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May 2, 1999

Java 2 Compatibility

Question: Why do I have problems running some programs with Java 2? Answer: Many Java class libraries and programs written before Java 2 use a technique called obfuscation to make

Network Authentication

Question: The new java.net.Authenticator class in JDK 1.2 seems to be the answer to generalized user-authentication. Why dogetPasswordAuthentication andrequestPasswordAuthentication both return PasswordAuthentication, butrequestPasswordAuthentication requires a security check? Answer: The getPasswordAuthentication

Thread Timing

Question: How can I determine the total time it takes for a set of threads to execute? Answer: When you time a set of threads, you generally want to know

Header Records

Question: I am using Visual FoxPro 5. Is it possible when exporting a table to a text file to have the field names exported on the first line of the

Simple C++ Dynamic Link Library

Question: I am trying to interface VBA with a C++ DLL. I am very new to C++ programming. I understand the declarations from the VBA side, but I am having

SQL fucntion calls

Question: Does SQL have a function to get only the time–rather than getDate()–which gets the date and time, or a function to get the Unix time() time. (the one that

Registering DLL Files

Question: When I try to register a DLL I created in VB6, I get the message that tells me the DLL is not a valid windows NT image. At the

Data Corruption

Question: I have a table where after an import from an ASCII, I see some funny characters in some fields. After using asc(), I show that the characters where the

How to Build an Online Help System

Question: How do I create an online help system to use in VB6? Answer: Try the HTML Help Workshop that ships with VB. It allows you to create a help