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Auto-Generated prompts in Cognos 10 BI

Auto-Generated prompts in Cognos 10 BI

I had an issue with Cognos 10 today whereby the automatically generated prompt control for a BI report was showing a drop down list, rather than a type in prompt. The reason this was an issue is that I wanted to set up a schedule of this report, with this particular prompt being for ‘Client [...]

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Theming Post Pagination with WordPress

Theming Post Pagination with WordPress

I came up against quite a challenge today in styling wordpress posts using the built in code and wp_link_pages function. Eventually I got it working such that native functions are used and it looks great. A live demo is now available at the G&GR U20 Wrap. Edit single.php From: To:

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Automating Rich Snippets from WP Zon Builder

Automating Rich Snippets from WP Zon Builder

I’ve recently been using the excellent wordpress plugin WP-Zon Builder, and wanted to increase my click through rate through using Google’s rich product snippets.

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Launch Internet Explorer as another AD user

Launch Internet Explorer as another AD user

Here is a script I wrote using a DOS batch file for testing Active Directory security of a web application. It will launch an Internet Explorer session as a selected AD user then open a selected page.

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A new blog

It’s been a while since I started a blog, and this one is purely self serving!

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