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Number of Comments: 380
Number of Words: 26,003
First Comment: 06 Nov 2002
Final Comment: 02 Sep 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 57
First Topic: 19 Dec 2002
Latest Topic: 02 Sep 2004
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02 Sep 2004   Is it safe to use VS.Net 2005 now?   >>  
02 Sep 2004   Windows File Manager....   I prefer the Windows Explorer (dual pane) style an....   >>  
   Is it safe to use VS....   Okay, so what about just using the IDE then?   >>  
      Is the IDE itself reliable? Can I still build vers....   >>  
   New discussion board....   Anyway Ken, existing message board software kind o....   >>  
31 Aug 2004   Windows Update requi....   OK, so Stephen off-topic commented on the DSL thin....   >>  
      'Err.. Brad wasn't whining. The whining is on his....   >>  
      Hehe, sorry it just really makes me laugh that you....   >>  
      'Brad is fully within his rights to whine on his o....   >>  
30 Aug 2004   Windows Update required services??   >>  
30 Aug 2004      OK, I admit it. I'm Bizarro Philo. You caught ....   >>  
      Oh yeah, since we're getting personal here I figur....   >>  
      Brad Wilson, what is your problem? Did you wake....   >>  
      Correction: "babsit" should have been "babysit".   >>  
      Also, not only does it require the services to be ....   >>  
      I don't disable the event log, but I do disable AU....   >>  
26 Aug 2004   Second guessing my d....   I know you've heard this a thousand times before, ....   >>  
   Cross Platform devel....   Depending on what kind of program you want to deve....   >>  
24 Aug 2004   AdSense on Blogger   Actually, it's Hurray not Horray. RTFD (Read th....   >>  
20 Aug 2004   Is there a term for ....   If you look at any standard Windows 'Options' dial....   >>  
19 Aug 2004   Outrageous Metaphor   Outrageous may have been a bad choice of word on t....   >>  
09 Aug 2004   T-SQL Stored Procedu....   You can use a DTS Package and global variables.   >>  
05 Aug 2004   Binding services for....   SQL Server Reporting Services?   >>  
   Diff program   Beyond Compare ++   >>  
04 Aug 2004   Calculated Column(s) or a View?   >>  
04 Aug 2004   Calculated Column(s)....   Sorry, I forgot to mention that this is for SQL Se....   >>  
   SQL Server Reporting....   Philo, I also want to let you know that I'm not tr....   >>  
      OK, the other two might have charting but do the c....   >>  
      Because it's got the best designer out of all of t....   >>  
03 Aug 2004   SQL Server Reporting Services Output   >>  
03 Aug 2004      Wow Bill! That's a big list. I have to agree with ....   >>  
      Here it is: http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoft....   >>  
      Also, I've only been using Crystal since version 6....   >>  
      correction: how bad the actual report designer IS,   >>  
      I understand that I am in the shrinking minority h....   >>  
      So if you don't think there's only one viable solu....   >>  
   Crystal Reports and ....   In short, I've seen enough to be confident in my a....   >>  
      'Crystal has always been a crock of sh*t. Nobody w....   >>  
01 Aug 2004   A form with lots of ....   It's easy to get data to/from the HTML control. Ju....   >>  
   The Village (no spoi....   Robert, you're a pretentious biotch aren't you?   >>  
31 Jul 2004   The Village (don't see it!)   >>  
31 Jul 2004   The Village (don't s....   Well, they sure advertised it as a scary movie and....   >>  
   Another Linux win is....   Why do they have two separate PCs? Haven't they he....   >>  
30 Jul 2004   Can do anything with....   I remember reading an article recently where all o....   >>  
29 Jul 2004   What's a good FREE F....   LeechFTP++   >>  
23 Jul 2004   MSSQL Procedure Request   >>  
23 Jul 2004   MSSQL Procedure Requ....   OK RH, thank you. I did google for this, but th....   >>  
      Well, I'm working at home today but no, this is no....   >>  
22 Jul 2004   Automation Errors   If the form is being unloaded then the control wil....   >>  
   interesting FAQ on '....   And when nobody buys any of this new hardware, wha....   >>  
21 Jul 2004   best thing about IE   The best thing about IE is Behaviors.   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Reporting Engine for....   Well, since the burden of proof is on the accuser.....   >>  
19 Jul 2004   Programmer Performan....   Ken, I implore you to take some of these comments ....   >>  
   Perl and Crystal Rep....   Can you be more specific about where the report wi....   >>  
   Free syntax highligh....   Ian, see my thread on silly Open Source naming con....   >>  
15 Jul 2004   Spying   If you have a hub and not a router in your office,....   >>  
   .Net devs that went ....   Woohoo, .Net turns your getters and setters into a....   >>  
12 Jul 2004   Object diagram   You can, but make sure you use a pencil or similar....   >>  
10 Jul 2004   Subscription-based L....   P.S. sorry for being snotty, but it's so easy to g....   >>  
      'Well this is exactly the sort of pigheaded ignora....   >>  
      'Of course there IS OS X' No there isn't (not f....   >>  
09 Jul 2004   Best mail client on ....   Outlook 2003   >>  
08 Jul 2004   Did Windows Media Pl....   I don't use Winamp, but I just installed it for my....   >>  
   Software as a found ....   'When I'm coding, I feel more like a monkey with a....   >>  
   Macromedia Central?&....   ka-ching, I agree completely. I have personal expe....   >>  
   Got the excuse to or....   >Apple G4 PowerBooks go for $1400 used. Also, p....   >>  
      Yes, please go buy a Mac or build a Linux laptop a....   >>  
07 Jul 2004   APL programming appr....   > Allen ultimately hired two programmers from the ....   >>  
05 Jul 2004   Beer isn't free   I always thought that it was because you're free t....   >>  
   How does the RIAA id....   The problem is that 'the cat is out of the bag' al....   >>  
      (The second question asked by the interviewer is w....   >>  
      'Your ip address has to be decodable to people you....   >>  
      Hey 'Working for Motown', what are you going to do....   >>  
03 Jul 2004   FireFox is NOT Broke....   The extension.   >>  
02 Jul 2004      Hehe, that it does. However, it would be really....   >>  
      The google bar extension is broken though. It c....   >>  
   An instance of a usa....   Microsoft doesn't want you to paste links as text.....   >>  
30 Jun 2004   Visual Basic 6 build....   BTW, you're better off not putting VB6 in the subj....   >>  
      More importantly, how do you change it?   >>  
   Crystal Book   BTW, (there are many reasons) but, another reason ....   >>  
      There is one rule that you can follow that will ma....   >>  
   Web Applications vs ....   Andy, you can easily build you a hybrid solution t....   >>  
   What does SharePoint....   Woohoo, I can share files!  What is this 1996....   >>  
29 Jun 2004   Who is on fire?   Yes, I agree. Open Source for Developer Tools is ....   >>  
      OK. So you make everything a web app and charge fo....   >>  
      There may be a lot of open source shops, but which....   >>  
25 Jun 2004   Here's a what if   They'd say "That's what if, byotch".   >>  
   European formats in ....   No, he doesn't want to format the values himself. ....   >>  
23 Jun 2004   Running .Net code on the client browser?   >>  
23 Jun 2004   Language-aware diff ....   That would be an extremely specialized tool to hav....   >>  
   Running .Net code on....   So, if you can make a COM DLL with .Net, then you ....   >>  
      According to this page: http://samples.gotdotn....   >>  
   I am nostalgic about....   I think COM stands for Component Object Model, not....   >>  
22 Jun 2004   Swing to MFC   Whatever you do, please, please, please put scroll....   >>  
   Tablet PC Recommenda....   Arrg, stop talking about cool things that I want w....   >>  
   Why can't we separat....   ' You aren't free to CHANGE the legal system, but ....   >>  
17 Jun 2004   HTML editor issue   Apparently not.   >>  
   Building HTML user i....   Actually, with a standard XML File format, you cou....   >>  
      BTW, we use this technique at my company to provid....   >>  
      A Form with the Browser control in it, that loads ....   >>  
14 Jun 2004   Looking for advice o....   IPWorks has a great toolkit for $299 that includes....   >>  
11 Jun 2004   DataStructure for Th....   A single thought is like a node in a double linked....   >>  
09 Jun 2004   Good alternative to ....   Yeah, but that page does looks ugly in Mozilla :)   >>  
08 Jun 2004      Support for the mouse wheel can be gotten through ....   >>  
      (I hope the OP reads that, after the *slight* deto....   >>  
      One word (two?) - CodeSmart, a VB6 add-in that com....   >>  
   STUN RFC   STUN - STUN is not TUx's Nephew NATS - NATS is ....   >>  
   Lemme guess, you can....   I thought about doing XSLT, but it's such a PITA. ....   >>  
07 Jun 2004   Hogging two spots (a not patented? UI idea)   >>  
07 Jun 2004   Lemme guess, you can do it in .Net   >>  
02 Jun 2004   The demise of the MD....   >>When you go to edit a table design it comes up i....   >>  
21 May 2004   Life Happens   >>  
21 May 2004   VB and C   Read VBScript Fundamentals under VBScript->Users G....   >>  
   Large blocks of code....   Simon, that was all way above my head. I work at ....   >>  
20 May 2004   MSSQL Transaction Question   >>  
20 May 2004   Large blocks of code commented out in Source Ctrl   >>  
20 May 2004   MSSQL Transaction Qu....   Whoops, I have some code to go fix.  I though....   >>  
      I don't expect errors often, because the SQL is ge....   >>  
   MS Office - Document....   I have to agree with your boss for multiple reason....   >>  
18 May 2004   Pocket PC, Palm, something else?   >>  
17 May 2004   Incredibuild   That's http://www.xoreax.com You can't put a pe....   >>  
   Thinstall   Or at least buy one of those companies that makes ....   >>  
13 May 2004   MS Office Moving Backwards   >>  
12 May 2004   Getting Email accounts from Outlook 2k->2k3   >>  
12 May 2004   Getting Email accoun....   Also, apparently I have a favorite email folder. ....   >>  
09 May 2004   Questions for the ca....   My company makes an platform of products to run a ....   >>  
   Initializing Entity ....   In my application, the mdb file represents a docum....   >>  
08 May 2004   Initializing Entity Classes   >>  
08 May 2004      Also, 2.5) Stateless? Set oFolders = New EFold....   >>  
05 May 2004   Open Sourcers: What's with the naming convention?   >>  
05 May 2004   Open Sourcers: What'....   I may have posted something similar to this before....   >>  
   Anyone use 'My Docum....   The only reason I use 'My Documents' is because it....   >>  
01 May 2004   JOS & whatcounts....   (K, do people in the CIA or the MI5 like spam even....   >>  
29 Apr 2004   Do these sites look ....   OK, I take it back. I'm using MyIE2 as the main b....   >>  
      Yes, reading too much slashdot has made me paranoi....   >>  
28 Apr 2004   Do these sites look weird to you?   >>  
28 Apr 2004      Hmm, strange. Wonder where I screwed up. (Weee....   >>  
      One thing that both of these have in common though....   >>  
      Under View-->Encoding I have Auto-Select checked a....   >>  
27 Apr 2004   Anything like window.createPopup for Mozilla?   >>  
27 Apr 2004   Anything like window....   Hmm, I don't think that I explained myself that ba....   >>  
   Ctr+Tab in Word   That 4screens program has bugs when used with a du....   >>  
      And yes, I know you can use XP's ability to 'Group....   >>  
      I hate when apps put every open document (Word, Ou....   >>  
20 Apr 2004   Is this easier in AS....   I just read 'Control Execution Lifecycle' for Serv....   >>  
      'The interface event model is pretty nifty...' ....   >>  
19 Apr 2004   Is this easier in ASP.Net?   >>  
19 Apr 2004      Soon, we are going to make a light web client that....   >>  
   Software Patents   Google is great! Simply searching for that number....   >>  
18 Apr 2004   C-style variable def....   Also, we should be making computers talk like us, ....   >>  
      If there is no word like the 'as' in VB declaratio....   >>  
   VMWare database accc....   Loopback adapter works great!  Thank you Phil....   >>  
17 Apr 2004      hehe, I admit the instructions were over-simplifie....   >>  
      K, first, get VMWare. Install it. Then, downlo....   >>  
14 Apr 2004   Naming Result Sets r....   You could make the first or last recordset a listi....   >>  
10 Apr 2004   cost of the google s....   According to their website: 'Google Search Appl....   >>  
   Is Perl the only scr....   Furthermore, any Windows form IDE/builder for Pyth....   >>  
      If you need to build a Windows UI, why not just us....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   "Forget Password" po....   There are literally thousands of sites to get free....   >>  
04 Apr 2004   WinHelp problem (pop....   BTW, it's mostly free code with the source on that....   >>  
      This page might have a COM DLL that you can replac....   >>  
03 Apr 2004   Easiest software to ....   What are the specs of the machine that you want to....   >>  
31 Mar 2004   Odd IIS Problem   Check the permissions of the directory that hosts ....   >>  
   Visual Studio SP6?   No, he labeled himself that way on another thread,....   >>  
      [disclaimer: Philo is still, even in another threa....   >>  
   Is this code recomme....   I agree. However, I guess what I'm saying is that....   >>  
      ASP/HTML is a very good model for certain tasks, e....   >>  
   Is SharePoint overki....   (not "I we", but just "we" as in me and the boss-m....   >>  
      Thanks.  I we just signed up for the MS Empow....   >>  
      Philo, do I have to have Office 2003 to take advan....   >>  
30 Mar 2004   Is this code recommended?   >>  
30 Mar 2004   VMWARE and Windows G....   Make Windows the host?  I'm guessing that wou....   >>  
25 Mar 2004   How to stop new wind....   Brad, Actually, as the poster right after you p....   >>  
      There is no way to do this in IE. I will not ....   >>  
24 Mar 2004   How to stop new window links in IE   >>  
24 Mar 2004   Why .net not appropr....   Stick with VB6.  There is no reason to move t....   >>  
19 Mar 2004   Cross-browser web de....   The original poster in this thread provides a link....   >>  
   If you can't beat em....   Richard, you sound like a person who develops web ....   >>  
17 Mar 2004   VSLive & Mobile ....   Well, you can narrow it down to the world populati....   >>  
12 Mar 2004   What is the logic be....   They also take the personal information that you p....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   The Apprentice (spoi....   You're Fired.  (insert hand movement here)   >>  
05 Mar 2004   Do Empty Fields in a....   The single adLongVarBinary field recordset used 92....   >>  
04 Mar 2004   Do Empty Fields in an ADO Rs use much memory?   >>  
04 Mar 2004      AOT: This is the type of problem that sometimes st....   >>  
      Also, the average number of rows would be less tha....   >>  
   Disabling script deb....   Yves: Why is it that some people just have to play....   >>  
   How do you all fit s....   So, what are the alternatives?? Don't put Tabs ....   >>  
02 Mar 2004   XP Network slowness   I have the same problem with XP on my laptop. I t....   >>  
28 Feb 2004   IIS->COM+->Service communication via MSMQ?   >>  
28 Feb 2004   IIS->COM+->Ser....   Also, is it safe to use mult-threading techniques ....   >>  
   Emulate Mac OS X fro....   Awesome!  I am buying a PPC machine tommorrow....   >>  
27 Feb 2004   Emulate Mac OS X from within OS X?   >>  
27 Feb 2004      That is !fantastic! Lou, is this with Bochs or som....   >>  
   interprocess communi....   Would MSMQ be useful for this as well?  The I....   >>  
   ESR 0, CUPS 1   'If the designers were half-smart about UI issues ....   >>  
   Any New Rich Microso....   Are you going to kidnap their children?   >>  
   Variable declaration....   I used to declare all the variables at the start o....   >>  
15 Feb 2004   Removing Programs th....   To stop this from happening in the first place, re....   >>  
13 Feb 2004   Design Advice   >>  
13 Feb 2004   Threads Supported on....   I think that without running tests you could not j....   >>  
      In general terms, I think that it would be determi....   >>  
   Design Advice   I am wondering if MSMQ is worth the effort of depe....   >>  
12 Feb 2004   Visio - Saving Window Layouts with the Document.   >>  
11 Feb 2004   What's Your Greatest....   How about "I don't consider weaknesses great."?   >>  
10 Feb 2004   Have to Break Compatibility every time???   >>  
10 Feb 2004   Have to Break Compat....   I was about to cry like a little girl, so I brough....   >>  
      I did not add any enum values.   >>  
      What am I missing here? This is the message I get....   >>  
06 Feb 2004   Embedding Flash in d....   I downloaded and ran Gush and I was impressed and ....   >>  
05 Feb 2004   Embedding Flash in desktop apps.  A good idea?   >>  
05 Feb 2004   How do you view mone....   Being stingy is a good way to lose karma.   >>  
   Why do we have so ba....   Personally, I hope it doesn't get any easier or I'....   >>  
   Objected Oriented HT....   You can assign a single event handler to a group o....   >>  
04 Feb 2004   Programmer Productiv....   A player who makes the team great is far greater t....   >>  
03 Feb 2004   Worst Ever: 7350 Line Function, 55 local vars   >>  
01 Feb 2004   How common are sniff....   If all you have is a switch, then the only traffic....   >>  
30 Jan 2004   COM to .Net Interop question   >>  
30 Jan 2004   COM to .Net Interop ....   How about returning a Type or a Variant Array from....   >>  
   Design Discussion   Depending on your app, this might work too (it wor....   >>  
      The record per occurrence design has another stren....   >>  
      Yeah, I admit making all the entries up front can ....   >>  
      Oh yeah, and if you need some event to take place ....   >>  
      I had to design a system to do this once. I was g....   >>  
29 Jan 2004   I'm a programmer and....   That was a terrible ending to a pretty nice conver....   >>  
23 Jan 2004   IE startup page   Go to Tools --> Internet Options --> Advanced (Tab....   >>  
   documentation genera....   The only thing that I know of that is even closely....   >>  
   Dealing with Madness   I have to admit that I haven't overly extended mys....   >>  
22 Jan 2004   Dealing with Madness   >>  
22 Jan 2004      Yeah, maybe I should just try to get a life outsid....   >>  
      Thanks all for taking time to write a post, (espec....   >>  
      Best three days you've had in a while I guess.&nbs....   >>  
      Fascinating "Reality Check"...you've added so much....   >>  
      Thanks everyone for all of the good advice. I w....   >>  
      Well, I didn't say I was 'smatter', I didn't even ....   >>  
      Just curious, why do you say it's hard to get into....   >>  
      Also, If I take the back to school route, do you t....   >>  
21 Jan 2004   Database Analysis To....   iPivot?   >>  
   Home Brew PVR update....   So far I think I've spent around 20 - 30 hours of ....   >>  
20 Jan 2004   Home Brew PVR update.   >>  
20 Jan 2004   Are Developers Typic....   I gotta get back to work just from reading about a....   >>  
   Run embedded scripts....   Sorry, that last function 'AddObject' doesn't do a....   >>  
      You can run things by using CallByName with the Wi....   >>  
18 Jan 2004   Embeddable HTML Brow....   '...paying royalties to Redmond.' Can anyone co....   >>  
   Internet Explorer: B....   I've seen what you speak of...the form with a web ....   >>  
17 Jan 2004   Internet Explorer: Best software ever   >>  
17 Jan 2004   Modal dialogs with Win32 API?   >>  
17 Jan 2004   Modal dialogs with W....   I had been trying SetParent but I must be missing ....   >>  
   Internet Explorer: B....   Mike, when you statically link objects like that i....   >>  
      Sorry, I strongly disagree with you Dennis (on bot....   >>  
      No Mozilla is only on the list of available 'Previ....   >>  
      No, I mean for the WYSIWYG editor in CityDesk.&nbs....   >>  
      Ok, you can sort of do data binding in Mozilla, bu....   >>  
15 Jan 2004   Displaying Help from....   This is what you want: http://www.mvps.org/htmlhe....   >>  
13 Jan 2004   DLL Hell or somethin....   Get VMWare (available for Linux) and install Windo....   >>  
12 Jan 2004   Bitwise vs Booleans for ON-OFF   >>  
12 Jan 2004   Bitwise vs Booleans ....   Mainly I'm wondering about something like the orig....   >>  
      The breaking point may be lower than 100,00 becaus....   >>  
11 Jan 2004   Advice Wanted   Talk to them about it. Be nice, but tell them if ....   >>  
05 Jan 2004   No ASP Comments?   OK, this is silly, it makes no difference at all.&....   >>  
      Can anyone prove that they don't slow it down? ....   >>  
03 Jan 2004   Forced subscriptions....   My point isn't the price tag, I just wanted to let....   >>  
      How did we arrive at the $800 figure? My total ....   >>  
02 Jan 2004      I got a Radeon 9600 AIW Pro for christmas, only to....   >>  
31 Dec 2003   Un-Hosing Windows Up....   Disable all unnecessary network adapters, and all ....   >>  
30 Dec 2003   Why apps developed w....   Sorry, I have to disagree with you Seemore. E....   >>  
   "Compiling" scripts   Thanks mb. I was also thinking along those lines.....   >>  
      Thanks AA. Unfortunately, Javascript and VB Scrip....   >>  
      Thank you for your CVS trick, I will have to see h....   >>  
29 Dec 2003   "Compiling" scripts   >>  
29 Dec 2003   most software is qui....   Yes, but can your typewriter get the words to thei....   >>  
   Free Calendar Contro....   I didn't compare them, but here is a free date pic....   >>  
24 Dec 2003   Stop javascript/DHTM....   search google for the terms: advertising 'hosts fi....   >>  
22 Dec 2003   Registry Permissions and Explorer Options   >>  
22 Dec 2003   Registry Permissions....   OK, problem # 2 has been solved. I forgot that I ....   >>  
      Thanks R1ch.  I tried that, and it didn't wor....   >>  
   Forced Subscriptions   Hmm, maybe I should get a Series 2 before they sta....   >>  
      I've read many horror stories about what Tivo does....   >>  
      'This is perhaps the most naive opinion in this th....   >>  
21 Dec 2003   Forced Subscriptions   >>  
19 Dec 2003   Bold topics.   'Elves'. AKA, Thought Police. They can't delete ....   >>  
   Home Brew PVRs, anyo....   Thanks all for the replies. John Murray, thanks....   >>  
      There's also this: http://www.ati.com/products/....   >>  
      According to this: http://www.ati.com/buy/promo....   >>  
18 Dec 2003   Home Brew PVRs, anyone got one?   >>  
18 Dec 2003      I hope the video output isn't bad on the 9000. I ....   >>  
      One more thing. I read that later I can get anoth....   >>  
17 Dec 2003   [VB] Good tool to de....   OCX's are just DLL's with a different file name an....   >>  
15 Dec 2003   Crystal Reports   Sometimes, you have to pay for flexibility.   >>  
09 Dec 2003   Mozilla Firebird can....   You can't email them with Outlook unless you zip t....   >>  
08 Dec 2003   API for converting M....   Yup, it's called MSSQL. (Sorry, I couldn't resi....   >>  
06 Dec 2003   VBScript Export Add-in for VB6?   >>  
06 Dec 2003   VBScript Export Add-....   Yes, that's me on the other forums. I figured I'd....   >>  
      No offense, but I think Visual Interdev is one ann....   >>  
04 Dec 2003   software purchase   MASH v5 - Microsoft Agent Scripting Helper ($24). ....   >>  
03 Dec 2003   When will .NET achie....   Interesting comment Rick Childress. Now, was that....   >>  
      I'm not moving to .Net until ALL of the COM classe....   >>  
30 Nov 2003   Small LAN firewall r....   We use a Sonicwall and have never had any problems....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Installing new progr....   I always thought of that as a minor annoyance. ....   >>  
14 Nov 2003   GUI Humor   >>  
09 Nov 2003   Running multiple OS ....   I run RH7.3 with KDE on my Vaio 1.3Ghz/512MB lapto....   >>  
08 Nov 2003   Plone   Yeah, but Nasa uses plone! http://www.plone.org....   >>  
   Music Selection Whil....   Isn't it daft punk?   >>  
   Using a Thesaurus   I use http://www.m-w.com for this all of the time.....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   FogCreek's site is n....   >>We switched to a proper browser like MozillaFire....   >>  
03 Nov 2003   Install & use bo....   >>Keep in mind that anything that you do with VB6,....   >>  
30 Oct 2003   DataTable & Busi....   Well, since the Jr. Programmer didn't mention .Net....   >>  
29 Oct 2003   D.O.D. CIO says "Uni....   Actually, Windows is no less secure than *nix if y....   >>  
22 Oct 2003   CityDesk DataAccess ....   Sorry, I know my last post seemed off.  I did....   >>  
      I think that DAO is a perfect fit for CityDesk for....   >>  
   DLL Hell   An OCX file is another type of COM DLL too.  ....   >>  
21 Oct 2003   Time pressure when p....   In step 2, you really don't have to tell your mana....   >>  
      You can start by forgiving your manager for all of....   >>  
15 Oct 2003   Does Joel use Java?   > Not more language FUD, please! This is *nonsense....   >>  
14 Oct 2003   Exceptions good, jus....   Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that HuntErr adds the....   >>  
      I started using this VB6 module called HuntErr tha....   >>  
07 Oct 2003   What source control ....   Perforce!   >>  
05 Oct 2003   IT Department Pet Pe....   I generally prefer to be called by my first name, ....   >>  
   Yaml: Yanl Aint Mark....   I hate it when people make up stupid acronyms like....   >>  
24 Sep 2003   HTTP Posting of XML ....   Eric DeBois: If you are doing Windows Software Dev....   >>  
19 Sep 2003   Who Killed Apple Com....   This reminds me of the 'Bring out yer dead' scene ....   >>  
18 Sep 2003   Oracle complaints?   My pet peeve for MSSQL is that Len(Null) is equal ....   >>  
17 Sep 2003   Can too so nyahh.   >>  
17 Sep 2003   Obscure Javascript p....   Yep, or use the @media rule in a single stylesheet....   >>  
   Can too so nyahh.   The INSTEAD OF TRIGGER statement rocks, You are t....   >>  
15 Sep 2003   pink spotted screen ....   ...or something else, like a VIRUS!?!? It's a s....   >>  
12 Sep 2003   Optimizing a query   Sorry, I did not mention that you can index the vi....   >>  
      You could also create a view that consists of the ....   >>  
   Smallest exe ?   Try http://www.freepascal.org    >>  
   Remote Control   By the way, I'm skipping the recording feature in ....   >>  
      Well, the write up would be really short because i....   >>  
11 Sep 2003   Remote Control   >>  
11 Sep 2003      Getting a certificate is bad (for me) because: ....   >>  
05 Sep 2003   Crystal Reports Depl....   I guess I've been lucky with all those nasty dll p....   >>  
04 Sep 2003      Sorry, I never used Crystal Viewer we just built o....   >>  
      Check out some of the links on this page: http:....   >>  
      What do you mean by 'deploy'? Do you mean that ....   >>  
27 Aug 2003   Google Toolbar   http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en    >>  
   Automated build syst....   Anyone ever used Visual Build Pro (Kinook Software....   >>  
   Decent data grid in ....   I second VSFlexgrid from Component One.  We o....   >>  
22 Aug 2003   Script Editor Design....   Not a bad idea (prepending the script name). That....   >>  
      >These are different objects, right? Yes, they ....   >>  
21 Aug 2003   Script Editor Design Question   >>  
21 Aug 2003   Any ideas on how Goo....   I agree with Philo. If you do an image search, ju....   >>  
   Adobe Acrobat 6.0   I don't think that the PDF file format is closed. ....   >>  
   Google calculator   Hey isn't the number 42 the answer given in the HG....   >>  
17 Aug 2003   Notepad, Can It Be R....   Try Metapad. There should be instructions on re....   >>  
15 Aug 2003   Web based database f....   I'm actually building this software right now beca....   >>  
14 Aug 2003   Database Programming   >>  
14 Aug 2003   Database Programming   HeWhoMustBeConfused is right too. If you think ab....   >>  
      Query as you type is cool. However for now it....   >>  
      I see what you guys mean by wording. I know I hav....   >>  
      Yeah, but what if this is happening after having d....   >>  
12 Aug 2003   Component or DLL for....   http://www.nctsoft.com Warning: It looks like t....   >>  
11 Aug 2003   Constants in C   >>  
11 Aug 2003   The Career Programme....   Walmart has it for $19.95, mine is coming tommorro....   >>  
   Constants in C   Thanks all.  We agree that it depends on what....   >>  
08 Aug 2003   Annoying use of Java....   Actually, an easy way of doing it is by just setti....   >>  
      Somehow they're doing it here: http://www.milo....   >>  
06 Aug 2003   Where to store the D....   If you use the MDB file as a document for your app....   >>  
05 Aug 2003   AAAARRRGGG!!! I hate....   Just open Regedit if you have Windows XP or RegEdt....   >>  
03 Aug 2003   Store Hierarchy in T....   I think what VB Monkey is saying is that he has a ....   >>  
31 Jul 2003   Spec template for in....   The best idea that I can come up with for this is ....   >>  
   This is what's wrong....   Can you do that with the GPL?   >>  
   why are experts skep....   Not that this proves anything.  Move along, n....   >>  
      According to a recent search on Open Secrets' sear....   >>  
28 Jul 2003   RAD-ng   You forgot number one which should be: 'A way t....   >>  
   good JavaScript/DHTM....   Actually, wouldn't email be on-line?  Hehe, c....   >>  
22 Jul 2003   Does VMWare degrade ....   If you're having a slow experience with XP you may....   >>  
22 Jun 2003   wondering if you kno....   Popup Stopper Pro is the best.   >>  
18 Jun 2003   Instant Object Hiera....   ATT_SCRIPTID is a string constant holding the name....   >>  
      I have built other classes using the DumpToXML/Loa....   >>  
17 Jun 2003   Instant Object Hierarchies with MSXML?   >>  
07 Jun 2003   Viruses Class   I had a virus class once but I misplaced the sourc....   >>  
   Is Visual Studio use....   >>Would you write something like MS Outlook (or VS....   >>  
04 Jun 2003   VMWare 4 - Ouch!   Bernard - that looks like an interesting program. ....   >>  
03 Jun 2003      itrixBench.pdf What's going on Joel? I paste....   >>  
      The link was supposed to be ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.c....   >>  
      The idea of running VMWare as a server is an attra....   >>  
25 May 2003   Company's WebSite (P....   Making fun of the Wrox guys at Barnes and Noble is....   >>  
22 May 2003   VS.NET and Crystal R....   Arrg...HAND the rs to the report... I'm spastic, w....   >>  
      Sorry, the last step to the last solution is to ha....   >>  
      These rules apply to any environment that the comp....   >>  
21 May 2003   Favorite Quote   >>  
21 May 2003   Recent Threads   I didn't read this whole thread but, I'm sick of c....   >>  
   Shady Characters   I read this topic and thought 'They're talking abo....   >>  
16 May 2003   Reporting Solution   One more thing...it'll be a lot easier to find art....   >>  
      Personally I haven't experienced any of the heart-....   >>  
15 May 2003   Opera   >>...Microsoft haven't done *one thing* that's int....   >>  
   Reporting Solution   Do you need the end user to be able to modify a re....   >>  
12 May 2003   Global Variable Subt....   I can see there is a lot to consider here, thanks ....   >>  
11 May 2003   Global Variable Subtlety   >>  
09 May 2003   Why didn't ActiveX D....   Activex Controls are different from Activex Docume....   >>  
08 May 2003   Demonic Longhorn   >>  
08 May 2003   Demonic Longhorn   That's so boring :)   >>  
   tao of programming   After reading that, I have to go program now. ....   >>  
06 May 2003   SQL Server time outs   Try Data Transformation Services (DTS) and run it ....   >>  
17 Apr 2003   InstallShield: Don't....   And yes, I know I spelled "negligible" wrong. ....   >>  
      '...binary updates for multiple versions ...' I....   >>  
14 Apr 2003   Unemployed how long?   After quitting my first professional programming j....   >>  
07 Apr 2003   Why read the forum w....   That is a really cool site (the usability one). I....   >>  
05 Apr 2003   BNF for Visual Basic....   (I'm going to show my ignorance here but), What's ....   >>  
01 Apr 2003   webapp design issue:....   Furthermore, they use a LOT of ASP Tags (<% %>) in....   >>  
      I was looking thru the Fogbugz code recently and I....   >>  
27 Mar 2003   Current Date.   I will admit however that Prakash needs to work on....   >>  
      I cant believe this thread has even gotten this fa....   >>  
20 Mar 2003   DB schema updates in....   Try the program called ERWin (now called something....   >>  
14 Mar 2003   Laptop OS upgrade (X....   >>multi-processor, multi-monitor support on a lapt....   >>  
10 Mar 2003   What's your opinion.....   Heres an example of an Open Source, non-MS C# and ....   >>  
07 Mar 2003   Pros-Cons of VB6 Imp....   Points taken, thanks for the replies.  I know....   >>  
06 Mar 2003   Pros-Cons of VB6 Implements acrossed threads?   >>  
06 Mar 2003      Apologies for the malformed request. What I meant....   >>  
27 Feb 2003   If not files & d....   According to the self proclaimed 'genius' David Ge....   >>  
19 Feb 2003   dumb Unix question   I'm so glad somebody asked this question because t....   >>  
   current salary level....   >If your decent you could get triple that in a hea....   >>  
18 Feb 2003      I had a whole 5 paragraph post typed out until I a....   >>  
05 Feb 2003   Server Specs   >>  
30 Jan 2003   Cube or office...Wha....   Right now my office is a utility closet (really). ....   >>  
29 Jan 2003   Everquest - Bug Tole....   See http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/17....   >>  
   VS.Net annoyances ab....   Well, we know Windows has *plenty* of annoyances. ....   >>  
28 Jan 2003   VS.Net annoyances abound   >>  
28 Jan 2003      GiorgioG - Thanks for the tip, that works great. ....   >>  
21 Jan 2003   MS VB6 designed by T....   >>But WHY doesn't it format it correctly to begin ....   >>  
17 Jan 2003   Pointers for dummies   I have no real C or C++ experience besides reading....   >>  
   Out in the open vs. ....   >>Your average code monkey working weekends and ni....   >>  
15 Jan 2003   Free or Inexpensive Tools   >>  
15 Jan 2003   @%*!?$# MSHTML   Yes, I knew I was tempting fate when I posted ''@%....   >>  
14 Jan 2003      Sorry, I posted this at like 3AM. Posting to a me....   >>  
13 Jan 2003   @%*!?$# MSHTML   >>  
13 Jan 2003      Here's some sample code that worked for a while bu....   >>  
01 Jan 2003   Version control for ....   Perforce can handle not only source code but all t....   >>  
27 Dec 2002   Version control syst....   I never used a versioning system before I came her....   >>  
23 Dec 2002   volunteer IT work in....   You could do some volunteer work for my company :)   >>  
   CDNOW Usability   The thing that sucks is that all of Amazon's sound....   >>  
   Marriage == Career D....   Wow, this thread really took off. You're right ab....   >>  
20 Dec 2002      I guess it's really not as complicated as it sound....   >>  
19 Dec 2002   Marriage == Career Death?   >>  
06 Nov 2002   Where can I buy a ch....   A 'lite' version of SQLServer is MSDE. You can ge....   >>  



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