Resource Description Framework (RDF) is not the world’s most beloved standard. That it is used most often in fairly obscure applications for handling such fundamental concepts as meaning, topicality, and
tandard C++ offers a rather limited number of functions for accurate time measurement: clock() gives you a granularity of up to a thousandth of a second at best, and difftime()
f you’ve got a Windows Mobile device with Bluetooth connectivity, why not write your own PowerPoint clicker application so that you can use it in your next company presentation and
n Second Life (SL) users can fly nearly anywhere in superhero style. They can also teleport from one place to another in seconds—without any assistance from any sort of device.
Excel spreadsheets can grow to a very large number of rows. After the spreadsheet grows beyond a single page, the column headings scroll off the page, making it very difficult
If one class is inheriting from another class, a quick, easy way to find the available overrides is through .NET’s IntelliSense. Simply type “override” in a class and .NET will
The introspection process allows the JSP engine to populate a JavaBean with the values provided by a client through an HTML form. //when the names of the bean properties match
In increasing number of web applications built today use portal technology. A portal is a web application that typically provides services such as personalization, single sign-on, and content aggregation from
his article walks you through a case study that illustrates how to marry SharePoint 2007 with Excel data to offer a Business Intelligence (BI) “lite” solution for avid spreadsheet users.
ver the years, we have all seen the proliferation of Web applications. In the early days, Web sites consisted of sets of static HTML pages, with nice graphics and lots
When you need to execute the same SQL statement (in general an UPDATE) multiple times with different parameter values you can use the PrepareStatement method like this: Connection conn=null;PreparedStatement pst=null;String[]
You can change the assembly version quickly by including the bindingRedirect element in the web.config file. For example, suppose you need to redirect a particular old version dll hit to
while ago I responded to a newsgroup post in which the poster had a table of inventory changes containing start and end dates, as well as the amount that was
DescriptionCompanies have been talking about knowledge management and leveraging their IT investments to enhance team collaboration for years, but have had difficulty implementing effective solutions that tie together the wide
f you’ve been following semantic web technologies, then by now you’re no doubt aware of semantic web data languages like the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and the Web Ontology Language
ometimes you find yourself thinking, “I wonder if I can make my application do this…?” The target of your thoughts might not immediately seem to be a useful, or even
ecently, Google released its robust “Google Data API” with little fanfare. In fact, if you aren’t an avid tech blog reader or didn’t go to Google Developer Day, you might
ich Internet Application or RIAs are all the rage in application development circles now. How do you make web applications behave like more traditional desktop applications? You remember desktop applications
icrosoft recently took WPF/E (which stood for Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere) out of the labs and released it as Silverlight, a new technology that lets you run XAML-based content—including animations
ich Internet Applications (RIAs) represent not only an established, but a rapidly expanding, segment of software development. Although descriptions of RIA abound, most people agree that they blur the line
n addition to the XAML and JavaScript combination supported in Silverlight 1.0, this Silverlight 1.1 Alpha client also supports managed code written in a language such as C# or VB.NET.
ver since the Internet emerged, developers and the user community have tried tirelessly to lend Internet application interfaces the same interactivity their desktop applications offered. As the Internet evolved, client-side
his is an exciting time for CoDe Magazine and EPS Software Corp.! For the last year or so, we have been building a brand new, .NET 3.0-based digital publishing platform
n organized system for maintaining and delivering configuration information is an essential component of any enterprise software system. For small enterprises with only a few servers, registry entries and individual
pass along this cautionary tale, just in case, like me, you had considered a “change in life”. I’ve always enjoyed broad changes to technical infrastructure just for the fun of
n episode 217, Paul Randal from the Microsoft SQL Server team talked to us about CHECKDB, a built-in tool to check the integrity of SQL Server databases. Carl Franklin: Hey,
ommerce occurs in Second Life whenever money changes hands. Money, in Second Life, is the Linden Dollar. Although the Linden Dollar is not an actual currency, it can be freely
The following code demonstrates how to convert a java.util.Date object to a java.sql.Date object: import java.sql.*;import java.util.*;public class cs{public static void main(String[] args) { GregorianCalendar date_1=(GregorianCalendar)Calendar.getInstance(); System.out.println(date_1.getTime()); java.sql.Date date_2= new
The Sizeof () operator only works at compile time and doesn’t evaluate anything at run time. In the following code snippet, the func() function is never called. The inner sizeof()
NET 2.0’s System.Security namespace includes the SecureString class, which lets you create encrypted strings and delete them from memory when they’re no longer needed. You can even make a string