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Is VB6 Enterprise a recent version of Visual Basic? I can't find a good answer anywhere. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Good question.

I use Visual Basic .NET, which is h'awesome.
(Visual Studio)Quote

VB6 has entered Microsoft's "non-supported phase" as of March 2008. ... . ..

Is VB6 Enterprise a recent version of Visual Basic? I can't find a good answer anywhere.

Current version of Visual Basic is largely the same language as VB6.

BC_Programmer,

Thank you for the lecture. Your check is in the mail.

On point you may have overlooked. At one point in time the MS BASIC software was a classic line by line language. Then when it went visual it also became event-driven. That means that the program might not do anything if there is no event. It just sets there. And you cold create a from with some text in it with no code to speak of. It was now a template language. Just fill in the blanks.

It was now a template language. Just fill in the blanks.

Now this is evidently a cold observation; Is removing the mundane task of Windows Message Loops and Accelerator Translation and Resource editing really that bad? Is it in any way different to the way people will write a program template and use that from then on? Not really. Just takes away the m

Microsoft also had a BASIC compiler/IDE called "QuickBasic", which was modelled after it's other successful QuickC and... well actually I'm not sure if they had any other "quick" products....

QuickPascal

D:\BIN\qb>QP

WARNING: Microsoft QuickPascal has been tested for use
only with the MS-DOS and PC-DOS operating systems.
Your use of this product with another operating system
may void valuable warranty protection provided by
Microsoft on QuickPascal.

...Press any key to continue

NO. QP is only for MS-DOS.

Where did I say otherwise?

Microsoft QuickC was a commercial integrated development environment (IDE) product engineered by Microsoft for the C programming language, superseded by Visual C++ Standard Edition[1]. It main competitor was Turbo C[2].

hi guys,

i am USING this code to grab file names:

My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles( _
My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory, FileIO.SearchOption _
.SearchTopLevelOnly, "*.gif*", "*.jpg*", "*.jpeg*", "*.jif*")

when i load this into a list box it appears as c:\docu~\visua~\filename.ext

what im trying to get is just the filename or filename.ext, is there a command to get this or can i somehow edit the string?

any help will be great avoid using the My namespace if you can.

I really have absolutely no idea why it would return the short name.
the main issue here is that you are being given a collection of strings rather then a more helpful array of files.

you could use Directory.GetCurrentDirectory.Getfiles() to RETRIEVE files, but you can only specify a single file mask.

Not to fear, however- it's rather easy to slap together a small FUNCTION that does what the My Namespace function does but giving back FileInfo Objects rather then short path names:

Code: [Select]Sub Main()
Dim useMasks As String = "*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.jif|*.gif"

Dim filesgot As ArrayList
Dim loopfile As FileInfo
filesgot = GetFilesDirect(New DirectoryInfo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory), useMasks)
For Each loopfile In filesgot
Console.WriteLine(loopfile.FullName)


Next
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub

Private Function GetFilesDirect(ByVal StartFolder As DirectoryInfo, ByVal Filemasks As String, _
Optional ByVal SearchOption As SearchOption = SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly) As ArrayList
Dim returnArray As ArrayList = New ArrayList
Dim filemaskarr() As String = Filemasks.Split("|")
Dim I As Long
For Each fInfo As FileInfo In StartFolder.GetFiles("*.*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)
For I = 0 To filemaskarr.Length - 1
If fInfo.Name Like filemaskarr(I) Then
returnArray.Add(fInfo)
Exit For
End If

Next I
Next fInfo
Return returnArray
End Function

The "Main" Function here does essentially what you want- enumerates the matching files in the currentDirectory. Just copy the function to your code (in a blank area, and not inside another function, obviously) and call it in a similar fashion instead of using the My namespace.

Now, you ask "how does this help? I want just the filename!"

WELL, as you can see in my Main() routine, I use the "FullName" property of the FileInfo Class. In your case, you could use the "Name" property to get the Filename.ext, or the "Extension" property to get the file extension. using both together and some string manipulation, it's rather easy to get just the basename:
(Loopfile in the following is a "FileInfo" Object)
Code: [Select]loopfile.Name.Substring(1, loopfile.Name.Length - loopfile.Extension.Length - 1)
Yay it works!

sorry for late reply was too AMUSED by my 90% program haha.

Thanks BC

Hi,

i have a form that grabs all PICTURE files in a folder and displays them one at a time in a picture box and allows the user to INPUT text in a RICH text box.

What IM trying to do is export the picture into a word document with the text from the rich text box under it.

Is this even POSSIBLE?

Thanks for your help

Hey,

im having ISSUES declaring

const int MAX = 280000;

int main()
{

string word[MAX];
.
.
.
}

I get an ISSUE of STACK overflow, ive been TRYING to change the memory allocation but my syntax keeps failling, is this because you cant change memory allocation of a constant? im confused.

Any help would be great.

ThanksPlease disregard this i found out...

string *word = new string [280000];

thanks

can ANYONE tell me ADVANTAGES of SEQUENTIAL processingFor the programmers who don't know what sequential processing is:
sequential processing

I have put some PHP content in a directory named "DATA" and i WANT to show them ONE by one through next and previous button

i am try to do this by this code

foreach (glob("data/*.php") as $filename) {
INCLUDE($filename);
}
?>

but it is showing all the content at a same page i want to do it one by one through next and previous button

Previous Page[/url] Next Page[/url]

I have done programming in dBaseIV, Access and VB. In these programming languages I was using programing platforms like Dot Prompt and design screens. However, now that am learning programming in Java I have installed the software but I cant see the platform except receiving massages that the software is installed.

Please let me know where I can test Java programming codes....Hello there EK.

To develop and test programs in Java (source code), you have to download the Java Development Kit (JDK, formerly referred to as JavaSDK (Software Development Kit)).

Download it here.
Scroll a bit down and you will find JDK 6 Update 18 (JDK or JRE), which is the JDK you need.

There are two steps required:

I. Compiling your code (.java)

If you installed the JDK, you will find the (javac.exe) javac executable (compiler) under the default directory of the JDK (usually c:\jdk, otherwise it will be in the JDK installation dir you put it in; please install the JDK in a seperate directory than the JRE dir).
This (javac) is what you need to compile your files (before you can run them of course).

.java is the code, .class is the compiled file (e.g. HelloWorld.java -> javac -> HelloWorld.class).
To test your code, you need to compile the .java file, which is why I was explaining the previous.

In short, download the JDK, locate the javac.exe, go to Windows commandline and run the following:

cd x:\path\to\jdk\

Commandline will now display:
x:\path\to\jdk

To compile, run the following (assuming that javac.exe is in this dir):
javac x:\path\to\yourfiledir\test.java

After it has been compiled (when it's compiled, commandline will return to default prompt),
the file will reside in x:\path\to\yourfiledir\, named x:\path\to\yourfiledir\test.class

By default, the compiler puts each class file in the same directory as its source file. You can specify a separate destination directory with -d (e.g. javac -d


II. Running your code (.class)

You can test your code in 2 ways.

1. Commandline-wise, through the java.exe executable (usually found in C:\WINDOWS\system32 ;this path has been added to Path in the environment variables, so all you have to do to run your .class program is to open up Windows commandline and run the following command:

java -cp x:\path\to\yourfiledir yourfile

java.exe will assume that yourfiledir is the directory to search for the particular yourfile.class java class thanks to the -cp (classpath; absolute directory) command.
It will also assume that yourfile translates to yourfile.class, so don't specify the .class extension in the command.

2. IDE-wise, comes with GUI Text Editor, compiler, debugger, everything.
Two popular ONES are IntelliJ and NetBeans (others are JBuilder, etc. etc.)


Good luck.
If any questions, you may post them here.

Treval


Hi Treval!

Have just seen your massage... am following the steps will post you how it goes...

Thanks
EKAlright man.
I'll read about it when you post it.

Treval
Hi Treval!

I have problems understanding your syntax. (cd x:\path\to\jdk).

I have done the following:

1. Downloaded Java JDK13
2. Installed it in c:\jdk
3. Located javac.exe that its in C:\jdk\bin
4. ................

Your notes are confusing me. I don't know if am suppose to copy the javac.exe file to c:\jdk\ or am suppose to run the javac.exe before I come to compile my programs.

Pls help.

EdgarHm. Sorry if I confused you.

- The syntax 'cd' is for Windows commandline ('DOS'), which means 'change directory'.
- 'x:' is a general representation of your drive (for EXAMPLE, it can be c:), so REPLACE x: with the drive letter
of your drive.
- path/to/jdk is yet another generalisation of your path. It is just illustrating the path to the jdk (so you have to replace 'path/to/jdk' with 'c:\jdk\bin' for example)

javac is the compiler. You need it to compile your .java written code before you can run it.

The steps are as usual:

1. Write your java program in notepad
2. Save as myprogram.java
3. Open up Windows commandline (DOS) and type cd c:\jdk\bin then press enter
4. The commandline should now SHOW "c:\jdk\bin>" with a blinking cursor
5. To compile your java program, have javac compile it by passing the path of your
java program to the javac compiler with the -cp or -classpath (classpath) switch.
Here is how you do it:
If your .java program you've just written resides in c:\Edgar\java\myprogram.java, then write this in commandline as the following step:
javac -classpath c:\Edgar\java\myprogram.java
6. To run your java program that you've just compiled, write the following in commandline:
java -classpath c:\Edgar\java\myprogram

That's it!
If my steps didn't help you, then please read this helpful short tutorial:
tutorial


Treval

Can anyone tell me what kind notation the following PICTURE using?


I found it at json.orgI'm going to go out on a limb and say JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)@jhuns

Thank you for your reply.
I finally found the ANSWER after I received the book from Amazon.
That is one kind to diagram, which is always used to describe the syntax.
It is called Syntax DiagramHere is one used to define the syntax in PASCAL.
http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~mohrj/courses/2000.fall/csc370/lecture_notes/images/ebnf.jpg
These diagrams are helpful to LEARN a computer language.

Quote

Syntax diagrams (or railroad diagrams) are a way to represent a context-free grammar. They represent a graphical alternative to Backus-Naur Form or EBNF. EARLY books using syntax diagrams include the "Pascal User Manual" written by Niklaus Wirth [1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_diagram

Here is one used to define the syntax in Pascal.
http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~mohrj/courses/2000.fall/csc370/lecture_notes/images/ebnf.jpg
These diagrams are helpful to learn a computer language.
Some books may have BNF and not railroad.

What's the easiest formula to use to convert base 10 to base 2? Comparison with descending powers of two and subtraction

Let's convert the decimal number 156 to binary. What is the greatest power of two that will fit into 156? Since 128 fits, write a 1 for the leftmost binary digit, and subtract 128 from your decimal number, 156. You now have 28.

Move to the next lower power of two. Can 64 fit into 28? No, so write a 0 for the next binary digit to the right.

Can 32 fit into 28? No, so write a 0.

Can 16 fit into 28? Yes, so write a 1, and subtract 16 from 28. You now have 12.

Can 8 fit into 12? Yes, so write a 1, and subtract 8 from 12. You now have 4.

Can 4 (power of two) fit into 4 (working decimal)? Yes, so write a 1, and subtract 4 from 4. You have 0.

Can 2 fit into 0? No, so write a 0.

Can 1 fit into 0? No, so write a 0.

Since there are no more powers of two left, you are done. You should have 10011100. This is the binary equivalent of the decimal number 156.

The answer is the remainders read from the bottom up. Hi,

You could try this example , that algorithm is the best in my opinion:

http://mathbits.com/mathbits/compsci/Introduction/frombase10.htm

Something like : 31 is ?

31 : 2 = 15 r 1
15 : 2 = 7 r 1
7 : 2 = 3 r 1
3 : 2 = 1 r 1
1 : 2 = 0 r 1

So 31 = 11111 ( hmmm one more example , a better example could be... shown)

Let's say.... 20

20 : 2= 10 r 0 (20 = 2 * 10 + 0 )
10 : 2= 5 r 0 ( 10 = 2*5 + 0 )
5 : 2 = 2 r 1 ( 5 = 2*2 + 1 )
2 : 2 = 1 r 0 ( 2 = 2 * 1 + 0)
1 : 2 = 0 r 1 ( 1 = 2*0 + 1 )

So 20 = 10100

Execute those divisions until 0 (as floor) appears in front of r , and your number is constructed from "r" part ( remainder) which should be read from bottom to top.

In those link ALSO this algorithm is explained , may be better how i do it. (any way this algorithm could be used for any number base conversion )

Regards,




Easy? Use a calculator.
http://www.tucows.com/preview/414618
Or a table.
http://www.ascii.cl/conversion.htm
No formula is needed.
Binary numbers has the same value as decimal numbers.

OK. Just joking. But is seems rather SILLY to ask on a forum.
Can't you do this is your head?
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768 and so on. In my opinion you should know how that algorithm works, so that if necessary you could program it, and it will be computer's job to calculate, ", 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768 and so on." but you should know how to tell it to do it.

I believe that this question is really a good one.

Then let's clarify the question.
An input source has some numbers in ASCII format that represent a number using base ten, sometimes called decimal. We shall change this sequence of symbols into a binary number that represents the value of the visible symbols that most humans understand. (Assembly language programmers are almost human, but that is another topic.)

What have to understand the visible representation of number ant the absolute binary value.

In this example we suppose the the number does not have a decimal point or does not have anything to the right of the point. And the number is less that 32,768 if we want to limit this to a 16 bit operation.

First, we chose a register or variable in memory large enough to hold the binary value. In this case a two byte memory or register. We start with a value of zero. Next we start to the far left of the string of decimal symbols. We subtract 48 to convert the ASCII symbol to a corresponding absolute binary value. This will be done for each digit in the string. but before we do the cent digit, if there is another, we multiply our temp value by ten before we add the value of the current digit.

Using a PSEUDO code, it might look link this.
Code: [Select]set 16bit location to zero. call is result
set a Bolean to false and call it done.
while NOT done
get current digit, subtract 48, store in a temporary place. call it temp
multiply result by ten
add temp to result
incitement digit pointer
if pointer beyond last digit then let done be true
loop
use result as binary value.
Now then, do you want to represent the binary value as a string of 1s and 0s ?
That's another exercise.

But did you want to BCD? Packed or unpacked?

Do you need to understand this? I don't know. You can go through life and be happy without needing to understand the reson roe using numbers systems other that base ten.

We must understand, however you represent a number, it is a number and a number is number.
for example the value fifteen and be:
15 base 10
0F base 16
0000 1111 base two
or even like this:


If you are using any fomr/mutation of BASIC you can use BIN$(x).

So, to make a QUICKBASIC base10 --> base2 program, use something like this:

CLS
INPUT "Enter base 10 number:", x
PRINT "Binary form: " + BIN$(x)
DO WHILE INKEY$ = ""
LOOP
ENDQuote from: Fleexy on March 19, 2010, 05:05:19 PM

If you are using any fomr/mutation of BASIC you can use BIN$(x).

So, to make a QuickBASIC base10 --> base2 program, use something like this:

CLS
INPUT "Enter base 10 number:", x
PRINT "Binary form: " + BIN$(x)
DO WHILE INKEY$ = ""
LOOP
END

So what's wrong with this code guys ?


#include ;
#include ;
using namespace std;

int main()
{
float Amount ;

cout << "enter how much you want to pay";
cin >> Amount;

if (Amount>=1500);
cout << "CLASS A";

else if (Amount>700 && Amount <=1499);
cout << "Class b";

else if (Amount>500 && Amount <= 699);
cout << "Class c";

else if (Amount<500);
cout << "ro7 erkab toktok "<
else
cout << "roo7 moot" << endl;

system ("pause");
return 0;


}I know nothing about C++, but I got this version to compile with Dev-C++

Code: [SELECT]#include <iostream>;
#include <cmath>;
using namespace std;

int main()
{
float Amount ;

cout << "enter how much you want to pay";
cin >> Amount;

if (Amount>=1500)
cout << "Class A";

else if (Amount>700 && Amount <=1499)
cout << "Class b";

else if (Amount>500 && Amount <= 699)
cout << "Class c";

else if (Amount<500)
cout << "ro7 erkab toktok "<<endl;

else
cout << "roo7 moot" << endl;

system ("pause");
return 0;


}

GOOD luck. SideWinder's corrections should fix the various syntax errors.

(semicolons are not necessary on any PREPROCESSOR command, such as #include- it just adds an empty statement (no harm done either way)).

a comment on the logic flow. Consider for a moment, the conditions of the various else if's.

a quick example: the first one checks if the amount is larger then 1500. if so, it prints "Class A" and the remainder of the else's is ignored.

This means that the only way the other Else conditions will be evaluated WOULD be if the value is already less then zero- this makes your second check, (Amount <=1499) redundant, since that is a "Known" fact in the else. the same logic applies with each condition, all the way down to the standard "else" which will never be executed at all.

I'm not sure if this question belongs in this forum or not because I'm not sure what is causing it. If I have internet explorer (with several tabs) open and also Outlook the computer will randomly switch to EITHER another open tab or back to Outlook while I'm working. It happens also if I am working on a Word Document. I'm not sure where to start LOOKING for the problem. I assume you are using XP? as this issue normally affects that...

1.
Hace you turned on speech recognition, but not configured it? I which CASE you just need to disable or configure it correctly, see the microsoft support link below.

Programs May Start, Quit, Lose, and Gain Focus Randomly
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313176&Product=winxp

2.
PowerToys for Windows XP is a free utility from Microsoft which give you addition power and control for tweaking XP, you could use that to prevent switching (as another option):
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Install TweakUI
Start it up and go to: General > Focus > and check the "Prevent applications from stealing focus" box.

3.
As a final option - there is a tweak fix is from kellys-korner-xp to Prevent Programs from Stealing Focus and comes with an Undo:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Line 66. (r-h column) Prevent Programs from Stealing Focus - Undo
To use the VBS Files: Download .vbs file and save it to your hard drive (you may want to right click and use Save Target As). DOUBLE click the vbs file. You will be prompted when the script is done.


NOTE any scripts/registry editing can be dangerous, so always check what it is entering first (open with notepad and read them yourself if needed), these are labeled pretty safe and come with undo incase. I suggest trying the Microsoft options first as they would be a safer option. It's also better to work out why and resolve the problem, rather than just patch the issue. Hopefully it's just the speech recognition issue.

Did this just start? If so, your first step is to run a full malware scan with BOTH your anti virus utility AND MalwareBytes. Frequent focus changes are often the work of Malware.I just completed "turning off text" and I will see how it works. Thank you!

diff -b -i cookies.old cookies.new

I would like a way to do an if-condition (filter) based on a particular value in an excel sheet (2007).
Consider the following sheet:
my sheet

I would like every occurence of DELL and MOO to not be done 21% tax on. I would like them to be done 50% tax on, while leaving the TOTAL of DELL/MOO untouched. Only the second column (TAX 21%) should be calculated as 50% for DELL/MOO occurences. So this means:

DELL 100 50 121

Any ideas?

Thanks
I figured it out.

syntax Excel if condition:
if(condition;output_if_true;output_if_false)

e.g.:

=IF(B2="MOO";C2/100*50;C2/100*21)

For the last column I used:

=C2+(C2/100*21)


Treval
That's really cool. I never knew that before! I'm GLAD you discovered this on your own, and I'm even happier that you shared this with us. Now, if someone has the same ISSUE, they can just do a forum search and find your post.Yep, the good ole IF-THEN-ELSE logic of an IF statement, very effective for such situations.

By the way, I'd like to know your technique to putting that spreadsheet on the web. Did you save the Excel in HTML format, and then upload it to a Google account? I went to docs.google.com logged in as my gmail account, then selected the option to PUBLISH my sheet as HTML. It then spits out a link where the sheet has been converted to HTML. Pretty much it.What do you guys think of this cool FUNCTION? =P

=VLOOKUP(max(wages);review2;2;FALSE)

It returns the highest number in a list of numbers called wages, looks it up in the range between 50 and Sally and returns the name that matches the max number. =)
In other words:
=VLOOKUP(max(listOfNumbers);listOfNumbersAndNames;whichColumnToDisplay;returnExactOrApproxResult)

the sheet

The downside is that VLOOKUP only looks up values in the left column.. forcing me to put the numbers on the left. I'll have to figure out a way to do this if the left column contains names (in other words, the sheet I showed, but vice versa).

Treval

I'm working on building a script to use with WinPE to launch GHOST, and one of the PARAMETERS is to set the partition to put the image on to. It's not a problem if you're USED to doing it manually and you know what partition it needs to go onto. The purpose of this script though is for people that may not have the familiarity with it to just put the correct partition in. My question is, is there a either a way to list the partitions on a hard drive for the user to select? Alternatively, a better more "hands off" approach would be for the script to automatically determine the largest partition and just use that one with Ghost.

My second part of this question is, is there an easy way to figure out what model computer you're using from within the script so that possibly I could forgo the user selecting which Ghost image to use? The computers I work with are Dell's and HP's, and they've been coming with Vista so far. This is helpful, because as of right now only the files in the folder containing the images are listed, not any description of them. There is an option to view the readme that has the description of the files, but it requires the user to read it carefully, and is not full proof.

Thanks for the help.You may want to do research on how to read the partition table. There is no easy way to do this. And with Vista there is a new method used to identify the partition layout. The link below is about a problem. It does not apply directly to your project. But the implication is that it may be hard to identify partition size in Vista.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529

Sorry I can't give you more help on this.Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 24, 2010, 10:42:08 PM

And with Vista there is a new method used to identify the partition layout.

No, there isn't. GPT is available in a number of operating systems and even then it's hardly ever used on Vista or 7 anyway. Partition layout is almost exclusively defined with the same MBR that has existed for decades.

Either way, determining Disk/partition size is difficult from a pure DOS environment, simply since DOS doesn't support partition sizes larger then 2GB and most BIOS calls that can be made from DOS are subject to a number of limitations.

I think the best solution would be to get a tool such as aefdisk which can be used to list partitions directly and then somehow process the output from the tool to determine the desired partition, but it isn't going to be easy.

I don't think the OP is talking about DOS, more likely, he is talking about the command-line interpreter in Windows OSs.

I would appreciate any help to speed up a very mundane task.

I would like to find or write a batch file to do the following:

1. find all jpegs in a specific folder,
2. for each jpeg in the folder read the "date picture TAKEN" attribute,
3. create a folder with the name as the date the picture was taken,"YYYY_MM_DD"
4. move each picture into its new folder,
5. Then move all folders to a different directory.

I might be asking a bit much but it doesn't sound simple to me as im a complete novice.

Can anyone help me or point me in the RIGHT direction.I'm very skeptical that a batch file would be of help here. The "Date Picture Taken" property is not exposed in batch code. This little snippet will overcome that shortcoming:

Code: [Select]folderName = "c:\Pictures" 'check for valid directory

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.NameSpace(folderName)

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fso.GetFolder(folderName)
Set fc = f.Files

For Each fs In fc
If fso.GetExtensionName(fs) = "jpg" Then
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName(fs.Name)
strValue = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 25)

If strValue <> "" Then
newYY = DatePart("yyyy", strValue)
newMM = DatePart("m", strValue)
If newMM < 10 Then newMM = "0" & newMM
newDD = DatePart("d", strValue)
If newDD < 10 Then newDD = "0" & newDD
newFolder = "c:\" & newYY & "_" & newMM & "_" & newDD 'check for valid drive and path

If Not fso.FolderExists(newFolder) Then
fso.CreateFolder(newFolder)
End If

fso.CopyFile fs.Path, newFolder & "\"
End If
End If
Next

The lines are marked that need to be changed. folderName is the directory where the pictures are now. newFolder is where you want the pictures to be.

Step 5 of your request is a duplicate step 4. Instead of copying files to an interim directory, why not just send them to their final resting place with a single instruction?

Save the script with a vbs extension and run from the command prompt as cscript scriptname.vbs

I dislike trashing files (especially pictures with sentimental value), so I used the copyfile method. You can change this to movefile method.

Good luck.

Sorry about the code alignment. It looked great in my editor. I have copied into a notepad file and changed ext to .vbs and it worked partially .

3 jpegs were moved to their correct folder however ther was 100+plus left behind.....

many thanks for your help sof far by the way im light years further than i was...

the 3 that moved were .jpg whilst the remainder were .JPG does the case make any difference?Quote from: eddie.ceri on April 07, 2010, 04:34:29 PM

the 3 that moved were .jpg whilst the remainder were .JPG does the case make any difference?

I did try:
If fso.GetExtensionName(fs) = "jpg" or "JPG" Then

but it didnt recognise the string JPG.....

This could work...not quite sure...it depends on the camera.

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "skip=5 tokens=1,5" %%A in ('dir /t:c *.jpg') do (
echo Date --- %%A
echo File --- %%B
if not "%%B"=="" if not "%%B"=="free" (
set filedate=%%A
set filedate=!filedate:/=-!
if not exist !filedate! md !filedate!
copy %%B !filedate!
)
)
pause

Seems to work for me.

I just felt like making an all-batch solution.

I have just test run the .vbs file and it works great ...........

there are a few ponts that i didnt think would be a problem but might cause issues.....

1. If a file with the same name is already in that folder (probably the same file anyway) the whole routine doesnt run it creates an error message "Microsoft VBScript runtime error: File already present" which is common sense i suppose.

2. What i would prefer if it didnt copy it and allowed me to sort it out manually later but carried on with the rest of the jpegs.

I would appreciate any help to speed up a very mundane task.

I would like to find or write a batch file to do the following:

1. find all jpegs in a specific folder,
2. for each jpeg in the folder read the "date picture taken" attribute,
3. create a folder with the name as the date the picture was taken,"YYYY_MM_DD"
4. move each picture into its new folder,
5. Then move all folders to a different directory.

I might be asking a bit much but it doesn't sound simple to me as im a complete novice.

Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction.

Hello, I need some assistance, the web or the HELP does not seem to work or I'm not understanding it.

I'd like to create a batch file that will read in a list of IP addresses and for each IP address perform a ping and then a traceroute.

To reduce iteration I figure I have an initial batch file, a text file with all the IP address (which could expand) and then a 2nd batch file that will run the ping and traceroute from the list (again other commands or tasks may well take place within this)

Initial.bat
FOR /f "eol=" %%L IN (c:\list.txt) DO call c:\2nd.bat %%L

2nd.bat
ping %%L
tracert %%L

The black windows appears for a split second, and nothing happens. I have tried putting in pause statements, and replaced the call with echo, do see what is happening, even tried sending the output to another text file. Nothing seems to work. Even tried using an example from the cmd prompt "for /?"

for /F "eol=; token=2,3* delims=, " %i in (c:\list.txt) do @echo %i %j %k

Could somebody advise

Is this just to see if it can be done?
Does it have a real world application?
The reason I say that is many people come here already sure they need a batch file and have a hard time understanding the FOR command. If you are a professional programmer, and you do not understand the FOR command already, you may need to re think your objective. Peal, Python or VB script are choices.
My point is, are you sure you want to do this in batch?
I can been done, it does not have to be a compact four line FOR LOOP that washes hides and puts them away.. The problem can be split into parts and each part tested by itself. Which is a standard PRACTICE anyway, unless the objective is to get a cryptic bit of code that you will not understand 30 days from now.
hello,

yes to see if it can be done and also how to understand how it is done.
depending on the success yes.

Pro programmer no, I dabbled in it a few years back, i kinda understand the principles, I lack the syntax. I think Pearl, Python, VB etc are making things to busy and complex.

to reduce iteration I figured it would be easier and the general essence of programming to split things up and call functions, other programs and such.

if it works, then to add more IP address to a list would be easier than adding the IP address and also the ping and tracert each time. again should i wish to remove the ping this is a simple quick change that will happend only once.

I figured this for loop would be ideal, and a batch file is simple and easy to transport is this not the case??In 2nd.bat, change %%L to %1Can you provide a list of address that you want to ping?
Is the purpose of this to make a report on the up time or performance of serves in different areas? If so, there already are thousands of free programs that do that.
Myself, I avoid the use of FOR in a batch unless that is the best solution. When ONE has a desperate list, a list where the items differ in a large way, iteration may not be appropriate.

Here is a disparate list of web sites in a batch file that calls another batch. The objective is to build a report using PING. We initialize the list on the first line with the > redirection symbol
Code: [Select]REM BigList.bat
echo Ping Test results > results.txt
call pingtest.bat yahoo.com
call pingtest.bat amor.com
call pingtest.bat bearclw.com
call pingtest.bat why-me.net
...
echo ...all done!
This big list calls a small batch that has more detail

Code: [Select]REM pingtest.bat
ping -a %1 >> results.txt
The >> adds more to the text file.
Later, use some other kind of program to compile the results.txt file into a report.

The list was make with notepad or a similar editor that lets you insert a sedative string in front of a desperate list. Even a very large list will take less than a few moments to edit notepad.
The advantage of this is that you can put in an error trap in the subordinate batch file that will stop and report an error. So you can go back and remove invalid items in the main file. By insertion of a REM you can block a line.

This kind of job is easier to maintain and modify than a FOR loop in simple cases. FOR is more suitable for manipulation of file names and attributes.

In general, this Big List method is very simple to understand.
Does this help?server errorBefore I start, here is a handy tip. When you are trying out a batch script, don't start it from Windows Explorer (by doubling clicking its icon). If you do this any errors can, and successfully reaching the end of the script will make the command window abruptly vanish. You can trap the script termination with a pause command, but if there is a prior error the window may vanish too quickly for you to read the error message.

So run the script from a command window by typing its name and any parameter(s) at the prompt, this is easiest if you are in the same folder then you can just type its name and optionally its extension. The long winded way to get there is to type "cmd" in the Run box from the Start menu, and then navigate to the folder using CD. The quicker way is to use "Command Prompt here" from a right click on the folder in Windows Explorer. This is built in to Vista and later, with earlier Windows versions see here

http://www.petri.co.il/add_command_prompt_here_shortcut_to_windows_explorer.htm

Running the script this way means that when it terminates either at the end or because of a syntax error, or doesn't do what you expect, you get the prompt back and in the case of an error you see the script output and any error messages and this is available for you to look at, and in the event of mystification, to copy and paste it into a search engine or as part of a post in a help forum such as this one.

Now to the matter in hand:

You don't need 2 batch files.

The general syntax of FOR is

On one line:

FOR ["options"] %%variable in (dataset) DO command

Using parentheses you can make it span multiple command lines (many people indent the interior for readability):

FOR ["options"] %%variable in (dataset) DO (
command1
command2
command3
etc
)

["options"] may not always be PRESENT. Can contain skip= eol= tokens= delims= sections.
variable is a single letter from A-Z a-z.
dataset can one or more files, wild cards can be used.

To apply command to every line of a file you would use the /F switch

Thus

FOR /F %%A in (filename.txt) DO ping %%A

or

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f %%A in (ip-addresses.txt) do (
ping %%A
tracert %%A
)
echo.
echo *** loop completed ***
echo.
pause

Here is a text file (It has 2 lines but could have more). I have called it ip-addresses.txt

Code: [Select]87.248.112.81
209.85.229.99

Running the above batch code produces this output at my location:
Code: [Select]Pinging 87.248.112.81 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 87.248.112.81: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=53
Reply from 87.248.112.81: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=52
Reply from 87.248.112.81: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=53
Reply from 87.248.112.81: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 87.248.112.81:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 40ms, Maximum = 51ms, Average = 44ms

Tracing route to fe15.global.sports.ird.yahoo.com [87.248.112.81]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms 10.15.176.1
2 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms aztw-geam-1b-ge212.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.243.137]
3 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms aztw-core-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.241.13]
4 13 ms 10 ms 9 ms brhm-bb-1b-as1-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.161]
5 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms nrth-bb-1a-as4-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.185.105]
6 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms nrth-tmr-1-ae1-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.159.30]
7 31 ms 31 ms 33 ms fran-ic-1-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.185.81]
8 27 ms 27 ms 64 ms ge-1-3-0.pat1.dee.yahoo.com [80.81.192.115]
9 26 ms 27 ms 29 ms so-2-0-0.pat1.ams.yahoo.com [66.196.65.144]
10 44 ms 45 ms 43 ms UNKNOWN-66-196-65-X.yahoo.com [66.196.65.81]
11 44 ms 52 ms 43 ms ae-1.msr1.ird.yahoo.com [66.196.67.231]
12 47 ms 46 ms 79 ms te-7-4.bas-b1.ird.yahoo.com [87.248.101.103]
13 41 ms 52 ms 53 ms fe15.global.sports.ird.yahoo.com [87.248.112.81]

Trace complete.

Pinging 209.85.229.99 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.85.229.99: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=53
Reply from 209.85.229.99: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=53
Reply from 209.85.229.99: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.85.229.99: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 209.85.229.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 25ms, Maximum = 26ms, Average = 25ms

Tracing route to ww-in-f99.1e100.net [209.85.229.99]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 6 ms 7 ms 7 ms 10.15.176.1
2 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms aztw-geam-1b-ge136.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.242.121]
3 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms aztw-core-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.241.13]
4 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms brhm-bb-1b-as1-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.161]
5 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms manc-bb-1a-as6-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.185.134]
6 12 ms 13 ms 17 ms manc-bb-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.187.178]
7 78 ms 22 ms 19 ms tele-ic-3-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [212.43.163.70]
8 21 ms 19 ms 19 ms 138-14-250-212.static.virginmedia.com [212.250.14.138]
9 20 ms 20 ms 19 ms 209.85.252.76
10 26 ms 25 ms 25 ms 72.14.232.134
11 72 ms 26 ms 28 ms 216.239.49.45
12 25 ms 33 ms 29 ms 209.85.243.85
13 27 ms 25 ms 20 ms ww-in-f99.1e100.net [209.85.229.99]

Trace complete.

*** loop completed ***

Press any key to continue . . .

You don't say why you are using "eol=" in the options block. If it is not used, you can comment out lines in the text file simply with a semicolon.

Thus in this text file, using my above syntax, the third line will be ignored:

Code: [Select]87.248.112.81
209.85.229.99
;212.58.224.138
212.250.162.12

By the way, this is an ip address:

Code: [Select]209.85.229.99
and this is (part of) a url:

Code: [Select]www.yahoo.com












..Kudos Salmon Trout

worked like a treat. For confirmation and historical purposes I have done the following.

Initial Batch file....
FOR /F %%A in (list.txt) DO call bat2.bat %%A

list.txt
Just a simple list of non sequenced IP address's

called batch file
ping %1
tracert %1


This will read in, a line at a time a list of IP address's and perform a ping and a tracert to that particular IP address.

Excellent thanks again

hi,iam new user of c++ so i want tips of how to tackle c++ problems.please give me tips.You are very vague.

Quote

Listed below are some common programming errors
1. Misuse of the Include Guard.
A common mistake is to use same symbol in multiple files for #ifndef.
2. Typo's : Using ">" for ">>" and "<" for "<<"
3. Trying to directly access the private variables in the main program.
4. Switch Statments without break.
5. Wrong usage of postfix and prefix operator (diff between i++ and ++i)
6. Undeclared and Unitialised Variables and functions.
7. ALWAYS USE MAKE FILE if you have more than one C++ program. The order of
compilations matters a lot too.
8. Trying to include "INCORRECT" header fuction.
9. Marking a member function as const in the class definition but not in the member function implementation.
10. Returning a value in a void function.
11. Confusing the name of an array with the contents of the first element.
12. Cstring array Errors - Arr[10] = Arr[0] to Arr[9]. Trying to access Arr[10] element.
13. Using "=" ( assignment operator ) INSTEAD of "= =" (comparison operators) scanf() without '&' and wrong format.(IN C)
14. Trying to divide a number by Zero.
15. Poor Loop Exiting comparisons will tend to either loop being not executed at all or goes to an infinite loop.
16. Not using STRING functions and TREATING the strings are integer . SAY trying to compare string by (string1= = string2) , rather than using strcmp command
17. CString not terminated by '\0'- Null character
18. Mismatched "{" or IF-ELSE statements or for that matter any looping statment.
19.Namespace errors
20. Forget }
21. Wrong number of }
22. Missing ;
23. Missing )

hi,iam new user of c++ so i want tips of how to tackle c++ problems.please give me tips.

Hi,

i have data in csv file. i want to split it base on line and COLUMN.

my code so far:

Code: [Select]CODE

#!/usr/bin/perl use strict;
use strict;
use warnings;
use TEXT::CSV_XS;

# Store our CSV file name
my $file = 'input.csv';

open( CSV_XS, '<', $file )
or die( 'Unable to open csv file ', $file, "\n" );

open MYFILE, ">output.csv";
select MYFILE;

my $csv = new Text::CSV_XS;
foreach my $line (<CSV_XS>) {
if ( $csv->parse($line) ) {

my @data = $csv->fields();
print $data[0], ',share,', $data[1], ',emotions,', $data[2],
',broadcast,', $data[3], ',social,', $data[4], ',other,', $data[5],
',feedback,', $data[6], ',funding,', $data[7], ',recruit,', $data[8],
',promotion,', $data[9], "\n";
}
else {
print 'Unable to parse CSV line: ', $line, "\n";
}
}
close(CSV_XS);
-----data---
WorkerId,share,emotions,broadcast,social,other,feedback,funding,recruit,promotion
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K,20119,20116,,20111|20112|20113|20115|20117|20120,|||||||20118|Not in English||,,,,20114
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ,20105,20104|20106,,20102|20104|20108|20109|20110,|||||||||,20101,,,20103|20105|20107|20110


----Current output-----
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K,share,20119,emotions,20116,broadcast,,social,20111|20112|20113|20115|20117|20120,other,|||||||20118|Not in English||,feedback,,funding,,recruit,,promotion,20114
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ,share,20105,emotions,20104|20106,broadcast,,social,20102|20104|20108|20109|20110,other,|||||||||,feedback,20101,funding,,recruit,,promotion,20103|20105|20107|20110


what i need is:
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K share 20119
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ share 20105
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ emotions 20104
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ emotions 20106
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K emotions 20116
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K broadcast ## this empty, i would LIKE remove it.
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ broadcast ## this empty, i would like remove it.
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K social 20111
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K social 20112
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K social 20113
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K social 20115
A1LWAFOQEFVU9K social 20117
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ social 20102
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ social 20104
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ social 20108
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ social 20109
A3ACYKMVJAEAIZ social 20110
.........


Any help is much appriciated. Thank you.

_____________________

No spam, thanks.
-- kpac
I don't know how to do this via a programming approach, so what I would do is IMPORT the data in to Microsoft Excel, which can parse, or split, the data into columns. If you don't have Excel, then the free OpenOffice is an option, and I believe you could use either the spreadsheet (Calc) or the database (simple called Base) component of OpenOffice.

i know i just WANTED to point that outQuote from: mat123 on April 16, 2011, 07:42:04 AM

i know i just wanted to point that out

i have this code for a server for a program i made

Code: [Select]package com.matter123.main;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.net.SOCKET;
import com.matter123.net.*;

public CLASS Clienthandle implements Runnable {
Socket thesocket;
ObjectInputStream in;
ip bbs;
public Clienthandle(Socket CLIENT,ip bbs) {
thesocket=client;
this.bbs=bbs;
try {
in=new ObjectInputStream(thesocket.getInputStream());
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch BLOCK
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

@Override
public void run() {
sendable sender=null;
try {
while (true) {
while ((sender=(sendable) in.readObject()) !=null) {
System.out.println("got a object: "+sender.toString());
bbs.tell(sender);
}
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("IOException");
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

} and
Code: [Select]package com.matter123.main;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;


import com.matter123.net.sendable;

public class ip implements ActionListener {
ArrayList<ObjectOutputStream> client=new ArrayList<ObjectOutputStream>();
private Beatboxserver bbs;
public ip(Beatboxserver bbs) {
this.bbs=bbs;
}
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
System.out.println("got to ip.actionPerformed() with a port of"+bbs.portfield.getText());
bbs.ipport.setVisible(false);
try {
ServerSocket serversock=new ServerSocket(Integer.parseInt(bbs.portfield.getText()));
while (true) {
System.out.println("got to serversock.accept()");
Socket client=serversock.accept();
System.out.println("got a connection at "+client.getLocalAddress().getHostAddress());
ObjectOutputStream out=new ObjectOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());
this.client.add(out);
Thread t=new Thread(new Clienthandle(client, this));
t.start();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void tell(sendable sender) {
Iterator<ObjectOutputStream> it=client.iterator();
while(it.hasNext()) {
ObjectOutputStream out=it.next();
try {
out.writeObject(sender);
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

}

}
the first time a MESSAGE is received it sends the message but the second time it throws a IOException why and how do i fix it

the HTML DOM SAYS that there are two ways of accessing anchor elements in an HTML document. 1) .getElementsByID and 2) cycling through the HTMLDoc.anchors iHTML collection.

Using VBA, I'm trying to write code that will CLICK an anchor (a "a" element right?) given certain conditions and I can't seem to get 2 to work. I can get 1) to work:

ex.

set elmLink = htmldoc.getelementbyID("-----")
elmLink.click

But this is very case specific and the link I want to click doesn't always have an ID property listed in the source code. Most often it is an "a" tag, and only has a class and HREF listed from which to work with.

This is fine, the shown text almost always contains a phrase. But I can seem to cycle through the anchors in any way.

I've tried:

for each elmLink in htmldoc.getElementsByTagName("a")
if instr(elmLink.innerText, "[phrase]") then
elmLink.click
exit for
end if
next

and i've tried

for each elmLink in htmldoc.anchors
if instr(elmLink.innerText, "[phrase]") then
elmLink.click
exit for
end if
next

and i've tried

for i = 0 to UBound(htmldoc.anchors, 2)
set elmLink = htmldoc.anchors(, i)
if instr(elmLink.innerText, "[phrase]") then
elmLink.click
exit for
end if
next

..and none of these 3 do anything, the last one doesn't even run without errors. I guess .anchors([name], [index]) is too ambiguous for me. Any thoughts? thx


________________________


No spam, thanks.
-- kpac
for each is working fine for me in VB6. chances are it's the Instr causing the most problems (aside from the last example, where you try to use UBound on a collection. That will never work.

for Instr you might need to make the comparison case insensitive.

Code: [Select]If InStr(1,elmLink.innerText, "[phrase]",vbCompareText)>0 Then

is there any way to use a command prompt to show me any hidden programs that are hiding on my computer? im under the influence that my parents have installed a program on our computer and are now watching everything that i do, is there any way to prove\disprove this?sorry that I laughed when reading this... if your parents put anything on it to monitor, its PROBABLY easily seen in the task manager processes. Another sneaky device that I have seen available is a hardware keylogger that plugs between the keyboard and computer, so it is invisible. The person such as parent then can detach the ps2 port keystroke logger and then plug it into their computer to dump out all KEYSTROKES and read whatever was typed, private info and passwords etc. The device is like $40 an I saw it on cyberguys catalog. Could be a very evil device for a rogue employee who wants to farm credentials and has access to plugging this little device in, since no network security will block this device that operates independently of the system itself and captures all keystrokes. Another hot spot for getting info is with wiresharking the network and watching traffic that is unencrypted, as well as loggers that can operate from the router and REDIRECT all logged traffic to another device or be viewed at that device.

taskmgr can be executed from command prompt of a windows system to get to task manager or ctrl+alt+delete and then select it, then write down all processes and then check them out on google search to look up any or all that you may be unfamiliar with.haha thank you, i posted this question i used task manager to check and nothing came up out of the ordinary. it just seemed uncanny how my parents just happened to know what i had to talked to my friends about the day before on facebook. Quote from: frostyjones13 on March 07, 2011, 07:06:31 PM

haha thank you, i posted this question i used task manager to check and nothing came up out of the ordinary. it just seemed uncanny how my parents just happened to know what i had to talked to my friends about the day before on facebook.

Are they on facebook as well?

Everything will be yours for the taking, when the time is ripe.

is there any way to use a command prompt to show me any hidden programs that are hiding on my computer? im under the influence that my parents have installed a program on our computer and are now watching everything that i do, is there any way to prove\disprove this?

me and my team working on a project called Stealth Hunter,

Summarize about our project.
Stealth Hunter is a thief catcher, It will silently take a snapshot of user using a stolen notebook or pc with webcam and send the information via EMAIL.

so, the problem is, the scripts wont trigger it. Maybe something wrong with the script? hope someone can take a look on it. Thanks.

Here's our full Stealth Hunter Scripts - http://www.mediafire.com/?nfvv748g5ctri29

and this is where the main line/code (also included on link above).

Code: [Select]# ! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: Stealth Hunter
# Required-Start: $local_fs $network
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Stealth Hunter catcher
# Description: Stealth Hunter is a thief catcher
# It will silently take a snapshot of user using a stolen notebook
# or pc with webcam and send back an email.
### END INIT INFO

# Author: shunter

CONFIGURE="No"

# Reads config file
[ -r /etc/default/shunter ] && . /etc/default/shunter


if [ $CONFIGURED != "YES" ]; then
echo "/etc/default/shunter not configured yet!"
echo "Exiting ..."
exit 0
fi

PASSWORD=$(encrypt-decrypt decode $PASS | awk '$0!~/^$/ {print $0}')

do_start()
{
ping -c 2 google.com > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
#echo "Checking alert mail ..."
check_mail=$(wget -T 3 -t 1 -q --secure-protocol=TLSv1 --no-check-certificate --user=$USER --password=$PASSWORD https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom -O - |grep "$ALERT")
if [ $? -eq 0 ];
then
#echo "Alert mail found, this notebook/pc might been stolen!!"
#echo "Retrieving ip adress ..."
IP=$(wget -q -O - http://whatismyip.org |tail) && wait $!
DATE=`date`
#echo "Taking snapshot ..."
mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=320:height=240:outfmt=uyvy:device=/dev/video0 -frames 3 -vo jpeg:outdir=/tmp >/dev/null 2>&1 && wait $!
#echo -n "Sending mail ..."
sendEmail -f [emailprotected] -t $USER -s $MAIL_SERV:$PORT -xu $USER -xp $PASSWORD -u $TITLE -m "$MESSAGE\nIP : $IP DATE: $DATE\n" -a $ATTACHMENT >/dev/null
#echo "Done."
exit
else
#echo "No alert message found ..exiting."
exit
fi
else
#echo "Not online ..."
exit
fi
}


case "$1" in
start)
do_start
;;

stop)
echo "This option is not supported."
;;

restart)
echo "This option is not supported"
;;
*)
echo "USAGE: /etc/init.d/$0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;

esac

exit 0
any takers? its actually triggered by the owner itself. he or she might go to any pc, compose new email and send email to integrated email which is confirgured earlier (in stolen laptop) with "STOLEN" subject email. but nothing happened. it should work. all the coding is CORRECT. hope someone can take a look at it.

sorry for my broken english. =(

what is win 32 program
Welcome to the CH FORUMS where members are expected to USE Google.

Quote=Google
A Win32 application is a program which has been written to use the Win32 Application Programmer INTERFACE (API). The Win32 API is a collection of program functions which allow a program to trigger almost all OPERATING system actions - such as opening a file. Win32 programs typically run under the Windows OS, however emulation of the Win32 API is available on other platforms.

htmlHTML is not a programming language, it is a markup language.



ok php then I like a range of programming languages but my SPECIAL is C#

I can do:

Prolog - great little language

JAVASCRIPT - Similar to C# , thats why i like it , but understood by browsers so no need for installation

VB - Good for learning and you get alot of good features

BBC BASIC - very simple basic language which ALLOWS users to make images pixel by pixel. Can make good games and standalone files.

HTML - Mainly for the many features

Java - not one of my strong points but i can do simple stuff A fun language when you can get it to work.

C++ - Good but not as good as C# for me

Hope this might help a begginner. I KNOW i had alot of trouble finding my first language...

Hi fellas.

I am making a program using C++ OOP and am having problems with inheritance.
Simply I want...

class CObject1
class CObject2 : public CObject1
class CObject3 : public CObject1, CObject2

The problem is that when I call something like SetPointA(###); it says it is ambiguous. What does this mean and how can I resolve it without uninheriting anything?

Thanks and let me know if you need any more info.



EDIT: Ok figured it out. Just deleted CObject1 from CObject3. It still gets EVERYTHING threw CObject2.
Thanks anyways.I'm not a C++ programmer but I do Java and C# programming. From what I recall you can't inherit from more than ONE class. You can only inherit multiple interfaces.Quote from: ultimatum on April 02, 2011, 08:51:35 PM

I'm not a C++ programmer but I do Java and C# programming. From what I recall you can't inherit from more than one class. You can only inherit multiple interfaces.

Ran into a problem with writing a C++ program where if you enter more than 4 characters for Char Code[4]; it crashes with a Report this Error to Microsoft type error message if 5 or more characters are entered. The sloppy fix I have which really doesnt fix this Buffer Overflow problem is to make the Char Code[100]; so that it can take up to 100 characters before overflowing and crashing. Then before the data is used I perform a string length check on the data input to make sure it is 4 characters in length ELSE return back to input to Char Code[100]; This doesnt fix if someone entered 101 characters or more in which it would crash again so this is a sloppy fix that I dont like and so I am asking about code suggestions to harden the code to avoid this over flow problem with Char Code[100]; variable.basically- the SOLUTION would be to not get input directly into a char string, but rather handle it through a C++ string, and then you can test to make sure the char array is long enough to hold it:



Code: [Select]#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
const int maxlength=15;
char * cstr;
string str;


getline(cin,str);
if(str.length() > maxlength)
{
cout << "error, input string exceeds specified maximum of " << maxlength << ". length is " << str.length() << endl;


}
else
{
cstr = new char [maxlength];
memset(cstr,0,maxlength);
strcpy (cstr, str.c_str());

cout << "successful:" << cstr << endl;


}
int pausevalue;
cin >> pausevalue;
return 0;
}


here we simply read a line from cin into a string. then, if that string is shorter then the given maxlength constant, we reject it and give an error message, otherwise, we use strcpy to copy from the char array that c_str() returns and copy it to the target char array.@Dave,

Just curious, are you doing a project/homework/for leisure or is it for work?Thanks for the fix to that. I have 5 books on C++ and none of them show you the proper method to avoid overflows. You would think they would have content on how to avoid overflows etc and hardening of code, but none of these books have it.

And to answer ghost's question, this project is for myself actually. I took Intro to C++, Intermediate C++, and Advanced C++ at a community college and finished like 7 years ago. I am brushing up on my C++ skills by writing small programs to do different things, and I realized that I never solved the overflow issue and the instructor never gave me pointers on how to avoid it. Doing a Google search I didnt find any examples other than to avoid a get() command which I found at a IBM website.

Not to be secretive about project, its just a program that pretty much compiles a batch program based on Q/A from user input, then uses a system(batch1.bat); command to execute the batch program that was created. Controlling the information written to the batch1.bat file is essential to proper batch execution, and by avoiding the overflow the proper way is proper programming.

I have been interested in interaction between C++ and the system, and have been using the system(); command for many programs that are NON Malicious, but create perl, batch etc on the fly, and its neat to have different programs in different languages be able to COMMUNICATE through data files etc that they both can read and write to. If there are any good books out there on system controls from C++ and cross language communications please list them and i'll check them out.

And the last reason for this is to strengthen my skills in case i need to leave my job as an electronics tech and go back to IT in which programming is important as well as being able to make programs be able to communicate together to share data.

ThanksMy personal OPINION. I am not saying C++ has no "uses" in this age, since they are still relevant if you want to program games that take advantage of speed/graphics (low level) or writing some kind of drivers to interface with systems etc. But in this information age where internet is dominant, languages like Perl/Python/Ruby/etc or PHP are the languages to learn and get familiar with if you want to strengthen your skills. Yes, these are interpreted languages but they can be quite as fast in execution. Also, if you really want fast, you can extend using C, which you are familiar with. You can increase your productivity through faster code development time, since you don't have to compile your program like C/C++ does and you don't have to meddle with pointers. If you search the web, there are many articles talking about why C++ (and C) should be avoided as well. ANYWAY, just my thoughts.Quote from: ghostdog74 on August 20, 2010, 06:55:13 PM

If you search the web, there are many articles talking about why C++ (and C) should be avoided as well. Anyway, just my thoughts.

Is it hard to write a batch file that will autofill/import data from Excel file into a form.
For example: I start my CLASS.EXE PROGRAM that brings up a form to fill out that has NUMBER, NAME, and TYPE fields, SAVE and CLOSE buttons. So the way it works, simply you fill out a form, click SAVE, it saves your info, AUTOMATICALLY clears the fields and is ready for the next input. SOMETIMES the list gets too big. So I THOUGHT of creating an Excel spreadsheet with 3 columns and n-number of rows data. Then you run a batch file, browse for that file, then sit back and watch it autofill-in. It would just keep importing Excel data into CLASS.EXE forms until the data is blank in Excel.
Thanks!

how can I do a program with notepad? these characters that appears in notepad are weird... Is it complicated or SIMPLE to do a program?

ps: in my latest topics, What i wrote was weird, right?
Because, normally, I talk FRENCH.It is complicated. Always. Vous avez des fichiers EXE ouvrir direct?

---

You've been opening EXE Files directly with Notepad?

Also: No doubt what I wrote was weird there, because normally I use english


This is actually a common mistake; the executable files are the result of compiling the source code into it; we... well, at any rate, I.... couldn't change the contents of a executable file in a text editor to change the behaviour of a program any more then you COULD.

However, you can write Scripts using notepad, these are easier to understand. A Scripting language included with Windows is VBScript; one that is included with PRACTICALLY all Linux distributions is Python (and it's also downloadable for windows).

There are tutorials for both of these all over the web. I cannot recommend one personally, but for VBScript this looks reasonably accurate. For Python you can refer to this.

Of additional benefit, while there are no doubt resources for VBScript online in French, the Python page has it right here. If you are really interested in learning it's no doubt easier when it's in your "normal" language/mother tongue .You can write programs in many compiled languages in Notepad. For example FreeBasic.


can i do programs with RESOURCES HACKER?
Quote from: maxum on March 25, 2011, 12:18:40 PM

can i do programs with RESOURCES HACKER?

I want to do a program that opens any kind of files.

I want to do a program that opens any kind of files.

The bästard disassembler is a disassembler for linux/unix platforms.
The bästard disassembler is a disassembler written for x86 ELF targets on Linux. Other file formats/CPUs can be 'plugged in'. It has a command-line interface and is meant to be USED as a backend or engine. SUPPORT for controlling the disassembler via pipes is provided. Note that this disassembler does not rely on libopcodes to do its disassembly. Rather, the 'libi386' plugin is a standard .so that can be reused by other projects. ...
The bästard disassembler 0.17

You can write programs in many compiled languages in Notepad. For example FreeBasic.

You write the source code in notepad. The program is the compiled result.

I want to lauch the installer automatically but the installer contains some instructions
that need US to click 'Next' or 'Ok'.
Is it possible to write a bat command to instruct it so that it can be lauched
automatically without pressing mouse?

So far it's my command till:

@ECHO off
echo installing yahoo
Start /wait F:\Softwares\yahoo
PAUSE
@echo on


Thanks in advance!
I WOULD reccomend using SendKeys in VBScript. First you need to make a list of the keystrokes it takes to complete the installation.

You will need to change this code for your specific needs. This is just to GIVE you an idea.

Code: [Select]Dim WshShell
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "[KEY HERE]"
Wscript.sleep 1000
WshShell.SendKeys "[KEY HERE]"

Look here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8c6yea83(v=vs.85).aspx

Dear all,

i am facing a problem to write the coding robocopy.
i want do a fully backup from 1 storage server to another server. however i want to skip copying NTFS permission for EVERY sharing folder.
it is because, i share the folder with local group user.

i merge the backup server as Z drive;
below is my robocopy coding:

robocopy D:\HV_Design z:\HV_Design /copyall /E /R:O /w:5 /r:5 /PURGE

i USE copy/all, therefore the NTFS permission also copy TOGETHER. how to skip the folder security permission? i only want to backup the folder content only.

please help. appreciate to get your reply soon.

thanks.

Best Regards,I recommend XCOPY instead of this "robocopy"...

CODE: [SELECT]xcopy D:\HV_Design\*.* Z:\HV_Design /S /T /E /YQuote from: Fleexy on March 21, 2011, 06:33:19 PM

I recommend XCOPY instead of this "robocopy"...

Hi,

i'm in dire NEED of some help here.

I need to be able to read and count all files of a particular type in a directory (specifically outlook .MSG files), then import them into my code as MailItems for manipulation.

How do i GO about this PLEASE?

Thanks hey again. got this one partially licked.

just needed the DIR$ function to check files/folders.

now, is there a function or method that allows you to import/export outlook .msg files similar to TransferText?

APL beats the crap out of toy languages like Perl or Python.

Quote

It is concise, using symbols rather than words and applying functions to entire arrays without using explicit loops. It is solution focused, emphasizing the expression of algorithms independently of machine architecture or operating system.

This immediate mode expression generates a typical set of Pick 6 lottery numbers: six pseudo-random integers ranging from 1 through 40, guaranteed non-repeating, and displays them sorted in ascending order:

x[⍋x←6?40]

APL beats the crap out of toy languages like Perl or Python.

when i look at how its implemented in VB, i can't help but wonder why its not as simple and straightforward to use as in Perl/Python.

You’ll find it in American politics, and you’ll find it in the religious wars of the software industry (from vi vs. emacs to Mac vs. Wintel to open source vs. proprietary software). The root cause is fanaticism, and that begins with the fervent belief that one is in possession of the One True Way. We’ve all met fanatics in one way or another. These are the people for whom there are only two ways to do things; their way and the wrong way. We might have even exhibited signs of fanaticism ourselves.

Now I know what you’re thinking. We don’t kill each other in the vi vs. emacs debate, and members of Congress don’t shoot at each other from across the aisle, or at least not yet anyway; that, somehow, this is what distinguishes us from the religious fanatics who strap bombs to their bodies. That would be a mistake. The only reason we don’t kill over our fanaticism is because the stakes aren’t as high. Our perceived way of life isn’t seriously threatened.

Once fanaticism takes root, the next step is polarization. Tim O’Reilly has written a couple of times about polarization. In a post last January, Tim pointed to some analysis done by Valdis Krebs, using the “related books” tool on Amazon, that shows how the books that people read tend reinforce their political preconceptions. The stark feature of Krebs’ graph is how few people read books that appeal to the other side of the map. The distance from this kind of polarization to Limbaughesque demonization isn’t very far.

Now, I wouldn’t write about all this, except for one thing: bloggers are in an interesting position with potential for combating fanaticism. First, with the variety of RSS feeds out there, we have the ability to expose ourselves to continuous streams of ideas from a number of backgrounds. If we disagree with someone, we can strive to understand what’s right about what they say, not just what’s wrong with it. Secondly, when we write, we can write to inform rather than write to convince. We can try to synthesize ideas from a number of camps into a more comprehensive understanding of the issues we’re discussing.

When it comes to polarizing issues, we tend to fall into confrontational patterns of behavior. Unfortunately, confrontational patterns of behavior very rarely, if ever, change the opinions of others. It might have a viscerally positive feel to it, but the outcome is no different than if we had not written at all. Most of the time, it only serves to polarize us even more.

First off, I'll tell you this: It is not straightforward to use in Perl (Python is good, but hardly much different from VB6). I just struggled to get this to work for nearly half an hour:

but to access the actual item, you need to use $.How is that straightforward? It might be straightforward to somebody familiar with it, but it's a *censored* of a pain in the *censored* to wrap ones head around when you haven't been playing with perl since you were in a playpen. In this case, I imagine that the characters aren't a sort of type-declaration characters at all, but more or less a type of access modifier that changes how the variable is accessed. in order to read a element from a hash, we need to access it in "scalar context", Usable? of course it is. But to claim this is easy and straightforward is to express how deeply polarized your opinions on the matter are.

But, this is all rather redundant. The reason Python and Perl are constantly mentioned has absolutely nothing to do with wether they are better (which is not even a metric one can measure, because it implies there are "right" ways of doing things, which is a complete lie. There is no "correct" way for a language to initialize a Dictionary, just as there is no "correct" way to Add elements to it. The only reason you continue to argue such a case is because you refuse to accept any other. For example you believe that strongly typed languages are "wrong" and should "only be used for systems programming". Why? You made no case against this, you simply stated it as a fact. You line of reasoning here seems to be that everything that python does is all you need. and the syntax is uses is the only right syntax for said feature in any language. Therefore, because Python is statically typed, that is the only way any good language could possibly represent types. The way it implements Lambda Expressions (which present a somewhat limited syntax compared to, say, C# or F#, but still powerful) is therefore the definitive way to represent it. Anything that differs from python (or perl) is therefore clunky and awkward.

The thing is, it's not clunky and awkward to everyone else, just as not everybody will find python or perls syntaxes "simple and straightforward). You believe, for whatever reason, that Python, perl, and whatever scripting languages that you know are the one true way.

The distance from this kind of polarization to Limbaughesque demonization isn’t very far.

I so agree.

Dictionary manipulation in VB still does not compare to Python's. (Or Perl).

You have to be familiar with all 3 languages to make a fair comparison. What you are describing is a minor syntax issue

It might be straightforward to somebody familiar with it

Finally, how about adding items from another dictionary to the the animals one?

If you do a help(dict) at the python interpreter, you can use other dictionary methods that makes manipulation of dictionaries easy. Do you find that many in VB's version?

speak of the devil. You swear by VB don't you?

As for a sorting routine, I would just use the class I wrote for that purpose. Besides, writing a sort routine isn't that hard, and one would only need to do it once. (bear in mind particularly the different problem domains of both python and VB6, VB6 comprises of "projects" and is used for creating applications. Python consists of an interpreter interpreting a single python file that may or may not reference other python files- it makes more sense in that case to try to put things such as sorting into built-in routines.

For VB I would simply loop through all the keys and adding each key-value pair to the new array, just as I'm sure python is doing for you automagically behind the scenes. This isn't a problem in VB when you are familiar with it.

Hey all

Im developing a small HTML editor and im looking for one thing thats really annoying me. I see editors on website FORUMS just like this all the time where you click a button for example bold and a bold TAG appears in front of your cursor (little flashing line , cant remember the spelling) then you can type the thing you WANT in bold then click it again and the close tag appears there in front of the cursor.

Well this is where i need help. How can i make a string APPEAR in front of my cursor?

Ill have a look around but ive not seen anything on it so far... which is worrying...The textbox's "SelectedText" PROPERTY can be set. This inserts a string at the insertion point.k Ill try that... Sounds like what im looking for...

Hello again.

I need to create a word document in VBA, then populate it with positioned images and text. How do i go about this?


ThanksQuote from: molly coddlez on March 18, 2011, 09:06:04 AM

Hello again.

I need to create a word document in VBA, then populate it with positioned images and text. How do i go about this?


Thanks

So I don't know if all this is even possible, but I have a league where scheduling always takes us two weeks to formulate and would like to cut that time by generating a form like below. We usually have 300-500 teams, and there, roughly 30 different divisions, 12 different gyms, 3 different areas, and 3 different time slots. I want to be able to fill in a team's name and set their priorities, then repeat the process for however many teams we have. Then I'd like to be able to check which priorities should apply to populate the fields on our schedule page. Then, assuming the entire schedule wouldn't populate due to the amount of priorities set, I'd like to be able to repeat the process after unchecking a box to populate the remaining fields. Then of course repeat that process of deprioritizing and repopulating until the schedule is complete. The schedule page would include times, dates on a y-axis and gym locations on an x-axis, with certain times blocked off based on when and where we have gyms. We're more than willing to pay to get this done, or ANY advice would be great. We can give whomever a lot more info later, if you think you can get this done.


To see it, go to http://htmledit.squarefree.com/ or any html viewer to see the code below. Thank you!


Code: [Select]<CENTER><script TYPE="text/javascript">
FUNCTION searchBox()
{
elem = document.getElementById("team");

if(elem.value == "Team Name")
{
elem.value = "";
}
}

function searchBoxBlur()
{
elem = document.getElementById("team");

if(elem.value == "")
{
elem.value = "Team Name";
}
}

function init()
{
document.getElementById("other_box").focus();
}
window.onload = init;
</script>




<input name="email" name="email" id="team" value="Team Name" style="color: #aaaaaa" onclick="searchBox()" onblur="searchBoxBlur()" style="width: 180px;" type="text" />

<SELECT NAME="division">
<OPTION VALUE="">--- Division ---
<OPTION VALUE="url">4TH NIT
<OPTION VALUE="url">4th NCAA
<OPTION VALUE="url" >5TH NIT
</SELECT>

<SELECT NAME="days">
<OPTION VALUE="">--- Preferred Days---
<OPTION VALUE="url">Sundays Only
<OPTION VALUE="url">No Sundays
<OPTION VALUE="url">No Preference
</SELECT>

<SELECT NAME="times">
<OPTION VALUE="">--- Preferred Times ---
<OPTION VALUE="url">Morning
<OPTION VALUE="url">Midday
<OPTION VALUE="url" >Night
<OPTION VALUE="url">No Preference
</SELECT>

<SELECT NAME="locations">
<OPTION VALUE="">--- Preferred Area ---
<OPTION VALUE="url">North
<OPTION VALUE="url">Southwest
<OPTION VALUE="url" >Southeast
<OPTION VALUE="url">No Preference
</SELECT>


<SELECT NAME="gym">
<OPTION VALUE="">--- Preferred Gyms ---
<OPTION VALUE="url">Cherry Creek
<OPTION VALUE="url">Thornton
<OPTION VALUE="url" >Broomfield
<OPTION VALUE="url">No Preference
</SELECT>

<br><br>

<table width=880 height=50 border=3 cellpadding=5><tr valign="middle"><td><center><b>Set Priorities:</b></center></td><td><center>Division<input type="checkbox" checked> <font size=2><i>(must be checked)</i></font></center></td><td><center>No Repeats<input type="checkbox"></td><td><center>Days<input type="checkbox"></center></td><td><center>Times<input type="checkbox" ></center></td><td><center>Area<input type="checkbox" ></center></td><td><center>Gyms<input type="checkbox"></center></td><td bgcolor=#000000><center><input type="button" value="Populate Fields"></center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" bgcolor=#cccccc><center><font size=2><b>note:</b> The best method is to prioritize all first to populate the fields, then repeat while deprioritizing one category at a time.</font></center></td></tr></table>

</center>
<br><br><center>
<table width=880 height=50 border=1 cellpadding=5><tr><td><div align="justify">So I don't know if all this is even possible, but I have a league where scheduling always takes us two weeks to formulate and would like to cut that time by generating a form like above. We usually have 300-500 teams, and there, roughly 30 different divisions, 12 different gyms, 3 different areas, and 3 different time slots. I want to be able to fill in a team's name and set their priorities, then repeat the process for however many teams we have. Then I'd like to be able to check which priorities should apply to populate the fields on our schedule page. Then, assuming the entire schedule wouldn't populate due to the amount of priorities set, I'd like to be able to repeat the process after unchecking a box to populate the remaining fields. Then of course repeat that process of deprioritizing and repopulating until the schedule is complete. The schedule page would include times, dates on a y-axis and gym locations on an x-axis, with certain times blocked off based on when and where we have gyms.<b> We're more than willing to pay to get this done, or ANY advice would be great.</b> We can give whomever a lot more info later, if you think you can get this done.

</div></td></tr></table>

Hello everyone,

I have a question that I've posted on Computing.net, but I think I've stumped people with this one--there's been no replies. Since this is Web Design, I thought you guys could help out.

Basically, I want to build a helpful GUI shell for Linux that will launch applications for users with icon thumbnails--similar to Ubuntu Netbook Remix or Symbian(tm). I do not care if there is a dialog box that comes up or not, and I'm open to *any* computer language within C, Java, or HTML/XML. I could build something around this, or just use a browser like Firefox(tm).

*ANY* replies are open, welcome, and would be GREATLY appreciated. I *really* would like to build this.And this is web design related... how?

Edit: duh, just reread the title.

This is impossible to do, by design, to my understanding. what your asking for sounds like access to the local file system. This is a breach of security which is why most good browsers on either Linux or windows will allow it. Think about it. If it was possible, any web page could execute arbitrary commands that could hoop the system or install viruses.This will probably receive more attention in the Programming forum, so I'm moving it there.@kpac: Thank you for moving the post! I appreciate it!

@BC_Programmer: Please TRY to understand. This is NOT designed in any way to be malicious, but helpful. I want to have a laptop run a custom Linux build--but with Fluxbox. GNOME and KDE demand too many resources--however, the problem is that there's no defined desktop. People who've used it are Windows(r) users that don't get it, asking "How do I open anything?" I only want to do this to make it easier. I'm aware of the risks. I also know there is a way to do this--I'm not giving up by calling it impossible.

Can what I've requested earlier be done in a program or any graphical browser in Linux? Please help out--I'm stumped here.

Quote

Can what I've requested earlier be done in a program or any graphical browser in Linux? Please help out--I'm stumped here.

hi peeps,

I need to know some VBA for outlook, i know what i'm doing in Access, but this needs to all be done in outlook.

I'm having trouble opening an external .mdb in VBA in outlook, normally in Access i would use the CurrentDB object. I just need to know if there is a way in code to open an mdb in outlook and assign it to a Database Variable so i can manipulate it in a way i am familar with.

Is this possible, if not how would i open the external mdb in outlook?

Thanks in advance you could use DAO.

In the VBA Editor, choose Tools->References

Look for "Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library" and add it (check it).


You can create a "Database" Object from a given filename using the following FUNCTION:


Code: [Select]Public Function LoadDatabase(ByVal Filename As String) As Database

Dim returndb As Database
Set returndb = DAO.OpenDatabase(Filename)
Set LoadDatabase = returndb

End Function


Generally, you can use the returned Database as needed in VBA (as you might use CurrentDB). Make sure to close it, though, OTHERWISE things can get hairy. (Normally Access keeps the database open, since it is using it, but with outlook you've created the database object yourself so it's up to you)Dude. LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you have ANY idea how long its taken me to squeeze that simple piece of INFO out of the INTERNET???

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

XD

I am NEW to this. I only had 6mb on my pc so I decided to defrag. As it turns out, my pc was already set to defrag on a weekly basis. Then I got the bright idea to compress computer. I compressed my whole computer and now some proprietary software does not work. One of my ex-developers had the suggestion to delete the databse from SQL 2005 and then when I RESTARTED my siftware it coule reinstall it. Unfortunately because it was decompressed I couldn't open the database either to even delete it.
Is there any easy WAY (for a non computer programmer like myself) to reverse my compressed computer and put it BACK to how it was a few days ago?

Thanks for any help anyone has.

ps - right CLICK>decompress or unzip using 7zip was not an option I had available to meI truly have no idea what you could mean when you say "compress". You could mean NTFS compression, Windows Drivespace... or heaven forbid you rightclicked on your C: drive and sent it to a compressed folder or something...What software did you use to "compress" your computer?

Is there a way to add IIS to a WINDOWS 7 SYSTEM through POWERSHELL? I am looking to add all sub components and the IISHWC (hostable web CORE).

thanks,
wbrost

What I'm trying to do is change the colour of keywords in a rich text box. I found a nice script on the internet which does just that, it finds any words passed to its sub and changes the colour to what was also passed to the sub. The problem is, I need to be able to change the colour of an unknown word between two #. For example, I need to change #word# to #word#.

Here is the code for the sub:
Code: [Select]Public Sub ColorWords(p_Rich As RichTextBox, p_strWord As String, p_Color As OLE_COLOR)
Dim intPos As Integer

With p_Rich
intPos = InStr(intPos + 1, .Text, p_strWord, vbTextCompare)
Do While intPos <> 0
.SelStart = intPos - 1
.SelLength = Len(p_strWord)
.SelColor = p_Color
intPos = InStr(intPos + 1, .Text, p_strWord, vbTextCompare)
Loop
End With
End Sub
And here is how you would call the sub:
Code: [Select]Call ColorWords(Userinput, "CHANGE", vbRed)(Userinput being the name of the richtextbox, CHANGE being the word to be coloured, and vbRed being the colour to change it to)

I tried changing "CHANGE" to "#*#" but that doesn't work, to "#" & * & "#", but that gives an expected expression error. How could this work?
No replies? It seems like my other thread got lots of replies, but I guess that was only because other members were arguing over which programming language is better than the next.Quote from: Helpmeh on August 25, 2010, 04:30:27 PM

No replies? It seems like my other thread got lots of replies, but I guess that was only because other members were arguing over which programming language is better than the next.

curious, why are you even using vb6? for School? for work? for fun?

I was taught VB6 in school, and I just like the feel of it.

not that its my business to interfere with what you like to do, but my $0.02 is , VB6 is old. You should get on and learn modern languages.

At least, they can do what VB6 can, (Python/Perl/VB.NET/Ruby/Java etc) and is catered to modern IT technology

I have a strange problem doing something that should be very simple. I'm running WINDOWS 7 Enterprise, no service pack installed.

I moved the code I was having problems with to the snippet below:


@echo off
SET var1 = this is a test
echo The variable is "%var1%"
set /p vinput = Enter a value
echo The input was "%vinput%"
echo The current variables that start with a v are:
echo set v


When I execute the batch file, I enter 'test' as the RESPONSE to the prompt.


C:\>test
The variable is ""
Enter a value test
The input was ""
The current variables that start with a v are:
set v


NOTICE that neither variable is set. However, if I issue 'SET V' from the command line, the variables are actually set with the correct values.


C:\>set v
var1 = this is a test
vinput =test


Any ideas on why this is not working? This is actually part of a more interesting batch file, but the variable setting is the only part I'm having problems with.Your batch script is working correctly, however it is not doing what you expect. You need to note some points of syntax.

1. Unlike some other languages, in batch scripting, white space (sometimes!) matters.

In a simple SET statement the syntax is set VariableName=VariableValue. Everything before the = sign is considered to be the variable name, and everything after the = sign (up to the last non white space character) is considered to be the variable value.

THUS this line

SET var1 = this is a test

creates a variable called %var1 % (notice the trailing space) which has the value " this is a test"

2. The situation is slightly more complicated with SET /P

Everything before the = sign is considered part of the variable name, but white space immediately after the = sign is ignored.

Thus this line

set /p vinput = Enter a value

creates a variable called %vinput % with a value of whatever the user types at the prompt.

Thus your commands echo %var1% and echo %vinput% show (correctly) null values since those variables are undefined.

This behaviour is unlike (for example) most dialects of BASIC where

VAR = value
var=value
var = value

all create a variable called "var" with a value of "value"

(I introduce a SET /P hint at this point. If you want to put white space after the user prompt so the user input does not immediately follow the prompt (it looks better) then you can use quotes like this

set /p var="Enter a value "
set /p var="What is your name? "
set /p var="Enter a value > "

The quotes are not shown on the screen.)

3. Finally if you want to see all variables with a name starting with the character v then the command

echo set v

is not the one to use, this will merely echo the text "set v". You just use the SET command followed by the initial letter(s) of the variables you are interested in.

eg

set v
set va
set vi



Excellent! Definitely not used to having to worry about a blank between the variable name and the '=' sign, most of my coding is in C.

Thanks much, that fixed the problem.

I wanted to play around with using string manipulation to divide very large numbers.

I will have a very simple input of the dividend and divisor and my program will print out the quotient and remainder. I will also be giving inputs with leading zeros but I will not include them in my output.

How would I accomplish this using string manipulation?

Thanks for your help. if its for WORK, why are you using C++
if its for homework, where are your code?
I am playing around with it I think I have it solved there are a few kinks I am working on. And what wrong with C++ it is widely used.Quote from: Circuit_Girl on August 30, 2010, 01:01:59 AM

And what wrong with C++ it is widely used.

I am relearning c++ and going to start learning c#. I want to expand my knowledge and write some simple applications and only know how to do it in this language. As far as web programming, I agree PHP and Per kick *censored*. But I do not know how to program windows applications using these languages and I am unfamiliar with python and ruby, but I will learn, eventually.

I am currently trying to OPEN up a new jpanel when a button is pressed. i know this should be a simple task but i tend to work STRICTLY with text so i have little experience with GUIs (hence why i am working on it). i am using netbeans 6.9.1 for an IDE.Also note:
THIS IS NOT HOMEWORK.
just programming on my own to get use to java GUI'sIf i understood right your question, and if you are using swing, you should take a look here: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/dialog.html

Please let me know if it was what you seek for ,and MARK question as "thanked" if my answer was oky. Not quite, im using the "Forum builder" in net beans (similar to VB), just WANTING to have a new forum (also designed in the builder) to pop up when you click a button. Sorry , i did not used that control.

Hello to you.
Well let me explain .. I have a dedicated server (REDHAT) and GAMEPANEL (opbase) to manage a game server .. the gamepanel is HOSTED on another dedicated server. gamepanel communicates with the dedicated server. I need to install the sceen and sftp 2 thing's done. the problem is that I am unable to ftp created a user with the gamepanel because I have this error:

"Write" permission check failed.

Check folder / file permissions.
chown-Rf server1: server1 / HOME/server1

here is a picture:



throughout the game server and the user folder in the ftp home / user

think you be able to help me?

sorry for my bad english..Close please i fix the probleme

Hi, I am creating a small batch file that turns the user's input into a COMMAND.
For EXAMPLE,
Code: [Select]set /P input=What would you like to do?
if /I "%input%" EQU "EXIT" exit
if the user types "exit" then the cmd window will close.

My problem is that if the user inputs the command incorrectly (e.g. "eixt" instead of "exit") or inputs something that the cmd does not understand, then the cmd window closes on its own or goes to the NEXT label (e.g. :new).
How would you set it so that if the user inputs something UNKNOWN or incorrect then the cmd displays something like "The word "whateverwastypedwrong" is not a command."? I would like to know how to do it without using:
Code: [Select]if /I "%input%" NEQ "EXIT" echo "The word "whateverwastypedwrong" is not a command."
because if there are many commands such as "EXIT", "NEW", "COPY", "MOVE", etc etc etc then that single command line can become a bit of a mess.

Is there more of an efficient way of solving this issue?Why do you feel the need to do this? The fact that you foresee the error-checking getting unwieldy is a clue that it might be a bad idea. Anyhow, cmd.exe has done it all for you. It's called the prompt. One way I might do it (if I had to!) might be to have a text file containing a list of all the commands I wanted to select from and use FOR to compare the user input with each entry in turn.

Basically I am creating a file/folder management program with a batch file that can work on any of my associates computers so that they can manage notes taken in lectures efficiently AND because I'm simply interested in this small project anyway
That idea sounds interesting. Are there any alternatives to using a text file with a command list in it such as a line or a few lines of code that achieve the same thing without having to CREATE a text file and checking the commands in it? If not, then I'll probably go with that idea.When I first read your initial query I though you meant that you wanted users to be able to type in native console commands such as DIR, etc, but now I see (I think) that you wish them to be able to input command words of your own devising. You can verify that typed input matches an item in a list without using a separate file; the list can be held in a comma or space-delimited string...

Code: [Select]@echo off
set commandlist=start stop run copy move open close pause resume erase insert exit
echo Available commands: %commandlist%
:loop
set /p UserInput="Your command? "
set verified=0
for %%A in (%commandlist%) do if /i "%%A"=="%UserInput%" set verified=1
if "%verified%"=="0" (
echo Incorrect input - please try again
goto loop
)
echo Command OK

Ah yes! Thats exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much
I'll mark this as solved.

Here's a suggestion:

How about making subfora for each programming language? Or is that too much?

- Microsoft
- Non-Microsoft

Seriously, they've made SO MANY LANGUAGES.

'Fora' is an accepted secondary form.

However, I come from a very linguistic background

Can some one please point me to an example of a Powershell script that installs a TCP/IP printer? unfortunately our department decided to stop using print servers so now we are forced to add printers using print to IP. I am looking for a script that will install a printer and use a TCP/IP port.

Thanks,
WbrostThis may help. It seems straightforward. Create instances of two WMI classes and fill in the properties with your local information.

Good luck. ok getting closer. I can get the first portion of the code to work but during the second part I get the following error message:

Exception calling "Put" with "0" ARGUMENT(s): "Generic failure "
At line:1 char:19
+ $objNewPrinter.Put <<<< ()
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

Below is the code that I am using to get this working.

$objPrint = [WMICLASS]"Win32_Printer"
$objPrint.psbase.scope.options.EnablePrivileges = $true
$objNewPrinter = $objPrint.createInstance()
$objNewPrinter.DeviceID = "Rhyne_235A_02"
$objNewPrinter.DriverName = "TOSHIBA e-STUDIO3510cSeriesPLC6"
$objNewPrinter.PortName = "Toshiba_3510C"
$objNewPrinter.Shared = $false
$objNewPrinter.Put()

thanks,
wbrostI RAN into the same problem and after some tinkering around at the Powershell command line, I suspect the problem is not with the put instruction but with the value of the properties. Specifically with the Drivername property.

It seems you can create a printer without a physical unit, but the driver needs to be INSTALLED. I was able to get this snippet to work simply by using the installed driver of a real printer on my system. Be sure the same port name USED in creating the port is used when creating the printer.

Code: [Select]# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Script: PSH-WMI-setTCPIPPrinterPortInstall.ps1
# Author: Powershell Community
# Date: 02/22/2011 11:07:40
# Comments: Install a printer to TCP/IP port
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Requires -Version 2.0

$PortName = "MyPort"
$PrintDriver = "HP Deskjet 930C/932C/935C"

#Create the port
#
$objPort = [wmiclass] "Win32_TcpIpPrinterPort"
$objNewPort = $objPort.CreateInstance()

#$objNewPort.psbase.scope.options.EnablePrivileges = $False #if using W2K3 use $True
$objNewPort.Name = $PortName
$objNewPort.HostAddress = "10.10.10.10"
$objNewPort.Protocol = 1 #1=RAW (default) 2=LPR
$objNewPort.Put()

#Create the Printer
#
$printer = [wmiclass] "Win32_Printer"
$newprinter = $printer.CreateInstance()

$newprinter.DeviceID = "My New Printer" #This property req'd
$newprinter.Drivername = $PrintDriver #This property req'd
$newprinter.PortName = $PortName #This property req'd

$newprinter.Shared = $true
$newprinter.Sharename = "ShareName"
$newprinter.Location = "Office"
$newprinter.COMMENT = "Comment"
$newprinter.Put()

<#
Use Get-Member on $newprint and $objNewPort to retrieve all properties
and methods available
#>

Good luck.

Quote from: Sidewinder on March 01, 2011, 04:34:39 PM

I ran into the same problem and after some tinkering around at the Powershell command line, I suspect the problem is not with the put instruction but with the value of the properties. Specifically with the Drivername property.

It seems you can create a printer without a physical unit, but the driver needs to be installed. I was able to get this snippet to work simply by using the installed driver of a real printer on my system. Be sure the same port name used in creating the port is used when creating the printer.

I would like to create a batch file with options of software to install from our network. I've TRIED search google and couldnt really find what I was looking for but know its possible.

So when you start it I would like it to have like 12 options.

Type the number corresponding with he PROGRAM you would like to install and press enter.

1 - Microsoft Office 2003
2 - Microsoft Office 2007
3 - Adobe Pro 9
...
...
...
and so on.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thx

CODE: [SELECT]@echo off
:loop
echo Install what?
echo 1 - Microsoft Office 2003
echo 2 - Microsoft Office 2007
echo 3 - Adobe Pro 9
...
...
...
set /p choice=Option #:
if "%choice%" GTR "NUMBER OF OPTIONS" cls & echo Invalid option! & goto loop
goto %choice%
:1
start install microsoft office 2003
exit
:2
start install microsoft office 2007
exit
:3
start install adobe pro 9
exit
...
OK?

You need to have one of these for each thing you want to install:
Code: [Select]:NUMBER
start install PROGRAM
exit
Remember to properly add the installer.