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Implementing COM Interfaces in VB

You should not derive one user-defined COM interface from another user-defined interface when it comes to implementing COM interfaces in VB. A Visual Basic class can inherit from an interface,

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Adding Virtual Directories to Your Project

Question: I am importing an existing site into a Visual InterDev project. However, a key virtual directory is not being included in this import. How can I force/cajole InterDev to

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Connecting to Databases from Web Servers

Question: In Visual InterDev I have successfully added a data connection. In the Data View I can see all my tables, fields, etc. My database resides on a SQL 7

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Running Session_OnStart in the Global.asa File

Question: My Web site does not seem to be doing anything with the Session_OnStart procedure I have written. Any thoughts as to why? Answer: Many times programmers place the Global.asa

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Use a Hyperlink as a Submit Button

If your page design includes attractive and colorful fonts, you may not want to use an ordinary HTML Submit button on your form. Sometimes you may want to submit the

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Get a Free Grip on the Output of the Process Object

There are times when you have to use the exec(…) method of java.lang.Runtime class to launch a program. For example: public void some_method()…String[] commandArray = new String[1];commandArray[0] = “some_program”;java.lang.Runtime rt

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Determine Server With ServerVariables

Question: We have users coming into our homepage from two different servers. I would like to differentiate what gets shown (text, links, and so forth) based on the server that