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Question: Is there a way to determine the percentage of CPU usage or RAM usagewithin a Java application? Answer: Java does not provide an API for determining CPU usage, but

Question: I just want to know where Java came from. Can you give me a history of this language? Answer: I can give you a brief history. Java started out

JDK 1.2 includes a new library of data structures called Collections. The Collections API contains object collection data structures. The Collection interface is the root interface for all the Collection

The Visual InterDev 6 Grid design-time control (DTC) is a great timesaver. However, sometimes you need to change elements on the fly according to user actions. For instance, your normal

Here is a simple function you can use to connect to SQL Server. This function attempts to connect to the server either using the default SQL Server authentication or Windows

Besides using a BEGIN DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION statement, another way to instruct SQL Server to participate in a distributed transaction and inform the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) of that

The Swing Timer is a useful utility offered by the java.swing package in JDK 1.2. This code snippet shows how to use the timer in an application: 1. ActionListener listener

An HTML form usually looks like this: where you have to specify the action within the Form tag, thus limiting a “post” method to only one destination. However, the JavaScript

Question: I have been developing software in Foxpro 2.5 for DOS for many years. I have just bought a licensed VFP 6.0, I want to know what is new in