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Auto Start an Application from the Registry

Here is an example of how to make your application auto start from the registry.The code also shows how to query and clear this. ‘Module: Module1 Option Explicit Private Const

Prevent the browser from caching an ASP page

Most ASP books and articles state that you need to set the Respose.Expires property to 0 or -1 to prevent the end user’s browser from caching an ASP page. However,

Office2000 Flat Combobox

This control reproduces the Flat Combobox control introduced in Office 2000: the combobox has a flat or 3D border according to the mouse cursor being or not over the control.

Creating Generic XSLT Transforms

uch of the focus of XSLT has been on its “stylesheet” capabilities?the ability to convert XML into some form of displayed HTML. However, XSLT is a functional language, one that

How to Create Persistent Objects

ames, distributed database systems, multimedia and graphic applications use persistent objects extensively. Yet presently, C++ doesn’t support persistence directly (there are proposals for adding persistence and reflection to C++ in

Automate Your Form Validation

orm validation is a checking process that occurs between the time the user clicks the submit button and the actual submission of the form. In this article, you’ll see how

Tuning DB2: Where Your Data Is and Why it Matters

atabase performance is one of those things that goes unnoticed, until it starts flagging. There are three broad areas relevant to database performance: System resources (essentially, the hardware) Data structures

Orion Application Server: A Hunter in Pursuit

lthough IronFlare’s Orion Application Server is hardly a giant in the app server market, there is no arguing its position as a hunter in pursuit. Orion has quietly grown in

Setting the Description of an Add-In

When you use the Add-Ins project template to build your own add-ins, the description of the add-in appearing in the Add-Ins Manager window is always “My Addin.” It isn’t immediately

Pointers to Member Contravariance

A pointer to member of a base class can be converted to a pointer to a corresponding member of its derived class. The opposite, however, is illegal: you cannot convert

Add Remarks to Your Procedures

You can make your code more readable by always adding a remark on top of all your procedures. Create an add-in that makes it fast and easy. First, run New

Making the Image OnClick Work in Both Browsers

Since the introduction of DHTML and client-side scripting, developing Internet applications can be a real challenge. If you don’t have the luxury of a “pure” Internet Explorer environment, there’s a

Retrieve information on all available drives

You can retrieve information about all the available drives using calls to Windows API, if you like the hard way of doing things. A much simpler solution is offered by

Disable HTML Elements

HTML elements can be made inactive and non-responsive by using the disable attribute. When HTML controls are disabled, they appear dimmed and don’t respond to user input. This is useful

Run a DOS Command From an HTML Page

This is achieved by using the Windows Script Host. First, create an instance of the object WScript.Shell. Then, use its Run method to execute the DOS command. For example, say

How To Ensure That the Page is not Cached

Setting Response.Expires to a negative number or 0 disables caching. Sometimes, the use of Response.Expires = -1 doesn’t work because of mismatches between the clocks on the server and the

Opening an Access DB

Before starting, add the Microsoft DAO 3.51 Object Library Reference. Private Sub Form_Load() Dim WkSp As Workspace Dim dB As Database ‘Define the file .MDW where are the users and

Use ‘With..End With’ in Your ASP Scripts

You can use the ‘With … End With’ statements if you are using VBScript 5.0 or later. It helps to improve performance. This runs slower: PersonObj.FirstName = “Sandeep”PersonObj.LastName = “Gain”PersonObj.City