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How to Extract SQL EXPRESS Installer

To extract the sql express edition use,

1. Goto Command prompt

2. navigate to the sqlexpr32.exe

3. Type sqlexpr32.exe /x

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Error exporting data to UTF8 in SQL Server DTS

Error 0×00470d4: Data Flow Task 1: The code page on input column “COLUMN_NAME” (111) is 1252 and is required to be 65001.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

Usually this error appears when the table has a data type of VARCHAR, what you need to do is to change it NVARCHAR.

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How to Create Line Number

This article demonstrates how to add line numbers to a rich text box control. This is done by adding a picture box control on the left side of the rich text box control. When the appropriate events happen on the Form or on the RichTextBox control we call a method that paints the line numbers on the PictureBox control. This approach is more accurate and efficient than other approaches I’ve seen where another textbox control was used for printing the line numbers. The PictureBox will only print the line numbers that are currently visible in the RichTextBox control.
During the process of constructing this code sample, I initially based it on the code sample provided in the article http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/numberedtextbox.asp and enhanced it by doing the following:

  1. Replace the Label control for numbering with a PictureBox
  2. I fixed the scrolling problem with that implementation due to the fact that RichTextBox uses smooth scrolling (scrolling with the scrollbar scrolls the text in pixels, not in lines), as a result sometimes the first line may be displayed in half, at which case the line numbering should address it.

Here is the code for printing the line numbers. Note that we have a RichTextBox control
called MyRichTextBox and a PictureBox control called MyPictureBox. The method gets one
argument which is the Graphics of the PictureBox control.
This is the method DrawRichTextBoxLineNumbers:

  1. Private Sub DrawRichTextBoxLineNumbers(ByRef g As Graphics)
  2.  
  3. 'Calculate font heigth as the difference in Y coordinate
  4.  
  5. 'between line 2 and line 1
  6.  
  7. 'Note that the RichTextBox text must have at least two lines.
  8.  
  9. '  So the initial Text property of the RichTextBox
  10.  
  11. '  should not be an empty string. It could be something
  12.  
  13. '  like vbcrlf & vbcrlf & vbcrlf
  14.  
  15. With MyRichTextBox
  16.  
  17. Dim font_height As Single
  18.  
  19. font_height = .GetPositionFromCharIndex(.GetFirstCharIndexFromLine(2)).Y _
  20.  
  21. - .GetPositionFromCharIndex(.GetFirstCharIndexFromLine(1)).Y
  22.  
  23. If font_height = 0 Then Exit Sub
  24.  
  25. 'Get the first line index and location
  26.  
  27. Dim first_index As Integer
  28.  
  29. Dim first_line As Integer
  30.  
  31. Dim first_line_y As Integer
  32.  
  33. first_index = .GetCharIndexFromPosition(New _
  34.  
  35. Point(0, g.VisibleClipBounds.Y + font_height / 3))
  36.  
  37. first_line = .GetLineFromCharIndex(first_index)
  38.  
  39. first_line_y = .GetPositionFromCharIndex(first_index).Y
  40.  
  41. 'Print on the PictureBox the visible line numbers of the RichTextBox
  42.  
  43. g.Clear(Control.DefaultBackColor)
  44.  
  45. Dim i As Integer = first_line
  46.  
  47. Dim y As Single
  48.  
  49. Do While y < g.VisibleClipBounds.Y + g.VisibleClipBounds.Height
  50.  
  51. y = first_line_y + 2 + font_height * (i - first_line - 1)
  52.  
  53. g.DrawString((i).ToString, .Font, Brushes.DarkBlue, MyPictureBox.Width _
  54.  
  55. - g.MeasureString((i).ToString, .Font).Width, y)
  56.  
  57. i += 1
  58.  
  59. Loop
  60.  
  61. 'Debug.WriteLine("Finished: " & firstLine + 1 & " " & i - 1)
  62.  
  63. End With
  64.  
  65. End Sub
  66.  
  67. Private Sub r_Resize(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _Handles MyRichTextBox.Resize
  68. DrawRichTextBoxLineNumbers(Me.MyPictureBox.CreateGraphics)
  69. MyPictureBox.Invalidate()
  70.  
  71. End Sub
  72.  
  73. Private Sub r_VScroll(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
  74. Handles MyRichTextBox.VScroll
  75. DrawRichTextBoxLineNumbers(Me.MyPictureBox.CreateGraphics)
  76. MyPictureBox.Invalidate()
  77. End Sub
  78.  
  79. Private Sub p_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) _
  80. Handles MyPictureBox.Paint
  81. DrawRichTextBoxLineNumbers(e.Graphics)
  82. End Sub
  83.  
  84. Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
  85.  
  86. Handles MyBase.Load
  87.  
  88. MyRichTextBox.Text = vbCrLf & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
  89.  
  90. End Sub

Source: Line Numbering of RichTextBox in .NET 2.0

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How to Load Bitmap into the Picturebox

mports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Data
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Drawing.Text
Imports System.Drawing.Printing

Private sub LoadBitmapImage()
Me.PictureBox1.Image = New System.Drawing.Bitmap(”c:\mypic.bmp”)
End Sub

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MDI - Close All Forms

Private Sub CloseAll()

For Each f As Form In Me.MdiChildren
f.close()
Next
End Form

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How to lock folder

If you want to lock your folder. Follow the simple instruction, let’s say you want to lock the folder SEXY folder.

1. Open Notepad and type the following

ren SEXY SEXY.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Save the text file as lock.bat in the same level of SEXY folder.

2. Open another new Notepad and type the following

ren SEXY.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

3.  Save the text file as unlock.bat in the same drive.

How to use:

1.  To lock the pics folder, simply click the lock.bat and it will transform into control panel icon which is inaccessible.
2. To unlock the folder click the unlock.bat file. Thus the folder will be unlocked and the contents are accessible.

For more tips & tricks visit: http://techytonic.blogspot.com/2008/03/lock-folder-using-notepad.html

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