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New Visual C++.NET Option Tightens Buffer Security

Editor’s Note: This article discusses a new feature in the Microsoft Visual C++.NET compiler, which at the time of publishing was still in beta. The features described may change before

The NeoCalendar Library

The NeoCalender Library consists of two ActiveX Controls, developed by Neo Components, which are designed to replace the MonthView and DTPicker controls that ships with VB. These two controls are

Creating multiline tooltips

In VB6 there was no easy way to create multiline tooltips for form controls, you necessarily had to resort to API tricks. And it was probably just not worth the

Changing the project’s output type

When you start developing an application, the first thing you do in VS.NET is creating a new project and selecting its type: Windows Forms application, Class Library etc. However, it

Parsing and validating string dates

If you have a string variable that should specify a date (asked in input to the user, for example), you can parse the string and get a Date variable by

New Eclipse Project Addresses Automated Software Quality

Final – For Release December 17, 2002 New Eclipse Project Addresses Automated Software Quality Open-source framework is basis for extending development platform to support deployment evaluation “Project Hyades” Builds upon

Reflection Part I: Discovery and Execution

eflection in .NET is an exciting new tool for most developers. This article shows you how to use reflection to discover objects at runtime that you did not know existed

Dynamically Executing Code in .NET

xecuting code dynamically at runtime is a powerful tool to allow users to customize applications after deployment. .NET provides all the tools that make it possible to build code on

Charting Unknown Waters in JDK 1.4

ondering what I would dig up in the JDK 1.4 source code, I recently started looking through the classes in the java.util.* package?without even the subpackages. That alone kept me

Piloting Microsoft’s Security Ship

hat you are involved in at Microsoft and what changes have been made in the security arena? Steve Lipner: The Secure Windows Initiative (SWI) was created in early 2000, right

Threat Modeling

he process of securing applications begins with understanding the threats against your applications. Portions of this article are excerpted from Writing Secure Code, 2nd Edition, available from Microsoft Press. A

Threading Support in the .NET Framework

he .NET Framework introduces advanced free threading as a fundamental building block. The Framework offers solutions even for advanced issues, enabling developers to build truly thread-safe applications in a relatively

Ask the Doc Detective: Visual Studio .NET Help

nless you are clairvoyant, finding what you need in the Visual Studio .NET documentation can sometimes be a daunting task. The Doc Detective is here to help, gazing into his

Author Advanced .NET Applications in Perl

n part 1 of this series you learned how PERL has been incorporated into the Visual Studio .NET family. This article explores its membership in more detail. PERL and its

Boundless Array Indexing

Use this function for getting the 10th next element from an array with “circular” contents such as “Monday,” “Tuesday,” and so on: intCurrent = WrapIndex(Index:=intCurrent, _ Move:=+10, UpperBound:=6) You don

Open a ToolBar Dropdown Menu

VB6 introduced a new Style=5-tbrDropDown of the Button object for the ToolBar control. In this case, you can add one or more ButtonMenu objects to the current Button. Unfortunately, you

Applying Different Stylesheets Across Various Browsers

function IsIE(){ var str=newString(Request.ServerVariables(“HTTP_USER_AGENT”)).toUpperCase(); return (str.indexOf(“MSIE”)>-1)?true:false;}if(IsIE()==false){ Response.Write (“”); } else{ Response.Write (“”); }

Dynamic Copyright Date

This little bit of code keeps webmasters from having to update copyright dates at the beginning of every year. Put it in the body of your HTML. Don’t forget to

Words from the Publisher: Who Do You Trust?

y hometown in rural Alabama was a place where the level of trust was extremely high. I cannot remember a time during my childhood when the door to our house

Looking Forward and Back

ell, the end of 2002 is at hand and what a year it has been. From an economic standpoint this year has been a tough one. From a technology standpoint

Microsoft Exception Management Application Blocks

xceptions need to be handled in all applications. Having a consistent method of dealing with exceptions will make your application easier to debug. Recording exceptions into an SQL database or

The Autocomplete TextBox control

The Autocomplete TextBox is a freeware textbox control developed by Neo Components that acts like the ones you find in the latest browsers. Automatically builds a list of entries, saves