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isual FoxPro 9.0 is fully compatible with pervious versions of Visual FoxPro. With its local cursor engine, tight coupling between language and data, and powerful features, Visual FoxPro 9.0 is
he integration of heterogeneous software systems often requires disparate clients to share data seamlessly in real time. Two technologies that have eased this data flow are XML and Web services,
Instant messaging represents a medium via which messaging partners can interact in a synchronous fashion. Correspondence can occur in a near “instant” manner. Chances are the majority of workgroups in
he hype during the mid-to-late 1990’s over Java’s utility to run swarms of autonomous applets was greatly exaggerated. This early enthusiasm (and marketing) for Java as a language with which
erving files that clients can download over the Internet couldn’t be easier, right? Just copy the downloadable files into your Web application’s directory, distribute the links and let IIS do
here are incredible improvements in the Visual FoxPro 9 reporting system. Of several aspects, I’ll discuss just one in this article: the ability to extend the behavior of the runtime
ierDeveloper is an Object-to-Relational (O/R) mapping tool that integrates with Visual Studio versions 2002 and higher. TierDeveloper maps Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) tables to .NET objects (VB.NET and C#),
any developers wrote VFP applications using COM components, usually for data access logic and business logic. As a VFP developer you’ll be relieved to know that you can reuse those
To shutdown Windows, just type the following code: Shell “shutdown -s -t 00” To restart windows: Shell “shutdown -r -t 00” Here’s the key: -s means shutdown. -r means restart.
In Visual Studio, when you select an item on a form you’re building, the Property Grid appears and lets you set various properties (e.g. background color, width, height, text color,
Many of the STL algorithms have two versions, with one version taking one less parameter than what the second version takes. The one with lesser parameters implies its default logic
You cannot change the value of a nodes checkbox in the event treeview_NodeCheck as explained in this tip. Besides that, the event doesn’t fire at all when clicking a nodes
hy do we need to model software? After all, aren’t the acts of coding and refactoring of that code enough? That depends on what is meant by enough! You could
For persisting Java objects in a file, use java.io.ObjectOutputStream. ObjectOutputStream writes primitive data types or Java objects. Persistent storage can be accomplished by using a file for the stream. Only
‘m sure you are as anxious as I am to explore new properties, events, and methods, new or improved commands, and FoxPro Foundation Classes (FFCs). Let’s dive right in! Anchoring
he FoxPro team at Microsoft is readying a new version for release at the end of 2004. This may come as a surprise to some; it’s not uncommon to hear
art 1 of this article explained IDS and examined the most popular open source IDS solutions. Part 2 demonstrates some common, practical uses for these solutions. The first example is
very version of FoxPro has always included a number of enhancements to the IDE and Visual FoxPro 9 is no exception. Fonts and Colors EverywhereOne major enhancement to the UI
In its current release, the .NET Compact Framework does not encourage the development of applications with a distributed object model because it doesn’t support .NET remoting. That leaves only a
n this article, you’ll learn about the new reusable data environments, report protection, and several user interface enhancements, enhancements to layout objects and data groups. Finally, you’ll learn about one
isual FoxPro 9.0 contains more functional enhancements to the data engine than any release since 3.0. From the new and extended functionality in SQL to new data types and a
n a previous column, I discussed the Standard Library’s map associative container. But this was only one half the story. The Standard Library also defines a multimap container, which is
clipboard acts as a temporary staging area where application users store cut or copied information, including text, graphics, objects, and other data types. It is a heavily exploited data sharing
toring and retrieving information for most applications usually involves some form of interaction with a relational database. This has presented a fundamental problem for developers for quite some time since
owadays, basic information security at any level should include an intrusion detection system (IDS) that gathers and later analyzes intrusion data. The primary goal of IDS software is monitoring hostile
The MSDN-library does not contain a simple example demonstrating the picking-out item fromdrop-down list box for the property grid items. This sample demonstrates the techniquefor setting two items of a
This tip is in response to the tip “Register ActiveX Files Using the Mouse.” There’s a much easier way. Put a shortcut to regsvr32.exe and regsvr32.exe /u in your “SendTo”
A gem in the arsenal of command-line utilities that comes with SQL Server is the SQLMAINT application. With it, you can run a variety of maintenance activities, including DBCC checks,
The following code reads the time zone names stored in the registry and places those names in a combobox. The time zone names (there are about 50 or so) look
This code demonstrates how to create a tModel taxonomy in UDDI for WSDL specifications using UDDI4J. import org.uddi4j.datatype.tmodel.TModel;import org.uddi4j.response.AuthToken;import org.uddi4j.datatype.OverviewDoc;import org.uddi4j.util.KeyedReference;import org.uddi4j.util.CategoryBag;import java.util.Vector;import org.uddi4j.response.TModelDetail;import org.uddi4j.client.UDDIProxy;private String createTaxonomy() { try{ TModel
