Recent content by jcmercure

Chip - That sounds like a good idea and if I have to, I will go that route. Microsoft however offers PIA's for Excel and recommends using their assemblies for Excel (both versions). It appears both PIA's can't exist in the GAC at the same time, so I can't do a plug-in with their assemblies...

I hope I am posting in the right place. I am working on a .NET (C#) application that needs to support both Excel 2002 and Excel 2003. I have been able to get the application to work with an Excel reference for Excel 2003 and 2003 running on the PC. I have also had it working with an Excel...

I am working on a C# development project where I need to update existing Charts in an Excel spreadsheet. After some work I figured out how to get to the charts, but I am having trouble updating the SeriesCollection associate with the chart. Based on the data that has been programmatically...

SWI - Error 70 is indeed what I get when the utiltiy works as expected. I just explain why the other times the files get deleted. I have no control over the other processes and therefore can't how the files are opened by them. They are 3rd party applications. - John

TomKane - No, the process tha creates the files is definately not deleting them. It is not running at this point, but other process may be. These process also do not delete the files, only my process is doing this. - John

Hello - I have a VB6 utility that I am writing that cleans up files that are only needed temporarily. The utility is scheduled to run every two minutes although we would prefer it run more frequently. The problem is, when the utility runs, any given file may be in use and therefore can't be...

Hello all - Thanks for the reponses so far. Some additional information based on the responses: - I agree most major apps will run on the latest SP, but this a specialized app. We are contacting the vendor to see if this truly an issue. This post is attempt to 'be ahead of the game' should...

Hello - I have an application that requires Windows 2000 Server SP3. I just purchased a new server and Windows 2000 Server installation media. The installation media installs SP4 with no option to removed SP4. How can I downgrade to SP3 as SP3 will not install over SP4. Thanks in advance...

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, I am not looking to create the PDF, that part is done already. I just need to print a PDF via a shell script and wish to do so using acroread. I have actually found information regarding this. The syntax is something like: cat $FILE | acroread...

I have laptop running Outlook 2003 as the email option. I need to be able to connect to three different servers depending where I am. I would like to be able to receive email for all locations regardless of where I am and send the email from the location at which I am at. Send email is...

Hello - I need to script the printing of PDF files in a UNIX script file. I can't find any documentation regarding acroread command line functions. Can someone please tell me if it possible to script printing of PDF files in UNIX using acroread? I will need to be able to pass the filename...

Hello - I am not a SQL Server programmer and Microsoft's site was not helpful. I am working on a VB project that is using SQL Server 2000 as the backend. The database is accessed via Business and Database COM+ objects. I have a class with a method that executes a Stored Procedure. When I...

bonifale - Thanks for the tip. This worked perfectly and I have passed the registry entry onto my co-workers. How did you find this solution? - John

Hello - I have an Windows XP Professional PC and I have a large quantity of SQL Scripts files that have '.SQL' as the extension. These are pure text files, nothing fancy. I need to be able to search the files from the OS level for various text strings when updates are needed. Windows XP...

Hello - I hope I am posting in the correct Forum, if not please let me know. I am trying to troubleshoot a network connectivity issue for a Windows 2000 Pro system connected to a Windows NT domain. I suspect I have physical problem withthe machine/wiring but I aa not sure. Here is how the...