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Release COM objects immediately

When you use a COM or COM+ from a .NET application and then you set the object reference to Nothing (or let it go out of scope), the object isn’t

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New Visual C++.NET Option Tightens Buffer Security

Editor’s Note: This article discusses a new feature in the Microsoft Visual C++.NET compiler, which at the time of publishing was still in beta. The features described may change before

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The NeoCalendar Library

The NeoCalender Library consists of two ActiveX Controls, developed by Neo Components, which are designed to replace the MonthView and DTPicker controls that ships with VB. These two controls are

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Creating multiline tooltips

In VB6 there was no easy way to create multiline tooltips for form controls, you necessarily had to resort to API tricks. And it was probably just not worth the

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Changing the project’s output type

When you start developing an application, the first thing you do in VS.NET is creating a new project and selecting its type: Windows Forms application, Class Library etc. However, it

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Parsing and validating string dates

If you have a string variable that should specify a date (asked in input to the user, for example), you can parse the string and get a Date variable by

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New Eclipse Project Addresses Automated Software Quality

Final – For Release December 17, 2002 New Eclipse Project Addresses Automated Software Quality Open-source framework is basis for extending development platform to support deployment evaluation “Project Hyades” Builds upon

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Reflection Part I: Discovery and Execution

eflection in .NET is an exciting new tool for most developers. This article shows you how to use reflection to discover objects at runtime that you did not know existed

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Dynamically Executing Code in .NET

xecuting code dynamically at runtime is a powerful tool to allow users to customize applications after deployment. .NET provides all the tools that make it possible to build code on

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Charting Unknown Waters in JDK 1.4

ondering what I would dig up in the JDK 1.4 source code, I recently started looking through the classes in the java.util.* package?without even the subpackages. That alone kept me

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Piloting Microsoft’s Security Ship

hat you are involved in at Microsoft and what changes have been made in the security arena? Steve Lipner: The Secure Windows Initiative (SWI) was created in early 2000, right

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Threat Modeling

he process of securing applications begins with understanding the threats against your applications. Portions of this article are excerpted from Writing Secure Code, 2nd Edition, available from Microsoft Press. A

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Threading Support in the .NET Framework

he .NET Framework introduces advanced free threading as a fundamental building block. The Framework offers solutions even for advanced issues, enabling developers to build truly thread-safe applications in a relatively

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Ask the Doc Detective: Visual Studio .NET Help

nless you are clairvoyant, finding what you need in the Visual Studio .NET documentation can sometimes be a daunting task. The Doc Detective is here to help, gazing into his

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Author Advanced .NET Applications in Perl

n part 1 of this series you learned how PERL has been incorporated into the Visual Studio .NET family. This article explores its membership in more detail. PERL and its

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Boundless Array Indexing

Use this function for getting the 10th next element from an array with “circular” contents such as “Monday,” “Tuesday,” and so on: intCurrent = WrapIndex(Index:=intCurrent, _ Move:=+10, UpperBound:=6) You don

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Open a ToolBar Dropdown Menu

VB6 introduced a new Style=5-tbrDropDown of the Button object for the ToolBar control. In this case, you can add one or more ButtonMenu objects to the current Button. Unfortunately, you

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Applying Different Stylesheets Across Various Browsers

function IsIE(){ var str=newString(Request.ServerVariables(“HTTP_USER_AGENT”)).toUpperCase(); return (str.indexOf(“MSIE”)>-1)?true:false;}if(IsIE()==false){ Response.Write (“”); } else{ Response.Write (“”); } Related Posts IDC Predicts Slower Growth for SmartphonesFind Out the Column Name Using the COL_NAME() FunctionGet All

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Replicate Character Patterns

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Avoid Zero-length String Parameter Failures

Have you ever had a zero-length string parameter fail when attempting to execute a stored procedure from ADO? You Related Posts Validating Dynamic ArraysMastering VC pitching at TechCrunch 2024VMware Adds