June 6, 2000

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TextField Max Characters

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

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Return Values from Java to Unix

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

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Java Directory Guidelines

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

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Exception.what() Gives Vague Description

Question: I’m using a catch(exception e). When I come in the catch-block and print the message belonging to the exception, I receive the message “9exception.” What does it mean? Answer:

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HTML Pop-Up Menus Rendering Issues

Pop-up menus in normal HTML pages are usually implemented using Layers (DIV tag). However, the leading browser applications in the market have this known problem with layers: if a pop-up

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Convert Form Collection into a String

You can convert the entire Request.Form collection into a single string variable just by referencing the collection without specifying the key or index.The format of the string would look like