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Verify Whether a File Exists From ASP

Question: I am trying to access some PDF files in a database. I give the address of the file in the browser as an IP address. I am trying to

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DHTML Options Object Generation

Question: I tried loading two frames in the browser called “TOP” and “BOTTOM”. The “BOTTOM” frame loads a JavaScript file (j1.js) and another two frames in it called “LEFT” and

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Displaying Items Above ActiveX Controls

Question: I am using tags as dropdown menus at the top of my pages. But if I have an ActiveX control below my menu then the dropdown menus’ fall drops

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Retain Values in a Page in ASP

Question: Is there any way to retain values in a page (text box, check box, radio, and so on) after going to some other page and coming back? I don’t

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Using Form Elements in DHTML

Question: I am having a problem accessing the form elements that are inside a DIV tag. It works in Internet Explorer but not in Netscape. The alert comes in both

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Nonblocking I/O

Question: Say I have 10 sockets and I want to have a thread which checks for a message from the sockets using their InputStreams. The thread will wait in the

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Capturing KeyEvents

Question: How can I capture KeyEvents in a Frame that doesn’thave any TextFields or TextAreas? Answer: To enable a particular AWTEvent in a Component it suffices to add alistener for

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A Simple Sort Not Working

Question: I have the following: sql=”select * from products” How do I sort or order by two columns retrieved in the “*”? Answer: You need to specify them directly in

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Detect if the Submit Button Was Pressed

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

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ASP String Functions

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

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Get Milliseconds From Time in ASP?

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

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Cannot Use Server.CreateObject on Client

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

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MySQL to MS SQL Syntax

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

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Catching Exceptions

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

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Encryption Classes

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

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Global Variables

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

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Editing Report Details in Print Preview

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

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List Selection Actions

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

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Generating KeyEvents

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

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Submitting a Form Without a Submit Button

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

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Passing Dates to Databases from ASP

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’

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Window Maximization

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

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Killing a Form

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

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Foreign Keys

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

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Use Strict Type Variables

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