The .NET Framework generates a service help page when accessing the asmx page for a Web service. This page lists the Web methods exposed by the Web service, but doesn’t
This code snippet releases memory and closes all open handles, files, etc. before exiting a function. Even if a function has to return, for whatever reason, this code ensures all
or years, DevX readers have been submitting their hard-learned tricks and workarounds to share with others. In a few short weeks, DevX will be overhauling our Tip Bank, adding new
This tip demonstrates how to add an element to a particular position in an array and how to shift all elements in and above that position up one position. Using
This is useful if you want to write a generic class to manage some common task with controls in your application. The variable uncontrol saves the name of the control
In the field of information technology, what counts more is the early adaptation of the new features that come with every new version of software. Coming up with the JDK
The conditional retrieval of data is a typical requirement. You retrieve the content and make some decisions on that data in your code before using it. This is a two
This tip describes how to avoid loading a second instance of an application when the user already has one instance running. It also sets the focus to the first instance
Creating folders with the file system object model can help eliminate errors and long folder-existence checks?especially if you are attempting to create already existing folders. Dim fso as new FileSystemObjectDim