Archive for April, 2009
Advanced Training For Microsoft Excel As Part Of Ongoing Education In Accounting And Finance
Posted by admin in General category, Software on April 10th, 2009
Working in the fields of finance or accounting entails meeting continuing education requirements. With the constantly shifting legal boundaries and ever evolving documentation processes involved with any type of financial matter, continuing education makes sense. More precisely, it makes sense assuming that the education received actually better prepares the recipient for their work. Unfortunately, this is rarely the case. The courses that typically receive approval as continuing education credits tend to fall into background theory or the category of “good to know.” To be useful, the courses should offer something that can be immediately implemented. For example, a course that covered advanced training for Microsoft Excel would have both high functional use and be immediately viable.
In those terms, seeking out approved courses that offer advanced training for Microsoft Excel makes sense for those working in finance or accounting. It is no mystery that for many in these fields, the lion’s share of working time is spent in front of Excel workbooks, entering formulae and crunching numbers. It is also no mystery that the extensive analysis capacities of Excel often go underutilized. This is due somewhat to fact that not every application the program is capable of is relevant to every field. More often the case is that the people working with the program simply lack the advanced training for Microsoft Excel to use more advanced features such as pivot tables, macros and relational databases.
Beyond the simple utility of getting more out of the program, it can also serve as a means of time management. The more effectively Excel is used, the less time is necessary to get meaningful numbers from it. If a macro can be set up to perform a calculation that is run a dozen times a month, it saves the time needed to input the commands. While it may only save a few minutes per run, if ten macros can be set up to perform routine functions the time saved starts adding up fast. In a multi-tasking world, where every minute counts, getting advanced training for Microsoft Excel as part of continuing education can help to bring schedules that much more under control.
By: Wallace Brooks, Advanced Training For Microsoft Excel
Windows Operating System File Extensions
Posted by admin in General category on April 10th, 2009
In windows operating system groups file extensions play an important role. All the files that exist in windows operating systems have certain extensions. Most of them which you remember are .sys, .dll etc. These are all the system files. Windows operating system understands the files by their extensions and uses appropriate program to open the files for the user. For example when you open Microsoft Support, Windows help it has a certain extension and it exists as a file and then operating system uses Microsoft explorer to open the file for you.
There are thousands of file types which exist and so are their extensions. But for windows all these extensions are not same certain programs are needed to be associated to the files. For files which are pictures and have extensions like .jpeg and .bmp windows opens either Windows fax and picture viewer or Microsoft Paint for these files. One of the major problems and end user faces is de-association of file extensions or improper association of file types. Various viruses or spywares might affect your computer by changing the file associations which could lead to system failure. Microsoft support, Microsoft help, Microsoft Windows support has got lot of end users calling for system failure and that most commonly is caused by file associations changed by spywares.
All the settings for the file associations are managed by registry and if there are changes happening that happen in registry. One should make sure to consult Tech support or Microsoft support or Windows help prior to making any change in registry. Various spyware removal programs while removing spywares on your computer might affect the file associations. The safe way is to first take a back up of either registry or make a system restore point so that you can return back to the state where you have all the file associations intact. Most of the spyware removal programs promise to remove spywares but you should be sure of the right programme for you. Consult HP support, Dell Support, Microsoft support or any third party Tech support prior to installing and configuring these programs.
Norton and other antivirus vendors also provide Tech support for the removal of the spywares and viruses. They also install their self developed products for the removal of spywares and viruses.
By Emma elle, computer support.
Disk Or Network Error Message In MS Access
Posted by admin in Programming on April 10th, 2009
Randomly opening and closing the Access database in multi user environment can result as database corruption. Once the data is corrupted, it becomes inaccessible to every user connected on the network. In such situations, if the user has not maintained a complete backup of the lost data, then he needs to use effective Access Repair application to repair and restore the Access database.
As an instance of the above issue, when a user connected to a local area network (LAN) attempts to view a data file that is located on a network drive, he encounters the below error message: “Disk or Network Error”
This error message occurs every time user attempts to open the data file. The main cause of the above error message is that the name of the Access file in the file path consists of Double-Byte Character Set (DBCS) characters. Another major reason for the above error message can be faulty hardware component such as hard drive, network cable etc. The above error message appears again and again each time the user wants to access that file. Multiple occurrence of this error message results in Access database corruption.
To resolve the error message and to access the data file, the user needs to follow these steps:
• He needs to remove the double-byte characters from the file name. To do so, the user either should rename the relevant file name or move the file to a folder that consists of only single byte characters.
• In case of faulty hardware, the user should replace the hardware component with a new one.
If the above error persists even after following the above measures, it results in Access database corruption. In such scenarios, the user needs to repair the Access database by using an inbuilt tool known as Compact and Repair utility. But if this inbuilt utility fails to repair and restore the Access database, then the user needs to use third party Access Repair applications. Such Access Database Repair applications repair and restore the affected Access database by incorporating influential and powerful scanning algorithms.
Stellar Phoenix access recovery Software ensures complete and orderly Access Database Repair. It can restore and Repair Access objects like tables, queries, macro, module, forms and report. It also recovers fields like Hyperlink, AutoNumber, OLE object and Yes/No. It supports Access 2007, 2003, 2002(XP) and 2000. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and NT.
See also: MS Access Repair
Want To Win Over Excessive Stress In Your Present It Job?
Posted by admin in General category, Programming on April 10th, 2009
Practical ways to de-stress yourself & prepare for a better future. How to form Set of 3 – Objectives for improvement. Get ready to march on a Highway to an Interview like an Expert in Software Testing.
Dear Friends !!! For this you don’t have to shell out anything out of your pocket.
What is needed then? Your Time + Sincere Efforts to Learn. That’s all. Read the whole article & change for the best.
Check if you happen to be under any such situation:
1) I am a Developer & wish to expand my skills in Testing.
2) I am a beginner to Testing with zero to 4 years experience.
3) I don’t rate myself to be expert in any specialized Testing field yet.
4) I feel I am a good tester but my competence is not well recognized yet.
5) I am a Manual Tester & want to expand my skills in Automation.
6) I know my subject fairly well, but happen to work for a Firing Company.
7) My present high pay bracket can make me a target of Pink Slip.
If any of the above situations fits you; there is a good reason for further reading
Question comes, as to what you should do now?
Stay Cool !!!!
Most probably an answer suiting your needs lies here!
Answer 1: Expand your level of competence in Testing & learn the Most Popular Tools like:
HP QuickTest Professional, IBM-Rational Functional Tester, and HP-LoadRunner etc.
Answer 2: Gradually prepare to acquire Certification for such Testing Tools, which will help you in the longer run.
Answer 3: Instead of getting depressed of the stressful environment of the present company, Prepare for the future. But How? You will get an answer. Read on.
Answer 4: Look for a change & get ready to give an excellent interview like an Expert in Testing.
Well!!! Going by Answer 4, which will de-stress you & shall prepare you for a better future
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How To Embed Video And FLV Player Into The Website?
Posted by admin in How to ..., Programming on April 10th, 2009
As a web designer, every body wants his website to be beautiful. But apart from the font and picture, what will be new to keep our clients? A video, embed a video, better with a beautiful player, on your web of course can attract more people to view your website. But how to do this is still not easy to answer. Actually you just need a good software.
This article will tell you how to embed video and FLV player into your website with one application.
1. FLV movie. FLV is the most popular video format of on-line streaming because it has good quality and small size. So the first you need to do is find FLV video or convert your video to FLV format.
2. A beautiful player, if you just embed a video on your website but your clients can not control it themselves, it also can not keep you clients. With a beautiful player, you can make your video more attractive and give your clients more choice.
3. A webpage which embedded a video. If you know how to make webpage and how to embed video on it, that will be simple. But if you don’t know you also can get one with some software.
4. Moyea Flash Video MX Pro. This application can provide all the above things to you.
What Moyea Flash Video MX Pro can provide you?
1. It can easily convert video and DVD to Flash, FLV encoded by Flash 8 with alpha, AVC/H.264, Flash 8, and Sorenson Spark video codecs, together with dynamic video compression and audio settings!
2. It can generate a SWF file, which is the FLV player. Or embed the FLV into the SWF.
3. It can generate a HTML file; you can use it as a webpage directly or use its codes.
How to use Flash Video MX Pro to do these things?
Let us take an AVI file for example.
Steps:
1. Open Flash Video MX Pro, and import the video in the program.
Under Edit”, you can trim a video clip, crop a video area.
Under Effect”, you can adjust the video effects, like contrast, brightness, etc.
Under Watermark”, you can add a text and image watermark to your video.
Under Snapshot”, you can capture a random image from the video.
You can see the effects in the following picture.
Click Next” to continue.
2. In Export”, check Generate Flash”, and click Next” to continue.
Here you can embed the video in SWF, but if you want to get the HTML file you need to choose Generate HTML file.
3. Under Player skin, choose your Flash Player skin from the categories: Classic, Opaque, Translucent, and Transparent.
Here you see you have many beautiful player skins to choose. And you also can add preloader and special effects.
4. Under Profile, select a Player profile in the drop list, or custom a profile and save it for later use by clicking “Save”.
5. Click Start to launch the conversion
Wait a few minutes; you can get your .flv file, .swf file and .html file.
Well, have you noticed the mflvplayer.swf in blue? Replace it with the SWF file you generated. Here you can also type in the URL of the SWF, such as http://www.myhomepage.com/mflvplayer.swf
The width=”720″ height=”555″ in black indicates the width and the height of your video.
You can add or reset the param name values to configure the video.
At last, upload the generated SWF and FLV files in the same folder together with this page. And you can enjoy it on your webpage now!
By: Moyea, Embed video and FLV player into the website
How To Convert MOV to FLV?
Posted by admin in How to ... on April 10th, 2009
Yesterday, my friend asked me how to convert MOV to FLV format. Because he has many MOV format videos and he like using Quick Time Player. And recently we build a website so he needs some FLV format video to upload on his website.
Fortunately, I know a software can do the best job of converting MOV to FLV. And here I will tell you how to use Moyea Flash Video MX Pro to convert MOV to FLV.
Step1. Download and launch this software.
After you launched it and imported your MOV file, you can see this interface:
Here you also can edit your MOV file, like trimming and cropping, add watermark, add CuePoint or capture a snapshot. This software provides you two ways to add watermark: add text watermark and image watermark.
Step2. Convert MOV to FLV.
Press Next, you can see this interface.
This software allows you to generate a FLV file; a SWF file and a HTML file. But if you just want the SWF file, you can select Generate Flash (SWF)> Embed the video in SWF and Play in timeline. The program outputs FLV file by default.
Step3. Add player and preloader.
Press Next, when you see this interface, that means you can add beautiful player skins and special effects on your video. These beautiful things can make your website bright.
Step4. Convert.
Continue press Next, and you can see the final interface. Here just press start, and wait a few minutes you can get your FLV file.
At last, you need to upload all these FLV file, SWF file and HTML file together in the same folder into your website.
By: Moyea, MOV to FLV
How To Convert ASF To SWF?
Posted by admin in How to ... on April 10th, 2009
How can I convert .asf to .swf files? There are so many solutions online that I have no idea which is exactly what I required. I started the long project of trying to find the right program to purchase. Finally I found Flash Video MX Pro is just what I want. It has so special and powerful features comparing to other software that I can’t help sharing with you immediately.
Not only powerful but also easy to operate; just follow these simple steps to enjoy perfect experience:
1). Install and launch Flash Video MX Pro
This is the main interface; input ASF to convert it to SWF by clicking open button (in red):
2). Editing
A). Crop the video size as well as adjust the video effect by “Edit” and “Effect” functions:
B). “CuePoint” also is a very powerful feature:
A “navigation” cue point allows you to seek to a particular frame in the FLV file because it creates a key frame within the FLV file as near as possible to the time that you specify.
An “event” cue point enables you to synchronize a point in time within the FLV file with an external event on the web page.
C). Generate a picture as the first frame of the output file by the snapshot function if needed.
3). Merge videos
Click “Next” to this interface, in “Misc” section, you can add other video at the beginning or end of your original video as well as replace the original audio with others you like. All these settings will make your video distinguished.
If you want to convert ASF to SWF file only please select Embed the video in SWF and play in timeline or do not select Generate Flash video (FLV). As a default this software can generate a FLV file, a SWF file and a HTML file, if you want to upload your video on your website please put all these three files in the same folder and the HTML file can be used directly as a web page.
4). Add player skins
Here are various player skins, preloaders and special effects right for you to decorate your video into the best one in your mind.
5). Convert
Click “Start” and wait a few minutes you will success in converting your ASF to SWF.
When the conversion is completed, upload all the generated files to the server for sharing. All the files should be in the same folder.
Read also: ASF To SWF
Memory Card Error In Pentax *istd Digital Camera
Posted by admin in General category on April 10th, 2009
The Pentax *istD Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera, a 6.1 mega-pixel camera, is smallest and lightest DSLR. It provides Pentax KAF mount, shutter speed of 1/4000sec to 30sec and weighs 550g. To store the pictures in the Pentax *istD DSLR, the user needs to use a Compact Flash (CF) memory card. A CF memory card can be corrupted due to file system corruption or damage, read or write error, malicious software like virus etc. Once the CF memory card is corrupted, the pictures saved in the CF memory card become inaccessible and invisible. For absolute and orderly recovery of the pictures from the corrupted CF memory card, if no backup is available, the user needs to use advanced Photo Recovery Software.
Consider a scenario where a user has taken few pictures from Pentax *istD DSLR with CF memory card as additional storage media. When the user attempts to view the pictures saved in the CF media card, he receives the below error message: “Memory Card Error”
The user takes out the CF memory card and again inserts in the camera. He encounters the same error message. The main cause of the above error message is that Pentax *istD camera is unable to read any picture stored on the CF memory card. To save new pictures in the media card, the user needs to format the memory card. To format a CF memory card in Pentax *istD camera, the user needs to follow these steps:
• The user needs to select [Format] from the Main Menu.
• He needs to press the four-way controller to display the [Format] screen.
• Finally, the user needs to select [Format] with the four-way controller and click OK.
After the formatting process of a CF card in Pentax *istD camera is completed, all the previously saved pictures from the CF memory card get erased. In such scenarios, if the user needs to recover and restore lost pictures from the CF memory card, then he needs to use effective Picture Recovery application. Such recovery software incorporate influential and high-end scanning algorithms to recover and restore the lost pictures.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is the ultimate Photo Recovery utility used to recover lost pictures. With read only and interactive user interface features, this recovery utility supports Windows and Apple Mac platforms with specialized software versions. It can also recover a wide range of audio and video files.
Memory Card Error In Leica Digilux 3
Posted by admin in General category on April 10th, 2009
The Leica Digilux 3 camera is the first integrated Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) launched by Leica Corporation. With ten mega pixel 16:9 ratio CCD, this camera uses the Four Thirds system. For storing the pictures, a Leica Digilux 3 camera uses Secure Digital (SD) or Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) memory card. These storage devices – SD or SDHC memory card – can be corrupted due to file system damage, read/write error, malicious software like virus and more. The data in the SD or SDHC memory card can become inaccessible after the card gets corrupted due to any of the above reasons. For systematic and absolute recovery of the lost pictures stored in either of the memory cards, the user needs to use effective Photo Recovery application.
A user with a Leica Digilux 3 DSLR camera attempts to download all the pictures from a 128MB SD card. While the transfer process was under progress, the user receives the following error message:
“MEMORY CARD ERROR”
After the above error message appears, the transfer process halts and the pictures saved in the SD memory card become inaccessible. The main cause for the above error message is that the Leica Digilux 3 DSLR is unable to perform any read operation on the pictures stored in the SD memory card. To store new pictures on the SD media card, the user needs to format the memory card. If the memory card gets formatted, all the pictures (including the protected images) in the SD memory card will be erased. However, if the memory card can not be formatted, then the user should consult the nearest service center for Leica.
Note: To stop the formatting in midway, the user needs to press [MENU/SET]. However, stopping the formatting process will not stop the pictures to be deleted from the SD memory card.
To recover the lost pictures after the format operation, a user needs to use effective Photo Recovery application. Such utilities recover and restore the lost or inaccessible pictures by incorporating effective and influential scanning algorithms. They natively support all the popular picture formats like JPG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, BMP as well as the proprietary camera formats.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is advanced Photo Recovery Software that recovers and restores the lost pictures from SD or SDHC media cards. This Picture Recovery application provides highly graphical user-interface. It supports various audio and video file formats. This Photo Recovery application comes for both Windows and Mac OS platforms.
By: Naveen Kadian, Photo Recovery Software
School Administration Software
Skoolmanager is happy to announce the launch of new iso certified school administration software. While working on software’s you face certain type of errors. There are errors prone software’s that cause loss to your account and system. The first and foremost requirement for any educational institute is to have error-free, fully efficient, cheap and easy to use software that may cover each and every entity of school. Error prone software cause immense loss to your system.
With good software’s you can turn any school management problem into an enjoyable task. Our aim is to provide the best Educational Institute Management software to Schools, colleges or any other educational institution. This software is also called as school timetable software, School management software, school administration software, school attendance software, school inventory software, school erp software, school library software Etc. All of these are available under one software. It is also called as ERP of School. Once you install our software you do not need to look for any other software to automate your record. This software has 12 distinct modules that cover each and every department of your school. Educational institute can certainly benefit from the use of our quality software. School software can make your work short. It has been developed by expert team of Stellar which is fully trained and takes a logistic view to handle any client problem. Its aim is to provide you cutting edge software that can best fit your educational institute. It has also become one stop hub software for educational institutes. The added advantage of this software is that it is very much cheap as compared to other school software’s available in the market. It is very much useful for school administration. School administration can access any real time information from any entity and can make any decision based on it. School management does not need to have manual record of any entity. Manual management of any software is a very daunting task and prone to errors. It is best usable for library of school. Librarians do not need to do anything manually after the installation of our software. It can handle any addition, deletion and modification in the stock efficiently. School software is also very useful for teachers.
Teachers can keep record of student’s grade, fee, attendance, test, attendance very efficiently. It is also called as timetable management software. School management can make the timetable for school very efficiently and adjust the requirement of teachers according to need. School software by stellar has gained immense popularity worldwide.
Till now, it has been installed in European, African and Gulf countries and its installation in many other countries is also in pipeline.
By: Sukhdeepak Singh, http://www.skoolmanager.com/