While I view VB syntax as a plague upon the industry (one of the reasons that stupid, ugly underscore "_" is back because VB syntax is so brain dead it does not understand case --- Opps.. Overflow... Rebooting and regainging control...), others are very devoted to it and the syntax to them is mere beauty. Even though the first langauge I learned was BASIC on a Commodore VIC-20 and did not really think I hit a decent langauge until I found C, VB for me is just a no go. That said, I still have to put up with it, like when I want to modify the DotNetNuke core, which they built with VB.NET or I write some MS Office macro, but I really do not like it. Back in the day, there were issues and many VB apps did not meet the quality nor performance of C/C++ apps along with their runtime. But in today's world of .NET, the languages are basically the same thing but with a different syntax. There are a few differences, but I doubt any would be considered show stoppers. So, if you like VB syntax or could picture yourself dealing with it every day, then no biggy, but if you really do not care for it and like C# or C++, then why bother, just find a job somewhere else that uses the tools you prefer. I mean, it is not like all jobs have switched to VB, there are tons of them for C#. Taking a job using a langauge or technology you really are not into is about like a Windows developer signing up for a Linux job, there is a lot of holes and you have to spend time learning at the cost of the employer. Life is short, get a job you like! Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: Linq - One-to-One issues? Latest Tech Blog Post: You got to see this - Seadragon and Photosynth!

Sounds good, perhaps I'll take another look at that. ChrisB ChrisDoesDev[^]

I thought they called that Access?? I would not hold my breath, if they could have created a "codeless programming" they would have long ago. Access never turned out they way they thought it would. ;) Steven S. Ashley

David Wulff wrote: Yeah, it is in my subject line. But you said you couldn't find it. :). they still have a DOS prompt of some description in Vista. Windows will never fully be rid of DOS despite their claims to the contrary. Don't you just love the half truths of the big green hairy monster? I know i do. ;P Life is nothing but an individuals perception of an immortals dream. - ME

Thanks for that. I think that what I may do (as I only have space for 2 drives), is make it one raid-0 partition, and subst the data folder onto a different drive letter. I like to keep the same data drive letter on all my computers, so that when transferring between them, any absolute paths remain the same. Cheers, Chris. ChrisB ChrisDoesDev[^]

Well, so long as you don't want it to apply in Scotland I'm fine with that. Because of our latitude we don't get very much daylight in the winter and shifting the clocks forward one hour would mean that the sun wouldn't rise until after I got to work for a good few weeks of the year. On the other hand... Nah, I would be still in darkness when it was time to go home for a few weeks of the year. As it stands, the morning sun is all I get all year round. By shifting the clocks forward for a few weeks of the year I'll never be in the daylight on a work day unless I go out at lunch time. Upcoming events: * Glasgow Geek Dinner (5th March) * Glasgow: Tell us what you want to see in 2007 My: Website | Blog | Photos

The big question I have is why would you want to, since SQL Server Express works fine? Is it just to make deploying an ASP.NET to a remote location easier? Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!

Chris Losinger wrote: i'm sure they have the source for it somewhere Yea but it was housed in a VSS server. Need I continue? While I never really did like the old help files, they did have one feature that was pretty cool the "annotate feature" was nice. To bad that wasn't carried over to HTML help. Someone has to come up with a decent html help IDE. The HTML Help app is worthless pile. I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

Cheers, I think I'm going to have to have a go at their 45-day trial too. Thanks, ChrisB ChrisDoesDev[^]

Perfect, Thanks. ChrisB

The debugger thingie seems to be a real nice feature. Thanks for the heads up! -- The Show That Watches Back

Wjousts wrote: do all the work without all the annoying demands That's what illegal immigrants are for. Once they get annoying, though, back they go. "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9

Brilliant! (but it looks better pasted into notepad) :laugh: ChrisB

The "Spotlight" thing is dumb since there was a program in the early 90s that did the same thing--I don't recall the name though. (The reason I use folders is because I rarely remember the name for files anyway, but I do know the logic of my organizing system.) The other problem is that Microsoft was showing pre-prototype concepts that are used in Vista in the late 90s! In 2002, they even showed a video of many of the concepts that were later used in both OSX and Vista. Yes, there was some borrowing, but designers for both were exploring many of these ideas long before then. (Besides Microsoft and Mac do a much better job ripping each other off than Sun and Linux does ripping of the former two--ever see the taskbar in Solaris?) Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

See my reply to Rage. -- Marcus Kwok

Bert [Otherside82] Derijckere wrote: make 2 profiles Thanks for that, It seems like that might work, if I were able to run multiple profiles at once :confused:. Ok, after a bit of googling, I can open 2 profiles at once by putting the call to the google profile in a batch file: @echo off set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 start "" "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p "Google" set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0 Now I just need a method to open links in the default profile from the google profile. ChrisB

It turns out that there is. File - Browse With - Set Default Physician heal thyself ChrisB