Monthly Archives: July 2022

The server response was: 5.7.1 Unable to relay for

Posted on July 31, 2022 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you one of the possibilities to get rid of the error “The server response was: 5.7.1 Unable to relay for” when sending an email using System.Net.Mail namespace. Expecting you have setup Windows Server IIS SMTP. You … Continue reading →

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SSIS-derived-column-check-if-datetime-field-is-null

Posted on July 31, 2022 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you one of the possible ways to fix the error “The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data” for Datetime data type in SSIS. The destination column in OLD DB Destination … Continue reading →

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provider: SSL Provider, error: 0 – The client and server cannot communicate, because they do not possess a common algorithm

Posted on July 24, 2022 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you one of the possible ways to get rid of the error “provider: SSL Provider, error: 0 – The client and server cannot communicate, because they do not possess a common algorithm” when connecting to SQL … Continue reading →

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IComparable sample C#

Posted on July 24, 2022 by chanmingman

This blog article shows a code sample of implementing the Icomparable in C#. The sample makes use of the code in Generate random date C# to generate the random date. Pay attention to BankTrans.Sort(). Without implementing the CompareTo, the BankTrans.Sort() … Continue reading →

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Generate random date C#

Posted on July 21, 2022 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you one of the possible ways to generate the random date using C#. The complete code shows below. Class RandomDateTime {     DateTime start;     Random gen;     int range;     public RandomDateTime()     {         start = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1); … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of an external attack surface

Posted on July 21, 2022 by chanmingman

The transition to remote work means that the global attack surface has grown exponentially just in the last few years. Check out this short, in-depth snapshot of the threat landscape. Anatomy of an external attack surface: five elements organisations should monitor provides … Continue reading →

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Install Office 365

Posted on July 21, 2022 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you how to install Office 365. 1. Go to URL https://portal.office.com and type in your credential. 2. Click on Install Office dropdown. 3. Select Office 365 apps. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/download-and-install-or-reinstall-microsoft-365-or-office-2021-on-a-pc-or-mac-4414eaaf-0478-48be-9c42-23adc4716658/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-36769

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CTO July 2022 articles and resources

Posted on July 17, 2022 by chanmingman

These are the good reads found in this month. Working hard or hardly working? Employees don’t trust their colleagues to be productive while working from home Hybrid working is a boon for wellbeing – but we might have some trust … Continue reading →

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COBOL CRUD Read

Posted on July 17, 2022 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you how to add record to COBOL index file. The sample is selected from the book at the reference. The sample is in Day 11. Listing 11.12. Firstly, you need to create the record using COBOL … Continue reading →

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Upload PowerPoint to create Sway

Posted on July 16, 2022 by chanmingman

This simple blog article is showing you one of the reasons why Sway hang when you are uploading the slide deck, PowerPoint file. For me I stuck at the screen below and the PowerPoint slides never get uploaded. This is … Continue reading →

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