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The MB TipOfTheDay Control

Many commercial programs have a Tip of the Day dialog, that shows a tip or trick whenever the application starts. With the MB TipOfTheDay Control you can add this nice

Peek – Read a value of any type from memory

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)’ read a value of any type from memoryFunction Peek(ByVal address As

StringFromBSTR – Convert a BSTR to a VB string

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)’ convert a BSTR into a VB StringFunction StringFromBSTR(ByVal pointer As Long)

StringFromAddr – Read a string at a given address

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)Private Declare Function lstrlenA Lib “kernel32” (ByVal lpString As Long) As _

The age of a person

You can quickly evaluate the age of a person using the following function: Function Age(BirthDate As Date, Optional CurrentDate As Variant) As Integer If IsMissing(CurrentDate) Then CurrentDate = Now Age

Calculating the Difference Between Two Times

When you need to compute the time that elapsed between two dates, use the standard function difftime(). This way, you avoid potential bugs such as leap years or Y2K issues.

Converting a Number to a String

The standard strstream family of classes enables you to convert numeric values into their string representation easily. You need to instantiate an strstream object, insert the numeric value to it

Linkage Specification

Linkage between C++ and non-C++ code fragments can be achieved using a linkage-specification. For example: extern “C” int func(int arg1); // func has C linkage The quoted string in the

Pass Template Parameters by Reference

In the following declaration of the template min, the template parameter T is passed by value: template bool equal(T first, T sec){//

Formatting Tables in HTML Pages

The best way to tackle alignment/wrapping issues with invisible tables is tomake the tables visible. To do this, you should set the border property oftables that contain form fields or

Bool Values

Question: How do I make 1 bool take 1 bit instead of 1 byte? Answer: Instead of an array, you should use an STL container that is specifically designed to

Software to Convert Informix dat to dbf

Question: Is there any software that will convert database files from Informix to dbf files? Answer: I’m not aware of any. Sort of like rebuilding a Ferrari and putting in

Constraints on Social Security Number

Question: How do I put a named constraint on a social security number defined as number(9) so that no hyphens are allowed in? Answer: To prevent numbers with hyphens from

Large WML Files

Question: Can I arrange the WML information on my server in one huge file and still have it delivered to a WAP device? Answer: The largest “deck” you can have

WAP and Packet Formats

Question: Let’s say a WAP server has a WAP stack of the following layers: Connectionless WSP UDP IP Would you give me example packets that arrive at the server from

Exchange Server Slow Down

Question: Why does our Exchange server randomly slow way down once a day? Answer: There are a number of reasons why that could happen. I suspect you may find some

Compiler for BOOL in C++

Question: Can you please name a few compilers that implement bool? Answer: Almost every C++ compiler nowadays supports bool. You don’t have to define or #include anything; bool is a

Using #include

Question: I use from stl in a .h file: #include …….typedef vector IntVector; // error! But in the last line, the compiler returns the message: missing ‘;’ before ‘

Outlook Web Access and GAL

Question: Does OWA have access to the GAL to send messages to other users? Answer: Yes, Outlook Web Access (OWA) does have access to the Global Address List (GAL) from

Passing a CSV List Within an IN Statement

Question: I have a CSV list I am passing through as a parameter in a stored procedure. ——————————-Example of Region list:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10CREATE PROCEDURE sp_getReport @Regionlist varchar(100) AS …….Select * from tblRegionwhere

Development Tools for WAP/ASP

Question: Which development tools currently are available for WML editing? Are any made specifically for ASP/WML? Answer: Personally I use Microsoft’s Visual InterDev for all my Web development, simply out

WTAI and WMLScript

Question: Can I use WTAI function calls to write and then read back numbers in the handset phonebook? Answer: The WMLScript to do this is: addPBEntry(number, name); This will add

JSP/WAP

Question: Does JSP support WAP? Answer: As long as you set your content type properly, any of the scripting languages can generate WML, which can be displayed on WAP-enabled devices.

WAP Configuration

Question: I have a Nokia WAP server 1.1 and toolkit 1.2. When I try to look into a WML page using Wapman, it gives a 406 error. What do I

Stopping Services for Backup

Question: As backup for a client, can I write a script in Exchange to shut down the service, copy all the data files to another drive, and then restart the