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yah we could do that but the report is so large it takes a long time, the bitmap takes up a lot of memory and it is not quite as sharp. What is weird is it works okay on someone elses computer...

nope. that does not work either. Go figure...when I generate the bar graph in Excel (USING fill effects with TWO COLORS on each bar) and then saving it as it's own sheet, it copies in grayscale; however, if I save the exact same bar graph as an embedded object on the original...

no. it is on automatic. the options are automatic (selected), grayscale, black and white and watermark. There is no color option

I am trying to insert a graph from Excel into powerpoint. I do not want to insert the object. I need to insert the graph as a picture. So when I copy the graph from excel and then insert it (paste special->pitcure) into a powerpoint slide, the picture is insert as grayscale. I lose the...

No. The close database is important. Basically the close is releasing resources. Now if you are exiting the program, the program will perform the "close"; however, if you keep the program open...please perform the close.

Also. Be sure that you close the object and release memory if you get an error...

cool. I am going to try them now

OK. I have never used awk so please be patient. I want to extract some data from 300+ files. The files are in the same format. I need to extract parts of lines within each file. The two lines I need to extract data from are listed below: "Starting Processing on Sat Feb 1 19:00:41 EST...

Yah. Reader's Digest had an article out about 10 years ago that talked about the new rich. They talked about government workers could (at that time) retire after 20 years with an immediate pension...start another job and by the time they really retired, get monies from their gov't pension...

solved it... execute immediate 'truncate table table1';

OK. I want to truncate a table given a specific set of criteria has been met. How can I do this in the following example: declare criteria1 varchar2(1) := 'N'; begin criteria1 := 'Y'; if (criteria1 = 'Y') then exec sql truncate table table1; (does not work) commit...

set getting invalid column name. now if get it on the alter table <> set unused column <>. The column does exist

How can I drop a column from a table? I tried ALTER TABLE table_name DROP COLUMN( field_name ); and got an error of &quot;Invalid Column Name&quot;

The OS'es are all XP. It is interesting because I have no problems seeing each workstation from the &quot;wired&quot; connections. It is just when I use wireless that I cannot see any of the other workstations. Oh yes. I can ping the IP addresses successfully from the wireless connection

No firewalls and al XP firewalls disabled but still not luck