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Dr. Watson Error on Exchange Server

Question: Can you tell me what this error is? Dr. Watson: An application error has occurred, error log is being generated DBASVR.exe Exception access violation (0xc0000005) address 0x778014e6Event Log:Dr Watson

Developer’s Kit for Visual FoxPro 6.0?

Question: Do I need to buy a separate developer’s kit for Visual FoxPro 6.0, as I did for FoxPro 2.5, which I currently use? Answer: No, the equivalent of the

Playing Sound Files in FoxPro Apps Quickly

Question: I write language instruction programs and have been calling mplayer2 to allow students to hear the pronunciation saved in recorded sound files. But mplayer takes forever to load and

Outlook Web Access for Outside Users

Question: Our company is using Exchange 5.5 as its e-mail server and Outlook as the base e-mail client. What considerations do we, as a company, need to be aware of

Common Mistake in Installing JavaBeans

When you’re using the Palette Properties dialog box to add new JavaBeans components, there’s common to make a mistake when installing them from a package. On the Add From Package

The Color Constructor

When you construct a Color object in Java, you can supply the arguments in three ways. The most familiar way is to provide three int values each in the range

Avoid Copying Immutable Objects Excessively

One of the most common mistakes that most less-experienced Java programmers make is the unnecessary copying of immutable objects. The problem is compounded by the fact that it is not