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he 2.0 release of MIDP includes a number of enhancements that help developers write Java applications for devices. One of the most intriguing new features is “push,” which provides a
SS is an integral part of the future of the Web. You’ll need it in your toolkit sooner rather than later. It is particularly important with the advent of XML.
he first place to start is by saving your graphics file in a Web-ready way.The way you save a graphics file for print use and the way you save it
he editorial published on February 11, “Open Source Is Fertile Ground for Foul Play,” suggests three areas where security might be a concern for governments when considering open source software.
Callbacks, either in the form of function pointers or pointers to members, offer a significant advantage over direct function calls: the caller doesn’t have to know a function’s name (nor
n old adage that governments would be well-served to heed is: You get what you pay for. When you rely on free or low-cost products, you often get the shaft,
n last month’s 10 Minute Solution you explored the basics of printing with VB6. This month’s solution continues that exploration by presenting basic code for printing and previewing text. In
Use a simulator to see the output: import javax.microedition.midlet.*;import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;public class HelloWorld extends MIDlet implements CommandListener { private Command exitCommand; private TextBox tbox; public HelloWorld() { exitCommand = new Command(“Exit”,
The .NET Framework generates a service help page when accessing the asmx page for a Web service. This page lists the Web methods exposed by the Web service, but doesn’t
This code snippet releases memory and closes all open handles, files, etc. before exiting a function. Even if a function has to return, for whatever reason, this code ensures all
The value of a date variable is 12:00:00 AM when it is not assigned. If a date is optional for the user input, this value is often saved to the
t’s not every day you need to need to draw a chart, but it happens just often enough for you to wish there were some standard System.Drawing object to help
n Rapid Application Development with Mozilla, Web, XML, and open standards expert Nigel McFarlane explores Mozilla’s revolutionary XML User interface Language (XUL) and its library of well over 1,000 pre-built
nfortunately, there are individuals in the cyber world who have nefarious plots to use and abuse data that your Web site users might deem private and sensitive. But if you’re
hat was once known as the Mobile Internet Toolkit is now ASP.NET mobile controls. It’s the only Microsoft technology that enables you to target multiple devices?including Palm devices, Pocket PCs,
or years, DevX readers have been submitting their hard-learned tricks and workarounds to share with others. In a few short weeks, DevX will be overhauling our Tip Bank, adding new
This tip demonstrates how to add an element to a particular position in an array and how to shift all elements in and above that position up one position. Using
This is useful if you want to write a generic class to manage some common task with controls in your application. The variable uncontrol saves the name of the control
In the field of information technology, what counts more is the early adaptation of the new features that come with every new version of software. Coming up with the JDK
The conditional retrieval of data is a typical requirement. You retrieve the content and make some decisions on that data in your code before using it. This is a two
ermissions are restricted in most environments. Even in development environments, only members of the sysadmin and serveradmin fixed server roles can execute the sp_sdidebug and sp_addmessage extended procedures to grant
nless you live under a rock you already know that Sun has developed and released an operating system platform, called the Sun Java Desktop System 2003, or JDS, as part
SP.NET v2.0 adds many new concepts and controls beyond those shipped in version 1.1. One of these is the Wizard control, which can simplify your life when you need to
This tip describes how to avoid loading a second instance of an application when the user already has one instance running. It also sets the focus to the first instance
or years now, SSL has been the magic bullet for securing HTTP messaging. While you can use this encryption-based technology to secure SOAP messages over HTTP, it limits Web service
art 1 of this tutorial provided a light introduction to the world of Web services. You created a simple SOAP implementation of a Simple Chat server. You also created a
n the Java market, “write once, run anywhere” standardization is the carrot and the threat of .NET adoption is the stick. Which is the greater motivator depends on the vendor’s
Creating folders with the file system object model can help eliminate errors and long folder-existence checks?especially if you are attempting to create already existing folders. Dim fso as new FileSystemObjectDim
Say you have a user structure and a container of pointers to that user structure. You need to sort the container based only on some structure’s members. The solution is
When you execute , it generates the local ANT macros ${TSTAMP} and ${DSTAMP}. These are the time and date as numeric strings. They can then be used to dynamically generate
