June 25, 2009

Outlook 2007 Shortcut

May 13, 2009

ADODB.Connection error '800a0e7a'

If you are getting the following error when try to run as ASP code:

ADODB.Connection error '800a0e7a'
Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed.
/inc/require.asp, line 184 

The code on Line 184 references opening a Microsoft Access Driver:

s = "PROVIDER=MSDASQL;DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("db/rcf.mdb") & ";"

The reason you are getting this error is because Microsoft hasn't made a 64 bit driver for Access. You best solution is to try running the ASP code in a non 64 bit environment. (i.e Install it on another machine.) Sorry for the bad news, but this will stop you from spending hours searching for a solution that doesn't exist.

March 19, 2009

ASP .NET Issue

This morning I was trying to create a short cut of a directory that contains .NET code and being severed by IIS. However, I accidentally moved the directory to the desktop. When I moved it back users were seeing: "Failed to start monitoring directory changes"

I worked with one of my co-workers into finding the problem. We restarted IIS, that didn't work, we deleted the entire directory and reloaded the SVN version via TortoiseSVN but that didn't work. We finally found the solution on Microsofts Help and Support site. The problem was the directory lost a permission that it needed.

I hope this helps someone else who might encounter the same problem!

October 10, 2007

Programmers File Editor Replacement

For years I would use PFE (Programmers File Editor) to write my code, even thou the application is no longer supported. I have a zip version that I put on my laptop and on my website so that I would always have it available. The application doesn't work that well under Windows 2000+, but for most features its fine. You really can't be the price.

I have recently moved on to NotePad++ as a replacement. The application is also free and it pretty much does everything that I want a text editor to do: Ability to open up multiple documents, show line numbers and a quick search and replace.

My all time favorite editor on the Windows platform is Homesite. I used that alot when it first came out and then when Macromedia purchased it and integrated it to Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver allows to you create a setup a custom tab to have the buttons that a developer may need for a particular project.