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I am 25 and my biggest hobby is playing Dungeons & Dragons. I know it's geeky but I don't care. It's not your hobby. I am married to a wonderful woman and have two beautiful baby girls. I live in Kansas City,MO and work with a huge company that encompass's alot of areas, mostly mutual funds. If you have a question for me I will try not to beat around the bush. I will give you my honest opition and I might even have some facts to thrown in. Remember, It takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it. And never forget. The little things you do every day, you get to do those you don't have to. Getting to is a choice, Have to is a choice that is no longer in your hands.
Passing variable from web-page to word doc saved as html?
What I would like to do is click on a hyperlink, button, or something of the sort and pass a variable assicated with it to a word doc that is saved as an html. The html word doc would then take the variable and fill in spots with that variable automatically so the user doesn't have to. Any help will be greatly appreciated. If this is going to require Javascript please provide me with and example. I'm just begining to learn javascript. Thank you in advance for you help.
2 AnswersProgramming & Design1 decade agoHTML/Javascript help...checkboxes to print wanted external word docs?
I've got a webpage that has hyperlinks to multiple Microsoft Word docs. I would like to put checkboxes next to the hyperlinks and then have a button at the bottom that will printout the ones that have been checked one at a time. Is there a way that this can be done?
I'm a novice at HTML and know even less about Javascipt. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll answer them the best I can.
2 AnswersProgramming & Design1 decade agoNeed dropdown list on webpage of all files in a folder?
What I'm wanting to do is have a dropdown list for multiple pictures on a website. If possible I would like to have the list somehow update itself with all the files that are in the folder so I don't have to update the list everytime I add pictures. Can anyone help me? Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you.
3 AnswersProgramming & Design1 decade agoHow to clear the textbox after submission...HELP!!?
I'm having some trouble with this one. I would like the text in the textbox to clear after the info to search for is sent. Here is the code that I have.
<div ALIGN="right">
<form ACTION="************" TARGET="top" METHOD="post" NAME="spoogle">
<left>
<input TYPE="text" SIZE="16" CLASS="searchbox" NAME="string" VALUE="Search Here">
<input TYPE="submit" VALUE="Find It!" CLASS="searchbox">
</left>
</form>
</div>
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
1 AnswerProgramming & Design1 decade agoHTML frames disappear - is this normal?
I just started playing with frames and iframes. Every time I click a link inside the frame to logon to something the frames/iframe disappear. Like if in one frame I want to sign onto my yahoo mail, once i click the log on link the framed page disappears. Is there any way to prevent this? I'm wanting to have a page with 4 frames/iframes that i can log onto different sites and still keep the framed setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions please ask. Thank you.
1 AnswerProgramming & Design1 decade agoCan't view color dividers on web page?
I have IE7. On a webpage I'm helping with, the page is set up with dividers.
<div id="gray">Testing</div>
Even if I change the color to something else it still doesn't show up. The problem I have is I can't view this divider but my buddy can on his pc. If I'm going to help I need to view all the information he's already programmed in and go from there. Can anyone help me with this. I've completely run out of options. PLEASE HELP so I can get his crap fixed. Thank you.
1 AnswerProgramming & Design1 decade agoneed help with adding alias to UNIX profile?
I'm a beginner w/ unix so i'm not sure if this can even be done but want to ask. I know how to add an alias to my profile. I want to know if i can pull information in when I type in the alias. Have a script at work that checks user access according to their userid. I would like to enter the alias followed by the userid and have the userid entered into the command that needs to be issued.
Example : USERCHECK AT74896
Then AT74896 could be put into the command in the alias : GREP -I AT74896 *_PASSWD
Is this possible to do given my beginner knowledge?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for reading.
1 AnswerProgramming & Design1 decade agoWhat to do with all these drill bits?
I just bought a big pack of drill bits for some home improvements, but it DID NOT come with a nice metal case to hold them in. Is there anywhere i could purchase one or does anyone else have any suggestions on how to keep these organized? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
4 AnswersDo It Yourself (DIY)1 decade agoExcel Formula for hours and minutes?
I'm trying to impress my boss right now and can't for the life of me figure out how to get this to happen. I've got a line on a report that automatically shows how long things happened. puts it into the following format...4h 3m... So how do I, i another column, get the total hours and minutes added together? Please help me impress my boss and I'll get you all the points I can. Thank you for you help.
2 AnswersProgramming & Design1 decade agoHow to change the desktop background for another user without them being logged on?
I am wanting to pull a practical joke on a co-worker. We share a pc at work and I would like to know how to change her background to something else. Is there anyway I can do that while I'm logged in?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
2 AnswersOther - Computers1 decade agoWould anyone be interested in this?
I was thinking about starting a lawn mowing service with a buddy, but only use reel mowers, rechargable mowers and rechargable weed eaters. How many of you wouldn't mind having your yard mowed like this and would it bother you if the price was a little bit higher?
We are not thinking about this to get rich. We are think about this for exercise and a little money.
13 AnswersGreen Living1 decade agoHELP!! My laptop keeps locking up.?
It's an older laptop. HP Notebook 1.5GHz w/ 480MB of RAM and running XP Home. When on the laptop it keeps locking up. I don't think it's overheating cause it's not that hot and I also have a fan unit under it to keep it cool. It doesn't matter what i'm doing. I can't even install SP2 on it cause it locks up. Any help anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. If you need any more info please just ask. Thanks.
1 AnswerLaptops & Notebooks1 decade agoHelp with Microsoft Word 2003...Don't know how to get rid of annoying graph lines.?
Ok here's the deal, I was playing around with Microsoft Word and now there are graph lines on every document I open or create. The lines don't print but it's very annoying. They only show up when viewing the document in Print Layout. Please help me get rid of these annoying lines. Like i said they don't print and they are only visible when looking at an old or new document in Print Layout. Thank you.
3 AnswersSoftware1 decade agoMicrosoft Word help please...don't know how I did this or how to undo it.?
I can't tell you what I did but now on Microsoft Word when viewing a document in Print Layout there are graph line behind my test. The lines don't print but it is very annoying. Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.
And I do vote for best answer so hopefully this is going to be an easy 10 points for you and get rid of a headache for me. : )
4 AnswersSoftware1 decade agoWant to set up dual Operating Systems on my pc. Need help.?
I just bought a new pc with windows Vista and have decided that Vista sucks. But I don't want to get rid of it, after all i did pay for it. So i want to install windows XP along with it. I know that I can backup my vista information onto cd. Is there a way to have both of these systems on my pc and have a prompt on startup where i can choose which system i want to use?
I've been told that I would have to partition my hard drive and then install both OS's on different partitions. I just want to play my games that worked fine with XP. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for taking the time to read my question.
2 AnswersSoftware1 decade agoWith DVD +/-, is there a way to tell.....?
With DVD+ and DVD- is there a way to tell what products they will work in before I buy a pack of DVD R's? I don't want to buy a pack and then find out that they won't play in my dvd player on the TV and thing like that. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
8 AnswersOther - Computers1 decade agoWhat's the difference between these DVD's?
What is the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R?
3 AnswersOther - Computers1 decade agoHome networking...how do i do it?
Is this possible....? To connect my old pc directly to my wireless router and then transfer files to my new pc connected wirelessly to same router? If this is possilble, would the virus on my old pc infect my new pc even thou the new one has new and updated AV?
4 AnswersComputer Networking1 decade agoHelp...Transfering files from old hard drive to new one but they have differend OS?
I would like to transfer the files from my old pc which had XP to my new one which has Vista. Could I just slave my old HD to my new pc and copy that way? Also, my old hard drive has a virus i could't git rid of. If i slave is it do you think that the new antivirus would catch it? Please help!!!!!!! If you have any more q's about it please ask. Really need the info from old pc.
1 AnswerOther - Hardware1 decade agoExcel macro help needed!!!....?
I'm trying to disable the right click option for buttons on a sheet. I have tried "Application.Commandbars("Button").Enabled=False" but have had no luck. I don't want to disable right click on the whole file. Just on the buttons. I have custome right click options I need to keep. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide me with.
1 AnswerSoftware1 decade ago