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HTTP Authorization

Question: I am writing an application that uses the URLConnection class to open a connection to a web site. However one of the sites I wish to access has web

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Text area & cursor control

Question: Hi, I am looking for a way of displaying a textareabox and then being able to tell what text the userhas highlighted (with mouse) and then replacing thetext? Can

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non-blocking read

Question: How do I control blockingin Java. For example, in telnet Iwould like to take an actionif the user presses a certainkey. This requiresnon-blocking read; I think? Answer: It is

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java (arrays)

Question: How do you create and use a multidimensional array of type int. Answer: C programmers are used to dealing with multidimensional arrays as chunksof contiguous memory which can be

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32-bit executable/controls

Question: I have a 16-bit win3.1 version of of a project. We recentlyreceived user requested thesoftware as win95 users.How can I distribte theprogram w/o having to developa program in 32-bit.

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Creating a table using code

Question: Hi,Each time l try to create a table using code-not the database explorer, i get an error message:access violation at address 0042f540 read of address 7466654c.Whats the problem, how

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Cancelling Database Operations In Delphi

Question: We need to include the capability to abort queries in our Delphi apps that are running under BDE connecting to remote Oracle databases. Occasionally, some queries take a long

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Importing JPEG graphics during run-time.

Question: How do I import a JPEG image into an application during run-time? Answer: The Image and Picture Box controls in VB5 can display JPEG images. Use the LoadPicture function