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Web Services Enhancements 1.0 for Microsoft .NET (WSE) provides the functionality for Microsoft .NET Framework developers to support the latest Web services capabilities. WSE is the cornerstone of the GXA
Shared Function _ GetShortPathName(ByVal lpszLongPath As String, _ ByVal lpszShortPath As System.Text.StringBuilder, _ ByVal cchBuffer As Integer) As IntegerEnd Function’ Play the audio track of an AVI file.’ fileName is
Shared Function _ mciSendString(ByVal lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As _ String, ByVal uReturnLength As Integer, ByVal hwndCallback As Integer) As _ IntegerEnd Function’ helper routine; executes a MCI command
Shared Function _ waveOutGetNumDevs() As IntegerEnd FunctionFunction IsSoundCardSupported() As Boolean Return waveOutGetNumDevs() >= 1End Function
Shared Function _ GetShortPathName(ByVal lpszLongPath As String, _ ByVal lpszShortPath As System.Text.StringBuilder, _ ByVal cchBuffer As Integer) As IntegerEnd Function’ Play an AVI file in a PictureBox synchronously.” fileName is
Shared Function _ mciGetErrorString(ByVal dwError As Integer, _ ByVal lpstrBuffer As System.Text.StringBuilder, ByVal uLength As Integer) _ As IntegerEnd Function’ Get the description of a MCI error.” ErrorCode is the
Const SND_ASYNC = &H1 Shared Function _ PlaySound(ByVal lpszName As String, ByVal hModule As Integer, _ ByVal dwFlags As Integer) As IntegerEnd Function’ Play a WAV file.” fileName is a
Shared Function _ mciSendString(ByVal lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As _ String, ByVal uReturnLength As Integer, ByVal hwndCallback As Integer) As _ IntegerEnd FunctionSub OpenCDDoor() mciSendString(“Set CDAudio Door Open Wait”,
Shared Function _ GetShortPathName(ByVal lpszLongPath As String, _ ByVal lpszShortPath As System.Text.StringBuilder, _ ByVal cchBuffer As Integer) As IntegerEnd Function’ Play an AVI file synchronously without the audio track.” fileName
SQL Server provides a mechanism for returning different values in a SELECT clause based on Boolean conditions: the CASE statement. This statement resembles Visual Basics Select Case statement. The SQL
he JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook is all about adding value to the content of a Web page. The book focuses on practical and sensible applications of scripting, rather than flying
eb Matrix is a freeware tool that has been created with the help of some ASP community leaders. Despite its shortcomings, Active Server Pages (ASP) is one of the most
ncapsulating data update logic in stored procedures is an excellent way to improve the manageability, scalability, and security of your database-driven applications. There are many advantages to incorporating stored procedures
ata-bound controls play a key role in the development of ASP.NET applications. Data-driven controls allow you to associate their whole interface, or individual properties, with one or more columns of
he ASP.NET runtime in .NET provides the ability to create rich HTML content for your applications dynamically in your desktop applications. It also provides a powerful mechanism for extending the
Use OLE automation stored procedures to send email: DECLARE @SenderAddress varchar(100)DECLARE @RecipientAddress varchar(100)DECLARE @Subject varchar(200)DECLARE @Body varchar(8000)DECLARE @oMail int –Object referenceDECLARE @resultcode intSET @SenderAddress = ‘[email protected]’SET @RecipientAddress= ‘[email protected]’SELECT @Subject =
XMLwhen it is in ASCIIcan be stored as any other literal in one line, but it’s not very readable. Use the following macros to store XML (or any other string
avaScript is a powerful yet often underused feature of most browser-based applications. Commonly, JavaScript is relegated to simple form validations, but this is not the only capability of JavaScript. In
n case you haven’t noticed, programmers are sort of funny people to work with. I was talking with a friend the other day and he said that some of the
A more elegant approach: use an associative array. If you have more addresses to block, put them together (in this example, using CGI and Perl): #!perlmy %block_ip=(‘172.56.260.71’=>’bad.org’,’172.56.260.72’=>’evil.org’,);my $remote = $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR}
Here’s an old trick from C, which carries over to Java. If you have two intsa and bwhose values you want to swap, the obvious way to do so is
he .NET platform has a new and fresh feel to it. Prior to .NET we had reached a point of technology and tools mish-mash that has been almost prohibitive to
efore we can dive in and begin building Web pages with ASP.NET, I want to introduce a few topics and new terminology. .NET FrameworkMicrosoft designed classes in the .NET Framework
his article assumes you are familiar with Visual Studio .NET 1.0 and it presents only the new features of the IDE (Integrated Development Environment) of Visual Studio .NET 1.1, for
hat’s the latest sleeper technology that promises to make your life easier? It’s XQuery (short for XML Query) and it’s the ‘Ginsu knife’ of XML standards. XML can represent almost
f you currently use JUnit for Java unit testing, you can extend it to automate test case design and coding standard enforcement with Parasoft Jtest. Jtest is an automated unit
ost developers are now quite comfortable developing XML Web services. Visual Studio has a project template to create a new Web service project, but you don’t need to create a
n this article, you’ll see detailed instructions for setting up the Linux operating system on a Windows computer, using the free Red Hat Linux distribution. We’ll walk you through the
‘ Get the path of a Windows application or an empty string if the application ‘ isn’t registered” This routine only works for those applications that register themselves under ‘
‘ Clear the IE’s HistorySub ClearIEHistory() Dim keyName As String = “SoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerTypedURLs” ‘ delete the key that contains the URLs the history Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser.DeleteSubKey(keyName, False) ‘ recreate the key, empty
