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  1. oscarse

    Client annoyed with updates rebooting machine

    I have a client that opens a gazillian screens and expects them all to be there the next day of business ... with updates for Security and MS there is the occasional reboot required ... when this happens the client is very upset that all the windows (mostly web sites) have to be closed/lost ...
  2. oscarse

    VBS stopped working

    I have been using a vbs script for years and today after doing an VFP SP2 and Windows XP updates it is no longer running ... no indication of why ... no event logs ... Any IDEAS? Dim oShell Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.shell") rem oShell.run "C:\dct\instance 1" oShell.run...
  3. oscarse

    Data Recovery from older Informix DB

    Sorry if this is the wrong forum but ... Does anyone either have a link to or know of somewhere where I can get the DBD file specs for INFORMIX 3.3? I have all the dbd and dat files which were backed up nightly ... I need to recover the data from an old Xenix box circa 86 and move into another...
  4. oscarse

    UNITS Settings?

    Sorry having a Grey moment ... Is there somewhere in Access 2K3 where I can set the Units to Metric ... I am attempting to set up a Label report which is all in metric ... I have looked online for setting units, metric and nothing is showing up ... I was expecting to find this in options but...
  5. oscarse

    Warning Ugly Technical Question ;)

    Does anyone know if adding DIM statements inside an IF statement is of any benifit to the speed of an Application? In other words; Would these 2 examples produce the same compile/token code in ACCESS VBA? DIM blah As <Object> IF Foo = TRUE THEN ' do some work END IF VS IF Foo = TRUE THEN...
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    Missing Record updates

    State Machine Scenario: Process A: updates a record and commits the data with a release <table> within a local procedure and explicit transaction Process B: is a status monitor using a DO WHILE TRUE LOOP issue Process B will read the <table> the first time with the correct value but...
  7. oscarse

    SUB Form not loading

    I have a sub form that uses a getval("PTR") function as a parameter ... my test data has 3 records id'd as 1, 2 and 3 ... the getval returns 1 2 or 3 to the sub form. Select TTID, TTData from test where TTID = getval("PRT"); When I set ginPTR (LONG) to 1, 2 or 3 from the immediate window and...
  8. oscarse

    DPI Confusion

    Can someone Please explain what is going on with the DPI settings in XP? I have a screen that is supposed to be 1680 x 1050 pixels with a screen that is roughly 13" x 8.25" ... this works out to be about 130 pixels per inch I read 96dpi as being 96 dots per inch The advanced screen settings...
  9. oscarse

    Cleanup issue?

    I just built a simple address book with a dynamic search form and now have a problem with a field that won't clean up. When a table is created it creates an ID autonumber for the primary index ... normally I go and rename this field ... not sure what I did this time but none of my tables have...
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    Index issue

    the 856 Ansi Standard has a Hierarchial structure of HL (0:200000) that requires at least 3 different structures adding a header structure is fine as there is only one index ... the other two levels are where this gets ugly Assuming a Shipment has multiple orders with multiple items we would...
  11. oscarse

    File Attributes/securities

    Sorry this is sort of a cross post as I was not sure what the issue was I posted a related question in the XP forum. The issue is that I have an ACCESS VBA app that is creating jpg files that are no longer accessible across a peer network. This was working until I converted a 2K app into a 2k3...
  12. oscarse

    Bizare Issue with JPG

    Scenario; 5 Peer to peer XP PRo SP2 machines ... 2 machines are storing duplicate copies of pictures in jpg format ... on the machine that originates the JPG's, the files will load with no problem in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer ... ALL OTHER PEERS state "No Preview Available" (the...
  13. oscarse

    Deploying a version of an MDB Project

    Can someone please explain a procedure for deploying an MDB file ... Basically I have created an MDB file project and now want to make a release copy for use on a clients machine (sourcesafe not installed) ... I do not want to close the project as there could be more changes coming ... I just...
  14. oscarse

    subform print

    Using a subform to zoom in a picture ... found an example that uses two cascaded subforms with .width, .height and .SizeMode = acOLESizeZoom to size and position photo's ... now I would like to take the topmost subform of the main form and print just the subform The help would have me believe...
  15. oscarse

    Send Only Scenario

    All the email programs I have currently tried; Eudora, ThunderBird, OE, and Outlook all require BOTH an inbound and outbound setting ... I have a requirement to have a ACCESS Application reside on a standalone box and be able to SEND ONLY using an existing EMAIL account that is active on another...
  16. oscarse

    Timing issue

    Situation ... I have an external file mangler that runs from a shell commandline ... I have a function that calls this; public function fileMangler(strFile as string) as boolean dim fs set fs = createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") if fs.fileexists(strFile) then if 0 =...
  17. oscarse

    Record position

    I have a table with 3 fields ID, Suffix, Date The ID & suffix combined make up the primary index ... I have a form which finds the last entry (by date) via the form load event ... the form record source then uses the found ID to find all the associated id-suffix records. Using DESC on the date...
  18. oscarse

    Share stopped working

    Been using Peer to Peer Networking (fixed IP's) with shares for years ... in the last couple of weeks something has gone south ... Running XP PRO SP2 with AUTO UPDATES ON ... using MS FIREWALL, simple Share turned off, LMHOSTS set with all fixed addresses, Guest is off (always has been but...
  19. oscarse

    mixed input source for textbox

    I used a textbox set up with fixed focus to accept input from either a USB BarcodeReader or a Numeric KeyPad ... this has worked well using a combination of the timer function to maintain focus on the textbox, and a KeyPress Event to monitor "{backspace}", "Del (.)", and "{Enter}". Basically a...
  20. oscarse

    Software Management

    OK before everyone points a finger at me ... I am sure most computer users are in the same boat ... 3 years ago I purchased a machine with a 60G HDD expecting it would be hard to fill it up ... now 3 years later I not only have a full HDD it also has well over 50 apps. Did I log the...

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