Office 2000 called from .Net Interop

http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/dcode/archive/2004/05/17/13830.aspx

There are no word 2000 PIA's so Install Office XP on the same server,
download the office XP PIAs and use them instead.

More info on PIAs and the need for them
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/ht
ml/whypriinterop.asp

15 Seconds : Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services - Part 1

http://www.15seconds.com/issue/041013.htm

Free XHTML editor

HTMLGate

Friday flash games

It's the give Bush a Brain Game
http://www.imgag.com/product/full/ap/3067907/graphic1.swf

Feeling frustrated, then punch your computer
http://www.thestylemachine.com/metele

Crystal Reports in .Net

I have been grappling with a "Logon failed" problem with Crystal reports in Net through VS.Net using the "pull" method

Good overview here

"Crystal Report for Visual Studio .NET"
http://aspalliance.com/articleViewer.aspx?aId=265

However it gave a "logon failed" error.

After a number of days searching for the solution I tried

- Updating the crystal report assemblies in web.config to version 9.1.5000.0 for vs.net 2003
- Updating the crystal runtime with the lastest patches from Seagate and MS
- Calling it using the push method passing a typed dataset as the report source, which I got to work more easily !

This

"Understanding the Login Failed error"
http://aspalliance.com/articleViewer.aspx?aId=532

Eventually gave me the solution by reconfiguring the data source to OLEDB and fixing up the report. Then se the correct permission on the template and output paths to allow ASPNET account write permission to it.

Conclusion : Crystal in Vs.Net is fragile to get working, not looking forward to the deployment issues across 36 sites ;-(

Eminem's Mosh Music Video

Called mosh, done in Macromedia Flash apparently
GNN Mosh Video

Do you think he might vote Kerry ? Elections tomorrow in the USA....

Car related

Hi

I'm looking at buying a new car because of reliability problems with my current one so expect to see a few related links here soon.

For those thinking of buying from the UK here is a Vehicle registration tax calculator to give an idea of how much you will have to pay to get a Irish reg.

ROS VRT Enquiry

I have had very mixed results with it, most of the time it can't find the make/model you search for.

Other car related links

Car buyers Guide
Auto trader
What Car (for research)
MotorNet.ie
carzone.ie

For car auctions, Merlin in Ashbourne, buyer beware though...

Merlin Car Auctions
BizPlus article on Merlin Car Auctions