April 20, 1999

In the Show event of a form you might be tempted to use SetFocus to select which field the end user should begin working with. However, this method raises an

The fastest way to read a text file is using the Input$ function, as shown in this reusable procedure: Function FileText (filename$) As String Dim handle As Integer handle =

Global objects, static data members of a class, namespace variables, and static variables in functions reside in static memory. Static objects are allocated by the linker and their address remains

A common technique in Active Server Pages (ASP) is to use server-side code to check that the user has filled in a form. In effect, you submit the ASP page

The Bulk Copy Program is still a handy utility for transferring data in and out of tables in SQL. However, using it properly requires that you learn the various command

Closely related to the issue of internationalization is the java.util.Locale class. An instance of Locale represents a geographic, political, or cultural region, and may or may not correspond to a