Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Changing Crystalreport database connection at runtime

CrxReport.Database.Tables(1).ConnectionProperties.Item("Data source") = strserver
CrxReport.Database.Tables(1).ConnectionProperties.Item("User ID") = struser
CrxReport.Database.Tables(1).ConnectionProperties.Item("Initial Catalog") = strdatabase
CrxReport.Database.Tables(1).ConnectionProperties.Item("password") = strpassword

Thursday, November 20, 2008

insert word file into the current document

m_WordApp.Selection.InsertFile filename:=(App.Path & "\premium info link.doc"), _
Range:="", ConfirmConversions:=False, Link:=False, Attachment:=False

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Word macro to find and replace text with a image file

With m_WordApp.Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = fvalue
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
Do While .Execute
m_WordApp.Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture _
filename:=(App.Path & "\ABC HMO_CA.jpg"), _
LinkToFile:=False, SaveWithDocument:=True
m_WordApp.Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
Loop
End With

Monday, November 3, 2008

How to use CASE in ORDER BY?

The following script sorts upper case addresses alphabetically followed by address lines starting with digits and finally lower case or non-alpha characters:

Use AdventureWorks;

Go

Select

AddressLine1,

AddressLine2=isnull(AddressLine2,''),

City,

[State] = sp.StateProvinceCode,

PostalCode,

Country = cr.Name

From Person.[Address] a

Join Person.StateProvince sp

On a.StateProvinceID = sp.StateProvinceID

Join Person.CountryRegion cr

On sp.CountryRegionCode = cr.CountryRegionCode

Order by

(Case

When Ascii([AddressLine1]) between 65 and 90 then 0 -- Upper case alpha

When Ascii([AddressLine1]) between 48 and 57 then 1 -- Digits

Else 2

End), AddressLine1, City

Go

Partial results:

AddressLine1 AddressLine2 City State PostalCode Country
Adirondack Factory Outlet
Lake George NY 12845 United States
Alderstr 1849
Braunschweig NW 38001 Germany
Alderstr 2577
Poing SL 66041 Germany
Alderstr 2646
Saarlouis SL 66740 Germany
Alderstr 27
Offenbach SL 63009 Germany