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Write Apps for the Smartphone without Dumbing Down Your UI

he long-awaited Smartphone 2003 platform finally supports the .NET Compact Framework. With this support, developers can now write managed Smartphone applications using C# or VB.NET. However, the current Smartphone 2003

Use SimpleDateFormatter for Date and Text Conversion

The following code shows you how to use SimpleDateFormatter for date and text conversion: java.text.SimpleDateFormat formatter = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(“EEE MMM d hh:mm:ss yyyy”); java.util.Date date1 = null;try{ date1 = formatter.parse(“Thu

Mixed Emotions About .NET Managed Code in SQL Server

icrosoft’s impending release of the new capability to write stored procedures in SQL Server is a big advance and technologically admirable, but it raises serious questions about whether such a

Storing Values in a Windows Registry with VB

The following code allows you to permanently store values in a Windows registry and retrieve them later: SaveSetting appname:=”ABCX”, Section:=”Startup”, Key:=”samp”, setting:=”Y” You can either check in the Windows registry

Pass a Multi-dimensional Array to a Routine

Passing a multi-dimensional array to a routine is different in .NET. For example, say you have a two-dimensional array called aStrMy2DArray(10,1) as a String data type. Use this code to

Advanced JMS Messaging with OpenJMS

n a previous article I covered some of the basics of JMS using OpenJMS as the JMS provider. In this article, you’ll see some more advanced OpenJMS topics such as

Use Generics to Create an Audit Trail

he Whidbey release of .NET will include a new Common Language Runtime (CLR) feature called generics. Generics allow you to use a variable to represent a desired data type, and

Using XPathDocument in XPath Queries

Don’t use the XmlDocument class if you are going to work with XPath queries. .NET has its own class for this purpose called XPathDocument, which does not run any validation

Ensure Network Safety with Centralized Logging

ver the past few years, the number of Windows-based worm attacks has grown dramatically. Companies have implemented full-scale virus scanning and Windows update facilities to help stop the worm attacks.

Managing .NET Code Access Security (CAS) Policy

ode Access Security (CAS) is the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) mechanism for maintaining security based on the identity of code. Most developers don’t have to work with CAS on

Linux Unwired: Using Bluetooth

inux Unwired teaches you to install and configure a variety of wireless technologies to fit different scenarios, including an office or home network and for use on the road. You’ll

Generate a String of Specified Characters and of Desired Length

The following function generates a string of specified characters and of desired length: public static String getStringOfChars(char ch,int length) { StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer(); sb.setLength(length); return sb.toString().replace(‘u0000’,ch); }

SQL Server 2000 Replication 101: Replication Agents

eplication agents are the basic components of SQL Server 2000 replication. Before you settle on the type of replication you want in your application architecture, it is important to understand

Big Tech·Ed Accelerates Big-Tech Breeding Frenzy

o matter what Microsoft representatives said this week at its Tech·Ed conference in San Diego, the message that the company is delivering to the roughly 11,000 IT administrators and developers

Sorting in the .NET Framework

n .NET, sorting arrays or collections of primitive types is a relatively simple task. Most developers understand that for a collection of numbers or strings, the runtime will know how

Behold WSE 2.0: Removing Another Layer of WS-Pain

he official release of Microsoft’s Web services Enhancements (WSE) toolkit promises to help developers deal with at least some of the pain and suffering accompanying the emerging Web services’ standards.