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For SQL Server to perform a dump to a remote drive (that is, another machine on the network), the ID that SQL Server runs under must have rights to the

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Question: I have a datawindow d_case with a retrieval argument al_case_id. In this datawindow, I have two columns that are ddlbcolumn1 = judge with dddw_judge and column2 = contact with

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Visual InterDev 6 has many shortcuts to help navigate/write your code. Here is a summary of the ones that I’ve found most useful: Goto Line # CTRL-G Find CTRL-F Replace

RegClean is a free utility from Microsoft that cleans up your system registry. However, some users have discovered that at least one version cleans too deeply and damages their Visual

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