Programs & Examples On #Vba

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an event-driven, object-oriented programming language for writing macros, used for the entire Office suite as well as other applications. VBA is not equivalent to VB.NET, or VBS; if you're working in Visual Studio use [vb.net]. If your question is specifically about programming any MS Office application, also use the appropriate tag: [excel], [ms-access], [ms-word], [outlook], or [microsoft-project].

Text file in VBA: Open/Find Replace/SaveAs/Close File

Just add this line

sFileName = "C:\someotherfilelocation"

right before this line

Open sFileName For Output As iFileNum

The idea is to open and write to a different file than the one you read earlier (C:\filelocation).

If you want to get fancy and show a real "Save As" dialog box, you could do this instead:

sFileName = Application.GetSaveAsFilename()

Excel VBA, error 438 "object doesn't support this property or method

The Error is here

lastrow = wsPOR.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1

wsPOR is a workbook and not a worksheet. If you are working with "Sheet1" of that workbook then try this

lastrow = wsPOR.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A" & _
          wsPOR.Sheets("Sheet1").Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1

Similarly

wsPOR.Range("A2:G" & lastrow).Select

should be

wsPOR.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A2:G" & lastrow).Select

VBA (Excel) Initialize Entire Array without Looping

You can initialize the array by specifying the dimensions. For example

Dim myArray(10) As Integer
Dim myArray(1 to 10) As Integer

If you are working with arrays and if this is your first time then I would recommend visiting Chip Pearson's WEBSITE.

What does this initialize to? For example, what if I want to initialize the entire array to 13?

When you want to initailize the array of 13 elements then you can do it in two ways

Dim myArray(12) As Integer
Dim myArray(1 to 13) As Integer

In the first the lower bound of the array would start with 0 so you can store 13 elements in array. For example

myArray(0) = 1
myArray(1) = 2
'
'
'
myArray(12) = 13

In the second example you have specified the lower bounds as 1 so your array starts with 1 and can again store 13 values

myArray(1) = 1
myArray(2) = 2
'
'
'
myArray(13) = 13

Wnen you initialize an array using any of the above methods, the value of each element in the array is equal to 0. To check that try this code.

Sub Sample()
    Dim myArray(12) As Integer
    Dim i As Integer

    For i = LBound(myArray) To UBound(myArray)
        Debug.Print myArray(i)
    Next i
End Sub

or

Sub Sample()
    Dim myArray(1 to 13) As Integer
    Dim i As Integer

    For i = LBound(myArray) To UBound(myArray)
        Debug.Print myArray(i)
    Next i
End Sub

FOLLOWUP FROM COMMENTS

So, in this example every value would be 13. So if I had an array Dim myArray(300) As Integer, all 300 elements would hold the value 13

Like I mentioned, AFAIK, there is no direct way of achieving what you want. Having said that here is one way which uses worksheet function Rept to create a repetitive string of 13's. Once we have that string, we can use SPLIT using "," as a delimiter. But note this creates a variant array but can be used in calculations.

Note also, that in the following examples myArray will actually hold 301 values of which the last one is empty - you would have to account for that by additionally initializing this value or removing the last "," from sNum before the Split operation.

Sub Sample()
    Dim sNum As String
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim myArray

    '~~> Create a string with 13 three hundred times separated by comma
    '~~> 13,13,13,13...13,13 (300 times)
    sNum = WorksheetFunction.Rept("13,", 300)
    sNum = Left(sNum, Len(sNum) - 1)

    myArray = Split(sNum, ",")

    For i = LBound(myArray) To UBound(myArray)
        Debug.Print myArray(i)
    Next i
End Sub

Using the variant array in calculations

Sub Sample()
    Dim sNum As String
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim myArray

    '~~> Create a string with 13 three hundred times separated by comma
    sNum = WorksheetFunction.Rept("13,", 300)
    sNum = Left(sNum, Len(sNum) - 1)

    myArray = Split(sNum, ",")

    For i = LBound(myArray) To UBound(myArray)
        Debug.Print Val(myArray(i)) + Val(myArray(i))
    Next i
End Sub

simple vba code gives me run time error 91 object variable or with block not set

Also you are trying to set value2 using Set keyword, which is not required. You can directly use rng.value2 = 1

below test code for ref.

Sub test()
    Dim rng As Range
    Set rng = Range("A1")
    rng.Value2 = 1
End Sub

Change HTML email body font type and size in VBA

FYI I did a little research as well and if the name of the font-family you want to apply contains spaces (as an example I take Gill Alt One MT Light), you should write it this way :

strbody= "<BODY style=" & Chr(34) & "font-family:Gill Alt One MT Light" & Chr(34) & ">" & YOUR_TEXT & "</BODY>"

VBA EXCEL Multiple Nested FOR Loops that Set two variable for expression

I can't get to your google docs file at the moment but there are some issues with your code that I will try to address while answering

Sub stituterangersNEW()
Dim t As Range
Dim x As Range
Dim dify As Boolean
Dim difx As Boolean
Dim time2 As Date
Dim time1 As Date

    'You said time1 doesn't change, so I left it in a singe cell.
    'If that is not correct, you will have to play with this some more.
    time1 = Range("A6").Value

    'Looping through each of our output cells.
    For Each t In Range("B7:E9") 'Change these to match your real ranges.

        'Looping through each departure date/time.
        '(Only one row in your example. This can be adjusted if needed.)
        For Each x In Range("B2:E2") 'Change these to match your real ranges.
            'Check to see if our dep time corresponds to
            'the matching column in our output
            If t.Column = x.Column Then
                'If it does, then check to see what our time value is
                If x > 0 Then
                    time2 = x.Value
                    'Apply the change to the output cell.
                    t.Value = time1 - time2
                    'Exit out of this loop and move to the next output cell.
                    Exit For
                End If
            End If
            'If the columns don't match, or the x value is not a time
            'then we'll move to the next dep time (x)
        Next x
    Next t

End Sub

EDIT

I changed you worksheet to play with (see above for the new Sub). This probably does not suite your needs directly, but hopefully it will demonstrate the conept behind what I think you want to do. Please keep in mind that this code does not follow all the coding best preactices I would recommend (e.g. validating the time is actually a TIME and not some random other data type).

     A                      B                   C                   D                  E
1    LOAD_NUMBER            1                   2                   3                  4
2    DEPARTURE_TIME_DATE    11/12/2011 19:30    11/12/2011 19:30    11/12/2011 19:30    11/12/2011 20:00                
4    Dry_Refrig 7585.1  0   10099.8 16700
6    1/4/2012 19:30

Using the sub I got this output:

    A           B             C             D             E
7   Friday      1272:00:00    1272:00:00    1272:00:00    1271:30:00
8   Saturday    1272:00:00    1272:00:00    1272:00:00    1271:30:00
9   Thursday    1272:00:00    1272:00:00    1272:00:00    1271:30:00

Dynamically Dimensioning A VBA Array?

You have to use the ReDim statement to dynamically size arrays.

Public Sub Test()
    Dim NumberOfZombies As Integer
    NumberOfZombies = 20000
    Dim Zombies() As New Zombie
    ReDim Zombies(NumberOfZombies)

End Sub

This can seem strange when you already know the size of your array, but there you go!

how to write value into cell with vba code without auto type conversion?

Cells(1,1).Value2 = "'123,456"

note the single apostrophe before the number - this will signal to excel that whatever follows has to be interpreted as text.

Excel tab sheet names vs. Visual Basic sheet names

Perhaps I am wrong, but you can open a workbook, and select a worksheet and change its property (Name) to whatever you need it to be. This overrides the "Sheetx" naming convention. These names are also displayed in the VBA Editor.

How to do this manually: 1. Select the sheet in a workbook (I tend to create templates). 2. Set its tab name to whatever you like ("foo"). 3. Click on the Developer menu (which you previously enabled, right?). 4. Locate "Properties" and click on it, bringing up that worksheet's properties window. 5. The very first item in the Alphabetic listing is (Name) and at the right of (Name) is "Sheetx".
6. Click on that field and change it (how about we use "MyFav"). 7. Close the properties window. 8. Go to the Visual Basic editor. 9. Review the sheets in the workbook you just modified. 10. Observe that the MicroSoft Excel Objects shows the name you just changed "MyFav", and to the right of that, in parenthesis, the worksheet tab name ("foo").

You can change the .CodeName programmatically if you would rather. I use non-Sheet names to facilitate my template manipulation. You are not forced to use the generic default of "Sheetx".

ShowAllData method of Worksheet class failed

AutoFilterMode will be True if engaged, regardless of whether there is actually a filter applied to a specific column or not. When this happens, ActiveSheet.ShowAllData will still run, throwing an error (because there is no actual filtering).

I had the same issue and got it working with

If (ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode And ActiveSheet.FilterMode) Or ActiveSheet.FilterMode Then
  ActiveSheet.ShowAllData
End If

This seems to prevent ShowAllData from running when there is no actual filter applied but with AutoFilterMode turned on.

The second catch Or ActiveSheet.FilterMode should catch advanced filters

Create hyperlink to another sheet

The "!" sign is the key element. If you have a cell object (like "mycell" in following code sample) and link a cell to this object you must pay attention to ! element.

You must do something like this:

.Cells(i, 2).Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=.Range(Cells(i, 2).Address), Address:="", _
     SubAddress:= "'" & ws.Name & "'" & _
     "!" & mycell.Address

WorksheetFunction.CountA - not working post upgrade to Office 2010

I'm not sure exactly what your problem is, because I cannot get your code to work as written. Two things seem evident:

  1. It appears you are relying on VBA to determine variable types and modify accordingly. This can get confusing if you are not careful, because VBA may assign a variable type you did not intend. In your code, a type of Range should be assigned to myRange. Since a Range type is an object in VBA it needs to be Set, like this: Set myRange = Range("A:A")
  2. Your use of the worksheet function CountA() should be called with .WorksheetFunction

If you are not doing it already, consider using the Option Explicit option at the top of your module, and typing your variables with Dim statements, as I have done below.

The following code works for me in 2010. Hopefully it works for you too:

Dim myRange As Range
Dim NumRows As Integer

Set myRange = Range("A:A")
NumRows = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(myRange)

Good Luck.

Loop through files in a folder using VBA?

Here's my interpretation as a Function Instead:

'#######################################################################
'# LoopThroughFiles
'# Function to Loop through files in current directory and return filenames
'# Usage: LoopThroughFiles ActiveWorkbook.Path, "txt" 'inputDirectoryToScanForFile
'# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10380312/loop-through-files-in-a-folder-using-vba
'#######################################################################
Function LoopThroughFiles(inputDirectoryToScanForFile, filenameCriteria) As String

    Dim StrFile As String
    'Debug.Print "in LoopThroughFiles. inputDirectoryToScanForFile: ", inputDirectoryToScanForFile

    StrFile = Dir(inputDirectoryToScanForFile & "\*" & filenameCriteria)
    Do While Len(StrFile) > 0
        Debug.Print StrFile
        StrFile = Dir

    Loop

End Function

How can VBA connect to MySQL database in Excel?

Ranjit's code caused the same error message as reported by Tin, but worked after updating Cn.open with the ODBC driver I'm running. Check the Drivers tab in the ODBC Data Source Administrator. Mine said "MySQL ODBC 5.3 Unicode Driver" so I updated accordingly.

Set formula to a range of cells

Range("C1:C10").Formula = "=A1+B1"

Simple as that.

It autofills (FillDown) the range with the formula.

Macro to Auto Fill Down to last adjacent cell

ActiveCell.Offset(0, -1).Select
Selection.End(xlDown).Select
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlUp)).Select
Selection.FillDown

VBA Excel Provide current Date in Text box

Set the value from code on showing the form, not in the design-timeProperties for the text box.

Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
    Me.txtDate.Value = Format(Date, "mm/dd/yy")
End Sub

How to Lock the data in a cell in excel using vba

Try using the Worksheet.Protect method, like so:

Sub ProtectActiveSheet()
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Set ws = ActiveSheet
    ws.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
        Scenarios:=True, Password="SamplePassword"
End Sub

You should, however, be concerned about including the password in your VBA code. You don't necessarily need a password if you're only trying to put up a simple barrier that keeps a user from making small mistakes like deleting formulas, etc.

Also, if you want to see how to do certain things in VBA in Excel, try recording a Macro and looking at the code it generates. That's a good way to get started in VBA.

VBA Excel sort range by specific column

If the starting cell of the range and of the key is static, the solution can be very simple:

Range("A3").Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
Selection.Sort key1:=Range("B3", Range("B3").End(xlDown)), _
order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlNo

Excel VBA - read cell value from code

I think you need this ..

Dim n as Integer   

For n = 5 to 17
  msgbox cells(n,3) '--> sched waste
  msgbox cells(n,4) '--> type of treatm
  msgbox format(cells(n,5),"dd/MM/yyyy") '--> Lic exp
  msgbox cells(n,6) '--> email col
Next

ByRef argument type mismatch in Excel VBA

While looping through your string one character at a time is a viable method, there's no need. VBA has built-in functions for this kind of thing:

Public Function ProcessString(input_string As String) As String
    ProcessString=Replace(input_string,"*","")
End Function

How can I send an HTTP POST request to a server from Excel using VBA?

To complete the response of the other users:

For this I have created an "WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1" object.

Send a post request with some data from Excel using VBA:

Dim LoginRequest As Object
Set LoginRequest = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
LoginRequest.Open "POST", "http://...", False
LoginRequest.setRequestHeader "Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
LoginRequest.send ("key1=value1&key2=value2")

Send a get request with token authentication from Excel using VBA:

Dim TCRequestItem As Object
Set TCRequestItem = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
TCRequestItem.Open "GET", "http://...", False
TCRequestItem.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/xml"
TCRequestItem.setRequestHeader "Accept", "application/xml"
TCRequestItem.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "Bearer " & token
TCRequestItem.send

How to round up with excel VBA round()?



Try this function, it's ok to round up a double

'---------------Start -------------
Function Round_Up(ByVal d As Double) As Integer
    Dim result As Integer
    result = Math.Round(d)
    If result >= d Then
        Round_Up = result
    Else
        Round_Up = result + 1
    End If
End Function
'-----------------End----------------

How can I display my windows user name in excel spread sheet using macros?

Range("A1").value = Environ("Username")

This is better than Application.Username, which doesn't always supply the Windows username. Thanks to Kyle for pointing this out.

  • Application Username is the name of the User set in Excel > Tools > Options
  • Environ("Username") is the name you registered for Windows; see Control Panel >System

How to Insert Double or Single Quotes

To Create New Quoted Values from Unquoted Values

  • Column A contains the names.
  • Put the following formula into Column B = """" & A1 & """"
  • Copy Column B and Paste Special -> Values

Using a Custom Function

Public Function Enquote(cell As Range, Optional quoteCharacter As String = """") As Variant
    Enquote = quoteCharacter & cell.value & quoteCharacter
End Function

=OfficePersonal.xls!Enquote(A1)

=OfficePersonal.xls!Enquote(A1, "'")

To get permanent quoted strings, you will have to copy formula values and paste-special-values.

VBA Macro On Timer style to run code every set number of seconds, i.e. 120 seconds

When the workbook first opens, execute this code:

alertTime = Now + TimeValue("00:02:00")
Application.OnTime alertTime, "EventMacro"

Then just have a macro in the workbook called "EventMacro" that will repeat it.

Public Sub EventMacro()
    '... Execute your actions here'
    alertTime = Now + TimeValue("00:02:00")
    Application.OnTime alertTime, "EventMacro"
End Sub

Check if a string contains another string

Use the Instr function

Dim pos As Integer

pos = InStr("find the comma, in the string", ",")

will return 15 in pos

If not found it will return 0

If you need to find the comma with an excel formula you can use the =FIND(",";A1) function.

Notice that if you want to use Instr to find the position of a string case-insensitive use the third parameter of Instr and give it the const vbTextCompare (or just 1 for die-hards).

Dim posOf_A As Integer

posOf_A = InStr(1, "find the comma, in the string", "A", vbTextCompare)

will give you a value of 14.

Note that you have to specify the start position in this case as stated in the specification I linked: The start argument is required if compare is specified.

Trim Cells using VBA in Excel

Works fine for me with one change - fourth line should be:

cell.Value = Trim(cell.Value)

Edit: If it appears to be stuck in a loop, I'd add

Debug.Print cell.Address

inside your For ... Next loop to get a bit more info on what's happening.

I also suspect that Trim only strips spaces - are you sure you haven't got some other kind of non-display character in there?

VBA general way for pulling data out of SAP

This all depends on what sort of access you have to your SAP system. An ABAP program that exports the data and/or an RFC that your macro can call to directly get the data or have SAP create the file is probably best.

However as a general rule people looking for this sort of answer are looking for an immediate solution that does not require their IT department to spend months customizing their SAP system.

In that case you probably want to use SAP GUI Scripting. SAP GUI scripting allows you to automate the Windows SAP GUI in much the same way as you automate Excel. In fact you can call the SAP GUI directly from an Excel macro. Read up more on it here. The SAP GUI has a macro recording tool much like Excel does. It records macros in VBScript which is nearly identical to Excel VBA and can usually be copied and pasted into an Excel macro directly.

Example Code

Here is a simple example based on a SAP system I have access to.

Public Sub SimpleSAPExport()
  Set SapGuiAuto  = GetObject("SAPGUI") 'Get the SAP GUI Scripting object
  Set SAPApp = SapGuiAuto.GetScriptingEngine 'Get the currently running SAP GUI 
  Set SAPCon = SAPApp.Children(0) 'Get the first system that is currently connected
  Set session = SAPCon.Children(0) 'Get the first session (window) on that connection

  'Start the transaction to view a table
  session.StartTransaction "SE16"

  'Select table T001
  session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/ctxtDATABROWSE-TABLENAME").Text = "T001"
  session.findById("wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[7]").Press

  'Set our selection criteria
  session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/txtMAX_SEL").text = "2"
  session.findById("wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[8]").press

  'Click the export to file button
  session.findById("wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[45]").press

  'Choose the export format
  session.findById("wnd[1]/usr/subSUBSCREEN_STEPLOOP:SAPLSPO5:0150/sub:SAPLSPO5:0150/radSPOPLI-SELFLAG[1,0]").select
  session.findById("wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[0]").press

  'Choose the export filename
  session.findById("wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME").text = "test.txt"
  session.findById("wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_PATH").text = "C:\Temp\"

  'Export the file
  session.findById("wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[0]").press
End Sub

Script Recording

To help find the names of elements such aswnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[0] you can use script recording. Click the customize local layout button, it probably looks a bit like this: Customize Local Layout
Then find the Script Recording and Playback menu item.
Script Recording and Playback
Within that the More button allows you to see/change the file that the VB Script is recorded to. The output format is a bit messy, it records things like selecting text, clicking inside a text field, etc.

Edit: Early and Late binding

The provided script should work if copied directly into a VBA macro. It uses late binding, the line Set SapGuiAuto = GetObject("SAPGUI") defines the SapGuiAuto object.

If however you want to use early binding so that your VBA editor might show the properties and methods of the objects you are using, you need to add a reference to sapfewse.ocx in the SAP GUI installation folder.

Excel: the Incredible Shrinking and Expanding Controls

Although there are clearly numerous reasons for this behavior, several answers point to issues with scaling and screen resolutions. One workaround is to use the following functions to resize and anchor the controls to a specific cell:

Sub ResizeCombo(ByRef cbo As Shape, ByVal rw As Long, ByVal cl As Long, ByVal wid As Long)        
    cbo.Height = Intake.Cells(rw, cl).Height - 1
    cbo.Top = Intake.Cells(rw, cl).Top + 1
    cbo.Left = Intake.Cells(rw, cl).Left + 1
    cbo.Width = wid    
End Sub

Sub ResizeCheckbox(ByRef cbo As Shape, ByVal rw As Long, ByVal cl As Long)
    cbo.Height = Intake.Cells(rw, cl).Height - 1
    cbo.Top = Intake.Cells(rw, cl).Top + 1
    cbo.Left = Intake.Cells(rw, cl).Left + 6
    cbo.Width = Intake.Cells(rw, cl).MergeArea.Width - 7        
End Sub

Sub ResizeCombos()
    ResizeCombo Intake.Shapes("School"), 11, 1, 144

    ResizeCheckbox Intake.Shapes("cbReading"), 70, 1

    ''ResizeCombo also works for option buttons
    ResizeCombo Intake.Shapes("obGenderMale"), 20, 8, 45
    ResizeCombo Intake.Shapes("obGenderFemale"), 20, 9,50

HOWEVER, recently this workaround stopped working. I've been banging against it for days until I discovered that the zoom level of the sheet had been adjusted to 105%! Resetting it to 100% resolved the problem. However what if the user needs a higher zoom level? I figured out that I can change the zoom after resizing and things stay where they were meant to. My calling function now looks like this:

Sub refresh()
    OldZoom = ActiveWindow.Zoom
    ActiveWindow.Zoom = 100
    Call ResizeCombos
    ActiveWindow.Zoom = OldZoom
End Sub

So far it is working!

How to add headers to a multicolumn listbox in an Excel userform using VBA

Another variant on Lunatik's response is to use a local boolean and the change event so that the row can be highlighted upon initializing, but deselected and blocked after a selection change is made by the user:

Private Sub lbx_Change()

    If Not bHighlight Then

        If Me.lbx.Selected(0) Then Me.lbx.Selected(0) = False

    End If

    bHighlight = False

End Sub

When the listbox is initialized you then set bHighlight and lbx.Selected(0) = True, which will allow the header-row to initialize selected; afterwards, the first change will deselect and prevent the row from being selected again...

Delete all data rows from an Excel table (apart from the first)

I suggest first clearcontents, then resize Table:

Sub DeleteTableRows(ByRef Table As ListObject)

     Dim R               As Range

On Error Resume Next

    Table.DataBodyRange.ClearContents
    Set R = Table.Range.Rows(1).Resize(2)
    Table.Resize R

On Error GoTo 0

End Sub

Copy and Paste a set range in the next empty row

Below is the code that works well but my values overlap in sheet "Final" everytime the condition of <=11 meets in sheet "Calculator"

I would like you to kindly support me to modify the code so that the cursor should move to next blank cell and values keeps on adding up like a list.

Dim i As Integer
Dim ws1 As Worksheet: Set ws1 = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Calculator")
Dim ws2 As Worksheet: Set ws2 = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Final")

For i = 2 To ws1.Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row

    If ws1.Cells(i, 4) <= 11 Then

        ws2.Cells(i, 1).Value = Left(Worksheets("Calculator").Cells(i, 1).Value, Len(Worksheets("Calculator").Cells(i, 1).Value) - 0)
        ws2.Cells(i, 2) = Application.VLookup(Cells(i, 1), Worksheets("Calculator").Columns("A:D"), 4, False)
        ws2.Cells(i, 3) = Application.VLookup(Cells(i, 1), Worksheets("Calculator").Columns("A:E"), 5, False)
        ws2.Cells(i, 4) = Application.VLookup(Cells(i, 1), Worksheets("Calculator").Columns("A:B"), 2, False)
        ws2.Cells(i, 5) = Application.VLookup(Cells(i, 1), Worksheets("Calculator").Columns("A:C"), 3, False)

    End If
Next i

Microsoft Excel ActiveX Controls Disabled?

I'm an Excel developer, and I definitely felt the pain when this happened. Fortunately, I was able to find a workaround by renaming the MSForms.exd files in VBA even when Excel is running, which also can fix the issue. Excel developers who need to distribute their spreadsheets can add the following VBA code to their spreadsheets to make them immune to the MS update.

Place this code in any module.

Public Sub RenameMSFormsFiles() 
  Const tempFileName As String = "MSForms - Copy.exd"  
  Const msFormsFileName As String = "MSForms.exd"  
  On Error Resume Next 

  'Try to rename the C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0\MSForms.exd file  
  RenameFile Environ("TEMP") & "\Excel8.0\" & msFormsFileName, Environ("TEMP") & "\Excel8.0\" & tempFileName 
  'Try to rename the C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\MSForms.exd file  
  RenameFile Environ("TEMP") & "\VBE\" & msFormsFileName, Environ("TEMP") & "\VBE\" & tempFileName 
End Sub  

Private Sub RenameFile(fromFilePath As String, toFilePath As String) 
  If CheckFileExist(fromFilePath) Then 
      DeleteFile toFilePath  
      Name fromFilePath As toFilePath  
  End If  
End Sub

Private Function CheckFileExist(path As String) As Boolean 
  CheckFileExist = (Dir(path) <> "")  
End Function  

Private Sub DeleteFile(path As String) 
  If CheckFileExist(path) Then 
      SetAttr path, vbNormal  
      Kill path  
  End If  
End Sub    

The RenameMSFormsFiles subroutine tries to rename the MSForms.exd files in the C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0\ and C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\ folders to MSForms - Copy.exd.

Then call the RenameMSFormsFiles subroutine at the very beginning of the Workbook_Open event.

Private Sub Workbook_Open() 
  RenameMSFormsFiles  
End Sub

The spreadsheet will try to rename the MSForms.exd files when it opens. Obviously, this is not a perfect fix:

  1. The affected user will still experience the ActiveX control errors when running the VBA code the very first time opening the spreadsheet. Only after executing the VBA code once and restarting Excel, the issue is fixed. Normally when a user encounters a broken spreadsheet, the knee-jerk reaction is to close Excel and try to open the spreadsheet again. :)
  2. The MSForms.exd files are renamed every time the spreadsheet opens, even when there's no issue with the MSForms.exd files. But the spreadsheet will work just fine.

At least for now, Excel developers can continue to distribute their work with this workaround until Microsoft releases a fix.

I've posted this solution here.

VBA EXCEL To Prompt User Response to Select Folder and Return the Path as String Variable

Consider:

Function GetFolder() As String
    Dim fldr As FileDialog
    Dim sItem As String
    Set fldr = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
    With fldr
        .Title = "Select a Folder"
        .AllowMultiSelect = False
        .InitialFileName = Application.DefaultFilePath
        If .Show <> -1 Then GoTo NextCode
        sItem = .SelectedItems(1)
    End With
NextCode:
    GetFolder = sItem
    Set fldr = Nothing
End Function

This code was adapted from Ozgrid

and as jkf points out, from Mr Excel

Simple VBA selection: Selecting 5 cells to the right of the active cell

This example selects a new Range of Cells defined by the current cell to a cell 5 to the right.

Note that .Offset takes arguments of Offset(row, columns) and can be quite useful.


Sub testForStackOverflow()
    Range(ActiveCell, ActiveCell.Offset(0, 5)).Copy
End Sub

How to check for empty array in vba macro

I'll generalize the problem and the Question as intended. Test assingment on the array, and catch the eventual error

Function IsVarArrayEmpty(anArray as Variant)
Dim aVar as Variant

IsVarArrayEmpty=False
On error resume next
aVar=anArray(1)
If Err.number then '...still, it might not start at this index
    aVar=anArray(0)
    If Err.number then IsVarArrayEmpty=True ' neither 0 or 1 yields good assignment
EndIF
End Function

Sure it misses arrays with all negative indexes or all > 1... is that likely? in weirdland, yes.

Relative instead of Absolute paths in Excel VBA

Just to clarify what yalestar said, this will give you the relative path:

Workbooks.Open FileName:= ThisWorkbook.Path & "\TRICATEndurance Summary.html"

Use cell's color as condition in if statement (function)

I had a similar problem where I needed to only show a value from another Excel cell if the font was black. I created this function: `Option Explicit

Function blackFont(r As Range) As Boolean If r.Font.Color = 0 Then blackFont = True Else blackFont = False End If

End Function `

In my cell I have this formula: =IF(blackFont(Y51),Y51," ")

This worked well for me to test for a black font and only show the value in the Y51 cell if it had a black font.

VBA: Selecting range by variables

You're missing a close parenthesis, I.E. you aren't closing Range().

Try this Range(cells(1, 1), cells(lastRow, lastColumn)).Select

But you should really look at the other answer from Dick Kusleika for possible alternatives that may serve you better. Specifically, ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Select which has the same end result as your code.

Get User Selected Range

Selection is its own object within VBA. It functions much like a Range object.

Selection and Range do not share all the same properties and methods, though, so for ease of use it might make sense just to create a range and set it equal to the Selection, then you can deal with it programmatically like any other range.

Dim myRange as Range
Set myRange = Selection

For further reading, check out the MSDN article.

How to count the number of rows in excel with data?

I prefer using the CurrentRegion property, which is equivalent to Ctrl-*, which expands the current range to its largest continuous range with data. You start with a cell, or range, which you know will contain data, then expand it. The UsedRange Property sometimes returns huge areas, just because someone did some formatting at the bottom of the sheet.

Dim Liste As Worksheet    
Set Liste = wb.Worksheets("B Leistungen (Liste)")     
Dim longlastrow As Long
longlastrow = Liste.Range(Liste.Cells(4, 1), Liste.Cells(6, 3)).CurrentRegion.Rows.Count

Returning a regex match in VBA (excel)

You need to access the matches in order to get at the SDI number. Here is a function that will do it (assuming there is only 1 SDI number per cell).

For the regex, I used "sdi followed by a space and one or more numbers". You had "sdi followed by a space and zero or more numbers". You can simply change the + to * in my pattern to go back to what you had.

Function ExtractSDI(ByVal text As String) As String

Dim result As String
Dim allMatches As Object
Dim RE As Object
Set RE = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")

RE.pattern = "(sdi \d+)"
RE.Global = True
RE.IgnoreCase = True
Set allMatches = RE.Execute(text)

If allMatches.count <> 0 Then
    result = allMatches.Item(0).submatches.Item(0)
End If

ExtractSDI = result

End Function

If a cell may have more than one SDI number you want to extract, here is my RegexExtract function. You can pass in a third paramter to seperate each match (like comma-seperate them), and you manually enter the pattern in the actual function call:

Ex) =RegexExtract(A1, "(sdi \d+)", ", ")

Here is:

Function RegexExtract(ByVal text As String, _
                      ByVal extract_what As String, _
                      Optional seperator As String = "") As String

Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim result As String
Dim allMatches As Object
Dim RE As Object
Set RE = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")

RE.pattern = extract_what
RE.Global = True
Set allMatches = RE.Execute(text)

For i = 0 To allMatches.count - 1
    For j = 0 To allMatches.Item(i).submatches.count - 1
        result = result & seperator & allMatches.Item(i).submatches.Item(j)
    Next
Next

If Len(result) <> 0 Then
    result = Right(result, Len(result) - Len(seperator))
End If

RegexExtract = result

End Function

*Please note that I have taken "RE.IgnoreCase = True" out of my RegexExtract, but you could add it back in, or even add it as an optional 4th parameter if you like.

Paste Excel range in Outlook

First off, RangeToHTML. The script calls it like a method, but it isn't. It's a popular function by MVP Ron de Bruin. Coincidentally, that links points to the exact source of the script you posted, before those few lines got b?u?t?c?h?e?r?e?d? modified.

On with Range.SpecialCells. This method operates on a range and returns only those cells that match the given criteria. In your case, you seem to be only interested in the visible text cells. Importantly, it operates on a Range, not on HTML text.

For completeness sake, I'll post a working version of the script below. I'd certainly advise to disregard it and revisit the excellent original by Ron the Bruin.

Sub Mail_Selection_Range_Outlook_Body()

Dim rng As Range
Dim OutApp As Object
Dim OutMail As Object

Set rng = Nothing
' Only send the visible cells in the selection.

Set rng = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("D4:D12").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)

If rng Is Nothing Then
    MsgBox "The selection is not a range or the sheet is protected. " & _
           vbNewLine & "Please correct and try again.", vbOKOnly
    Exit Sub
End If

With Application
    .EnableEvents = False
    .ScreenUpdating = False
End With

Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)


With OutMail
    .To = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet2").Range("C1").Value
    .CC = ""
    .BCC = ""
    .Subject = "This is the Subject line"
    .HTMLBody = RangetoHTML(rng)
    ' In place of the following statement, you can use ".Display" to
    ' display the e-mail message.
    .Display
End With
On Error GoTo 0

With Application
    .EnableEvents = True
    .ScreenUpdating = True
End With

Set OutMail = Nothing
Set OutApp = Nothing
End Sub


Function RangetoHTML(rng As Range)
' By Ron de Bruin.
    Dim fso As Object
    Dim ts As Object
    Dim TempFile As String
    Dim TempWB As Workbook

    TempFile = Environ$("temp") & "/" & Format(Now, "dd-mm-yy h-mm-ss") & ".htm"

    'Copy the range and create a new workbook to past the data in
    rng.Copy
    Set TempWB = Workbooks.Add(1)
    With TempWB.Sheets(1)
        .Cells(1).PasteSpecial Paste:=8
        .Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues, , False, False
        .Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteFormats, , False, False
        .Cells(1).Select
        Application.CutCopyMode = False
        On Error Resume Next
        .DrawingObjects.Visible = True
        .DrawingObjects.Delete
        On Error GoTo 0
    End With

    'Publish the sheet to a htm file
    With TempWB.PublishObjects.Add( _
         SourceType:=xlSourceRange, _
         Filename:=TempFile, _
         Sheet:=TempWB.Sheets(1).Name, _
         Source:=TempWB.Sheets(1).UsedRange.Address, _
         HtmlType:=xlHtmlStatic)
        .Publish (True)
    End With

    'Read all data from the htm file into RangetoHTML
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set ts = fso.GetFile(TempFile).OpenAsTextStream(1, -2)
    RangetoHTML = ts.ReadAll
    ts.Close
    RangetoHTML = Replace(RangetoHTML, "align=center x:publishsource=", _
                          "align=left x:publishsource=")

    'Close TempWB
    TempWB.Close savechanges:=False

    'Delete the htm file we used in this function
    Kill TempFile

    Set ts = Nothing
    Set fso = Nothing
    Set TempWB = Nothing
End Function

Copying and pasting data using VBA code

Use the PasteSpecial method:

sht.Columns("A:G").Copy
Range("A1").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues

BUT your big problem is that you're changing your ActiveSheet to "Data" and not changing it back. You don't need to do the Activate and Select, as per my code (this assumes your button is on the sheet you want to copy to).

Excel VBA Password via Hex Editor

  1. Open xls file with a hex editor.
  2. Search for DPB
  3. Replace DPB to DPx
  4. Save file.
  5. Open file in Excel.
  6. Click "Yes" if you get any message box.
  7. Set new password from VBA Project Properties.
  8. Close and open again file, then type your new password to unprotect.

Check http://blog.getspool.com/396/best-vba-password-recovery-cracker-tool-remove/

Add "Are you sure?" to my excel button, how can I?

On your existing button code, simply insert this line before the procedure:

If MsgBox("This will erase everything! Are you sure?", vbYesNo) = vbNo Then Exit Sub

This will force it to quit if the user presses no.

Return multiple values from a function, sub or type?

you could connect all the data you need from the file to a single string, and in the excel sheet seperate it with text to column. here is an example i did for same issue, enjoy:

Sub CP()
Dim ToolFile As String

Cells(3, 2).Select

For i = 0 To 5
    r = ActiveCell.Row
    ToolFile = Cells(r, 7).Value
    On Error Resume Next
    ActiveCell.Value = CP_getdatta(ToolFile)

    'seperate data by "-"
    Selection.TextToColumns Destination:=Range("C3"), DataType:=xlDelimited, _
        TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Tab:=True, _
        Semicolon:=False, Comma:=False, Space:=False, Other:=True, OtherChar _
        :="-", FieldInfo:=Array(Array(1, 1), Array(2, 1)), TrailingMinusNumbers:=True

Cells(r + 1, 2).Select
Next


End Sub

Function CP_getdatta(ToolFile As String) As String
    Workbooks.Open Filename:=ToolFile, UpdateLinks:=False, ReadOnly:=True

    Range("A56000").Select
    Selection.End(xlUp).Select
    x = CStr(ActiveCell.Value)
    ActiveCell.Offset(0, 20).Select
    Selection.End(xlToLeft).Select
    While IsNumeric(ActiveCell.Value) = False
        ActiveCell.Offset(0, -1).Select
    Wend
    ' combine data to 1 string
    CP_getdatta = CStr(x & "-" & ActiveCell.Value)
    ActiveWindow.Close False

End Function

How to copy only a single worksheet to another workbook using vba

Sub ActiveSheet_toDESKTOP_As_Workbook()

Dim Oldname As String
Dim MyRange As Range
Dim MyWS As String

MyWS = ActiveCell.Parent.Name

    Application.DisplayAlerts = False 'hide confirmation from user
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Oldname = ActiveSheet.Name
    'Sheets.Add(Before:=Sheets(1)).Name = "FirstSheet"
    
    'Get path for desktop of user PC
    Path = Environ("USERPROFILE") & "\Desktop"
    

    ActiveSheet.Cells.Copy
    Sheets.Add(After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)).Name = "TransferSheet"
    ActiveSheet.Cells.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
    ActiveSheet.Cells.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
    ActiveSheet.Cells.Copy
    
    'Create new workbook and past copied data in new workbook & save to desktop
    Workbooks.Add (xlWBATWorksheet)
    ActiveSheet.Cells.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
    ActiveSheet.Cells.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
    ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 1).Select
    ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Name = Oldname    '"report"
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=Path & "\" & Oldname & " WS " & Format(CStr(Now()), "dd-mmm (hh.mm.ss AM/PM)") & ".xlsx"
    ActiveWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=True

    
    Sheets("TransferSheet").Delete
    
    
   Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    Worksheets(MyWS).Activate
    'MsgBox "Exported to Desktop"

End Sub

Call web service in excel

Yes You Can!

I worked on a project that did that (see comment). Unfortunately no code samples from that one, but googling revealed these:

How you can integrate data from several Web services using Excel and VBA

STEP BY STEP: Consuming Web Services through VBA (Excel or Word)

VBA: Consume Soap Web Services

How do I activate a specific workbook and a specific sheet?

The code that worked for me is:

ThisWorkbook.Sheets("sheetName").Activate

Test or check if sheet exists

My solution looks much like Tims but also works in case of non-worksheet sheets - charts

Public Function SheetExists(strSheetName As String, Optional wbWorkbook As Workbook) As Boolean
    If wbWorkbook Is Nothing Then Set wbWorkbook = ActiveWorkbook 'or ThisWorkbook - whichever appropriate
    Dim obj As Object
    On Error GoTo HandleError
    Set obj = wbWorkbook.Sheets(strSheetName)
    SheetExists = True
    Exit Function
HandleError:
    SheetExists = False
End Function

.

Excel VBA For Each Worksheet Loop

Try to slightly modify your code:

Sub forEachWs()
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
        Call resizingColumns(ws)
    Next
End Sub

Sub resizingColumns(ws As Worksheet)
    With ws
        .Range("A:A").ColumnWidth = 20.14
        .Range("B:B").ColumnWidth = 9.71
        .Range("C:C").ColumnWidth = 35.86
        .Range("D:D").ColumnWidth = 30.57
        .Range("E:E").ColumnWidth = 23.57
        .Range("F:F").ColumnWidth = 21.43
        .Range("G:G").ColumnWidth = 18.43
        .Range("H:H").ColumnWidth = 23.86
        .Range("i:I").ColumnWidth = 27.43
        .Range("J:J").ColumnWidth = 36.71
        .Range("K:K").ColumnWidth = 30.29
        .Range("L:L").ColumnWidth = 31.14
        .Range("M:M").ColumnWidth = 31
        .Range("N:N").ColumnWidth = 41.14
        .Range("O:O").ColumnWidth = 33.86
    End With
End Sub

Note, resizingColumns routine takes parametr - worksheet to which Ranges belongs.

Basically, when you're using Range("O:O") - code operats with range from ActiveSheet, that's why you should use With ws statement and then .Range("O:O").

And there is no need to use global variables (unless you are using them somewhere else)

How to error handle 1004 Error with WorksheetFunction.VLookup?

There is a way to skip the errors inside the code and go on with the loop anyway, hope it helps:

Sub new1()

Dim wsFunc As WorksheetFunction: Set wsFunc = Application.WorksheetFunction
Dim ws As Worksheet: Set ws = Sheets(1)
Dim rngLook As Range: Set rngLook = ws.Range("A:M")

currName = "Example"
On Error Resume Next ''if error, the code will go on anyway
cellNum = wsFunc.VLookup(currName, rngLook, 13, 0)

If Err.Number <> 0 Then
''error appeared
    MsgBox "currName not found" ''optional, no need to do anything
End If

On Error GoTo 0 ''no error, coming back to default conditions

End Sub

macro for Hide rows in excel 2010

Well, you're on the right path, Benno!

There are some tips regarding VBA programming that might help you out.

  1. Use always explicit references to the sheet you want to interact with. Otherwise, Excel may 'assume' your code applies to the active sheet and eventually you'll see it screws your spreadsheet up.

  2. As lionz mentioned, get in touch with the native methods Excel offers. You might use them on most of your tricks.

  3. Explicitly declare your variables... they'll show the list of methods each object offers in VBA. It might save your time digging on the internet.

Now, let's have a draft code...

Remember this code must be within the Excel Sheet object, as explained by lionz. It only applies to Sheet 2, is up to you to adapt it to both Sheet 2 and Sheet 3 in the way you prefer.

Hope it helps!

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

    Dim oSheet As Excel.Worksheet

    'We only want to do something if the changed cell is B6, right?
    If Target.Address = "$B$6" Then

        'Checks if it's a number...
        If IsNumeric(Target.Value) Then

            'Let's avoid values out of your bonds, correct?
            If Target.Value > 0 And Target.Value < 51 Then

                'Let's assign the worksheet we'll show / hide rows to one variable and then
                '   use only the reference to the variable itself instead of the sheet name.
                '   It's safer.

                'You can alternatively replace 'sheet 2' by 2 (without quotes) which will represent
                '   the sheet index within the workbook
                Set oSheet = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet 2")

                'We'll unhide before hide, to ensure we hide the correct ones
                oSheet.Range("A7:A56").EntireRow.Hidden = False

                oSheet.Range("A" & Target.Value + 7 & ":A56").EntireRow.Hidden = True

            End If

        End If

    End If

End Sub

How to get the size of a range in Excel

The Range object has both width and height properties, which are measured in points.

Loop through each cell in a range of cells when given a Range object

I'm resurrecting the dead here, but because a range can be defined as "A:A", using a for each loop ends up with a potential infinite loop. The solution, as far as I know, is to use the Do Until loop.

Do Until Selection.Value = ""
  Rem Do things here...
Loop

How to search a string in a single column (A) in excel using VBA

Below are two methods that are superior to looping. Both handle a "no-find" case.

  1. The VBA equivalent of a normal function VLOOKUP with error-handling if the variable doesn't exist (INDEX/MATCH may be a better route than VLOOKUP, ie if your two columns A and B were in reverse order, or were far apart)
  2. VBAs FIND method (matching a whole string in column A given I use the xlWhole argument)

    Sub Method1()
    Dim strSearch As String
    Dim strOut As String
    Dim bFailed As Boolean
    
    strSearch = "trees"
    
    On Error Resume Next
    strOut = Application.WorksheetFunction.VLookup(strSearch, Range("A:B"), 2, False)
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then bFailed = True
    On Error GoTo 0
    
    If Not bFailed Then
    MsgBox "corresponding value is " & vbNewLine & strOut
    Else
    MsgBox strSearch & " not found"
    End If
    End Sub
    
    Sub Method2()
        Dim rng1 As Range
        Dim strSearch As String
        strSearch = "trees"
        Set rng1 = Range("A:A").Find(strSearch, , xlValues, xlWhole)
        If Not rng1 Is Nothing Then
            MsgBox "Find has matched " & strSearch & vbNewLine & "corresponding cell is " & rng1.Offset(0, 1)
        Else
            MsgBox strSearch & " not found"
        End If
    End Sub
    

Wait until ActiveWorkbook.RefreshAll finishes - VBA

I was having this same problem, and tried all the above solutions with no success. I finally solved the problem by deleting the entire query and creating a new one.

The new one had the exact same settings as the one that didn't work (literally the same query definition as I simply copied the old one).

I have no idea why this solved the problem, but it did.

Excel VBA calling sub from another sub with multiple inputs, outputs of different sizes

VBA subs are no macros. A VBA sub can be a macro, but it is not a must.

The term "macro" is only used for recorded user actions. from these actions a code is generated and stored in a sub. This code is simple and do not provide powerful structures like loops, for example Do .. until, for .. next, while.. do, and others.

The more elegant way is, to design and write your own VBA code without using the macro features!

VBA is a object based and event oriented language. Subs, or bette call it "sub routines", are started by dedicated events. The event can be the pressing of a button or the opening of a workbook and many many other very specific events.

If you focus to VB6 and not to VBA, then you can state, that there is always a main-window or main form. This form is started if you start the compiled executable "xxxx.exe".

In VBA you have nothing like this, but you have a XLSM file wich is started by Excel. You can attach some code to the Workbook_Open event. This event is generated, if you open your desired excel file which is called a workbook. Inside the workbook you have worksheets.

It is useful to get more familiar with the so called object model of excel. The workbook has several events and methods. Also the worksheet has several events and methods.

In the object based model you have objects, that have events and methods. methods are action you can do with a object. events are things that can happen to an object. An objects can contain another objects, and so on. You can create new objects, like sheets or charts.

How do I find the last column with data?

I know this is old, but I've tested this in many ways and it hasn't let me down yet, unless someone can tell me otherwise.

Row number

Row = ws.Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=[A1] , SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Row

Column Letter

ColumnLetter = Split(ws.Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=[A1], SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Cells.Address(1, 0), "$")(0)

Column Number

ColumnNumber = ws.Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=[A1], SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Column

VBA Subscript out of range - error 9

Option Explicit

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim mode As String
Dim RecordId As Integer
Dim Resultid As Integer
Dim sourcewb As Workbook
Dim targetwb As Workbook
Dim SourceRowCount As Long
Dim TargetRowCount As Long
Dim SrceFile As String
Dim TrgtFile As String
Dim TitleId As Integer
Dim TestPassCount As Integer
Dim TestFailCount As Integer
Dim myWorkbook1 As Workbook
Dim myWorkbook2 As Workbook


TitleId = 4
Resultid = 0

Dim FileName1, FileName2 As String
Dim Difference As Long



'TestPassCount = 0
'TestFailCount = 0

'Retrieve number of records in the TestData SpreadSheet
Dim TestDataRowCount As Integer
TestDataRowCount = Worksheets("TestData").UsedRange.Rows.Count

If (TestDataRowCount <= 2) Then
  MsgBox "No records to validate.Please provide test data in Test Data SpreadSheet"
Else
  For RecordId = 3 To TestDataRowCount
    RefreshResultSheet

    'Source File row count
    SrceFile = Worksheets("TestData").Range("D" & RecordId).Value
    Set sourcewb = Workbooks.Open(SrceFile)
    With sourcewb.Worksheets(1)
      SourceRowCount = .Cells(.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).row
      sourcewb.Close
    End With

    'Target File row count
    TrgtFile = Worksheets("TestData").Range("E" & RecordId).Value
    Set targetwb = Workbooks.Open(TrgtFile)
    With targetwb.Worksheets(1)
      TargetRowCount = .Cells(.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).row
      targetwb.Close
    End With

    ' Set Row Count Result Test data value
    TitleId = TitleId + 3
    Worksheets("Result").Range("A" & TitleId).Value = Worksheets("TestData").Range("A" & RecordId).Value

    'Compare Source and Target Row count
    Resultid = TitleId + 1
    Worksheets("Result").Range("A" & Resultid).Value = "Source and Target record Count"
    If (SourceRowCount = TargetRowCount) Then
       Worksheets("Result").Range("B" & Resultid).Value = "Passed"
       Worksheets("Result").Range("C" & Resultid).Value = "Source Row Count: " & SourceRowCount & " & " & " Target Row Count: " & TargetRowCount
       TestPassCount = TestPassCount + 1
    Else
      Worksheets("Result").Range("B" & Resultid).Value = "Failed"
      Worksheets("Result").Range("C" & Resultid).Value = "Source Row Count: " & SourceRowCount & " & " & " Target Row Count: " & TargetRowCount
      TestFailCount = TestFailCount + 1
    End If


    'For comparison of two files

    FileName1 = Worksheets("TestData").Range("D" & RecordId).Value
    FileName2 = Worksheets("TestData").Range("E" & RecordId).Value

    Set myWorkbook1 = Workbooks.Open(FileName1)
    Set myWorkbook2 = Workbooks.Open(FileName2)

    Difference = Compare2WorkSheets(myWorkbook1.Worksheets("Sheet1"), myWorkbook2.Worksheets("Sheet1"))
    myWorkbook1.Close
    myWorkbook2.Close


    'MsgBox Difference

    'Set Result of data validation in result sheet
    Resultid = Resultid + 1

    Worksheets("Result").Activate
    Worksheets("Result").Range("A" & Resultid).Value = "Data validation of source and target File"

    If Difference > 0 Then
        Worksheets("Result").Range("B" & Resultid).Value = "Failed"
        Worksheets("Result").Range("C" & Resultid).Value = Difference & " cells contains different data!"
        TestFailCount = TestFailCount + 1
    Else
      Worksheets("Result").Range("B" & Resultid).Value = "Passed"
      Worksheets("Result").Range("C" & Resultid).Value = Difference & " cells contains different data!"
      TestPassCount = TestPassCount + 1
    End If


  Next RecordId
End If

UpdateTestExecData TestPassCount, TestFailCount
End Sub

Sub RefreshResultSheet()
  Worksheets("Result").Activate
  Worksheets("Result").Range("B1:B4").Select
  Selection.ClearContents
  Worksheets("Result").Range("D1:D4").Select
  Selection.ClearContents
  Worksheets("Result").Range("B1").Value = Worksheets("Instructions").Range("D3").Value
  Worksheets("Result").Range("B2").Value = Worksheets("Instructions").Range("D4").Value
  Worksheets("Result").Range("B3").Value = Worksheets("Instructions").Range("D6").Value
  Worksheets("Result").Range("B4").Value = Worksheets("Instructions").Range("D5").Value
End Sub

Sub UpdateTestExecData(TestPassCount As Integer, TestFailCount As Integer)
  Worksheets("Result").Range("D1").Value = TestPassCount + TestFailCount
  Worksheets("Result").Range("D2").Value = TestPassCount
  Worksheets("Result").Range("D3").Value = TestFailCount
  Worksheets("Result").Range("D4").Value = ((TestPassCount / (TestPassCount + TestFailCount)))
End Sub

Hiding a sheet in Excel 2007 (with a password) OR hide VBA code in Excel

Here is what you do in Excel 2003:

  1. In your sheet of interest, go to Format -> Sheet -> Hide and hide your sheet.
  2. Go to Tools -> Protection -> Protect Workbook, make sure Structure is selected, and enter your password of choice.

Here is what you do in Excel 2007:

  1. In your sheet of interest, go to Home ribbon -> Format -> Hide & Unhide -> Hide Sheet and hide your sheet.
  2. Go to Review ribbon -> Protect Workbook, make sure Structure is selected, and enter your password of choice.

Once this is done, the sheet is hidden and cannot be unhidden without the password. Make sense?


If you really need to keep some calculations secret, try this: use Access (or another Excel workbook or some other DB of your choice) to calculate what you need calculated, and export only the "unclassified" results to your Excel workbook.

Vba macro to copy row from table if value in table meets condition

Try it like this:

Sub testIt()
Dim r As Long, endRow as Long, pasteRowIndex As Long

endRow = 10 ' of course it's best to retrieve the last used row number via a function
pasteRowIndex = 1

For r = 1 To endRow 'Loop through sheet1 and search for your criteria

    If Cells(r, Columns("B").Column).Value = "YourCriteria" Then 'Found

            'Copy the current row
            Rows(r).Select 
            Selection.Copy

            'Switch to the sheet where you want to paste it & paste
            Sheets("Sheet2").Select
            Rows(pasteRowIndex).Select
            ActiveSheet.Paste

            'Next time you find a match, it will be pasted in a new row
            pasteRowIndex = pasteRowIndex + 1


           'Switch back to your table & continue to search for your criteria
            Sheets("Sheet1").Select  
    End If
Next r
End Sub

How to I say Is Not Null in VBA

you can do like follows. Remember, IsNull is a function which returns TRUE if the parameter passed to it is null, and false otherwise.

Not IsNull(Fields!W_O_Count.Value)

How should I make my VBA code compatible with 64-bit Windows?

I've already encountered this problem on people using my in-house tools on new 64 bit machines with Office 2010.

all I had to do was change lines of code like this:

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
    (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

To This:

#If VBA7 Then
    Private Declare PtrSafe Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
        (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
#Else
    Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
        (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
#End If

You will, of course want to make sure that the library you're using is available on both machines, but so far nothing I've used has been a problem.

Note that in the old VB6, PtrSafe isn't even a valid command, so it'll appear in red as though you have a compile error, but it won't actually ever give an error because the compiler will skip the first part of the if block.

code Appearance

Applications using the above code compile and run perfectly on Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 32 and 64 bit.

Delete all duplicate rows Excel vba

The duplicate values in any column can be deleted with a simple for loop.

Sub remove()
Dim a As Long
For a = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row To 1 Step -1
If WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range("A1:A" & a), Cells(a, 1)) > 1 Then Rows(a).Delete
Next
End Sub

Open Windows Explorer and select a file

Check out this snippet:

Private Sub openDialog()
    Dim fd As Office.FileDialog

    Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)

   With fd

      .AllowMultiSelect = False

      ' Set the title of the dialog box.
      .Title = "Please select the file."

      ' Clear out the current filters, and add our own.
      .Filters.Clear
      .Filters.Add "Excel 2003", "*.xls"
      .Filters.Add "All Files", "*.*"

      ' Show the dialog box. If the .Show method returns True, the
      ' user picked at least one file. If the .Show method returns
      ' False, the user clicked Cancel.
      If .Show = True Then
        txtFileName = .SelectedItems(1) 'replace txtFileName with your textbox

      End If
   End With
End Sub

I think this is what you are asking for.

Excel VBA: function to turn activecell to bold

I use

            chartRange = xlWorkSheet.Rows[1];
            chartRange.Font.Bold = true;

to turn the first-row-cells-font into bold. And it works, and I am using also Excel 2007.

You can call in VBA directly

            ActiveCell.Font.Bold = True

With this code I create a timestamp in the active cell, with bold font and yellow background

           Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
               ActiveCell.Value = Now()
               ActiveCell.Font.Bold = True
               ActiveCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 6
           End Sub

Autonumber value of last inserted row - MS Access / VBA

This is an adaptation from my code for you. I was inspired from developpez.com (Look in the page for : "Pour insérer des données, vaut-il mieux passer par un RecordSet ou par une requête de type INSERT ?"). They explain (with a little French). This way is much faster than the one upper. In the example, this way was 37 times faster. Try it.

Const tableName As String = "InvoiceNumbers"
Const columnIdName As String = "??"
Const columnDateName As String = "date"

Dim rsTable As DAO.recordSet
Dim recordId as long

Set rsTable = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(tableName)
Call rsTable .AddNew
recordId = CLng(rsTable (columnIdName)) ' Save your Id in a variable
rsTable (columnDateName) = Now()        ' Store your data
rsTable .Update

recordSet.Close

LeCygne

VBA Macro to compare all cells of two Excel files

A very simple check you can do with Cell formulas:

Sheet 1 (new - old)

=(if(AND(Ref_New<>"";Ref_Old="");Ref_New;"")

Sheet 2 (old - new)

=(if(AND(Ref_Old<>"";Ref_New="");Ref_Old;"")

This formulas should work for an ENGLISH Excel. For other languages they need to be translated. (For German i can assist)

You need to open all three Excel Documents, then copy the first formula into A1 of your sheet 1 and the second into A1 of sheet 2. Now click in A1 of the first cell and mark "Ref_New", now you can select your reference, go to the new file and click in the A1, go back to sheet1 and do the same for "Ref_Old" with the old file. Replace also the other "Ref_New".

Doe the same for Sheet two.

Now copy the formaula form A1 over the complete range where zour data is in the old and the new file.

But two cases are not covered here:

  1. In the compared cell of New and Old is the same data (Resulting Cell will be empty)
  2. In the compared cell of New and Old is diffe data (Resulting Cell will be empty)

To cover this two cases also, you should create your own function, means learn VBA. A very useful Excel page is cpearson.com

Requery a subform from another form?

All your controls are belong to us!

Fionnuala answered this correctly but skimmers like me would find it easy to miss the point.

You don't refresh the subFORM you refresh the subform CONTROL. In fact, if you check with allforms() the subForm isn't even loaded as far as access is concerned.

On the main form look at the label the subform wizard provided or select the subform by clicking once or on the border around it and look at the "caption" in the "Other" tab in properties. That's the name you use for requerying, not the name of the form that appears in the navigation panel.

In my case I had a subform called frmInvProdSub and I tried for many hours to figure out why Access didn't think it existed. I gave up, deleted the form and re-created it. The very last step is telling it what you want to call the control so I called it frmInvProdSub and finished the wizard. Then I tried and voila, it worked!

When I looked at the form name in the navigation window I realized I'd forgotten to put "Sub" in the name! That's when it clicked. The CONTROL is called frmInvProdSub, not the form and using the control name works.

Of course if both names are identical then you didn't have this problem lol.

Copy Paste Values only( xlPasteValues )

Personally, I would shorten it a touch too if all you need is the columns:

For i = LBound(arr1) To UBound(arr1)
    Sheets("SheetA").Columns(arr1(i)).Copy
    Sheets("SheetB").Columns(arr2(i)).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
Next

as from this code snippet, there isnt much point in lastrow or firstrowDB

Using Excel VBA to export data to MS Access table

@Ahmed

Below is code that specifies fields from a named range for insertion into MS Access. The nice thing about this code is that you can name your fields in Excel whatever the hell you want (If you use * then the fields have to match exactly between Excel and Access) as you can see I have named an Excel column "Haha" even though the Access column is called "dte".

Sub test()
    dbWb = Application.ActiveWorkbook.FullName
    dsh = "[" & Application.ActiveSheet.Name & "$]" & "Data2"  'Data2 is a named range


sdbpath = "C:\Users\myname\Desktop\Database2.mdb"
sCommand = "INSERT INTO [main] ([dte], [test1], [values], [values2]) SELECT [haha],[test1],[values],[values2] FROM [Excel 8.0;HDR=YES;DATABASE=" & dbWb & "]." & dsh

Dim dbCon As New ADODB.Connection
Dim dbCommand As New ADODB.Command

dbCon.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & sdbpath & "; Jet OLEDB:Database Password=;"
dbCommand.ActiveConnection = dbCon

dbCommand.CommandText = sCommand
dbCommand.Execute

dbCon.Close


End Sub

How to clear memory to prevent "out of memory error" in excel vba?

Found this thread looking for a solution to my problem. Mine required a different solution that I figured out that might be of use to others. My macro was deleting rows, shifting up, and copying rows to another worksheet. Memory usage was exploding to several gigs and causing "out of memory" after processing around only 4000 records. What solved it for me?

application.screenupdating = false

Added that at the beginning of my code (be sure to make it true again, at the end) I knew that would make it run faster, which it did.. but had no idea about the memory thing.

After making this small change the memory usage didn't exceed 135 mb. Why did that work? No idea really. But it's worth a shot and might apply to you.

Reference excel worksheet by name?

The best way is to create a variable of type Worksheet, assign the worksheet and use it every time the VBA would implicitly use the ActiveSheet.

This will help you avoid bugs that will eventually show up when your program grows in size.

For example something like Range("A1:C10").Sort Key1:=Range("A2") is good when the macro works only on one sheet. But you will eventually expand your macro to work with several sheets, find out that this doesn't work, adjust it to ShTest1.Range("A1:C10").Sort Key1:=Range("A2")... and find out that it still doesn't work.

Here is the correct way:

Dim ShTest1 As Worksheet
Set ShTest1 = Sheets("Test1")
ShTest1.Range("A1:C10").Sort Key1:=ShTest1.Range("A2")

Saving an Excel sheet in a current directory with VBA

Taking this one step further, to save a file to a relative directory, you can use the replace function. Say you have your workbook saved in: c:\property\california\sacramento\workbook.xlsx, use this to move the property to berkley:

workBookPath = Replace(ActiveWorkBook.path, "sacramento", "berkley")
myWorkbook.SaveAs(workBookPath & "\" & "newFileName.xlsx"

Only works if your file structure contains one instance of the text used to replace. YMMV.

Checking if a worksheet-based checkbox is checked

Is this what you are trying?

Sub Sample()
    Dim cb As Shape

    Set cb = ActiveSheet.Shapes("Check Box 1")

    If cb.OLEFormat.Object.Value = 1 Then
        MsgBox "Checkbox is Checked"
    Else
        MsgBox "Checkbox is not Checked"
    End If
End Sub

Replace Activesheet with the relevant sheetname. Also replace Check Box 1 with the relevant checkbox name.

How to Add Date Picker To VBA UserForm

Just throw some light in to some issues related to this control.

Date picker is not a standard control that comes with office package. So developers encountered issues like missing date picker controls when application deployed in some other machiens/versions of office. In order to use it you have to activate the reference to the .dll, .ocx file that contains it.

In the event of a missing date picker, you have to replace MSCOMCT2.OCX file in System or System32 directory and register it properly. Try this link to do the proper replacement of the file.

In the VBA editor menu bar-> select tools-> references and then find the date picker reference and check it.

If you need the file, download MSCOMCT2.OCX from here.

Excel how to find values in 1 column exist in the range of values in another

This is what you need:

 =NOT(ISERROR(MATCH(<cell in col A>,<column B>, 0)))  ## pseudo code

For the first cell of A, this would be:

 =NOT(ISERROR(MATCH(A2,$B$2:$B$5, 0)))

Enter formula (and drag down) as follows:

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You will get:

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How do I put double quotes in a string in vba?

I prefer the answer of tabSF . implementing the same to your answer. here below is my approach

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value = "=IF(Sheet1!A1=0," & CHR(34) & CHR(34) & ",Sheet1!A1)"

How do I declare an array variable in VBA?

The Array index only accepts a long value.

You declared iCounter as an integer. You should declare it as a long.

How to clear the entire array?

i fell into a case where clearing the entire array failed with dim/redim :

having 2 module-wide arrays, Private inside a userform,

One array is dynamic and uses a class module, the other is fixed and has a special type.

Option Explicit

Private Type Perso_Type
   Nom As String
   PV As Single 'Long 'max 1
   Mana As Single 'Long
   Classe1 As String
   XP1 As Single
   Classe2 As String
   XP2 As Single
   Classe3 As String
   XP3 As Single
   Classe4 As String
   XP4 As Single
   Buff(1 To 10) As IPicture 'Disp
   BuffType(1 To 10) As String
   Dances(1 To 10) As IPicture 'Disp
   DancesType(1 To 10) As String
End Type

Private Data_Perso(1 To 9, 1 To 8) As Perso_Type

Dim ImgArray() As New ClsImage 'ClsImage is a Class module

And i have a sub declared as public to clear those arrays (and associated run-time created controls) from inside and outside the userform like this :

Public Sub EraseControlsCreatedAtRunTime()
Dim i As Long
On Error Resume Next
With Me.Controls 'removing all on run-time created controls of the Userform :
    For i = .Count - 1 To 0 Step -1 
        .Remove i
    Next i
End With
Err.Clear: On Error GoTo 0

Erase ImgArray, Data_Perso
'ReDim ImgArray() As ClsImage ' i tried this, no error but wouldn't work correctly
'ReDim Data_Perso(1 To 9, 1 To 8) As Perso_Type 'without the erase not working, with erase this line is not needed.
End Sub

note : this last sub was first called from outside (other form and class module) with Call FormName.SubName but had to replace it with Application.Run FormName.SubName , less errors, don't ask why...

Row count on the Filtered data

Rowz = Application.WorksheetFunction.Subtotal(2, Range("A2:A" & Rows(Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row))

How can I URL encode a string in Excel VBA?

Same as WorksheetFunction.EncodeUrl with UTF-8 support:

Public Function EncodeURL(url As String) As String
  Dim buffer As String, i As Long, c As Long, n As Long
  buffer = String$(Len(url) * 12, "%")

  For i = 1 To Len(url)
    c = AscW(Mid$(url, i, 1)) And 65535

    Select Case c
      Case 48 To 57, 65 To 90, 97 To 122, 45, 46, 95  ' Unescaped 0-9A-Za-z-._ '
        n = n + 1
        Mid$(buffer, n) = ChrW(c)
      Case Is <= 127            ' Escaped UTF-8 1 bytes U+0000 to U+007F '
        n = n + 3
        Mid$(buffer, n - 1) = Right$(Hex$(256 + c), 2)
      Case Is <= 2047           ' Escaped UTF-8 2 bytes U+0080 to U+07FF '
        n = n + 6
        Mid$(buffer, n - 4) = Hex$(192 + (c \ 64))
        Mid$(buffer, n - 1) = Hex$(128 + (c Mod 64))
      Case 55296 To 57343       ' Escaped UTF-8 4 bytes U+010000 to U+10FFFF '
        i = i + 1
        c = 65536 + (c Mod 1024) * 1024 + (AscW(Mid$(url, i, 1)) And 1023)
        n = n + 12
        Mid$(buffer, n - 10) = Hex$(240 + (c \ 262144))
        Mid$(buffer, n - 7) = Hex$(128 + ((c \ 4096) Mod 64))
        Mid$(buffer, n - 4) = Hex$(128 + ((c \ 64) Mod 64))
        Mid$(buffer, n - 1) = Hex$(128 + (c Mod 64))
      Case Else                 ' Escaped UTF-8 3 bytes U+0800 to U+FFFF '
        n = n + 9
        Mid$(buffer, n - 7) = Hex$(224 + (c \ 4096))
        Mid$(buffer, n - 4) = Hex$(128 + ((c \ 64) Mod 64))
        Mid$(buffer, n - 1) = Hex$(128 + (c Mod 64))
    End Select
  Next

  EncodeURL = Left$(buffer, n)
End Function

Excel 2010: how to use autocomplete in validation list

Building on the answer of JMax, use this formula for the dynamic named range to make the solution work for multiple rows:

=OFFSET(Sheet2!$A$1,MATCH(INDIRECT("Sheet1!"&ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN(),4))&"*",Sheet2!$A$1:$A$300,0)-1,0,COUNTA(Sheet2!$A:$A))

VBA Convert String to Date

Looks like it could be throwing the error on the empty data row, have you tried to just make sure itemDate isn't empty before you run the CDate() function? I think this might be your problem.

Conditionally formatting cells if their value equals any value of another column

All you need to do for that is a simple loop.
This doesn't handle testing for lower case, upper-case mismatch. If this isn't exactly what you are looking for, comment, and I can revise.

If you are planning to learn VBA. This is a great start.

TESTED:

Sub MatchAndColor()

Dim lastRow As Long
Dim sheetName As String

    sheetName = "Sheet1"            'Insert your sheet name here
    lastRow = Sheets(sheetName).Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

    For lRow = 2 To lastRow         'Loop through all rows

        If Sheets(sheetName).Cells(lRow, "A") = Sheets(sheetName).Cells(lRow, "B") Then
            Sheets(sheetName).Cells(lRow, "A").Interior.ColorIndex = 3  'Set Color to RED
        End If

    Next lRow

End Sub

EXAMPLE

EXCEL VBA, inserting blank row and shifting cells

Sub Addrisk()

Dim rActive As Range
Dim Count_Id_Column as long

Set rActive = ActiveCell

Application.ScreenUpdating = False

with thisworkbook.sheets(1) 'change to "sheetname" or sheetindex
    for i = 1 to .range("A1045783").end(xlup).row
        if 'something'  = 'something' then
            .range("A" & i).EntireRow.Copy 'add thisworkbook.sheets(index_of_sheet) if you copy from another sheet
            .range("A" & i).entirerow.insert shift:= xldown 'insert and shift down, can also use xlup
            .range("A" & i + 1).EntireRow.paste 'paste is all, all other defs are less.
            'change I to move on to next row (will get + 1 end of iteration)
            i = i + 1
        end if

            On Error Resume Next
                .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants).ClearContents
            On Error GoTo 0

        End With
    next i
End With

Application.CutCopyMode = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True 're-enable screen updates

End Sub

VBA: How to display an error message just like the standard error message which has a "Debug" button?

This answer does not address the Debug button (you'd have to design a form and use the buttons on that to do something like the method in your next question). But it does address this part:

now I don't want to lose the comfortableness of the default handler which also point me to the exact line where the error has occured.

First, I'll assume you don't want this in production code - you want it either for debugging or for code you personally will be using. I use a compiler flag to indicate debugging; then if I'm troubleshooting a program, I can easily find the line that's causing the problem.

# Const IsDebug = True

Sub ProcA()
On Error Goto ErrorHandler
' Main code of proc

ExitHere:
    On Error Resume Next
    ' Close objects and stuff here
    Exit Sub

ErrorHandler:
    MsgBox Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description, , ThisWorkbook.Name & ": ProcA"
    #If IsDebug Then
        Stop            ' Used for troubleshooting - Then press F8 to step thru code 
        Resume          ' Resume will take you to the line that errored out
    #Else
        Resume ExitHere ' Exit procedure during normal running
    #End If
End Sub

Note: the exception to Resume is if the error occurs in a sub-procedure without an error handling routine, then Resume will take you to the line in this proc that called the sub-procedure with the error. But you can still step into and through the sub-procedure, using F8 until it errors out again. If the sub-procedure's too long to make even that tedious, then your sub-procedure should probably have its own error handling routine.

There are multiple ways to do this. Sometimes for smaller programs where I know I'm gonna be stepping through it anyway when troubleshooting, I just put these lines right after the MsgBox statement:

    Resume ExitHere         ' Normally exits during production
    Resume                  ' Never will get here
Exit Sub

It will never get to the Resume statement, unless you're stepping through and set it as the next line to be executed, either by dragging the next statement pointer to that line, or by pressing CtrlF9 with the cursor on that line.

Here's an article that expands on these concepts: Five tips for handling errors in VBA. Finally, if you're using VBA and haven't discovered Chip Pearson's awesome site yet, he has a page explaining Error Handling In VBA.

lists and arrays in VBA

You will have to change some of your data types but the basics of what you just posted could be converted to something similar to this given the data types I used may not be accurate.

Dim DateToday As String: DateToday = Format(Date, "yyyy/MM/dd")
Dim Computers As New Collection
Dim disabledList As New Collection
Dim compArray(1 To 1) As String

'Assign data to first item in array
compArray(1) = "asdf"

'Format = Item, Key
Computers.Add "ErrorState", "Computer Name"

'Prints "ErrorState"
Debug.Print Computers("Computer Name")

Collections cannot be sorted so if you need to sort data you will probably want to use an array.

Here is a link to the outlook developer reference. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff866465%28v=office.14%29.aspx

Another great site to help you get started is http://www.cpearson.com/Excel/Topic.aspx

Moving everything over to VBA from VB.Net is not going to be simple since not all the data types are the same and you do not have the .Net framework. If you get stuck just post the code you're stuck converting and you will surely get some help!

Edit:

Sub ArrayExample()
    Dim subject As String
    Dim TestArray() As String
    Dim counter As Long

    subject = "Example"
    counter = Len(subject)

    ReDim TestArray(1 To counter) As String

    For counter = 1 To Len(subject)
        TestArray(counter) = Right(Left(subject, counter), 1)
    Next
End Sub

VBA: How to delete filtered rows in Excel?

As an alternative to using UsedRange or providing an explicit range address, the AutoFilter.Range property can also specify the affected range.

ActiveSheet.AutoFilter.Range.Offset(1,0).Rows.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Delete(xlShiftUp)

As used here, Offset causes the first row after the AutoFilter range to also be deleted. In order to avoid that, I would try using .Resize() after .Offset().

How do I get the old value of a changed cell in Excel VBA?

Just a thought, but Have you tried using application.undo

This will set the values back again. You can then simply read the original value. It should not be too difficult to store the new values first, so you change them back again if you like.

Excel VBA Code: Compile Error in x64 Version ('PtrSafe' attribute required)

I think all you need to do for your function is just add PtrSafe: i.e. the first line of your first function should look like this:

Private Declare PtrSafe Function swe_azalt Lib "swedll32.dll" ......

Selecting non-blank cells in Excel with VBA

The following VBA code should get you started. It will copy all of the data in the original workbook to a new workbook, but it will have added 1 to each value, and all blank cells will have been ignored.

Option Explicit

Public Sub exportDataToNewBook()
    Dim rowIndex As Integer
    Dim colIndex As Integer
    Dim dataRange As Range
    Dim thisBook As Workbook
    Dim newBook As Workbook
    Dim newRow As Integer
    Dim temp

    '// set your data range here
    Set dataRange = Sheet1.Range("A1:B100")

    '// create a new workbook
    Set newBook = Excel.Workbooks.Add

    '// loop through the data in book1, one column at a time
    For colIndex = 1 To dataRange.Columns.Count
        newRow = 0
        For rowIndex = 1 To dataRange.Rows.Count
            With dataRange.Cells(rowIndex, colIndex)

            '// ignore empty cells
            If .value <> "" Then
                newRow = newRow + 1
                temp = doSomethingWith(.value)
                newBook.ActiveSheet.Cells(newRow, colIndex).value = temp
                End If

            End With
        Next rowIndex
    Next colIndex
End Sub


Private Function doSomethingWith(aValue)

    '// This is where you would compute a different value
    '// for use in the new workbook
    '// In this example, I simply add one to it.
    aValue = aValue + 1

    doSomethingWith = aValue
End Function

Get the content of a sharepoint folder with Excel VBA

Use the UNC path rather than HTTP. This code works:

Public Sub ListFiles()
    Dim folder As folder
    Dim f As File
    Dim fs As New FileSystemObject
    Dim RowCtr As Integer

    RowCtr = 1
    Set folder = fs.GetFolder("\\SharePointServer\Path\MorePath\DocumentLibrary\Folder")
    For Each f In folder.Files
       Cells(RowCtr, 1).Value = f.Name
       RowCtr = RowCtr + 1
    Next f
End Sub

To get the UNC path to use, go into the folder in the document library, drop down the Actions menu and choose Open in Windows Explorer. Copy the path you see there and use that.

In VBA get rid of the case sensitivity when comparing words?

You can convert both the values to lower case and compare.

Here is an example:

If LCase(Range("J6").Value) = LCase("Tawi") Then
   Range("J6").Value = "Tawi-Tawi"
End If

Export pictures from excel file into jpg using VBA

Dim filepath as string
Sheets("Sheet 1").ChartObjects("Chart 1").Chart.Export filepath & "Name.jpg"

Slimmed down the code to the absolute minimum if needed.

When should an Excel VBA variable be killed or set to Nothing?

VB6/VBA uses deterministic approach to destoying objects. Each object stores number of references to itself. When the number reaches zero, the object is destroyed.

Object variables are guaranteed to be cleaned (set to Nothing) when they go out of scope, this decrements the reference counters in their respective objects. No manual action required.

There are only two cases when you want an explicit cleanup:

  1. When you want an object to be destroyed before its variable goes out of scope (e.g., your procedure is going to take long time to execute, and the object holds a resource, so you want to destroy the object as soon as possible to release the resource).

  2. When you have a circular reference between two or more objects.

    If objectA stores a references to objectB, and objectB stores a reference to objectA, the two objects will never get destroyed unless you brake the chain by explicitly setting objectA.ReferenceToB = Nothing or objectB.ReferenceToA = Nothing.

The code snippet you show is wrong. No manual cleanup is required. It is even harmful to do a manual cleanup, as it gives you a false sense of more correct code.

If you have a variable at a class level, it will be cleaned/destroyed when the class instance is destructed. You can destroy it earlier if you want (see item 1.).

If you have a variable at a module level, it will be cleaned/destroyed when your program exits (or, in case of VBA, when the VBA project is reset). You can destroy it earlier if you want (see item 1.).

Access level of a variable (public vs. private) does not affect its life time.

IIS7: A process serving application pool 'YYYYY' suffered a fatal communication error with the Windows Process Activation Service

When I had this problem, I installed 'Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2015' from MSDN. I attached my local VS to the server to debug.

I appreciate that some folks may not have the ability to either install on or access other servers, but I thought I'd throw it out there as an option.

Hashset vs Treeset

import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;

public class HashTreeSetCompare {

    //It is generally faster to add elements to the HashSet and then
    //convert the collection to a TreeSet for a duplicate-free sorted
    //Traversal.

    //really? 
    O(Hash + tree set) > O(tree set) ??
    Really???? Why?



    public static void main(String args[]) {

        int size = 80000;
        useHashThenTreeSet(size);
        useTreeSetOnly(size);

    }

    private static void useTreeSetOnly(int size) {

        System.out.println("useTreeSetOnly: ");
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        Set<String> sortedSet = new TreeSet<String>();

        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            sortedSet.add(i + "");
        }

        //System.out.println(sortedSet);
        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();

        System.out.println("useTreeSetOnly: " + (end - start));
    }

    private static void useHashThenTreeSet(int size) {

        System.out.println("useHashThenTreeSet: ");
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>();

        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            set.add(i + "");
        }

        Set<String> sortedSet = new TreeSet<String>(set);
        //System.out.println(sortedSet);
        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();

        System.out.println("useHashThenTreeSet: " + (end - start));
    }
}

How can I pipe stderr, and not stdout?

I try follow, find it work as well,

command > /dev/null 2>&1 | grep 'something'

Replace X-axis with own values

Not sure if it's what you mean, but you can do this:

plot(1:10, xaxt = "n", xlab='Some Letters')
axis(1, at=1:10, labels=letters[1:10])

which then gives you the graph:

enter image description here

Getting the "real" Facebook profile picture URL from graph API

ImageView user_picture;
userpicture=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.userpicture);
URL img_value = null;
img_value = new URL("http://graph.facebook.com/"+id+"/picture?type=large");
Bitmap mIcon1 = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(img_value.openConnection().getInputStream());
userpicture.setImageBitmap(mIcon1);

Where ID is one your profile ID.

How do I remove a single breakpoint with GDB?

Use:

clear fileName:lineNum   // Removes all breakpoints at the specified line.
delete breakpoint number // Delete one breakpoint whose number is 'number'

How do I provide a username and password when running "git clone [email protected]"?

Based on Michael Scharf's comment:

You can leave out the password so that it won't be logged in your Bash history file:

git clone https://[email protected]/username/repository.git

It will prompt you for your password.

Alternatively, you may use:

git clone https://username:[email protected]/username/repository.git

This way worked for me from a GitHub repository.

Comparing strings, c++

Regarding the question,

can someone explain why the compare() function exists if a comparison can be made using simple operands?

Relative to < and ==, the compare function is conceptually simpler and in practice it can be more efficient since it avoids two comparisons per item for ordinary ordering of items.


As an example of simplicity, for small integer values you can write a compare function like this:

auto compare( int a, int b ) -> int { return a - b; }

which is highly efficient.

Now for a structure

struct Foo
{
    int a;
    int b;
    int c;
};

auto compare( Foo const& x, Foo const& y )
    -> int
{
    if( int const r = compare( x.a, y.a ) ) { return r; }
    if( int const r = compare( x.b, y.b ) ) { return r; }
    return compare( x.c, y.c );
}

Trying to express this lexicographic compare directly in terms of < you wind up with horrendous complexity and inefficiency, relatively speaking.


With C++11, for the simplicity alone ordinary less-than comparison based lexicographic compare can be very simply implemented in terms of tuple comparison.

What is the height of Navigation Bar in iOS 7?

There is a difference between the navigation bar and the status bar. The confusing part is that it looks like one solid feature at the top of the screen, but the areas can actually be separated into two distinct views; a status bar and a navigation bar. The status bar spans from y=0 to y=20 points and the navigation bar spans from y=20 to y=64 points. So the navigation bar (which is where the page title and navigation buttons go) has a height of 44 points, but the status bar and navigation bar together have a total height of 64 points.

Here is a great resource that addresses this question along with a number of other sizing idiosyncrasies in iOS7: http://ivomynttinen.com/blog/the-ios-7-design-cheat-sheet/

How to safely open/close files in python 2.4

Here is example given which so how to use open and "python close

from sys import argv
script,filename=argv
txt=open(filename)
print "filename %r" %(filename)
print txt.read()
txt.close()
print "Change the file name"
file_again=raw_input('>')
print "New file name %r" %(file_again)
txt_again=open(file_again)
print txt_again.read()
txt_again.close()

It's necessary to how many times you opened file have to close that times.

How to give a Linux user sudo access?

Edit /etc/sudoers file either manually or using the visudo application. Remember: System reads /etc/sudoers file from top to the bottom, so you could overwrite a particular setting by putting the next one below. So to be on the safe side - define your access setting at the bottom.

Regex not operator

You could capture the (2001) part and replace the rest with nothing.

public static string extractYearString(string input) {
    return input.replaceAll(".*\(([0-9]{4})\).*", "$1");
}

var subject = "(2001) (asdf) (dasd1123_asd 21.01.2011 zqge)(dzqge) name (20019)";
var result = extractYearString(subject);
System.out.println(result); // <-- "2001"

.*\(([0-9]{4})\).* means

  • .* match anything
  • \( match a ( character
  • ( begin capture
  • [0-9]{4} any single digit four times
  • ) end capture
  • \) match a ) character
  • .* anything (rest of string)

Int to Char in C#

(char)myint;

for example:

Console.WriteLine("(char)122 is {0}", (char)122);

yields:

(char)122 is z

How to get current date & time in MySQL?

If you make change default value to CURRENT_TIMESTAMP it is more effiency,

ALTER TABLE servers MODIFY COLUMN network_shares datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;

Exporting the values in List to excel

Fast way - ArrayToExcel (github)

byte[] excel = myList.ToExcel();
File.WriteAllBytes("result.xlsx", excel);

What does question mark and dot operator ?. mean in C# 6.0?

It's the null conditional operator. It basically means:

"Evaluate the first operand; if that's null, stop, with a result of null. Otherwise, evaluate the second operand (as a member access of the first operand)."

In your example, the point is that if a is null, then a?.PropertyOfA will evaluate to null rather than throwing an exception - it will then compare that null reference with foo (using string's == overload), find they're not equal and execution will go into the body of the if statement.

In other words, it's like this:

string bar = (a == null ? null : a.PropertyOfA);
if (bar != foo)
{
    ...
}

... except that a is only evaluated once.

Note that this can change the type of the expression, too. For example, consider FileInfo.Length. That's a property of type long, but if you use it with the null conditional operator, you end up with an expression of type long?:

FileInfo fi = ...; // fi could be null
long? length = fi?.Length; // If fi is null, length will be null

how to count the spaces in a java string?

The code you provided would print the number of tabs, not the number of spaces. The below function should count the number of whitespace characters in a given string.

int countSpaces(String string) {
    int spaces = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
        spaces += (Character.isWhitespace(string.charAt(i))) ? 1 : 0;
    }
    return spaces;
}

HTML SELECT - Change selected option by VALUE using JavaScript

If you are using jQuery:

$('#sel').val('bike');

CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed iOS 9

This error was showing up in the logs sometimes when I was using a buggy/crashy Cordova iOS version. It went away when I upgraded or downgraded cordova iOS.

The server I was connecting to was using TLSv1.2 SSL so I knew that was not the problem.

Laravel Advanced Wheres how to pass variable into function?

You can pass variables using this...

$status =1;
 $info = JOBS::where(function($query) use ($status){        
         $query->where('status',$status);
         })->get();
print_r($info);

cout is not a member of std

Also remember that it must be:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>

and not the other way around

#include <iostream>
#include "stdafx.h"

Unnamed/anonymous namespaces vs. static functions

Having learned of this feature only just now while reading your question, I can only speculate. This seems to provide several advantages over a file-level static variable:

  • Anonymous namespaces can be nested within one another, providing multiple levels of protection from which symbols can not escape.
  • Several anonymous namespaces could be placed in the same source file, creating in effect different static-level scopes within the same file.

I'd be interested in learning if anyone has used anonymous namespaces in real code.

C++ - How to append a char to char*?

The function name does not reflect the semantic of the function. In fact you do not append a character. You create a new character array that contains the original array plus the given character. So if you indeed need a function that appends a character to a character array I would write it the following way

bool AppendCharToCharArray( char *array, size_t n, char c )
{
    size_t sz = std::strlen( array );

    if ( sz + 1 < n ) 
    {
        array[sz] = c;
        array[sz + 1] = '\0';
    }       

    return ( sz + 1 < n );
} 

If you need a function that will contain a copy of the original array plus the given character then it could look the following way

char * CharArrayPlusChar( const char *array, char c )
{
    size_t sz = std::strlen( array );
    char *s = new char[sz + 2];

    std::strcpy( s, array );
    s[sz] = c;
    s[sz + 1] = '\0';

    return ( s );
} 

What are the differences between ArrayList and Vector?

Differences

  • Vectors are synchronized, ArrayLists are not.
  • Data Growth Methods

Use ArrayLists if there is no specific requirement to use Vectors.

Synchronization

If multiple threads access an ArrayList concurrently then we must externally synchronize the block of code which modifies the list either structurally or simply modifies an element. Structural modification means addition or deletion of element(s) from the list. Setting the value of an existing element is not a structural modification.

Collections.synchronizedList is normally used at the time of creation of the list to avoid any accidental unsynchronized access to the list.

Reference

Data growth

Internally, both the ArrayList and Vector hold onto their contents using an Array. When an element is inserted into an ArrayList or a Vector, the object will need to expand its internal array if it runs out of room. A Vector defaults to doubling the size of its array, while the ArrayList increases its array size by 50 percent.

Reference

Elegant ways to support equivalence ("equality") in Python classes

You don't have to override both __eq__ and __ne__ you can override only __cmp__ but this will make an implication on the result of ==, !==, < , > and so on.

is tests for object identity. This means a is b will be True in the case when a and b both hold the reference to the same object. In python you always hold a reference to an object in a variable not the actual object, so essentially for a is b to be true the objects in them should be located in the same memory location. How and most importantly why would you go about overriding this behaviour?

Edit: I didn't know __cmp__ was removed from python 3 so avoid it.

Which @NotNull Java annotation should I use?

Eclipse has also its own annotations.

org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull

See at http://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT_Core/Null_Analysis for details.

How to combine 2 plots (ggplot) into one plot?

Creating a single combined plot with your current data set up would look something like this

p <- ggplot() +
      # blue plot
      geom_point(data=visual1, aes(x=ISSUE_DATE, y=COUNTED)) + 
      geom_smooth(data=visual1, aes(x=ISSUE_DATE, y=COUNTED), fill="blue",
        colour="darkblue", size=1) +
      # red plot
      geom_point(data=visual2, aes(x=ISSUE_DATE, y=COUNTED)) + 
      geom_smooth(data=visual2, aes(x=ISSUE_DATE, y=COUNTED), fill="red",
        colour="red", size=1)

however if you could combine the data sets before plotting then ggplot will automatically give you a legend, and in general the code looks a bit cleaner

visual1$group <- 1
visual2$group <- 2

visual12 <- rbind(visual1, visual2)

p <- ggplot(visual12, aes(x=ISSUE_DATE, y=COUNTED, group=group, col=group, fill=group)) +
      geom_point() +
      geom_smooth(size=1)

How to open this .DB file?

I don't think there is a way to tell which program to use from just the .db extension. It could even be an encrypted database which can't be opened. You can MS Access, or a sqlite manager.

Edit: Try to rename the file to .txt and open it with a text editor. The first couple of words in the file could tell you the DB Type.

If it is a SQLite database, it will start with "SQLite format 3"

Java 8 Stream and operation on arrays

Be careful if you have to deal with large numbers.

int[] arr = new int[]{Integer.MIN_VALUE, Integer.MIN_VALUE};
long sum = Arrays.stream(arr).sum(); // Wrong: sum == 0

The sum above is not 2 * Integer.MIN_VALUE. You need to do this in this case.

long sum = Arrays.stream(arr).mapToLong(Long::valueOf).sum(); // Correct

Pandas: rolling mean by time interval

I just had the same question but with irregularly spaced datapoints. Resample is not really an option here. So I created my own function. Maybe it will be useful for others too:

from pandas import Series, DataFrame
import pandas as pd
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import numpy as np

def rolling_mean(data, window, min_periods=1, center=False):
    ''' Function that computes a rolling mean

    Parameters
    ----------
    data : DataFrame or Series
           If a DataFrame is passed, the rolling_mean is computed for all columns.
    window : int or string
             If int is passed, window is the number of observations used for calculating 
             the statistic, as defined by the function pd.rolling_mean()
             If a string is passed, it must be a frequency string, e.g. '90S'. This is
             internally converted into a DateOffset object, representing the window size.
    min_periods : int
                  Minimum number of observations in window required to have a value.

    Returns
    -------
    Series or DataFrame, if more than one column    
    '''
    def f(x):
        '''Function to apply that actually computes the rolling mean'''
        if center == False:
            dslice = col[x-pd.datetools.to_offset(window).delta+timedelta(0,0,1):x]
                # adding a microsecond because when slicing with labels start and endpoint
                # are inclusive
        else:
            dslice = col[x-pd.datetools.to_offset(window).delta/2+timedelta(0,0,1):
                         x+pd.datetools.to_offset(window).delta/2]
        if dslice.size < min_periods:
            return np.nan
        else:
            return dslice.mean()

    data = DataFrame(data.copy())
    dfout = DataFrame()
    if isinstance(window, int):
        dfout = pd.rolling_mean(data, window, min_periods=min_periods, center=center)
    elif isinstance(window, basestring):
        idx = Series(data.index.to_pydatetime(), index=data.index)
        for colname, col in data.iterkv():
            result = idx.apply(f)
            result.name = colname
            dfout = dfout.join(result, how='outer')
    if dfout.columns.size == 1:
        dfout = dfout.ix[:,0]
    return dfout


# Example
idx = [datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 0),
       datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 1),
       datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 1, 30),
       datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 2),
       datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 4),
       datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 5),
       datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 5, 10),
       datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 6),
       datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 8),
       datetime(2011, 2, 7, 0, 9)]
idx = pd.Index(idx)
vals = np.arange(len(idx)).astype(float)
s = Series(vals, index=idx)
rm = rolling_mean(s, window='2min')

How to change shape color dynamically?

The simplest way to fill the shape with the Radius is:

XML:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView"
    android:background="@drawable/test"
    android:layout_height="45dp"
    android:layout_width="100dp"
    android:text="Moderate"/>

Java:

(textView.getBackground()).setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#FFDE03"), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);

Send raw ZPL to Zebra printer via USB

ZPL is the correct way to go. In most cases it is correct to use a driver that abstracts to GDI commands; however Zebra label printers are a special case. The best way to print to a Zebra printer is to generate ZPL directly. Note that the actual printer driver for a Zebra printer is a "plain text" printer - there is not a "driver" that could be updated or changed in the sense we think of most printers having drivers. It's just a driver in the absolute minimalist sense.

How to calculate sum of a formula field in crystal Reports?

The only reason that I know of why a formula wouldn't be available to summarize on is if it didn't reference any database fields or whose value wasn't dynamic throughout sections of the report. For example, if you have a formula that returns a constant it won't be available. Or if it only references a field that is set throughout the report and returns a value based on that field, like "if {parameter}=1 then 1" would not be available either.

In general, the formula's value should not be static through the sections of the report you're summarizing over (Though the way Crystal determines this is beyond me and this doesn't seem to be a hard and fast rule)

EDIT: One other reason why a formula wouldn't be available is if you're already using a summary function in that formula. Only one level of summaries at a time!

Type datetime for input parameter in procedure

In this part of your SP:

IF @DateFirst <> '' and @DateLast <> ''
   set @FinalSQL  = @FinalSQL
       + '  or convert (Date,DateLog) >=     ''' + @DateFirst
       + ' and convert (Date,DateLog) <=''' + @DateLast  

you are trying to concatenate strings and datetimes.

As the datetime type has higher priority than varchar/nvarchar, the + operator, when it happens between a string and a datetime, is interpreted as addition, not as concatenation, and the engine then tries to convert your string parts (' or convert (Date,DateLog) >= ''' and others) to datetime or numeric values. And fails.

That doesn't happen if you omit the last two parameters when invoking the procedure, because the condition evaluates to false and the offending statement isn't executed.

To amend the situation, you need to add explicit casting of your datetime variables to strings:

set @FinalSQL  = @FinalSQL
    + '  or convert (Date,DateLog) >=     ''' + convert(date, @DateFirst)
    + ' and convert (Date,DateLog) <=''' + convert(date, @DateLast)

You'll also need to add closing single quotes:

set @FinalSQL  = @FinalSQL
    + '  or convert (Date,DateLog) >=     ''' + convert(date, @DateFirst) + ''''
    + ' and convert (Date,DateLog) <=''' + convert(date, @DateLast) + ''''

Fatal error: Call to a member function bind_param() on boolean

Sometimes explicitly stating your table column names (especially in an insert query) may help. For example, the query:

INSERT INTO tableName(param1, param2, param3) VALUES(?, ?, ?)

may work better as opposed to:

INSERT INTO tableName VALUES(?, ?, ?)

Can I use Class.newInstance() with constructor arguments?

Do not use Class.newInstance(); see this thread: Why is Class.newInstance() evil?

Like other answers say, use Constructor.newInstance() instead.

Testing if value is a function

Well, "return valid();" is a string, so that's correct.

If you want to check if it has a function attached instead, you could try this:

formId.onsubmit = function (){ /* */ }

if(typeof formId.onsubmit == "function"){
  alert("it's a function!");
}

Invoke a second script with arguments from a script

Invoke-Expression should work perfectly, just make sure you are using it correctly. For your case it should look like this:

Invoke-Expression "$scriptPath $argumentList"

I tested this approach with Get-Service and seems to be working as expected.

How to add a bot to a Telegram Group?

Edit: now there is yet an easier way to do this - when creating your group, just mention the full bot name (eg. @UniversalAgent1Bot) and it will list it as you type. Then you can just tap on it to add it.

Old answer:

  1. Create a new group from the menu. Don't add any bots yet
  2. Find the bot (for instance you can go to Contacts and search for it)
  3. Tap to open
  4. Tap the bot name on the top bar. Your page becomes like this: Telegram bot settings
  5. Now, tap the triple ... and you will get the Add to Group button: Adding the bot
  6. Now select your group and add the bot - and confirm the addition

How to access URL segment(s) in blade in Laravel 5?

An easy way to get the first or last segment, in case you are unsure of the path length.

$segments = request()->segments();
$last  = end($segments);
$first = reset($segments);

How to copy a char array in C?

You cannot assign arrays, the names are constants that cannot be changed.

You can copy the contents, with:

strcpy(array2, array1);

assuming the source is a valid string and that the destination is large enough, as in your example.

Must JDBC Resultsets and Statements be closed separately although the Connection is closed afterwards?

If you want more compact code, I suggest using Apache Commons DbUtils. In this case:

Connection conn = null;
PreparedStatement stmt = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
try {
    conn = // Retrieve connection
    stmt = conn.prepareStatement(// Some SQL);
    rs = stmt.executeQuery();
} catch(Exception e) {
    // Error Handling
} finally {
    DbUtils.closeQuietly(rs);
    DbUtils.closeQuietly(stmt);
    DbUtils.closeQuietly(conn);
}

Removing duplicates in the lists

Reduce variant with ordering preserve:

Assume that we have list:

l = [5, 6, 6, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4]

Reduce variant (unefficient):

>>> reduce(lambda r, v: v in r and r or r + [v], l, [])
[5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4]

5 x faster but more sophisticated

>>> reduce(lambda r, v: v in r[1] and r or (r[0].append(v) or r[1].add(v)) or r, l, ([], set()))[0]
[5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4]

Explanation:

default = (list(), set())
# user list to keep order
# use set to make lookup faster

def reducer(result, item):
    if item not in result[1]:
        result[0].append(item)
        result[1].add(item)
    return result

reduce(reducer, l, default)[0]

What are the main differences between JWT and OAuth authentication?

TL;DR If you have very simple scenarios, like a single client application, a single API then it might not pay off to go OAuth 2.0, on the other hand, lots of different clients (browser-based, native mobile, server-side, etc) then sticking to OAuth 2.0 rules might make it more manageable than trying to roll your own system.


As stated in another answer, JWT (Learn JSON Web Tokens) is just a token format, it defines a compact and self-contained mechanism for transmitting data between parties in a way that can be verified and trusted because it is digitally signed. Additionally, the encoding rules of a JWT also make these tokens very easy to use within the context of HTTP.

Being self-contained (the actual token contains information about a given subject) they are also a good choice for implementing stateless authentication mechanisms (aka Look mum, no sessions!). When going this route and the only thing a party must present to be granted access to a protected resource is the token itself, the token in question can be called a bearer token.

In practice, what you're doing can already be classified as based on bearer tokens. However, do consider that you're not using bearer tokens as specified by the OAuth 2.0 related specs (see RFC 6750). That would imply, relying on the Authorization HTTP header and using the Bearer authentication scheme.

Regarding the use of the JWT to prevent CSRF without knowing exact details it's difficult to ascertain the validity of that practice, but to be honest it does not seem correct and/or worthwhile. The following article (Cookies vs Tokens: The Definitive Guide) may be a useful read on this subject, particularly the XSS and XSRF Protection section.

One final piece of advice, even if you don't need to go full OAuth 2.0, I would strongly recommend on passing your access token within the Authorization header instead of going with custom headers. If they are really bearer tokens, follow the rules of RFC 6750. If not, you can always create a custom authentication scheme and still use that header.

Authorization headers are recognized and specially treated by HTTP proxies and servers. Thus, the usage of such headers for sending access tokens to resource servers reduces the likelihood of leakage or unintended storage of authenticated requests in general, and especially Authorization headers.

(source: RFC 6819, section 5.4.1)

AngularJS not detecting Access-Control-Allow-Origin header?

I just ran into this problem today. It turned out that a bug on the server (null pointer exception) was causing it to fail in creating a response, yet it still generated an HTTP status code of 200. Because of the 200 status code, Chrome expected a valid response. The first thing that Chrome did was to look for the 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header, which it did not find. Chrome then cancelled the request, and Angular gave me an error. The bug during processing the POST request is the reason why the OPTIONS would succeed, but the POST would fail.

In short, if you see this error, it may be that your server didn't return any headers at all in response to the POST request.

Trim spaces from end of a NSString

The solution is described here: How to remove whitespace from right end of NSString?

Add the following categories to NSString:

- (NSString *)stringByTrimmingTrailingCharactersInSet:(NSCharacterSet *)characterSet {
    NSRange rangeOfLastWantedCharacter = [self rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[characterSet invertedSet]
                                                               options:NSBackwardsSearch];
    if (rangeOfLastWantedCharacter.location == NSNotFound) {
        return @"";
    }
    return [self substringToIndex:rangeOfLastWantedCharacter.location+1]; // non-inclusive
}

- (NSString *)stringByTrimmingTrailingWhitespaceAndNewlineCharacters {
    return [self stringByTrimmingTrailingCharactersInSet:
            [NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
}

And you use it as such:

[yourNSString stringByTrimmingTrailingWhitespaceAndNewlineCharacters]

WPF Databinding: How do I access the "parent" data context?

You could try something like this:

...Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, 
AncestorType={x:Type Window}}, Path=DataContext.AllowItemCommand}" ...

PHP memcached Fatal error: Class 'Memcache' not found

There are two extensions for memcached in PHP, "memcache" and "memcached".

It looks like you're trying to use one ("memcache"), but the other is installed ("memcached").

Pip error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required

I got this error when I tried to install pymssql even though Visual C++ 2015 (14.0) is installed in my system.

I resolved this error by downloading the .whl file of pymssql from here.

Once downloaded, it can be installed by the following command :

pip install python_package.whl

Hope this helps

What is the best JavaScript code to create an img element

Just for the sake of completeness, I would suggest using the InnerHTML way as well - even though I would not call it the best way...

document.getElementById("image-holder").innerHTML = "<img src='image.png' alt='The Image' />";

By the way, innerHTML is not that bad

Java recursive Fibonacci sequence

There are 2 issues with your code:

  1. The result is stored in int which can handle only a first 48 fibonacci numbers, after this the integer fill minus bit and result is wrong.
  2. But you never can run fibonacci(50).
    The code
    fibonacci(n - 1) + fibonacci(n - 2)
    is very wrong.
    The problem is that the it calls fibonacci not 50 times but much more.
    At first it calls fibonacci(49)+fibonacci(48),
    next fibonacci(48)+fibonacci(47) and fibonacci(47)+fibonacci(46)
    Each time it became fibonacci(n) worse, so the complexity is exponential. enter image description here

The approach to non-recursive code:

 double fibbonaci(int n){
    double prev=0d, next=1d, result=0d;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        result=prev+next;
        prev=next;
        next=result;
    }
    return result;
}

Eclipse Workspaces: What for and why?

Basically the scope of workspace(s) is divided in two points.

First point (and primary) is the eclipse it self and is related with the settings and metadata configurations (plugin ctr). Each time you create a project, eclipse collects all the configurations and stores them on that workspace and if somehow in the same workspace a conflicting project is present you might loose some functionality or even stability of eclipse it self.

And second (secondary) the point of development strategy one can adopt. Once the primary scope is met (and mastered) and there's need for further adjustments regarding project relations (as libraries, perspectives ctr) then initiate separate workspace(s) could be appropriate based on development habits or possible language/frameworks "behaviors". DLTK for examples is a beast that should be contained in a separate cage. Lots of complains at forums for it stopped working (properly or not at all) and suggested solution was to clean the settings of the equivalent plugin from the current workspace.

Personally, I found myself lean more to language distinction when it comes to separate workspaces which is relevant to known issues that comes with the current state of the plugins are used. Preferably I keep them in the minimum numbers as this is leads to less frustration when the projects are become... plenty and version control is not the only version you keep your projects. Finally, loading speed and performance is an issue that might come up if lots of (unnecessary) plugins are loaded due to presents of irrelevant projects. Bottom line; there is no one solution to every one, no master blue print that solves the issue. It's something that grows with experience, Less is more though!

How to disable textbox from editing?

        textBox1.Enabled = false;

"false" property will make the text box disable. and "true" will make it in regular form. Thanks.

How to get list of all installed packages along with version in composer?

List installed dependencies:

  • Flat: composer show -i
  • Tree: composer show -i -t

-i short for --installed.

-t short for --tree.

ref: https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#show

How do I convert a list into a string with spaces in Python?

I'll throw this in as an alternative just for the heck of it, even though it's pretty much useless when compared to " ".join(my_list) for strings. For non-strings (such as an array of ints) this may be better:

" ".join(str(item) for item in my_list)

How to use MySQL DECIMAL?

Although the answers above seems correct, just a simple explanation to give you an idea of how it works.

Suppose that your column is set to be DECIMAL(13,4). This means that the column will have a total size of 13 digits where 4 of these will be used for precision representation.

So, in summary, for that column you would have a max value of: 999999999.9999

jQuery: Check if button is clicked

$('#btn1, #btn2').click(function() {
    let clickedButton = $(this).attr('id');
    console.log(clickedButton);
});

How to pass a callback as a parameter into another function

Also, could be simple as:

if( typeof foo == "function" )
    foo();

how to set radio button checked in edit mode in MVC razor view

Here is the code for get value of checked radio button and set radio button checked according to it's value in edit form:

Controller:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(FormCollection collection)
{
    try
    {
        CommonServiceReference.tbl_user user = new CommonServiceReference.tbl_user();
        user.user_gender = collection["rdbtnGender"];
        return RedirectToAction("Index");
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        throw e;
    }
}

public ActionResult Edit(int id)
{
    CommonServiceReference.ViewUserGroup user = clientObj.getUserById(id);
    ViewBag.UserObj = user;
    return View();
}

VIEW:

Create:

<input type="radio" id="rdbtnGender1" name="rdbtnGender" value="Male" required>
<label for="rdbtnGender1">MALE</label>
<input type="radio" id="rdbtnGender2" name="rdbtnGender" value="Female" required>
<label  for="rdbtnGender2">FEMALE</label>

Edit:

<input type="radio" id="rdbtnGender1" name="rdbtnGender" value="Male" @(ViewBag.UserObj.user_gender == "Male" ? "checked='true'" : "") required>
<label for="rdbtnGender1">MALE</label>

<input type="radio" id="rdbtnGender2" name="rdbtnGender" value="Female" @(ViewBag.UserObj.user_gender == "Female" ? "checked='true'" : "") required>
<label for="rdbtnGender2">FEMALE</label>

Bootstrap 3 offset on right not left

I modified Bootstrap SASS (v3.3.5) based on Rukshan's answer

Add this in the end of the calc-grid-column mixin in mixins/_grid-framework.scss, right below the $type == offset if condition.

@if ($type == offset-right) {
      .col-#{$class}-offset-right-#{$index} {
          margin-right: percentage(($index / $grid-columns));
      }
  }

Modify the make-grid mixin in mixins/_grid-framework.scss to generate the offset-right classes.

// Create grid for specific class
@mixin make-grid($class) {
  @include float-grid-columns($class);
  @include loop-grid-columns($grid-columns, $class, width);
  @include loop-grid-columns($grid-columns, $class, pull);
  @include loop-grid-columns($grid-columns, $class, push);
  @include loop-grid-columns($grid-columns, $class, offset);
  @include loop-grid-columns($grid-columns, $class, offset-right);
}

You can then use the classes like col-sm-offset-right-2 and col-md-offset-right-1

How to access a RowDataPacket object

going off of jan's answer of shallow-copying the object, another clean implementation using map function,

High level of what this solution does: iterate through all the rows and copy the rows as valid js objects.

// function  will be used on every row returned by the query
const objectifyRawPacket = row => ({...row});

// iterate over all items and convert the raw packet row -> js object
const convertedResponse = results.map(objectifyRawPacket);

We leveraged the array map function: it will go over every item in the array, use the item as input to the function, and insert the output of the function into the array you're assigning.

more specifically on the objectifyRawPacket function: each time it's called its seeing the "{ RawDataPacket }" from the source array. These objects act a lot like normal objects - the "..." (spread) operator copies items from the array after the periods - essentially copying the items into the object it's being called in.

The parens around the spread operator on the function are necessary to implicitly return an object from an arrow function.

Setting default permissions for newly created files and sub-directories under a directory in Linux?

in your shell script (or .bashrc) you may use somthing like:

umask 022

umask is a command that determines the settings of a mask that controls how file permissions are set for newly created files.

Waiting till the async task finish its work

I think the easiest way is to create an interface to get the data from onpostexecute and run the Ui from interface :

Create an Interface :

public interface AsyncResponse {
    void processFinish(String output);
}

Then in asynctask

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String data) {
    delegate.processFinish(data);
}

Then in yout main activity

@Override
public void processFinish(String data) {
     // do things

}

How to use CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX

But do remember to place it BEFORE PROJECT(< project_name>) command, otherwise it will not work!

My first week of using cmake - after some years of GNU autotools - so I am still learning (better then writing m4 macros), but I think modifying CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX after setting project is the better place.

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)

set (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /foo/bar/bubba)
message("CIP = ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} (should be /foo/bar/bubba")
project (BarkBark)
message("CIP = ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} (should be /foo/bar/bubba")
set (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /foo/bar/bubba)
message("CIP = ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} (should be /foo/bar/bubba")

First run (no cache)

CIP = /foo/bar/bubba (should be /foo/bar/bubba
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.4.7
-- etc, etc,...
CIP = /usr/local (should be /foo/bar/bubba
CIP = /foo/bar/bubba (should be /foo/bar/bubba
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done

Second run

CIP = /foo/bar/bubba (should be /foo/bar/bubba
CIP = /foo/bar/bubba (should be /foo/bar/bubba
CIP = /foo/bar/bubba (should be /foo/bar/bubba
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done

Let me know if I am mistaken, I have a lot of learning to do. It's fun.

Embed Youtube video inside an Android app

Refer to this answer: How can we play YouTube embeded code in an Android application using webview?

It uses WebViews and loads an iframe in it... and yes it works.

Custom Authentication in ASP.Net-Core

Creating custom authentication in ASP.NET Core can be done in a variety of ways. If you want to build off existing components (but don't want to use identity), checkout the "Security" category of docs on docs.asp.net. https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/security/index.html

Some articles you might find helpful:

Using Cookie Middleware without ASP.NET Identity

Custom Policy-Based Authorization

And of course, if that fails or docs aren't clear enough, the source code is at https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/tree/master/src/Security which includes some samples.

How to take off line numbers in Vi?

set number set nonumber

DO work inside .vimrc and make sure you DO NOT precede commands in .vimrc with :

Why doesn't list have safe "get" method like dictionary?

This works if you want the first element, like my_list.get(0)

>>> my_list = [1,2,3]
>>> next(iter(my_list), 'fail')
1
>>> my_list = []
>>> next(iter(my_list), 'fail')
'fail'

I know it's not exactly what you asked for but it might help others.

Reference requirements.txt for the install_requires kwarg in setuptools setup.py file

Cross posting my answer from this SO question for another simple, pip version proof solution.

try:  # for pip >= 10
    from pip._internal.req import parse_requirements
    from pip._internal.download import PipSession
except ImportError:  # for pip <= 9.0.3
    from pip.req import parse_requirements
    from pip.download import PipSession

requirements = parse_requirements(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'requirements.txt'), session=PipSession())

if __name__ == '__main__':
    setup(
        ...
        install_requires=[str(requirement.req) for requirement in requirements],
        ...
    )

Then just throw in all your requirements under requirements.txt under project root directory.

Execution order of events when pressing PrimeFaces p:commandButton

It failed because you used ajax="false". This fires a full synchronous request which in turn causes a full page reload, causing the oncomplete to be never fired (note that all other ajax-related attributes like process, onstart, onsuccess, onerror and update are also never fired).

That it worked when you removed actionListener is also impossible. It should have failed the same way. Perhaps you also removed ajax="false" along it without actually understanding what you were doing. Removing ajax="false" should indeed achieve the desired requirement.


Also is it possible to execute actionlistener and oncomplete simultaneously?

No. The script can only be fired before or after the action listener. You can use onclick to fire the script at the moment of the click. You can use onstart to fire the script at the moment the ajax request is about to be sent. But they will never exactly simultaneously be fired. The sequence is as follows:

  • User clicks button in client
  • onclick JavaScript code is executed
  • JavaScript prepares ajax request based on process and current HTML DOM tree
  • onstart JavaScript code is executed
  • JavaScript sends ajax request from client to server
  • JSF retrieves ajax request
  • JSF processes the request lifecycle on JSF component tree based on process
  • actionListener JSF backing bean method is executed
  • action JSF backing bean method is executed
  • JSF prepares ajax response based on update and current JSF component tree
  • JSF sends ajax response from server to client
  • JavaScript retrieves ajax response
    • if HTTP response status is 200, onsuccess JavaScript code is executed
    • else if HTTP response status is 500, onerror JavaScript code is executed
  • JavaScript performs update based on ajax response and current HTML DOM tree
  • oncomplete JavaScript code is executed

Note that the update is performed after actionListener, so if you were using onclick or onstart to show the dialog, then it may still show old content instead of updated content, which is poor for user experience. You'd then better use oncomplete instead to show the dialog. Also note that you'd better use action instead of actionListener when you intend to execute a business action.

See also:

How to implement a FSM - Finite State Machine in Java

I design & implemented a simple finite state machine example with java.

IFiniteStateMachine: The public interface to manage the finite state machine
such as add new states to the finite state machine or transit to next states by
specific actions.

interface IFiniteStateMachine {
    void setStartState(IState startState);

    void setEndState(IState endState);

    void addState(IState startState, IState newState, Action action);

    void removeState(String targetStateDesc);

    IState getCurrentState();

    IState getStartState();

    IState getEndState();

    void transit(Action action);
}

IState: The public interface to get state related info
such as state name and mappings to connected states.

interface IState {
    // Returns the mapping for which one action will lead to another state
    Map<String, IState> getAdjacentStates();

    String getStateDesc();

    void addTransit(Action action, IState nextState);

    void removeTransit(String targetStateDesc);
}

Action: the class which will cause the transition of states.

public class Action {
    private String mActionName;

    public Action(String actionName) {
        mActionName = actionName;
    }

    String getActionName() {
        return mActionName;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return mActionName;
    }

}

StateImpl: the implementation of IState. I applied data structure such as HashMap to keep Action-State mappings.

public class StateImpl implements IState {
    private HashMap<String, IState> mMapping = new HashMap<>();
    private String mStateName;

    public StateImpl(String stateName) {
        mStateName = stateName;
    }

    @Override
    public Map<String, IState> getAdjacentStates() {
        return mMapping;
    }

    @Override
    public String getStateDesc() {
        return mStateName;
    }

    @Override
    public void addTransit(Action action, IState state) {
        mMapping.put(action.toString(), state);
    }

    @Override
    public void removeTransit(String targetStateDesc) {
        // get action which directs to target state
        String targetAction = null;
        for (Map.Entry<String, IState> entry : mMapping.entrySet()) {
            IState state = entry.getValue();
            if (state.getStateDesc().equals(targetStateDesc)) {
                targetAction = entry.getKey();
            }
        }
        mMapping.remove(targetAction);
    }

}

FiniteStateMachineImpl: Implementation of IFiniteStateMachine. I use ArrayList to keep all the states.

public class FiniteStateMachineImpl implements IFiniteStateMachine {
    private IState mStartState;
    private IState mEndState;
    private IState mCurrentState;
    private ArrayList<IState> mAllStates = new ArrayList<>();
    private HashMap<String, ArrayList<IState>> mMapForAllStates = new HashMap<>();

    public FiniteStateMachineImpl(){}
    @Override
    public void setStartState(IState startState) {
        mStartState = startState;
        mCurrentState = startState;
        mAllStates.add(startState);
        // todo: might have some value
        mMapForAllStates.put(startState.getStateDesc(), new ArrayList<IState>());
    }

    @Override
    public void setEndState(IState endState) {
        mEndState = endState;
        mAllStates.add(endState);
        mMapForAllStates.put(endState.getStateDesc(), new ArrayList<IState>());
    }

    @Override
    public void addState(IState startState, IState newState, Action action) {
        // validate startState, newState and action

        // update mapping in finite state machine
        mAllStates.add(newState);
        final String startStateDesc = startState.getStateDesc();
        final String newStateDesc = newState.getStateDesc();
        mMapForAllStates.put(newStateDesc, new ArrayList<IState>());
        ArrayList<IState> adjacentStateList = null;
        if (mMapForAllStates.containsKey(startStateDesc)) {
            adjacentStateList = mMapForAllStates.get(startStateDesc);
            adjacentStateList.add(newState);
        } else {
            mAllStates.add(startState);
            adjacentStateList = new ArrayList<>();
            adjacentStateList.add(newState);
        }
        mMapForAllStates.put(startStateDesc, adjacentStateList);

        // update mapping in startState
        for (IState state : mAllStates) {
            boolean isStartState = state.getStateDesc().equals(startState.getStateDesc());
            if (isStartState) {
                startState.addTransit(action, newState);
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void removeState(String targetStateDesc) {
        // validate state
        if (!mMapForAllStates.containsKey(targetStateDesc)) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Don't have state: " + targetStateDesc);
        } else {
            // remove from mapping
            mMapForAllStates.remove(targetStateDesc);
        }

        // update all state
        IState targetState = null;
        for (IState state : mAllStates) {
            if (state.getStateDesc().equals(targetStateDesc)) {
                targetState = state;
            } else {
                state.removeTransit(targetStateDesc);
            }
        }

        mAllStates.remove(targetState);

    }

    @Override
    public IState getCurrentState() {
        return mCurrentState;
    }

    @Override
    public void transit(Action action) {
        if (mCurrentState == null) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Please setup start state");
        }
        Map<String, IState> localMapping = mCurrentState.getAdjacentStates();
        if (localMapping.containsKey(action.toString())) {
            mCurrentState = localMapping.get(action.toString());
        } else {
            throw new RuntimeException("No action start from current state");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public IState getStartState() {
        return mStartState;
    }

    @Override
    public IState getEndState() {
        return mEndState;
    }
}

example:

public class example {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Finite state machine!!!");
        IState startState = new StateImpl("start");
        IState endState = new StateImpl("end");
        IFiniteStateMachine fsm = new FiniteStateMachineImpl();
        fsm.setStartState(startState);
        fsm.setEndState(endState);
        IState middle1 = new StateImpl("middle1");
        middle1.addTransit(new Action("path1"), endState);
        fsm.addState(startState, middle1, new Action("path1"));
        System.out.println(fsm.getCurrentState().getStateDesc());
        fsm.transit(new Action(("path1")));
        System.out.println(fsm.getCurrentState().getStateDesc());
        fsm.addState(middle1, endState, new Action("path1-end"));
        fsm.transit(new Action(("path1-end")));
        System.out.println(fsm.getCurrentState().getStateDesc());
        fsm.addState(endState, middle1, new Action("path1-end"));
    }

}

Full example on Github

How do I wrap text in a span?

You should use white-space with display table

Example:
    legend {
        display:table; /* Enable line-wrapping in IE8+ */
        white-space:normal; /* Enable line-wrapping in old versions of some other browsers */
    }

S3 limit to objects in a bucket

It looks like the limit has changed. You can store 5TB for a single object.

The total volume of data and number of objects you can store are unlimited. Individual Amazon S3 objects can range in size from a minimum of 0 bytes to a maximum of 5 terabytes. The largest object that can be uploaded in a single PUT is 5 gigabytes. For objects larger than 100 megabytes, customers should consider using the Multipart Upload capability.

http://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/#How_much_data_can_I_store

Align printf output in Java

A simple solution that springs to mind is to have a String block of spaces:

String indent = "                  "; // 20 spaces.

When printing out a string, compute the actual indent and add it to the end:

String output = "Newspaper";
output += indent.substring(0, indent.length - output.length);

This will mediate the number of spaces to the string, and put them all in the same column.

How to validate an email address using a regular expression?

^[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*\.(([0-9]{1,3})|([a-zA-Z]{2,3})|(aero|coop|info|museum|name))$

This matches 99.99% of email addresses, including some of the newer top-level-domain extensions, such as info, museum, name, etc. It also allows for emails tied directly to IP addresses.

Get an object's class name at runtime

Solution using Decorators that survives minification/uglification

We use code generation to decorate our Entity classes with metadata like so:

@name('Customer')
export class Customer {
  public custId: string;
  public name: string;
}

Then consume with the following helper:

export const nameKey = Symbol('name');

/**
 * To perserve class name though mangling.
 * @example
 * @name('Customer')
 * class Customer {}
 * @param className
 */
export function name(className: string): ClassDecorator {
  return (Reflect as any).metadata(nameKey, className);
}

/**
 * @example
 * const type = Customer;
 * getName(type); // 'Customer'
 * @param type
 */
export function getName(type: Function): string {
  return (Reflect as any).getMetadata(nameKey, type);
}

/**
 * @example
 * const instance = new Customer();
 * getInstanceName(instance); // 'Customer'
 * @param instance
 */
export function getInstanceName(instance: Object): string {
  return (Reflect as any).getMetadata(nameKey, instance.constructor);
}

Extra info:

  • You may need to install reflect-metadata
  • reflect-metadata is pollyfill written by members ot TypeScript for the proposed ES7 Reflection API
  • The proposal for decorators in JS can be tracked here

Query to list all stored procedures

Try this codeplex link, this utility help to localize all stored procedure from sql database.

https://exportmssqlproc.codeplex.com/

Username and password in https url

When you put the username and password in front of the host, this data is not sent that way to the server. It is instead transformed to a request header depending on the authentication schema used. Most of the time this is going to be Basic Auth which I describe below. A similar (but significantly less often used) authentication scheme is Digest Auth which nowadays provides comparable security features.

With Basic Auth, the HTTP request from the question will look something like this:

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Authorization: Basic Zm9vOnBhc3N3b3Jk

The hash like string you see there is created by the browser like this: base64_encode(username + ":" + password).

To outsiders of the HTTPS transfer, this information is hidden (as everything else on the HTTP level). You should take care of logging on the client and all intermediate servers though. The username will normally be shown in server logs, but the password won't. This is not guaranteed though. When you call that URL on the client with e.g. curl, the username and password will be clearly visible on the process list and might turn up in the bash history file.

When you send passwords in a GET request as e.g. http://example.com/login.php?username=me&password=secure the username and password will always turn up in server logs of your webserver, application server, caches, ... unless you specifically configure your servers to not log it. This only applies to servers being able to read the unencrypted http data, like your application server or any middleboxes such as loadbalancers, CDNs, proxies, etc. though.

Basic auth is standardized and implemented by browsers by showing this little username/password popup you might have seen already. When you put the username/password into an HTML form sent via GET or POST, you have to implement all the login/logout logic yourself (which might be an advantage and allows you to more control over the login/logout flow for the added "cost" of having to implement this securely again). But you should never transfer usernames and passwords by GET parameters. If you have to, use POST instead. The prevents the logging of this data by default.

When implementing an authentication mechanism with a user/password entry form and a subsequent cookie-based session as it is commonly used today, you have to make sure that the password is either transported with POST requests or one of the standardized authentication schemes above only.

Concluding I could say, that transfering data that way over HTTPS is likely safe, as long as you take care that the password does not turn up in unexpected places. But that advice applies to every transfer of any password in any way.

Ignoring a class property in Entity Framework 4.1 Code First

As of EF 5.0, you need to include the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema namespace.

PHP Connection failed: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused

I found the reason why the connection was not working, it was because the connection was trying to connect to port 8888, when it needed to connect to port 8889.

$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;port=8889;dbname=AppDatabase", $username, $password); 

This fixed the problem, although changing the server name to localhost still gives the error.

Connection failed: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory

But it connects successfully when the IP address is entered for the server name.

Keep placeholder text in UITextField on input in IOS

Instead of using the placeholder text, you'll want to set the actual text property of the field to MM/YYYY, set the delegate of the text field and listen for this method:

- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string {     // update the text of the label } 

Inside that method, you can figure out what the user has typed as they type, which will allow you to update the label accordingly.

python - if not in list

How about this?

for item in mylist:
    if item in checklist:
        pass
    else:
       # do something
       print item

Is it a bad practice to use an if-statement without curly braces?

Having the braces right from the first moment should help to prevent you from ever having to debug this:

if (statement)
     do this;
else
     do this;
     do that;

What is the difference between x86 and x64

x86 is a family of backward-compatible instruction set architectures based on the Intel 8086 CPU and its Intel 8088 variant.

An instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model of a computer. It is also referred to as architecture or computer architecture.

A realization of an ISA is called an implementation. An ISA permits multiple implementations that may vary in performance, physical size, and monetary cost (among other things); because the ISA serves as the interface between software and hardware.

Software that has been written for an ISA can run on different implementations of the same ISA (Exp: 32bit or 64bit). This has enabled binary compatibility between different generations of computers to be easily achieved, and the development of computer families.

Both of these developments have helped to lower the cost of computers and to increase their applicability. For these reasons, the ISA is one of the most important abstractions in computing today.

The CodeDom provider type "Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.CSharpCodeProvider" could not be located

In my case, I got the error when I had my Web Application in 4.5.2 and the referenced class libaries in 4.6.1. When I updated the Web Application to 4.5.2 version the error went away.

How to hide the soft keyboard from inside a fragment?

Use this static method, from anywhere (Activity / Fragment) you like.

public static void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
    try{
        InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) activity
                .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        View currentFocusedView = activity.getCurrentFocus();
        if (currentFocusedView != null) {
            inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(currentFocusedView.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
        }
    }catch (Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

If you want to use for fragment just call hideKeyboard(((Activity) getActivity())).

how to print json data in console.log

I used '%j' option in console.log to print JSON objects

console.log("%j", jsonObj);

Call a function on click event in Angular 2

Exact transfer to Angular2+ is as below:

<button (click)="myFunc()"></button>

also in your component file:

import { Component, OnInit } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  templateUrl:"button.html" //this is the component which has the above button html
})

export class App implements OnInit{
  constructor(){}

  ngOnInit(){

  }

  myFunc(){
    console.log("function called");
  }
}

No value accessor for form control with name: 'recipient'

You should add the ngDefaultControl attribute to your input like this:

<md-input
    [(ngModel)]="recipient"
    name="recipient"
    placeholder="Name"
    class="col-sm-4"
    (blur)="addRecipient(recipient)"
    ngDefaultControl>
</md-input>

Taken from comments in this post:

angular2 rc.5 custom input, No value accessor for form control with unspecified name

Note: For later versions of @angular/material:

Nowadays you should instead write:

<md-input-container>
    <input
        mdInput
        [(ngModel)]="recipient"
        name="recipient"
        placeholder="Name"
        (blur)="addRecipient(recipient)">
</md-input-container>

See https://material.angular.io/components/input/overview

How to run DOS/CMD/Command Prompt commands from VB.NET?

You Can try This To Run Command Then cmd Exits

Process.Start("cmd", "/c YourCode")

You Can try This To Run The Command And Let cmd Wait For More Commands

Process.Start("cmd", "/k YourCode")

Android ListView not refreshing after notifyDataSetChanged

Try this

@Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
items.clear();
items = dbHelper.getItems(); //reload the items from database
adapter = new ItemAdapter(getActivity(), items);//reload the items from database
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}

How can I change default dialog button text color in android 5

Using styles.xml (value)

Very Easy solution , change colorPrimary as your choice and it will change color of button text of alert box.

<style name="MyAlertDialogStyle" parent="android:Theme.Material.Dialog.Alert">


        <!-- Used for the buttons -->
        <item name="colorAccent">@android:color/white</item>
        <!-- Used for the title and text -->
        <item name="android:textColorPrimary">@color/black</item>

        <!-- Used for the background -->
        <item name="android:background">#ffffff</item>
        <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/white</item>
        <item name="android:colorAccent">@color/white</item>
        <item name="android:windowEnterAnimation">@anim/bottom_left_enter</item>
    </style>

Alternative (Using Java)

 @SuppressLint("ResourceAsColor")
            public boolean onJsAlert(WebView view, String url, String message, final JsResult result) {

                AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(view.getContext(), R.style.MyAlertDialogStyle)

                        .setTitle("Royal Frolics")
                        .setIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher)
                        .setMessage(message)
                        .setPositiveButton("OK", (dialog1, which) -> {
                            //do nothing
                            result.confirm();
                        }).create();

                Objects.requireNonNull(dialog.getWindow()).getAttributes().windowAnimations = R.style.MyAlertDialogStyle;
                dialog.show();
                
                dialog.getButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setTextColor(R.color.white);
                return true;

            }

Node.js on multi-core machines

I'm using Node worker to run processes in a simple way from my main process. Seems to be working great while we wait for the official way to come around.

SSIS package creating Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Login timeout expired" error

I had a similar error..This might be due to two reasons. a) If you have used variables, re-evaluate the expressions in which variables are used and make sure the expression is evaluated without errors. b) If you are deleting the excel sheet and creating excel sheet on the fly in your package.

Javascript .querySelector find <div> by innerTEXT

Since you have asked it in javascript so you can have something like this

function contains(selector, text) {
  var elements = document.querySelectorAll(selector);
  return Array.prototype.filter.call(elements, function(element){
    return RegExp(text).test(element.textContent);
  });
}

And then call it like this

contains('div', 'sometext'); // find "div" that contain "sometext"
contains('div', /^sometext/); // find "div" that start with "sometext"
contains('div', /sometext$/i); // find "div" that end with "sometext", case-insensitive

How to locate the Path of the current project directory in Java (IDE)?

This is the new way to do it:

Path root = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("").toAbsolutePath();
Path filePath = Paths.get(root.toString(),"src", "main", "resources", fileName);

Or even better:

Path root = Paths.get(".").normalize().toAbsolutePath();

But I would take it one step further:

public String getUsersProjectRootDirectory() {
    String envRootDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
    Path rootDIr = Paths.get(".").normalize().toAbsolutePath();
    if ( rootDir.startsWith(envRootDir) ) {
        return rootDir;
    } else {
        throw new RuntimeException("Root dir not found in user directory.");
    }
}

Uploading file using POST request in Node.js

Looks like you're already using request module.

in this case all you need to post multipart/form-data is to use its form feature:

var req = request.post(url, function (err, resp, body) {
  if (err) {
    console.log('Error!');
  } else {
    console.log('URL: ' + body);
  }
});
var form = req.form();
form.append('file', '<FILE_DATA>', {
  filename: 'myfile.txt',
  contentType: 'text/plain'
});

but if you want to post some existing file from your file system, then you may simply pass it as a readable stream:

form.append('file', fs.createReadStream(filepath));

request will extract all related metadata by itself.

For more information on posting multipart/form-data see node-form-data module, which is internally used by request.

How can I Convert HTML to Text in C#?

In Genexus You can made with Regex

&pattern = '<[^>]+>'

&TSTRPNOT=&TSTRPNOT.ReplaceRegEx(&pattern,"")

In Genexus possiamo gestirlo con Regex,

how to copy only the columns in a DataTable to another DataTable?

Datatable.Clone is slow for large tables. I'm currently using this:

Dim target As DataTable = 
    New DataView(source, "1=2", Nothing, DataViewRowState.CurrentRows)
    .ToTable()

Note that this only copies the structure of source table, not the data.

How to make a UILabel clickable?

You need to enable the user interaction of that label.....

For e.g

yourLabel.userInteractionEnabled = true

jQuery returning "parsererror" for ajax request

There are lots of suggestions to remove

dataType: "json"

While I grant that this works it's ignoring the underlying issue. If you're confident the return string really is JSON then look for errant whitespace at the start of the response. Consider having a look at it in fiddler. Mine looked like this:

Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

{"type":"scan","data":{"image":".\/output\/ou...

In my case this was a problem with PHP spewing out unwanted characters (in this case UTF file BOMs). Once I removed these it fixed the problem while also keeping

dataType: json

Convert .pem to .crt and .key

To extract the key and cert from a pem file:

Extract key

openssl pkey -in foo.pem -out foo.key

Another method of extracting the key...

openssl rsa -in foo.pem -out foo.key

Extract all the certs, including the CA Chain

openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile foo.pem | openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -out foo.cert

Extract the textually first cert as DER

openssl x509 -in foo.pem -outform DER -out first-cert.der

Sample random rows in dataframe

Write one! Wrapping JC's answer gives me:

randomRows = function(df,n){
   return(df[sample(nrow(df),n),])
}

Now make it better by checking first if n<=nrow(df) and stopping with an error.

Make the image go behind the text and keep it in center using CSS

I style my css in its own file. So I'm not sure how you need to type it in as your are styling inside your html file. But you can use the Img{ position: relative Top: 150px; Left: 40px; } This would move my image up 150px and towards the right 40px. This method makes it so you can move anything you want on your page any where on your page If this is confusing just look on YouTube about position: relative

I also use the same method to move my h1 tag on top of my image.

In my html5 file my image is first and below that I have my h1 tag. Idk if this effects witch will be displayed on top of the other one.

Hope this helps.

How do I run a shell script without using "sh" or "bash" commands?

You have to enable the executable bit for the program.

chmod +x script.sh

Then you can use ./script.sh

You can add the folder to the PATH in your .bashrc file (located in your home directory). Add this line to the end of the file:

export PATH=$PATH:/your/folder/here

Implements vs extends: When to use? What's the difference?

Generally implements used for implementing an interface and extends used for extension of base class behaviour or abstract class.

extends: A derived class can extend a base class. You may redefine the behaviour of an established relation. Derived class "is a" base class type

implements: You are implementing a contract. The class implementing the interface "has a" capability.

With java 8 release, interface can have default methods in interface, which provides implementation in interface itself.

Refer to this question for when to use each of them:

Interface vs Abstract Class (general OO)

Example to understand things.

public class ExtendsAndImplementsDemo{
    public static void main(String args[]){

        Dog dog = new Dog("Tiger",16);
        Cat cat = new Cat("July",20);

        System.out.println("Dog:"+dog);
        System.out.println("Cat:"+cat);

        dog.remember();
        dog.protectOwner();
        Learn dl = dog;
        dl.learn();

        cat.remember();
        cat.protectOwner();

        Climb c = cat;
        c.climb();

        Man man = new Man("Ravindra",40);
        System.out.println(man);

        Climb cm = man;
        cm.climb();
        Think t = man;
        t.think();
        Learn l = man;
        l.learn();
        Apply a = man;
        a.apply();

    }
}

abstract class Animal{
    String name;
    int lifeExpentency;
    public Animal(String name,int lifeExpentency ){
        this.name = name;
        this.lifeExpentency=lifeExpentency;
    }
    public void remember(){
        System.out.println("Define your own remember");
    }
    public void protectOwner(){
        System.out.println("Define your own protectOwner");
    }

    public String toString(){
        return this.getClass().getSimpleName()+":"+name+":"+lifeExpentency;
    }
}
class Dog extends Animal implements Learn{

    public Dog(String name,int age){
        super(name,age);
    }
    public void remember(){
        System.out.println(this.getClass().getSimpleName()+" can remember for 5 minutes");
    }
    public void protectOwner(){
        System.out.println(this.getClass().getSimpleName()+ " will protect owner");
    }
    public void learn(){
        System.out.println(this.getClass().getSimpleName()+ " can learn:");
    }
}
class Cat extends Animal implements Climb {
    public Cat(String name,int age){
        super(name,age);
    }
    public void remember(){
        System.out.println(this.getClass().getSimpleName() + " can remember for 16 hours");
    }
    public void protectOwner(){
        System.out.println(this.getClass().getSimpleName()+ " won't protect owner");
    }
    public void climb(){
        System.out.println(this.getClass().getSimpleName()+ " can climb");
    }
}
interface Climb{
    public void climb();
}
interface Think {
    public void think();
}

interface Learn {
    public void learn();
}
interface Apply{
    public void apply();
}

class Man implements Think,Learn,Apply,Climb{
    String name;
    int age;

    public Man(String name,int age){
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
    }
    public void think(){
        System.out.println("I can think:"+this.getClass().getSimpleName());
    }
    public void learn(){
        System.out.println("I can learn:"+this.getClass().getSimpleName());
    }
    public void apply(){
        System.out.println("I can apply:"+this.getClass().getSimpleName());
    }
    public void climb(){
        System.out.println("I can climb:"+this.getClass().getSimpleName());
    }
    public String toString(){
        return "Man :"+name+":Age:"+age;
    }
}

output:

Dog:Dog:Tiger:16
Cat:Cat:July:20
Dog can remember for 5 minutes
Dog will protect owner
Dog can learn:
Cat can remember for 16 hours
Cat won't protect owner
Cat can climb
Man :Ravindra:Age:40
I can climb:Man
I can think:Man
I can learn:Man
I can apply:Man

Important points to understand:

  1. Dog and Cat are animals and they extended remember() and protectOwner() by sharing name,lifeExpentency from Animal
  2. Cat can climb() but Dog does not. Dog can think() but Cat does not. These specific capabilities are added to Cat and Dog by implementing that capability.
  3. Man is not an animal but he can Think,Learn,Apply,Climb

By going through these examples, you can understand that

Unrelated classes can have capabilities through interface but related classes override behaviour through extension of base classes.

How do I send a file as an email attachment using Linux command line?

Another alternative - Swaks (Swiss Army Knife for SMTP).

swaks -tls \
    --to ${MAIL_TO} \
    --from ${MAIL_FROM} \
    --server ${MAIL_SERVER} \
    --auth LOGIN \
    --auth-user ${MAIL_USER} \
    --auth-password ${MAIL_PASSWORD} \
    --header "Subject: $MAIL_SUBJECT" \
    --header "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8" \
    --body "$MESSAGE" \
    --attach mysqldbbackup.sql

What is "Signal 15 received"

This indicates the linux has delivered a SIGTERM to your process. This is usually at the request of some other process (via kill()) but could also be sent by your process to itself (using raise()). This signal requests an orderly shutdown of your process.

If you need a quick cheatsheet of signal numbers, open a bash shell and:

$ kill -l
 1) SIGHUP   2) SIGINT   3) SIGQUIT  4) SIGILL
 5) SIGTRAP  6) SIGABRT  7) SIGBUS   8) SIGFPE
 9) SIGKILL 10) SIGUSR1 11) SIGSEGV 12) SIGUSR2
13) SIGPIPE 14) SIGALRM 15) SIGTERM 16) SIGSTKFLT
17) SIGCHLD 18) SIGCONT 19) SIGSTOP 20) SIGTSTP
21) SIGTTIN 22) SIGTTOU 23) SIGURG  24) SIGXCPU
25) SIGXFSZ 26) SIGVTALRM   27) SIGPROF 28) SIGWINCH
29) SIGIO   30) SIGPWR  31) SIGSYS  34) SIGRTMIN
35) SIGRTMIN+1  36) SIGRTMIN+2  37) SIGRTMIN+3  38) SIGRTMIN+4
39) SIGRTMIN+5  40) SIGRTMIN+6  41) SIGRTMIN+7  42) SIGRTMIN+8
43) SIGRTMIN+9  44) SIGRTMIN+10 45) SIGRTMIN+11 46) SIGRTMIN+12
47) SIGRTMIN+13 48) SIGRTMIN+14 49) SIGRTMIN+15 50) SIGRTMAX-14
51) SIGRTMAX-13 52) SIGRTMAX-12 53) SIGRTMAX-11 54) SIGRTMAX-10
55) SIGRTMAX-9  56) SIGRTMAX-8  57) SIGRTMAX-7  58) SIGRTMAX-6
59) SIGRTMAX-5  60) SIGRTMAX-4  61) SIGRTMAX-3  62) SIGRTMAX-2
63) SIGRTMAX-1  64) SIGRTMAX    

You can determine the sender by using an appropriate signal handler like:

#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void sigterm_handler(int signal, siginfo_t *info, void *_unused)
{
  fprintf(stderr, "Received SIGTERM from process with pid = %u\n",
      info->si_pid);
  exit(0);
}

int main (void)
{
  struct sigaction action = {
    .sa_handler = NULL,
    .sa_sigaction = sigterm_handler,
    .sa_mask = 0,
    .sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO,
    .sa_restorer = NULL
  };

  sigaction(SIGTERM, &action, NULL);
  sleep(60);

  return 0;
}

Notice that the signal handler also includes a call to exit(). It's also possible for your program to continue to execute by ignoring the signal, but this isn't recommended in general (if it's a user doing it there's a good chance it will be followed by a SIGKILL if your process doesn't exit, and you lost your opportunity to do any cleanup then).

What is the difference between _tmain() and main() in C++?

Ok, the question seems to have been answered fairly well, the UNICODE overload should take a wide character array as its second parameter. So if the command line parameter is "Hello" that would probably end up as "H\0e\0l\0l\0o\0\0\0" and your program would only print the 'H' before it sees what it thinks is a null terminator.

So now you may wonder why it even compiles and links.

Well it compiles because you are allowed to define an overload to a function.

Linking is a slightly more complex issue. In C, there is no decorated symbol information so it just finds a function called main. The argc and argv are probably always there as call-stack parameters just in case even if your function is defined with that signature, even if your function happens to ignore them.

Even though C++ does have decorated symbols, it almost certainly uses C-linkage for main, rather than a clever linker that looks for each one in turn. So it found your wmain and put the parameters onto the call-stack in case it is the int wmain(int, wchar_t*[]) version.

How do I cast a JSON Object to a TypeScript class?

https://jvilk.com/MakeTypes/

you can use this site to generate a proxy for you. it generates a class and can parse and validate your input JSON object.

How to get URL parameters with Javascript?

function getURLParameter(name) {
  return decodeURIComponent((new RegExp('[?|&]' + name + '=' + '([^&;]+?)(&|#|;|$)').exec(location.search) || [null, ''])[1].replace(/\+/g, '%20')) || null;
}

So you can use:

myvar = getURLParameter('myvar');

How to embed a video into GitHub README.md?

Update Feb. 2021, as noted by Abhishek Singh in the comments, and Nat Friedman on Twitter:

You can now – finally! – drop images and videos (mp4, gif) onto the Markdown file editor on GitHub.

image and video

Paste works too, if you're into that kind of thing.
It's worked in issues and PRs for a while; what's new here is support in markdown files.

GitHub Enterprise Server tends to lag http://github.com by a couple of months, but it will get there in a future release.

Kyle Daigle (Senior Director of Special Projects at GitHub) adds:

Currently, the file is stored as an asset outside the repository (sort of like an image uploaded to an image).
(Uploads to githubusercontent and stores it there. Then makes a link in the markdown to that uploaded image.)

The team is interested in exploring adding the image to the repo too... would you want something like that?

Sven-Michael Stübe comments:

I usually add the images to my repo. Especially if you host your blog as github page w/ a custom domain.

But I think this feature would also add a lot of complexity. It's not a big pain to add the image manually. For PRs+Comments the drag&drop is more essential

Kyle answers:

For the blog case (which is what made us think about image upload to the repo) you're totally right.
This type of drag and drop is helpful when adding an image to a README or other in-repo documentation though (when you don't want to upload to the repo).

That feature has come a long way since its initial proposal... back in 2012(!)


Update Dec. 2020: see "Video upload public beta ", which embeds video (embedding only, not link/reference)

https://i0.wp.com/user-images.githubusercontent.com/22751162/101841526-ebf6ff00-3afa-11eb-965d-5ce11efdb9f8.png?ssl=1


2010: The "Github Flavored Markdown" doesn't support this kind of feature for any page:

An old support thread "Embed YouTube videos in markdown files" stated:

With pages.github.io, yes, everywhere else, no.

(Note: as detailed in "Github Top-Level Project Page", github.io is the new domain for user and organization pages since April 2013.
The page GitHub publication is presented here)

This could be a feature request like the syntax highlighting was.

For instance: "HTML5 video in markdown" (August 2010):

Is there any way to implement a HTML5 video into the README.markdown file?

Not currently but we might be expanding what you can do with the READMEs in the future.

In the meantime, you can do this with GitHub Pages and our Wikis.


Benjamin Oakes confirms in the comments (May 2012):

I sent in a support request. The response was that embedding videos is not supported.

Python & Matplotlib: Make 3D plot interactive in Jupyter Notebook

You may go with Plotly library. It can render interactive 3D plots directly in Jupyter Notebooks.

To do so you first need to install Plotly by running:

pip install plotly

You might also want to upgrade the library by running:

pip install plotly --upgrade

After that in you Jupyter Notebook you may write something like:

# Import dependencies
import plotly
import plotly.graph_objs as go

# Configure Plotly to be rendered inline in the notebook.
plotly.offline.init_notebook_mode()

# Configure the trace.
trace = go.Scatter3d(
    x=[1, 2, 3],  # <-- Put your data instead
    y=[4, 5, 6],  # <-- Put your data instead
    z=[7, 8, 9],  # <-- Put your data instead
    mode='markers',
    marker={
        'size': 10,
        'opacity': 0.8,
    }
)

# Configure the layout.
layout = go.Layout(
    margin={'l': 0, 'r': 0, 'b': 0, 't': 0}
)

data = [trace]

plot_figure = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)

# Render the plot.
plotly.offline.iplot(plot_figure)

As a result the following chart will be plotted for you in Jupyter Notebook and you'll be able to interact with it. Of course you will need to provide your specific data instead of suggeseted one.

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SVN repository backup strategies

I have compiled the steps I followed for the purpose of taking a backup of the remote SVN repository of my project.

install svk (http://svk.bestpractical.com/view/SVKWin32)

install svn (http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32svn/files/1.6.16/Setup-Subversion-1.6.16.msi/download)

svk mirror //local <remote repository URL>

svk sync //local

This takes time and says that it is fetching the logs from repository. It creates a set of files inside C:\Documents and Settings\nverma\.svk\local.

To update this local repository with the latest set of changes from the remote one, just run the previous command from time to time.

Now you can play with your local repository (/home/user/.svk/local in this example) as if it were a normal SVN repository!

The only problem with this approach is that the local repository is created with a revision increments by the actual revision in the remote repository. As someone wrote:

The svk miror command generates a commit in the just created repository. So all the commits created by the subsequent sync will have revision numbers incremented by one as compared to the remote public repository.

But, this was OK for me as I only wanted some backup of the remote repository time to time, nothing else.

Verification:

To verify, use the SVN client with the local repository like this:

svn checkout "file:///C:/Documents and Settings\nverma/.svk/local/"  <local-dir-path-to-checkout-onto>

This command then goes to checkout the latest revision from the local repository. At the end it says Checked out revision N. This N was one more than the actual revision found in the remote repository (due to the problem mentioned above).

To verify that svk also brought all the history, the SVN checkout was run with various older revisions using -r with 2, 10, 50 etc. Then the files in <local-dir-path-to-checkout-onto> were confirmed to be from that revision.

At the end, zip the directory C:/Documents and Settings\nverma/.svk/local/ and store the zip somewhere. Keep doing this regularly.

Use success() or complete() in AJAX call

complete executes after either the success or error callback were executed.

Maybe you should check the second parameter complete offers too. It's a String holding the type of success the ajaxCall had.

The different callbacks are described a little more in detail here jQuery.ajax( options )


I guess you missed the fact that the complete and the success function (I know inconsistent API) get different data passed in. success gets only the data, complete gets the whole XMLHttpRequest object. Of course there is no responseText property on the data string.

So if you replace complete with success you also have to replace data.responseText with data only.

success

The function gets passed two arguments: The data returned from the server, formatted according to the 'dataType' parameter, and a string describing the status.

complete

The function gets passed two arguments: The XMLHttpRequest object and a string describing the type of success of the request.

If you need to have access to the whole XMLHttpRequest object in the success callback I suggest trying this.

var myXHR = $.ajax({
    ...
    success: function(data, status) {
        ...do whatever with myXHR; e.g. myXHR.responseText...
    },
    ...
});

How to remove html special chars?

Use html_entity_decode to convert HTML entities.

You'll need to set charset to make it work correctly.

How do I do a case-insensitive string comparison?

How about converting to lowercase first? you can use string.lower().

C# Clear Session

In ASP.NET, when should I use Session.Clear() rather than Session.Abandon()?

Session.Abandon() destroys the session and the Session_OnEnd event is triggered.

Session.Clear() just removes all values (content) from the Object. The session with the same key is still alive.

So, if you use Session.Abandon(), you lose that specific session and the user will get a new session key. You could use it for example when the user logs out.

Use Session.Clear(), if you want that the user remaining in the same session (if you don't want him to relogin for example) and reset all his session specific data.

What is the difference between Session.Abandon() and Session.Clear()

Clear - Removes all keys and values from the session-state collection.

Abandon - removes all the objects stored in a Session. If you do not call the Abandon method explicitly, the server removes these objects and destroys the session when the session times out. It also raises events like Session_End.

Session.Clear can be compared to removing all books from the shelf, while Session.Abandon is more like throwing away the whole shelf.

...

Generally, in most cases you need to use Session.Clear. You can use Session.Abandon if you are sure the user is going to leave your site.

So back to the differences:

  • Abandon raises Session_End request.
  • Clear removes items immediately, Abandon does not.
  • Abandon releases the SessionState object and its items so it can garbage collected.
  • Clear keeps SessionState and resources associated with it.

Session.Clear() or Session.Abandon() ?

You use Session.Clear() when you don't want to end the session but rather just clear all the keys in the session and reinitialize the session.

Session.Clear() will not cause the Session_End eventhandler in your Global.asax file to execute.

But on the other hand Session.Abandon() will remove the session altogether and will execute Session_End eventhandler.

Session.Clear() is like removing books from the bookshelf

Session.Abandon() is like throwing the bookshelf itself.

Question

I check on some sessions if not equal null in the page load. if one of them equal null i wanna to clear all the sessions and redirect to the login page?

Answer

If you want the user to login again, use Session.Abandon.

Java Garbage Collection Log messages

  1. PSYoungGen refers to the garbage collector in use for the minor collection. PS stands for Parallel Scavenge.
  2. The first set of numbers are the before/after sizes of the young generation and the second set are for the entire heap. (Diagnosing a Garbage Collection problem details the format)
  3. The name indicates the generation and collector in question, the second set are for the entire heap.

An example of an associated full GC also shows the collectors used for the old and permanent generations:

3.757: [Full GC [PSYoungGen: 2672K->0K(35584K)] 
            [ParOldGen: 3225K->5735K(43712K)] 5898K->5735K(79296K) 
            [PSPermGen: 13533K->13516K(27584K)], 0.0860402 secs]

Finally, breaking down one line of your example log output:

8109.128: [GC [PSYoungGen: 109884K->14201K(139904K)] 691015K->595332K(1119040K), 0.0454530 secs]
  • 107Mb used before GC, 14Mb used after GC, max young generation size 137Mb
  • 675Mb heap used before GC, 581Mb heap used after GC, 1Gb max heap size
  • minor GC occurred 8109.128 seconds since the start of the JVM and took 0.04 seconds

How to make a vertical line in HTML

One other option is to use a 1-pixel image, and set the height - this option would allow you to float it to where you need to be.

Not the most elegant solution though.

What does the percentage sign mean in Python

In python 2.6 the '%' operator performed a modulus. I don't think they changed it in 3.0.1

The modulo operator tells you the remainder of a division of two numbers.

javax.validation.ValidationException: HV000183: Unable to load 'javax.el.ExpressionFactory'

do just

<dependency>
   <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
   <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
   <version>2.2.4</version>
</dependency>

How do I output the difference between two specific revisions in Subversion?

See svn diff in the manual:

svn diff -r 8979:11390 http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/fSupplierModel.php

Return anonymous type results?

Just select dogs, then use dog.Breed.BreedName, this should work fine.

If you have a lot of dogs, use DataLoadOptions.LoadWith to reduce the number of db calls.

How to add text to JFrame?

Instead of wasting your time to design a JFrame just to display a error message, you can use an JOptionPane which is by default modal:

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your message goes here!","Message", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
    }
}

enter image description here

P.S. Stop using Windowbuilder if you want to learn Swing.

Which is faster: Stack allocation or Heap allocation

Stack is much faster. It literally only uses a single instruction on most architectures, in most cases, e.g. on x86:

sub esp, 0x10

(That moves the stack pointer down by 0x10 bytes and thereby "allocates" those bytes for use by a variable.)

Of course, the stack's size is very, very finite, as you will quickly find out if you overuse stack allocation or try to do recursion :-)

Also, there's little reason to optimize the performance of code that doesn't verifiably need it, such as demonstrated by profiling. "Premature optimization" often causes more problems than it's worth.

My rule of thumb: if I know I'm going to need some data at compile-time, and it's under a few hundred bytes in size, I stack-allocate it. Otherwise I heap-allocate it.

How do I read / convert an InputStream into a String in Java?

This one is nice because:

  • It safely handles the Charset.
  • You control the read buffer size.
  • You can provision the length of the builder and it doesn't have to be an exact value.
  • Is free from library dependencies.
  • Is for Java 7 or higher.

How to do it?

public static String convertStreamToString(InputStream is) throws IOException {
   StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(2048); // Define a size if you have an idea of it.
   char[] read = new char[128]; // Your buffer size.
   try (InputStreamReader ir = new InputStreamReader(is, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
     for (int i; -1 != (i = ir.read(read)); sb.append(read, 0, i));
   }
   return sb.toString();
}

For JDK 9

public static String inputStreamString(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
    try (inputStream) {
        return new String(inputStream.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

How to override the properties of a CSS class using another CSS class

You should override by increasing Specificity of your styling. There are different ways of increasing the Specificity. Usage of !important which effects specificity, is a bad practice because it breaks natural cascading in your style sheet.

Following diagram taken from css-tricks.com will help you produce right specificity for your element based on a points structure. Whichever specificity has higher points, will win. Sounds like a game - doesn't it?

enter image description here

Checkout sample calculations here on css-tricks.com. This will help you understand the concept very well and it will only take 2 minutes.

If you then like to produce and/or compare different specificities by yourself, try this Specificity Calculator: https://specificity.keegan.st/ or you can just use traditional paper/pencil.

For further reading try MDN Web Docs.

All the best for not using !important.

generate random double numbers in c++

Here's how

double fRand(double fMin, double fMax)
{
    double f = (double)rand() / RAND_MAX;
    return fMin + f * (fMax - fMin);
}

Remember to call srand() with a proper seed each time your program starts.

[Edit] This answer is obsolete since C++ got it's native non-C based random library (see Alessandro Jacopsons answer) But, this still applies to C

batch script - run command on each file in directory

I am doing similar thing to compile all the c files in a directory.
for iterating files in different directory try this.

set codedirectory=C:\Users\code
for /r  %codedirectory% %%i in (*.c) do 
( some GCC commands )

How to send list of file in a folder to a txt file in Linux

If only names of regular files immediately contained within a directory (assume it's ~/dirs) are needed, you can do

find ~/docs -type f -maxdepth 1 > filenames.txt

What is the difference between ArrayList.clear() and ArrayList.removeAll()?

Clear is faster because it does not loop over elements to delete. This method can assume that ALL elements can be deleted.

Remove all does not necessarily mean delete all elements in the list, only those provided as parameters SHOULD be delete. Hence, more effort is required to keep those which should not be deleted.

CLARIFICATION

By 'loop', I mean it does not have to check whether the element should be kept or not. It can set the reference to null without searching through the provided lists of elements to delete.

Clear IS faster than deleteall.

Why do I get a SyntaxError for a Unicode escape in my file path?

f = open('C:\\Users\\Pooja\\Desktop\\trolldata.csv')

Use '\\' for python program in Python version 3 and above.. Error will be resolved..

Get Environment Variable from Docker Container

To view all env variables:

docker exec container env

To get one:

docker exec container env | grep VARIABLE | cut -d'=' -f2

How do I create a branch?

Suppose you want to create a branch from a trunk name (as "TEST") then use:

svn cp -m "CREATE BRANCH TEST" $svn_url/trunk $svn_url/branches/TEST

Reload parent window from child window

  top.frames.location.reload(false);

What is the difference between List and ArrayList?

There's no difference between list implementations in both of your examples. There's however a difference in a way you can further use variable myList in your code.

When you define your list as:

List myList = new ArrayList();

you can only call methods and reference members that are defined in the List interface. If you define it as:

ArrayList myList = new ArrayList();

you'll be able to invoke ArrayList-specific methods and use ArrayList-specific members in addition to those whose definitions are inherited from List.

Nevertheless, when you call a method of a List interface in the first example, which was implemented in ArrayList, the method from ArrayList will be called (because the List interface doesn't implement any methods).

That's called polymorphism. You can read up on it.

Does Python's time.time() return the local or UTC timestamp?

The time.time() function returns the number of seconds since the epoch, as seconds. Note that the "epoch" is defined as the start of January 1st, 1970 in UTC. So the epoch is defined in terms of UTC and establishes a global moment in time. No matter where you are "seconds past epoch" (time.time()) returns the same value at the same moment.

Here is some sample output I ran on my computer, converting it to a string as well.

Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 24 2012, 00:00:54) 
[GCC 4.7.0 20120414 (prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import time
>>> ts = time.time()
>>> print ts
1355563265.81
>>> import datetime
>>> st = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
>>> print st
2012-12-15 01:21:05
>>>

The ts variable is the time returned in seconds. I then converted it to a string using the datetime library making it a string that is human readable.

Oracle pl-sql escape character (for a " ' ")

In SQL, you escape a quote by another quote:

SELECT 'Alex''s Tea Factory' FROM DUAL

Read file line by line in PowerShell

The almighty switch works well here:

'one
two
three' > file

$regex = '^t'

switch -regex -file file { 
  $regex { "line is $_" } 
}

Output:

line is two
line is three

Programmatically change input type of the EditText from PASSWORD to NORMAL & vice versa

Just an additional comment on the correct answer provided by @Rajkiran, you may want to add

etPassword.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

to the NORMAL input state so that the users wont be annoyed by the keyboard's auto-suggestion

C# declare empty string array

Those curly things are sometimes hard to remember, that's why there's excellent documentation:

// Declare a single-dimensional array  
int[] array1 = new int[5];

How to update data in one table from corresponding data in another table in SQL Server 2005

Try a query like

INSERT INTO NEW_TABLENAME SELECT * FROM OLD_TABLENAME;

How do I reference a local image in React?

For people who want to use multiple images of course importing them one by one would be a problem. The solution is to move the images folder to the public folder. So if you had an image at public/images/logo.jpg, you could display that image this way:

function Header() {
  return (
    <div>
      <img src="images/logo.jpg" alt="logo"/>
    </div>
  );
}

Yes, no need to use /public/ in the source.

Read further: https://daveceddia.com/react-image-tag/.

jQuery - Illegal invocation

Just for the record it can also happen if you try to use undeclared variable in data like

var layout = {};
$.ajax({
  ...
  data: {
    layout: laoyut // notice misspelled variable name
  },
  ...
});

Find the smallest positive integer that does not occur in a given sequence

Here is the code in python with comments to understand the code - Codility 100% Missing Integer

Code-

def solution(A):
"""
solution at https://app.codility.com/demo/results/trainingV4KX2W-3KS/
100%
idea is to take temp array of max length of array items
for all positive use item of array as index and mark in tem array as 1 ie. present item
traverse again temp array if first found value in tem array is zero that index is the smallest positive integer
:param A:
:return:
"""
max_value = max(A)
if max_value < 1:
    # max is less than 1 ie. 1 is the smallest positive integer
    return 1
if len(A) == 1:
    # one element with 1 value
    if A[0] == 1:
        return 2
    # one element other than 1 value
    return 1
# take array of length max value
# this will work as set ie. using original array value as index for this array
temp_max_len_array = [0] * max_value
for i in range(len(A)):
    # do only for positive items
    if A[i] > 0:
        # check at index for the value in A
        if temp_max_len_array[A[i] - 1] != 1:
            # set that as 1
            temp_max_len_array[A[i] - 1] = 1
print(temp_max_len_array)
for i in range(len(temp_max_len_array)):
    # first zero ie. this index is the smallest positive integer
    if temp_max_len_array[i] == 0:
        return i + 1
# if no value found between 1 to max then last value should be smallest one
return i + 2


 arr = [2, 3, 6, 4, 1, 2]    
 result = solution(arr)

IE8 issue with Twitter Bootstrap 3

I've read every comment here, tried everything.. but couldn't get it to work with Windows 7 - Internet Explorer 11 (with document mode: IE8).

Then it came to mind that running a document mode (IE8) isn't the same as the real IE8, so I installed Windows Virtual PC (Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 8) and tadaaaa... it works like a charm!

I've put this piece of code JUST at the bottom of the page to make it work:

<!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
<!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/html5shiv.js"></script>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.3.0/respond.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</body>
</html>

How to check if current thread is not main thread

Allow me to preface this with: I acknowledged this post has the 'Android' tag, however, my search had nothing to do with 'Android' and this was my top result. To that end, for the non-Android SO Java users landing here, don't forget about:

public static void main(String[] args{
    Thread.currentThread().setName("SomeNameIChoose");
    /*...the rest of main...*/
}

After setting this, elsewhere in your code, you can easily check if you're about to execute on the main thread with:

if(Thread.currentThread().getName().equals("SomeNameIChoose"))
{
    //do something on main thread
}

A bit embarrassed I had searched before remembering this, but hopefully it will help someone else!

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.jsp.index_jsp

It's been a while since I posted this, but I thought I would show how I figured it out (as best as I recall now).

I did a Maven dependency tree to find dependency conflicts, and I removed all conflicts with exclusions in dependencies, e.g.:

<dependency>
    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
    <version>1.1</version>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>

Also, I used the provided scope for javax.servlet dependencies so as not to introduce an additional conflict with what is provided by Tomcat when I run the app.

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
    <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.5</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
    <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.1</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

HTH.

How to use SQL Order By statement to sort results case insensitive?

You can also do ORDER BY TITLE COLLATE NOCASE.

Edit: If you need to specify ASC or DESC, add this after NOCASE like

ORDER BY TITLE COLLATE NOCASE ASC

or

ORDER BY TITLE COLLATE NOCASE DESC

Pandas dataframe get first row of each group

>>> df.groupby('id').first()
     value
id        
1    first
2    first
3    first
4   second
5    first
6    first
7   fourth

If you need id as column:

>>> df.groupby('id').first().reset_index()
   id   value
0   1   first
1   2   first
2   3   first
3   4  second
4   5   first
5   6   first
6   7  fourth

To get n first records, you can use head():

>>> df.groupby('id').head(2).reset_index(drop=True)
    id   value
0    1   first
1    1  second
2    2   first
3    2  second
4    3   first
5    3   third
6    4  second
7    4   fifth
8    5   first
9    6   first
10   6  second
11   7  fourth
12   7   fifth

Linux - Install redis-cli only

To install 3.0 which is the latest stable version:

$ git clone http://github.com/antirez/redis.git 
$ cd redis && git checkout 3.0 
$ make redis-cli 

Optionally, you can put the compiled executable in your load path for convenience:

$ ln -s src/redis-cli /usr/local/bin/redis-cli

SqlException: DB2 SQL error: SQLCODE: -302, SQLSTATE: 22001, SQLERRMC: null

To get the definition of the SQL codes, the easiest way is to use db2 cli!

at the unix or dos command prompt, just type

db2 "? SQL302"

this will give you the required explanation of the particular SQL code that you normally see in the java exception or your db2 sql output :)

hope this helped.

Is there an eval() function in Java?

The following resolved the issue:

ScriptEngineManager mgr = new ScriptEngineManager();
ScriptEngine engine = mgr.getEngineByName("JavaScript");
String str = "4*5";
System.out.println(engine.eval(str));

How to find good looking font color if background color is known?

This is an interesting question, but I don't think this is actually possible. Whether or not two colors "fit" as background and foreground colors is dependent upon display technology and physiological characteristics of human vision, but most importantly on upon personal tastes shaped by experience. A quick run through MySpace shows pretty clearly that not all human beings perceive colors in the same way. I don't think this is a problem that can be solved algorithmically, although there may be a huge database somewhere of acceptable matching colors.

Typescript: Type 'string | undefined' is not assignable to type 'string'

Solution 1: Remove the explicit type definition

Since getPerson already returns a Person with a name, we can use the inferred type.

function getPerson(){
  let person = {name:"John"};
  return person;
}

let person = getPerson();

If we were to define person: Person we would lose a piece of information. We know getPerson returns an object with a non-optional property called name, but describing it as Person would bring the optionality back.

Solution 2: Use a more precise definition

type Require<T, K extends keyof T> = T & {
  [P in K]-?: T[P]
};

function getPerson() {
  let person = {name:"John"};
  return person;
}

let person: Require<Person, 'name'> = getPerson();
let name1:string = person.name;

Solution 3: Redesign your interface

A shape in which all properties are optional is called a weak type and usually is an indicator of bad design. If we were to make name a required property, your problem goes away.

interface Person {
  name:string,
  age?:string,
  gender?:string,
  occupation?:string,
}

How to change the background color on a Java panel?

I am assuming that we are dealing with a JFrame? The visible portion in the content pane - you have to use jframe.getContentPane().setBackground(...);

Get the last day of the month in SQL

Using SQL Server, here is another way to find last day of month :

SELECT DATEADD(MONTH,1,GETDATE())- day(DATEADD(MONTH,1,GETDATE()))

How do I prompt a user for confirmation in bash script?

use case/esac.

read -p "Continue (y/n)?" choice
case "$choice" in 
  y|Y ) echo "yes";;
  n|N ) echo "no";;
  * ) echo "invalid";;
esac

advantage:

  1. neater
  2. can use "OR" condition easier
  3. can use character range, eg [yY][eE][sS] to accept word "yes", where any of its characters may be in lowercase or in uppercase.

How do I disable form fields using CSS?

input[name=username] { disabled: true; /* Does not work */ }

I know this question is quite old but for other users who come across this problem, I suppose the easiest way to disable input is simply by ':disabled'

<input type="text" name="username" value="admin" disabled />
<style type="text/css">
  input[name=username]:disabled {
    opacity: 0.5 !important; /* Fade effect */
    cursor: not-allowed; /* Cursor change to disabled state*/
  }
</style>

In reality, if you have some script to disable the input dynamically/automatically with javascript or jquery that would automatically disable based on the condition you add.

In jQuery for Example:

if (condition) {
// Make this input prop disabled state
  $('input').prop('disabled', true);
}
else {
// Do something else
}

Hope the answer in CSS helps.

How to start http-server locally

To start server locally paste the below code in package.json and run npm start in command line.

"scripts": { "start": "http-server -c-1 -p 8081" },

Multiple left-hand assignment with JavaScript

Assignment in javascript works from right to left. var var1 = var2 = var3 = 1;.

If the value of any of these variables is 1 after this statement, then logically it must have started from the right, otherwise the value or var1 and var2 would be undefined.

You can think of it as equivalent to var var1 = (var2 = (var3 = 1)); where the inner-most set of parenthesis is evaluated first.

Timestamp to human readable format

getDay() returns the day of the week. To get the date, use date.getDate(). getMonth() retrieves the month, but month is zero based, so using getMonth()+1 should give you the right month. Time value seems to be ok here, albeit the hour is 23 here (GMT+1). If you want universal values, add UTC to the methods (e.g. date.getUTCFullYear(), date.getUTCHours())

var timestamp = 1301090400,
date = new Date(timestamp * 1000),
datevalues = [
   date.getFullYear(),
   date.getMonth()+1,
   date.getDate(),
   date.getHours(),
   date.getMinutes(),
   date.getSeconds(),
];
alert(datevalues); //=> [2011, 3, 25, 23, 0, 0]

MySQL join with where clause

You need to put it in the join clause, not the where:

SELECT *
FROM categories
LEFT JOIN user_category_subscriptions ON 
    user_category_subscriptions.category_id = categories.category_id
    and user_category_subscriptions.user_id =1

See, with an inner join, putting a clause in the join or the where is equivalent. However, with an outer join, they are vastly different.

As a join condition, you specify the rowset that you will be joining to the table. This means that it evaluates user_id = 1 first, and takes the subset of user_category_subscriptions with a user_id of 1 to join to all of the rows in categories. This will give you all of the rows in categories, while only the categories that this particular user has subscribed to will have any information in the user_category_subscriptions columns. Of course, all other categories will be populated with null in the user_category_subscriptions columns.

Conversely, a where clause does the join, and then reduces the rowset. So, this does all of the joins and then eliminates all rows where user_id doesn't equal 1. You're left with an inefficient way to get an inner join.

Hopefully this helps!

How to retrieve a recursive directory and file list from PowerShell excluding some files and folders?

Commenting here as this seems to be the most popular answer on the subject for searching for files whilst excluding certain directories in powershell.

To avoid issues with post filtering of results (i.e. avoiding permission issues etc), I only needed to filter out top level directories and that is all this example is based on, so whilst this example doesn't filter child directory names, it could very easily be made recursive to support this, if you were so inclined.

Quick breakdown of how the snippet works

$folders << Uses Get-Childitem to query the file system and perform folder exclusion

$file << The pattern of the file I am looking for

foreach << Iterates the $folders variable performing a recursive search using the Get-Childitem command

$folders = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Directory -Name -Exclude Folder1,"Folder 2"
$file = "*filenametosearchfor*.extension"

foreach ($folder in $folders) {
   Get-Childitem -Path "C:/$folder" -Recurse -Filter $file | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_.FullName }
}

Twig: in_array or similar possible within if statement?

It should help you.

{% for user in users if user.active and user.id not 1 %}
   {{ user.name }}
{% endfor %}

More info: http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/for.html

Can you explain the HttpURLConnection connection process?

String message = URLEncoder.encode("my message", "UTF-8");

try {
    // instantiate the URL object with the target URL of the resource to
    // request
    URL url = new URL("http://www.example.com/comment");

    // instantiate the HttpURLConnection with the URL object - A new
    // connection is opened every time by calling the openConnection
    // method of the protocol handler for this URL.
    // 1. This is the point where the connection is opened.
    HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url
            .openConnection();
    // set connection output to true
    connection.setDoOutput(true);
    // instead of a GET, we're going to send using method="POST"
    connection.setRequestMethod("POST");

    // instantiate OutputStreamWriter using the output stream, returned
    // from getOutputStream, that writes to this connection.
    // 2. This is the point where you'll know if the connection was
    // successfully established. If an I/O error occurs while creating
    // the output stream, you'll see an IOException.
    OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(
            connection.getOutputStream());

    // write data to the connection. This is data that you are sending
    // to the server
    // 3. No. Sending the data is conducted here. We established the
    // connection with getOutputStream
    writer.write("message=" + message);

    // Closes this output stream and releases any system resources
    // associated with this stream. At this point, we've sent all the
    // data. Only the outputStream is closed at this point, not the
    // actual connection
    writer.close();
    // if there is a response code AND that response code is 200 OK, do
    // stuff in the first if block
    if (connection.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
        // OK

        // otherwise, if any other status code is returned, or no status
        // code is returned, do stuff in the else block
    } else {
        // Server returned HTTP error code.
    }
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    // ...
} catch (IOException e) {
    // ...
}

The first 3 answers to your questions are listed as inline comments, beside each method, in the example HTTP POST above.

From getOutputStream:

Returns an output stream that writes to this connection.

Basically, I think you have a good understanding of how this works, so let me just reiterate in layman's terms. getOutputStream basically opens a connection stream, with the intention of writing data to the server. In the above code example "message" could be a comment that we're sending to the server that represents a comment left on a post. When you see getOutputStream, you're opening the connection stream for writing, but you don't actually write any data until you call writer.write("message=" + message);.

From getInputStream():

Returns an input stream that reads from this open connection. A SocketTimeoutException can be thrown when reading from the returned input stream if the read timeout expires before data is available for read.

getInputStream does the opposite. Like getOutputStream, it also opens a connection stream, but the intent is to read data from the server, not write to it. If the connection or stream-opening fails, you'll see a SocketTimeoutException.

How about the getInputStream? Since I'm only able to get the response at getInputStream, then does it mean that I didn't send any request at getOutputStream yet but simply establishes a connection?

Keep in mind that sending a request and sending data are two different operations. When you invoke getOutputStream or getInputStream url.openConnection(), you send a request to the server to establish a connection. There is a handshake that occurs where the server sends back an acknowledgement to you that the connection is established. It is then at that point in time that you're prepared to send or receive data. Thus, you do not need to call getOutputStream to establish a connection open a stream, unless your purpose for making the request is to send data.

In layman's terms, making a getInputStream request is the equivalent of making a phone call to your friend's house to say "Hey, is it okay if I come over and borrow that pair of vice grips?" and your friend establishes the handshake by saying, "Sure! Come and get it". Then, at that point, the connection is made, you walk to your friend's house, knock on the door, request the vice grips, and walk back to your house.

Using a similar example for getOutputStream would involve calling your friend and saying "Hey, I have that money I owe you, can I send it to you"? Your friend, needing money and sick inside that you kept it for so long, says "Sure, come on over you cheap bastard". So you walk to your friend's house and "POST" the money to him. He then kicks you out and you walk back to your house.

Now, continuing with the layman's example, let's look at some Exceptions. If you called your friend and he wasn't home, that could be a 500 error. If you called and got a disconnected number message because your friend is tired of you borrowing money all the time, that's a 404 page not found. If your phone is dead because you didn't pay the bill, that could be an IOException. (NOTE: This section may not be 100% correct. It's intended to give you a general idea of what's happening in layman's terms.)

Question #5:

Yes, you are correct that openConnection simply creates a new connection object but does not establish it. The connection is established when you call either getInputStream or getOutputStream.

openConnection creates a new connection object. From the URL.openConnection javadocs:

A new connection is opened every time by calling the openConnection method of the protocol handler for this URL.

The connection is established when you call openConnection, and the InputStream, OutputStream, or both, are called when you instantiate them.

Question #6:

To measure the overhead, I generally wrap some very simple timing code around the entire connection block, like so:

long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
log.info("Time so far = " + new Long(System.currentTimeMillis() - start) );

// run the above example code here
log.info("Total time to send/receive data = " + new Long(System.currentTimeMillis() - start) );

I'm sure there are more advanced methods for measuring the request time and overhead, but this generally is sufficient for my needs.

For information on closing connections, which you didn't ask about, see In Java when does a URL connection close?.

Android SDK is missing, out of date, or is missing templates. Please ensure you are using SDK version 22 or later

Click on Tools > SDK Manager or click SDK Manager after If you are unable to see the location of your Android SDK Location, click on edit and create a folder where you want to keep it and then click Next and Finish enter image description here

Java Set retain order?

Set is just an interface. In order to retain order, you have to use a specific implementation of that interface and the sub-interface SortedSet, for example TreeSet or LinkedHashSet. You can wrap your Set this way:

Set myOrderedSet = new LinkedHashSet(mySet);

How do you set autocommit in an SQL Server session?

With SQLServer 2005 Express, what I found was that even with autocommit off, insertions into a Db table were committed without my actually issuing a commit command from the Management Studio session. The only difference was, when autocommit was off, I could roll back all the insertions; with *autocommit on, I could not.* Actually, I was wrong. With autocommit mode off, I see the changes only in the QA (Query Analyzer) window from which the commands were issued. If I popped a new QA (Query Analyzer) window, I do not see the changes made by the first window (session), i.e. they are NOT committed! I had to issue explicit commit or rollback commands to make changes visible to other sessions(QA windows) -- my bad! Things are working correctly.

How to get year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds of the current moment in Java?

Calendar now = new Calendar() // or new GregorianCalendar(), or whatever flavor you need

now.MONTH now.HOUR

etc.

how to set select element as readonly ('disabled' doesnt pass select value on server)

You can simulate a readonly select box using the CSS pointer-events property:

select[readonly]
{
    pointer-events: none;
}

The HTML tabindex property will also prevent it from being selected by keyboard tabbing:

<select tabindex="-1">

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How do I run a Python script on my web server?

Very simply, you can rename your Python script to "pythonscript.cgi". Post that in your cgi-bin directory, add the appropriate permissions and browse to it.

This is a great link you can start with.

Here's another good one.

Hope that helps.


EDIT (09/12/2015): The second link has long been removed. Replaced it with one that provides information referenced from the original.

Show two digits after decimal point in c++

Using header file stdio.h you can easily do it as usual like c. before using %.2lf(set a specific number after % specifier.) using printf().

It simply printf specific digits after decimal point.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
   double total=100;
   printf("%.2lf",total);//this prints 100.00 like as C
}

rails generate model

The code is okay but you are in the wrong directory. You must run these commands inside your rails project-directory.

The normal way to get there from scratch is:

$ rails new PROJECT_NAME
$ cd PROJECT_NAME
$ rails generate model ad \
    name:string \ 
    description:text \
    price:decimal \
    seller_id:integer \
    email:string img_url:string

Install python 2.6 in CentOS

You could also use the EPEL-repository, and then do sudo yum install python26 to install python 2.6

Why Visual Studio 2015 can't run exe file (ucrtbased.dll)?

I would like to suggest additional solution to fix this issue. So, I recommend to reinstall/install the latest Windows SDK. In my case it has helped me to fix the issue when using Qt with MSVC compiler to debug a program.

javascript toISOString() ignores timezone offset

My solution without using moment is to convert it to a timestamp, add the timezone offset, then convert back to a date object, and then run the toISOString()

var date = new Date(); // Or the date you'd like converted.
var isoDateTime = new Date(date.getTime() - (date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000)).toISOString();

Declare a variable in DB2 SQL

I imagine this forum posting, which I quote fully below, should answer the question.


Inside a procedure, function, or trigger definition, or in a dynamic SQL statement (embedded in a host program):

BEGIN ATOMIC
 DECLARE example VARCHAR(15) ;
 SET example = 'welcome' ;
 SELECT *
 FROM   tablename
 WHERE  column1 = example ;
END

or (in any environment):

WITH t(example) AS (VALUES('welcome'))
SELECT *
FROM   tablename, t
WHERE  column1 = example

or (although this is probably not what you want, since the variable needs to be created just once, but can be used thereafter by everybody although its content will be private on a per-user basis):

CREATE VARIABLE example VARCHAR(15) ;
SET example = 'welcome' ;
SELECT *
FROM   tablename
WHERE  column1 = example ;

Error "There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command which must be closed first" when using 2 distinct commands

  1. The optimal solution could be to try to transform your solution into a form where you don't need to have two readers open at a time. Ideally it could be a single query. I don't have time to do that now.
  2. If your problem is so special that you really need to have more readers open simultaneously, and your requirements allow not older than SQL Server 2005 DB backend, then the magic word is MARS (Multiple Active Result Sets). http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345109%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx. Bob Vale's linked topic's solution shows how to enable it: specify MultipleActiveResultSets=true in your connection string. I just tell this as an interesting possibility, but you should rather transform your solution.

    • in order to avoid the mentioned SQL injection possibility, set the parameters to the SQLCommand itself instead of embedding them into the query string. The query string should only contain the references to the parameters what you pass into the SqlCommand.

C# equivalent of C++ vector, with contiguous memory?

You could use a List<T> and when T is a value type it will be allocated in contiguous memory which would not be the case if T is a reference type.

Example:

List<int> integers = new List<int>();
integers.Add(1);
integers.Add(4);
integers.Add(7);

int someElement = integers[1];

copy-item With Alternate Credentials

I would try to map a drive to the remote system (using 'net use' or WshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive, both methods support credentials) and then use copy-item.

Cannot deserialize the JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) into type ' ' because type requires JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) to deserialize correctly

Use this, FrontData is JSON string:

var objResponse1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<DataTransfer>>(FrontData);  

and extract list:

var a = objResponse1[0];
var b = a.CustomerData;

Nesting optgroups in a dropdownlist/select

I have written a beautiful, nested select. Maybe it will help you.

https://jsfiddle.net/nomorepls/tg13w5r7/1/

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function on_change_select(e) {
  alert(e.value, e.title, e.option, e.select);
}

$(document).ready(() => {
  // NESTED SELECT

  $(document).on('click', '.nested-cell', function() {
    $(this).next('div').toggle('medium');
  });

  $(document).on('change', 'input[name="nested-select-hidden-radio"]', function() {
    const parent = $(this).closest(".nested-select");
    const value = $(this).attr('value');
    const title = $(this).attr('title');
    const executer = parent.attr('executer');
    if (executer) {
      const event = new Object();
      event.value = value;
      event.title = title;
      event.option = $(this);
      event.select = parent;
      window[executer].apply(null, [event]);
    }
    parent.attr('value', value);
    parent.parent().slideToggle();
    const button = parent.parent().prev();
    button.toggleClass('active');
    button.addClass('selected');
    button.children('.nested-select-title').html(title);
  });

  $(document).on('click', '.nested-select-button', function() {
    const button = $(this);
    let select = button.parent().children('.nested-select-wrapper');

    if (!button.hasClass('active')) {
      select = select.detach();
      if (button.height() + button.offset().top + $(window).height() * 0.4 > $(window).height()) {
        select.insertBefore(button);
        select.css('margin-top', '-44vh');
        select.css('top', '0');
      } else {
        select.insertAfter(button);
        select.css('margin-top', '');
        select.css('top', '40px');
      }
    }
    select.slideToggle();
    button.toggleClass('active');
  });
});
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.container {
  width: 200px;
  position: relative;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  height: auto;
}

.nested-select-box {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: fit-content;
  cursor: pointer;
  color: #2196f3;
  height: 40px;
  font-size: small;
  /* z-index: 2000; */
}

.nested-select-box .nested-select-button {
  border: 1px solid #2196f3;
  position: absolute;
  width: calc(100% - 20px);
  padding: 0 10px;
  min-height: 40px;
  word-wrap: break-word;
  margin: 0 auto;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.nested-select-box.danger .nested-select-button {
  border: 1px solid rgba(250, 33, 33, 0.678);
}

.nested-select-box .nested-select-button .nested-select-title {
  padding-right: 25px;
  padding-left: 25px;
  width: calc(100% - 50px);
  margin: auto;
  height: fit-content;
  text-align: center;
  vertical-align: middle;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
}

.nested-select-box .nested-select-button.selected .nested-select-title {
  bottom: unset;
  top: 5px;
}

.nested-select-box .nested-select-button .nested-select-title-icon {
  position: absolute;
  height: 20px;
  width: 20px;
  top: 10px;
  bottom: 10px;
  right: 7px;
  transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
}

.nested-select-box .nested-select-button.active .nested-select-title-icon {
  -moz-transform: scale(-1, -1);
  -o-transform: scale(-1, -1);
  -webkit-transform: scale(-1, -1);
  transform: scale(-1, -1);
}

.nested-select-box .nested-select-button .nested-select-title-icon::before,
.nested-select-box .nested-select-button .nested-select-title-icon::after {
  content: "";
  background-color: #2196f3;
  position: absolute;
  width: 70%;
  height: 2px;
  transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
  top: 9px;
}

.nested-select-box .nested-select-button .nested-select-title-icon::before {
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  left: -1.6px;
}

.nested-select-box .nested-select-button .nested-select-title-icon::after {
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
  left: 7px;
}

.nested-select-box .nested-select-wrapper {
  width: 100%;
  top: 40px;
  position: relative;
  border: 1px solid #2196f3;
  background: #ffffff;
  z-index: 2005;
  opacity: 1;
}

.nested-select {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  display: inline-block;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  max-height: 40vh;
  width: calc(100% - 10px);
  padding: 5px;
  -ms-overflow-style: none;
  scrollbar-width: none;
}

.nested-select::-webkit-scrollbar {
  display: none;
}

.nested-select a,
.nested-select span {
  padding: 0 5px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  cursor: pointer;
  text-align: start;
}

.nested-select a:hover {
  background-color: #62b2f3;
  color: #ffffff;
}

.nested-select span:hover {
  background-color: #c4c4c4;
  color: #ffffff;
}

.nested-select input[type="radio"] {
  display: none;
}

.nested-select input[type="radio"]+span {
  display: block;
}

.nested-select input[type="radio"]:checked+span {
  background-color: #2196f3;
  color: #ffffff;
}

.nested-select div {
  margin-left: 15px;
}

.nested-select label>span:before,
.nested-select a:before {
  content: "\2022";
  margin-right: 5px;
}

.nested-select a {
  display: block;
}
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<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
  <div class="nested-select-box w-100">
    <div class="nested-select-button">
      <p class="nested-select-title">
        Account
      </p>
      <span class="nested-select-title-icon"></span>
    </div>
    <div class="nested-select-wrapper" style="display: none;">
      <div class="nested-select" executer="on_change_select">

        <label>
        <input title="Accounting and legal services" value="1565142000000891539" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
        <span>Accounting and legal services</span>
      </label>



        <label>
        <input title="Advertising agencies" value="1565142000000891341" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
        <span>Advertising agencies</span>
      </label>



        <a class="nested-cell">Advertising And Marketing</a>
        <div>



          <label>
          <input title="Advertising agencies" value="1565142000000891341" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
          <span>Advertising agencies</span>
        </label>



          <a class="nested-cell">Adwords - traffic</a>
          <div>



            <label>
            <input title="Adwords - traffic: Charters and general search" value="1565142000003929177" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Adwords - traffic: Charters and general search</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Adwords - traffic: Distance course" value="1565142000007821291" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Adwords - traffic: Distance course</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Adwords - traffic: Events" value="1565142000003929189" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Adwords - traffic: Events</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Adwords - traffic: Practices" value="1565142000003929165" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Adwords - traffic: Practices</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Adwords - traffic: Sailing tours" value="1565142000003929183" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Adwords - traffic: Sailing tours</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Adwords - traffic: Theoretical courses" value="1565142000003929171" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Adwords - traffic: Theoretical courses</span>
          </label>



          </div>



          <label>
          <input title="Branded products" value="1565142000000891533" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
          <span>Branded products</span>
        </label>



          <label>
          <input title="Business cards" value="1565142000005438323" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
          <span>Business cards</span>
        </label>



          <a class="nested-cell">Facebook, Instagram - traffic</a>
          <div>



            <label>
            <input title="Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Charters and general search" value="1565142000003929145" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Charters and general search</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Distance course" value="1565142000007821285" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Distance course</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Events" value="1565142000003929157" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Events</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Practices" value="1565142000003929133" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Practices</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Sailing tours" value="1565142000003929151" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Sailing tours</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Theoretical courses" value="1565142000003929139" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Facebook, Instagram - traffic: Theoretical courses</span>
          </label>



          </div>



          <label>
          <input title="Offline Advertising (posters, banners, partnerships)" value="1565142000000891377" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
          <span>Offline Advertising (posters, banners, partnerships)</span>
        </label>



          <label>
          <input title="Photos, video etc." value="1565142000000891371" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
          <span>Photos, video etc.</span>
        </label>



          <label>
          <input title="Prize fund" value="1565142000001404931" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
          <span>Prize fund</span>
        </label>



          <label>
          <input title="SEO" value="1565142000000891365" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
          <span>SEO</span>
        </label>



          <label>
          <input title="SMM Content creation (texts, copywriting)" value="1565142000000891389" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
          <span>SMM Content creation (texts, copywriting)</span>
        </label>



          <a class="nested-cell">YouTube</a>
          <div>



            <label>
            <input title="YouTube: travel expenses" value="1565142000008100163" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>YouTube: travel expenses</span>
          </label>



            <label>
            <input title="Youtube: video editing" value="1565142000008100157" type="radio" name="nested-select-hidden-radio">
            <span>Youtube: video editing</span>
          </label>



          </div>



        </div>

      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
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How to read an external properties file in Maven

This answer to a similar question describes how to extend the properties plugin so it can use a remote descriptor for the properties file. The descriptor is basically a jar artifact containing a properties file (the properties file is included under src/main/resources).

The descriptor is added as a dependency to the extended properties plugin so it is on the plugin's classpath. The plugin will search the classpath for the properties file, read the file''s contents into a Properties instance, and apply those properties to the project's configuration so they can be used elsewhere.

Frame Buster Buster ... buster code needed

Came up with this, and it seems to work at least in Firefox and the Opera browser.

if(top != self) {
 top.onbeforeunload = function() {};
 top.location.replace(self.location.href);
}

Check if pull needed in Git

Using simple regexp:

str=$(git status) 
if [[ $str =~ .*Your\ branch\ is\ behind.*by.*commits,\ and\ can\ be\ fast-forwarded ]]; then
    echo `date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"` "Needs pull"
else
    echo "Code is up to date"
fi

Struct memory layout in C

You can start by reading the data structure alignment wikipedia article to get a better understanding of data alignment.

From the wikipedia article:

Data alignment means putting the data at a memory offset equal to some multiple of the word size, which increases the system's performance due to the way the CPU handles memory. To align the data, it may be necessary to insert some meaningless bytes between the end of the last data structure and the start of the next, which is data structure padding.

From 6.54.8 Structure-Packing Pragmas of the GCC documentation:

For compatibility with Microsoft Windows compilers, GCC supports a set of #pragma directives which change the maximum alignment of members of structures (other than zero-width bitfields), unions, and classes subsequently defined. The n value below always is required to be a small power of two and specifies the new alignment in bytes.

  1. #pragma pack(n) simply sets the new alignment.
  2. #pragma pack() sets the alignment to the one that was in effect when compilation started (see also command line option -fpack-struct[=] see Code Gen Options).
  3. #pragma pack(push[,n]) pushes the current alignment setting on an internal stack and then optionally sets the new alignment.
  4. #pragma pack(pop) restores the alignment setting to the one saved at the top of the internal stack (and removes that stack entry). Note that #pragma pack([n]) does not influence this internal stack; thus it is possible to have #pragma pack(push) followed by multiple #pragma pack(n) instances and finalized by a single #pragma pack(pop).

Some targets, e.g. i386 and powerpc, support the ms_struct #pragma which lays out a structure as the documented __attribute__ ((ms_struct)).

  1. #pragma ms_struct on turns on the layout for structures declared.
  2. #pragma ms_struct off turns off the layout for structures declared.
  3. #pragma ms_struct reset goes back to the default layout.

Combining multiple commits before pushing in Git

You can squash (join) commits with an Interactive Rebase. There is a pretty nice YouTube video which shows how to do this on the command line or with SmartGit:

If you are already a SmartGit user then you can select all your outgoing commits (by holding down the Ctrl key) and open the context menu (right click) to squash your commits.

It's very comfortable:

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There is also a very nice tutorial from Atlassian which shows how it works:

How to reload current page in ReactJS?

This is my code .This works for me

componentDidMount(){
        axios.get('http://localhost:5000/supplier').then(
            response => {
                console.log(response)
                this.setState({suppliers:response.data.data})
            }
        )
        .catch(error => {
            console.log(error)
        })
        
    }

componentDidUpdate(){
        this.componentDidMount();
}

window.location.reload(); I think this thing is not good for react js

How to use in jQuery :not and hasClass() to get a specific element without a class

It's much easier to do like this:

if(!$('#foo').hasClass('bar')) { 
  ...
}

The ! in front of the criteria means false, works in most programming languages.

javascript regex - look behind alternative?

Let's suppose you want to find all int not preceded by unsigned:

With support for negative look-behind:

(?<!unsigned )int

Without support for negative look-behind:

((?!unsigned ).{9}|^.{0,8})int

Basically idea is to grab n preceding characters and exclude match with negative look-ahead, but also match the cases where there's no preceeding n characters. (where n is length of look-behind).

So the regex in question:

(?<!filename)\.js$

would translate to:

((?!filename).{8}|^.{0,7})\.js$

You might need to play with capturing groups to find exact spot of the string that interests you or you want't to replace specific part with something else.