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Hide Implementation Details of Stored Procedures

You can hide the implementation details of your stored procedures from end users of the application using WITH ENCRYPTION option. ENCRYPTION indicates that SQL Server encrypts the syscomments table entry

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Create a Label With Underlined Text

The following class will give you a label with underlined text. public class UnderlinedLabel extends java.awt.Label { public UnderlinedLabel() { this(“”); } public UnderlinedLabel(String text) { super(text); } public void

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Create an Array of Functions in Java

Java doesn’t offer direct support for pointer to functions. But this doesnot mean that you cannot have a set of functions that can be accessed via amapping index. The code

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Be User-Friendly With Double-Clicks

The idea behind the Java’s handling of double-clicks on the mouse is that if the mouse is clicked fast enough for two times in the same spot, a “java.awt.event.MouseEvent” event

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Aligned Columns in java.awt.List

You can use, or extend, java.awt.List to create a simple multi-column list. In order to do so, you need to use a fixed character width font set like Courier. Suppose

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Special Folder Path

Question: I want to find the path to the Startup special folder. How can this be done within a VB application? Answer: It takes a couple of steps, but is

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Save Inputted Data From a Form as a CSV File

Question: How do I get all the inputted information from an HTML form and save it to my server as a CSV (comma-separated values) file which updates itself? Answer: If

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Running Stored Procedures

Question: In the Tastrade sample framework and application that ships with Visual FoxPro, I only see examples of running stored procedures in a VFP database from a rule or validation

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View Information Stored in Type Libraries

You can use this method to view all the CoClasses, and Interfaces present in thetype library. In order to run this tech tip you need following things:(a) VB5 or VB6(b)

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Adding Records

Question: What is the best (fastest) method to add records to a SQL 7 database using VB and ADO? I am currently using the recordset methods and it could take

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Empty Numeric Field

Question: I have a numeric data field where zero is a valid value. When a number has been entered and then it is deleted, I want it to become blank

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Dynamically Create Reports

Question: Using Visual Basic 6.0, I created a reference to a HTMLDocument object. I built a basic HTML page template and displayed it within a Web browser control on a

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Cursor Customization

Question: I can set the cursor to a variety of stock cursors (e.g., HAND_CURSOR)but would like to use my own images to extend the availablecursors. Is this possible? Answer: JDK

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Creating Remote Views

Question: How can I make a form that accesses and modifies SQL databases the same way I do with a .dbf database? Answer: You can accomplish what you need by

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Destructors

Question: In Java, how do I achieve the same functionality which is provided byclass destructors in C++? Is there a destructor method in Java? Answer: Java does not possess the

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Modify the CSS Clip Property in a DIV

Question: How can I change the values of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) clip property after the DIV is created? Answer: For the current releases of Navigator and IE (IE

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C++ abstract classes

Question: What are Abstract Classes? Please explain with an example. Answer: An abtract class has at least one pure virtual member function. A pure virtual member function is a non-implemented

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Constant Pointer

Question: Can you expalin the difference between the following statements in some examples and when do we need them: const char *ptr; //char *const ptr; // Answer: The following statement:

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Designing XML Objectively

Question: I am having problems designing my XML doc. I’d like togeneralize it using common structure names but it appears that the DTD/Schemafor it can’t fully describe it. Here is

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Grid Disappears

Question: I am calling one form from another. But after working in the called form, when I come back to the calling form, the grid that was there in the

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VolumeLabel – Read the label of a disk volume

‘ Return the volume label of a disk’ Pass a null string for the current diskFunction VolumeLabel(drive As String) As String Dim temp As String On Error Resume Next temp

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GetDiskFreeBytes – Determine number of free bytes on disk

Private Declare Function LoadLibrary Lib “kernel32” Alias “LoadLibraryA” (ByVal _ lpLibFileName As String) As LongPrivate Declare Function GetProcAddress Lib “kernel32” (ByVal hModule As Long, _ ByVal lpProcName As String) As

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Using SQLMAINT.EXE Command-Prompt Utility

You can use SQLMAINT.EXE command-prompt utility to perform routine database maintenance activities. It can be used to run DBCC checks, to dump a database and its transaction log, to update