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Creating Objects

Question: I am having problems creating one particular ActiveX object using ASP. Previously I used WinCGI, and could create the desired object without any trouble. Trying to create the same

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Network Protocols — NetBeui

Question: What would happen if I removed the basic NetBeui protocol on an NT network and enabled TCP/IP as the lone and default one? Is that advisable? Answer: As with

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Copy to Clipboard

Question: I want to copy some text in an HTML page to the clipboard when a button is clicked. Is there a method to do this in an onClick event?

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Passing Arrays

Question: Can you pass an array directly into a cookie file, or do you have to convert it to a string first? If you have to convert it to a

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NT 4.0 Resource Kit

Question: I have been told that the NT 4.0 Resource Kit has a tool to turn an executable, such as one created in VB5, into a service running on NT

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Streaming Media Bitrates

Question: Do you know of any way to find out the connection speed of a site’s visitor and then stream videos at the appropriate bitrate? I’m thinking specifically of RealPlayer.

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Creating Directories

Question: Is there any way to create a directory from within a PowerBuilder application without using the RUN command? Or is there a way to get the RUN command to