n this article, I’ll show you how to build an XML-based, client-side JavaScript app that reads data from external XML files, traverses the XML data, and displays that data in
he last article in this series showed you how to use Graphic Symbols and Movie Clips to create lightweight and more complex Flash movies. This lesson shows you how to
The RefTools add-in extends Excel with new tools for reference operations, data manipulation and formatting. Capabilities include pasting, counting, hiliting, deleting or replacing values found in unsorted reference ranges, fuzzy
‘ Retrieves the description of a file from the registry’ or a null string if the file’s extension isn’t registered’ Example: Debug.WriteLine(GetFileDescription(“D: yc.zip”))Function GetFileDescription(ByVal filePath As String) As String ‘
‘ Returns a boolean indicating whether the specified folder has sub-foldersFunction FolderHasSubFolders(ByVal folderPath As String) As Boolean Return System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(folderPath).Length > 0End Function Related Posts Career Advice for Being Successful as
‘ Returns a boolean indicating whether two files are equal’ Example: Debug.WriteLine(CompareFiles(“D:File1.mdb”, “D:File2.mdb”))Function CompareFiles(ByVal path1 As String, ByVal path2 As String) As Boolean Dim file1 As New System.IO.FileInfo(path1) Dim file2
Shared Function _ GetWindowDC(ByVal hWnd As Integer) As IntegerEnd Function Shared Function _ PathCompactPath(ByVal hDC As Integer, _ ByVal pathBuffer As System.Text.StringBuilder, _ ByVal dx As Integer) As BooleanEnd Function’
‘ Returns a boolean indicating whether the specified folder has filesFunction FolderHasFiles(ByVal folderPath As String) As Boolean Return System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(folderPath).Length > 0End Function Related Posts CA Improves API Management CapabilitiesCreating a
‘ Concatenate a variable number of text files into a single result file” Params:’ – resultFile: the complete path of the result file you want to create’ – header: a
SP is a great technology for delivering custom HTML-based content to a Web page. You can also use ASP to create output for print and distribution beyond Web pages. In
anaging the design and creation of database objects such as tables, stored procedures, and views is a fact of life for database developers. Because applications grow and change continually, additions
This book finds its authors drawing on their extensive professional experience to teach largely by example. For instance, to illustrate software techniques useful for any application, they present a toolkit
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n April 2, 2003 Lori Piquet, DevX’s Editor-In-Chief, wrote an editorial titled “Are You Passing The Requirements Buck?.” The editorial discussed both a presentation that I had given for the
nstructured data is that information hidden in a company’s e-mails, memos, notes from call centers and support operations, news releases, user groups, chats, reports, letters, surveys, white papers, marketing material,
TTP services are a core function for supporting many current application development technologies, including Web services, ASP.NET applications, and other traditional Web applications. The traditional way to provide HTTP support
n the previous article (Part 1, see left column) I showed the diagram illustrated in Figure 1. However, I didn’t say very much about it, so now is a good
‘ Returns an array with the installed SQL Server databases’ The first param must be a valid connection string to the ‘master’ database’ Requires Imports System.Data.SqlClient” Example:’ Dim databases() As
‘ Returns the names of all the columns in the specified database table. The ‘ database is identified by the input connection string’ Requires Imports System.Data.OleDb” Example:’ Dim columns() As
‘ Returns the names of all the tables in the database identified by the input ‘ connection string’ Requires Imports System.Data.OleDb” Example:’ Dim tables() As String = GetDatabaseTables’ (“PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data
‘ Returns an array with the names of the installed COM+ Applications’ Params: the name of the server – defaults to the local server’ Requires a reference to the COM+
‘ Returns whether a SQL Server DB with the specified name is present’ The first param must be a valid connection string to the ‘master’ database’ Requires Imports System.Data.SqlClient” Example:’
‘ Restarts the default web site in IIS Sub RestartDefaultSite() Dim p As New Process() p.StartInfo.FileName = “net.exe” p.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden ‘ set the parameters to STOP the service p.StartInfo.Arguments
was recently working on a project to develop a multiplayer game for J2ME devices. In this application communication from the server to the device was originally coded as simple key-value
evelopers are beginning to understand that .NET Windows Forms are a powerful technology for building a large class of applications for the Windows .NET platform. They offer nearly the same
he more time I spend thinking about alternative programming methodologies, the more I wonder why there’s so much resistance. Which is to say that I generally believe in the concepts
henever I bump into one of my Java friends, he invariably tells me C# is no better than Java. I generally reply that one of my favorite features of C#
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ring interactivity to any Web site with this easy-to-follow guidebook on JavaScript. Author Scott Duffy takes the fear out of working with a programming language by delivering instruction and theory
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