First, we need to learn where the Cadworx settings are stored.If we can manipulate the constants with variable manipulation – then we have moved one step closer to not needing a mouse. Placing components seems to be quite easy without a mouse.

• get a list of system variables (nope – not it)
  • spitting command output to the log – where is the log?
• Complete list of sys vars
  • SYSVDLG (System Var Dialog) (nope – not it)
• AutoCAD SysReg Vars (who knew!?)
• Webinar of Cadworx Sys Vars – this is a facebook site – I didn’t go past the home page
• SETSIZE, SETSPEC and the prj file (no link – I am looking at the CADWorx Plant Help chm file (windows help file)
• SETUP command – this is where you can set it
• Stored in DXF File!? YES – YES IT IS
  • DXF Structure, DXF Codes
  • DXF Specification
  • R-Click Quickselect Type=”Block Reference”- look for Block Name=”CPM”, then type LIST – it is in the XData though
    • – it is on Model Space Layer 0 at 0,0,0
  • I THINK I HAVE IT (a friend old me to look at LispVariables)
• a buddy of mine found a tool that was already in the sub-folders of AutoCAD called acadinfo.lsp . You type acadinfo at the command prompt and it spits out a text file with all sorts of goodies many of which are mentioned above

I am keeping it simple – this is reference that helps me explain things for myself and for my customers. Situation: why do I need RAID 5 when we have 2 NAS’s – it already has redundancy/backup. RAID 5 is not being used for redundancy – it is used to lower the overall cost of a system you know WILL fail 1 day (these hard drive are quite hot and are mechanical devices)

• Raid Calculator
• Types of RAID explained
  

I use cpuboss alot but lately it doesn’t deliver or have as many CPU’s I have been looking for lately – but its google ranking is killer – so it is at the top. I am looking up a new QNAP for a client and wanted to compare it with the current QNAP he has. CPU boss also hasn’t helped me with a pfsense NUC either so again I had a hard time. Is it because they are Since they are embedded CPU’s – they have odd names (especially AMD ones) but … are they good? How do they line up with lets say a Gen 4 i7? I don’t know – but these guys at CPU Benchmark do! You can compare the 2 QNAPs here as well – take a look.

https://www.guidingtech.com/change-itunes-backup-location-windows-10/

Now GoDaddy offers experts to install your SSL for you and do audits etc. This means things are getting serious on the net and the news on the radio supports that.  But I thought, why is there so much difficulty in installing SSL? Well, it isn’t that difficult but there are a lot of things to know – that is likely what it is all about.

My challenge to myself is that if we generate a CSR on one computer (in this case unix) – how do we get it to a whole different platform (in this case windows IIS)? The process is not hard, it is the research to understand it all. Now I have it here for reference for future endeavours. Continue reading →

There is a difference between closing the window when things went well (usually a button at the lower or upper right) and when we just close the dialog (the x in the upper corner). When things went well and we close the window we should auto-refresh

https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/202829/how-to-refresh-page-after-closing-dialog-form-sharepoint-2013

The google search it came from: https://www.google.com/search?rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&q=SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog+auto+refresh&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmsoLB6qHdAhVk3IMKHe64DXQQBQgkKAA&biw=1920&bih=934

This guy goes further so you can pass a “success” (1) or “just close” (0) back to the parent window/callback function that we don’t have yet. Continue reading →

Here is the link

VBA has an annoying habit of not knowing where “V.B.A.” is located – and, for example, on SOME machines – it can’t find the reference to common functions like “Left()”. Seriously!?. So adding VBA. as a prefix helps that. What is really going on is on some people’s computer it is looking for the office library first and then the VBA library and other computers do it in the reverse order. For example – it will say variable = Left(othervar,1) is illegal but if you put VBA.Left(othervar,1) . Other examples are Environ$( or Left$(, Mid, Right, Asc, Hex, Chr . It is annoying and it only shows up when other computers go to use it. Here is a regex that helps find them all.

(?<!VBA\.)(Envrion|Chr|Asc|Mid|Right|Hex|Left)[\$]{0,1}\(

Here are some links into solving this issue. No resolution yet, just articles.

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