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Question: Is there a way I can load a Web page from the top frame into the bottom frame, when a user clicks on a link in the bottom frame?
Question: How do I replicate the pasteHTML function supported by Internet Explorer in Netscape? Rewriting the layer isn’t the problem. The problem is determining the position of the text returned
Question: I want to present the results of a search in a table with two background colors, so that every other row will change color. How can I do this?
Question: I am trying to build a warehouse. The steps involved are: Make a snapshot replication of the OLTP onto the staging area. Run a DTS package that makes transformations
Question: Can JavaScript access CGI environment variables? Once a user has logged into my site, I would like to retrieve the user name from the “REMOTE_USER” variable. Answer: No, there
Question: Is there a way to declare and invoke methods in JavaServer Pages? Answer: Methods can be declared in the same way as variables in JavaServerPages. It can help to
Question: Is it possible to cache a JavaScript or remote .JS file on a client? It seems that while you can cache images, HTML, objects, and so on, caching .JS
Question: I have an issue with date formats. I have a VB client piece of software that generates a select based on a particular date. However it only works on
Question: How do I limit an SQL SELECT statement to returning just the top ten producing offices? Answer: Use the TOP operator or SET ROWCOUNT to 10.
Question: When I add sites to my Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites, the site’s logo (or icon) appears by the Web page’s name instead of the little “e” that usually appears
Question: JavaScript provides straightforward methods for detecting things like browser version and platform, and a few options such as whether the client will accept cookies. But is there a way
Question: I am trying to put lines of text into an array: messageArray = new Array();messageArray[0] = ‘Information deduced from the document’s content.’ I’m running into problems with the single
Question: Is there a way to programmatically reset the status of a record in an ADO 2.1 recordset? For example, I would like to change the status of a record
Question: I have a VB database application that, when I pass a unique id to a client object, opens that record (this explanation is simplified). I have to write an
Question: I have a program that calculates the number of people the government could send to college with the money they spend on certain defense programs. The script works, but
Question: What is the maximum length of a JavaScript string? Answer: Although there is no specific limit on the length of a JavaScript String, there are practical limits on how
xtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) has slowly been gaining a reputation as the SQL of the hierarchical data world. Even with only the partial implementation that Microsoft’s XSL offers, you can
ven though the Java Virtual Machine performs automatic garbagecollection, you can’t completely forget about memory managementissues. How and when garbage collection is performed isimplementation dependent. Some JVMs will wait until
n last month’s 10-Minute Solution, you learned how to display selective data from a database based on the user’s choice. This time you’ll see how to improve and optimize this
n designing a relational system, the simplicity of each individual relation belies the complexity engendered by the multiplicity of tables created by implementing that model. However, simply by observing “good
y now I am sure that many Visual Basic developers are leveraging their Visual Basic skills to do some Web development. In this Solution, I’ll cover DHTML Behaviors, a new
isual Basic offers many methods for sharing data within an application. When we talk about sharing data, there are several possible levels of sharing: Within a procedure Within a form/code
Question: How do I design a matrix using XML? This matrix needs to be a separate tree from the main XML tree. How do I communicate between the two trees?
Question: I am using the XMLHTTPRequest object in Visual Basic to invoke an async call. How do I register a complete event handler of the XMLHTTPRequest object? Answer: You’re not
Question: I’m using MSXML to create a DOMDocument and add nodes and attributes. When I’m done, I’d like to save the XML text into a string. Unfortunately, the Save method
Question: I’m looking for sample database in a form of Create Table statement+Insert statements and beginner-level assignments using this database. Do you know where I can find something like that?
The new FlatScrollbar controls expose the ability to selectively disable their arrows. This is useful, for example, when the thumb indicator is at its minimum or maximum: Private Sub FlatScrollBar1_Change()
Most VB controls don’t let you determine whether they should display a scrollbar or not. For example, a VB ListBox control displays a vertical scrollbar only when the number of
The VB CommandButton control supports neither the ForeColor nor the BackColor properties. If you want to create colorful buttons without resorting to 3rd party controls, you can use an OptionButton
By default, VB’s CheckBox controls automatically toggle their Value property when the user clicks on them. This is usually the desired behavior, but at times you may want to be










