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    Sharing Source In Today's Age

    Putting stuff on Github seems currently the most used way of sharing stuff with the world. Just create a src or source folder and put the separate parts in its own folder there, add a Readme.md and select a proper license model (for just sharing GPL, LGPL, MIT licenses are often used, or write...
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    shortcut question

    Please explain how you implemented the shortcuts (hotkeys? )
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    Excel Function LastName,(Space)First Name

    This is an Exchange forum, not Excel, sorry.
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    Alternative keyboard

    Most commercial bar-code scanners connected to a PC are identifying themselves as a USB keyboard, so they are (automatically) handled in parallel to the standard keyboard by Windows. Similarly is supported with mice. Just connect another USB mouse to your system, or a graphic digitizer tablet...
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    Outlook express and livemail

    Outlook Express is not supported on any OS after Windows XP.
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    how to decrepit my store procedure

    Try this tool I just stumbled upon: DevArt SQL Decryptor (I have no links or ties with the company or product)
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    Difference in Execiution Windows 2000 and Windows 2003

    Migrate to Windows 2008 R2 or newer, as all older Windows Server versions are in End-Of-Life state.
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    Dual monitor - keyboard shortcut to switch between two monitors active window

    A specific Window should be activated by finding it either by Window-Title (caption) or Window-Class, not by clicking the mouse somewhere in a rather random location. What if another application-window is hiding that specific pixel from view?
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    DBU - Database Utility - No of files

    You could switch to Harbour-project / xHarbour compilers to release the 4k array size limit, and other old, DOS-based, Clipper-specific limitations. :-)
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    SQL generating Word Document

    MS Word can do that for you, using the embedded VBA (VB for Applications) language, as also used in macro's, or in fact any word-processing tool that does mail-merge based on an ODBC data source.
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    TCP/IP with pure DOS Clipper 5.3 Application

    There is only 1 of 10 (base-2) solutions that should be acceptable: Rewrite from scratch, using modern techniques, replicating the business logic of the old DOS application. DO NOT try to slap on a web-interface or something similar onto a DOS application, it's not scalable so it won't be able...
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    SQL Server datatype "best" for use in creating XML file

    You are already advised by the MS SQL manuals to use nvarchar anyway, so why not use it for all your data, and never worry about the xml , or whatever file-format, export?
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    iptables like firewall for Windows

    Just run iptables on a Linux machine, as a front-end to your Windows network :-) (y)
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    Removing Deleted Rows?

    Check this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186775.aspx Be sure to read the section 'Reuse of values'.
  15. TonHu

    Java Code to Start MS Access and Open Specific Database File

    Use JDBC to open the file using the fitting JDBC for Access driver, and use it through there.
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