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Call a DLL From ASP

Question: I have a DLL called math911.dll and a function called a101. Private objM As MATH911.questionsSet objM = New MATH911.questions’use the functionCall objM.a101(level, TOPlevel, tipe, problem, ans, cpt, INSTRUCTIONS, AMT,

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Append a NodeList to a Node

Question: Is it possible to append all the elements of a nodelist to a node as children without using a for loop? I want to overcome the performance problems incurred

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Object Finalization

Question: How can I finalize an object without waiting for the garbage collector? Answer: The System class contains a convenience method called gc() that canbe used to ask the JVM

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Expose Multiuse Classes in ActiveX Control Projects

A lesser-known, new feature in VB6 is the ability to have MultiUse and GlobalMultiUse classes within an ActiveX control project. This is useful if you have ActiveX controls and creatable

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The Month of Calendar Class

For some reason unknown to me, the designers of java.util.Calendar class have enumerated months of the year from 0 to 11 inclusive. So, January would be month zero, and December

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Using Applet Viewer the Easy way

To test your applets using the applet viewer, put the following comment in your Java file: /* */ Then you won’t need an HTML file for your applet code. The

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Share Script Functions

In ASP pages, you can share script functions or libraries using the #INCLUDEdirective. This feature allows you to share subroutines and functions acrossmultiple pages. Instead of repeating similar (or rather

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Enumerate Treeview Nodes Recursively

Trying to parse a set of TreeView nodes and their children’s nodes and their children’s nodes can be confusing. This algorithm makes the process easier. Recursion describes an algorithm that

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Representation of Floating Point Numbers

People sometimes complain about the inaccuracy of floating point arithmetic. To demonstrate the level of floating pint inaccuracy, consider the following program: #include using namespace std; int main() { float

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Deleting Duplicate Rows

Question: I have this table: declare tbl1 (x int,y int,z int); I don’t have a column I could use as a unique key. There are some duplicate rows (not just

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Client-Side Data Binding Is IE-Only

Question: Designing with JavaScript by Nick Heinle talks about using Internet Explorer’s Object tags for simple data binding of CDV databases. Is there a Netscape Embed tag (or other equivalent)

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Replace Selected Content

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

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Integration of Replication and DTS Steps

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

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Access CGI Environment Variables

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

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JSP Methods

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

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Caching JavaScript Code

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

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Default Date Format

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

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Limiting SELECT Results to Only a Few Rows

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.

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Add a Custom Favorites Icon

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

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Prevent Caching Pages

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

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Handling Single and Double Quotes

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

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ADO Recordset

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

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ActiveX Control to read URL properties

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

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Round to a Whole Number

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