June 6, 2000

Question: Can you point me at or come up with a generic class that allows date manipulation and storage without running into OS-specific or February 29 or Y2K issues? Answer:

Question: How can I change the form used to print tasks? I would like it to print more than one line of notes. Answer: The standard form for printing a

Question: Is there an API that I can use to sense that the system is shutting down? Answer: Up until just recently the answer was no. But Sun keeps on

Question: Why do I have to catch an exception when I use System.in.read()? Answer: System.in is an InputStream, and like any InputStream, an I/O errormay occur when you read from

Question: Is there a simple way of copying a file from one directory to another? Answer: There is no predefined convenient method for copying a file from oneplace to another.

Question: An error occurs in the Exchange event log stating that my customers are out of licenses when clearly they are not. How come? Answer: Since they have enough legal

Question: How do I restrict the number of characters to be entered in a TextField? Answer: Setting a maximum character count is not a built-in function ofTextField. You have to

Question: I am calling a java program from a Unix script and passing threeparameters. Once the Java program is done, I want to return two valuesback to the Unix program

Question: Are there any guidelines for what the directory structure of a Java-based project should be? Answer: The only real guidelines govern the layout of your source code. Yourdirectories should