Since 1998, DevX has helped people start businesses, build websites, and provide enterprise technology to people globally. Interviewing the likes of Microsoft’s co-founder, Steve Ballmer, the publication brings comprehensive, reliable, and accessible insights to the Internet.
You may have found that sometimes, copying a custom .NET object to the clipboard doesn’t work. That’s because retrieving a custom object from the clipboard returns nothing if the object
lthough the EJB 3.0 specification has yet to be released, it is already generating much interest in the software development community by both proponents and opponents alike. All recognize the
ow many times have you scaled a movie clip that started out looking like Figure 1 …and ended up looking like Figure 2? It’s quite common to see your carefully
enerics, a new feature introduced with .NET 2.0, provides type safety at compile time. Generics let you create data structures without committing to a specific data types in your code
ometimes we developers put unnecessary burden on the server, having it perform too many sorts or sort more data than necessary. By applying the techniques described in the following sections
bout two years ago, I wrote an editorial explaining (and excoriating) the Eolas lawsuit?or more pointedly, the patent itself. Given Microsoft’s recent announcement that it’s planning to change Internet Explorer
s you all know by now, wireless networks offer many advantages over fixed (or wired) networks. Foremost on that list is mobility, since going wireless frees you from the tether
hile sleepless the other night, I was channel surfing and ran across a rerun of the 1968 science fiction classic “2001: A Space Odyssey.” If you haven’t seen this movie,
t PDC, Microsoft announced the Language Integrated Query framework (the LINQ Project). The LINQ Project is a set of language extensions to C# and Visual Basic and a unified programming
The following code demonstrates how to use sun.misc classes for Base64 image conversion: import java.io.*;import java.awt.*;import java.awt.event.*;class Base64Example extends Frame implements ActionListener{Image IMG=null; //image1Image IMGdecode=null; //image2-resultTextArea TA=new TextArea(); //printing the
To implement the GetTickCount API when porting code from Windows to Linux, use the following code: long getTickCount(){ tms tm; return times(&tm);}
To display the shortcut menu, you call ContextMenu.Show() method. Typically, you call this method if the right mouse button on a control or area of the form is clicked. The
Oftentimes, a query will return null values for some of the columns in a query. However, to display “null” as the value in the generated report isn’t a very effective
ultiple Active Result Sets (MARS) is a new feature of ADO.NET 2.0 that allows multiple queries or stored procedures to be performed on a single connection. The result of this
akarta Commons, the set of reusable classes that various Jakarta projects use, are available as separate components that you can use in your own Java projects. This final installment in
eb server logs are a powerful resource for extracting information about your Web sites and applications. When logging is enabled, Web servers log information about each request. By analyzing these
rogrammers developing financial, scientific, and numerical analysis applications often need to reinvent the wheel, implementing statistical functions for calculate mean, median, percentiles, and similar statistical data. This solution will show
OL Instant Messenger (AIM) is well known as one of the top four IM clients used today. Popular with both home users and businesses, AIM allows you to send instant
pparently, only a fraction of the people who live in Florida actually live in Florida. At least, that’s what the tax collector thinks, because if you actually do suffer through
am the host of “.NET Rocks!”, an Internet audio talk show for .NET developers online at www.dotnetrocks.com and msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks. Together with my co-host Richard Campbell, we interview the movers and
oth Internet and intranet applications often require a custom store for user accounts and roles. ASP.NET 2.0 provides an out-of-the-box provider model as well as a SQL Sever database just
his last month has been quite tragic on a number of levels. Early September brought Hurricane Katrina which wreaked havoc on the citizens of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. Literally thousands
Suppose you have exisiting code written in Windows and you want to run it in Linux, but you want to keep the original API calls. One of those calls is
JavaScript often repeatedly accesses a certain object, for instance: In the above example, the object document.images is accessed multiple times, forcing the browser to dynamically look it up twice during
Sometimes, when you’re working with PL/SQL trigger code, you need to determine the type of modification operation that’s been performed on the ‘triggered’ table. You can do this using the
This tip implements a X509TrustManager that asks clients before it rejects a certificate chain. The keystore used is just an example? you can adapt it for any other keystore: import
nternationalizing (i18n) Web applications has become a prerequisite for most Web development projects. Whether a Web site has a worldwide audience who speak different languages or a local audience in
he XML format has become a de facto standard in contemporary IT work. Amongst all the XML-related technology advances, Java-XML binding and serialization has especially been of use to me
here is nothing more reassuring for the software engineer than having a set of executable unit tests that exercise all the aspects of the component under test. Traditionally, testing J2EE
pen source software is gaining increased attention and is clearly making its mark in the IT portfolio of many small and medium businesses. The increased usage of Linux, the availability
