ou come home, turn on the computer, pull up a Web site, click on a link and HALT! A JavaScript alert box pops up; telling you there is a runtime
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any DHTML developers are tired of building complex interfaces around poorly implemented browsers only to have to reinvent the wheel on the next project. Many more are beginning to understand
Java Offers Flexible Security Mechanismsby Sun Microsystems’s J2SE Security Team“All local Java standalone application code is always bytecode-verified.” The Foliage Software comparative study discussed in the DevX article “Software Engineers
t is possible to realize performance improvements and consistent processing efficiency in the OS/390 and z/OS environment using several methods?methods that do not require additional mainframe-expert staffing resources and methods
In this series, Oracle Pro Boris Milrud shows you how to use SQLJ, the evolving industry standard language, to write Oracle stored procedures with database-independent code that can be easily
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here’s no brawl like the brawl over a GUI technology. XML is the new entrant into this particular pit-fight, and it looks like the ultimate winner to me. XML is
inding data in a relational database is usually a simple task, especially if you’re simply comparing entries to a specific value, but queries rapidly become more complicated when you start
he indisputable appeal of Web services will drive most organizations to evaluate development platforms such as .NET. However, security concerns have always made organizations reluctant to embrace new technologies. Fortunately,
evelopers write unit tests to check their own code. Unit testing differs from integration testing, which confirms that components work well together, and acceptance testing, which confirms that an application
he INI (application INItialization) file format became popular because it provided a convenient way to store values that might change (such as file locations, user preferences, etc.) in a standard
Learning to program for the .NET Framework has been an interesting experience. I use the term “interesting” loosely: it has sometimes been amazingly easy, and sometimes unexpectedly frustrating. For instance,
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Remoting is a means by which one operating system process, or program, can communicate with another process. The two processes can exist on the same computer or on two computers
In the first part of this article, I explained the basics of calling functions in unmanaged DLLs from managed .NET code. In this part, I’ll show you how to use
his article describes how to use an HTML Application (HTA) file that you can use to launch CD’s. Developers have had the ability to create HTML applications since the release
As Flash MX becomes an integral part of enterprise applications and rich-media interfaces, developers must learn to incorporate Flash into their established software development processes. A few years ago, Flash’s
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The Internet was originally used primarily by English-speakers, but the percentage of non-English speakers is increasing as Internet penetration increases. With huge populations in Asian countries coming online and European
uppose that your company’s field reps regularly upload files to the server, and the proper people need to be notified when these files arrive. Perhaps you need to monitor and
When you first start learning VB.NET, one of the first things you may notice is the absence of “traditional” file I/O support in .NET. Microsoft has replaced the classic IO
The concept of threads is central to the inner workings of most operating systems, including Windows, but relatively few programmers even know what they are?let alone how to take advantage
Most of you have heard of?and probably used?the new anchoring and docking properties available to Windows form controls. They enable controls to automatically resize or reposition themselves as the form
Those of you who already know me as The Remoting Guy won’t be surprised to hear that I was positively excited when I read the first announcement of Intrinsyc’s Ja.NET.
ASP.NET provides a robust framework for your Web applications. However, at times it becomes necessary to go beyond the out-of-the-box functionality. For example, when you request a resource such as
In this article you’ll examine the features that ASP.NET provides to help you build fully localized web applications. In particular you’ll see how .NET manages culture information, and how you
The .NET framework has a number of powerful Remoting features to make working with remote objects simple especially in the client side code. You can use factory patterns to enable
Say you want to retrieve all of the authors whose last names started with an L, M, or S. Here’s the query: select au_lname, au_fname from authors where au_lname like
For inserting explicit values into the identity column of a table, IDENTITY_INSERT property is set to ON. Table tblName has got following fieldsCompanyID INT IDENTITY(1,1)CoName VARCHAR(75) And following the data: