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Using goto to Exit a Nested Loop

Loops (for, while, do..while) are used often in code?especially nested loops. Eventually, you need to exit the loop by using a “break” statement. However, if you are inside of a

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Use Stringbuffer When Appending to Strings

In Java, Strings are immutable objects. This means that they cannot be modified in any way after they are created. When you attempt to modify a String object, you often

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Writing Objects To Files

For a number of reasons, you might need to write an object to a file for future usage. Perhaps your applet needs to keep some sort of “state” and between

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Determining the Operating System at Runtime

The following java code allows you to identify the operating system on which your application is running: class OperatingSystem{ public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println (“Operating system : “

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Code to Restart or Shut Down Your System

There are lots if times when the system needs to be restarted, for example, after changing the autoexec.bat path. Here is code you can use, in the place of writing

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SetIEToolbarPicture – Change IE toolbar image

‘ Set the path of the picture used as background of the IE5/5.5 toolbar’ Note: requires the SetRegistryValue, CheckRegistryKey and CreateRegistryKey ‘ routines, you can find them in the CodeBank’

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GetIEToolbarPicture – The path of IE toolbar image

‘ Get the path of the picture used as background of IE 5/5.5 toolbar’ Note: requires the GetRegistryValue routine, you can find it in the CodeBank’ Example:’ MsgBox GetIEToolbarPicturePublic Function