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Suppose you are writing a Java application on the windows platform and want to make a JNI call to a C function written with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0. Well, here’s
Browsers Targeted: Internet Explorer 4+ One of the capabilities that JavaScript has long had that VBScript hasn’t supported is being able to associate an event handler with a specific function.
Browsers Targeted: Internet Explorer 3+ It used to be a truism that manipulating strings was always much slower in DHTML than working directly with the Document Object Model (DOM), but
Question: I would like to get the permissions for the users of my app. I have setup groups for users with the appropriate permisions. Now all I want to do
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Question: How do you create an array of pointers to vectors?The different vectors will, eventually, have different lengths. Answer: You declare an array of pointers to vector like this: std::vector
Question: How do I use a variable to reference a control on a form? For instance, if I have five controls on a form named Edit1 through Edit5, and I
Question: How can I find the current cursor position in text box? Answer: You can use the SelStart property of the TextBox to indicate where the cursor is in the
Question: How do I change an ASCII value to a letter in C++? Answer: You can directly assign the ASCII vlaues to a variables of type char.The decimal value is
Question: I want to make a menu, where you can select from 1-4. By pressing one of these keys you should get into a subprogram. Now I have to press
Question: Is it possible to create DLLs in Visual Basic? If so, how? For example, I want a DLL with a function that can accept 2 integer arguments and returns
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Browsers Targeted: Internet Explorer 4+ You can find a string of text within a document programmatically using the textRange object, which handles most of the internal string manipulation capabilities in
Question: I have a limited understanding of XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) and have been trying to figure out how to write an XSL document that will transform a highly de-normalized
Question: We are running Informix On-Line Database Engine 7.23 on an HP UX 11.0 machine with 4 CPUs.The database is connected through a middle-tier, which is ENTERA Application Server running
Users of Visual InterDev sometimes report getting an error message when they try to create a new project. The error claims that there is no Web named “”. This can
f you’ve spent any time at all working with databases, you know that the time comes when you scratch your head and ask, “Now what was the name of that
his 10-Minute Solution is the second of a series of three articles covering how to display data from a database in the form of logical pages, so that the user
ne of the more common questions asked here at “Ask the XML Pro” has to do with the dilemma of maintaining large databases of XML data. Specifically, suppose that you
any of the more common questions asked of the VB Pro involve formatting and validating data. In this 10-Minute Solution, you’ll learn how to validate and format a phone number.
ava continues to make inroads at all levels of computing. Mostrecently, Java has returned to its roots and found a home in the smalldevices for which it was originally designed.
untime errors can occur as a result of attempts to complete an invalid operation while the program is running. There are two causes of runtime errors: either one of the
You should be very careful while establishing database connections from your Web-based application. MDAC 2.0 (Microsoft Data Access Components) provides automatic connection pooling behind the scenes. Connection pooling in OLE
You should always mark your VB server components for
With MDAC 2.1 (Microsoft Data Access Components), you can generate a XML file quickly from a Recordset object. The Save() method of Recordset object takes in an optional parameter, adPersistXML,
Question: I’m running Outlook 2000 and would like to import my *.pst file into my home system. However, I receive an error message saying that the file needs to be
s Visual Basic and VBScript have progressed from version to version, chances are you have not kept up to date with some of the new functions introduced in the later
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