Call Javascript from Actionscript 3

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
ExternalInterface.call("your_javascript_function()");

Get a return value:

var x:int = ExternalInterface.call("get_x()");

Pass an argument:

var retval:int = ExternalInterface.call("function()", "args");

Get the path of a mapped network drive in windows.

You can use the NET USE command in the commant prompt

Start -> Run -> CMD -> net use

Hard Disk Recovery Software

Testdisk

I was able to recovery my files after my external hard drive failed.  Vista would ask if I would like to format my hard drive when I connected it to the computer. The interface is terrible and the menu system is confusing, but I was able to recover my files and it is free.

Windows Vista Image Resizer

http://imageresizer.codeplex.com/

Solution: QuickTime Error 46: Could not find or load activex control

The following solution worked for me:

http://research.gerger.com/?view=lab:en&aID=1006#h3:7

Export/Save Windows System Event Logs

"You access the event logs by completing the following steps:
1. In the Computer Management console, connect to the computer whose event logs you want to view or manage.
2. Expand the System Tools node by clicking the plus sign (+) next to it and then double-click Event Viewer. You should now see a list of logs, as shown in Figure 3-8.
3. Select the log you want to view.
You can export/save each log by completing the following steps:
1. Right click on the log that you want to export on the left hand side of the Event viewer Window.
2. Select the “Save Log File As…” option in XP/2003, “Save Events As” option in Vista/2008R1, “Save All Events As” option in Win7/2008R2.
3. Specify a file name and keep the default file type as .EVT for XP/2003, .EVTX for Vista/2008R1, and Win7/2008R2."

More Information about Event logs can be found (and was referenced above) at:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726966.aspx

Solution: Flash movie flickers when using filter effects

I found that if I used the wmode="transparent" attribute when embedding a flash swf and the movie used the filter effects I would see a flicker when mousing over the item using the filter effects. To correct the problem I set the wmode to opaque.

jQuery test whether object exists

In jQuery in order to test whether and object or element (div, span, p, etc.) exists:

if ( $('#myDiv').length ) {
// run some code if myDiv exists
}

Good Tutorial on CSS Floats

http://css-tricks.com/all-about-floats/

CSS Tips & Tricks

• Pure CSS Speech Bubbles
• Fun with Unicode
• 22 Advanced CSS Text Effects And Web Typography Tips
• Bread Crumbs

Solution: SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 upgrade error -1

I was trying to perform an upgrade at a Microsoft site from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005. I had a pop up window during the upgrade analysis process of SQL 2005 that was blank.
The message I was getting in the WI install log located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup000#_computername_WI.log was Error Code: 0x80077370 (29552)

The Problem is in Upgrade advisor. In my case it was failing because .Net 3.5 SP1 was installed.
The following workaround amazed me and worked perfectly:

"Once SQL installation starts create a subdirectory BPAClientunder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\BPA directory. And copy BPAClient.dll (from the sibling bin directory) into this directory."
(http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/SQL-Server/microsoft.public.sqlserver.setup/2008-10/msg00265.html)
The BPAClient.dll file can be found at C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\BPA\bin.