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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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Automatically Close Popup Window

Question: What can I add to an HTML file presented in a popup window called by a script to automatically close that popup window after so many seconds? I have

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ADO

Question: I want to open a small ADO recordset from the server and save it the local drive to be used as a disconnected session. Can you tell how to

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Display Phone Data in Mask

Question: Our phone numbers are stored in SQL 7 database in the format 9999999999. How can I use ASP to display the phone numbers using the mask (999)999-9999? Answer: You

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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

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Get the list of ODBC DSNs

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