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  1. fawkes

    How to create a to-do from an email

    After using Outlook for over a decade I now have to get to grips with Lotus Notes. In Outlook you could create a task straight from an email and the email would be linked to the task. I cannot see how to do this in Lotus Notes.
  2. fawkes

    Moving database location

    I have an ADP file I've created on my work computer linked to a database on the sqlserver located on the work server. I've taken a backup of the database and restored it on my home computer with the sqlserver express edition so I can do some work at home. I've also taken a copy of the ADP...
  3. fawkes

    Split Resource

    I'm using Project to manage the time taken by a team of design engineers and have hit an issue that I need resolving. The engineers need to have their time split between routine design work for customers, new project work and training on an on-going basis. You could say that their day is split...
  4. fawkes

    Casting text to a number

    I have a database that I can't modify and can't add stored procedures to. In one of the tables there is some data with two fields I want to filter on: Field1 holds the name of an attribute that and Field2 holds it's value. Some attributes are numerical and some aren't and so Field2 is set up...
  5. fawkes

    Collecting values from gridview

    I have a gridview with a textbox that users can enter information into <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Filter Text"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="CriteriaTextBox" runat="server" EnableViewState="true"></asp:TextBox>...
  6. fawkes

    Printing From Web Pages

    There are lots of different answers all over the web on this, few of them complete for a newbie to understand so I was hoping that I could collect a general understanding here. The problem is printing from a web page. There are two main problems: 1. The client's PC will add headers and...
  7. fawkes

    Divs or Unordered List for CSS form layout?

    Which is the preferred option to layout a form for a user to enter new data where the layout is CSS controlled? Either: Nested Divs or Unordered List ? Any preferences? Pros/Cons
  8. fawkes

    Divs or Unordered List for CSS form layout?

    Which is the preferred option to layout a form for a user to enter new data where the layout is CSS controlled? Either: Nested Divs or Unordered List ? Any preferences? Pros/Cons
  9. fawkes

    Reverse upgrading a site to 3.5

    I have installed visual web developer 2008 express edition We run our intranet on a server running windows 2000 and so I can't install .net 3.5 on it and I can't get it upgraded at the moment. I have edited our intranet and when asked by VWD if I wanted to upgrade the site to 3.5 I did not...
  10. fawkes

    visual studio 2005 extensions for .net 3.0

    I'm trying to install this extension but I keep getting the message that the runtime is not installed. I have .net 3.0 SP1 and .net 3.5 installed, I've uninstalled and reinstalled them but without any success, any ideas?
  11. fawkes

    Does using dispose after exception

    Here's a newbie question for you. If an exception is thrown while in a using block and the exception is not handled within the using block is the object still disposed?
  12. fawkes

    FileSystemWatcher Service Problem

    I've set up a windows service using a file system watcher and can't get it to run. It hangs up on the following: 'Set the file properties the file system watcher uses to detect 'changes to files Try Me.EventLog.WriteEntry("Set wait for changed")...
  13. fawkes

    Problem with &quot;Project Location is not Trsusted&quot;

    Software: Visual Studio 2005 XP SP2 Problem: I've been working on a project for some time now and the files are located on the server. I'd already set up the trust and it worked fine, until this morning. I've deleted the trusts I'd set up and tried again. The trust is set up under Runtime...
  14. fawkes

    Help files won't show in exe but will show in IDE

    I'm running a form that has a help file included. From the menu I call the following code: Help.ShowHelp(Me, Application.StartupPath & IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar & "HelpFiles" & IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar & "My_Help.chm", HelpNavigator.TableOfContents) This displays the help file...
  15. fawkes

    Error handling best practice

    We're writing an in-house program that will also be referenced from other programs and I'm wondering about the best practice for error handling. The program throws exceptions, is it best to handle these within the program or could we leave it for other programs to pick these errors up, if we...
  16. fawkes

    Visio Header Date Format

    I've added the date to the header in Visio but it keeps showing the date the wrong way around. My PC is set to UK region and the dates are chronological dd/mm/yyyy but the date keeps showing in visio in the American format mm/dd/yyyy so I currently have a 13 month year. Any ideas how I format...
  17. fawkes

    bar coding and key grabbing

    Something that's always interested me, can key-grabbers capture bar code scans?
  18. fawkes

    Distributing shared assemblies

    I've created a shared assembly, when the assembly is installed it also installs some files in the application settings folder. I'm going to create a number of other applications that reference this shared assembly and I need to know a few things. 1. When I create a setup for the new...
  19. fawkes

    reference assembly in global assembly cache

    I've added an assembly to the global assembly cache, how do i reference this from other visual studio projects. Does the global assembly cache hold the dll or something else?
  20. fawkes

    DLL Deployemnt with config file

    I've a class library that I've written and I intend to utilise it across a number of applications. The class libraries config file has details that can be adjusted by the user specific to their machine so the config file is included in the deployment. This works fine, I can deploy the file and...

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