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I built a package in SSIS that uses a script task to open an Excel file, format, and refresh some data in Excel. I would like to have Excel visible when the script task is running to see if Excel gets hung up which occurs all the time. Is this possible? I am converting a process that is calling Excel via a shell script to using SSIS to call Excel instead. I guess a second question is, is that a bad idea? billinkc Why this is a bad idea Generally speaking, administrators are tasked with maximizing the amount of "uptime" a server or service on the server has. The more software that gets

Is there a way to restrict user to view only certain jobs in Jenkins. Jenkins allows the restriction of user ability per project via the "Project-based Matrix Authorization Strategy". The problem is that a user can not access anything without the 'Overall' 'Read' setting. This seems to allow them to view all the jobs. Is there another plugin that would allow the job restriction? Christian Think this is, what you are searching for: Allow access to specific projects for Users Short description without screenshots: Use Jenkins "Project-based Matrix Authorization Strategy" under "Manage Jenkins" =

If I run the following code, the Event Action is executed: $Job = Start-Job {'abc'} Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $Job -EventName StateChanged ` -Action { Start-Sleep -Seconds 1 Write-Host '*Event-Action*' } The string ' Event-Action ' is displayed. If I use a Form and start the above code by clicking a button, the Event Action is not executed: [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") $Form1 = New-Object Windows.Forms.Form $Form1.Add_Shown({ $Form1.Activate() }) $Button1 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $Button1.Text = 'Test' $Form1.Controls.Add(

How much can a developer charge for an iPhone app like Twitterrific ? I want to know this because I need such an application with the same functionality for a new community website. I can do Ruby but have no experience with Objective-C. So it would be interesting for me if I should start reading books about iPhone programming or outsource the work to a iPhone programmer. chockenberry I'm one of the developers for Twitterrific and to be honest, I can't tell you how many hours have gone into the product. I can tell you everyone who upvoted the estimate of 160 hours for development and 40 hours

How do I Start a job of a function i just defined? function FOO { write-host "HEY" } Start-Job -ScriptBlock { FOO } | Receive-Job Receive-Job: The term 'FOO' is not recognized as the name of cmdlet, function ,script file or operable program. What do I do? Thanks. As @Shay points out, FOO needs to be defined for the job. Another way to do this is to use the -InitializationScript parameter to prepare the session. For your example: $functions = { function FOO { write-host "HEY" } } Start-Job -InitializationScript $functions -ScriptBlock {FOO}| Wait-Job| Receive-Job This can be useful if you want