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    6x4 Post Cards on a line printer

    I need to print 6" wide by 4" high post cards on a tractor fed matrix printer. I would think through Page Setup I could define this as a User Defined size, but when I define the height and width Crystal switches from Portrait to Landscape - which is not at all what I want - and I cannot...
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    Embed HTML in GridView data

    I have a gridview with a sql datasource. In one of the columns I would like to have the data include html tags. However, when the data is shown in the gridview the html tags are either ignored or cause formatting problems. For instance, if I have the following data: line1<br>line2<br> it...
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    How to access Clipboard in a web app

    I've found some javascript that will display the clipboard contents, but I need a way to pass the clipboard to a string that my client code can access. Any ideas?
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    Composing a text with html

    I have a textbox on a webform in which the user can compose an email message. However, when I set my email's text attribute to textbox1.Text and send the email, it arrives without the carriage returns, linefeeds, or embedded HTML codes (such as links, etc). Is there a control I can use other...
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    Get a gridview cell value by column name

    I have a gridview bound to a sqldatasource. The gridview has several columns corresondence to the database column names. However, the only way I've found to grab the value from one of those columns is by knowing the cell index: GridViewRow gRow = GridView1.Rows[iRow]...
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    Email link in a GridView

    I'm binding a sqldatasource to a gridview on a webpage. One of the column's is named contact_email. I'd like to display that column's value with a hyperlink that will automatically open the client's email program, using the value in contact_email as the default "TO:" address. Everything I've...
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    Newbie FormView question

    I have a FormView with a Database Datasource with three columns: col_a col_b col_c After the user presses the "New" button the ItemInsert template appears, with all columns blanked out. I would then like to plug in a default value (let's say "X") to col_a. I cannot figure out how to...
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    Convert variable to a string of it's name

    Let's say I have: string FirstName = "JOHN" I'd like to set another string to the variable's name, "FirstName". Is there a c# method for this?
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    &quot;Bulk Insert&quot; cannot find my text file

    have a database on a network server, and I wish to import text files into that server. My command (in SQL Server Management Studio Express) is as follows: bulk insert dba.r_attorney_fees from "c:\abc.txt" WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = '","') I receive the error message: Msg 4860, Level 16, State...
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    Programmatically setting defaults in a FormView

    If I am in Edit mode, I am able to access my textboxes in the Edit Template using code such as this: FormViewRow FVrow = FormView1.Row; DropDownList dd; dd = (DropDownList)FormView1.FindControl("ddActive_Flg"); dd.SelectedValue = "Y"; However, if I try this after setting the FormView to Insert...
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    Accessing formview data items

    I have a FormView bound to a SQLDatasource. I haved used the "EditInsertTemplate" to arrange all of the database columns that are then bound to Text Box controls. An example of a control (automatically generated) is contact_cityTextBox. My question is, how can I programmatically access this...
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    Aynchronous connection to Oracle

    This is probably a simple question, but I'm having difficulting finding the answer. How do I connect to an Oracle database asyncronously in a c# application?
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    Accessing datarow information from deleted datarow

    I have a datagrid bound to a datatable, and allow the user to make changes to the data in the grid. When the choose to "Save" changes I assumed I could loop through the datatable, and make database calls based on the DataRowState. This works find for Inserts and Updates, but when I try to get...
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    IF and EXTRACT question

    I have input data like this: ST*315*4299~ B4***VD~ N9*BM*DE435433~ N9*BN*USQMV411664~ Q2*LIB*U.S*******EB614***L*LIBERTY~ R4*D*K*USBAL*BALTIMORE,D~ DTM*139*20060420*0500~ R4*L*D*DEBRH*BREMERHAVEN~ DTM*140*20060403*1230~ SE*10*4299~ In one of my output fields I want the 3rd element from one of...
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    Date and Time to Oracle Date column

    I have a flat file with a Date field and a Time field, received as yyyymmdd and hhmm. Example: 20060327*1608* I need to load these to (let's call them B4 and B5) into a single oracle datetime column. No combination that I've tried works. Can anybody assist?
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    Strategies for &quot;on the fly&quot; application updates

    Our application is deployed using Citrix Server, so currently in order to release a new version we must get all users out of the application and copy the EXE and all DLL's. Is there a "conventional wisdom", or has somebody worked out a strategy, where patches to an application (ie: new DLL's)...
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    301 and ANSI Standards

    I've completed a few EDI projects, but am by no means an expert. I've sent and received 301 (Ocean confirmation) messages with a couple of partners, and they indicated that the "Function Group" was "RO" (ie: the GS record starts with an "RO"). I have a new partner who insists that they are...
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    Interpretting the .MTR file

    I have a 301 EDI message that causes an error when I try to run my map. The final line in the MTR file says: "INPUT 1 was valid, but it contained invalid objects." Is there anyway to read the MTR and discover what is causing the problem? Here is a copy of the entire MTR file: (Level 2...
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    Header / Detail Output

    Some of my EDI outbound messages require a header/detail format, such as: ST (A) LX (1) LX (2) ST (B) LX (1) LX (2) LX (3) ST (C) LX (1) ... I use a database table for input that joins my header and detail information. When I create my output I always end up with: ST (A) LX (1) ST (A) LX (2)...
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    Purchase Mercator questions

    Our firm has Mercator Desktop; purchased a LOOONG time ago. I believe Mercator has since been purchased by somebody else. Does anyone know where I can purchase newer versions of the software? Also, if somebody can help me with questions about limitations of Desktop I would appreciate it. Our...

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