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Steps for building a device you can add to your existing garage door, which implements an atmega328, bluetooth (hc-05) and relay module which will allow you to open your garage door from any paired Android device.
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Now you can store your own voice recordings kept by Amazon but not made available to customers
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Exposing .NET functions to be consumed as Excel functions, otherwise known in Excel as "User Defined Functions" . Those .NET exposed functions can be easily used from Excel's cells. This article presents two ways to achieve this and the pros and cons of each.

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In this article, we learn about Playwright, how it works, and why it is a good choice for web automation with Java.
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In this article, we will learn how to set up Cypress and run the web automation tests (in series and parallel) on the LambdaTest cloud grid.

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18 Mar 2016 by Tushar Tale
Focuses on automation which is a reborn disruption and basic decision methodology for automation candidature.
19 Mar 2016 by Tushar Tale
A decisive view whether we should adopt continuous integration
14 Mar 2018 by Member 13530900
Hi,I am learning Selenium Webdriver. I was trying to login "Quora" through Google. but in the email typing section, the code is not working. I am not able to figure out what is the problem. Please help. Below is my code import org.openqa.*; import org.openqa.selenium.By; import...
3 Jan 2018 by Member 13606084
I was also getting the same error for "google.com", and after so many efforts, I came to know that the id of the input box is different in chrome and firefox. And I was picking the id from chrome but I was executing my script on chrome. So please check your locators properly the problem will be...
14 Mar 2018 by Member 13727690
I resolved this error by updating my chrome driver to the latest version. Download the latest and replace it with older version. Here is the link to latest version: Downloads - ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome[^]
5 Jan 2012 by 10der
Hi!I have simple OLE Automation code:[ComVisible(true)][ProgId("Olololo.Test")][ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDispatch)][Guid("a1dd5e0f-b9e7-470f-7777-77777e44188d")][skip...]public int NewWithParams(int Fix, params object[] args){ return Fix;}vbs...
5 Jan 2012 by 10der
Oh my...1) add attribute to parampublic int NewWithParams(int Fix, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SafeArray, SafeArraySubType = VarEnum.VT_VARIANT)] params object[] args){ return Fix;}2)vbs calltest = net.NewWithParams(777, Array("Let", "me", "take", "you", "on",...
15 Sep 2014 by Ben M Watson
Five more attributes of highly effective programmers
25 Apr 2013 by xuyunhai
when i use TogglePattern.Toggle() method to select the treeItem,it will be selected,but a few seconds later,the treeItem state become not selected.how can i solve this question.can anybody give me an answer? thanks! TogglePattern togPattern =...
10 Nov 2014 by Anil Kumar Ch
Hi friends,I am trying to install MTM using TFS. i am able to install MTM and connected to TFS. now for running automation i need to install test Agent and Test Controller. so while configuring test controller i am getting an error failed to obtain service account.error :Failed to...
10 Jul 2013 by Member 9401576
Hi guys,What i want to do is, access a particular label or text box from a website, whose ID may or may not be known, and compare that value with another fixed value. Suppose that label says "OFF" , I want to keep comparing that value with off, until it becomes on and the comparator returns...
10 Jul 2013 by Dholakiya Ankit
if i understand you perfectly you need a background work to start on when button clicked and then check untill defined time or until your button becomes on you can do this by background worker
22 Feb 2013 by prathameshpitale
Hello,I want to Design an Add-In For Visual Studio 2010,Basically, The plan is i want a Grid in that Add-In, Which will list all the project Name and there Build path in the entire Solution.Same as Configuration Manager in Visual Studio.Then a user can Change all the Build path of the...
22 Feb 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
Please see my comment to the question: it is too general to get a really useful answer. All you can get now is just this:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/80493a3w%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^].However, if you start from there, it should be enough. Ask your questions if you are stuck of have...
3 Jul 2019 by Prakash Singh
Resolution of Security rule has invalid Port range issue
21 Jan 2013 by Simeon Sheye
How to manage state and simulate behavior against the system under test.
26 Sep 2018 by Dave Kreskowiak
Too bad Dash buttons don't work on NFC. The range of NFC is just a few centimeters. Dash buttons are programmed to use your Wifi network using sound, in frequencies we can't hear. You hit the button and the Dash button uses your Wifi network to contact an Amazon web service that places an...
26 Sep 2018 by Member 13998896
Beginner IOT Learner. just want to have Amazon Dash Buttons like functionality with NFC Tags. It could revolutionize the ecommerce market with cheaper NFC Dash buttons. What I have tried: Tried with Tasker, NFC Tools Pro but couldn't figure out.
24 Feb 2013 by MT01
I don't know much of Android programming but i would like to know that if i have to develop a home automation system e.g Automatic light control and want to implement it using some Android programming, what kind of API's would i need? Will my Android device directly integrate with the system or...
25 Feb 2013 by Darren_vms
Can Android be used for home automation ?Sure, so can C#, php, basic and any other language. The question really is what hardware are you attempting to interface with ?You can as an example get a light bulb with built in blue tooth Yes you can[^] so as long as you can find out the specs...
31 May 2016 by Member 12557999
I'm in a graduate class studying ARENA Simulation and am having trouble doing a problem on my home computer. I need to figure out how to model the traffic flow into a stadium on game day. Basically there are two entrances, Entrance A has 65% of all traffic flow, Entrance B has 35%. Each entrance...
31 May 2016 by Mehdi Gholam
Try the full version (not the student edition) : Compare Products | Arena Simulation[^]
31 May 2016 by Patrice T
Quote:when I try to run it I get an error that says that I've reached my maximum number of entities (150).Make sure you have a registered license, and that you are not in unregistered demo mode.This is a typical limitation in unregistered apps.
5 Mar 2013 by wangerpang
I want server to generate a word document! (asp.net vs 2008)I use word automation like this:Word.ApplicationClass oWordApplic = new Word.ApplicationClass();object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;Word.Document oDoc = oWordApplic.Documents.Add(ref missing, ref missing,ref...
29 May 2012 by Member 8956437
Hello,I need to know if there is a way in ASPX to auto select the first value in listbox,i've already tried to use ListBox_servidores.SelectedIndex = 0;ListBox_servidores.Items[0].Selected = true;but its not working, the first code selects the first item in the listbox, but at the...
29 May 2012 by Sandeep Mewara
OP and Ed resolved the issue with comments! Posting this to pop this one out of unanswered list.
24 Mar 2014 by Robert Meier
I am using EnvDTE to automate our build process in visual studio and using the same app build installers for the same application and publish it to our website. My problem comes in that I need to be able to set the version number in installshield to be the same as the one in Visual Studio. How...
U 23 Apr 2024 by Yevgeniy Shunevych
An introduction to Atata C#/.NET web UI test automation full-featured framework based on Selenium WebDriver
28 Nov 2013 by mhaleygirl
I am slightly new to code and I am trying to make an automatic game launcher for League of Legends. I would like it to have a delayed automatic click on start. Does anyone know how to accomplish this simple task using a bat file?I have tried multiple things, but to no avail.
28 Nov 2013 by phil.o
I'm not sure anything could be scripted regarding a game-launcher.And IMHO it is a good thing, as this is a security question.Anyway, bat files are meant to launch executable commands from the shell, no for automation of an existing application (unless this application is specifically...
22 Jan 2017 by GentlemanK
I am automating the process of Ticket booking through www.irctc.co.in Till now I am able to login.. But when specifying ticket details in next form, I am not able to set the Journey Date field(Calender with text box) value..I tried this...
22 Jan 2017 by Member 11342958
use this code in spite of wb.Document.GetElementById("JDatee1").SetAttribute("value", dateTimePicker.Value.Day.ToString()+ "-"+dateTimePicker.Value.Month.ToString()+"-"dateTimePicker.Value.Year.ToString());or you can also just set the like wise :string day =...
8 Oct 2013 by Dragonranger
A way to add automatic properties to the FormCode for InfoPath 2007.
28 Mar 2012 by eduphilic
i am creating a website for blogging in .jsp. need an j-query for Auto spelling checking for the typing error for user
16 Feb 2012 by toby31
I'm trying to use the spellCheck feature provided by word to correct a string that is not in English, the problem is that when i use the spellCheck function i get the Spelling and Grammar dialog which requires user input and i don't want that to happen.This is my code using...
16 Feb 2012 by toby31
I've solved it but it's really really slow, so any new ideas are welcomed.using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word; class WordProofing { private Application _wordApp; private readonly Document _wordDoc; private static object _oEndOfDoc = "\\endofdoc"; ...
15 Oct 2012 by Gaurav Pant
can anyone provide me some questions of formation of NFA and DFA.....or can u mail me some of automata books...
15 Oct 2012 by Bitla Phanindra
FREE FORMAL LANGUAGES AND AUTOMATA THEORY [^] EBOOK.Hope that helps. Enjoy!
21 Feb 2020 by Member 14196861
Hi, I have Automated the task till logging in External site. But after login, i need to perform some tasks like...selecting the menu options...clicking on Download links without any manual efforts.. Please Suggest me some code which detects the...
31 Dec 2017 by Dave Kreskowiak
We're not here to help you hack a web site.
31 Dec 2017 by F-ES Sitecore
We're not here to help you scrape a web site.
25 Nov 2016 by JamesFaix
.NET library to access to any running instance of Excel.
1 Apr 2018 by JavaScrptMaster
I am trying to write a Power Shell script which will check the connection status of paired Bluetooth devices in a certain interval (15 sec) and if found the device is out of range then will lock the users system. What I have tried: In the following code I am not able to figure out how to list...
4 Oct 2011 by ARBebopKid
Can you open the file using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel and cycle through the sheets to rename any sheets with long names before importing?
4 Oct 2011 by bjoernisemann
Hi,i got a problem with a machine generated excel file. I have no chance to alter any settings for the export and have to live with the files. The problem: the sheetname is longer than the allowed size of excel. When i try to import the excel data via oledb i get an error 22 exception of...
27 Jan 2014 by GustavoMartins
Automate your penetration testing using the pentest tool ZAP and the
10 Apr 2015 by sreekrishnan550
Hi All, I was trying to create a script that automatically log in to the facebook using python. Can any one share me the code or tell the appropriate module to make use of it to finish my wish. Thanks in advanced
1 Dec 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
You can find many suggestions here: http://bit.ly/1ycZnVB[^].—SA
2 Dec 2014 by alexandrcoder
I think you will have a chance to place all the files into one folder on server. Then you can create a script for automatic file printing from the folder. There are specialized software programs that support bulk printing of files of different types. For example, there exists Print Conductor....
9 Jan 2022 by damien couesnon
Hello, My project is to create an automatic Word form generation which will be generated using software and which would render as follows: https://prnt.sc/26bj3ui For this, I had proposed a model which is: https://prnt.sc/26bj4pp ...
9 Jan 2022 by Richard MacCutchan
You can use VBA in a Word template to generate such a form. See word template vba - Google Search[^] for suggestions.
4 Mar 2013 by meenakshi syal
provide me with the source code if available to create a application where web cam can automatically keep on capturing the images at given intervals and save them in a file with date and time in c# window application
21 Dec 2011 by Testing_authority
Hello,Plea...
26 Dec 2011 by Testing_authority
Hello I just want to closed open confirmation message popup without clicking on it.Now i found a solution.thanks for your timeThanks,Testing Authority
16 Dec 2012 by kalkwarf
I am working on a fun web site that will show the progress of someone taking a cross-country trip. I wish to update their progress in real-time and display it on a map. Also, I will receive pictures from the person and create a simple gallery. The person taking the trip has an Android phone...
16 Dec 2012 by Christian Graus
You need an app on the phone that sends location data through a web service to your database. This app would let you upload pics as well.A web service is your way to get your phone app able to pass data through the web to your DB.
6 May 2018 by Majdi Saibi
Automating code deployment with Github and Azure
30 Jun 2016 by Mani Murthy
Using .Net application to automate the MS-Access Application
24 Sep 2016 by Ankita Khanna
We are testing a standalone application that is developed in Java and uses ubuntu platform. We have to validate that there are not truncation issues when the application is tested in different languages. Do we have an tool that can do it or what could be the way to automate this...
24 Sep 2016 by David_Wimbley
It looks like in java you have a local method and it interacts with ResourceBundle which is a key value pair of your strings that are localized.Locale (Java Platform SE 6)[^]You should then be able to create unit tests where all you do is call the same class/method but pass in the...
30 Jan 2014 by Member 10555948
Hi,I want to create a form (Infopath) or web page where the user can request for a new databaseI want the user to fill in the required info (like the size, name columns.....) and ones they're done filling the required info, they will click on a button and that should trigger the database...
14 Aug 2012 by Gary Stafford
Automate the creation of Task-type Work Items in TFS using PowerShell
30 Dec 2019 by Dathuraj Pasarge
Database mirroring setup without any DBA effort - on every new database creation
17 Apr 2019 by WasiUllah Khan
Automated Pakwheels parsing with Selenium and Python
13 Jan 2014 by hulzi
hey,i have an automation AddIn based on Interops10 with an simple CommandBarButton.Everything works fine (Office 2003 - Office 2013, x64, x32, de, en, ...)But when i active an other AddIn (like "Solver"), the CommandBarButton Click doesn't fire up.This is only in office 2013!OPEN...
14 Jan 2014 by hulzi
juhuuuu:You have to set the Tag objectCommandBarButton myButton;myButton.Tag = "TrySuicide";
24 Jul 2016 by vishal singh vicky
I Have an add automation event that raised on new windows open from that windows i get the localized control type dialogue then i used it in my function so the problem is that it raised multiple time when ever dialogue is open and also it does not raised some time for open and save as dialogue...
6 Mar 2012 by visnumca123
Hi,Can any one help me to do automation process.Here is my concept:1. Like gmail or google application is there.(Client A)2. From my application i want to pass values to that Client A - Google or gmail text box i wants to pass information from my application related to that i wants...
28 Nov 2020 by Member 3615972
I want to automate two CAM nesting and cut applications by adding API funcionality and interact programmatically with them. One of them (named as software A and programmed in VB.NET) expose methods and properties through COM interface, and I've...
25 Nov 2020 by Gerry Schmitz
Consuming Unmanaged DLL Functions | Microsoft Docs[^]
28 Nov 2020 by Member 3615972
I've finally giving up with C++ option. Below is parcial example on how I've made automatic nesting by pressing a button in a form of a C#.NET executable. Thus a CAM application with COM DLLs can be automated through an external executable.I...
13 Sep 2012 by dipaklchaudhari
I want to automation in publish of website after the successfully build of web site.after that publish execute db script in server and the deploy to the server.
24 Jan 2013 by SNI
Hi,I want to understand how to develop Industrial automation using C#. If you have any sample or links to understand please feel free.RegdsSNI
24 Jan 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
This topic is too wide to discuss seriously in this forum.Just the list of all topics could make a whole article. Different approaches to automation may have very little in common. There is a enormous number of different standards for hardware interfaces, field buses, etc., big set of...
19 Feb 2016 by Anand Naikar
We are automating an "Winforms" application.When we try to fetch the AutomationElement's IsEnabledProperty value, we always get false.We tried for both Enabled and Disabled context menu items. For both the types we get false.As per MSDN link "AutomationElement.IsEnabledProperty Field...
26 Apr 2012 by vis2012
I am at intermediate level in VB.net stuck at doing automized audio converter..... like converting .wav audio to same .wave output(PCM 11.025kHz 16bit mono) for set of files in quicker manner.Can anybody help me?...................
26 Apr 2012 by Bernhard Hiller
NAudio can do alot of conversions, and it comes with source code:http://naudio.codeplex.com/[^]I expect that you can then figure what to do next.
25 Jan 2024 by Wessel Beulink
Azure spearheads cloud evolution, Azure Automation Runbooks manage hybrid/SOC environments effectively
2 Mar 2021 by jaideepsinh
I am trying to create an azure ci/cd pipeline for my python application. I have tried many ways but not get success. I can create CI successfully even in some cases cd also but not able to see the output on the azure app service. I use Linux app...
2 Mar 2021 by jaideepsinh
Solved by configuring the steps as mentiond in below post: flask - Azure devops for Python - Stack Overflow[^]
25 May 2013 by Dave Kreskowiak
You don't do this in your code. This would normally be done as a scheduled job in SQL Server. Create the job in SQL Server Manager and you're done. No code required.
20 Aug 2012 by Pavel Korsukov
Barcodes, Document Flow and 100 Points Identification on MS Dynamics CRM 2011
8 Aug 2015 by Klinkehoffen
Hi there,Does anyone know if there is a third party auto-expire app or piece of code that I could use to add an auto-expire function to my Blogger blog posts?I want to create an "always on top" for my "Welcome" message on my blogroll summary. I usually make about three posts each week, and...
2 Apr 2012 by vlad781
All the code with definitions of each line.private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { object oMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; object oEndOfDoc = "\\endofdoc"; /* \endofdoc is a predefined bookmark */ //Start Word and...
2 Apr 2012 by OriginalGriff
I think perhaps you have mixed code from two sites: Word._Document.SaveAs takes 16 parameters: MSDN[^] (and so does the Word.Document.SaveAs which is the one I would expect to use).Go back to the site you got the code from, and look more closely - I think you have missed something! If...
24 Oct 2016 by Aless Alessio
Use the OLE Automation Procedures to retrieve data from a Web Service and parse the JSON response into a table format
22 Dec 2011 by supernorb
Could you let me know how to add bullet and numbering in a word document using word automation?I looped through all properties of Range (Document.Range, Selection.Range, etc) without finding anything related to Bullet and numbering.Thank you!
22 Dec 2011 by Neha Thanka
changing-bulle...
14 Jan 2012 by Fapsterx
I am making a program for me and my friends to auto login to a game that we play. I can make the program send the keys to the game window, but I can't make it work properly. What I need it to do is take the text from the Username and Password text box and input it to the games Username and...
14 Jan 2012 by IKilledBambi
Try using SendKeys.SendWait instead of Send.private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Find The Window Handle For Lineage 2 IntPtr handle = FindWindow("L2UnrealWWindowsViewportWindow", "Lineage II"); if...
15 Jan 2012 by Fapsterx
So Sendkeys.Sendwait worked!!! Is there anyway I can do this without the window being active? Like if the game is in the background?
5 Jul 2013 by mareksip
Hello guys, I have datagridview in my form which has SQL columns inside, to those columns I set width with this code: dataGridView1.Columns["name"].Width = 353;Problém is that those columns doesnt automatically resize width when I maximize size of form when i run this program(also...
5 Jul 2013 by mareksip
I solved this usisng MinimumWidth.
16 Mar 2023 by Relmon
Hello I am a student and we are getting online lessons. Teachers provide us 6 digit number codes so we can enter them to a mobile application to check we are absence in the lesson. What I want to do is when a teacher or student writes 6 digit...
16 Mar 2023 by OriginalGriff
So let me see if I understand you ... your teachers want to be sure that you are actually present in a lesson and not sleeping at your computer or goofing off playing games when you should be learning, and you need our help to cheat the system so...
27 Jun 2016 by EnGiNe.Pl
Let's assume, we have a view: "ViewProduct.cshtml". Now let's say we want to create simple AddProduct GET and POST actions. Is it possible to auto-generate AddProduct GET version by doing this:Render exactly what is in ViewProduct.cshtml, but replace each @Model.$property$ of type string...
26 Jun 2016 by Tabish Mateen
Hi,Yes you can simple use Ajax request and pass parameter value as you want. You can set value to JS function using your @Model object.AjaxUrl = ControllerName + Fucntion Name$.ajax({ type: "GET", url: Ajaxurl, cache: false, data:...
20 Aug 2016 by Bhuvanesh Mohankumar
Task:I have created a Selenium Automation Scripts using the Visual studio and C# language, I have the set of files including Assemblies [DLL and Executable] in the bin folder of the project.How does it work?When I click on the executable it automatically triggers the Firefox and...