15 Watercolour Photoshop Brushes

A great collection of 15 watercolor photoshop brushes

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Tutorial Photoshop: Reflection

A new Photoshop tutorial explaining you how to create this reflection effect on a text.

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List of SQL Server database users and permissions

Today I was doing some research as to how to list the database users and the permissions they have and came across this article which is very useful.

http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1071

Test you site in different browsers...

If you are interested to test your website in different browsers then Browsershots is very helpful for you. Browsershots shows how your website looks in different browsers. It is very easy to use. Just go to Browsershots site and then submit

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Introduction to C++ Programming and Graphics: Download ebook

Introduction to C++ Programming and Graphics offers a venue for rapidly learning the language by concisely revealing its grammar, syntax and main features, and by explaining the key ideas behind object oriented programming (OOP), with emphasis on scientific computing. The book reviews elemental concepts of computers and computing..

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Photoshop Videos Search Results at macromedia.com

Search results for Photoshop videos. Lots of good Photoshop information, tips, tricks and techniques.

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Adobe Photoshop Tutorials - Best Of

An overview of professional step-by-step tutorials which can enrich your design skills and improve the quality of your works.

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Excel to Word mailmerge problem

Today there was this small thing that took my time. A date field in excel was formatted correctly but when the field was used in the mailmerge with Word. The format in the excel was not being reflected in word.

So I used the following steps to correct this in Word.

Step 1. Right click on the field name
Step 2. Click on the ‘Toggle Field Codes’ option For eg., { MERGEFIELD “AFinish” }
Step 3. Edit the field to include \@ “dd-MM-yyyy” e.g. { MERGEFIELD “AFinish” \@ “dd-MM-yyyy” }
Step 4. Right click and click update field.


You can see the date format as 17-08-2008

Viewing DTS scheduled jobs

I wanted to view the scheduled DTS jobs. So obvious way I thought was to do view it where I created. But for some reason, the schedule has been reset. So there is no way we can view the scheduled jobs of DTS here.

If you want to view these jobs, you have to access the SQL SERver Agent as these jobs are run by SQL SERVER Agent. So follow these steps to ciew your scheduled jobs on SQL server.

Go to SQL SERVER Enterprise Manager -- Management folder
Then click on SQL SERVER AGENT -- Jobs

Here you can see the job name status etc.

Automatic processing of SSAS cubes

I needed to automate the process of refreshing my Sql Server Analysis Services Cubes. My SQL server is 2000 and Analysis Services is SP4.

The approach I followed today is as follows:

I created a package in DTS of SQL Server 2000

Step 1 Created a SSAS task and pointed the Dimension (Rebuild the dimension) that needs to be updated.

Step 2 Then I created another task to refreshh all cubes.

Step 3 I created a On Success workflow between the above two tasks.

I saved this package and scheduled it to run monthly.

Displaying Temporary Internet Files folder in Windows Explorer

I am so used to browse the temporary internet files folder for internet exploer but I was not able to do this since I upgraded my Internet Exploer to 7. I finally found a way to do this. Microsoft has made the temporary internet files folder a 'Protected operating system folder'. That is the reason we cannot view that folder even when we check on the option 'Show hidden files and folders'.

All we have to do is Go to Windows Explorer -- Tools -- Folder options -- View tab
Untick the 'Hide protected system files and folders'

And you can see the Temporary internet files' folder in C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\ folder.

Java based math course includes problem-solving lessons and tests

Visual and interactive way to thorough understanding and mastering Trigonometry without getting wearied on the very first chapter! Java- and web-based math course includes theoretical

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Concatenate values from two text box and populate the value in another text box

Today I had to create a function to concatenate two values from a text box and populate the output in another text box. This I did to inmprove the usability of the form for inputing the credit card data.

This is what I wrote



function conc()
{
var mon;
var yy;

yy=document.getElementById("Texty").value;
mon=document.getElementById("Textm").value;
document.getElementById("Texte").value=yy+mon;
}

Web Photo Gallery with Photoshop

Today I was googling for some CSS photo gallery that I want to use for my website. I found quite interesting ones as follows:

Library of CSS Stylesheets
Joshuaink Photo Gallery Template
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/lightbox.html

The one that suited me was described in this chapter on Techrepublic.

As I was about to call off my search, I found this easy way of creating a photogallery using Photoshop CS2 which is really handy if you have to create a photo gallery out of many photos.

How to Create an "Invisible" Folder for Your, um, "Private" Files

You ever have a folder on your computer that you really dont want any one to find? You can make this folder hidden but then you have to un-hide all the folders when ever you want to find it. So how can you make a folder truly invisible? Follow these simple steps and your unmentionables will stay that way

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My first project in c# ASP.net

Today for the first time I created a project in ASP.net. All this while I was doing some modifications for SQL code and reports for existing .NET projects. I wanted to recreate the functionality described here

When I did exactly what was said and tried to access the webpage, I got the error "Code not parsed...." When I googled for this error, then only I realised that I did not build the solution. So the error was fixed when I compiled the project.

Problems with connecting to proxy

Wayne, our systems Administrator contributed this:

Having problems with a user who cannot connect to our proxy server because their Internet Explorer keeps using a manually entered username and password, instead of their domain username and password. Even typing in the correct username and password doesn't work. Tried resetting IE settings, changing authentication options, with no success. Finally found instructions on removing the saved passwords, and that fixed the problem.

Windows XP does not offer a very easy way to review or remove the saved passwords though. If you follow the steps below though you can access a graphical interface to add, remove or edit the saved passwords on a given system.

1. Click Start and select Run

2. In the Open field type "rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr"

3. Once the Stored Usernames and Passwords interface opens you can select any of the entries and select Properties to view the existing information

4. To remove a saved password you can select one of the entries and select Remove. A confirmation screen will appear. Click on OK and the account will be removed

5. You can add additional saved passwords as well by clicking on the Add button and entering the appropriate information

6. Repeat the steps above as needed to add, remove or edit saved passwords

7. When you are done using the interface click the Close button

Thanks Wayne, for your contribution.

12 Ways to Make Better Use of Your Footer

Great list of ways to use an extended footer on a blog, and why you should move stuff down there as opposed to cluttering up your sidebar.

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Lists: To Do vs Action vs Next Action

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Use SQL subselects to consolidate queries

Normalized data giving you problems? Learn how to use the SQL subselect statement and handle your database like a pro!

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