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‘ Concatenate the input strings, and return the resulting string. The first ‘ input string is used as a separator.” Example:’ Dim i As Integer = 4′ Dim d As
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
To add an image as an embedded resource in a Windows Forms application, add the image file to the project with Project | Add Existing Item. Then select the file
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
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
You can know the state of the Shift, Alt and Control keys at any time, not just from inside a Keyxxx event. The shared property Control.ModifierKeys returns a bit coded
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
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
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
solated storage represents a subset of the file system that partially trusted applications can access to perform their private I/O operations. Introduced to preserve the integrity and the functionality of
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 (“”); }
I first used this function in the VB4 days when CommandButtons didn
Have you ever had a zero-length string parameter fail when attempting to execute a stored procedure from ADO? You
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
Detect the client’s screen resolution using Javascript and then stuff it into an ASP variable!
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
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
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 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
‘ A custom routine that works like FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage ‘ but lets you control the authentication cookie’s expiration date’ Example: create an auth cookie that lasts 7 days’ RedirectFromLoginPageEx(username, persistent, 7)Function
‘ Convert a string to its ASCII representation’ Example: Response.Write(AsciiEncode(“hello”))’ ==> hello” Note: this may be useful when you’re producing the code for HTML forms with ‘ hidden/visible field, and
