Useful Character code chart

Here's a link to a useful character code chart:


http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/mathchart.html


and to get the Windows Character Map Utility:

Start>>Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools

and simply copy and paste the relevant character or obtain the unicode number from the keystoke value, where applicable, or convert the hex to decimal.

Hexadecimal to decimal converter:

http://easycalculation.com/hex-converter.php

Array example - Crystal

Local Numbervar counter := 1;
Local Stringvar Array taskdates;
Local Datetimevar dates := CurrentDate;
Local Datetimevar finishdate := DateAdd("yyyy",5,CurrentDate);
Local Stringvar returnstring;

Do
(
//set array size to counter, initally 1, preserving previous size and values
Redim Preserve taskdates[counter];
//assign dates value, initially CurrentDate to array element numbered counter, initially 1
taskdates[counter] := ToText(dates, "dd-MMM-yyyy");
//increment date variable by 1 year
dates := DateAdd("yyyy",1,dates);
//increment counter by 1
counter := counter+1;
)
//continue do loop while date variable is less than or equal to finishdate
While dates <= finishdate ;

returnstring := Join(taskdates, Chr(13))

Remove Carriage Return, Line Feed and Tab - SQL

Remove Carriage Return, Line Feed and Tab characters in T-SQL.

REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(Field, CHAR(10), ''), CHAR(13), ''), CHAR(9), '')

Check whether a string was all in uppercase - CR

I needed a quick way to check whether a string was all uppercase.
Using the InStr function:

InStr ({fieldname},(UpperCase ({fieldname})) ,0 )

The syntax being:
InStr([start,]string1,string2[,compare])
start- an optional starting position
string1,2 - strings to compare
compare - either 0 or 1, 0 being a binary comparison, 1 being textual.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wybb344c(VS.85).aspx

Create Button Style - SSRS

To create a reasonable 'button style' for a text box:

BackgroundColor = WhiteSmoke

BorderColor = WhiteSmoke

BorderStyle = Outset

BorderWidth = 2pt

Color = Black