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ASP Message Board

This is an ASP based Message Board. It is driven by a SQL Database and it supports attachments (uploads are handled by SoftArtisan FileUP component, but it can be easily

Resolve an internet host address

The System.Net.Dns class exposes a few static methods that let you resolve an internet domain name – such as www.vb2themax.com – into a 4-part numeric IP address, also known as

A cheap way to display files and hex data

The .NET framework includes a ByteViewer control, that you can use on your own forms to display data stored in a Byte array or in a file. The ByteViewer control

Right-align formatted strings

The String.Format function supports many formatting options, but none allows you to display right-aligned columns of numbers, as in: 1.00 12.00 123.00 1,234.00 However, you can easily create a helper

GetDriveTypeEx – Detect drive type, including CD or DVD driver

Private Type DEVICE_MEDIA_INFO Cylinders As Double MediaType As STORAGE_MEDIA_TYPE TracksPerCylinder As Long SectorsPerTrack As Long BytesPerSector As Long NumberMediaSides As Long MediaCharacteristics As LongEnd TypePrivate Type GET_MEDIA_TYPES DeviceType As Long

Centralize ASP.NET settings in one file

Although ASP.NET lets you distribute web.config files over all the application’s subdirectories, it surely doesn’t force you to do so. You can keep all the application settings in its main

Add exception tracing with one line of code

At times you want to keep a log of all the exception occurred in your application, including those that are correctly caught by a Catch block. At first you might

Use custom error pages in ASP.NET

The tag in ASP.NET configuration files affects how error pages are managed in an ASP.NET application and whether developers can redirect users to their custom error pages when an exception

Reduce Server Too Busy errors with the httpRuntime tag

The httpRuntime tag in ASP.NET configuration files lets you determine several features of ASP.NET at the machine or site level, including the how ASP.NET uses multi-threading. Here’s the complete syntax

Comparing Two Date Objects in JavaScript

This is a very handy and easily understandable code. There are two different methods, depending upon the type of data that is required as input to the functions: function CompareDatesOne(firstdate,seconddate){

Download Files of Any File Type

You may encounter a situation where you need to open a “Save As” dialogue box for downloading files of different types on to the client machine. You might have found

Validate an Email Address

Below is a VB Script example of how to validate an email address using Regular Expressions:

Send Mail Using a VC++ Application

Import the complete path of the following files in your application using the #import statement: MSO9.DLL msoutl9.olb HRESULT hr;CComBSTR inputStr;inputStr = CString(“MAPI”).GetBuffer(0);CoInitialize(NULL);Outlook::_ApplicationPtr xyz(“Outlook.Application”);_bstr_t name(inputStr, true);Outlook::_NameSpacePtr nsp = xyz->GetNamespace(name);CComBSTR cTo =

Explore the File System from T-SQL

The Indexing Service should be started before using the following code.The File content search relies on the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for the IndexingService. The following query lists all the

Remove Duplicates from Delimited String in T-SQL

Use this snippet to remove duplicates from a delimited string: DECLARE @mystring varchar(1000), @myword varchar(50),@CachedStringvarchar(2000)set @CachedString=”DECLARE @i int,@j intSELECT @mystring = ‘cat dog fox cat chicken hen goose cat bird

Get the Deep Copy of Any Object

This generic class will help to obtain a deep copy of any object and cast it to the Object Type: public class ObjectCloner{ private ObjectCloner(){} // returns a deep copy

Schedule Events with The Timer Class

Scheduling recurrent or future events can be a hassle, but the Timer class can make it a lot easier. With a couple of simple calls, you can create any number

Append an Exception Trace to a Log File

If you want all exceptions to go to the same file, use this code: import java.io.*;import java.util.Date;public class Logger{public static synchronized logException(Exception ex){try {RandomAccessFile ff = new RandomAccessFile(“c:\name.log”,”rw”);// to append

Creating a Parameterized SQL Query Using PreparementStatement

// conn – having a database connection alreadyPreparedStatement stmnt = null;ResultSet rs = null;try{ // ‘?’ indicates placement of a parameter. stmnt = conn.prepareStatement(“SELECT firstName FROMemployees WHERE salary > ?”);