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XML and Oracle

Question: Can the ORACLE database talk with XML like SQL Server can? Answer: An XML parser is available in Oracle8i. Oracle is developing a product called Messenger that will allow

Mobile E-Mail

Question: Can I send an e-mail via WAP, handheld PC or other units when I’m on the go? Answer: There are lots of possibilities. You can set up a WML/ASP

WAP Bandwidth

Question: What is the range of data transfer bandwidth? Answer: In GSM, the usual data transfer rate is 9.6Kbps. Under High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD), you can get around

WAP/ASP Response.redirect

Question: Will doing an HTTP redirect via Response.redirect cause a problem for WAP? Answer: It all depends on what SDK you use, as well as exactly how you write your

Capturing Voice Data From GSM Phones

Question: How do I capture the voice streaming from a mobile phone? I am working on mobile phones that run on a PC card (PCMCIA). Answer: Several software companies currently

Exchange/E-Mail Policy

Question: We have implemented a technology resource policy that includes the following: “5.5 Automatic Deletion of Stored E-mail. All e-mail stored on (Company Name) servers will be automatically deleted after

Building on New Server

Question: I have a domain with a PDC server and a BDC server. I want to replace the PDC, where I have Exchange 5.5SP2, with a bigger server and basically

InteractiveChange in Grid

Question: I have a column in a grid that is of the data type date. In the InteractiveChange event, I have a code that takes the value entered in the

Object Focus

Question: How do I make a control keep the focus until a value within a specified range is entered? The control in question is a text box. Answer: The simplest

Visual FoxPro’s Future

Question: Does Microsoft have a marketing plan to retire Visual FoxPro after the release of version 7.0? Answer: If Microsoft has a plan to retire VFP, they do not appear

Calculating the Absolute Value of a Number

The standard functions abs() and labs() (declared in ) return the absolute value of int and long, respectively. You can use these functions in computations that need absolute values. For

How to Reduce Compilation Time

Most compilers nowadays have several options that reduce compilation time considerably. These options include incremental build, precompiled header files, and cached header files. By default, these options are turned off.

Exe Pops Up and Closes Immediately

Question: I have written a simple application with one form. I compiled the project as an .exe. My exe works fine if I am inside VFP, but when I make

VFP Form Management

Question: How do I call a form from another form using a command button? Answer: You can put code into the Click event of the command button that executes a

Report in a Separate Window

Question: In a FoxPro 6.0 application, I want to be able to push a button anddisplay a report on the screen. This report should be displayed in a new window,

Calculating the Maximum of Three Values

The max() macro or template takes two values and returns the highest. What if you need to calculate the maximum of three values? You don’t need to write a special

Extending Error Object

Question: I want to create a system error object that will take care of system errors and database errors. Should I inherit it from the error object, or should I

Posting XML to Another Server

Question: I need to post an XML document from one server to another server. Can I use XMLHTTPRequest for this? Answer: Yes, the XMLHTTP Request object can be used to

Function to create a folder/subfolder

Question: How can I write a function in C++ that would create a folder/subfolder on the hard-disk? Answer: Standard C or C++ don’t define such a function. However, most platforms

ASP Integration to Legacy Database Using XML

Question: I am trying to develop an MSSQL ASP application that ties real-time into customer’s existing databases at remote locations. The customers use everything from IBM mainframes to SQL or

Data Conversion

Question: What is the most efficient method of converting Informix data in a Unix operating system to text or dbf data in an NT operating system (size = 8GB)? Answer:

Is Informix ANSI ?

Question: I have three quick questions: Is the Informix standard ANSI? Does it accept the function CAST()? What is the largest size char that I can declare? Answer: Informix conforms

LiteTimer class module

This handy class module by Kieron O’Connor lets you add a control-less timer to your application, without actually using a Timer control. Beside being useful in itself, the CLiteTimer class

Factorial – The factorial of a number

‘ The factorial of a number” if NUMBER is negative or >170 it raises an’ “subscript out of range” errorFunction Factorial(ByVal number As Long) As Double Static result(170) As Double