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glennPattonPUB wrote: The upside to this is the software (the VB thing) has not (yet) gone wrong.
It never will go wrong*
* You did include "On Error Resume Next" ?
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Quote: * You did include "On Error Resume Next" ?
no that was going to be the plan if this version broke... I still can't get over the logic of including a way continuing if some goes wrong, "On Error Resume Next" or as I prefer it "if it errors, ignore it and carry on" fantastic! What the h*ll were they dinking when they came up with that? 
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its VB its designed for the lowest common denominator i.e. people who will keep sticking their hand in the fire to find out if it still hurts
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Which is where I can see all these scripting language like Python ending up!
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Bergholt Stuttley Johnson wrote: its VB its designed for the lowest common denominator i.e. people who will keep sticking their hand in the fire to find out if it still hurts
FTFY 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Basic I seem to remember is Beginners All purpose Symbol Instruction Code, the clue should be the Beginners bit,
I wrote a supporting application for this thing in C# works/no complaints one afternoon!  , Basic still has problems probably but not my problem now.
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glennPattonPUB wrote: Basic still has problems probably but not my problem now.
Until you can't get any other work because it is on your CV.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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There used to be a similar construct in COBOL (probably still is) that was commonly used in serial file access because when the end of file was hit it threw error code 23 - if you were processing a whole file this would happen once each run & therefore was an expected error.
Hence, you would continue to the next line after the read, but then the next line would be to check the error status - if it was 23, you knew you had finished, otherwise you invoked the error process.
If it's just being used to hide errors, though, I'm in full agreement. Probably why VB gets such a bad rap, but the coder has to take some of the blame.
Regards, Stewart
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It's always the same, blame the tool not the tool using the tool!
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glennPattonPUB wrote: The upside to this is the software (the VB thing) has not (yet) gone wrong.
And when it does, your name is first on the list.
True story, I had created an Access database and VBA interface waaaaay back in '97. They closed the company site I worked at in 2000 during the slash and burn buyout process Tyco was doing at the time. After Microsoft dropped the backward compatabilty in Access 2000 I got a call at home in 2001 from them wanting to know if I'd be interested in fixing the now broken database. I told them I needed to think about it, then said nah, sorry you're on your own.
Good luck by the way. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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S Houghtelin wrote: then said nah
I might have said $$$.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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It felt soooooooooo good to tell them off and leave them hanging. Dennis Kozlowski[^] can burn in h3ll, the company I was with was multimillion dollar profitable, but not profitable enough. Tyco sold the physical assets and moved production offshore.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
modified 27-Aug-14 11:56am.
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S Houghtelin wrote: It was broke, so I fixed it.
Except the link above, unless you intended to link to the Wikipedia page on the name "Dennis".
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Once I knew it was broke, I fixed it.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWPWrR-94NY[^]
If 13 dogs can cooperate.... then again, I have heard that managing s/w types is like herding cats... maybe we should wait for the sequel - 13 cats jumping rope....
sigh, not having a good project day... doom is written all over it
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Obligatory Dilbert[^]
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Well now just thanks.... that's going on my laptop screen....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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charlieg wrote: If 13 dogs can cooperate....
You're forgetting something very important here.
A dogs is a man's best friend. Programmers rarely have any friends.
Sorry to crush your dreams like that 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Cats do not implement IEnumerable
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Speak for yourself! I had 4 in the house, I'm now down to 3. All children have been informed that they WILL be taking their animals with them should they choose to move out.
Now, if I can get rid of one of the three dogs and the birds....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I'd start getting rid of the crocodile. At least, the postman would dare to come back again...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Senior moment apparently... what the elephanting are you talking about? 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Heck, I'd be happy if I could get just one other programmer to jump when I say "jump." Oh wait, I'd be in management then. 
Marc
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The problem is that if you had more than one, they would jump in different directions, creating code in their own style, even if it has to interface with other code. I'd prefer a hairball slinging cat fight resulting in one winner.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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charlieg wrote: I'd prefer a hairball slinging cat fight resulting in one winner.
Nah, I want a dictatorship.
Marc
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