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  • R realJSOP

    I hate it when problems appear to "solve themselves".

    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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    Luc Pattyn
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    John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

    I hate it when problems appear to "solve themselves".

    They seldom solve themselves. Most often they are just hiding, and will reappear at an even less appropriate time. :)

    Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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    • S Slacker007

      that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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      Keith Barrow
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      Sweary-Confucius he say: the bigger the pot of sh*t they stir, the bigger the d*ck they look when you point out the f**king obvious in front of everyone.

      Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
      -Or-
      A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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      • S Slacker007

        that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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        Joan M
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        Everything depends on the amount of soap and water you have, the size of the windows and if you can open them and of course it will mostly depend on the height of the building and the floor # you are working... :rolleyes: Sometimes a small push to "help" the users is needed...

        [www.tamelectromecanica.com] Robots, CNC and PLC machines for grinding and polishing.

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        • S Slacker007

          that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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          Mladen Jankovic
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          Without reading replays... window is too small and (s)he needs to resize it.

          [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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            Without reading replays... window is too small and (s)he needs to resize it.

            [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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            DaveAuld
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            Mladen Jankovic wrote:

            (s)he

            I bet you wrote she first, and then on reflection thought you had better make it look non-sexist and added some brackets, go on admit it, you did didn't you :)

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              Mladen Jankovic wrote:

              (s)he

              I bet you wrote she first, and then on reflection thought you had better make it look non-sexist and added some brackets, go on admit it, you did didn't you :)

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              Mladen Jankovic
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              If I had any fear of being labeled as sexist I would use word 'user'. Damn, this PC horseshit needs to stop.

              [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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              • M Mladen Jankovic

                If I had any fear of being labeled as sexist I would use word 'user'. Damn, this PC horseshit needs to stop.

                [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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                DaveAuld
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                I only said that because i wrote she first, and then changed it to the user :doh:

                Mladen Jankovic wrote:

                Damn, this PC horseshit needs to stop

                I'm with you on that one!

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                • S Slacker007

                  that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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                  HimanshuJoshi
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                  Might be a classic case of PEBKAC (Problem Exist Between Keyboard And Chair).

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                  • S Slacker007

                    that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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                    Gary Wheeler
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                    Option 1: Leave the user's body floating face-down in a culvert somewhere. Option 1, modified: Leave the user's body floating face-down, dressed only in a pink tu-tu, in a culvert somewhere. Option 2: Leave the user's head mounted on a pike outside their cube as a warning to others. Option 2 is my usual approach.

                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                      that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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                      R Erasmus
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                      He typed in the query incorrectly? Or maybe he forgot to plugin his computer? Definitely a virus... Its a Microsoft bug ;-)

                      "Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." << please vote!! >>

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                      • S Slacker007

                        that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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                        kmoorevs
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                        Custom theme perhaps? DPI settings?

                        "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                        • K kmoorevs

                          Custom theme perhaps? DPI settings?

                          "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                          Vixanna
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                          Be thankful it was an email. Idiots These things are much worse when it is a call in the middle of the night :zzz:

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                          • G Gary Wheeler

                            Option 1: Leave the user's body floating face-down in a culvert somewhere. Option 1, modified: Leave the user's body floating face-down, dressed only in a pink tu-tu, in a culvert somewhere. Option 2: Leave the user's head mounted on a pike outside their cube as a warning to others. Option 2 is my usual approach.

                            Software Zen: delete this;

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                            Slacker007
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                            I like the way you think. :thumbsup:

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                            • S Slacker007

                              that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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                              ajhampson
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                              So it was an ID-Ten-T (id10t) problem. Too common. :)

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                                So it was an ID-Ten-T (id10t) problem. Too common. :)

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                                Slacker007
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                                ajhampson wrote:

                                ID-Ten-T

                                I like that. I will add a flag field to the database and name it this. That way I can keep track. :-D

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                                  that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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                                  Patrick Gervais
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                                  It's cause your using microsoft... Microsoft is responsible for all problems, even on non microsoft devices.

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                                    that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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                                    Michael Kingsford Gray
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                                    If the access application is hosted on the user's PC, sometimes this .mdb file can get subtly corrupt. Try replacing it with a known good copy first.

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                                      that one of my applications is not working properly and one of the columns is not showing up in one of the datagrid controls. I find out that this is only happening to one person on the floor out of about 30 users. --This is the only info that I am presented with for this problem. Note: This is a small in-house app with a SQL Server Express backend and a Access 2007 front end. It is a very simple app. Off the top of your head, with out further investigation, what do you think is causing the one column not to be visible to this one user? Remember, this user has made a very big deal with this bug/error report and management is hounding me for answers. :)

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                                      Gary Huck
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                                      So ... you gonna tell us?

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                                        Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:

                                        5. User is an idiot.

                                        bingo! Actually, I think you were all right. The column was not visible because they forgot they moved the columns to the right using the scroll bar. It has come to my attention that they did this on quite a few records, which you would think they would have noticed but alas they did not. To top it off, the manager on the floor didn't catch the problem (or didn't even look).

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                                        James Lonero
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                                        With this knowledge, ask the manager who fielded the complaint and got on your case why it is only happening on that one person's computer and not on any other computer. If the manager has any intelligence, then he will see that the individual with the complaint needs retraining.

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