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My wife crochets. She has skeins (rolls of yarn) all over the house. Under the bed, over there you name it.
So I thought I would cut some 4" pvc into 12" lengths and hot glue and stack em 8 wide and as high as the woman can reach for her to store them in. Nice efficient and tidy.
Cool, now she'll need a database to index yarn in the tubes. So at 12:00pm I fired up VB6 (cause it's RAD) to do at least a proof of concept for her approval. I did a GUI that looks just like the stack and asked her to get me some db fields she would like, and ran to Lowes to get some networking crap for a job tomorrow.
When I got back she said "Look at the web based yarn inventory site I found!" "And I'm already a member!"
Not "I love you for coding up somthing but..." No.
I know she is way better off with what she found but sheesh........
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That's harsh. Real harsh.
Someone pass this man a beer.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Ron Anders wrote: My wife crochets
That's a keeper
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I gotta question how you had such quick access to VB6.
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Shortcut in Windows. Fastest way I know.
Been around a loooooong time.
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Nish Nishant wrote:
I gotta question how why you had such quick access to VB6. |
FTFY!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Cause it's FAST. A scripting language with a straightforward way to implement a GUI and easy (for those who did it a couple of times) access to any DLL code that may be better in C/C++/Assembler.
It lacks only the support for functions exported with __dllexport, that's a pity.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Only crochet? You're getting off lightly. My other half is into knitting, embroidery, quilting and other miscellaneous crafts. The house is full of bits of fabric large and small, threads, yarns various, weaponry, incomplete projects, ...
The only thing catalogued is the Embroiderers Guild library of which she is custodian. And even then, the spreadsheet we inherited doesn't match physical inventory.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: The house is full of bits of fabric large and small, threads, yarns various, weaponry, incomplete projects, ...
My flat's like that. I don't do any of those things or have a wife/partner/sister/lodger who does. I just have a dog!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I made a hat size calculator for my wifes projects.
Yeah thats all it does, it wasn't supposed to do anything more. 
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Is there any way you could convince her that yours would be multi-threaded? ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
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She knows a pant load about computers and software but she don't know vb6 isn't (technically) multithreaded or not.
So... yeah. 
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And tell her about how you can hook into system calls...
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Experience has shown that even a simple project like the one I was thrusting upon her would eventually need a feature that could only be accomplished by such hooking. 
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Only if he's spinning yarns.
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Don't worry. You're still obligated to keep things sorted.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Be careful what you yarn for...
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Ron Anders wrote: I know she is way better off with what she found
... But are you? that's the question.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Here is my situation. I am having problems logging into Paypal. When I enter my credentials I get the page that says
Swampwiz, we’re looking out for you
A device or location recently used to log in appears unusual to us.
Just to be safe, let’s change your security details to help prevent your account from being used without your knowledge.
which after hitting Continue gets to page with an asterisk that spins around and hangs. 
I go to the page that supposedly gives the telephone number to call for help[^] and click on the link for Call Us, and the new page hangs.
I do a search and find that there is a number to call +18882211161, and when I call (via Skype) there is the message that says this is not a working number.
I try and send an E-mail as per the website, but of course, I have to login to be able to do that.
I go to the Paypal Community and try to post this issue, but it forces me to login first.
I seem to have run of options. Certainly, there must be a way to send a general E-mail to someone who can somehow get help. I'd appreciate it if someone that works for Paypal, or knows someone who does, etc., can figure out a way for me to contact. Thanks.
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Try clearing your browser cache and deleting a few cookies, before going any further.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Can you get to ...
Customer Support[^]
Assuming you're not on a VPN or other proxy outside your home country you should get a number for enquiries specifically not requiring log-in.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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If you need to contact paypal? Dial paypal contact number 0844 385 1333 and paypal customer service free phone number listed here for help and support enquiries.
PayPal Customer Service Contact Number[^]
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England 1, Iceland 2
BOLLOCKS.
Yes, I know there's a while to go but really? Losing to Iceland? 
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I mean, you guys decided you wanted nothing to do with the Euro, so...
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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