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OnMouseOver

Question: How can I change the color of a URL link when the mouse passes over the link? I am using Netscape version 3.0. Answer: Unfortunately, you need to have

Quotes

Question: How do I display a quote through scripts? For example, I want to print the quotes in a line but JavaScript reads the quotes as part of the coding.

How to change a picture format to JPEG

Question: I have recently bought a scanner and now have the capability to put pictures on my computer. How do I save pictures in JPEG format instead of bmp format.

Access 2.0 to Visual Basic 5.0 Conversion Product

Question: Is there a product to convert Microsoft Access 2.0 applications to Visual Basic 5.0 applications? Answer: Unfortunately, Access forms are significantly different than Visual Basic forms (in any version,

Be cautious with unsigned integers

Unsigned integers are sometimes unavoidable, like when dealing with raw binary data. A good example is a mail server reading an incoming binary stream. But more often than not, the

A template’s template argument

Standard C++ supports templates’ template arguments. For instance, a mail server class can store incoming messages in a vector of vector(s) of bytes: vector< vector > vmessages; Please note that

Structs as a shorthand for public classes

Traditionally, structs serve as data aggregates. However, in C++ a struct can have constructor(s), destructor and member functions just like a class. The only difference between the two is the

Hiding a base class member function

A derived class may hide a member function declared in its base class by using the same function name, but with a different signature, or list of arguments. Usually, this