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Author:	Rainer Stropek	Created:	3/7/2008
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Excel-Macro to automate PDF-export of Desktop Intelligence reports

By Rainer Stropek on 9/26/2006

Regularly I have to refresh a set of BusinessObjects XI 2 (BOXI 2) Desktop Intelligence reports. This can be a boring task. Therefore I have written a short VBA macro that is able to refresh a list of reports specified in an Excel worksheet and export them into PDF files. Read More »

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BusinessObjects

Using Blackberry as a gprs modem for your laptop

By Rainer Stropek on 8/23/2006

I am very happy with my BlackBerry 8700 device. Today I finally managed to use it as a gprs modem for my laptop. Read More »

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Solving the collation mix with SAP (SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN vs. Latin1_General_CI_AS)

By Rainer Stropek on 6/19/2006

If running on SQL Server SAP claims codepage SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN. If you want to transfer data from a SAP DB Server into your e. g. data warehouse server which uses SQL Server's standard collation Latin1_General_CI_AS it will probably not work correctly without changing some configuration options. My article tells you more about how to solve this problem without loosing performance. Read More »

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SQL 2005

BigDays06: Bester Vortrag bei den BigDays 2006 :-))

By Rainer Stropek on 6/14/2006

Unsere beiden Vorträge bei den Microsoft BigDays 2006 zu ATLAS und BizTalk landeten bei der Besucherbewertung beide in den Top 5 - und der ATLAS Vortrag von Mäx und mir wurde sogar Nummer 1. :-)) Read More »

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Generating a sphere-mesh in XAML

By Rainer Stropek on 6/10/2006

This article shows a way how to create a 3D sphere in C# and XAML Read More »

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Generating 3d discs, cubes, spheres, etc. in WPF

By Rainer Stropek on 6/5/2006

One of the major benefits of WPF compared to technologies like Flash is built-in support for 3d. However, WPF and XAML currently support only the most basic structure of a mesh: the triangle. If you want to have more complex things like a disc or a sphere you have to do the math yourself. In my sample I want to show how a mesh for a disc can be generated in XAML using resources. Read More »

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My try to extend SQL Server's Maintenance Plan Tasks

By Rainer Stropek on 6/1/2006

A lot of my customers like to use SQL Server's Maintenance Plans. Even though it offers a wide range of tasks there are still some important things missing. Therefore I wanted to find out how to extend the list of tasks - and I failed :-( Read More »

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