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Query is not Updateable Error

Question: When trying to run the SQL statement, I get this error but I don’t know what it means: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error ‘80004005’ [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft

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Server.CreateObject vs. the OBJECT Tag

Question: What is the difference between creating objects using Server.CreateObject and the tag? Answer: The difference is when the object is actually created. Server.CreateObject makes an object whenever the code

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To RMI or Not to RMI

Question: We are now developing a Java-based remote monitoring systemapplication for our SCSI RAID subsystem products. This application canenable our customers to monitor the status, and change theconfiguration, of the

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Change the ShowInTaskbar property at runtime

The ShowInTaskbar property lets you decide whether a form is visible in Windows taskbar or not. However, this property is read-only at runtime, so it seems that you can’t change

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Open Windows’s Start menu

By simulating the pressing of the “Windows” menu – or better yet, of the Ctrl-Escape key combination, which also works on older keyboards – you can programmatically bring up the

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Open the default program for sending email messages

The ShellExecute API function recognizes email addresses if they are prefixed by the “mailto:” prefix, and correctly run the default program for sending email messages (e.g. Outlook). This lets you

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Get the list of ODBC drivers

The ODBCTOOL.DLL library contains three functions that make it easier to manage DSNs. To run the following code you must add a reference to the “ODBC Driver & Data Source