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How to refer to parameters by name, not number, in SSIS

Posted by Andy Brown on 30 January 2015

Referring to parameters by their numeric position in a list in SSIS is relatively easy, but there is a way to refer to them by name too, as explained in this blog.

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SSIS > Parameters

Getting at file attributes from FOREACH loop in SSIS

Posted by Andy Brown on 30 January 2015

SSIS makes it easy to loop over files, but it's less obvious how to get at file attributes such as the date created or last modified date. To do this you'll need a scripting task, as explained by this blog.

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SSIS > Files and folders

Steps to follow when creating a new flat file in SSIS

Posted by Andy Brown on 04 December 2014

Using an existing flat file in SSIS is straightforward, but creating a new one can be a pain - this blogs gives some steps to follow.

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SSIS > Data flow

Free C# training

Posted by Andrew Gould on 31 October 2014

This blog serves as the main index for our complete tutorial on programming in Visual C#. You'll find links to all of the articles, videos and files that you'll need to follow the tutorial.

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Visual C# > General

Addiction to the 2048 mobile phone app

Posted by Andy Brown on 07 July 2023

One owl's sad story of addiction to a simple computer game: a tale of lost time and lost sanity.

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Miscellaneous > Random musings

VBA code to create a chart and textbox, and copy them to Word

Posted by Andy Brown on 03 October 2014

Charts in VBA are a bit weird: this blogs highlights some of their foibles, by showing how charts are really just special shapes, which contain shapes of their own!

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VBA macros > Working with charts VBA macros > References

Programmatically searching websites using VBA

Posted by Andy Brown on 15 September 2014

I've already pinched (with permission!) the ideas of Fergus Cairns to explain ways to run automatic searches on popular websites like Google; this blog gives an update on the same topic.

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VBA macros > References Writing VBA > Other

What does the SCD transform in SSIS do, and should you use it?

Posted by Andy Brown on 05 July 2014

Integration Services include a Slowly Changing Dimension transform, which is designed to make loading dimension data easier. This blog explains how it works, and discusses whether it achieves its objectives.

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SSIS > SCD transforms

Revealing how Excel workbooks are actually stored as zipped XML files

Posted by Andy Brown on 16 May 2014

Did you know that Excel workbooks are really just a collection of XML files, all zipped together? We didn’t either, so we thought we'd tell the world.

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Excel > General Miscellaneous > Random musings

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 13 - Playing Sounds

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial explains how to add sounds to the game using a Windows API function.

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VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 12 - Managing Game State

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial implements a state system to make it easier to determine what actions to perform each time the game updates.

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Writing VBA > Flappy Owl VBA macros > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 11 - Detecting Collisions

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

In this part of the tutorial you'll learn how to make the game detect collisions between the bird and the obstacles.

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VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 10 - Creating Obstacles

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial shows you how to add obstacles to the game and how to make them move across the screen.

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Writing VBA > Flappy Owl VBA macros > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 9 - Creating the Game Sheet

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial explains how to generate a game worksheet using code to define the playing area.

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Writing VBA > Flappy Owl VBA macros > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 8 - Using Class Modules

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial introduces the concept of class modules and shows you how to use them to organise your code.

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Writing VBA > Flappy Owl VBA macros > Classes VBA macros > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 7 - Creating Sprites

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This part of the tutorial describes how to draw simple images using a worksheet as the canvas. You'll also see how to include the images in the game.

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VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 6 - Detecting Player Input

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This part of the tutorial describes how to respond to keys pressed by the player. You'll learn about the Application.OnKey method and the GetAsyncKeyState Windows API function.