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Extend Intrinsics in UserControl Wrappers

Sometimes you might want to create autoselecting combo boxes, like those in Intuit Quicken or Microsoft Access, where items in the list are selected as you type. Typically, techniques to

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Provide Status Messages for Menus

Subclassing a form lets you give a helpful message whenever a user highlights a menu item. Use the Caption property to identify the menu item, then display the help message

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Cross-Platform Font Uniformity

The fact that HTML fonts display smaller on Macintosh monitors than on PC monitors can cause problems for Web site designers. The cause of the problem is Macintosh monitors default

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Simplifying Switch Options

C/C++ programmers are used to parsing command line arguments using the “int argc” and “char *argv[]” parameters to the main() function. Java programmers can use a similar syntax to greatly

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Setting Your Default URL

Question: How can I set my home page as my default URL? Answer: Setting your default URL is done differently in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. From within Microsoft

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Drawing With JavaScript

Question: It seems to me that you should be able to draw images in JavaScript by positioning single-pixel GIF images according to a given algorithm. First, how would you generate