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his article takes up the installation process started in Performance Point 2007: Installing Planning Server, and assumes you have already completed that part of the installation. However, if you don’t
hether you’re writing a desktop app, spinning up a rich web interface, or pushing code to a mobile phone, graphics programming should be easier, and more fun, than it currently
hen database developers must deliver time values that are accurate to the millisecond, many assume Access can’t handle that requirement. They might deem SQL Server the obvious choice, not realizing
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n this article, I am going to talk about five things from an architect or management point of view that you will probably end up wishing you had known before
uppose you’ve obtained unmanaged resources in a class constructor during object construction and the created object was provided to a using statement. However, the resources were not released at the
ews feeds in all their manifestations—both with and without RDF—have a long tradition as structured data on the web. RDF—the data model—can state relations between certain entities. For example, one
etworks can be very interesting objects to study. They can represent obvious physical systems such as street, telephone, and electric networks. They can also represent less obvious arrangements of data
Suppose you want to specify more than one CSS class reference to an HTML element in a web/HTML page. For example, suppose you want to specify two CSS class names,
To serialize an object instance to XML, you need to use the XMLSerializer class’s Serialize method. The code snippet below demonstrates: XmlSerializer xmlSer = new XmlSerializer(objInstance.GetType());System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();System.IO.StringWriter
What follows is a simple frame designed with the JavaFX scripting language. The frame also has a ScrollPane component. import javafx.ui.*;import javafx.ui.canvas.*;import javafx.ui.filter.*;import java.lang.System;Frame { centerOnScreen: true visible: true height:
I recently encountered this problem in a C++ program running on a 32-bit UNIX platform. The problem was that the number was 28 digits long and no native datatype in
lthough the temperatures are still warm, it’s Christmas Day here at the Baker’s Dozen, and we’re about to unwrap thirteen major SQL Server/SSRS 2008 gifts from Microsoft. A major software
Microsoft Expression Blend Unleashed is not only about learning a new designer tool; it targets both developers and designers, showing both a new way of thinking about UI development. Expression
o, you’ve decided to try building a mobile application. You’re looking for a lot of control over the user experience and you’d also like access to various device features: sound,
here is no question that the web is an unprecedented success. It is the single most adventurous and useful platform for information exchange ever conceived and built. The architectural choices
ector graphics abound on the web, and they come in a variety of formats, including Flash and SVG. HTML Canvas, one of the newer incarnations, occupies a different niche from
ource control is an important aspect in software development even if you are not doing team development. It can help you manage your application more efficiently and make sure that
You can set your computer’s name using the SetComputerName function, which is available in kernel32.dll: //Codeusing System.Runtime.InteropServices; [DllImport(“kernel32.dll”)] static extern bool SetComputerName(string lpComputerName); bool status = SetComputerName(“MyDen”);
Did you know you can set multiple fonts for several controls using a simple CFont object in MFC? Using the Detach() method, which disassociates the associated window object from a
Whenever a class is referenced in a Java program, the class is loaded using the class loader from the JVM’s bootstrap or from the application-server. This often becomes a problem
he core concept of the semantic web is integrating and using data from different sources. Using semantic web technologies such as RDF/RDFS and the SPARQL query language to integrate and
ost people do not realize how difficult it can be to process a digital image and extract meaningful data, such as information required to drive a robot or operate an
colleague of mine, a database programmer who had spent some time working with an early XQuery implementation, once referred to the language as the smiley language. When I asked whether
Cloud computing has been getting an increasing amount of press recently, because it offers attractive solutions to a number of business problems. Cloud computing translates to “hosted applications;” a hosting
isual Basic 9 has a new set of language features that allows developers to work with XML in a much more productive way using a new API called “LINQ to
en years after the ratification of the first ISO C++ standard, C++ is heading for no less than a revolution. C++0x, the new C++ standard due in 2009, brings a
ne major new feature in the C++0x standard is multi-threading support. Prior to C++0x, any multi-threading support in your C++ compiler has been provided as an extension to the C++
very C++ programmer has had one of those days: A simple use of a template library turns into a nightmare, with pages upon pages of error messages streaming out of
