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  1. dabits

    simple bash print filter

    Hi! I'm trying to use create a simple print filter with bash on Red Hat Linux. The filter is to work with CUPS, using "System V type script" interface. The printer is emulating an Epson FX 1050. The original problem was when using CUPS PPD, the printer is too slow. I also can't use "raw" que...
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    Red Hat Linux Cups printer question

    Have Red Hat Linux ES with a high speed band printer configured under CUPS. The only way I could get this to work was to use a Generic driver with the Raw Print Queue model. This actually works well. The only problem is that I need it to do a form feed after each print job and there are no...
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    ftp mget problem - too many arguments

    I'm using RH ES v3 and trying to FTP some file from old SCO server to RH. Yes, I know about FTP security issues but this is on closed test network. Anyway, on a directory the mget * command returns a "too many arguments" error. Is there a way to pass mget a list of file names? I have a file...
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    can't boot XP partition - GRUB

    Have HP Pavillion with XP. I shrank XP partition with Parition Magic and installed Red Hat ES Linux. Now I can't boot XP! HP has a "recovery" partition as first partition. Fdisk under Linux shows this: Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders...
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    How to do no touch deployments of VB.NET apps with Crystal Reports

    I have a VB.Net application with embedded Crystal Reports(CR) and want to create a "no touch deployment" (NTD) environment for it. All the CR docs suggest the only way to deploy this type of project is via Setup (MS Installer)! Any ideas on how to do this? Can I create a separate CR...
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    textbox problem

    Okay..here is a weird one:) I have a textbox which is bound to a dataset and a leave event which changes the textbox.text value. The problem is it is changing in the debugger but goes back to original value on the form???!! Any ideas? Thanks
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    passing data between window forms?

    Hi! Another simple question? How can I pass an array of string values between window forms? Hopefully, without using global variables! Thanks
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    Howto hange DataGrid/DataView Column Headers?

    Okay.. I have a simple question. How can I change the text of column headers in a datagrid and dataview from the field name of the data table? I'm trying to do this on a Windows Form. I've tried using .Caption ( i.e. myDataView.Table.Columns(0).Caption="Quantity")with no luck! The...
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    How to prevent display of "The OpenReport action was canceled" message

    Very strange:) I am having no luck in surpressing "The OpenReport action was canceled" message when a report finds no data to display! I put code in the NoData event to display a user message and then cancel the event. Like this: Private Sub Report_NoData(Cancel As Integer)...
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    Too many connections Perl and MySQL

    Hi! I'm trying to track down a "Too many connections" error from MySQL. I want to make sure I don't have "connection leakage" inside Perl so I have a couple of questions:) 1. Must I do a finish on all statement handles (i.e.$sth->finish) before I disconnect the database...
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    perl process questions

    Hi! I created the following perl subroutine to prevent multiple occurrances of the same script from running. <br>I supply a maximum task count due to the subprocesses perl seems to create for things like globs and the actual grep task! <br>I now would like to kill any previous running...
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    perl script to push data to a web page?

    Hi All!<br><br>Any ideas on how to create a perl script to push data to a web page? What I need to do is create a perl script which updates a web page while the page is displayed. BTW, does anyone know if XML can do this?<br><br>Thanks!!
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    Using index to find alpabetic characters in string

    Hello! I'm trying to extract the numeric digits from a string which may contain both numeric and alpha characters. For example, <br><br>$wd = '16TH';<br>$tmp = index($wd, /[A-Z]/); # this doesn't work?<br>if ($tmp != -1){<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$wd = substr($wd,0,$tmp);<br>}<br>but this...

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