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I have created a spreadsheet with some combo boxes on it. When it is printed, the boxes move from their central position to the left hand side of the screen. I can't seem to make them stay where they are, but can't understand why printing cause them to move accross the screen. I'm using Office...

Thanks very much you guys. I used the ticks method to come up with the answer of 0.264. However the full explanation from Mr Hueston has also helped to clarify things. Once again thanks to everyone. All the best for the new year.

Wire and sprind diameters are unknown. 9 is the total number of coils.

Can anyone help me with this?? A spring has a free length of 14.5mm and has 9 coils. When it is installed in a mechanism it has an installed length of 9mm and the load exerted by the spring is 1kg. If the spring were removed from the mechanism and shortened to a free length of 10mm by cutting...

Can anyone help me out with the vb code to open a dft file, check for a textbox containing a specific word, change this text, and then close the dft again. Thanks

That works very well. All the options are there to put exactly what I need. All I need to do now is work out how to get it update automatically. Thanks for your help. Regards

The holes table only gives information regarding size and position. We already have that by dimensioning them and giving a pitch circle diameter that they are placed on. The missing element is the number of holes.

Does anyone know of way to get the number of holes created on a PCD automatically into a draft view? The number of holes is a variable in the variable table in the par file, and I would like it to appear on the 2d drawing to reference said holes. Thanks in advance

Does anyone know of any software for creating dxf/dwg from a *.bmp or *.jpg file, so that it can then be imported in to Solid Edge? Thanks in advance

Does anyone know of any standard electrical symbols for circuit diagrams that are available for use in draft environment? Thanks

We recieve them from our reseller already unzipped on cd. I have now managed to put them on the server with the setup.iss file and the silent install works ok. Many thanks for your help.

In my service pack there is no SEUPDATE.EXE to unzip. All I have is SETUP.EXE which will not unzip. Any thoughts?

As I have a large number of users, ie 20 the frequent production of service packs causes a headache when it comes to install. Does anyone have any experience of running a 'silent install' of the service pack, or any other suggestions for how to speed up the process? Cheers

Does anyone have or know where I can get a Task Organiser Spreadsheet? I'm after somthing which will quickly allow me to add new tasks and mark ones complete etc. Thanks in advance

I have created a macro using VB. When in step thru mode in VB and with SE open, program works ok. Once I have compiled the program and added it to the SE toolbar to be run, it doesnt work. SE loses focus but nothing else happens. Any ideas??