Category Archives: Computing – general

Fast Search Reminder

Posted on August 30, 2021 by dougaj4

A recent comment at Opening and searching pdf files from Excel reminded of the linked spreadsheet, which allows pdf files to be opened at a specified page from Excel, and also fast searches of the local hard drive: PdfLink.zip (free download … Continue reading →

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Downloading with Chrome

Posted on June 11, 2021 by dougaj4

I recently discovered (via a helpful comment) that clicking on any download link on this blog, when using Chrome, raised a message saying: The site ahead contains harmful programs I have now managed to get Google to agree that there … Continue reading →

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CSpline and Malware

Posted on March 13, 2021 by dougaj4

I was recently informed that the Malwarebyte program was raising a warning for the CSpline2 download. On checking I found that the spreadsheet had a VBA module called frmPickwb which was not my code. The file has now been updated, … Continue reading →

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Lambda and VBA

Posted on February 28, 2021 by dougaj4

The new Excel Lambda function (see here for more details and links) is currently only available to those signed up to the Beta Preview version of Excel 365, but is has been favourably reviewed by almost all of those who … Continue reading →

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Open Source FEA Code Links

Posted on October 25, 2020 by dougaj4

There have been many posts here based on code from the book Programming The Finite Element Method, with the Fortran code either translated to VBA, or with VBA links to compiled Fortran Code. I recently discovered: The “Programming the Finite … Continue reading →

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