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Question: How do I tell if the ‘submit’ button on a form has been clicked when I call the ASP page back to process the input? Answer: If you set
Question: I have a string that changes in length and has information separated by commas. For instance, it might contain something like: agfd, addc, aprev, ads, adft I need a
Question: Can I get milliseconds from time in ASP? For example, 12:30:00.234 HH:MM:SS.fff. Answer: No, not without using a custom COM component that will return the milliseconds. But then, by
Question: I created an ActiveX DLL that contains a class used to hold application settings. I registered the DLL (and a subsidiary DLL) on the Web server, but when I
Question: I have the following dump for MySQL and am having a problem getting it corrected for MS SQL. Can you help? Here is the dump file: # MySQL dump
Question: Do you have to individually catch each exception that a method maythrow? Or can you just have one generalized catch?For example, can I do this?: try{ method1 //which throws
Question: Are there any standard classes for performing one-way encryption ofstrings (e.g., passwords) in Java, similar to crypt() on Unix systems? Answer: The Java core APIs do not include an
Question: One of the things left out of Java that we had in C++ wasglobal variables. Is there a way to use global variables in Java? Answer: Even though Java
Question: Is it possible to edit report details in a print preview window? For example, if the report previewed has a line in it that I wish to remove, can
Question: When someone selects one item on my list, I want an inputfield to appear next to it. How do I do this? Answer: Rather than provide you with the
Question: How can I generate a Key Event from Java?I need to generate a KEY_TYPED Event, so the focused Component accepts it like normal key action. Answer: All you have
Question: How can I submit a form in ASP without a user clicking on a button? I tried: nameofform.submit() but I get the error: Microsoft VBScript runtime error ‘800a01a8’ Object
Question: How can I pass a date to a database using ASP? Answer: The answer depends on what database you are using. Say you are using a variable called ‘strDate’
Question: I have a form with a rather large text area inputting over 4000 characters of data into an Access database. I tried to upload it all at once, and
Question: How do you set the maximized state of a window within code? Answer: The Java AWT does not provide an interface for maximizing a window.The Swing JInternalFrame supports a
Question: Is there a way for me to kill, destroy, release, or otherwise cancel a form that has hung, without quitting the current instance of Visual FoxPro? I’ve tried practically
Question: How do I temporarily disable foreign keys in a table, insert more rows, and then enable them again? In particular, I need to know about syntax and what the
If you are developing COM components which run under MTS (Microsoft Transaction Server) then you may want to replicate one machine’s catalog to another machine. Here is a command line
If you want to improve performance of your application then you should always try to use strict type variables. You can use strict type (or strongly typed) variables by referencing
SQL Server 7.0 allows the tempdb system database to expand automatically as needed, rather than failing with an out-of-space error. If a reporting application needs a lot of space in
In order to run this tech tip you need following things:(a) VB5 or VB6(b) Reference to Type Lib information object component (TLIBINF32.dll). This function takes in the name of the
If a run-time statement error (such as a constraint violation) occurs in a batch, the default behavior in SQL Server is to roll back only the statement that generated the
The Windows shell provides a simple way to detect whether a given folder is shared or not. You must call the SHGetFileInfo() API function and analyze the way it fills
Not all programs may run on all the Windows platforms. Often programs require at least a certain version of Windows. In most cases, this is due to the lack of
If you ever needed to programmatically enable your users to search for files, you certainly found useful the possibility of reusing the system Find dialog integrated in the Start menu
Even if we’re living in a 32-bit world, and closer and closer to the 64-bit day, 16-bit programs are still running out there. Knowing whether a given EXE is 32-bit
NOTE that this tip requires Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 95/NT 4.0 + Active Desktop.If your application must do a lot of work with Office documents, then chances are that
In most cases, you can use CoCreateInstance and forget about CoGetClassObject.Function CoGetClassObject returns the pointer to the desired component’s classfactory and not the component itself. The desired component is created
Unicode characters use more storage space than characters in a regular SQLServer character set use. A regular SQL Server character set is a single-byte set that supports up to 256
Error messages should be passed on to users so that they are always aware of the problems they have encountered and will perform the requested actions. Although you cannot use
