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Duplicate Namespace Aliases

A definition of namespace alias can be used to redefine a previously defined namespace alias declared in that scope, as long as the new definition refers only to the same

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Rotate Ads on WAP

Question: How do you integrate an ad-serving technology (such as one by Doubleclick that enables you to rotate ads on a regular Web page) onto a cell phone or PDA?

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IIF Function Under SQL Server 7.0

Question: Is the IIF function valid under SQL server 7.0? It’s in the SQL Books Online as valid, but none of my stored procedures accept it. Answer: The IIF function

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Container of Pointers

Many programmers believe that by storing pointers instead of objects in a container, they improve performance. However, they forget that the pointers still refer to existing objects that must be

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Understanding Stack Overflow

The stack is a region of memory on which local automatic variables are created and function arguments are passed. The implementation allocates a default stack size per process. On modern

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Disabling Further Inheritance of a Class

To block a class from being derived any further, declare its constructor private. Next, add a public static member function Instance() that creates an instance of this class and returns

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Nested Classes and Friendship

When you declare a nested class as a friend of its containing class, place the friend declaration after the declaration of the nested class, not before: class A // containing

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SQL Selection from Visual Basic 6.0

Question: I’m trying to install a search facility on a database program I have written using VB6 and an Access database. I’ve opened by inserting a data control onto my

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Function’s Return Value

Question: I’d like to know how can I make a return of a function’s local variable (for example, a reference to it) not using pointers technique? Answer: You have tow

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Keyword ‘huge’

Question: I am getting a compile error ‘huge’ obsolete keyword. I am converting a process from Visual C++ 2.0 to 6.0. What keyword could I use in place of ‘huge’?

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Calling a Procedure with a Variable

Question: How can I dynamically build a procedure call string and then get it to execute? Ex. Dim action as String action = “proc(param1,param2)” call action I know this does

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Uses of Reserved Word Operator

Question: In MFC, what does the following declaration do? CPen::operator HPEN() const; My understanding of the operator keyword is that you cannot use it to create a new operator; however,

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The MB InterProcess Control

This control lets you have two applications that communicate with each other. Just select the target application by its handle or partial/whole caption, set the string or the Long data

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An error that must be trapped

When you use JIT activation in particular there is a special situation that you have to be prepared for. While discussing that issue, I will also show a trap when

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Determine the RecordCount of a forward-only Recordset

When working with a forward-only, read-only Recordset – that is, the default ADO Recordset – the RecordCount property always returns -1. (This can also happen with other types of server-side

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Open a password-protected MDB database with ADO

The syntax for opening a password-protected Jet database might not be obvious. In fact, assigning the password to the Password property in the ConnectionString raises the following error: Run-time Error:

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Read and write File ODBC data sources

A file DSN is nothing but a text file that contains all the parameters for an ODBC connection. To prove this, just go to the default directory that holds all

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All the Changes, All the Time: Part II

o briefly recap the situation I described in “All the Changes, All the Time: Part I“, my assignment was to capture all the changes being made in one database and,

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Checking to See If .class Files Are Corrupt

Here is a little tip to check if any of your .class files are corrupted or if they are not .class files generated from a .java file. There Related Posts

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Connecting SQL Server 7.0 and MS-Access

You can connect a MS-Access database to SQL Server as a linked server, and query Access tables in SQL Server’s Query Analyzer. This can help in porting data from Access

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Non obvious uses for the LIKE operator

LIKE is probably the VB operator is most underutilized if compared to its potential. The most immediate use for this operator is to check that a string begins or ends

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Call One Constructor from Another Constructor

Constructor is a special kind of method which gets called automatically whenever the object is created. One class can have zero, 1 or more then 1constructors. Basically, you can overload

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Confirmation on Unsaved Form Data

Question: I have several forms in different pages which are linked using a tab approach. I would like to pop-up a confirmation window if someone is moving from one tab

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Code Problems in Netscape

Question: Why is the following code not working? Javascripts January Februrary March 1 2 3 4 5 2000 2001 passdate1: January Februrary March 1 2 3 4 5 2000 2001

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Loading Different CSS Styles

Question: How can I make different CSS styles to be loaded depending on the platform a user has (Mac or PC)? Answer: The simplest way to do this is to

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Managing the Hourglass

It can be very useful to have a central public function for manipulating themouse pointer in a Visual Basic application. This function can help youorganize how the hourglass is shown