Advanced Excel user needing help running VBA program in Numbers 09

I am preparing for Dental school, a very tough program, indeed, and wanted to use a powerful tool that helped me out in my undergrad:
I have developed a Visual Basic program in Excel which gives the user a few simple forms through which I can enter data (terms and definitions, or possible test information) and then take short tests, play a silly game, print flash cards and so on.
I worked very hard to get this going on Office 2007 - very VERY hard given Office 07 is the most evil creation ever!!
I may resort to running gulp Vista to get this running, but what a pain! I am aware that Applescript is an option, but would hope there is some compatibility with my previous work. The more code I can preserve from my previous program the less time I will have to invest in developing the Mac version.
This is a highly advanced thing to do, and I realize most people don't do this sort of thing. If anyone is as crazy (and geeky) as me your help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Where are you finding Applescript 3.2.1 ?
As far as I know, the current AppleScript is 2.1.2 and is part of mac Os X 10.6.
Office for mac is unable to use VBA.
Numbers is unable to take benefit of this missing VBA.
AppleScript may be used to mimic some VBA features.
Look at :
http://mactech.com/vba-transition-guide/index-091.html
In fact, I guess that you grabbed Xcode 3.2.1 hoping to be able to build AppleScript applications.
This require a serious learning curve.
Look at :
http://developer.apple.com/Mac/library/releasenotes/ScriptingAutomation/RN-Apple ScriptObjC/index.html
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 5 avril 2010 08:01:27

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Hello Everybody!
I am MetalheadGautham, a guy who has been using linux since May 2007, and linux made me what I am - a guy with an attitude, from a n00b who couldn't use his brains thanks to windows. I migrated from Ubuntu 7.04, my first distro, to Ubuntu 8.04 on may 2008 then within a few weeks, I got rid of that horrible piece of bloatware. Then I installed Debian Lenny, and then migrated to Sidux in just a couple of days, when I heard lenny was about to go on a suspended animation soon.;)
I installed arch a week back, since even debian sid was proving too slow for my hardware, and I think its the best linux distro ever. Period. Its so simple to use, everything can be done so very easily, that I think even Ubuntu was much much harder to use than arch. But I still have lots of unsolved issues, since I am still a newbie (depending on how far you stretch the defination of the word "newbie").
1. Hardware
I have a Pentium 4 "Prescott" 2.66GHz processor (not the HT technology model), 256MB DDR 400MHz RAM, Intel D915GLVG motherboard with onboard Intel GMA 900 Video and RealTek ALC880 Audio. I hope you see that this is certainly not the best system in the world... I run KDEmod on this. So far, except for Firefox hanging, I have found no issues. Any advice on running arch on this ugly baby ?
2. IceDE
I am trying to create a full DE using IceWM, called IceDE. I want to make lightweight easy to use apps, either simple commandline like nano or curses based terminal apps or light gui apps available for use on this. So far I use EmelFM as file manager, DFM for desktop icons, nano for text editing and xterm for terminal. I need some more apps, mainly a media player. Please suggest a good light weight all-format-supported media player for this environment.
3. AUR and Pacman
I need a good GUI client for Pacman. I heard of aorut or something. How good is it and is it a native KDEmod app ? And is there a simpler way to install stuff from AUR other than visiting the site each time ? Is there some AUR client ? And does anyone know some good commandline pacman game ?
4. Konqueror issues
Konqueror can't use WYSIWYG editing mode in vBulletin. If I press and hold the down arrow in a text box, I can't reach the end of the text I am typing. I need some adblock filters for doubleclick, ad.yeildmanager, google, yahoo, etc. Please help. I want to replace firefox completely.
5. Doccumentation
Can someone please link me to some good .txt files containing well formatted doccumentation I can read with less while in commandline mode ? I need all the doccumentation I can use, since without that as a newbie I can get seriously screwed on this distro. I want one for newbies, pacman, kdemod, aourt, AUR, fstab, rc.conf and most importantly, kernel compiling. Files with formatted coloured text to help see things more clearly will be welcome. And why doesn't arch place the doccumentation files anywhere in the OS after installing ? I had to copy the wiki manually via another live CD to my /home directory in order to finish my configuring.

rooloo wrote:
3. AUR and Pacman
I need a good GUI client for Pacman. I heard of aorut or something. How good is it and is it a native KDEmod app ? And is there a simpler way to install stuff from AUR other than visiting the site each time ? Is there some AUR client ? And does anyone know some good commandline pacman game ? big_smile
it's not GUI and it's called yaourt. Fortunately you only need to visit the AUR once and use makepkg to build yaourt. Then once installed you can use yaourt like pacman and install stuff directly from AUR using yaourt in terminal. Yaourt is a wrapper for pacman that gives AUR functionality.
5. Doccumentation
You could try
man man
man pacman
man yaourt
man rc.conf
man fstab
or how about the wiki? Did you see the links at the top of the page?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/
yaorut ? I guess thats the one. I don't need GUIs. I just need something better. I am pretty comfortable with commandline.
rooloo wrote:
btw,
makepkg, AUR, and ABS are discussed extensively in the wiki.
yes they are, but I need text only version browsable from commandline init 3 using less. And man pages don't make the cut - they are not sufficiently newbie friendly since they lack advices and tips.
skottish wrote:
Welcome to the forums MetalheadGautham.
Most WMs will get the best out of your system, including Ice. Openbox is a good choice here at Arch. You'll get tons of helpful advice for that one; Just about everyone loves Openbox here. I've used E17 on a machine with far lower specs than yours with excellent results. In fact, it's all I use on both of my computers. Just don't use the default theme, you'd be at risk of random vomiting!
As far as a media player goes: Xine is very lightweight and can play most formats. Mplayer and VLC are a bit heavier but play more formats, and both will do well on machines less powerful than yours. MPD is a great choice for music. I use Sonata as a front end and love it. The combination is extremely lightweight.
IceWM is simply THE LIGHTEST I have ever seen. It uses lesser ram than fluxbox which uses lesser ram than openbox. Along with that, its got great features - flag+space to run a command of your choice, a network monitor, a cpu load monitor, a tray, workspaces, easy to edit menus, etc. Its simply THE best. Thats why I didn't install the LXDE based OpenBox and decided to create my own IceDE just for the fun of it.
I have been thinking of Xine MPlayer and VLC, but I need something commandline. I remember that launching vlc via (I guess) ncurses-vlc or something launches the ncurses version. I don't know the same for MPlayer and Xine. Which uses the least resources while in commandline ? And I don't want mpd since I want to keep things as simple as possible, with ONE APP PER TASK approach.
mcmillan wrote:Since you asked about a gui app and yaourt isn't what you're looking for you might want to look at shaman. It's made by the same people involved in making kdemod, and they've done a nice job of integrating it with kde4.
Sounds good. But I doubt I will be using it most of the time since I love working from init 3. Is there a (n)curses client for pacman, the way aptitude exists for apt-get ?
Square wrote:When it comes to hardware, you're ok on everything. I would suggest upgrading your RAM if you get a chance however, for 256MB could put you at a snag every once and a while (Especially if using a DE). About 512MB is perfect IMO, for a basic desktop, and could greatly improve overall performance.
I am thinking of getting myself another gig of ram on 2nd of august (the sunday). Will it help run KDE4 without issues ?
And will my onboard gpu become better if I up its vram from the current 12mb to 192mb ? (after adding a gig ofcourse).
peets wrote:I suggest that you learn to enjoy your shell (bash, zsh, fish, ...) It's my quick and scriptable file manager. I find it fun to use.
I am trying... its fun... but I have still not managed to COMPLETELY replace a file manager with the shell due to various obvious reasons (like speed while using).

I need help on this program..

import java.util.*;
public class D3
private static int[] z = new int[100000];
private static int first=z[0];
private static int last=z[n-1];
private static int n=100000;
public static void main(String args[])
Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
for(int i=0;i<z.length;i++)
z=2*i;
int seqSearch(z;50000;n); //method call 4 key where key=mid
int binSearch(z;first;last;50000);
int seqSearch(z;35467;n); //method call 4 key where key in the left half
int binSearch(z;first;last;35467);
int seqSearch(z;89703;n); //method call 4 key where key in the right half
int binSearch(z;first;last;89703);
public int seqSearch(int z[];int key;int n)
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
int count=0;
int ans=-1;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
if z=key
count++
{ans=i
break;}
return ans;
long elapsed = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
System.out.print("Execution Time:" + elapsed);
System.out.print("# of Basic Operations:" + count);
public int binSearch(int z[];int first;int last;int key)
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
int count=0;
if(last><first){
count++;
index=-1;
else
count++;
int mid=(first+last)/2
if(ket=z[mid]{
index=mid;
else
if(key><z[mid]){
index = binSearch(z[];first;mid-1;key);
else
index=binSearch(z[];mid+1;last;key);
return index;
long elapsed = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
System.out.print("Execution Time:" + elapsed);
System.out.print("# of Basic Operations:" + count);
if anyone could please tell me whats wrong with my code i'd be greatful...the program is supposed to perform binary and sequential search on a sorted array of 100000 numbers.once on an item in the middle of the array once on the right side of it and once on the left side...i also need to count the number of basic operations for the same number in both sequential and binary to see whats better.and i need to check the time...i think the method call is wrong,not sure though...plz i need help.its not compiling and i dont know why..

Just add new messages to a thread you've already created. Don't create a new thread each time.
Anyway, look. This is wrong:int seqSearch(z;50000;n); //method call 4 key where key=midfor two reasons. The first is that leading "int"; it doesn't mean anything here. "int" is used to declare an integer variable, but you're not declaring a variable here, you're invoking a method. The second problem is that you're using semicolons to separate arguments in the method call, but actually commas are correct. You probably want something more like this:
int result;
result = seqSearch(z, 50000, n); //method call 4 key where key=mid.
Some more problems with your code: you're calling non-static methods in a static context (the main method is static and seqSearch isn't). You're also using "n" before you declare it, which is probably a problem.
And this makes no sense:z=2*i;because you've declared z to be an array; you can't use the multiplication operator on an array. It's not clear really what you're trying to accomplish there.
Here's what I want you to do. Take your code and completely remove the binSearch method. Just rip it out. Then in your main() method, take out all references to the binSearch method, and all references except for the first one of the seqSearch method. Fix the things I mentioned above.
Then try to compile what you have. It won't compile. You will get error messages. That's OK. Just fix them and move on. If you don't understand an error message, ask on these forums (DON'T CROSSPOST), quoting the full error message and the relevant lines of code.
After a couple hours, you'll fix the syntactical bugs, and your program will compile. Then you'll find that it compiles but the program doesn't work right. That's also OK. This is how computer programming works. It's part of the process. Don't panic. At that point, you can start trying to fix the program so it does what it's supposed to. Eventually you'll get it to work.
Then, and only then add more invocations of the seqSearch method. They won't all work, probably. You'll find more bugs. That's OK. Just repeat the process of fixing them.
When you've fixed those bugs, then, and only then, add the binSearch method. Repeat the process of fixing syntax and hunting down and fixing bugs.
Then your program will work.

Data base problem-new user need help

im new user and trying to insert data base to my page using
"asp.net c",i get connetction to my data base but when i try to
build a form ,and then preview him i get ,the following message
Server Error in '/' Application.
Parser Error
Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a
resource required to service this request. Please review the
following specific parse error details and modify your source file
appropriately.
Parser Error Message: File or assembly name DreamweaverCtrls,
or one of its dependencies, was not found.
Source Error:
Line 1: <%@ Page Language="C#" ContentType="text/html"
ResponseEncoding="iso-8859-1" %>
Line 2: <%@ Register TagPrefix="MM"
Namespace="DreamweaverCtrls"
Assembly="DreamweaverCtrls,version=1.0.0.0,publicKeyToken=836f606ede05d46a,culture=neutra l"
%>
Line 3: <MM
ataSet
Line 4: id="DataSet1"
Source File: e:\inetpub\wwwroot\Untitled-1.aspx Line: 2
Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful
to determine why the assembly 'DreamweaverCtrls' could not be
loaded.
=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = DreamweaverCtrls, Version=1.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=836f606ede05d46a
(Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = file:///e:/inetpub/wwwroot
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = bin
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===
LOG: Publisher policy file is not found.
LOG: No redirect found in host configuration file
(E:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet.config).
LOG: Using machine configuration file from
E:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\config\machine.config.
LOG: Post-policy reference: DreamweaverCtrls,
Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=836f606ede05d46a
LOG: Attempting download of new URL
file:///E:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary
ASP.NET Files/root/804ee9b4/26f0df32/DreamweaverCtrls.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL
file:///E:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary
ASP.NET
Files/root/804ee9b4/26f0df32/DreamweaverCtrls/DreamweaverCtrls.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL
file:///e:/inetpub/wwwroot/bin/DreamweaverCtrls.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL
file:///e:/inetpub/wwwroot/bin/DreamweaverCtrls/DreamweaverCtrls.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL
file:///E:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary
ASP.NET Files/root/804ee9b4/26f0df32/DreamweaverCtrls.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL
file:///E:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary
ASP.NET
Files/root/804ee9b4/26f0df32/DreamweaverCtrls/DreamweaverCtrls.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL
file:///e:/inetpub/wwwroot/bin/DreamweaverCtrls.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL
file:///e:/inetpub/wwwroot/bin/DreamweaverCtrls/DreamweaverCtrls.EXE.
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework
Version:1.1.4322.573; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.573
I know its probably something stupid ,so u can lauph,but i
realy cant fix it.
need help
tnx for advance

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