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Browsing with Netscape

Question: I need a way to find the “netscape.exe” file using VB. Then I want to send them to an Internet address using API. Answer: What if Netscape isn’t installed?

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Solving problems with Distributed PB Apps

Question: I had some problems with distributed applications. I developed a DPB project (both the server and the client). The server has a NVO that connects to a database and

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Java and Unix

Question: Is it possible to use Java to execute a command on Unix and get the output from that command? Answer: Yes. The java.lang.Runtime class has various exec() methods thatcan

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Piping External Process Output

Question: I am attempting to run a series of externalapplications within JAVA. I need the resultsof the prev. application piped as input to thefollowup application. I understand the spawningof the

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ObjectInputStream Constructor

Question: How do I use the socket.getInputStream() with theObjectInputStream? Because the arguement type of the ObjectInputStream constructor is FileInputStream. I like to do something like:remoteIn = new ObjectInputStream(socket.getInputStream()); What should

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Wait for 1 second

Question: I have a place in my Active Server Page script (VBScript) where I’d like to wait for 1 second before performing an action. What can one do to cause

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Calculating the Records

Question: Can you help me to get a calculated value from many records? A dataset(Paradox table) that I use has an Integer field which is used to put minutes value.

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Percent Bars with the Windows 95 Look

Question: How do you make a percent bar with the Win 95look and feel? I know that you can make a percentbar using a picture box, but I am trying