[wdvltalk] Re: a hairy question

2003-02-17 Thread stephen
Hi Jean, you might like to look here www.cyscape.com/showbrow.asp this is a good example of what you can get from a web browser. I am not sure if you can get info on CPU and MEM etc without installing some software onto the PC. I have seen a programme that runs form a server on a network to do what

[wdvltalk] Re: Primary Key Creation in PHP/MySQL

2003-02-17 Thread rudy
> Has anyone used auto_increment in mySQL? how reliable is it? what are you thinking, that it might not work? or give a duplicate? i suspect if it was in any way unreliable, there are, what, 4 **million** mysql sites out there, surely one of them would've noticed by now > Are there any OTHER wa

[wdvltalk] Re: Passing and saving form variables

2003-02-17 Thread David Blakey
Good points, Rudy - I guess I had just assumed that hitting the edit button (history.go(-1)) would take them back to where they were like it was for me. Maybe I am way too naïve to think that. I had thought about doing the single page idea, but haven't personally done one that way before and w

[wdvltalk] Re: A little help with Flash?

2003-02-17 Thread Bj
> One element is a paint brush gif, that travels a motion guide and > unmasks some text. A separate element in the movie is more text > that swaps between two strings, timed with a glow. I want the text > swapping and music to loop continuously, so I have the movie > looping. However, when the pai

[wdvltalk] RE: Display duns # in Excel

2003-02-17 Thread Dave Sebaste
Hi Bill, I don't know if this will help with your automated solution, but prefixing the value with an apostrophe will cause Excel to treat it as a string, and not display the apostrophe. This is a "throwback" to the old Lotus 1-2-3 convention that made the cell contents a "label." Hope this is of

[wdvltalk] A little help with Flash?

2003-02-17 Thread Dave Sebaste
Hi Friends, I'm teaching myself to use Flash MX in a hurry, and coming along pretty well. I've been able to figure out most of what I need, but am stumped on one issue... hoping someone might be able to help. One element is a paint brush gif, that travels a motion guide and unmasks some text. A s

[wdvltalk] Display duns # in Excel

2003-02-17 Thread Bill Mais
I have an asp page that sends data to an Excel page. One of the fields is a DUNS number that often starts with 0 or 00. Excel (in its infinite wisdom) has decided that this is a number and removes the leading zeros. Is there anyway to turnoff Excel's auto format features? Is there an easy way t

[wdvltalk] RE: Passing and saving form variables

2003-02-17 Thread Todd Richards
Hi J.R. Thanks for your tips. It is actually going to be for a small newsletter, in which the couple of administrative people can have a "template" to enter their information and create a newsletter and send it out. So they need to be able to preview the end result. I will also look at the opti

[wdvltalk] Primary Key Creation in PHP/MySQL

2003-02-17 Thread Mark M
Just curious to know how people create their primary keys when using MySQL? I've been using a date/time/random number combination generator that has worked well so far, however, having used sequences in Oracle - I don't mind these either. Has anyone used auto_increment in mySQL? how reliable is

[wdvltalk] Re: Passing and saving form variables

2003-02-17 Thread Todd Richards
Good points, Rudy - I guess I had just assumed that hitting the edit button (history.go(-1)) would take them back to where they were like it was for me. Maybe I am way too naïve to think that. I had thought about doing the single page idea, but haven't personally done one that way before and was

[wdvltalk] RE: Passing and saving form variables

2003-02-17 Thread J.R. Pitts
You could create a new form that had hidden values like you say. It's appears you are creating an letter where you are wanting to preview what it will actually look like. If so, that is probably your best bet. If you are just wanting them to approve of their entries, you could post the page to itse

[wdvltalk] Re: Passing and saving form variables

2003-02-17 Thread rudy
> Do I need to just add hidden fields down in the new > that has the values from above? that's one way, and quite common but you also have to be prepared for what happens when they go back to the form, because for some browsers, the stuff they typed into the form fields gets mysteriously "lost"

[wdvltalk] Passing and saving form variables

2003-02-17 Thread Todd Richards
I am passing form values to a "preview" page so that the person can preview the result, then choose to submit (which takes you to the processing page) or edit (which takes you back). So on the "preview page" I have code such as dim strDearName = Request.Form("txtDearName") Now I am having probl

[wdvltalk] Re: What do you use to design your databases with?

2003-02-17 Thread Mark M
Oh don't get me wrong - I write my CREATE TABLE statements myself as well.. its just nice to have the reference :o) I can also print it out and hang it on my wall - so I can see everything pretty and stuff. I would be scared to use MS SQL... Who knows what you might find in it.. (

[wdvltalk] Re: What do you use to design your databases with?

2003-02-17 Thread rudy
> I can then wander off and build my table creating script > from the visual data I get from Access. do me a favour? please test out the "upsizing wizard" from microsoft i'm too lazy, and besides, i can write DDL, i.e. the CREATE TABLE statements, by hand apparently, somewhere in there, the wiz

[wdvltalk] Re: What do you use to design your databases with?

2003-02-17 Thread Mark M
Just been playing with access - Don't want to use it as my database (as if) but I am actually finding it a useful tool to throw around a few table ideas, visualise the relationships, and edit as per neccessary. I can then wander off and build my table creating script from the visual data I get

[wdvltalk] Re: OT .cab files moved by accident need help returning them

2003-02-17 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Deb, I've recommended Windows Commander (now called "Total Commander") from http://www.ghisler.com/ several times on this list. I don't know if it will open your particular 'cab' files, but it does a good job on all I've ever tried using it on. I believe they have a "free trial" period for the pro

[wdvltalk] Re: What do you use to design your databases with?

2003-02-17 Thread rudy
> http://r937.com/20020514.cfm thanks, mark, for the link -- i owe you, bud > > Good ol' Access? > Huh, what is this? access has some pretty handy wizards for table creation it also has a "relationships" tool that lets you drag and drop columns to define the relationships between tables, altho

[wdvltalk] Re: What do you use to design your databases with?

2003-02-17 Thread Mark Groen
Content-type: Multipart/Alternative; boundary="Alt-Boundary-28421.4303867" --Alt-Boundary-28421.4303867 On February 18, 2003 at 1:16, Mark M wrote: > Just curious as to what you use to design your databases? > Tools? Pen and Paper? Same as a web site, paper and pencil. Rudy has an awesome tool: h

[wdvltalk] Re: What do you use to design your databases with?

2003-02-17 Thread rudy
> Pen and Paper? Good ol' Access? both of those options are good personally, i use a pencil, because it has an eraser ;o) visio is a middle-of-the-price-range tool i've heard good things about erwin is comprehensive (i've used it) but costs in the thousands there are many reasonably-priced o

[wdvltalk] [OT] Linksys router

2003-02-17 Thread Siobhan Thomas
While we are on the topic of home networks... I have a pesky problem which if anyone could shed some light on I would be indebted. I have a linksys router and zone alarm and am trying to use a meeting tool (http://www.elluminate.com/demo/live_demo.jsp). I have no problem dropping into the live

[wdvltalk] "home network" again

2003-02-17 Thread Furry, Tim
Zhao wrote: Days ago I posted a message "How setup home network with DSL?" After reading many web-friends' nice responses, I am now intending to purchase "Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 4-port Switch _model BEFSR41" *OR* "D-Link Express EtherNetwork 4-Port Cable/DSL Router_model DI-604 "

[wdvltalk] What do you use to design your databases with?

2003-02-17 Thread Mark M
Heya all - Just curious as to what you use to design your databases? Tools? Pen and Paper? Good ol' Access? Just about to start a new project... and I have some interesting ideas about how to do the database... but I need a program to help me out.. Thanks in advance. Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[wdvltalk] Re: OT .cab files moved by accident need help returning them

2003-02-17 Thread puterbug.com
At 12:06 AM 2/18/2003 +1300, you wrote: do not go for super kill, but try something like wordpad if it is on your system [I assume it might be from the correspondence ]. Nothing but gibberish using wordpad. I did just find that doing a find/replace in my Dreamweaver MX is causing my laptop

[wdvltalk] Re: OT .cab files moved by accident need help returning them

2003-02-17 Thread puterbug.com
At 12:06 AM 2/18/2003 +1300, you wrote: btw, if the file are not missing from your system, and if everything is working fine, why not just move them to the "weird" folder until you need to look at them again. Because I'm afraid they actually need to be somewhere and if I move them to "weird fol

[wdvltalk] Re: OT .cab files moved by accident need help returning them

2003-02-17 Thread michael ensor
no answer to the real problem, but quick view and notepad will not open some programs/rich text. do not go for super kill, but try something like wordpad if it is on your system [I assume it might be from the correspondence ]. I have managed to "translate" programs from one format to the other by

[wdvltalk] Re: OT .cab files moved by accident need help returning them

2003-02-17 Thread puterbug.com
At 12:19 AM 2/17/2003 -0800, you wrote: They look like install files from a program you recently installed. Have you tried looking inside with quickview plus or something similar? Ok, apparently I have no quickview, and I tried viewing/opening via notepad, supernote-tab and winrar. Notepad = a

[wdvltalk] Re: OT .cab files moved by accident need help returning them

2003-02-17 Thread puterbug.com
At 12:19 AM 2/17/2003 -0800, you wrote: They look like install files from a program you recently installed. Have you tried looking inside with quickview plus or something similar? No, I didn't know what to look inside with other than winzip and that wouldn't work. I'll try your suggestion, tha

[wdvltalk] Re: OT .cab files moved by accident need help returning them

2003-02-17 Thread Brewnetty \(AuntySpam\)
They look like install files from a program you recently installed. Have you tried looking inside with quickview plus or something similar? - Original Message - From: puterbug.com To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 1:54 AM Subject: [wdvltalk] OT .cab files moved by acci