hat’s the latest sleeper technology that promises to make your life easier? It’s XQuery (short for XML Query) and it’s the ‘Ginsu knife’ of XML standards. XML can represent almost
f you currently use JUnit for Java unit testing, you can extend it to automate test case design and coding standard enforcement with Parasoft Jtest. Jtest is an automated unit
ost developers are now quite comfortable developing XML Web services. Visual Studio has a project template to create a new Web service project, but you don’t need to create a
n this article, you’ll see detailed instructions for setting up the Linux operating system on a Windows computer, using the free Red Hat Linux distribution. We’ll walk you through the
‘ Get the path of a Windows application or an empty string if the application ‘ isn’t registered” This routine only works for those applications that register themselves under ‘
‘ Clear the IE’s HistorySub ClearIEHistory() Dim keyName As String = “SoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerTypedURLs” ‘ delete the key that contains the URLs the history Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser.DeleteSubKey(keyName, False) ‘ recreate the key, empty
‘ Test whether a font name and size is supported’ Returns True if the font is supported, False otherwise” If the font is supported but the size is not, it
Shared Function _ SHEmptyRecycleBin(ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal pszRootPath As String, _ ByVal dwFlags As Integer) As IntegerEnd Function’ Empty all the files in the Recycle Bin.” If RootPath is
Shared Function _ LogonUser(ByVal userName As String, ByVal domain As String, _ ByVal password As String, ByVal dwLogonType As Integer, _ ByVal dwLogonProvider As Integer, ByRef phToken As Integer) As
‘ Clear the Run History’ The MRU list is kept available until Explorer is restartedSub ClearRunHistory() Dim keyName As String = “SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer” _ & “RunMRU” ‘ delete the key that
Sun Microsystems wants to simplify Java for developers and get more of them involved in its evolution. “We as a community?not just Sun?need to make Java easier to develop to
on’t you sometimes wish that accessing database data were easier, and you didn’t have to deal with such things as OLE DB, ODBC, and JDBC?that you could use just one
hy do people use computers? We use computers because they make us more productive. Using a word processor is more efficient than writing a manuscript in pencil. An electronic spreadsheet
elcome back to my process of creating a new architecture. As you know, as I write this the creation process is not over, but is still ongoing. I’m changing things
‘ Returns the nesting level of a TreeView’s Node object’ (returns zero for root nodes)Function GetNodeNestingLevel(ByVal node As TreeNode) As Integer Do Until (node.Parent Is Nothing) GetNodeNestingLevel += 1 node
‘ Hiding a form with an implosion effect.’ the numSteps parameter is the number of steps to decrease the form size from ‘ the current size to 0’ the stepDuration
Shared Function _ GetWindowLong(ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal nIndex As Integer) As IntegerEnd Function Shared Function _ SetWindowLong(ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal nIndex As Integer, _ ByVal dwNewLong As Integer)
‘ Moves an item of a listbox to another index’ If FROMINDEX = -1 then it moves the current highlighted item’ ‘ Example:’ ‘ move up the selected item’ MoveListboxItem(ListBox1,
‘ Returns a value >0 if node1 is a parent (or grandparent) of node2’ Returns a value node2.FullPath.Length Then ‘ if the two nodes belong to the same subtree, ‘
‘ Show a form with an explosion effect.’ the numSteps parameter is the number of steps to increase the form size from ‘ 0 to the original size’ the stepDuration
Global objects and objects declared in a namespace scope are constructed before main() starts. The implementation runs special startup code that constructs such objects (including cin and cout) and performs
inning computer-programming contests is nothing new for David Arthur, but being awarded $50,000 for such a victory is. That’s the sum the Duke University junior claimed when he defeated 15
f you think a voice-enabled commerce solution is still too sci-fi for you to take seriously, then you haven’t been paying attention. Voice recognition technology has arrived; it’s stable, it’s
preadsheet programming is a natural evolution of component-oriented development. Its basic philosophy is to use MS Excel as a development environment for creating business logic components. These components can then
he security focus in your organization is probably misplaced, according to two database security experts at the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco. Aaron Newman, Chief Technology Officer at Application
his is the first in a short series of articles describing Visual Basic components from the RefTools add-in. A first conclusion is that simple binary search of a sorted list
Shared Function _ SearchTreeForFile(ByVal rootPath As String, ByVal inputPathName As String, _ ByVal outputPathBuffer As System.Text.StringBuilder) As BooleanEnd Function’ Returns the complete path+name of the filename or a null string
Shared Function _ SearchPath(ByVal tartPath As String, ByVal fileName As String, _ ByVal extension As String, ByVal bufferLength As Integer, _ ByVal buffer As System.Text.StringBuilder, ByVal filePart As String) As
‘ Returns a boolean indicating whether the file is an executableFunction IsExecutableFile(ByVal filePath As String) As Boolean ‘ add more extensions if you wish Dim extensions() As String = New
‘ Returns a boolean indicating whether the file is an imageFunction IsImageFile(ByVal filePath As String) As Boolean ‘ add more extensions if you wish Dim extensions() As String = New