Check for invalid file types?

I am using the FileDialog() function to let users select multiple files. After the user chooses all their files and presses the "Okay" button, my program loops to each chosen file. Is there an effective way to test when a user chooses an ...

Message posted on the February 2nd, 2013 - 1:02 AM ET

File validation in Office 2003 and 2007

Introduced in Office 2010, the file validation function will soon be made available in Office 2003 and 2007 through an update.

News published on the December 15th, 2010 - 2:21 PM ET

Programs that optimise and repair Windows XP and Vista

There are a range of applications that are either free or commercially sold which allow you to repair and optimise the Windows XP and Vista operating systems. It is impossible to test all of them though, so our selection is a good starting point for ...

Review published on the December 3rd, 2008 - 9:37 AM ET

New ZoomInfo Service Tests Email Addresses to Verify Deliverability

Helps B2B Marketers Avoid Risks of High Bounce Rates.

Press published on the October 4th, 2011 - 8:00 AM ET

Vringo Announces Verdict in I/P Engine Vs. AOL, Google et al.

Jury Finds Asserted Claims of Patents Infringed Jury Confirms Validity of Patents Jury Finds Damages Should be Based on a Running Royalty.

Press published on the November 6th, 2012 - 1:29 PM ET

Windows XP repair tools

When your computer gets infected, locks up during a procedure, fails during an installation or you encounters a driver or hardware problem, then you may need to get your hands into the engine to see what's going on. Here are a range of tools that ...

Review published on the July 19th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Inmedius® DITA Storm™ v3.0 XML Editor Supports DITA 1.1 & 1.2

Extensive Breadth, Depth of New Features & Enhancements Includes Change Tracking.

Press published on the April 20th, 2011 - 9:01 AM ET

Garmin Announces Victory in Patent Dispute with Rambus

Garmin International, Inc., a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), announced today that the U.S. International Trade Commission has rejected all of Rambus, Inc.’s patent allegations against Garmin. As a ...

Press published on the July 27th, 2012 - 7:59 AM ET

Excel opens with an Invalid file

I am running Excel 2007. When I start it tries to open acroRD32.exe which is an invalid file format. Where is it getting the instruction to open with this file?

Message posted on the April 2nd, 2009 - 8:22 PM ET

Bug#611292: insserv treats "corekeeper" as invalid file name, inconsistent with manual's "*.core" unaccepted filename.

The proposed patch is wrong: as written it arranges to reject filenames that begin with ".core", rather than those that end with ".core". Files whose names end ".core" are already rejected by cfgfile_filter(), and ...

Message posted on the February 27th, 2012 - 8:10 AM ET

COMException unhandled error: invalid file

I keep getting an error on the following code: db = DAODBEngine_definst.OpenDatabase( "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:TempMyAccess2007.accdb;Persist Security Info=False;") I already have installed the Access 12 driver. ...

Message posted on the April 28th, 2009 - 8:41 AM ET

Bug#521966: libaudio-file-perl: FTBFS: Test failure

Package: libaudio-file-perl Version: 0.11-1.1 Severity: serious From my pbuilder build log: ... fakeroot debian/rules binary dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_clean -k /usr/bin/make test make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/buildd/libaudio-file-perl-0.11' ...

Message posted on the March 30th, 2009 - 8:50 PM ET

How to Delete Huge Folder Containing Files with Invalid Names

A crash filled my Firefox cache folder with tens of thousands of files and subfolders with invalid characters in their names. As a result, I can't delete the folder. Here's what I tried and has failed so far: Moving folder to recycle bin Renaming ...

Message posted on the May 27th, 2009 - 8:23 PM ET

SQL 2008 - FILESTREAM OpenSQLFilestream invalid handle

SQL 2008 Express running in Virtual PC on Windows XP Pro, accessed from a "real" machine with Windows XP Pro via TCP/IP and sql authentication (the server has enabled mixed mode). FILESTREAM is enabled for remote client streaming, database ...

Message posted on the November 7th, 2009 - 4:11 AM ET