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Enumerate Flags for Easier Coding

If you do a lot of work with the Windows API, you might notice that some API functions have flag-type parameters, and you usually pass API constants as the values

Prevent Reposting of Forms in VID 6

By clicking the browser’s refresh button, users often add unwanted records into your database. If you are using the Scripting Object Model (SOM) in Visual InterDev 6, you can thwart

Variable Returning Matches in a Select Query

Question: What is the variable that returns the number of matches in a select query? I thought I’d seen a reference to a variable (something like “_COUNT”) but now I

Break Out of Frames

Question: What is the correct syntax for forcing a page to break out of a frameset that might call it? Answer: The way to make sure that your document isn’t

Place JavaScript In Separate Files

Question: I want to create a library of generic JavaScript functions. Is it possible to write different functions in different files, and use the functions within other files by “including”

Break Out of Those Frames

So you’ve designed your page just perfectly so all the content screams at the user to be noticed. Unfortunately, sites that link to your site have decided to place their