Don't know why my question is closed
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I gave up on SO years ago: if you aren't part of the "ruling clique" then if you disagree with the establishment, your answers disappear. And sometimes the other answer magically changes to include what you said...strange that... :laugh:
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First of all this not an article. It's a question. If my question is not clear it's better to clarify it. I like to see that, as a community, if it's not clear share the thoughts and get clarify from the original poster, rather closing it. In the community there can be people who are well experienced as well as nothing at all. :)
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I looked-up you subject (replace text inside Word's shapes) and found a lot of ideas how to do it (simple Selection do not contain the shapes and not the text inside shapes)... You should do some Google, or reopen the question to let me (or others) to point you to the right direction...
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In the case of your question, Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan was right - you don't actually ask a question, you just state your task - so he asked you what you had tried. That's important for a couple of reasons: 1) We aren't here to do peoples homework or paid-work for them. So when you post a task without any show of effort or specific question we want to know what is going on. Because we get a lot of people trying to get us to do it all for them! 2) Unless we know what you have tried, we will likely suggest stuff that is irrelevant - because you tried it and it didn't work, or it doesn't work in the context of the rest of your project. The point is, we don't know what you are doing unless you tell us: we can't see your screen, access your HDD, or read your mind. All we get to work with is exactly what you type. So trying to make your question concise doesn't often work, because we don't have any context for the question. All you said was "I want to do this" without trying to explain why it's difficult for you! :laugh:
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Okay, I'll update the question explaining more about what I've done so far and why I need this to get done and what exactly I need to get done. Lets see how many users answer the question.
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Okay, I'll update the question explaining more about what I've done so far and why I need this to get done and what exactly I need to get done. Lets see how many users answer the question.
Brittle1618 wrote:
Lets see how many users answer the question.
Don't look at me - I know sod-all about Oracle! :laugh:
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I gave up on SO years ago: if you aren't part of the "ruling clique" then if you disagree with the establishment, your answers disappear. And sometimes the other answer magically changes to include what you said...strange that... :laugh:
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SO is very, very cliquy. Whilst it can be good for answering very specific (black and white) type questions, it fails terribly on more discussion based, open-ended questions e.g. "What are the pros and cons of doing......." type questions. There is a definite elitism about SO that jars with me. I much prefer the convivial nature of CP. I find it a far broader church :)
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
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It's generic text. If you look at the question itself, it says:
Closed because the post is not clear, or is incomplete and has not been phrased in a way that allows it to be fully understood.. Reported by Wes Aday, digimanus on Sunday, August 16, 2015 7:35pm.
Which is a little more sensible. Personally, I don't like the "I don't understand this question, let's close it" attitude of some members - If you don't understand it, explain why and ask for clarification. Closing the question just kills any conversation, but...it feeds egos, and may give rep points to the reporters. I'd suggest that it would be better to raise this here: http://www.codeproject.com/suggestions.aspx[^] where the admins will see it.
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Brittle1618 wrote:
Lets see how many users answer the question.
Don't look at me - I know sod-all about Oracle! :laugh:
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but there must be thousands of CP users who know a lot about ORACLE. BTW I improved [^the question]. does it look a bit better now??
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but there must be thousands of CP users who know a lot about ORACLE. BTW I improved [^the question]. does it look a bit better now??
Probably, but that doesn't mean they know the answer or even that they answer questions. It's got a lot more in it, and it makes sense to me - but I have no idea how to do it! :-D
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SO is very, very cliquy. Whilst it can be good for answering very specific (black and white) type questions, it fails terribly on more discussion based, open-ended questions e.g. "What are the pros and cons of doing......." type questions. There is a definite elitism about SO that jars with me. I much prefer the convivial nature of CP. I find it a far broader church :)
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
There are a few CP users who would fit in very well over there! Mind you, they wouldn't go, because being "low on the totem pole" doesn't fit with their massive egos. :laugh:
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There are a few CP users who would fit in very well over there! Mind you, they wouldn't go, because being "low on the totem pole" doesn't fit with their massive egos. :laugh:
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And I know exactly who you mean too :laugh:
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
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Probably, but that doesn't mean they know the answer or even that they answer questions. It's got a lot more in it, and it makes sense to me - but I have no idea how to do it! :-D
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OriginalGriff wrote:
and it makes sense to me
Now thats more than enough for me :) Fingers crossed and waiting for the KIND person who gives me a solution ;P And guess what I already got a reply on the question by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter, he suggested me to ask this to oracle.
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Whatever you may think of the rules over here on CodeProject, they are a hundred times worse on StackOverflow. I've been flamed over there many times, sometimes even for just asking a question. I even got flamed for answering a question because someone didn't understand my answer so downvoted the answer. Don't take anything personally. Keep up the good work, keep being helpful and keep being a good citizen of CodeProject. Your input is appreciated and absolutely vital to this community :)
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
Perhaps I am out of step with everyone else, or perhaps the question has changed since it was down voted but I thought that it was fairly obvious what the questioner wanted. And, contrary to what Dominic Burford suggests, Stack Overflow provides a very good answer to a similarly worded question. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14256417/word-automation-find-and-replace-not-including-text-boxes[^] (the solution is in C#, but could easily be converted to VBA).
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I gave up on SO years ago: if you aren't part of the "ruling clique" then if you disagree with the establishment, your answers disappear. And sometimes the other answer magically changes to include what you said...strange that... :laugh:
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And that of course would never happen on CP? I had so many solutions deleted, because the questions were all of a sudden gone, I've essentially stopped bothering with answering any questions at all.
OriginalGriff wrote:
if you aren't part of the "ruling clique"
Nothing to say, no siree!
OriginalGriff wrote:
And sometimes the other answer magically changes to include what you said...strange that
Now that can't happen here, or can it? :rolleyes: :doh:
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Thanks for the comment. I'm agree with you. If my question is not clear why they didn't check that with me, rather reporting and closing down? That's why I expect from a community people. :)
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The following question closed by the admin Replace text in textbox with Find.Execute[^] Given reason is,
Hi CodingLover, Your question 'Replace text in textbox with Find.Execute' has been reported by Wes Aday, digimanus, Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov and has been closed, with the reason being given as This post is spam, abusive or otherwise inappropriate. If you wish to revise and reopen your article based on the feedback from these members then simply go to Replace text in textbox with Find.Execute and click the "Update my article" link. This will enable you to edit and update your article and will re-open your article for other members to enjoy.
First of all this not an article. It's a question. If my question is not clear it's better to clarify it. I like to see that, as a community, if it's not clear share the thoughts and get clarify from the original poster, rather closing it. In the community there can be people who are well experienced as well as nothing at all. :)
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Just record a macro doing what you want and you'll see the code you need.
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Actually I get it done by considering the content with all the shapes. Check for shapes and fill it with the content.
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I looked-up you subject (replace text inside Word's shapes) and found a lot of ideas how to do it (simple Selection do not contain the shapes and not the text inside shapes)... You should do some Google, or reopen the question to let me (or others) to point you to the right direction...
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I already resolved it myself.
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It's generic text. If you look at the question itself, it says:
Closed because the post is not clear, or is incomplete and has not been phrased in a way that allows it to be fully understood.. Reported by Wes Aday, digimanus on Sunday, August 16, 2015 7:35pm.
Which is a little more sensible. Personally, I don't like the "I don't understand this question, let's close it" attitude of some members - If you don't understand it, explain why and ask for clarification. Closing the question just kills any conversation, but...it feeds egos, and may give rep points to the reporters. I'd suggest that it would be better to raise this here: http://www.codeproject.com/suggestions.aspx[^] where the admins will see it.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
I don't like the "I don't understand this question, let's close it" attitude of some members
Totally agree. Looks like those guys didn't understand the question, or did not know the answer, and so thought it their best option to close it so people wiser than they are would not have a chance to answer the OP. Insane logic! :thumbsdown:
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Thanks for the comment. Nothing personal at all. But without a discussion how I know that what is unclear to those reporters? Honestly I can't see anything unclear in my question, as I see :). And now I don't have a chance to improve my question too, since reporters just said it's not clear.
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Your question was fine. Unfortunately, any site with public/volunteer moderation ends up at the receiving end of people's egos.
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I already resolved it myself.
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Glad to hear that. By the way, don't judge the entire site based on the actions of a few people. Lots of sensible folks here as well :-)
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