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Re: Disable a script...

Brad Fackrell4-Jun-04 9:07

Brad Fackrell

4-Jun-04 9:07

Thanks Jason.

That is kind of what I was thinking but just couldn't seem to see how to make it happen.

Brad

How to open a select folder window?

jessica1233-Jun-04 21:55

jessica123

3-Jun-04 21:55

in HTML,i can give following :

This will popup a file selection popup dialog box. This dialog box,
does not allow me to select directory. It only allows me to select a file.
I want to allow the user to select a directory.

How can i do this ? Any immediate help would be much appreciated.

jessica123

Re: How to open a select folder window?

sivilian4-Jun-04 7:12

sivilian

4-Jun-04 7:12

There is no built in functionality with this control to do that. I sorta circumvented the problem once by setting the size of textbox part of the control to 0 so it is invisiible and then setting another textbox next to it. Whenever a user chooses a file, the directory of where that file is in would appear in the textbox. There is some coding involved, but it is rather trivial.

This is the best quick fix I can offer.

sivilian

File -> new window can't call activex members

skoizumi291103-Jun-04 7:02

skoizumi29110

3-Jun-04 7:02

We are developping active x for web use. we found a litttle bit of problem with File -> new window in explorer. whenever we do this and call some member functions in those active x explorere fails. however if you just go and open explorer with http://localhost/myasp.asp and open another one with http://localhost/myasp.asp and call some active x members we have no problem.
Since i am new to web development, I am not sure wherer to start debugging.

Any help is appreciated.

Shin

Enumerating Group Members with WMI, VBscript

thespiff3-Jun-04 6:00

thespiff

3-Jun-04 6:00

I just recently began exploring WMI since you can't do everything with ADSI. My current project is to compile a list of domain users in my company with Local Administrator privileges on our numerous servers so that we may clean out any users who ought not have these powers.

The problem is I can't seem to get the records I want from my query. Take a look at the following code:

strComputer = "."<br />
Set objSWbemServices = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")<br />
Set colSWbemObjectSet = objSWbemServices.ExecQuery("SELECT FullName," & _<br />
"Domain, LocalAccount FROM Win32_UserAccount WHERE LocalAccount = false")<br />
For Each objSWbemObject In colSWbemObjectSet<br />
    WScript.Echo "	 Domain: " & objSWbemObject.Domain & vbCrLf & _<br />
                 "Full Name: " & objSWbemObject.FullName & vbCrLf<br />
Next

This query returns what appears to be all of the user accounts in my domain. I assume this is because our general domain users group is a member of the local "Users" group. How can I make the query only collect domain users who are also members of the local "Administrators" group?

Thanks,
Seth Kelly

Re: Enumerating Group Members with WMI, VBscript

thespiff4-Jun-04 1:29

thespiff

4-Jun-04 1:29

Allright, well I've made some progress here. I have a script that runs almost perfectly, but has a habit of getting stuck. Here's the essential code:

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")<br />
Set scribe = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\LocalAdminList.txt")<br />
Set boxes = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\servers.txt",1,false)<br />
<br />
DO<br />
Set CompConn = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & box & "\root\cimv2")<br />
Set ColUsers = CompConn.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_GroupUser WHERE" &_ "GroupComponent='Win32_Group.Domain=\'BUILTIN\',Name=\'Administrators\'' ")<br />
<br />
    FOR EACH User IN ColUsers<br />
        Username = User.PartComponent<br />
	scribe.writeline Username<br />
        (*script gets stuck here*)<br />
    NEXT<br />
<br />
LOOP WHILE(boxes.atendofstream = false)<br />

Simple enough. Yet when I run the script against a list of a few hundred servers it gets stuck somewhere between the second and third server. Specifically, it never gets out of the FOR loop after it processes the last user in the second server's collection. When I remove this server from the list the script makes it through 5 more servers and then same deal. No errors, it just sits and doesn't do anything. Does anybody have any idea why this script won't drop out of the FOR loop when it ought to? Alternatively, is there any code to make it drop out after a certain period of innactiviy?

Re: Enumerating Group Members with WMI, VBscript

thespiff4-Jun-04 4:36

thespiff

4-Jun-04 4:36

Well, I might as well continue answering my own questions. A bit of searching and I found this problem with WMI queries. Essentially, that report tells me that even though I ran my query looking for local users it still queries my entire domain to find them. My very large network isn't exactly standardized software-wise, so I assume the servers that this script hangs on don't have the proper hotfixes to handle my query.

"EXIT FOR" is of course the equivalent to "break" that I was looking for, but I'm still curious about a condition that would break off the loop after a certain amount of inactivity. The query in my code runs server-side, so my end is indeed inactive while it queries endlessly. Another more useful tip would be one that explains how to improve my query.

My problem is...essentially...solved, but not nearly to my satisfaction. Any help would still be much appreciated.

Perl vs. PHP

brianwelsch3-Jun-04 5:01

brianwelsch

3-Jun-04 5:01

Is there any compelling reason I would want to learn PHP if I already know perl?

Outside of maintaining somebody elses PHP script, or curiosity.

Are there substantial differences that would warrant picking it up? I've sort of figured I can do anything in perl that someone can do in PHP, if not more, so why bother, but maybe I'm way off.

BW
The Biggest Loser

"People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
Automatic bazootie, zero to tutti frutti"
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Re: Perl vs. PHP

l a u r e n3-Jun-04 7:18

l a u r e n

3-Jun-04 7:18

not really if you're comfortable with perl
the new php5 has a whole bunch of object oriented features coming and has some very neat stuff to interface with all sorts of db's etc BUT... like i said in the lounge just now ... doesnt it all come down to spitting out html over a stateless protocol anyways?

Wink | ;)

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Re: Perl vs. PHP

brianwelsch3-Jun-04 8:04

brianwelsch

3-Jun-04 8:04

l a u r e n wrote:
doesnt it all come down to spitting out html over a stateless protocol anyways?

Smile | :)

True, as long as you shuffle your characters the way you want to, what difference does it make.

BW
The Biggest Loser

"People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
Automatic bazootie, zero to tutti frutti"
-Hollywood Freaks

Fixed cell width in tables

JussiL3-Jun-04 1:09

JussiL

3-Jun-04 1:09

Hi,

Is it somehow possible to force the width of a table column be fixed (in HTML) no matter how huge the cell content might be?

For example in the example below, the width of the table increases if I insert a very long string with no spaces to it. So is it possible to force the text to be wrapped eventhough there's no spaces in it?

<html>
<head>
<title>page</title>
</head>
<body>

<table border="1" bordercolor="black" width="300" >
<tr>
<td width="150"> </td>
<td width="150"> </td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

-Jussi

Re: Fixed cell width in tables

Andrew Quinn AUS3-Jun-04 4:05

Andrew Quinn AUS

3-Jun-04 4:05

Hi there,

Try the following:

JussiL wrote:

STYLE="word-wrap:break-word;">

Hope this helps,
Andy

Re: Fixed cell width in tables

JussiL3-Jun-04 20:32

JussiL

3-Jun-04 20:32

Yeah, this is exactly what I needed. Thanks Smile | :)

-Jussi

fax from asp

hi_hemant142-Jun-04 19:47

hi_hemant14

2-Jun-04 19:47

hi, i really need someone to help.
i have to fax from an asp application but i dont want to use a fax server or the option of far using e-mail.
i need a code or an interface in which i can enter a number and choose a file and send fax.plz do help me. i'm in great trouble. my application is incomplete without this .

Re: fax from asp

l a u r e n3-Jun-04 7:22

l a u r e n

3-Jun-04 7:22

afaik u need a backend module to take care of the actual fax layer of the transport ... writing this in asp would not be a good idea me thinks

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embedded media player...

l a u r e n2-Jun-04 15:58

l a u r e n

2-Jun-04 15:58

well maybe im losing the plot and all but i have searched for the last hour trying to find info on what commands media player supports within a web page via javascript and come up with jack ... nada ... niente ... zip ... zilch

before i go mad and shoot my computer can anyone point me a source of info?

thnx
Confused | :confused:

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Re: embedded media player...

palbano4-Jun-04 9:03

palbano

4-Jun-04 9:03

You want to look at the Document Object Model documentation for WMP on MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmplay/mmp_sdk/windowsmediaplayeractivexcontrol.asp[^]

"No matter where you go, there your are." - Buckaroo Banzai

-pete

SSL

alex.barylski2-Jun-04 10:47

alex.barylski

2-Jun-04 10:47

I've noticed when sites require SSL they typically have a subdomain or folder assigned to strictly hold SSL required scripts.

Is this becuz SSL must be mapped to enentired directory or something?

Can you not enable SSL for a single script? or would all scripts then cause SSL to be used between any HTTP request?

Cheers Smile | :)

How do I print my voice mail?

Re: SSL

palbano4-Jun-04 9:23

palbano

4-Jun-04 9:23

>> Is this becuz SSL must be mapped to enentired directory or something?

That does not match my experience.

>> or would all scripts then cause SSL to be used between any HTTP request?

No, SSL uses the HTTPS protocol not HTTP.

"No matter where you go, there your are." - Buckaroo Banzai

-pete

Re: SSL

alex.barylski5-Jun-04 12:00

alex.barylski

5-Jun-04 12:00

palbano wrote:
That does not match my experience.

So I can have all my files in a single directory and only have one script use SSL?

How would I accomplish this? In my scripts POST would I just submit to HTTPS instead of HTTP?

So I would have to use an absolute url, not a relative one like I usually do and basically https://www.soandso.com/secure_script.php

Cheers Smile | :)

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Re: SSL

palbano5-Jun-04 17:04

palbano

5-Jun-04 17:04

>> just submit to HTTPS instead of HTTP?

Well that's all from a software development point of view. Obtaining and installing the certificate in the Web Server... not so simple and completely server dependent. Frown | :(

"No matter where you go, there your are." - Buckaroo Banzai

-pete

Undefined Index Error in PHP & MYSQL

BSRK2-Jun-04 3:31

BSRK

2-Jun-04 3:31

I am getting the error - "Undefined Index Job_Code, Account_Code, welfare_tag & Amount"
in the following code (PHP & MYSQL).

while($rs=mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_BOTH))
{
$Job_Code=$rs["Job_Code"];
$Account_Code=$rs["Account_Code"];
$welfare_tag=$rs["welfare_tag"];
$Amount=$rs["Amount"];
}

Re: Undefined Index Error in PHP & MYSQL

l a u r e n2-Jun-04 16:00

l a u r e n

2-Jun-04 16:00

first off:

$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res);
$job_code = $row['job_code'];
$account_code = $row['account_code'];
$welfare_tag = $row['welfare_tag'];
$amount = $row['amount'];

is a neater way to write the code
Wink | ;)

i think ur error is coming in from the case of the variable names ... always use lower case for everything ... it makes life simpler in the long run trust me
Smile | :)

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Problem in Printing HTML

Shanky30182-Jun-04 2:16

Shanky3018

2-Jun-04 2:16

I am working on a website in which i have to provide printing to the user. It is basically a report which user can print.
The problem i am facing is the report is coming with Horizontal and Vertical bars i mean its a big report i use window.print() command for printing this report but it only print a single page i mean only the area which is coming in current window rest report is not printed.

Please suggest me what i can do in this scenerio and its very urgent.

WebServices and Client side execution

Praveen Bharadwaj2-Jun-04 1:18

Praveen Bharadwaj

2-Jun-04 1:18

I am working on a problem wherein I have following requirement.

1) I need to control the access to the business logic through a webservice which logs the request with details like IP Address/Date-Time/ Authentication etc.

2) The buiness logic needs to run at Client side as it involves lot of data which the client wouldnt want to be exposed over the net.

Can I implement this by executing the Web Service Locally on the client side ? Or is there any other better way to achieve this. I am struck at this and need help.

Thanks a lot in advance for the suggestions.

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