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    Is There Any Easy Way to Get a DB2 database into SQL 2000?

    Are you are asking how to move a DB2 database to an older version of Microsoft SQL Server? If so, you would do better asking your question in one of the SQL Server fora.
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    USB - RS232

    The Maplin site says "software supplied" which seems to indicate that an OEM driver is required.
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    Collections Advice Please?

    What about a collection of collections?
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    Question mark in corner of frame's client area

    I have fixed this problem by reverting to the previous revision of the FRX file and adding the missing interface elements.
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    Question mark in corner of frame's client area

    Picture property is set to none on the form. And yes I unintentionally pasted a clipboard jpeg onto the reply space. No picture will be forthcoming since the corporation does not allow uploads to sites like box.net
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    Question mark in corner of frame's client area

    The 'hook' is on the left IN the CLIENT area, NOT the TITLE bar.
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    Question mark in corner of frame's client area

    Thanx, Andy. The "What's This" buttons are set to false and the Min/Max button settings have no effect. So I am not having fun yet. [nosmiley]
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    For our New Members

    I'm in Central Texas, a displaced Yankee in the home of Big Oil. Somewhere along the way I got a PhD in a field that is vaguely related to Mathematics, Statistics & Metrology. I have worked in petroleum exploration & refining since I stopped teaching Medical School.
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    Question mark in corner of frame's client area

    A "question mark" icon (?) just appeared in the corner of the client area of a frame, just below the menu bar. The item shows up in both the designer IDE and in the compiled application. Can anyone tell me what this is and how to get rid of it? Thanx.
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    Use of comma in lists?

    Moral of story: pay attention to the placement of commas when making out your will.
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    Hard drive write protected.

    Do you have a firewall other than Windows native running? Once by mistake I answered a Comodo firewall alert incorrectly and Comodo proceeded to write-protect the contents of an entire partition.
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    Triskaidekaphobia

    Arrest of the Knights Templar by King Philip IV of France on Friday October 13, 1307?
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    Multivariate regression in C++

    Google for the "Magic Software" math libraries that are/were freely distributed.
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    Word opens minimized

    Is there a chance that Word was closed (say by Task Manager) while minimized?
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    COM call never comes back

    I have seen problems w/ similar appearance where the DCOM server does not properly segregate it's user and call state-specific data. In very high traffic situations the state of one caller gets partially overwritten by a "concurrent" call from another user. Because the reference counts are not...

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