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Take Care When you Declare

This is a common error among C programmers who have recently switched to VB. This code would result in A and B as Variant variables and only C as an

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Generate Business Object Classes

I often include a module called Utilities.bas in my projects. It contains routines that are not directly used by the application, but instead are invoked in the Debug window, usually

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Use a Data Stream as a Source for DOMDocument

Question: Instead of using: oXML.Load “c:program filesxml notepadAppntmts.xml” I want to do something like: oXML.Load Command() where the Visual Basic Command function returns an XML formatted data stream passed on

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Minimizing Window Shortcut Key

Question: I can press Windows Key + M to minimize all windows, but how do I minimize only the current window without using my mouse? Answer: Well, I can give

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View-only Admin Permissions

Question: Is there an NT Account Operator equivalent in Exchange? Answer: Yes, in a manner of speaking. To give a user, such as an assistant, permissions to create, modify, and

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Making the Permissions Tab Appear

Question: I am trying to set up delegate rights on different clients in a domain. However, when I try to pull up the Properties tab on folders on some of

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Applications that Benefit from Using XML

Question: What types of applications can I use XML in? Also, how do I convert my existing ASP-based applications into XML? Answer: While there really isn’t any application that probably

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Don’t Get Cached

Adding this META tag: to the document prevents the Web page from being cached by the browser. This tag ensures that a new copy of the document will always be

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Using Recordset::GetString()

You can use GetString() method of ADODB.Recordset object if you want to dumpthe complete table in an active server page. GetString() method returns thecomplete recordset as a string. You can