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Excel’s color palette explained
Problem Excel’s color palette contains 56 colors, all of which can be accessed and most of which can be replaced using ExcelWriter (v6 or later). This post describes the layout of the palette and...
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Workbook colors are not displayed as expected in older versions of Excel
Problem When using ExcelWriter’s ExcelApplication object to generate a new workbook, custom colors that are assigned in code to fonts, charts, cell backgrounds, etc., display incorrectly on the client...
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How to open a report from SQL Server Reporting Services with the Application...
Problem You want to modify your reports with the WordApplication or ExcelApplication object after they’ve been populated with data by SQL Server Reporting Services. The ExcelApplication or...
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Internet Week New York 2013 in Review
A whirlwind week of panels, classroom discussions, and events is the only way to describe Internet Week NY. Bringing together masterminds behind the digital space, Internet Week NY covered how...
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How to Download Files Containing Special or Non-ASCII Characters in the...
A couple months ago, I worked with file downloads that had filenames with non-ASCII Unicode characters, as well as special characters, such as semi-colons, commas, periods, and others (@, %, +, {, },...
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Excel or Word file generated by OfficeWriter opens in protected view (yellow)
Problem A report generated using ExcelWriter or WordWriter opens and there is a yellow warning banner saying that the file has been opened in Protected View. Solution Starting in Office 2010, Microsoft...
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Welcome Back Privacy Concerns: Big Data, Healthcare, and PRISM
I suppose I shouldn’t say, “Welcome back, privacy concerns,” as I’m sure they never left, just quietly assumed their position humming in the background and shadows of the internet noise. This week,...
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Truth in Tech Ep. 20: The Internship
So you want to be a programming intern? Take it from these all-star students who’ve maneuvered the tech waters to land hands-on programming internships. They give you the inside scoop on where to look,...
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What Causes Error 1154 in WiX
Credit: www.joyofsetup.com Recently, as I was working on one of our installers, I had a very strange issue crop up. This particular installer is fairly complicated, but also fairly stable. It has many...
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[Webinar] Grand Slam Your SSRS Reports
Tune in next week Friday, June 28, 2013 at 1 P.M. for our June webinar as we give you another inside look at how OfficeWriter enhances SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), making your reports a home...
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Binding bordered images to GridViews
Here’s a neat trick: bind an image with a border to a GridView! The first rule of web development is “nothing is as easy as it seems.” I think the second rule is something about choosing from...
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ExcelTemplate: How to format alternating row colors
Problem A common way to display data in Excel is to alternate the background color of every other row when displaying a large table of data. With ExcelWriter there are multiple ways to accomplish this....
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How to create a custom SQL Server Reporting Services error page
Problem When SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) encounters an error, it returns an error message which is displayed by Report Manager. The error message can include technical details that reveal more...
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Summer 2013 Interns
Our favorite time of year is upon us. It’s summertime, and that means kayaking down the Charles, BBQ’s in the parking lot, and best of all summer interns. We’re handing over the blogging reins to this...
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The Intern Diaries: Alex
This is the first installment of our Intern Diaries series, wherein each week our lovely interns give you the inside scoop on what being a programming intern at a high-tech startup is really like. This...
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How to create a drill-down report in Excel with hyperlinks
Problem Reporting Services provides drill-down report behavior, where clicking on a populated data field generates another report based on the value of the data field clicked. This post addresses how...
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How to prevent line breaks after an empty merge field
Problem When you use the WordTemplate object to populate a WordWriter template document with data retrieved from a data source, you may have situations in which a merge field is not bound to a value....
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The Intern Diaries: Shane – I’ve Made a Huge Mistake
When I chose Riparian Data, I had no idea what I was getting into. I showed up to my first day excited to organize filing cabinets and get print outs. I can get a mean cup of coffee or drop something...
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How to create stock charts using ExcelApplication
Problem You need to create stock charts like the High-Low-Close or candlestick charts that Excel provides, but ExcelApplication does not have an enumeration for these charts. Solution Introduction to...
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Baseball’s All-Star Break: Predicting the Game Using Excel
Credit: Ampsportsduo.blogspot.com In keeping with my sports theme from March, on March Madness and predicting the NCAA tournament, it is time to look at this season’s sport: Baseball. As you might...
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