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Copy and Delete Files Using ASP Code

Question: How do I copy files from point A to point B from within my ASP page? After I have used the file that has been transferred to point B,

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Use a Where Clause in SQL Instead of a Filter

Question: Here is a snippet of my code: set conn = Server.CreateObject(“ADODB.Connection”)conn.open “gorillaclasses”set rs = Server.CreateObject(“ADODB.Recordset”)stmt = “SELECT class,time,instructor FROM ” & clubtable rs.open clubtable, conn, adOpenStatic,,adCmdTable %>rs.filter = “dayslot

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Java Applet Environment

Question: Could you please elaborate on the difference between working in a Javaapplet environment and in a distributed client server environment. Answer: Applets can be used to implement client server

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Anonymous Inner Classes

Question: Is it possible for an anonymous inner class to extend a class andimplement an interface, or for it to implement two or more interfaces? Answer: The only way an

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EJB Scalability

Question: One of EJB’s obvious design goals was to provide an environment thatcan scale up to meet the demands of enterprise applications. I’mcurious, however, about the other end of the

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GetDriveInfo – Drive serial number and other data

Private Declare Function GetVolumeInformation& Lib “kernel32” Alias _ “GetVolumeInformationA” (ByVal lpRootPathName As String, _ ByVal pVolumeNameBuffer As String, ByVal nVolumeNameSize As Long, _ lpVolumeSerialNumber As Long, lpMaximumComponentLength As Long, _

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GetFileVersionData – Retrieve file versioning information

Private Declare Function GetFileVersionInfoSize Lib “version.dll” Alias _ “GetFileVersionInfoSizeA” (ByVal lptstrFilename As String, _ lpdwHandle As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function GetFileVersionInfo Lib “version.dll” Alias _ “GetFileVersionInfoA” (ByVal lptstrFilename As

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DriveExists – Check whether a logical drive exists

Private Declare Function GetLogicalDriveStrings Lib “kernel32” Alias _ “GetLogicalDriveStringsA” (ByVal nBufferLength As Long, _ ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long ‘ Check whether a given drive exist’ Note that this

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DriveType – Determine the type of a drive

Private Declare Function GetDriveType Lib “kernel32” Alias “GetDriveTypeA” _ (ByVal lpRootPathName As String) As LongConst DRIVE_UNKNOWN = 0 ‘ type can’t be determinedConst DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR = 1 ‘ wrong argumentConst DRIVE_REMOVABLE

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Let ASP’s Server.MapPath Find Your Database

When you use a “DSN-less” data connection to a Microsoft Access database, you must provide the physical path to the database. If your files are kept on your ISP’s Web

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Vacation Tracking

Question: Is there a way to track staff holidays using Microsoft Outlook and Exchange? Answer: To track them? That depends upon your definition of tracking, I suppose. The way that

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Moving Logs and Databases

Question: I need to remove a drive from a Microsoft Cluster Server. As a result, I have to move the Message Transfer Agent log files, the Directory service database file,

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Inbox Assistant Automatic Replies Causing Looping

Question: When I use the Outlook 98 Inbox Assistant to “reply to mail sent to me using a specific template,” it starts an e-mail ping-pong/volleying situation when the Internet recipient

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Multiple Indexes

Question: I’m creating a database to be used with a Web site. The database contains news stories, which will need to be indexed from a list of keywords that come

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Getting Rid of Spaces at the End of a Field

Question: I am accessing a database that has two fields that I need to combine. The problem is that the first field is set to hold eight characters. If the

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No Response from Server: Part II

Question: This happened when I issued the NETSTAT command: TCP informix:turbo as2000:1260 CLOSE_WAITTCP informix:turbo as2000:1261 CLOSE_WAITTCP informix:turbo as2000:1262 CLOSE_WAITTCP informix:turbo as2000:1263 CLOSE_WAIT Is this why we can’t get more connections?

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Autoforwarding to an Outside Address

Question: How do I set up forwarding in Exchange? I have a user who wants all mail coming into his current Exchange e-mail box to be forwarded to a personal

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You Cannot Pass the Window Handle in ASP

Question: Is there a way to determine the Window Handle (hWnd) in an Active Server Page? I am calling an ActiveX DLL from ASP written in Visual Basic and need

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Display Graphics Using the colorDepth Property

Browsers Targeted: Internet Explorer 4+ Designing effective Web graphics is always a challenge?you want to provide the best looking graphics on all platforms, but when one person runs their browser

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Display Local Date and Time

Question: JavaScript’s date() function gives the user’s computer date and time. How do I display my local date and time on my Web page regardless of where the user surfs

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IE and Netscape Cache Components

Question: Is there any way to cache a .js file at the client, just like an image file, to reduce the number of trips to the server? Answer: You don’t

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Cannot Flash Window’s Title Bar Using JavaScript

Question: How can I make the title bar of a window flash? Answer: This can’t be done using JavaScript. Most browsers delegate the responsibility for how their windows are displayed

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Using More Than One OnLoad Command

Question: Is it possible to use more than one onLoad command in my tag? Answer: Sure. Like other event handlers, the onLoad event handler you’re including within the tag on

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Redirect More Efficiently in IIS 5

If you are using Internet Information Server version 5, you can redirect browsers to a new page more efficiently. In IIS 4, you had to use Response.Redirect as in this

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Iterate Through Control Arrays

When you need to iterate through all the elements of a control array, use this code: Dim J As IntegerFor J = Text1.LBound to Text1.Ubound With Text1(J) ‘ Work here…

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Insert Soft Breakpoints

If you want to step through the code behind a certainscreen element at run time, you might do something like this in break mode: Hit Ctrl-Break from run mode, use