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    How to save data to PC from Mitsubishi PLC

    MXSheet (Mitsi to Excel) or MXComponent (ActiveX component)
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    global variables for function arguments and return value in VB scripts

    Same here. I have several applications that use a dictionary, both desktop and web server varieties. So are you trying to tell us that the Windows Scripting Host (WSH) should never be on ANY desktop machine and Internet Explorer should NOT support VbScript?? That's why you use an installer...
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    global variables for function arguments and return value in VB scripts

    Why not simply use a dictionary object A couple of simple subs/functions to demonstrate Dim Dict As Object Sub Init() Set Dict = CreateObject("scripting.dictionary") End Sub Public Sub NextEntry(Value As String) Dim key As String key = "attrib" & Trim(Str(Dict.Count)) Dict.Add key, Value...
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    Web sites with Front Page

    look here for tips and tricks etc forum253 http://www.elated.com/forums/ What you may have to do is to turn off the use of extension in front page to remove all the excess and mainly useless code that FP adds to the pages. There are better ways of putting in the effects that FP uses, this...
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    Converting documents to PDF

    Obviously you are not going to get better than Adobe Acrobat, but here are a few suggestion. I have tried these out at one time or another. Free online convertor (useful for one-offs) http://www.gohtm.com/ http://www.ps2pdf.com/convert/convert.htm AFPL Version is free for non-commercial use...

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