c01cb5557$d7393f40$85abbdc0$@winhaven.net> Sounds good -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:22 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? Ha ha... I have many friends who would agree with him... I have a friend son who made a video on "The 10 best uses for my PCs"; from boat anchors, door stops, foot stools, target practice etc... I will see if he still has the tape and post a link it here. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:32 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? About twelve, thirteen years ago (already) my nephew made an art projects from old PCs for one of his requirements while working on his Graphics Artist degree. He's a MAC guy so he took great pleasure in dismantling old PCs and using them for what, he considered, they are worth using for ;o) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? What do you do when your old computer is worth little more than fill or work for the Chinese? http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-13625_11-464243-13.html?tag=content ;leftCol Jim _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Gustav at cactus.dk Thu Sep 16 03:22:18 2010 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:22:18 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? Message-ID: Hi Jim et al If not too old - typically that means a CPU at 500+ MHz - you should be able to donate it to charity. That's what we do. /gustav -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:22 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? Ha ha... I have many friends who would agree with him... I have a friend son who made a video on "The 10 best uses for my PCs"; from boat anchors, door stops, foot stools, target practice etc... I will see if he still has the tape and post a link it here. Jim From jon.tydda at lonza.com Thu Sep 16 03:24:21 2010 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:24:21 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: As a company, we sell our old laptops and desktops to a recycling company, who will either rob all the useful parts to make Frankenstein PCs, or strip them for the components. Personally, I've still got my last two PCs at home. One is a very useful footrest (although I was thinking of using the case and making a media server out of it), and the other collects dust like you wouldn't believe :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: 16 September 2010 09:22 To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? Hi Jim et al If not too old - typically that means a CPU at 500+ MHz - you should be able to donate it to charity. That's what we do. /gustav -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:22 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? Ha ha... I have many friends who would agree with him... I have a friend son who made a video on "The 10 best uses for my PCs"; from boat anchors, door stops, foot stools, target practice etc... I will see if he still has the tape and post a link it here. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com 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 Thu Sep 16 10:52:49 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:52:49 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <90533C008A1A4384AB0AEDB67CA71927@creativesystemdesigns.com> Ha ha ha... I usually just fix these old beater boxes up with a fresh coat of Ubuntu, Open Office, Chromium/Firefox, Thunderbird(Mail) and Pidgin(MSN) and it good for some student or neighbour for the next 5 years. ;-) Of course there is always various PC haters clubs... ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:22 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? Hi Jim et al If not too old - typically that means a CPU at 500+ MHz - you should be able to donate it to charity. That's what we do. /gustav -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:22 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? Ha ha... I have many friends who would agree with him... I have a friend son who made a video on "The 10 best uses for my PCs"; from boat anchors, door stops, foot stools, target practice etc... I will see if he still has the tape and post a link it here. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Gustav at cactus.dk Thu Sep 16 11:13:35 2010 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:13:35 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? Message-ID: Hi Jim That is typically also what the charity groups do. And donate them as part of some development project in some country with little or no funds. /gustav >>> accessd at shaw.ca 16-09-2010 17:52 >>> Ha ha ha... I usually just fix these old beater boxes up with a fresh coat of Ubuntu, Open Office, Chromium/Firefox, Thunderbird(Mail) and Pidgin(MSN) and it good for some student or neighbour for the next 5 years. ;-) Of course there is always various PC haters clubs... ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:22 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So what do you do with your old computer? Hi Jim et al If not too old - typically that means a CPU at 500+ MHz - you should be able to donate it to charity. That's what we do. /gustav From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Sep 20 12:07:50 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:07:50 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] The ASP.Net security flaw In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am sure everyone in the bizz has heard about the ASP.Net security vulnerability: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/09/20/microsoft-confirms-a spnet-vulnerability-40090175/ ...but here is the solution: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/09/18/important-asp-net-security -vulnerability.aspx Jim From ssharkins at gmail.com Mon Sep 20 16:42:34 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:42:34 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] VBE dockables Message-ID: <51132CCDA02842D0B43885FA9C043DFD@salvationomc4p> I moved the Properties and Project windows -- they are dockable. Instead of staying slim, they're not stretched between the left and right margins. Why and how do I fix it? Susan H. From EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us Mon Sep 20 18:29:11 2010 From: EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us (Tesiny, Ed) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:29:11 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] VBE dockables References: <51132CCDA02842D0B43885FA9C043DFD@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: Take a look at here Susan http://www.jkp-ads.com/articles/VBEDocking.asp ________________________________ From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Susan Harkins Sent: Mon 9/20/2010 5:42 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] VBE dockables I moved the Properties and Project windows -- they are dockable. Instead of staying slim, they're not stretched between the left and right margins. Why and how do I fix it? 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 Mon Sep 20 18:38:31 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:38:31 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] VBE dockables References: <51132CCDA02842D0B43885FA9C043DFD@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: Already seen that one -- I'm missing something -- when I get close to the corner (edge), the window gets real wide. I'll look at it again tomorrow with fresh eyes. I said not, but I mean now -- they're now stretched between the left and right margins. Susan H. > Take a look at here Susan > http://www.jkp-ads.com/articles/VBEDocking.asp > > > > > I moved the Properties and Project windows -- they are dockable. Instead > of staying slim, they're not stretched between the left and right margins. > Why and how do I fix it? > From kathryn at bassett.net Sat Sep 25 13:41:07 2010 From: kathryn at bassett.net (Kathryn Bassett) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:41:07 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? Message-ID: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> You guys are smart so maybe you can help. According to Twitcker, ++++++ The normal displayed tickers are twelve, but you could de- or increase it (from 6 to 30). Just add to http://twitcker.com/ticker/HIVHope.js a ?count=NUMBER, example: http://twitcker.com/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=20 ++++++ I have the .js on my site as I couldn't figure out how to modify the one on Twitcker to show my colors etc. Right now, there are 9 Tweets at http://twitter.com/HIVHope. I wanted to experiment with the number, so I added http://hivhope.net/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=6 as you'll see if you look at the source in http://www.hivhope.net/includes/header.htm (vs the place it is included: http://hivhope.net) However, it didn't change the count. When I look at the .js that I copied from Twitcker, all 9 Tweets are included there. Logic says that even when my friend adds more Tweets, they won't be included because they are being pulled from the .js instead of Twitter - which makes the whole thing moot. What am I missing? Can you tell I know nothing about .js? -- Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" kathryn at bassett.net http://bassett.net?? From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Sep 25 22:05:31 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:05:31 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? In-Reply-To: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> References: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> Message-ID: Hi Kathryn What do you want to do? 1. Change the background colour? 2. Automatically monitor and retrieve a twitter feed? 3. Add and and subtract messages? Have you downloaded all the components of the http://www.hivhope.net/includes/header.htm site? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Kathryn Bassett Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 11:41 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? You guys are smart so maybe you can help. According to Twitcker, ++++++ The normal displayed tickers are twelve, but you could de- or increase it (from 6 to 30). Just add to http://twitcker.com/ticker/HIVHope.js a ?count=NUMBER, example: http://twitcker.com/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=20 ++++++ I have the .js on my site as I couldn't figure out how to modify the one on Twitcker to show my colors etc. Right now, there are 9 Tweets at http://twitter.com/HIVHope. I wanted to experiment with the number, so I added http://hivhope.net/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=6 as you'll see if you look at the source in http://www.hivhope.net/includes/header.htm (vs the place it is included: http://hivhope.net) However, it didn't change the count. When I look at the .js that I copied from Twitcker, all 9 Tweets are included there. Logic says that even when my friend adds more Tweets, they won't be included because they are being pulled from the .js instead of Twitter - which makes the whole thing moot. What am I missing? Can you tell I know nothing about .js? -- Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" kathryn at bassett.net http://bassett.net?? _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From kathryn at bassett.net Sat Sep 25 22:48:18 2010 From: kathryn at bassett.net (Kathryn Bassett) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:48:18 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? In-Reply-To: References: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> Message-ID: <007201cb5d2d$a860f8b0$f922ea10$@net> Don't need to download it, it's my site. I've got the background color taken care of. It's the number of Tweets that is the issue and knowing how it updates. Kathryn > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech- > bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 8:06 PM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .js help? > > Hi Kathryn > > What do you want to do? > > 1. Change the background colour? > 2. Automatically monitor and retrieve a twitter feed? > 3. Add and and subtract messages? > > Have you downloaded all the components of the > http://www.hivhope.net/includes/header.htm site? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Kathryn > Bassett > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 11:41 AM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? > > You guys are smart so maybe you can help. > > According to Twitcker, > > ++++++ > The normal displayed tickers are twelve, but you could de- or increase > it > (from 6 to 30). > Just add to http://twitcker.com/ticker/HIVHope.js a ?count=NUMBER, > example: > http://twitcker.com/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=20 > ++++++ > > I have the .js on my site as I couldn't figure out how to modify the > one on > Twitcker to show my colors etc. > Right now, there are 9 Tweets at http://twitter.com/HIVHope. I wanted > to > experiment with the number, so I added > > http://hivhope.net/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=6 as you'll see if you look > at > the source in http://www.hivhope.net/includes/header.htm (vs the place > it > is included: http://hivhope.net) > > However, it didn't change the count. When I look at the .js that I > copied > from Twitcker, all 9 Tweets are included there. Logic says that even > when my > friend adds more Tweets, they won't be included because they are being > pulled from the .js instead of Twitter - which makes the whole thing > moot. > > What am I missing? > > Can you tell I know nothing about .js? > > > > -- > Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) > "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" > kathryn at bassett.net > http://bassett.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Sep 26 15:31:31 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:31:31 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? In-Reply-To: <007201cb5d2d$a860f8b0$f922ea10$@net> References: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> <007201cb5d2d$a860f8b0$f922ea10$@net> Message-ID: <1C8509B8122D45C2AF187E9AC013D5F5@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi Kathryn: I will make the assumption that it is as you say you are not a JavaScript expert... This piece of code is not that simple if you need to do some major changes on it. It is not just JavaScript but JQuery...which is an advanced superset of JavaScript. (Well worth learning if you wish to go that route...here is a link to a basic doc tutorial site: http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials) It would take a bit of time describe what you need. I will send you a formatted version of the code so you can actually work with it (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ra37g6). If you do not already have a copy I would suggest Programmer's Notepad (http://www.pnotepad.org/download/) as it is one of the easiest editors to use. Line 8 is where the JQuery JavaScript code is acquired (fron Google... Google just supplies storage for the latest versions). Lines 25 is your CSS script that is pushed straight into the page...so you can make any adjustment you need there. Line 194 is your page Body code also pushed straight into the page...this I would assume is where you make changes to the layout and content. Most of the rest of the code handles the scrolling and the menu... That's the basics...hope it helps. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Kathryn Bassett Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 8:48 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .js help? Don't need to download it, it's my site. I've got the background color taken care of. It's the number of Tweets that is the issue and knowing how it updates. Kathryn > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech- > bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 8:06 PM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .js help? > > Hi Kathryn > > What do you want to do? > > 1. Change the background colour? > 2. Automatically monitor and retrieve a twitter feed? > 3. Add and and subtract messages? > > Have you downloaded all the components of the > http://www.hivhope.net/includes/header.htm site? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Kathryn > Bassett > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 11:41 AM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? > > You guys are smart so maybe you can help. > > According to Twitcker, > > ++++++ > The normal displayed tickers are twelve, but you could de- or increase > it > (from 6 to 30). > Just add to http://twitcker.com/ticker/HIVHope.js a ?count=NUMBER, > example: > http://twitcker.com/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=20 > ++++++ > > I have the .js on my site as I couldn't figure out how to modify the > one on > Twitcker to show my colors etc. > Right now, there are 9 Tweets at http://twitter.com/HIVHope. I wanted > to > experiment with the number, so I added > > http://hivhope.net/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=6 as you'll see if you look > at > the source in http://www.hivhope.net/includes/header.htm (vs the place > it > is included: http://hivhope.net) > > However, it didn't change the count. When I look at the .js that I > copied > from Twitcker, all 9 Tweets are included there. Logic says that even > when my > friend adds more Tweets, they won't be included because they are being > pulled from the .js instead of Twitter - which makes the whole thing > moot. > > What am I missing? > > Can you tell I know nothing about .js? > > > > -- > Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) > "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" > kathryn at bassett.net > http://bassett.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From kathryn at bassett.net Sun Sep 26 15:52:51 2010 From: kathryn at bassett.net (Kathryn Bassett) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:52:51 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? In-Reply-To: <1C8509B8122D45C2AF187E9AC013D5F5@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> <007201cb5d2d$a860f8b0$f922ea10$@net> <1C8509B8122D45C2AF187E9AC013D5F5@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <002e01cb5dbc$c8f84620$5ae8d260$@net> > I will make the assumption that it is as you say you are not a > JavaScript expert... > > This piece of code is not that simple if you need to do some major > changes on it. I know absolutely nothing about js or jquery. All I've done is search for the colors and replace them. What I'm trying to ask is, is there something in the .js that I'm using that does an on-the-fly update to the Tweets that are embedded there - I previously said: "When I look at the .js that I copied from Twitcker, all 9 Tweets are included there. Logic says that even when my friend adds more Tweets, they won't be included because they are being pulled from the .js instead of Twitter - which makes the whole thing moot." If there is something there that does this on-the-fly, then the only thing to solve is why adding http://hivhope.net/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=6 didn't change the number of Tweets showing. What you sent looks even more complicated than the Twicker code, and *also* has the Tweets embedded, so still has the on-the-fly question remaining. Kathryn From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Sep 26 16:47:19 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:47:19 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? In-Reply-To: <002e01cb5dbc$c8f84620$5ae8d260$@net> References: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> <007201cb5d2d$a860f8b0$f922ea10$@net> <1C8509B8122D45C2AF187E9AC013D5F5@creativesystemdesigns.com> <002e01cb5dbc$c8f84620$5ae8d260$@net> Message-ID: Hi Kathryn: JQuery is a series of imbedded functions...look up "how to use and create JQuery functions" lots of tutorials out there...and you should learn all this stuff. ;-) I am not sure there is not enough code there to automate the process of adding and updating twitts on the fly. But, within code all it would take is to have the contents of line 194 (the page body html code) replaced. (If you are using an editor to view the code make sure 'wrap' is turned on.) The page Body is just being used as a data storage area and the code just cycles through the contents and displays it on the marquee. (I would have probably used JSON (A small JavaScript database) for that purpose as now how are you going to be able to be able to display the rest of page? Obviously, this code was taken from some operational location. If I could take a look at that then it might be easier to figure out and to add the appropriate pieces. Any very rough example of replacing the Body contents via AJAX code would be; Given: (note: this is just air code off the top...) ... content ... Or check out this example: http://api.jquery.com/replaceWith/ HTH Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Kathryn Bassett Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 1:53 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .js help? > I will make the assumption that it is as you say you are not a > JavaScript expert... > > This piece of code is not that simple if you need to do some major > changes on it. I know absolutely nothing about js or jquery. All I've done is search for the colors and replace them. What I'm trying to ask is, is there something in the .js that I'm using that does an on-the-fly update to the Tweets that are embedded there - I previously said: "When I look at the .js that I copied from Twitcker, all 9 Tweets are included there. Logic says that even when my friend adds more Tweets, they won't be included because they are being pulled from the .js instead of Twitter - which makes the whole thing moot." If there is something there that does this on-the-fly, then the only thing to solve is why adding http://hivhope.net/ticker/HIVHope.js?count=6 didn't change the number of Tweets showing. What you sent looks even more complicated than the Twicker code, and *also* has the Tweets embedded, so still has the on-the-fly question remaining. Kathryn _______________________________________________ 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 Mon Sep 27 10:39:43 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:39:43 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] PowerPoint -- quick question Message-ID: <980E401AF55042FAA48EC0E4F4310440@salvationomc4p> Help file says you can press m to advance to the next slide, but it doesn't work for me in 2003 (haven't tested any other version yet). I'm checking for some kind of setting that might turn this off -- anyone know why m might not advance to the next slide? Susan H. From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Sep 26 21:12:56 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:12:56 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? In-Reply-To: <002e01cb5dbc$c8f84620$5ae8d260$@net> References: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> <007201cb5d2d$a860f8b0$f922ea10$@net> <1C8509B8122D45C2AF187E9AC013D5F5@creativesystemdesigns.com> <002e01cb5dbc$c8f84620$5ae8d260$@net> Message-ID: Hi Kathryn: JQuery is a series of imbedded functions...look up "how to use and create JQuery functions" lots of tutorials out there...and you should learn all this stuff. ;-) I am not sure there is not enough code there to automate the process of adding and updating twitts on the fly. But, within code all it would take is to have the contents of line 194 (the page body html code) replaced. (If you are using an editor to view the code make sure 'wrap' is turned on.) The page Body is just being used as a data storage area and the code just cycles through the contents and displays it on the marquee. (I would have probably used JSON (A small JavaScript database) for that purpose as now how are you going to be able to be able to display the rest of page? Obviously, this code was taken from some operational location. If I could take a look at that then it might be easier to figure out and to add the appropriate pieces. Any very rough example of replacing the Body contents via AJAX code would be; Given: (note: this is just air code off the top...) ... content ... Or check out this example: http://api.jquery.com/replaceWith/ HTH Jim From john at winhaven.net Mon Sep 27 14:06:25 2010 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:06:25 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] PowerPoint -- quick question In-Reply-To: <980E401AF55042FAA48EC0E4F4310440@salvationomc4p> References: <980E401AF55042FAA48EC0E4F4310440@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: <008301cb5e77$14ebd4b0$3ec37e10$@winhaven.net> Doesn't work for me in PP2010 -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:40 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] PowerPoint -- quick question Help file says you can press m to advance to the next slide, but it doesn't work for me in 2003 (haven't tested any other version yet). I'm checking for some kind of setting that might turn this off -- anyone know why m might not advance to the next slide? Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us Mon Sep 27 14:56:09 2010 From: EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us (Tesiny, Ed) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:56:09 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] PowerPoint -- quick question In-Reply-To: <008301cb5e77$14ebd4b0$3ec37e10$@winhaven.net> References: <980E401AF55042FAA48EC0E4F4310440@salvationomc4p> <008301cb5e77$14ebd4b0$3ec37e10$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: Doesn't work in PP2007 either Ed Tesiny EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 3:06 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PowerPoint -- quick question Doesn't work for me in PP2010 -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:40 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] PowerPoint -- quick question Help file says you can press m to advance to the next slide, but it doesn't work for me in 2003 (haven't tested any other version yet). I'm checking for some kind of setting that might turn this off -- anyone know why m might not advance to the next slide? Susan H. _______________________________________________ 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 From kathryn at bassett.net Mon Sep 27 22:26:25 2010 From: kathryn at bassett.net (Kathryn Bassett) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:26:25 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .js help? In-Reply-To: References: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> <007201cb5d2d$a860f8b0$f922ea10$@net> <1C8509B8122D45C2AF187E9AC013D5F5@creativesystemdesigns.com> <002e01cb5dbc$c8f84620$5ae8d260$@net> Message-ID: <006301cb5ebc$ef090740$cd1b15c0$@net> > Obviously, this code was taken from some operational location. If I > could take a look at that then it might be easier to figure out and to add > the appropriate pieces. http://Twitcker.com and the Twitter ID is HIVHope. http://hivhope.net/ is the domain I'm using it in, and I'm "including" http://hivhope.net/includes/header.htm Kathryn From carbonnb at gmail.com Tue Sep 28 07:32:46 2010 From: carbonnb at gmail.com (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:32:46 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] PowerPoint -- quick question In-Reply-To: <980E401AF55042FAA48EC0E4F4310440@salvationomc4p> References: <980E401AF55042FAA48EC0E4F4310440@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: Typo in the help file maybe? 'N' is one of the keys that will advance to the net slide. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Susan Harkins wrote: > Help file says you can press m to advance to the next slide, but it doesn't > work for me in 2003 (haven't tested any other version yet). I'm checking for > some kind of setting that might turn this off -- anyone know why m might not > advance to the next slide? > > Susan H. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" From ssharkins at gmail.com Tue Sep 28 08:25:48 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:25:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] PowerPoint -- quick question References: <980E401AF55042FAA48EC0E4F4310440@salvationomc4p> Message-ID: You're most likely right! Thanks! Susan H. > Typo in the help file maybe? > > 'N' is one of the keys that will advance to the net slide. > From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Sep 29 08:34:10 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:34:10 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Everything you wanted to know about SMAQ In-Reply-To: <006301cb5ebc$ef090740$cd1b15c0$@net> References: <001f01cb5ce1$3770d6d0$a6528470$@net> <007201cb5d2d$a860f8b0$f922ea10$@net> <1C8509B8122D45C2AF187E9AC013D5F5@creativesystemdesigns.com> <002e01cb5dbc$c8f84620$5ae8d260$@net> <006301cb5ebc$ef090740$cd1b15c0$@net> Message-ID: <51A5FCB3C7974A1682AFB98592E3287A@creativesystemdesigns.com> For the new super data stores and subsequent searches here is the a set of products used to create and manage that data; Storage, MapReduce and Query (SMAQ) Here is a link to an overview of the new management system of super data: http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/09/the-smaq-stack-for-big-data.html Jim From ssharkins at gmail.com Wed Sep 29 14:55:44 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:55:44 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Missing table command in Word 2007 Message-ID: In 2003, you can select a table and convert it to text, quite easily -- there's a command for it: Covert Table To Text. I can't find this command in 2007 or 2010. I can't find a reference to it in Help either. Is it still around? I used it alot in 2003. Thanks! Susan H. From ssharkins at gmail.com Wed Sep 29 14:55:44 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:55:44 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Missing table command in Word 2007 Message-ID: In 2003, you can select a table and convert it to text, quite easily -- there's a command for it: Covert Table To Text. I can't find this command in 2007 or 2010. I can't find a reference to it in Help either. Is it still around? I used it alot in 2003. Thanks! Susan H. From ssharkins at gmail.com Wed Sep 29 14:55:44 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:55:44 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Missing table command in Word 2007 Message-ID: In 2003, you can select a table and convert it to text, quite easily -- there's a command for it: Covert Table To Text. I can't find this command in 2007 or 2010. I can't find a reference to it in Help either. Is it still around? I used it alot in 2003. Thanks! Susan H. From ssharkins at gmail.com Wed Sep 29 14:55:44 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:55:44 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Missing table command in Word 2007 Message-ID: In 2003, you can select a table and convert it to text, quite easily -- there's a command for it: Covert Table To Text. I can't find this command in 2007 or 2010. I can't find a reference to it in Help either. Is it still around? I used it alot in 2003. Thanks! Susan H. From james at fcidms.com Wed Sep 29 16:26:36 2010 From: james at fcidms.com (James Barash) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:26:36 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Missing table command in Word 2007 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <12D2F894654B53498DEF840AE12B7BB3082C26D71B@fciexchange.fcidms.com> Susan: In 2010 at least, on the Table Tools -> Layout ribbon under Data, there is Convert to Text button. Hope that helps. James Barash -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 3:56 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Missing table command in Word 2007 In 2003, you can select a table and convert it to text, quite easily -- there's a command for it: Covert Table To Text. I can't find this command in 2007 or 2010. I can't find a reference to it in Help either. Is it still around? I used it alot in 2003. Thanks! 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 Wed Sep 29 16:30:35 2010 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:30:35 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Missing table command in Word 2007 References: <12D2F894654B53498DEF840AE12B7BB3082C26D71B@fciexchange.fcidms.com> Message-ID: Oh my gosh... that placement is just totally bizarre! Thank you. I may write this up as a blog entry too -- will be sure to credit you. Thanks! Susan H. > Susan: > > In 2010 at least, on the Table Tools -> Layout ribbon under Data, there is > Convert to Text button. > > Hope that helps. > > James Barash > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 3:56 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] Missing table command in Word 2007 > > In 2003, you can select a table and convert it to text, quite easily -- > there's a command for it: Covert Table To Text. I can't find this command > in 2007 or 2010. I can't find a reference to it in Help either. Is it > still around? I used it alot in 2003. > > Thanks! > Susan H. > _______________________________________________ > 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 From marklbreen at gmail.com Thu Sep 30 07:02:20 2010 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:02:20 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Calculating Six Sigma - Please critique - Mathematicians where are you Message-ID: Hello All, I have to calculate a Six Sigma value and I have written a function for SQL Server to calculate it. >From what I have read, Six Sigma should really be looked up against a set of values but I also think that it can be approximated using the formula at the following link http://www.symphonytech.com/articles/sixsigma.htm. The calculation is credited to Schmidt and Launsby 1997 Can I ask your assistance for the following 1) Are the calculations correct? 2) Would you rename the variables to more appropriate values that are still readable by non-math experts Here is the short version and then below I have also pasted my complete function. X, Y, and Z are the three static values in the Schmidt and Launsby formula. SET @X = 0.8406 SET @Y = 29.37 SET @Z = 2.221 SET @DPM= 1000000 / @OrderQty * @DefectQty SET @NaturalLogOfDPM= log(@DPM) SET @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ = @NaturalLogOfDPM * @Z SET @CalculatedValueForSQR = @Y - @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ SET @SQROfCalculatedValue = SQRT(@CalculatedValueForSQR) SET @Result = @X + @SQROfCalculatedValue Thanks Mark Here is the entire SQL Server udf Create FUNCTION ufn_MB_CalcSixSigma ( @OrderQty NUMERIC(12,4), @DefectQty NUMERIC(12,4) ) RETURNS NUMERIC(12,4) AS BEGIN /* The calculation is credited to Schmidt and Launsby 1997 */ DECLARE @DPM NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @X NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @Y NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @Z NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @NaturalLogOfDPM NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @CalculatedValueForSQR NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @SQROfCalculatedValue NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @Result NUMERIC(12,4) SET @X = 0.8406 SET @Y = 29.37 SET @Z = 2.221 IF @DefectQty <=0 OR @OrderQty < @DefectQty SET @Result = -99 ELSE BEGIN SET @DPM= 1000000 / @OrderQty * @DefectQty SET @NaturalLogOfDPM= log(@DPM) SET @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ = @NaturalLogOfDPM * @Z SET @CalculatedValueForSQR = @Y - @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ SET @SQROfCalculatedValue = SQRT(@CalculatedValueForSQR) SET @Result = @X + @SQROfCalculatedValue End -- Return the result of the function RETURN @Result END GO From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Sep 30 10:53:02 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:53:02 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] The UNIX revenge In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Most of our wages is collected from our knowledge and work with Windows, of various versions and classes, but we must realize that we are no longer supporting the dominate life (OS) form on the planet. UNIX started it all, in 1969, a system that was written off 20 years ago is now, in its thousands of variants (Linux, OS X, Android, to name but a few) the most pervasive and dominate OS on the planet: http://www.asymco.com/2010/09/29/unixs-revenge/ Regards Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Sep 30 11:44:49 2010 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:44:49 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Calculating Six Sigma - Please critique - Mathematicianswhere are you In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D6AB344DED14E1D8746EC5F08AA32EA@creativesystemdesigns.com> It has been years since I have worked with these variable sets. Given a quick look they look like they should do the task. I will assume that you have tested the results against a series of calculations that you already have known values. This UFD calculation asks the question; is this used a lot by the clients and is there a noticeable performance impact on high volumes as this type of math calculations are not really MS SQL forte. I might be more inclined call an external routine... Maybe you should use descriptive names if you will ever have to go back into the code months later. It does seem that you are working on some interesting projects. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:02 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Calculating Six Sigma - Please critique - Mathematicianswhere are you Hello All, I have to calculate a Six Sigma value and I have written a function for SQL Server to calculate it. >From what I have read, Six Sigma should really be looked up against a set of values but I also think that it can be approximated using the formula at the following link http://www.symphonytech.com/articles/sixsigma.htm. The calculation is credited to Schmidt and Launsby 1997 Can I ask your assistance for the following 1) Are the calculations correct? 2) Would you rename the variables to more appropriate values that are still readable by non-math experts Here is the short version and then below I have also pasted my complete function. X, Y, and Z are the three static values in the Schmidt and Launsby formula. SET @X = 0.8406 SET @Y = 29.37 SET @Z = 2.221 SET @DPM= 1000000 / @OrderQty * @DefectQty SET @NaturalLogOfDPM= log(@DPM) SET @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ = @NaturalLogOfDPM * @Z SET @CalculatedValueForSQR = @Y - @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ SET @SQROfCalculatedValue = SQRT(@CalculatedValueForSQR) SET @Result = @X + @SQROfCalculatedValue Thanks Mark Here is the entire SQL Server udf Create FUNCTION ufn_MB_CalcSixSigma ( @OrderQty NUMERIC(12,4), @DefectQty NUMERIC(12,4) ) RETURNS NUMERIC(12,4) AS BEGIN /* The calculation is credited to Schmidt and Launsby 1997 */ DECLARE @DPM NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @X NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @Y NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @Z NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @NaturalLogOfDPM NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @CalculatedValueForSQR NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @SQROfCalculatedValue NUMERIC(12,4) DECLARE @Result NUMERIC(12,4) SET @X = 0.8406 SET @Y = 29.37 SET @Z = 2.221 IF @DefectQty <=0 OR @OrderQty < @DefectQty SET @Result = -99 ELSE BEGIN SET @DPM= 1000000 / @OrderQty * @DefectQty SET @NaturalLogOfDPM= log(@DPM) SET @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ = @NaturalLogOfDPM * @Z SET @CalculatedValueForSQR = @Y - @NaturalLogOfDPMTimesZ SET @SQROfCalculatedValue = SQRT(@CalculatedValueForSQR) SET @Result = @X + @SQROfCalculatedValue End -- Return the result of the function RETURN @Result END GO _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com